Chicago MMXII

Does the reader have an app? They should.

you guys discovery center is offering a 50% off classes deal
finally, i can take one of their super sweet personal growth classes, like

"talk to anyone anytime, how to"

http://www.discoverycenter.cc/index/prsnlgr.htm

ott heart squeezingly painful to imagine a class that offers the following:

Want to learn how to talk to anyone at anytime and make a good impression. Are your fears of rejection in your way? Come learn how to:
o Overcome your fears
o Feel good about yourself and what you have to say
o Project self-confidence
o Start and continue conversations
We will practice self-image building and power communication skills. Alan Salami LCSW is an NLP Master Practitioner and Psychotherapist. He specializes in assisting people to learn new mental skills to transform their lives. Mat. Fee: $10

The Discovery Center kind of blows. Or at least you need to be v cautious and selective about what you teach there.

Sincerely,
The Asshole Who Paid for a Chicago Neighborhood Tour and Ended Up Trapped on a School Bus Listening to a House Flipping Ponzi Scheme Sales Pitch

"Alan Salami LCSW"

"To demonstrate what I'm talking about, we're going to act out a little exercise in social phobias -- I like to call this 'Hide the Salami'."

i took a class on proofreading there, it sucked

i am not actually suggesting that you guys take classes at the discovery center, i'm just kind of obsessed with it due to stuff like this "Alan Salami LCSW"

I want to take foreign accent reduction.

i could teach that class

re: talk to anyone anywhere

1) who signs up for that class? how many students? ages? gender distribution?
2) what does alan salami do to break the ice in the most socially tense room in chicago?
3) what do the students think of the class after they take it? do they feel more able to talk to strangers?

i bet changing your name to "alan salami" is a good way to start conversations.

q: 2) what does alan salami do to break the ice in the most socially tense room in chicago?
a: introduces himself "hello, my name is alan salami. alan salami is my name. and if i can go through life with this name, you can learn to talk to people too"

though most of those conversations will primarily consist of "wait, your name is alan salami?"
xpost

there are only seven results for a google image search for "alan salami," and none of them are pictures of a guy

Alan Salami -- the rumors are true

i've wondered about that place. i thought about taking classes there - how to do photoshop, for example.

Would that be worthwhile, do you think?

no

unless you're going to spy on the other classes and report back to me in exhaustive excruciating detail about what you saw

for real?

i also thought about taking an excel class

xp

I want to be "Danny Cappicola"

fwiw I think the U of C Graham school would be a better option for this stuff, probably more $ though

I took a yoga class there. It was OK.

(Disc. Ctr., not U of C.)

introducing: AMANDA MORTADELLA

nick textured vegetable protein-based chorizo substitute

Nick Quorn doesn't sound too bad but it's not as cool as Amanda Mortadella.

Jenny Baloney

Jesse Bloodsnausages

Do you like Paul Verlaine?
Is it gonna rain today?
Do you want to call your mommy?
We can call her Alan Salami...

I'm sorry, I'll stop now. It's really hot and boring in my office.

YOU'RE hot and boring.

I'm super bored and super lazy today. I have to do some work but I just can't.

nick quorn and the bad veegs

Jesse take a class at a CCC location. They have cheep continuing ed courses in shit like that.

But really, get your bachelor's degree first.

OK.

still hot
still bored

Drop It Like It's Bored
Bored Child in the City
Bored for Teacher

i can't even take a picture of the little white plastic baby jesus sticking out of our office rosca de reyes because i forgot my phone at home

amanda how do you find out about new music?
i need to find new mp3 blogs that are well-curated. most of my new music sources are dried up.

I'm gonna put my best-of-2011 playlist up on Spotify this weekend. Although it looks like Spotify is missing 11 of the 88 tracks. 12 if you count the "Edge of Glory" radio edit (they have the album version).

hmmm good question
i'm not sure i find out about a lot actively so much as stumble on it? i still have an emusic account so that's my "try something new" allotment for the month, also keeps insane downloading under control.
really i am not an obsessive keeper-upper with stuff. i should probably read a magazine or something.

i was thinking of going to see YOB/Anatomy of Habit at the EB on Wednesday 1/25. should be a good show, but is on a weeknight :-/

also like i went to that metal ensemble thing at the MCA and saw the awesome harmonium player dude there and then looked him up
totes recommend if you like that sort of thing! (organic/synthy soundscapes that sound inspired by nature)
http://mindovermirrors.tumblr.com/listen

i also listen to the radio a lot

mostly to terry gross and then she tells me what music to like

just kidding

"...and later we'll talk with _____ about his/her new cee dee"
http://blogs.e-rockford.com/bricksandclicks/files/2007/10/terry_book.jpg

Fuhreshhh Aer

just fyi by "new stuff" i mean new-to-you stuff, not necessarily new releases