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Seriously, you guys.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 18:57 (twenty years ago)

Oh wait!

http://www.chicagotheband.com/images/albums/Chicago14-200x200.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 18:59 (twenty years ago)

thank god. the last one was getting exhausting!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:01 (twenty years ago)

Whoah, that's one's actually pretty cool, in a non-ironic way.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:01 (twenty years ago)

that really doesn't make much sense. oh well.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:01 (twenty years ago)

Part of me wonders if any other region-specific ILXors have similar threads. Then I look at some of those London/UK ones and think that we aren't so bad.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:03 (twenty years ago)

hey has anyone here ever had COGNAC or BRANDY before? i never have, and i am dying to drink from a classy brandy snifter. what does it taste like?

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:04 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, it is cool! I've never seen that one before.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:04 (twenty years ago)

There are also the mongrel/sheepfoxor threads, which are for Aussies/Kiwis. I have never read any of them, I am afeared.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:05 (twenty years ago)

We usually have brandy at our place, especially in the winter, to make HOT TODDIES with. I think we have some in our liquor cupboard right now. Never drank it straight though.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:05 (twenty years ago)

mandee, it's worth it to get a nice one b/c bad brandy is FUCKING AWFUL. Also: don't fall prey to silly flavors of Brandy. It is only to make nasty taste nastier. I liked cognac when I tried it. I think I had a pretty nice one, but still.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:06 (twenty years ago)

Oh man, I had some goood/baaad experiences with Blackberry Brandy back in the day. Goood while you're drinking, baaad when you stop.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:08 (twenty years ago)

There is a distillery in Portland called Clear Creek that makes excellent brandies out of pears and apples and grapes and even douglas fir needles. My friend runs the tasting room at the distillery. I don't know if Oregon brandy can be found here in Chicago, but look for it.

Listen, is there a decent restaurant anywhere near the Art Institute? I can't stand that Cosi place and Bennigans is out of the question. Barf.

― Markovitz, Friday, 9 September 2005 19:09 (twenty years ago)

I have had a lot of GHETTO COGNAC, like Alize and Hypnotiq and Hennessey, but not very much FANCY COGNAC.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:09 (twenty years ago)

I kind of want to develop old man habits, like buying really expensive scotch to sip before bedtime.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:10 (twenty years ago)

wait

alize is cognac!?!?

okay ive totally had that, i guess i have had cognac

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:11 (twenty years ago)

dan m., there is THE DENVER THREAD

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:11 (twenty years ago)

What kind of restaurant are you looking for, Markovitz? Something quick and cheap? I work a block away from there, so I know most of the area eateries.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:11 (twenty years ago)

Yeah Mandee, it's flavored cognac.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:12 (twenty years ago)

there's a toss up about the thai place. My Thai?! I think it's okay (but only okay), jaymc has hated it & then found it tolerable.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:12 (twenty years ago)

Marko is a foodie.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:13 (twenty years ago)

Right. Actually, the red curry was pretty good. It's in DePaul Center, on the southeast corner of Jackson and State.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:13 (twenty years ago)

i love coffee with brandy in it. LOVE IT.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:14 (twenty years ago)

Oh yeah, me too! I forgot about that.

Coffee with alcohol is pretty much my favorite thing ever, but it's hard to find the right time to drink it.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:15 (twenty years ago)

you're right. i like it after a meal or pretty much anytime. right now would be great.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:16 (twenty years ago)

A nice restaurant for a sit-down meal around the Art Institute = Russian Tea Room.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:17 (twenty years ago)

ooh. i've never been there - it's a little intimidating since all i've ever seen of that place are photos of vodka shots lined up. tons of them, all in a row. the food is good?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:18 (twenty years ago)

I've tried the Pho place with the green awning. Yawn. I've also braved the tourists at Park Grill. Never again. I haven't tried the cafe at the museum, maybe it will be okay.

I'd like to find a place that is like cafe lula - a place with good healthy food that's mostly for regulars. But this seems impossible in this part of town. And yes, I am a bit of a foodie, so the sub shops and greasy spoons don't generally make me happy.

― Markovitz, Friday, 9 September 2005 19:19 (twenty years ago)

(xpost) Yes, it's very good. And there is a surprising amount of vegetarian fare, given the Eastern European cuisine. I had a bowl of borscht and some vegetable dish I can't remember.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)

If you go to My Thai RIGHT NOW you can see me sitting in the window of the DePaul center, reading about labor law.

The pho place with the green awning is CRAP. There's a decent coffee shop on printer's row called Gourmand with pretty tasty food but that's closer to the Roosevelt stop and is a bit of a hike.

I have tried to hard to like brandy and cognac and scotch and they just made me shudder with revulsion.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)

a place with good healthy food that's mostly for regulars.

I'm pretty sure that this place does not exist downtown.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:22 (twenty years ago)

But this seems impossible in this part of town.

Yeah, the Loop is kind of weird for stuff like that. Before I worked here, I never really had much occasion to come down here for anything.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:22 (twenty years ago)

There's a decent coffee shop on printer's row called Gourmand with pretty tasty food but that's closer to the Roosevelt stop and is a bit of a hike.

