Chicago MMXII

worker much closer
liver much farer

they have a lofted cafe area in the past

I'm going back to early 2005, get some lunch, and tell myself to study harder in criminal law and property class.

iO moves to North/Clybourn area:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-1110-halpern-move-io-20121109,0,287403.story

what's up

we bought a new (used) car this weekend. it's exciting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F33TWZJ5Ic

what kind of wheelz

honda fit, kind of inbetween hatchback and wagon. feels way bigger inside than it looks from the outside. mainly just crazy driving a car that isn't 17 years old and that has a stereo.

Fit is go.

kinda wish I had a fit instead of a yaris, but the grass is always greener etc.

Wish I'd known about the Tame Impala show tonight before it sold out -- I bet they'd be great live.

I would have totally gone were I not already spending my stay-up-late chits on Aimee Mann/Ted Leo and the dBs.

So close

http://i.imgur.com/VmMWSl.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/yj814l.jpg

hilarious pic of a Fire player + a good-looking zucchini bread recipe: http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-hibernation-with-bread-20121108,0,2789250.photo

I just got a long and kind of hilarious list of continuing ed classes at the school where I teach that need adjunct instructors so if anybody is interested in teaching something, let me know and I'll forward it to you. Highlights include web development, various languages, money management, career-specific things.

If anyone is wondering how to get around the paywall at the tribune site, install the Readability extension. Load the page and Read Now from the Readability menu. It will pull the whole text.

aw fuck no

http://chicagoist.com/2012/11/15/controversial_defeat_jihad_ads_appe.php

http://www.change.org/petitions/chicago-transit-authority-take-down-anti-muslim-advertisements-on-your-buses?utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=858882

oh that's linked in the article. sorry.

Heyyyyy is there a good place to eat new Rev Brew that isn't Rev Brew? I made plans to meet a colleague there tonight but they are having a beer event and that sounds like it would be terrible.

There's some decent BYOB places in the general vicinity:

4 Suyos (Peruvian; 2727 W. Fullerton)
Chilapan (Mexican; 2459 W. Armitage)
90 Miles (Cuban; 2540 W. Armitage)

Also, since Rev is just a couple of blocks away from the heart of Logan Square, there's always the usual suspects there: Lula, Longman & Eagle, Telegraph, etc.

Those are good ideas. I will run these by my dining companion and hopefully she'll just pick one. Actually, Peruvian sounds kind of amazing.

Fat Rice has soft-opened for dinner ...

http://www.eatfatrice.com/index2.php#slide-main

now that i think about it, you guys go to a lot of restaurants!

Of the ones I named, the only one I haven't been to is Telegraph, but I've heard good things (including from Kr and my bro).

S - O - S
Very emergency
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Very emergency

Sorry. I was listening to Promise Ring on the way to work and now I'm in a good mood but I CANNOT GET THE SONG OUT OF MY HEAD.

township has pretty good food too

hey so i already managed to accidentally drain the battery in our new car. do any of you with cars want to swing by this evening or tomorrow and give us a jump? i will owe you a beer. but i can also try to snag a stranger for a jump if no one is available.

if you don't get anyone to do it by 5 or so, lemme know and i'll stop by!

thanks dude!

no prob, just txt or call or w/e -- i'll be downtown but could easily be over by 6, i think i have cables too?

yeah we probably won't be home until 6ish anyways so that's cool. i have cables if you don't.

there was a guy on the el this morning working out an intricate design with a gouge on a piece of wood that was approximately 3 feet by 2 feet

that sounds sexy

he was an older gentleman with a scraggly beard

I've heard Telegraph is overpriced. Haven't been to any of the BYOBs mentioned, but I'd also add Boiler Room and Letizia's Fiore to the list.

omg wait a second was marty willson-piper on your train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOgRE8fXMUg&feature=related

Telegraph can get pricey, especially w drinks. the one time I was there I paid $$ and left hungry.

It's cool. We're going to Duke of Perth. hahaha

I told Jeff this in an email but I am going to tell you all because it is a good snapshot of my how this day is going:

I'm eating at my desk while working and I stuck my pen in my mouth instead of my fork.

Then I rocked out to a Widespread Panic song on XRT. Hurry, Beer O'Clock.

I'm doing private-room karaoke tonight. Pumped.

The next time I do karaoke, I am going to sing Possum Kingdom. Don't let me forget.

I'm going to While Foods to drink Bourbon County Stout.

Not Biurbin Ciunty Stiut?

U cray cray.

GUYS. My birthday is Thanksgiving. I'm going to be 40. Be nice to me.

Happy early bday. You're a cutie pie.

I'll be in NC on your bday. Do you want me to do anything there in honor of it? Maybe tickle my mom?

Just... Just love your family Jesse. Love them and hold them tight.

is there a way for us to celebrate your birthday with you?

Maybe after the fact. My parents are in town for a week and we're having Thanksgiving dinner at Longman and Eagle. I'm kind of ambivalent about the whole thing aside from occasional neurotic episodes about turning the-big-four-oh.

shit like this doesn't help! Or the tendency of people to use "40 year old woman" as shorthand for someone boring and uncool. (Someone said to me the other day that salsa dancing is for college kids and 40-year old women, which 1) what's wrong with salsa dancing?* and 2) fuck you!)

*Of course I'd say that, being less than a week away from being a 40-year-old woman.