SO U MOVING TO HSTNGS! PACK A AMPULE OF ANTIVENOM AND A FACK FULL OF EMINEM

So I guess I'm hooked to the end on this one, no question.

huh good to know

It's weird... keeps giving me this "at home, but not really in a good way" feeling.

Happy birthday to deX!

I hope he has some big plans in the works...

uh yeah seeing as ilx doesn't 'do' birthday threads anymore (?) this seems the thread- happy birthday djp

^^^ They don't? I was just too lazy to go looking.

^_^ ty

I am having Chinese food at a new place with great reviews tonight with friends! There will be DRINKING

is 'chinese food' a bit racist tho? /dougal

^^^ details, what did you eat, how much did you drink, was there bright green puking, etc etc

The restaurant was pan-Asian so we ended up getting a ton of random things. I personally had:

gyoza
Hot and sour soup
An exotic-sounding chicken dish that turned out to be a fancy version of General Gau's
Another awesome chicken dish in coconut milk
The first bloody Mary I have ever LIKED
a huge scorpion bowl
Another spicy mango drink
Kung pao lamb
Spicy tuna maki
Macallan 12
A glass of some south African chenin blanc
A really good rice dish

There were like 8 of us? Lots of good times.

awesome!

oh and by the way since i still have illusions of tricking you and j into moving back here, please do not allow her to look at any online references to the temperature in minnesota for at least 48 hours thx

i am disallowing myself from doing that why becuase depression

plus it's Cooler By The Lake

ps duluth rules???

Cheer up, gbx, it will warm up in Duluth sometime in July. You just need to be patient!

And yeah - that sounds like it was a super-awesome dinner.

John, I think we need to work together to bring deX and J here somehow, put aside our petty differences, etc etc

(deX, do you see how desperate I am for your return; I am attempting to make nice with SCURVY! plz come home, we all miss you)

every time i see this thread title i think of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z6INnysnBM

hey anybody remember what i named that thread where i reacted to the poll roll out on here the past few years? because im going to get slain on ilm otherwise

No? But I hope you survive; K is way too young for widowhood.

shhhhh secret thread to talk about music without getting into a high-pitched ilm shriekfest on whatever thread is going on atm

come, let us bask in how much we despise Pistol Annies together (ps, Miranda Lambert fucking sux)

Oh no I remember that one, I'm talking an ilm eoy specific one I started one or 2 years ago

oh

Rolling Top 100 2005-2009: ALBUMS "I don't get it thread"

ta-da

deX is made of magic, obv!

a review of our concert last night, apparently my section was scooping? ;_;

http://classical-scene.com/2012/01/22/kings-chapel-choir/

also our diction was inconsistent ;_;

(sorry, "inconsisen")

From what I could hear from here, you sounded perfect! ;)

http://www.hastingsstargazette.com/event/article/id/26568/

LOLLLLL

Hahaha

"Officers are looking into the situation." = ROFFLES

omg did you read the story about the "embattled police officer"

http://www.hastingsstargazette.com/event/article/id/26571/

Bahahahahahahaha

LOL!

btw, pretty sure I once dated the bartender who called out this dude for stealing the corkscrew. (That happened at Gr33n M1ll; T0dd still works there.)

Oh, hey. My new work does not think this is social networking.

zomg hi dere

i didnt know that shanties had wifi

This job gives me money and is easier, but shanty life is less beige.

OMG HELLO!!!!

(you wouldn't think we'd just emailed yesterday, but whatever!)

hey sara i dont think i can make your party because of working on saturdays which is sadface.

I kind of imagined that would be a problem - but Sundays are A and A's day to go to HSTNGS and play D&D, so Saturday it had to be. (Yes, that is how my life is these days.)

You can send K. still if you want! ;)

But still, I wish you could all magically be at my house bc I am going to be ZOMG FORTY

btw, RE: the article about the officer from upthread - T0dd went to court to testify against that officer this morning. I really have to find a way to get details out of him.

Srsly, who the hell steals a CORKSCREW?!

haha that is awesome

I know! Plus since he used "witness for the prosecution" this morning on his FB page, I have had that totally awesome phrase in my head all day.

God I love having exes sometimes.

d0ff1ng is the def of the unloveable loser

you guys, the new Schoolboy Q mixtape is on Spotify now

http://open.spotify.com/album/2XA9ImMQL9h3nFUMkHLL38

This dude was a late 2011 revelation to me, between him and Kendrick Lamar it gives me faith that there are still ppl out there in hip-hop who aren't wholesale Drake-esque embarrassments and that makes me super super happy

It's the little things...

