Chicago: home of the President of the United fucking States

Oh man...it's getting dark. Oh, for the days of being a waiter and getting all the sunshine I could want.

goddammit where can i live where the weather would be like this every single day? it's perfect out there right now

sadly the answer is Los Angeles. :(

Rand McNally named Oakland as having the best weather in the United States.

don't question me

My co-worker is whistling tunelessly and it's making me FUCKING NUTS.

xpost haha

ok, never again

Jinxing the election? Counting my chickens before etc? Relax, you guys.

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1.9% is as close to certain as a mathematical model gets.

no it isn't!

wait, yes it is

i'd be happier if it was even less, tho

obama needs to give 110 percent

lol

My co-worker is whistling tunelessly and it's making me FUCKING NUTS.

haha welcome to my everyday hell

Your co-worker also farts tunelessly, I've heard, so you have it worse.

You guys, I'm like Kurt Cobain here with my stressed out guts. I think down the road it will be clear that I took this fucking election too much to heart. What will I think about after it's over?? Pretty sure this could lead to a listlessness and feeling of let-down no matter who wins.

The gut-wringing shits is not going to combine well with rallying in the park!

can i just politely interrupt to say gbx OTM re: oakland weather. it rained for the first time in about 4 months this weekend. and also: sf might as well be on the other side of the country, the weather is so different there.

continue.

The gut-wringing shits is not going to combine well with rallying in the park!

Title of the next Chicago thread?

no

you guys

and your titles

I just voted! Barely any line at my polling place, thanking u early voterz.

Iconic scene of the morning, a guy standing outside the zone of exclusion loudly exhorting that "If you're gonna vote, vote for GOD, and everything will be all right." I thought about saying "I didn't see that name on the ballot" but I had headphones on and didn't want to admit I could hear him.

huzzah! I hope a lot of people have an easy time voting today (though I'm sure a lot of people won't).

I, for one, have had enough of the failed policies of the God administration.

Voting was pretty easy at the Bezazian branch of the CPL in Uptown. 45 min. wait from 7 a.m. But the line did get much longer at around 8. That site was the polling place for the 40th and 48th precincts (i think), but strangely, all but 1 or 2 people were in the 40th.

The workers at the polling place were...special. The guy who looked at IDs said a couple of times - before even looking at the ID or his book - "Hmmm I don't know if you're in the boookk...."

well how could he know if he hadn't looked in the book yet? he was just being honest.

He should have said, "Sir, at this point there is NO way for me to tell if you are eligible to vote in this precinct."

His breath smelled like he had been drinking coffee brewed with cigarette butts and durian.

HALLMARK IS ALREADY RUNNING CHRISTMAS THEMED TV ADS OMG WTF

hi guys

OK ppl what is the drill for tonight? Crashing Grant Park? Molotov cocktails in the streets? Gathering at a bar? Cmon cmon cmon

i plan to stay at home unless somebody with cable invites us over to watch the daily show/colbert report and cable coverage ... i've got a lot of school stuff to do this week and can't really afford to be exhausted and hung over tomorrow

So my boss tells me that the NYT said that it's possible that the outcome could be clear by 9 p.m. EST, which makes sense, as I think the latest that the polls are open in the east is 8:30 for N.C.

does that mean you want to hang out and drink or what

"CBS has signaled it might project a preliminary winner at 8 p.m."

xp- I'm going to be in Grant Park!

I have my ticket sitting next to me on my desk.

elitist

I don't know if my boss thinks anything is going to get done today, but if she does, she is somewhat mistaken.

who's getting out of work early today? sarah?

I have a followup interview for the possible jobby job (!) at 4, I'll probably vamoose not long after that wraps up.

A Loop business assoc. urged Loop businesses to let their people go at 3 p.m.

The newspaper shows the line that is forming for the rally. Gates don't even open till 8:30!

what is going to happen at the rally if the results are close and/or mccain refuses to concede until all the votes are completely counted? are people going to hang out all night doing nothing?

riot

ILLVILLE!
wish I could go to the rally, but I don't know how bad the congestion is going to be (besides the fact I don't have a ticket).
probably better off watching it at home.

I can't find it now, but I read somewhere that the organizers got a license for amplified sound until 1 a.m.

If McCain doesn't concede until late, Stevie Wonder does another set.

i mean, isn't there a pretty good chance that this might not be all figured out until late? i know a lot of the swing states are in the east but if it's even remotely close, won't mccain want to wait and see what the complete totals are?

There's a good chance that the networks will call the race at 7 p.m.

Hour by hour guide to results -- these times are Eastern. Results start at 5 p.m.!

There's a good chance that the networks will call the race at 7 p.m.

― Eazy, Tuesday, November 4, 2008 2:24 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Why do you say that?

i know a lot of places are saying it might be callable early but it also seems possible that it might take until the wee hours of the morning