Oh yeah, that place is good. I saw B3n Bil0w there once.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:23 (twenty years ago)

I have a confession:

I've only tried one brandy & it was a $3 bottle of "Ginger Flavored Brandy." I don't need to go over how bad it was.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:23 (twenty years ago)

I have always wanted to try Russian Tea Room but their afternoon Tea is over $15, I think, and no one ever wants to share it with me.
I don't like brandy at all.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:27 (twenty years ago)

When I worked in the Loop I was partial to S0pprafina, the Ven1ce Cafe across from the Sears T0wer, and a little noodle shop whose name escapes me.

But, as a bit of a foodie myself, I have to say that anything you're going to find interesting in the Loop is going to co$t you.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:27 (twenty years ago)

oh! new thread.

Ok, I have scoured my blog archives. There is no longer any mention of work, girlfriends, kittens, Ben Affleck, or anything else. It's mostly now about photography and web design.

And Chicago. It's also about Chicago. But nothing personal. I think it will be ok. And it's so pretty!

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:27 (twenty years ago)

OH NOES: Sarah and I can't decide what to do tonight!
Some ideas:
1. Xiu Xiu/Frog Eyes/Yellow Swans at Bottom Lounge
2. The Makers/The Changes at Subterranean
3. That new play called "Poor Man's Amos"
4. Going to see a terrible all-girl coverband called Catfight at CANS
5. Being boring and checking out a movie
6. Going over Niagara Falls in a barrel

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:28 (twenty years ago)

I initially read that as "pornography and web design", which seemed idealistic but misguided.

xpost

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:28 (twenty years ago)

SO DID I!!!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:29 (twenty years ago)

(Oh, BTW, the talk of Jessa does not offend me. I like her, and in fact I think she's great and sharp as a tack and pretty awesome. But the word "warm" does not spring to mind.)

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:30 (twenty years ago)

(The word "prickly" does.)

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:30 (twenty years ago)

Wait. Why are you saying this?

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:31 (twenty years ago)

Dear Nick,

Please tell me you are kidding about Cans.

Rapturously yours,
Dan

― dan m (OutDatWay), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:32 (twenty years ago)

CANS was Sarah's suggestion, I'm guessing because she likes girl rock bands. But no, we are not really going to go there.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:33 (twenty years ago)

My neck is not thick enough for us to go to CANS.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:34 (twenty years ago)

I have a slender, feminine neck; some say it's "swan-like."

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:34 (twenty years ago)

I am coming out of the woodwork to say: I'm Ginny, I live in Chicago, and your best bet for buying Clear Creek is at Sam's. You may also be able to get it at Binny's & Schaefer's. Lula Cafe sells it.

― ginny (ginny), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:35 (twenty years ago)

Oh good. I didn't want to have to say "and I thought you guys were cool!"
xpost

― dan m (OutDatWay), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:37 (twenty years ago)

Are you the ginny that I know? Or a different ginny?

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:37 (twenty years ago)

What is CANS? Is it a rough joint? Perhaps a "sawdust bar"?

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:39 (twenty years ago)

I am totally the Ginny you know. Hi!

― ginny (ginny), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:39 (twenty years ago)

Who is this Ginny? Hi!

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:40 (twenty years ago)

Hi ginny! I know ginny from living in Richmond. Then she moved to Chicago and lived in our building. Now she lives down the street. She comes to FF shows sometimes.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:40 (twenty years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/nalrax/nicka.jpg

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:41 (twenty years ago)

Our next album cover!

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:42 (twenty years ago)

We are having quite an influx of new posters to the Chicago ILX threads!

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:42 (twenty years ago)

Hey, I think ginny was at our house that time we watched "THE FOG." She was in a costume, for Halloween. So some of you have met her.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:43 (twenty years ago)

jocelyn is now 2-for-2 in mspaint drawings.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:44 (twenty years ago)

Ooh, THE FOG. I saw that. Not at your house though.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:45 (twenty years ago)

i don't have a paint program on my computer!!!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:45 (twenty years ago)

wait. yes i do!!!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:46 (twenty years ago)

Cans is crappy. Fratty, bad music, lousy drinks. Their gimmick is that they serve lots of beer in cans! Bbbbut beer in cans is supposed to be cheap, you say? Not there!

I heard they were holding auditions for Elimidate there.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:47 (twenty years ago)

Not that I know anything about the places on your list, aside from the barrel and Niagra Falls, but I would have to say that Catfight at CANS sounds most interesting. Why don't you find a new restaurant and bring along a cribbage board?

― Markovitz, Friday, 9 September 2005 19:47 (twenty years ago)

I want to play cribbage. Or pinochle. Who in this bitch likes pinochle?

