Chicago: When Someone Rides Free We All Pay!!!!!!!!!

1. If you come to our front gate and want to get inside, dial 29 on the keypad and hope that Jeff is home since that goes to his cell phone. We don't actually know how to open the door with the phone, but we'll at least know you're there.

2. My graduation from law school is May 20, 2007. There are no tickets, so if you want to suffer through the ceremony, come on along. I am also having some sort of party, hopefully planned by someone who isn't me. So save the date, because after that, you won't see my ass until the beginning of August, after I take the bar.

JENNY OVER AND OUT.

The food, btw, was delicious. Nick did not serve us, though. Some kooky middle-aged ditz was our waitress. She grinned maniacally and said things like, "Ohhhh, isn't it gooooood?" and "You guys are so funny!!" -- even though we hadn't said anything. Then she did a "Psst, see those two ladies over there? One of them ate all of her lamb vindaloo! I don't know she did it, it's really spicy!!"

Saints Spirit.

His face reads "Who Dat," as in "Who dat? Who dat? Who dat say they gonna beat them Saints!"

John, you could save yourself money by taking your mom out to any of the bars that offer dollar burgers on Tuesdays.

I found another band interested in covering a full LP, probably d'Angelo's Voodoo.

I just finished the newer Peter Carey novel, Theft, which was really good. I think I need to read a bunch of his other books, since Illywhacker was good too.

I'm gonna go for a jog, getting some coffee and hitting the road at 7.

*WTF? Am I James Frye now?

I found another band interested in covering a full LP, probably d'Angelo's Voodoo.

What is this for? 'Cause I would LOVE to cover Voodoo.

can we change the name of this thread to "Chicago: I'm Not Gonna Pay A Lot For This Mother"?

Jenny, you will see everyone between May 20th and August whatever because The Wedding is June 2nd. Attendance is mandatory! YOU WILL HAVE FUN! AnD DANCE!

http://www.makelovenotdebt.com/images/bridezilla.jpg

John, I can't believe you've never spent more than $65 on a gift!? Of course, I'm no model for good budgeting seeing as how I'm tens of thousands of dollars in debt. The pastor we'll probably pick for our ceremony suggested that if either of us has any debt, we should try as hard as we can to pay it off before we get married. If I listened to him, I probably wouldn't be able to get married for another 20 years.

Also, Jesse, I LOVE that photo.

(note: i am not really "outraged" about this or anything, but seriously, if you're going to dip into savings, Mom is a good reason to do it.)

The idea of putting together a regular night of bands covering entire LPs beginning-to-end. If this gets rolling, you should bring one of your bands to town and do it.

I wish the Ice Factory would host our album covering project. Then it could become a monthly event (with different bands each time). Speaking of IF, Crap Eng1ne is breaking up.

The album covering idea is great, too bad none of my bands would really fit. The rock band doesn't really do covers. The Kid Jordan Second Line (my new traditional jazz band!) was started to cover a whole album, but it's so obscure that no one would care

It would be cool to take that band to Chicago since our saxophonist lives there and my friend Scott could play bass, but we would need a local dude who can play New Orleans piano.

When would I have ever done this? I mean, I think last Christmas my brother and I spent somewhere in that range, probably a little bit more, on each parent, but that was split between the two of us. Unevenly, since he's a student, but still.

I'm still feeling weird and guilty about the whole thing, especially because of some of the responses I got on this thread. And then Kr said something about how she would've paid for the dinner because she feels like she owes her parents for helping to put her through college. And I was just like, "Huh. That's never occurred to me." I mean, obviously I'm grateful that they did, and I know that not all people are so lucky, but I've never considered that I was forever in their debt or anything -- they've certainly never made me feel that way.

Did I mention my mom makes like four times as much as I do?

(btw, I would love to cover a whole album, but a) C4n4st4 would probably take like two years to actually do it, and b) the only thing we'd be able to agree upon is some middlebrow crap like Flaming Lips or whatever.)

As someone whose parents did not help her out with school, I often find myself annoyed with kids who don't seem entirely grateful of said help. It really puts you ahead of the game to start out into the world as an adult without miles of debt. SO APPRECIATE IT! Love, me

I really, really appreciate it.

I am trying to think of things I have spent more than $65 on, period -- besides rent and bills.

Computer
iPod
Keyboard
Sofa
Coffee table
Hotel room
Car maintenance
External hard drive
??

When I got a salaried job (after years of scraping by), I took my folks out to a few fancy dinners in CA. It was a time when I was thinking that they didn't know much about what I was doing in Chicago, or didn't understand the creative stuff I was doing, or whatever, but, in a superficial way, if friends of theirs asked them what they were up to they could say "Well, Eric took us to the French Laundry."

Only trouble was that the dinner ended up being talking about the cost of it much of the time.

Suit

Gifts for girlfriends, definitely more.

shit, i walk past there every damn day.

Why do I picture you saying this with a smirk?

Because you think I'm a terrible person with no capacity for sympathy?

UR THREAD IS DEAD!
AND NO ONE CARES!