Chicago MMXII

pls tell me how I can avoid angsty middle-aged whiteguydom

YES.

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dan m you are not on that path to citizenship, i wouldn't worry about it

Alert: I have now been to the fancy State St. Walgreens three times and am available to answer questions about the experience for the curious.

I walked by it the other day and it looked crazy busy so I kept a-scootin'.

bathroom fixtures: gold plated y/n?

xp I just feel like I might have some angst coming my way eventually, plus I'm almost MID 30S and white btw

N on gold plated bathroom fixtures
Your angst will emerge in the form of curmudgeonliness most likely, which is way more of agl than roiling self pity masked with scotch and cigar smoke.

I have not been in the bathroom of the fancy Walgreens.

I did learn today that "Popchips" are disgusting. And I often miss Munchos so I'm not like a fancy discerning crunchy snack person.

I'm typing on the big computer, btw, Amanda, fyi lol.

I would throw all the Popchips in the world into the river for one bag of Munchos.

I don't even really like scotch or cigars honestly so that's cool.

Do you resent your wife because she wants you to live in a big house with her and care about your children and have sex with her sometimes when you really want to spend the mortgage payment on a fancy sportscar and have sex with a high school cheerleader?

The sidewalk clearing snowblower guys are barely keeping up.

This is going to be an interesting rush hour.

Wow... Numerous xposts w/out a warning.

Yeah its a mess out there. Glad I took the train.

Angsty rich white-people books are not always about male protags! See, e.g., Joan Didion's Play It As It Lays.

Or, IIRC, Paula Fox's Desperate Characters.

I don't think anyone claimed they were?

xp - Totally!

No, but Jenny's post seemed to reduce the genre to the plot of Americna Beauty.

i think i don't like most of those books but just usually because not much happens in them story-wise. it's just people moping and talking and being boring. i need me a story of some kind.

Revolutionary Road is full of stuff happening.

No, but Jenny's post seemed to reduce the genre to the plot of /Americna Beauty/.

Yes. I went for an exemplar instead of trying to be all inclusive. I am typing with my thumbs, you know.

it's just people moping and talking and being boring.
this is my point
even if stuff happens, it's boring stuff for the most part. i used to like paula fox but after a while even she bored me.

but it doesn't really have to do with the characters being white or rich or male or angsty, it has to do with them being boring. or rather, the stories (or lack thereof) being boring.

exactly!

In Revolutionary Road lots of non-boring stuff happens. Abortion, suicide, drunkenness are but a few of the exciting things you will find in Revolutionary Road.

I like gripping plots, but I also admire mimesis.

Courtney just reminded me a few days ago that I don't like John Irving b/c "too much stuff happens" in his books.

it just keeps snowing and i don't think they're plowing here until it stops. i'm just going to plan on spending two hours in the car going home.

ok i guess they are trying to plow & salt, but it looks grim out there.

got a bunch of digdown guys trying to come in from mpls & chi for a show tonight too. :/

as long as it clears up by weds. for my flight to atlanta i am ok with the snow

Its supposed to be 40 on Sunday, so you should be okay. Actually the snow is supposed to be done around midnight tonight.

Funny, but this seems to be living up exactly to the forecasts, in terms of intensity and timing.

My concession to the snow is as follows:

1. Not wearing a cute skirt and heels out tonight.
2. Nixing the plans to go to Del Seoul, Fountainhead, Matchbox and Small Bar for the anniversary funtimes tonight.
3. Instead, bundling up and walking to Welcome Bar*, Ciao, Longman& Eagle and Small Bar.

*Welcome Bar does not appear to have a name. However, it is across the street from our apartment, has a welcome sign, and the promise of cheap beer.

Apparently the CTA has rerouted all buses off of LSD already. They are really, really scared of repeating last year's clusterfuck, huh?

I take it back. Matt has conducted copious research and discovered, at least as of 2010, that the name is Sofia's.

This shit is probably going to make me miss my trail race in Rockford tomorrow.

Well it now looks like the heaviest snow is supposed to be out of the area shortly after 6, so maybe it won't be too bad.

LOL @ rerouting off LSD.

Oh my goddess, this commute is gonna be something. Should I just have a few beers and wait out rush hour? It is bad bad bad on Halsted. And on Jackson. A cop was just sitting in traffic with sirens wailing, going nowhere.

You should just bury yourself in the snow.

Preferably yellow.

Unplowed Revolutionary Road.

This girl doesn't seem to get cabs... She keeps hailing cabs with light off and then getting petulant when they don't stop. Also just hailing everything on four wheels?

Reporting live from Greektown, I'm Je55e K3hropolo5.

Fr rl tho I think I'm gonna go sit in a Greek bar and get pants shittingly durnk. Its been 15 min and the buses just aren't coming and I'm cold and horngry.

Just don't end up going home with sme Captain Lou Albano type.

Or some otter.

I wish some otter would come give me a fucking ride. After 20 min I think this might actually be accurate....

http://i.imgur.com/LedTv.jpg