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:49 (twenty years ago)

Marko, you are my NEW BEST FRIEND thanks to that comment about cribbage.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:49 (twenty years ago)

Hello, my name is Amanda. I enjoy playing cribbage and making fancy food.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:50 (twenty years ago)

WAIT ONE MOMENT!!! Leaf just taught me how to play last weekend & I am addicted! I'm not very good either, so y'all could kick my bottom.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:51 (twenty years ago)

15 for two, bitches! We be playing CRIBBAGE.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:53 (twenty years ago)

Do you guys play euchre too?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:53 (twenty years ago)

Fuck no, I'm not from Michigan.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:54 (twenty years ago)

No, but I would like to learn if my brain would allow me to remember how to play more than one card game. I used to play spades, now I play cribbage.

Ohio is also euchre-ville.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)

Ah euchre, that favorite pastime of Midwestern college dorms.

Hearts is my favorite, personally.

xpost: jaymc knows what's up

― dan m (OutDatWay), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)

I had mini-culture shock during my first week of college in Kalamazoo that mostly had to do with euchre, hockey, and Barenaked Ladies.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)

See?!

http://static.flickr.com/28/41800143_a8913d248f.jpg

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)

Dear God.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:56 (twenty years ago)

I'll rep for hockey. Euchre and Barenaked Ladies can go find another state.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:57 (twenty years ago)

i think it's cute kelsey!! and i know you guys weren't terribly impressed by my self-portrait, but would you believe that i drew it with my right hand and i'm LEFT HANDED? ha! woo!

[deafening silence]

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:58 (twenty years ago)

I think it would be funny to play cribbage at one of these Chicago gay bars people keep telling me to meet them at. I love going to meat markets to do very banal things. In Portland, I used to join my friends at Silverado and lean against the stripper's stage platform to work on my laptop.

― Markovitz, Friday, 9 September 2005 20:03 (twenty years ago)

What gay bars have been recommended to you? Not that I really know anything. The first gay bar I went to was last weekend; upon discovering it was my first time, the bartender said "Welcome! We're all faggots here!" and promptly handed me a shot of cranberry-something-or-other.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:06 (twenty years ago)

I still want to go watch baseball at Crew sometime, though.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

I like Pho for its lemongrass steak sandwich. Had a good dinner there once with Rachel J. -- BYOB, too.

My favorite coffeeshop in the Loop -- the Rain Dog cafe and used bookstore -- has closed, I discovered yesterday.

EL, quite the cribbage player, has talked about that place on Printer's Row.

I like the S0pprafina on LaSalle a lot, with the Italian gals working there and the good espresso and sandwiches.

― Eazy (Eazy), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)

there's a s0pprafina in my building and it's gross - is it the same chain? their pizza just sits there and sits there until they sell it and someone is disappointed that they have to eat it when they wanted the fresh one that's behind it.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:10 (twenty years ago)

Do you work in 233 N. Michigan or 111 E. Wacker? I've been to that one too. The one on LaSalle is waaaay better.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:12 (twenty years ago)

Roscoes and Big Chicks are the places where I have been invited. I didn't go to Roscoes. It was a Saturday night and all reports indicated that it was a twinked-out abercrombie nightmare.

― Markovitz, Friday, 9 September 2005 20:12 (twenty years ago)

Is Pho the place where Jas0n H3ndr!x works?

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)

I temped in both those buildings (the IL Center) on two separate occasions. Both the best and worst temp experiences of my short career.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)

175 w. jackson. yuckofina.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)

I temped in both those buildings (the IL Center) on two separate occasions. Both the best and worst temp experiences of my short career.

xpost

― dan m (OutDatWay), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)

OK, time to be a little less Submit-happy.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)

Oh, oh, wait, the place I like has a different name...it's...Torrefazione Italia Coffee, not Sopof...

I've been to that Sop on LaSalle though -- high-end cafeteria, OK...

― Eazy (Eazy), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:15 (twenty years ago)

i imagine brandy tasting like an old leather couch

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

(or the Sop at Jackson and Franlin, I mean. And in the Aon Center, too.)

― Eazy (Eazy), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

I think all the TorZ coffee places were bought out by SBUX.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:19 (twenty years ago)

They were, along with Seattle's best, but oh well.

― Eazy (Eazy), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:19 (twenty years ago)

there's something healthy and warm about the chicago threads that is missing from other regional threads, especially the sheepfuxor ones.

― carly (carly), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

Great, I've been wondering what you look like, Kelsey!

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:22 (twenty years ago)

Wait. You know already b/c you were one of the folks that said i was CUTE!!!*

*and that was very nice of you & made me feel good & stuff.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)

Someone in Chicago needs to learn how to play Skat so they can teach me. I just need to DO IT.

Who wants to go to a tattoo shop with me this weekend?

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)

there's something healthy and warm about the chicago threads that is missing from other regional threads, especially the sheepfuxor ones.

Aww, well I hope so, since it seems like I spend the majority of my waking hours on this goddamn thread.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)

Are you looking to get tatted up, Jeff?

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)

May I suggest this as a tattoo?

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:29 (twenty years ago)

hee!!!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)

ha! jeff, you're really getting a tattoo?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

inside joke for johnny:

http://static.flickr.com/30/41809640_28d7ea8b12.jpg

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

i've been thinking about getting a horseshoe crab tattoo. but i haven't found the drawing i have in mind.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

I brought coffee with me from PDX. I love my Stumptown. I think you guys have this Intelligentsia, but I don't know much about it.

