Oh they told me how much I would get paid. It's decent and I'll get a raise from decent to good in January. Also as a state employee, I will be a member of union which means I can sleep on my desk and come to work drunk and pull my pants down in response to a perceived insult from a coworker and my GD union will make sure I keep my job.
― Jenny, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 01:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Also it's a good job for starting out as a lawyer and the collective bargaining agreement limits the number of hours I can work a week so I can still be a radical activist in my off time, while spending no more than 38 hours a week ensuring that workers injured on the job get their just deserts. And then in five years I can open my own workers' comp practice and slick my hair back and have TV commercials.
― Jenny, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 01:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Is anybody having a Halloween party this year? Nick, is your dad coming to party with us again?
― Jenny, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 01:39 (sixteen years ago) link
I can sleep on my desk and come to work drunk and pull my pants down in response to a perceived insult from a coworker and my GD union will make sure I keep my job.
this begs the question, do you need an assistant?
― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 01:40 (sixteen years ago) link
why should i go to the bottle tonight? why shouldn't I?
― river wolf, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 01:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Jenny, spend your off hours planning my paralegal career. I aspire not to be a professional, but a PARAprofessional.
I will pay you in cat hair and Old Style Light.
― Jesse, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 01:42 (sixteen years ago) link
who's playing rw?
― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 01:43 (sixteen years ago) link
why you should- it's free. pbr is $1.25 while it lasts.
― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 01:44 (sixteen years ago) link
some metal bands??? mostly i am bored.
― river wolf, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 01:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh and I will work in the Thompson Center, which is even cooler than that time I worked in the Ogilve Transportation Center. Also now maybe I can find the wherewithal to change the address on my f'n driver's license.
Evan are you back in Chicago forever or what? I'm sorry if you've been over all this before.
― Jenny, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 01:46 (sixteen years ago) link
y, sort of
― river wolf, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 01:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Baroness is playing tonight, all the indie kids who kind of like metal are creaming themselves over Baroness. Except for me. I think their album is pretty boring. I don't know, it's free and they might be fun live.
― n/a, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 01:50 (sixteen years ago) link
I SEE THROUGH THE BULLSHIT
evan, write 10 more BJ songs
― n/a, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 01:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Evan: Well good, I guess.
JESUS NICK STOP POSTING
― Jenny, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 01:51 (sixteen years ago) link
That's better.
Congrats on the new job, J-town.
NICK STOP ACTUALLY ANSWERING PEOPLE'S QUESTIONS WITH USEFUL INFORMATION
― n/a, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 01:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Thanks, N-bot. I feel very happy now that I have a job.
― Jenny, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 01:52 (sixteen years ago) link
rw i'd say i'd join you but i'm about ready to turn in. being surrounded by napping dogs is having a nyquil like effect on me. plus my job hunt turned to ebay browsing about a half hour ago so sleep is for the best. i kinda want to buy a car?
― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 01:53 (sixteen years ago) link
People who need jobs:
Evan Colette Kevin Jenny
― n/a, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 01:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm pretty awake but it's probably a bad idea for me to go to a show.
― n/a, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 01:54 (sixteen years ago) link
yaaaaaaay for new Jenny job!
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 02:05 (sixteen years ago) link
I bought a cheap alarm clock (if you recall, my last one melted under the heat of a slumped over lamp) and it's pretty cool--it automatically sets its own time and date as soon as you plug it in. All you have to do is set the time zone. Also, you can make it project the time onto a surface.
And it was the cheapest alarm clock that also had a radio.
It's Emerson brand--wouldn't buy a microwave from them, but I've had their cassette players in the past and they got the job done.
― Jesse, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 02:10 (sixteen years ago) link
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/223/522104481_1f2c352fea.jpg?v=1180558779
― Jesse, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 02:11 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm fascinated by this wwII thing on wttw. i just watched some old dude basically have a ptsd episode then exhibit some of the darkest gallows humor ever.
this is probably someone's grandpa.
― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 02:13 (sixteen years ago) link
h'mmm i have never heard of this baroness but i'm intrigued.
again, because i am bored. also, because $LADY appears to be busy tonight.
― river wolf, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 03:37 (sixteen years ago) link
or i could just write 10 more BJ songs.
yeah, since i've been reading this thread regularly, both jenny and jesse have landed cool jobs. so maybe this thread is magic!
i haven't met evan, but surely there's something the three of us could start up that would make some money using our 'unique skill set'. let's think up ideas that we can get venture capitalist suckers to invest in!
p.s. congrats jenny! do you like shoes? i used to shop at the payless in the thompson center a lot, it's pretty big. which i'm sure was the main criterion for your decision to work there.
― colette, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 03:58 (sixteen years ago) link
congrats jenny! also, basil and mint infused grain alcohol is magic. perhaps a bad kind of magic on a monday night, but magic nonetheless.
― sisut, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 06:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh that does sound like magic. What did you do with it?
Katie? Katie???
― Jesse, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 11:48 (sixteen years ago) link
ps THUNDERSTORMS TODAY FUCK YEAH
― river wolf, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 11:57 (sixteen years ago) link
That Baroness is a pretty good album, but High On Fire's new one is better I think.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 12:02 (sixteen years ago) link
I only listened to the Baroness album once through but it seemed really thin-sounding, maybe since they're playing dual leads so often. I need to listen to High on Fire again.
― n/a, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 12:07 (sixteen years ago) link
My mother recently had my grandfather's Bronze Star framed, along with his commendation. He got the star for bravery and "operating a radio for two days without relief" during WWII. I asked him what it was like to operate a radio for two days without relief and he said, "Well, I imagine I got pretty hungry."
Colette, I am pretty utilitarian when it comes to shoes, but I like looking at shoes that I would never wear myself. For example, I would like someone whose feet I see on a regular basis to have these:
http://www.boden.co.uk/backupimages/productHome/07AAUT_AR323_PRP.jpg
I do like going into Payless, though. And I recently went into the Dress Barn at the T Center, which is the dumbest name for a women's clothing store ever.
― Jenny, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 12:30 (sixteen years ago) link
I always want to moooooo when I see a Dress Barn.
― Jenny, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 12:31 (sixteen years ago) link
PANTY SILO
― n/a, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 12:40 (sixteen years ago) link
SOCK TROUGH.
So tired this morning.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 12:44 (sixteen years ago) link
haha panty silo
― Jesse, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 13:12 (sixteen years ago) link
speaking of farm-related things, check out Wikipedia's entry re. poultry farms!!
Poultry farms
Poultry farming is the exploitation of chickens, turkeys, ducks, or any other slave animal, generally for meat or eggs. All animal farms exist under the paradigm of speciesism.
― Jesse, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 13:14 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm only a couple blocks away from the Thompson Center. Let's do lunch!
― jaymc, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 13:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Let's all do lunch sometime. I'm 10 min away on the Blue line and I'm downtown a lot.
― Jesse, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 13:16 (sixteen years ago) link
I did my very first Wikipedia edit.
― Jesse, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 13:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Is the Thompson Center the weird building where the Clark and Lake stop is?
― n/a, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 13:23 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't know about weird. It's got a fugly sculpture in its plaza.
http://www.planet99.com/pix/91_2.jpg
― Jesse, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 13:30 (sixteen years ago) link
And it's Christmas year-round there!
http://www.aviewoncities.com/img/chicago/kveus3772s.jpg
http://www.richard-seaman.com/USA/Cities/Chicago/Landmarks/JamesRThompsonCenter1.jpg
― Jesse, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 13:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Wow, is that what that building looks like?
― dan m, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 13:39 (sixteen years ago) link
They're cool pics.
― Jesse, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 13:43 (sixteen years ago) link
I am basically 20 miles from the Thompson Center. I will not be meeting you all for lunch any time soon.
John, are you still thinking about pub trivia tonight?
― n/a, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 13:47 (sixteen years ago) link