STRAIGHT-UP NOW TELL ME ARE YOU GONNA SMELL LIKE THAT FOREVER
― dan m, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 14:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Hahahahaha
― Jesse, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 14:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Okay that alone almost made the whole situation worth it.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 14:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Let's talk more about the Container Store!! Sarah? Evan?
― Jesse, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 14:50 (sixteen years ago) link
can't you just go on and on about how weird it is that your allergies are acting up at this time of year, for a few days, and eventually say something like 'while i love the way your perfume smells, it seems like i'm allergic to it, darn it! any chance you could wear a little less?'
i LOVE the container store. but it seems really expensive to me.
― colette, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 14:50 (sixteen years ago) link
In 2006, the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet metropolitan statistical area, which includes Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, McHenry and Will counties, had more “high-cost” mortgages than any other metropolitan area in the country
― n/a, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 14:53 (sixteen years ago) link
It is pretty expensive. Which reminds me--I got my shelves for 50% off because they were from a display unit and (very) slightly marred--no more than I will do to them in about 1 week of use.
― Jesse, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 14:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Have any of you ever been to Whiting, IN? My sister is telling me that she watched some home design show last night where the couple was from Chicago and could only afford to spend $200k... and ended up buying there. It is 20 minutes out of town supposedly, but I'm sure that doesn't include traffic.
― KitCat, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Apparently they have an annual pierogi fest. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1081/959592846_7b6d66ea9b.jpg?v=0
― KitCat, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:01 (sixteen years ago) link
oh dear god. this woman in my office is trying to describe 'across the universe' to her friend by describing 'moulin rouge' but doesn't remember what it's called or who's in it, and is also comparing it to 'the lion king on broadway'. she thinks it'll be so fun and trippy that she wants to get a big group to go and DRINK during it.
this is not convincing me to go see 'across the universe'
jesse, do you want to come over and organize my closet? this may involve unpacking at least 3 boxes which i've procrastinated for the last 3 months or so...
― colette, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:05 (sixteen years ago) link
You know, I'd MUCH rather organize your closet than my own.
― Jesse, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:06 (sixteen years ago) link
My house is currently not a place I enjoy being. It's a fucking wreck and it affects my sense of well-being. But I am such a fucking busy person!!
Once I get it to the point where I don't have to blindfold anyone who enters it I am calling Jenny and Jeff's cleaning lady.
― Jesse, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:07 (sixteen years ago) link
I made fun of the container store a helluva lot when I first heard about it, because it reminded me of something out of UHF. Then I was annoyed at it for trying to capitalize on my desire for zen. Then I gave into it and bought a bunch of containers.
― KitCat, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Weren't they named one of the best employers a while back?
― Jesse, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Before they changed their name to The Container Store. They were One-of-the-Best-Employers Store.
― Jesse, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:15 (sixteen years ago) link
when i was a kid, i used to go visit my grandparents in dallas and my grandma would take me to the container store and just wander around. i loved it.
i haven't bought much from there recently, though. we got a big airtight bin for the 50lb bag of flour we got from costco (we make a lot of bread), but nothing more exciting than that.
― colette, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:16 (sixteen years ago) link
just looking at the website was a bit overwhelming
― river wolf, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Look, I'm just going to say it ... the Container Store is DUMB.
― n/a, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:18 (sixteen years ago) link
they sell boxes
― river wolf, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:19 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah
― n/a, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:19 (sixteen years ago) link
It is so not dumb.
You have to go there. The website is overwhelming, but going and touching all the containers gives one the sense of boundless optimism.
― Jesse, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:19 (sixteen years ago) link
They sell Cleverness.
― Jesse, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:20 (sixteen years ago) link
they just fucking sell boxes
― dan m, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Have any of you ever been to Whiting, IN?
This is where that huge BP oil refinery is that's been in the news lately because they wanted to expand and pollute even more into Lake Michigan than they're already doing. Never been there, but I've driven on the Skyway often enough to know that that area isn't all that attractive.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:22 (sixteen years ago) link
The Container Store is not dumb.
― kenan, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Jesse you should get a Container Store tattoo.
― n/a, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:23 (sixteen years ago) link
The Container Store is going to be the issue that will finally tear CHILX (and possibly my marriage) apart.
I was going to say that Nick's response is a typically guy response, but I don't even think that. I am pretty sure that Jeff is into it as well.
― Jesse, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:24 (sixteen years ago) link
and is also comparing it to 'the lion king on broadway'.
Well, this isn't so weird since they're both directed by Julie Taymor. I'm kind of interested in it insofar as I'm a sucker for high-concept films, but I can also see myself completely hating it. I disliked Moulin Rouge, for instance.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:24 (sixteen years ago) link
And Kenan.
Never been there, but I've driven on the Skyway often enough to know that that area isn't all that attractive.
we should ALL pollute there!
― river wolf, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:24 (sixteen years ago) link
I haven't been to the Container Store in years! It seems pretty cool, though.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:25 (sixteen years ago) link
the thing is, i NEED boxes
― river wolf, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:25 (sixteen years ago) link
I I was at The Container Store You were there Two worlds collided And they could never tear us apart
― kenan, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:25 (sixteen years ago) link
I really want to post that youtube link again, but I just can't.
― dan m, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Nick and Sarah: FIGHT IT. Don't fall prey to the suburbs now that you're married. It doesn't have to be that way!
― Jesse, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:26 (sixteen years ago) link
yes, do! I don't think I remembered to bookmark it.
― kenan, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:26 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost
Oh we are not moving to the suburbs, Sarah is just crazy.
― n/a, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:27 (sixteen years ago) link
House for rent in Whiting is less than our rent now. Of course, you aren't in Chicago.
xposts... Ahhh, I see.
― KitCat, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:27 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAJXki87vgw
― dan m, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:28 (sixteen years ago) link
now I'm selling fucking boxes to fucking idiots who gotta fucking pack up their lamps and shit
That IS a beautiful and tempting piece of land!
― Jesse, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:29 (sixteen years ago) link
NO! NONONONO!
― Jesse, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:30 (sixteen years ago) link
I could not in all good conscience discourage anyone from living there. It's lovely.
― kenan, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:32 (sixteen years ago) link
This is more my style.
― KitCat, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Bringing it all back around: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF3Mlzfjdmc.
― n/a, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:36 (sixteen years ago) link
The word "bungalow" just sounds cozy.
― kenan, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Someone sum up the underage sex thread for me. I just can't be bothered today. *sigh*
― kenan, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:37 (sixteen years ago) link
The concept of characters like "Strawberry Field"...not for me.
The solution to the overperfumed is a sharp counterpunch with Febreeze.
― Eazy, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:38 (sixteen years ago) link