I have fallen for Marshall Fields. I love that it is connected with my gym and the train station. I've been wanthing to try lunch in there.

― Markovitz, Friday, 9 September 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

so, jeff, if i had, i would go with you. but i haven't.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

Wait. You know already b/c you were one of the folks that said i was CUTE!!!*

And I meant it, but that was just one picture! And it didn't have your biceps in it.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)

Intelligentsia is genuinely good coffee.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)

i'm building my biceps!! they aren't very visible yet!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:34 (twenty years ago)

Jeff:

http://www.tribal-celtic-tattoo.com/tattoo-photos/tribal-web/scorpion.jpg

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)

(PS to Kelsey, thanks for the drawing!)

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)

Oh, I don't go to the gym to work out. I go there to get my wallet stolen!

― Markovitz, Friday, 9 September 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)

i haven't really seen what you look like, jordan. just photos with you far enough away from the camera that all i know is that your hair is dark & you seem tall or tall-ish.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

Jordan, please post the Prof. Lupin pic for us. (I like to read Maddie's journal)

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

Is there a Fed Ex on Monroe near Wabash?

― Markovitz, Friday, 9 September 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)

i'm bringing my camera on saturday. prepare for the flash.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)

i wish i could scan in this photo of me in my "top model" outfit looking like i'm going to give a gas pump a bj. it's a silly photo & i kinda like it!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)

i have some good ones from iowa where i have caribou horns.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

if i get drunk enough, maybe i'll throw on a wife beater & start flexing.*

*i would never really do that b/c i'm actually embarassed/modest about all that EVEN THOUGH i've been talking about lifting nonstop this week.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

Sarah's sister still hasn't emailed the picture where I'm wearing leis and a flower in my hair and looking glum. I'm disappointed.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:41 (twenty years ago)

I meant to ask you if you went to the KUM & GO. I bought a lighter there.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:41 (twenty years ago)

i almost took a photo of the KUM AND GO but i thought maybe it's not as novel as i think it is. they also have a place called "DrugWorld"

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:43 (twenty years ago)

Oh, and I'm not asking about the Fed Ex location because I'm too lazy to find it on their website. Their website is just totally ridiculous and unhelpful. Apparently a zip code or cross streets isn't enough. They demand an address AND phone number to fulfill the search. Fuck that noise. So is there a Fed Ex on Monroe?

― Markovitz, Friday, 9 September 2005 20:44 (twenty years ago)

Bye everyone. Have a fun weekend.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

Bye dan

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:49 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I'm getting one. I just need to talk with a guy first at D3luxe tattoo on Irving Park. It's been one I've been thinking about getting for several years now, and I told myself that I would get it when I found a job. It's tree based, and this guy (hxxp://www.timbiedron.com/) seems to be pretty good at him and Jenny's hairdresser recommends him.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:51 (twenty years ago)

i think it's novel. besides, they even have a little slogan that kinda fits in with the whole kum & go thing. i'll have to check my lighter. although, leaf & i had a crazy trip to iowa city & it was early on when things were fresh & extra romantical, so maybe i'm associating too much & it isn't actually novel at all.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:52 (twenty years ago)

Okay, Jocelyn. This is me and Maddie helping out at the Harry Potter release party for my stepmom's bookstore. It was the first time I'd worn a vest in, I don't know, fifteen years?

http://www.madolan.com/engagement/harrypotter.jpg

(Maddie hates this picture of her)

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:53 (twenty years ago)

if i get a tattoo, i want one that has very thin lines & looks almost like a watercolor painting.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)

Who is this "Ginny"?

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)

I am not tall btw! I'm as short as, like, Nick!

http://www.madolan.com/engagement/overtureperformance.jpg

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:55 (twenty years ago)

so sue me. you have nice facial hair though. and yer cute yourself!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:56 (twenty years ago)

i like the beard! bring back the beard.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:56 (twenty years ago)

I like the beard too! But people hate the beard.

I'm waiting until winter to sneak it back in.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

Hey, I'm not short! I'm small-boned!

Kenan, I explained who ginny is! I used to know her in VA and then she moved here and you've probably met her. She watched THE FOG with us.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

yes! i like the beard too. i'm pro-beard.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

Aww, thanks Kelsey!

xpost

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

i'm not fat, i'm fluffy.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

There's a FedEx on Michigan just north of Michigan and Monroe.

Kel, up for after-work sushi?

― Eazy (Eazy), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

I have a vest that makes me feel like Marty McFly. Jenny calls it a life preserver.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:58 (twenty years ago)

i would be, except i have a remote date with leaf & since i broke the last one, i want to make sure i keep this one.
BUT WE SHOULD HAVE A DATE NEXT WEEK WITH HARMONICAS IN IT.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:59 (twenty years ago)

dan had a beard once and i loved it. it was full and nice and reddish. manly.

i'm not short, i'm petite.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:59 (twenty years ago)

Yes, we should -- let's plan that....

