Chicago: Become Familiar with its Distinctive Neighborhoods

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LIAR!

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here come the martian martians

I would love to have that drawing framed on my living-room wall.

the perspective on that thing is kkkkeeerazy

like if you look in the foreground and you imagine that those tubes are sitting on the surface of the street instead of under the street but for some reason the people inside are half as tall as the people outside, and suddenly it's an m.c. escher painting

I like the two women in matching outfits on the sidewalk.

And those trees must be 50 feet tall.

A 50 foot tree is not unlikely, is it?

later gators, i'm going home and going to bed.

Going home and going to bed ruined my Friday night... I'm sorry I didn't make it out, guys.

50 foot tree is likely. Here's a real photo of that station.

I have to be far away from Ronny's 'til 11 or midnight, so I may have to miss the extravaganza tonight, alas alas.

:-(

i had a great time last night, thanks everyone that helped me celebrate!

any idea about the timing of the show tonight? we'd like to come but are both exhausted and so knowing when everyone is on would help with planning...

Thanks for having us over! I'm really glad that I was able to make it because I had a grand time.

Jesse, do you remember this?

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Also:

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show starts at 9 - 9:30ish, spectacles play first, then sharks, then us, with poem2song and magic in between sets i think? i like all the bands playing tonight so i would tell people to get there early but my guess is sharks will start around 10-10:30ish and we'll start about an hour after that?

I do remember that! I have a video of that day too! Let's eat 'shrooms again soon. You're got a lawyering job now, it'll be fine.

Attn: lawyers

Some of my coworkers and I have questions about collective bargaining and NICA (Nat'l Independent Contractor Association). We are....disgruntled.

C-I'm sorry I didn't make it to the party last night, many happy congratulations! N & S, no chance you guys are going on earlier than 11:30ish, is there? I promise I'll make it one of these days, but I have a 11:30 call at the Playground. boo.

wow, i just did a crossword with "stereolab", "ween", and "rilo" (kiley) as answers. actually i've never heard rilo kiley, but that one shows up in puzzles all the time.

Attn: bike messengers

Email me.

Attn Xwrdrz stfu, srsment

uh, jk?

My last crossword had RILO in it.

And I just did a new one, but I have to wait until tomorrow morning before I can import it into Crossword Weaver (which is only available for PC).

Jesse, I can't tell if you're actually annoyed by the crossword puzzle talk on this thread or not. You've made a couple comments that make me think you are, but maybe I'm just reading into it too much.

Earlier all I said was that I was surprised that there wasn't a crossword thread. And then when I wrote STFU, I was drunk and utterly unreasonable.

And I wanted to use the abbreviation "srsmt" b/c I thought it was clever.

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IS THIS, OR IS THIS *NOT* THE BEST CHRISTMAS CARD YOU'VE EVER SEEN???

(despite my crappy scan of it, and the sloppy redaction of the phone number)

From Robin Ru550.

= Serieusement?

Good morning!
How was the show last night, Eric? I ended up not leaving the apartment once yesterday. I didn't even open the door!

And I just did a new one, but I have to wait until tomorrow morning before I can import it into Crossword Weaver

So what did you do it on?

I fulfilled my xword fantasy yesterday. :) It involved the NYT puzzle, for one thing.

i think that's supposed to be notated with :) :) :) jordan.

i was being modest :) :) :)

but for real, actually finishing that puzzle took alllll day, and some community assistance.

but for real, actually finishing that puzzle took alllll day,

my heart's not exactly breaking over here...

lol at community assistance

sorry, i'll stop braggin' 2007.

also i watched disc 1 of the Wire season 4 and i'm obsessed all over again. i almost bought the box just so i wouldn't have to wait until later this week for netflix to send more, but it was $50.

i did not step foot in a bar this weekend for the first time in a while. and apparently i missed a good time up at HC thursday night. "dancers", coked out millionaires, puking.... sounds like it had it all.

That is indeed a great Xmas card.

also i watched disc 1 of the Wire season 4 and i'm obsessed all over again

^^^ ditto. we watched all of disc 1 last night. so good. it's kind of crazy how many characters they have at this point, though it's not too hard getting caught back up again. i had totally forgotten about the excon/boxing instructor guy.

i think am going to make Ye Olde River Wolf chili soon (possibly for an informal chili battle). if anyone else has a good chili recipe, pls share!

xpost, cutty!

there have to be like 10 plotlines going right now, huh?

i would try and list them all but i would probably piss somebody off

i told a teacher about the Wire and she was skeptical (thought it would be on some Dangerous Minds shit). then i showed her the classroom scenes from episode 3 and totally won her over.

i know, right?

THE WIRE SPOILER ALERT

current plotlines:
1. mayoral race
2. prez becomes a teacher
3. excon/boxing instructor guy
4. bodie's weak renegade corner
5. wiretap unit going after marlo
6. ex-police guy helping college study young offenders
7. new group of young kids (dookie, ponytail kid, randy, et al)
8. omar
9. bald white dude working as security for the mayor
10. drug kingpin consortium trying to get marlo to help crack down on NY dealers
11. mcnulty is settled down/bunk and other homicide dudes (neither of these is really a full plot line at this point so I counted each as half)

obv. some of those are bigger than others, and there's a lot of overlap

I've seen a handful of episodes from the first season so none of that means anything to me. It is one of those shows I will probably watch in its entirety in a furious month of Netflixing/torrenting, someday.