Chicago MMXII

woohoo!

AWESOME!!!!

also jenny and gang -- i am officially a contestant in the 9th annual you know what contest
questions:

do we know anyone who has a fog machine i could borrow?
do we know anyone who has a thing that would alter my voice as i read into a microphone?

:D on both counts.

i'd look at the toy store for some kind of voice-altering toy, that would probably be the most cost-effective option.

congrats to DK

it's been a long time, but i just heard from my old buddies, the ski bro CPAs:

Guys,

I'm sorry as well. I wanted to see that T.V. I just came from my doctor and I have an appointment with the surgeon next Monday the 30th. He said I might have hernia's on both sides. Ever since I got a copy of the Kama Sutra for my iPad I've been a wreck. Have fun.

Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 11:01 AM
Subject: I just need to pack

Guys-
Sorry if this is a duplicate, I thought the first didn't go through. My skis are tuned, and I am starting to hydrate. Jeff and I leave on Friday morning and get in around 10:30. When do all of you arrive? Please count me in for Second City and whatever else is planned.
Peter I am sorry that you wont be joining us, it will not be the same. Ho
Looking forward to catching up.
Les

"it will not be the same, ho"

this is the music i did for dan's audiobook by the way:
http://www.myspace.com/vorvolakas
it's me trying to do black metal.

it was great!! i don't know why you never piped up about it aside from maintaining the mystery of vorvolakas.

also good advice about the toy store. will do. thx.

yeah it was supposed to be mysterious. so mysterious that no one heard it.

i tagged it on lastfm
did my part

so mysterious that it is on myspace

veeeery mysterious

Now that the secret is out, there goes your Decibel cover story. You'll have to wait for the oral history of Vorvolakas when it gets inducted into the hall of fame.

good to hear jordan's bros are still skiing, hope they're weathering the economic downturn OK

"it will not be the same ho."

my hernia's hernia

sounds good n/a. very blackened. i never would have guessed it was you. some cool sound effects in there too.

thanks! it's crazy how well you can approximate screaming by whispering.

vorvolakas will be robbed in the EOY traxx poll

I keep thinking about signing up for Alan Salami's class.

hahaha

Performance art. Do it.

Jesus, this Chicago Mag story from 1989: The Boys of Rush Street.

A few special lines:

“Lotta tuna walking,” says Jack.

...

Sunglasses on a strap hide Jack’s blue eyes. The strap reads VAURNET FRANCE, which is more important than any protection the glasses may provide.

...

In a cab Dwarfboy says to the driver, “Can I have your shoe?” The driver turns way around to look at him.

“You wacky?” he asks. This cabby’s from Chicago

And then at the end the author/narrator refers to himself in the third person for no good reason Dwarfboy gets out in front of his coop near Wrigley Field and says to the other passenger in the cab “I got an extra bed downstairs."

I guess it's too late to corral anyone for pub quiz?

Anyway, the second and third rounds are on The A-Team (which I know zip about) and feminism.

Oh I forgot about pub quiz and now I got a pizza in the oven.

too late.

The Panera by my house is kind of weird - it's like an old folks social club in the evenings. There are 5 tables with at least one old person at each, a couple with 5-7 of them, and a couple guys going around working the room, chatting, regaling, mackin'.

And now one guy....I truly can't tell if he's laughing or sobbing into his phone.

that was like when i was commuting to evanston at 6 a.m. and i'd go in dunkin donuts to get a bagel or something and there'd be 8 old dudes in there drinking their small coffees

i can't wait until we're those guys

http://mvjantzen.com/games/hangman.php?chicago

fun times

Nice. I managed to get through six of those without a single mistake.

does it ever do numbered-street stations?

Yeah, the second one I got was

63__.

I'm in Atlanta (on a plane)

Was looking for something and found this

Jenny, if I crawled inside of you and played fetus, would you abort me?

― At first I thought it was a stupid idea, then it made me cry (Jesse), Friday, August 7, 2009 11:40 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

With relish.

― she is writing about love (Jenny), Friday, August 7, 2009 11:41 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I would abort you with relish. It is a new technique that they are using in Bolivia.

― she is writing about love (Jenny), Friday, August 7, 2009 11:41 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark

must be sweet relish

'cause that shit is gross

http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/01366/ssundance-cera__1366351cl-5.jpg

discus

Is that recent?

His turn as a jr date rape wannabe/giant tool in his post-AD movies have made me pretty much indifferent to him as an actor.

I don't think I want to. Holding out for that being a look he cultivated for a 30-second tossed off joke in the Arrested Development movie.

people say he bears resemblance to Chicago Fire captain Logan Pause

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/2803/screenshot001ox.jpg

Yes.

Things I noticed about that picture:
* his hands
* his foot placement/stance
* chambray shirt
* all the other things you probably noticed about that picture

Thinking specifically of Superbad and the comic book one where he dates a high schooler and then falls in love with a MPDG on roller skates. xp to self

huh, never heard the term MPDG before, that's apt

Guys, sorry for being obnoxious but I'm drinking an iced coffee outside. It is beautiful here.

Where? Are you still in Hotlanta?

I just got here!

I can't believe you said hotlanta.

This area where I'm staying is pretty boring though, all hotels and chain restaurants. If that makes you feel better.