― Eazy (Eazy), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

Jeff, want to have a remote vest date? We could both wear vests.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

I think I can do it any night except monday, tuesday & friday.

um. so how about wednesday or thursday. or maybe tuesday before the comedy show starring r0b b & amanda's friend.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:01 (twenty years ago)

or on sunday! i have no sunday plans!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:01 (twenty years ago)

Okay! see most of you all tomorrow!!! i'm out of here!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:01 (twenty years ago)

byeeeeeeeeeee

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:02 (twenty years ago)

I totally just transcribed a whole journal entry in Blogger for you guys to read, and then as soon as I tried to post it Blogger went down "for scheduled maintenance." I hope it will still be there when Blogger's up again.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:02 (twenty years ago)

Probably better to put it up when everyone's around, anyway.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:02 (twenty years ago)

Mark! Big Chicks is in my 'hood. I really like it. There is a room for dancing, and then a bar for nondancing. It doesn't *seem* as meat-markety to me as the other gay bars that I frequent (such as the one where we took John, which is about as seedy as they get, well, not really but it's pretty sleazy) and the guys there tend to be well dressed normal looking people and not dudez in spandex shorts and t-back tank tops.

Which, I mean, if that's your thing, go 'head with it, but I'm just saying maybe it isn't.

Does it have to be FedEx? I am pretty sure there is a UPS store around here somewhere, and UPS is unionized whereas FedEx is not. (Your labor-friendly consumer tip of the day.)

I have never been to Roscoes, I don't think, but try to stay away from the Lucky Horseshoe unless you like junkie-strippers and desperation. Crew is great. They have the cleanest bathrooms ever and they serve macaroni and cheese.

The end.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:03 (twenty years ago)

xpost - the one about abby coltrane?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:06 (twenty years ago)

Have a good weekend, Chicago!

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:06 (twenty years ago)

Note: I am not gay, I just like bars.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:06 (twenty years ago)

xpost - the one about abby coltrane?

yes.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:07 (twenty years ago)

OMG I forgot I made tea 20 minutes ago. It's still sitting here, pretty warm.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:08 (twenty years ago)

I'm not gay, I just like cock.

(I am now at home)

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:19 (twenty years ago)

I think I said that once.

I'm serious. Were you there?

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:21 (twenty years ago)

UPS is in the 55 W. Monroe building. I know all too much about the Loop, alas.

― Eazy (Eazy), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:22 (twenty years ago)

Thanks. I found the crappy fed-ex. Now I'm debating whether to go to my crime gym or back to logan square.

I think I saw that Crew place. Isn't it the one next to the bar that Al Capone did Al Capone-type-things in?

Good weekend everyone.

― Markovitz, Friday, 9 September 2005 21:24 (twenty years ago)

UPS is in the 55 W. Monroe building. I know all too much about the Loop, alas.

I'm in that building RIGHT NOW.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:26 (twenty years ago)

Aye, Mark, next to the Green Mill, Al's bar.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

I'm serious. Were you there?

Haha...I wasn't quoting you, but maybe!

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:29 (twenty years ago)

Haha, I just realized the context in which I'd said that, and you most definitely were not there. Ahem. Carry on.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:30 (twenty years ago)

Aye, Mark, next to the Green Mill, Al's bar.

Oh yeah! Isn't that bar new within the last year?

(thank god, a chance to talk about the one block of Chicago I'm really familiar with)

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:30 (twenty years ago)

Huh.

The choice of the name "Green Mill" was inspired by the infamous Moulin Rouge in Paris (French for "red mill"). "Green" was chosen instead of red so that the saloon would not be confused with any establishments in the red light districts around town.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:31 (twenty years ago)

And yeah, Jordan, Crew is about a year old. It's a (get this) GAY SPORTS BAR. (OMG LOLZ GAY PEOPLE DON'T LIKE SPORTS!!!!111)

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:32 (twenty years ago)

you can call me "Markovitz" or "Marko" (if you must) or "Bryan," but I'm not really a "Mark" and I won't respond to "Peanut." Oh, and again, "B-Dawg" is out of the question.

― Markovitz, Friday, 9 September 2005 21:34 (twenty years ago)

Oops, sorry. I would have stuck with your full internet name, but that would have required me to scroll up and check my spelling and I was feeling lazy. Markovitz it is.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:36 (twenty years ago)

Gay sports on AL Capone's block? Hot! Surely Capone liked gay sports...

― Markovitz, Friday, 9 September 2005 21:40 (twenty years ago)

I ask you: Who doesn't like gay sports?

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)

Ha, awesome.

My friend's dad opened a Chinese sports bar in Milwaukee called Long Wong's.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)

(which would also be a good name for a gay sports bar)

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)

http://www.out.com/html/edletter90.html

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:44 (twenty years ago)

http://www.gaysports.com/

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:49 (twenty years ago)

Are there any openly gay professional athletes who aren't retired?

