Chicago MMXII

god damn this new bookmarking

The big giant bags of frozen

Opening phrase of Je55e's erotic short fiction for the big benefit.

Hey Cave is gonna be at EB 4/21 and you can rsveepee for free entry. I did!

Alert: Brown and Purple Line delays bc of an "unauthorized person" on the tracks at… Paulina?

Jeff just said there are Red Line delays, too. :|

I was just noticing a clot of people hailing cabs at Halsted and Diversey, maybe related.

Red/Brown/Purple Line Express trains are operating with residual delays, after earlier police activity at Fullerton.

I was just noticing a clot of people hailing cabs at Halsted and Diversey, maybe related.

Definitely.

Bus driver says Move back make room!

Passengers squeeze by befuddled, put-upon looking girl. Mouth gawping like a fish, eyes wide and darting over the back of the bus, she wonders, What could be back there that lures the others??

She blocks the path of a passenger trying alight. Excuse me. Excuse me! Excuse me could you please move I'm trying to get off the bus!

Girl's face crumples and she croaks Omigahd!

I got a seat on the purple line. Whatever happened worked out well for me.

COMMUTING

I got a seat on the purple line. Whatever happened worked out well for me.

tmi

seriously good people of chilx, you can go see CAVE with ME for FREE 4/21 at the EB
i said it again
think about it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv1RVkqacZM

Amanda, did you see the thread about life coaches/Landmark-esque culty self-help programs? I believe that is right up your bailiwick.

NO! I love that shit.

I have something to tell you too, but I can't say it in public -- will email u!

I want to see CAVE and even better for free, but I'm honestly not feeling a show that doesn't start until after 10:00 PM and has at least one opening band.

Amanda, I really would like to hear your story about U-NO-HOO (rhymes with "mom eat ham jewel")

then i expect you to attend this show with me

I like the Cave album but probably not enough to see a show.

That's cold dude.

Sorry! I just so rarely see shows these days, my standards are probably higher than they used to be.

:) no prob i was just kidding!

I think the next show I'm going to go see is the Mastodon/Opeth/Ghost show.

I have to attend a meeting at 11:30 that I fear is going to result in my workload increasing exponentially.

Barf

i am interested in cave but have trouble committing to something almost three months away. but maybe i should rsvp anyways.

that's what i did
i might as well b/c it's free

i rsvp'd. hopefully i won't forget. i'll put it in my phone.

I was right about the meeting yay for me.

Meaning the purpose of the meeting was to inform us that from now on, we have an additional 1-3 things to write per week on top of our regular stuff.

*seething job hate*

Particularly insulted by the statement that we're not expected to work overtime or take work home since there is no other way to accommodate the increase.

sorry jenny. my work is reasonable right now but i am regretting involvement on this association committee where i'm supposed to be doing -something- but the committee head isn't doing a great job of telling me exactly what i should be doing so i feel lost and frazzled

why why why why why did I look at the comments on the trib story about the egyptian soccer riot, it's like some kind of self-flagellation punishment

i somehow tore the elbow on my favorite/nicest work shirt. rip work shirt.

anyone got any recommendations for a restaurant in the loop where i can host a dinner for members of the association i'm in? preferably not super-expensive?

I've always found it's hard to go wrong in greektown but that's not in the loop

I don't host a lot of association dinners, mind

Italian Village?

Not State and Lake.

we're probably going to be doing a bigger event in Greektown in March. this is probably only going to be a few people so it doesn't have to be anywhere huge or somewhere with private rooms

The only midrange places I can think of in the Loop are, like, Indian or Thai joints.

Walnut Room
Siam Rice

Can you go over the river? What about Maggiano's or another of LEY's fine restaurants?

i like thai food. siam rice looks good.

Yes, River North opens things up considerably. Cafe Iberico. Slurping Turtle. Mercadito. Etc. There's also a good no-frills sushi place on Wells I can't remember the name of.

here is a super bowl article that may be of interest to jaymc. it's by ken jennings: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7528909/jeopardy-super-champion-ken-jennings-10-best-super-bowls-trivia-history

or maybe not. it's kind of dumb. sorry.

I love Siam Rice. It's very affordable and tasty. They are kind of oriented towards their lunch business, which is very busy, and so tend to kind of rush you in and out of there. Or they make you feel kind of rushed. Depending on the size of your party, you might want to call ahead.

xp Yeah, I would've preferred more sports facts. But thanks for the tip, anyway! The only thing I ever read on Grantland is Hollywood Prospectus, and mostly just Mark Harris's Oscar columns.

Only things I've read there are Colson Whitehead's World Series of Poker diary and Klosterman.