Chicago MMXII

basically i think there are lots of cool things that deserve funding on kickstarter but there's a lot of gross stuff too.

like this is pretty crazy: http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/117867-double-fine-kickstarter (TLDR version - video game company Double Fine raised more than $1 million on Kickstarter in one day). Double Fine makes cool games and I'm glad they get to make more but it seems weird they couldn't raise money any other way based on their reputations.

Oh wow I had no idea Y.S. was involved w/it!

Knowing you, I am unsurprised that you would not want to start a kickstarter campaign for a thing you want to do, but I would gleefully support any project you "kickstarted" there. That goes for all the Chicago ILXors (and your sisters, providing they are trying to make horror movies).

Oh wow I had no idea Y.S. was involved w/it!

― jaymc, Friday, February 10, 2012 2:42 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i only found out within the past year i think.

I kind of forgot about him. But I did meet him briefly at P4k Fest a few years ago.

i think i'd be ok with doing a kickstarter if i came up with a really amazing idea that i was sure i could follow through on and was really worth people's money. but what are the odds of that?

fuck this guy: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jerroldridenour/smidgen-stick-the-smidgen-measurement-system?ref=discover_rec

Build a better dildo.

didn't momus do this like 15 years ago?

xpost!

man, there is some shitty stuff on kickstarter

it's crazy what has like $10,000 in funding though. i thought people were poor these days.

sorry, i should be posting on the kickstarter thread.

You should be able to negative contribute to something. Like, I have $50 worth of hate for the smidgen stick and I would be willing to pay that much to crush this man's dreams.

otm

i contributed to a buddy who got a custom quarter-tone guitar made, and is performing specially commissioned music.

http://https%3A//fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320x320/430260_10101077267838497_8622040_67222319_1238172095_n.jpg

if you can't see that, it's a guitar with a shitload of frets.

also to this musician: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/soriekondi/get-sorie-kondi-to-south-by-southwest

man, there is some shitty stuff on kickstarter the Internet.

I may do one to take the Interrogation show to NY and/or Edinburgh.

ok hitting the road, see some of you guys tonight!

NEWSFLASH: We are switching plans and D and I will be at the Green Mill show tomorrow night rather than tonight. I'm stupid exhausted and no fun to be around.

Jordanian I am sorry, but we will totes be there tomorrow. I just need to recover from back to back classes, two mad shitty meetings, and falling on my face in the alley while simultaneously flinging a bag of dog poop into the air.

It is no fun out there right now.

Like a Russian model out there: very pretty, no fun.

Who Amandawg, I hope your face and your poo are OK.

poo is in the dumpster
hip, shoulder, and knee are ouchy!

that's right, i said ouchy and i am allowed to because i FELL ON MY FACE IN AN ALLEY
that gives me certain rights

Aw poor thing! Falls really suck.

Mamada, I was in your neighborhood on Sunday evening. I went to Mayne Stage (??) on Morse and the gay bar known as The Glenwood and to Oasis.

Wheeeee I hope you did not find it filthy or full of chicken feet.

Please note that D and I are definitely going to the Green Mill tonight, perhaps we will see you there!

Reminder: Tonight is the filthy fictions show. Come to the Whistler at 7:30. John, that includes you.

Sorry, I have a hot date. Have fun!

Also, Jordan, good to see you last night! We split toward the end of the third set. Liked all the MJ tunes.

yeah, thanks for coming! it was great to see everybody.

totes! i was glad to finally meet your gf too. i like her.

also i did not win the contest, fyi. i didn't even get a prize for participating. i guess i have the pride and satisfaction of a job well done, and that's probably what matters. i'm not a competitive person anyway.

aw

jesse posted a picture to the what's happening thread on 77 *without asking me*
(but i don't mind. i secretly wanted someone to do that and i look alright :)

i guess maybe i should market myself as a bachelorette party clown and maybe i could embarrass some people for money.

(aside --> no joke, i met a young female clown on the train once on my way to work. she complimented my bag and then somehow we started talking about where we were going and she told me that she is a clown. so i guess it's a thing?)

jesse posted a picture to the what's happening thread on 77 *without asking me*

Is he one of those "it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission" people? They make me IA.

it's ok because it's not ugly
i would be complaining if it were ugly but i look alright.

That's a topgrading question. xpost

not to be all superficial but

I didn't think it was something that I needed to ask permission to do!

jesse honestly? even after i said "please do not take pictures of me" out loud while we were standing by the bar? i'm not mad, but yes, in general i would prefer to be asked if a picture of me is being posted in a public place. i am a control freak! get used to it.

:)

My twitter feed is making me feel broken because I don't like Adele.

haha. i have no feelings about her beyond thinking "rolling in the deep" is a good song, but she was kind of adorable last night.

I just looked at some pictures of her and she looked super pretty. And I think she has a good voice. I'm just bored by all of her songs that I've heard.

when she won the album of the year grammy she started crying and then laughed while she was doing her thank yous and said she had "a bit of snot" or had gotten a bit of snot on the grammy or something and i think everyone i was watching with was pretty charmed.

i also very much admired her eye makeup and spent a lot of time thinking about how one would achieve that effect.