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:52 (twenty years ago)

Answering my own question.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:55 (twenty years ago)

Wait, no he is retired.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:57 (twenty years ago)

Right. Bean is prob. the most famous ex-baseball player to come out. I don't know of any current players.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:58 (twenty years ago)

Fictional versions:

http://www.adifferentlightbooks.com/images/product/0060975598F.jpg http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itsv/0403/images/theater/lgpix7.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 22:00 (twenty years ago)

Maybe not, but there are some umpires:

http://www.outsports.com/outathletes/

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2005 22:00 (twenty years ago)

Aylssa Wykes
Football
Wykes is a running back for the Philadelphia Liberty Belles. She came out as a lesbian in the December/January 2002 edition of Sports Illustrated for Women. "Of course I am a lesbian," Wykes said in the article. "I've had a partner for the last six years, and it's been awesome. I guess you can call this my coming out party."
Wykes' honesty did not sit well with Catherine Masters, owner of the league. "It really hurt us," Masters told the Washington Blade. "Everyone knows that gay people are in every professional sports league. But you don't see them coming out."

Marie Olsen, owner of the Liberty Belles, flatly contradicted Masters, telling the Blade she has received nothing but positive feedback, and adding: "I found the article very informative, amusing, funny, and fantastic. And the pictures were great. I didn't perceive it the same way that [Masters] did. ... What shocked me is that they printed [Wykes's] weight. Every women in America is going to laugh at that -- that's more sacred than anything else."

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2005 22:01 (twenty years ago)

Neither umpire was out while still umping, though.

"I've had a partner for the last six years, and it's been awesome."

Haha. BEING A LESBIAN RULES.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 22:04 (twenty years ago)

From your personal tastes in classical music to homosexuality in professional sports, this has been the FRIDAY CHICAGO THREAD. Thank you and good night! Bye!

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 September 2005 22:05 (twenty years ago)

*applause*

Also, 200 answers in one day is ridiculous. Don't you people have jobs?

Oh, right. You have dull jobs. Just like me.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 9 September 2005 22:32 (twenty years ago)

HANG ON. How "short-boned" is Nick?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 10 September 2005 02:17 (twenty years ago)

Xiu Xiu was good. But the Bottom Lounge was unreasonably hot.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Saturday, 10 September 2005 03:30 (twenty years ago)

It's over already? That's early.
I wonder if jaymc ever found out where the party was at.

― n/a (Nick A.), Saturday, 10 September 2005 03:38 (twenty years ago)

How were Frog Eyes and Yellow Swans? I was interested in both of them.

― n/a (Nick A.), Saturday, 10 September 2005 03:42 (twenty years ago)

If anyone is around and wants to IM me, my ID is baggadix.

― n/a (Nick A.), Saturday, 10 September 2005 03:47 (twenty years ago)

jamie's voice was fucked, according to the girl that came out to tell everyone to go home. The clapping was actually louder than the house music.

We didn't see yellow eyes and caught the end of frog eyes. I don't care for frog eyes. They mainly annoyed me.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Saturday, 10 September 2005 03:51 (twenty years ago)

Nick, you're gone already!

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Saturday, 10 September 2005 04:02 (twenty years ago)

No, I'm here!

― n/a (Nick A.), Saturday, 10 September 2005 04:04 (twenty years ago)

Maybe it's not IM...it's iChat.

― n/a (Nick A.), Saturday, 10 September 2005 04:07 (twenty years ago)

That should be AIM.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 10 September 2005 04:54 (twenty years ago)

Baggadix? Seriously? Hi.

― jaymc (jaymc), Saturday, 10 September 2005 06:59 (twenty years ago)

I know, isn't that the best name ever? Gives "eat me" a whole new meaning.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Saturday, 10 September 2005 07:00 (twenty years ago)

Indeed.

― jaymc (jaymc), Saturday, 10 September 2005 07:00 (twenty years ago)

OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGg, I just saw Sarah and n/a at Victory's Banner. I proclaim that today be national sarah and n/a day.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Saturday, 10 September 2005 16:16 (twenty years ago)

Can I post more poetry? I reminded myself of this last night on another thread, by absently quoting it. It really is one of the best lyrics ever.

Caught between the twisted stars
the plotted lines the faulty map
that brought Columbus to New York
Betwixt between the East and West
he calls on her wearing a leather vest
the earth squeals and shudders to a halt
A diamond crucifix in his ear
is used to help ward off the fear
that he has left his soul in someone's rented car
Inside his pants he hides a mop
to clean the mess that he has dropped
into the life of lithesome Juliette Bell

And Romeo wanted Juliette
and Juliette wanted Romeo
And Romeo wanted Juliette
and Juliette wanted Romeo

Romeo Rodriguez
squares his shoulders and curses Jesus
runs a comb through his black pony-tail
He's thinking of his lonely room
the sink that by his bed gives off a stink
then smells her perfume in his eyes
And her voice was like a bell

Outside the streets were steaming
the crack dealers were dreaming
of an Uzi someone had just scored
I betcha I could hit that light
with my one good arm behind my back
says little Joey Diaz
Brother give me another tote
those downtown hoods are no damn good
those Italians need a lesson to be taught
This cop who died in Harlem
you think they'd get the warnin'
I was dancing when his brains run out on the street

