Chicago MMXII

my office vibrates every time a freight train goes by, kind of feels like what I imagine a mild earthquake is like

I think it was a sexual come-on

mistakes were made.

shots of Malort in a pita.

aka "there's a rocket in my pocket"

is jaymc still in NY? he's been MIA

jaymc is in nyc recording with mia?

more like arm-wrestling

I was at the big Binny's on Sunday looking for a particular brand of aquavit and loled when I saw Malort on the bottom shelf of an entire row of "Imported Cordials".

Yo, I got back yesterday. I was going to post here but felt burdened to recap my trip, so I said fuck it. But I had a good trip! Maybe I will tell you about it sometime.

hey y'all.

i'm going to see tortoise tomorrow, finally. i've missed them at least 5 times since i've been living in madison. maybe i'll get hernd0n to give me a tattoo after the show.

i was going to do a late call for potential pub quizzery

I may even try malort while in town

I am sorry I didn't get the chance to meet more of you. Next time one of which there will be because holy cow did I like your city. Jenny we went to the zoo and then tried to eat on the boat but it was closed for the season. It looked like it would be a lot of fun tho and it was cool to walk along the lake.

Yo, I got back yesterday. I was going to post here but felt burdened to recap my trip, so I said fuck it. But I had a good trip! Maybe I will tell you about it sometime.

The highlight of his trip was me.

Sorry we missed you E.

mh when are you going to be here?

WB jaymc

I'm envious that you guys fapped in the big "apple" (new York)

the big fapple

beginning of next month, I will give details as it approaches

I even wore a tie to our fap.

Sorry we missed you E.

mh when are you going to be here?

WB jaymc

OTM.

I'm sorry we didn't have at least a cup of coffee or something! I thought you were busy with parents, so I was waiting for you to contact me :(

mh if you are around the corner from me and fail to contact me for hanging out, you can expect my wrath to rain down without mercy.

I don't think I will be as close as around the corner, likely downtownish, but I have an entire day scheduled for Chicago iirc! It will be a Tuesday, though.

I could be wrong, and there's no way to find out, but iirc mh said he had previously stayed near you at the hotel in RP, and not that he is staying there on this visit.

xp

Oh, I understand that misunderstanding! Yes, sadly my friends moved from there long ago, but on the bright side, I will probably crash in a different hotel.

That is, unless I pull that trick where you just take your suitcase to the bar on Monday night and try to talk my way on to someone's couch / into someone's bed

;)

oh
sincerely disappointed!

Kenan's probably game. xp

noooooo

There are plenty of places to sleep on lower Wacker.

Jeff was the only ILXor I managed to hook up with in NYC. Max and I coquettishly traded texts, but nothing came of it.

I'm not going to drink with any of you again unless it is in NYC.

Omg lol CA. LL, we were busy w parents the whole time except late sat night when I updated here last min. I am so sorry. Like I said tho we will be back without question.

That's what I figured -- no prob!

You smarty pantses probably already know this (especially Askance J) but the next book in Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy is coming out soon - Bring Up the Bodies. I'm excited to get it as an e-book because Wolf Hall is the book that finally tipped me over into the pro-e-book camp after I lugged the hardback around Chicago for however long it took me to read it.

Thanks for reminding me, I've been meaning to pick up Wolf Hall for some time.

http://students.cis.uab.edu/k90/Skanking.jpg

pick it up pick it up pick it up

too many memories of the shitty ska bands in Champaign in the mid 90s

this was on ned's facebook so you all probably already saw it but i think this is pretty awesome (the sculpture, not the response):

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2012/04/hellish-sarah-palin-sculpture-roasts-whole-pigs-chicago/1885/

especially this:

http://cdn.theatlanticcities.com/img/upload/2012/04/30/sarah%20palin%20smoker%205.JPG

oh man

Ha.

Love the inevitable "you're anti-feminist" criticism.

Also, that made me hungry for pig.

is that a tiki head?

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/chicago/2012/05/a_cab_crashed_i.html

They should call it Logan Vegan.

Haha. Thanks, Brooklyn Vegan.

There are vegan cabs now huh.

wow, knowing that intersection, how does that even happen?!

i want to eat something but nothing as filling as the leftover chili i brought for lunch today. what should i eat that is like a little snack and is delicious and i can buy downtown?

orange
apple
yogurt
granola

or put them all together and embrace the maddness

If I stayed in a cheap hotel near the Jarvis stop in Rogers Park, how many of you would say "That's close enough"?

Close enough to what?