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do you think it would be a fair gender stereotype to say that women have crazier dreams then men? or am i generalizing based on my typically dull dreams?

I don't think it would be fair.

Gary Pflower... holy shit.

ok

If I ever write a series of adult speculative fiction it will be under the name Gary Pflower

pls name your main character allan salami

Phew. I just finished writing something for work that is probably the longest thing I've written in a few years (about 1,300 words). It discusses Adele, Justin Bieber, Amanda Hocking, E.L. James, Frank Ocean, Kate Upton, Radiohead, Louis C.K., Etsy, and Tavi Gevinson.

would read, whatever it is. (presumably about cultural products and the internet or something?)

I seriously can't imagine there being anyone better suited to writing a long thing about all of those people/things. I don't even know who two of those people are.

I had to google kate upton, and I still don't quite know how she fits in with the other folks.

why did your work want an essay about ilx?

It looks like Roy's furniture might be coming back, based on the fact that they have a temporary sales warehouse, which I learned bout from an Amazonlocal ad.

I'd never heard of the neighborhood Heart of Italy before, but that's where they are.

Happy birthday LL! I'm happy that you were born.

Why do you have a dumb display name now?

The article is about self-promotion, D.I.Y., fame via the Internet, new strategies for creative success, etc.

I worked in Kate Upton b/c she arguably only became a huge deal after the video of her doing the Dougie went viral.

Yeah, I think that's what launched her.

!!! Happy birthday, LL!!!! xoxoxox

Also: oh shit, Roy's!!! Yay!

I love this display name.

So a coworker was SO FUCKING EXCITED about the book Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer and wouldn't shut up about it so I put it on hold and the library and after a month or so (there were like triple digit people waiting for copies of the ebook), I got it. And it is a terrible book! The writing is dreadful but at first it was kind of fun so I didn't mind, but now the author is setting things up to make it so that vampires are mainly responsible for slavery and the Civil War and I can't even.

heart of italy is pretty close to where i live. afaict it is a neighborhood with an area of only a few blocks.

Go look at the Roy's warehouse and tell us if the coupon is worth it.

thanks guys! it has been a good day so far.
i know about the kate upton dancing video but i don't know what the dougie is.

lucky for you there is a song called "show me how to dougie"

O yes, happy birthday, La L!

are you still going to see CAVE tomorrow? are you doing anything after? i can't go to the show but i might be available once we get back from the quad cities

i mean saturday

yeah probably! assuming it's not raining, i'd like to head over to a-ville or thereabouts for food/drink/ice cream. i'll update y'all.

also sorry for the huge pic guys but the best part of yesterdays image is when you step back and look at the hollywood squares version

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8xph8OQ4c1rcq6xho1_500.jpg

Aw, poor serious dude with skater hair.

What year is this one? Late 80s? I would have totally had a crush on that guy.

88

Sure he was pissed being stuck between those two other guys.

Also, Elizabeth Moss is pissed at the cameraman, or at her mom standing next to the cameraman making suggestions.

douche!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/videogallery/71917353/Politics/Kass-The-free-ride-is-over-little-bicycle-people

That article cracked me up.

Do you have to register to see it? All I see is the video.

Kass is a professional troll.

You know what I hate? There is a single brown line train that turns into a orange line train to Midway every morning. Therefore it doesn't continue around the loop. And I don't realize it until it is too late.

that single brown line train was completely awesome when we went to midway a month ago.

http://soundcloud.com/wbez/steve-albini-and-bob-weston-on

Missed this when it was live this morning, worth a listen (Bob Weston & Steve Albini on 848)

can I just say how much I like riding past the City Cat Doctor sign on Wells on my way to school

http://media.merchantcircle.com/41957670/City%20Cat%20Doctor%20005_full.jpeg

blargh, Europa Books is closing September 1st. On the bright side, everything is 50% off, so you can finally pick up that copy of Colloquial Breton you've always wanted.

For those interested, Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beer tickets go on sale 9/1/2012 at 5:01 AM. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/270798

My favorite beer festival ever, well worth $45. I'm looking to go to the second session.

you guys this food picture turned my stomach
i can't even tell what it is!? http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2012/08/27/one-bite-yvolinas-spinach-and-mushroom-tamale

looks like a partially eaten tamale to me, albeit an overly-extreme closeup of one

it looks like someone's insides
i realize it's difficult to get a good picture of a tamal, but yikes
that is not it

I do not want to eat that.

yay carl!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7006/6505632287_3412d2d2ee.jpg
n24_w1150 by BioDivLibrary, on Flickr

I love orang-utans.