Chicago: Totally hands-free!!!

The Clipper, you'll recall, is where me and Kenan first met Nick and Sarah.

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Oh I recall. I like that place.

1000 N. California is squarely in Humboldt Park. Looks like about a mile and a half walk from the Blue Line. I wouldn't be worried about walking there, though I might not walk back late at night. The HP always has people out and about and California is a fairly well-traveled street.

There is a California bus, but it hops back and forth between Cali and Kedzie. Dunno if it goes by the bar.

No, i'm here. i meant here comes courtney, lurking on the thread.

nick's on the phone with me.

he says hi.

he's asking if i'm typing that we're on the phone.

Captain Save-A-Jesse

Nick said, "OH NOEZ PUERTO RICANS!!!"

What are we saving Jesse from? 13 blocks of walking?

I also got drizzunk with Kenan and Renee there about a year and a half ago. And Hstencil was among a group of us that watched Bosco + Jorge play there in February 2002. I've only been there a handful of times, but most of them have been memorable.

I had an Abita for the first time there.

Puerto Rico . . .
You ugly island . . .
Island of tropic diseases.
Always the hurricanes blowing,
Always the population growing . . .
And the money owing,
And the babies crying,
And the bullets flying.
I like the CITY CHICAGO
Smoke on your pipe and put that in!

Puerto Rico,
You lovely island . . .
Island of tropical breezes.
Always the pineapples growing,
Always the coffee blossoms blowing . . .

nick (or anyone), do you have any idea about the timing for the gig tonight? i think doors are at 9 and there's 4 bands, 2 of which toby wants to see. he tried to call to get stage times, to no avail...

It'll probably be pretty close to on time, Empty Bottle is good at running on schedule, give or take 15 or 20 minutes.

That walk seems a lot longer than 1.5 miles in my mind.

Well, I mean, it won't start 20 minutes early. That would be dumb.

but if he wants to see the last 2 bands and we're not fussed about the first two, what time should we get there?

NICKKKK, WHAT THE HELL ARE WE GOING TO DO TONIGHT!??!?!

10:30ish to be safe? Might sell out though...

come to the clipper. drink grape soda.

we've already got tickets, i'm pretty sure.

Going to be 87 degrees on Tuesday. Hooray for heat.

I would have totally gone to OM tonight, but I didn't know about it. Now I don't have shoes on.

Reading an entire day's worth of Chicago posts at the end of the day is very interesting. It's like a really bad book, that I bought instead of getting it out of the library. So I feel compelled to continue reading.

Wow, Dempster really sucks.

jeff, why don't you come to om? we're not leaving for another 20 mins or so...

today's posts were especially exhausting.

Thanks for the encouragement Colette, but I'm going to pass. Are people doing anything tomorrow night?

FYI, Jenny's in Delaware, so any interactions with me would be with just and awkward me.

people were princess and professor crabbypants today.

i think we're doing nothing tomorrow night.

i'm not convinced by this OM thing, but i've bailed out on music toby likes too many times, so i'm going along.

I just saw a commercial for Catch 35. Have you seen this Jesse?

87? Lame. I'm pretty over summer at this point. I'm ready to settle in with the sweaters and scarves.

I'm excited about 87 degrees because I just got a white summer skirt on sale and now I won't have to wait a year to wear it.

Jeff--

1. I have not seen any commercials. For c35 or otherwise.

2. Tim 0'sh3a asked about you repeatedly tonight. He not only hoped you would be out, but seemed to expect your presence.

I want to go see Diamanda.

Were she here to comment on the day's events, she would likely be heard to say:

what time is it?

DEATH.

what!
what time is it?

DEATH.

I want to go see her, but I'm afraid I'll be disappointed b/c she won't be doing a Plague Mass for Homos With AIDS.

Oh homo.

I am about 10 minutes away from wiping the drive on my Mac and reinstalling my operating system! How I got here is a long story. Let's just say that I fucked up my computer, and thank the gods of extra hard drives that I can back everything up and start over.

On the bright side -- I have installed and ripped out a lot of programs on this thing since I got it, and I look forward to having the inevitable remnants of that finally cleared out. Like it never happened. :)

I have switched to my PC. My Mac is making louder noise than I have ever heard it make. Clicks and whirrs. This must be the birthing pangs of an OS. I wish I could tape it.

I wish my Mac screen would stop telling me so precisely what it is doing. I look over every minute or so, and it says something like, "Installing German." I don't speak German, but this is not optional.

Oh great, now it's "Installing Norwegian." I am not kidding.

Ok now it's installing GarageBand, and I want it to finish so I can play again!

I ARE BUILDING COMPUTER

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Jodie Foster movie, not so good. Good actors, shot in high-def, but not very satisfying.

Scene pre-installed in "Screenwriter 2.0" software:

*If the main character is in the rear of a bodega, then: a) the rest of the store will be empty and b) someone will enter and hold up the cashier.

That's just the thing with Jodie Foster, though... good actor? To be taken seriously? Still? Really?

I can't believe her anymore.

My playground building is running into snags and taking forever. If this happens again, I will resort to my usual "scratched DVD" remedy and wash the disc with soap and water.

It keeps installing "iWork '06 Trial," which I don't want and it has to download. You can tell it's not reading from the disc anymore... everything gets really quiet. And slow. And useless. And not optional.

How so, K., re Jodie? She acts poorly to you or you're distracted by the context of her past performances/other stuff?

Oh, and Plastic Bertrand: I had a French teacher play some of his songs in class, and I used to have a record of his called L'Album. In case they're out on the Internet somewhere, the songs "Stop Ou Encore" and "Rock and Roll Je Te Hais" are the keepers. Worst nasal voice ever, but "Stop Ou Encore" is kind of like "Rappers Delight".

No, she's not a poor actress, but I just can't stomach her anymore. Make of it what you will.