Learning that I have less patience for bus stop crazy.

Looking forward to listening to Schoolboy Q mixtape at home. Also looking forward to listening to jjjusten's music recommend on Facebook.

Here's some more to listen to"

http://open.spotify.com/user/djperry1973/playlist/2c5J6cInjUXV647UzhXZbS

My favorite albums of 2011. A quick rundown:

Lamb - 5
Old school trip-n-bass comes roaring back like a subdued Portishead, remaining as wonderful as they did in their heyday.
Standouts: "Butterfly Effect", "Build A Fire", "She Walks"

PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Fragile, emotional renderings of the impact of WWII on England, sung in a revelatory manner more reminiscent of Kate Bush than "Sheela-Na-Gig".
Standouts: "The Words That Maketh Murder", "On Battleship Hill"

The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck
Duh.
Standouts: "Damn These Vampires", "Age Of Kings", "High Hawk Season" (duh*2)

Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials
This fucking woman ruined what is probably the best goth-pop album released this year by releasing a fucking racist video. It's super infuriating because this album is great. Never buy it.
Standouts: "What The Water Gave Me", "Remain Nameless", "No Light, No Light" <-- this is the racist video

Austra - Feel It Break
Buy this instead of Florence. It's basically the same voice over moody electronics and without the racist videos.
Standouts: "Beat and the Pulse", "Hate Crime" (irony!)

Beyonce - 4
Despite being largely about how Beyonce can't exist without a man, this is an astonishing sounding album. B has never sounded better and a bunch of the songs are super bonkers. People will tell you the bonus tracks are the real stars; these people are high.
Standouts: "End of Time", "I Care", "I Miss You", "Countdown"

Lone - Echolocations EP
omg it's 1993 again and I'm raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaving
Standouts: "Explorers", "Rapid Racer"

M83 - Hurry up, We're Dreaming
Yes it's an extended John Hughes soundtrack/Tears for Fears meets Simple Minds pastiche; this is precisely what makes it so fucking awesome.
Standouts: "Midnight City", "OK Pal", "Claudia Lewis"

Planningtorock - W
Specifically for those times when you think "you know what, Fever Ray is too commercial for me"
Standouts: "Doorway", "I Am Your Man", "The Breaks"

Del The Funky Homosapien - Golden Era
Yes I like old dudes who were releasing albums when we were in college, sue me
Standouts: "Calculate", "Double Barrel"

Kanye & Jay-Z - Watch The Throne
At some point, this went from being a pleasant diversion to the strongest affirmation of black achievement I listened to all year. Kanye is still iffy but Jay sounds better than he has in YEARS.
Standouts: "No Church In The Wild", "Ni**as In Paris", "Murder To Excellence", "Who Gon Stop Me"

When Saints Go Machine - Konkylie
Imagine if Antony and the Johnsons weren't fucking horrible and massively irritating and you've got this. Similar voice, VASTLY more interesting songs.
Standouts: "Konkylie", "Church and Law", "The Same Scissors", "Adds End"

Emika - Emika
More moody female-fronted synth-pop. Very intense at times.
Standouts: "Professional Loving", "Pretend"

Kate Wax - Dust Collision
Mostly for one song, but oh my god that song!
Standout: "Human Twin"

Schoolboy Q - Setbacks
I had no idea that mixtape blog rappers were doing anything that wasn't utter bullshit before stumbling across this. Apparently their whole collective (Black Hippy) is amazing.
Standouts: "Figg Get Da Money", "Light Years Ahead", "Fantasy"

Kendrick Lamar - Section.80
Another Black Hippy dude I discovered late last year. Holy shit. Keep an eye on this dude, he is NEXT LEVEL.
Standouts: "A.D.H.D.", "Tammy's Song (Her Evils)", "Keisha's Song (Her Pain)", "Rigamortus"

Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
Doodlebug from Digable Planets resurfaces as a paranoid nightmare. Fucking unbelievable; you will never hear "Cool Like That" the same way again.
Standouts: "free press and curl", "An echo from the hosts that profess infinitum", "yeah you"

Rihanna - Talk That Talk
I don't know if Rihanna has ever sounded as comfortable with ridiculously dirty songs as she does here. Also, the candy pop songs are extra sparkly. Also, one song is built off of the best track on the XX album.
Standouts: "We Found Love", "Cockiness (Love It)", "Birthday Cake", "Drunk On Love"

Invisible Conga People - Invisible Conga People EP
I just discovered this and it's fucking beautiful. Not gonna bother listing standouts because it's two songs and two remixes but it's AMAZING.