And Romeo had Juliette
and Juliette had her Romeo
And Romeo had Juliette
and Juliette had her Romeo

I'll take Manhattan in a garbage bag
with Latin written on it that says
"it's hard to give a shit these days"
Manhattan's sinking like a rock
into the filthy Hudson, what a shock
they wrote a book about it
they said it was like ancient Rome

The perfume burned his eyes
holding tightly to her thighs
And something flickered for a minute
and then it vanished and was gone

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Saturday, 10 September 2005 16:19 (twenty years ago)

The food at Victory's B4nner was really good! I had an egg white omelette with a bunch of vegetables, smoked gouda (god do I ever love smoked cheese), and soy sausage. I saw a review for the place on Check, Please and the person who chose that restaurant was really into how peaceful a dining experience was to be had... Being a horrible, cynical person who tends more toward the path of enlightenment through inner fury than inner peace I did not find the place particularly relaxing - maybe this was because it was decorated in my high school colors. I kept looking at the white women in their traditional Indian dress and wondering if they tooled around town in saris on their off hours or if the whole things was like an Eastern religion Medieval Times.

Then I found this on their website:

All of us who work here are students of meditation, and study with the Indian Spiritual Master Sri Ch1nm0y. The restaurant is a reflection of the impact Sri Ch1nm0y has had on our lives, and it is inspired by him. His philosophy encourages a sincere inner life with an active outer life. By meditating on the spiritual heart, he teaches, the seeker can discover his own inner treasures of peace, joy, light and love.

So now I believe in the sincerity of the employees, but I think I just bought breakfast form a cult. I should have asked to substitute a side of Leader Beans for my potatoes.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Saturday, 10 September 2005 16:42 (twenty years ago)

nananananananananana LEADER!

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Saturday, 10 September 2005 16:47 (twenty years ago)

Off the awesome scale awesomeness:

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Saturday, 10 September 2005 16:52 (twenty years ago)

Hello! ILX ate my link.

The awesomeness about which I intended to post is a German band called The Leader Beans: http://www.theleaderbeans.de/home.php.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Saturday, 10 September 2005 16:53 (twenty years ago)

Wow. That is great, Jenny. They're even kind of competent.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Saturday, 10 September 2005 16:59 (twenty years ago)

Victory's Banner is run by a cult. A delicious, delicious cult.

― n/a (Nick A.), Saturday, 10 September 2005 21:22 (twenty years ago)

Jaymc, why do you all your Frienster pix feature Nick?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 11 September 2005 06:42 (twenty years ago)

what are you talking about? one does.

― jaymc (jaymc), Sunday, 11 September 2005 07:33 (twenty years ago)

okay, two.

― jaymc (jaymc), Sunday, 11 September 2005 07:34 (twenty years ago)

it's because half of my friendster photos are pictures that kenan took of me, and usually nick was around.

― jaymc (jaymc), Sunday, 11 September 2005 07:35 (twenty years ago)

Good morning.

Markovitz, you should try eating in the food court in Marshall F1elds sometime. That's where I like to go when I'm downtown near the Water Tower and I'm with other people, because there's alot of variety there and it's a million times tastier than your average mall food court. (on the Mezzanine)

My belly is still full of beer from last night.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Sunday, 11 September 2005 13:35 (twenty years ago)

Also, Kenan, I missed you last night!

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Sunday, 11 September 2005 13:35 (twenty years ago)

Thanks for coming to Sarah's party, guys, I had fun and I hope you all did too.

― n/a (Nick A.), Sunday, 11 September 2005 13:38 (twenty years ago)

Final tally of activities for those who couldn't make it or left at various points in the evening:
1. Dinner and frozen margaritas at Cafe El Tapatio.
2. Bowling and beer at Lincoln Square Lanes, a crazy empty old bowling alley (manual scorekeeping! jukebox!).
3. Karaoke and more beer at the Hidden Cove.
4. More beer and pool at some bar at Foster and Damen (Taste?) that had an INTERNET JUKEBOX.

― n/a (Nick A.), Sunday, 11 September 2005 13:44 (twenty years ago)

I had a great time! I'm sorry I missed everyone's karaoke songs. My voice is goooooonnnnnnne today. As in I can't talk above a croaky whisper.

http://www.defender.dk/simpsons/Billeder/sl%E6gtninge/mrsbouvier.gif

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Sunday, 11 September 2005 13:46 (twenty years ago)

photos TK! i'm a-workin' on it.

in a phrase,

BUTTER ROLLS.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Sunday, 11 September 2005 14:32 (twenty years ago)

http://tinypic.com/dmv4pk.jpg
...by the butter rolls.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Sunday, 11 September 2005 14:37 (twenty years ago)

i'll post a link to the rest tomorrow. now i have 5 loads of laundry to do. yeah!

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Sunday, 11 September 2005 14:41 (twenty years ago)

I love it!

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Sunday, 11 September 2005 16:22 (twenty years ago)

sarah's party sounds like it was great fun! love the pic.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Sunday, 11 September 2005 16:43 (twenty years ago)

Sorry to miss out!

― Eazy (Eazy), Sunday, 11 September 2005 17:00 (twenty years ago)

oh my god!!!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Sunday, 11 September 2005 17:05 (twenty years ago)

i think i look like a trashy r. kelly wannabe.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Sunday, 11 September 2005 17:13 (twenty years ago)

OMG, what are you guys doing?

― Jordan (Jordan), Sunday, 11 September 2005 17:56 (twenty years ago)

i was kinda obsessed with the r. kelly song, "in the kitchen." we choreographed dance moves to the chorus.

what is the chorus, you ask?

"I want sex in the kitchen
Over by the stove
Put you on the counter
By the BUTTER ROLLS"

The moment captured on film is the butter roll movement.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Sunday, 11 September 2005 19:25 (twenty years ago)

Wake up, Chicago!

I forgot what I had to work on at, well, work today. So I walk in and see those 400 letters sitting on my desk waiting to be labeled and stuffed into envelopes. Yay!

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Monday, 12 September 2005 12:17 (twenty years ago)

Mornin'!

I sure had fun at your birthday!!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 12:22 (twenty years ago)

Me too. :-D Thanks for comin'.

Amanda, may I put that pic up on my flickr page, please? By the way, my favorite track off the 1930's comp is #11 so far, but I haven't put it in the computer to check the artist's name.

John, we started listening to one of your mix cds this morning (the dancier one that starts with Phoenix). It was cool. BTW, though, Nick says the destroyer copy doesn't play.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Monday, 12 September 2005 12:29 (twenty years ago)

I have chocolate lips today.
Maybe she's born with it!
Maybe it's the Lush lip balm Jenny gave her!

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Monday, 12 September 2005 12:30 (twenty years ago)

i already put the photo on my flickr b/c JENNY DID IT FIRST!!!!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 12:33 (twenty years ago)

By the way, Jenny, Robin is hilarious.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 12:33 (twenty years ago)

BTW, though, Nick says the destroyer copy doesn't play.

oh no, that sucks ... i didn't check it, but i assumed it was okay. glad you like the mix cd.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 12:41 (twenty years ago)

what is your flickr name, kels?

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 12:41 (twenty years ago)

john: never EVER let me bum cigarettes from you. i need to never smoke again.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 12:41 (twenty years ago)

let me check. i forget it all the time. it's either kelstarry or mayonnaise. the address has mayonnaise in it, i think.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 12:42 (twenty years ago)

here's the address of it.

http://flickr.com/photos/mayonnaise/

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 12:42 (twenty years ago)

Good morning! Here are the rest of the photos, in a convenient slideshow. Sex in the kitchen, THE PHOTOS

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 12:50 (twenty years ago)

My bowling hand is still sore.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 12 September 2005 12:50 (twenty years ago)

You guys are awesome.

The moment captured on film is the butter roll movement.

So you're all pretending to hold..."butter rolls" in that picture?

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 12 September 2005 12:52 (twenty years ago)

more like BUTTer rolls, i think.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 12:52 (twenty years ago)

OMG THOSE PICTURES RULE. Kelsey is so good at posing for photos!

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 12 September 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, it was the America's Top Model photoshoot evening. You should have seen the ones I didn't put up there. I ran out of space. These are really the best ones, though, so you're not missing much. You're all welcome to have whatever photos you want.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 12:55 (twenty years ago)

Indeed! When I went up to "sing" (the chorus ONLY) with John, I told Amanda I'd do "better if i pretended i was on a photo shoot."

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:04 (twenty years ago)

btw amanda . . . can i pretty please have your regular email address? I'll let you know when ANTM starts. My email is k3ls3yd1lts@gma1l.com

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:05 (twenty years ago)

i'm so glad we got one of jeff singing hootie!!!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:07 (twenty years ago)

oh yeah - i was thinking the same thing. i was sorry i hadn't asked for your digits. my email is handymanda at gmail dot com.

jeff singing hootie was one of the evening's most mirthful moments.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:09 (twenty years ago)

I think I was too pissed off at the karaoke dude for skipping me to fully enjoy Jeff's performance.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:11 (twenty years ago)

I don't think I've ever had as much fun as you guys appear to be having in those pictures.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:13 (twenty years ago)

Thanks for taking so many pix, Amanda! They look great.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:13 (twenty years ago)

thanks!

i wanted to remind everyone:

tomorrow, gunther murphys, laff riot. 8:30 pm.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:17 (twenty years ago)

The butter roll picture is the best thing ever!

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:23 (twenty years ago)

what's the cover?

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:26 (twenty years ago)

I'd like a butter roll. Preferably adjacent to sex.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:27 (twenty years ago)

FIVE BUCKAROOS!

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:28 (twenty years ago)

With those awesome photographic effects, we all look like rock stars! The butter rolls pictures may be my favorite photo ever, too.

Dudez, I still can't talk! I can't talk so bad that I'm not even going to classes today, since I would have to request a "don't call on me" pass from my profs and would spend the entire periods coughing and blowing my nose on my school chums.

Jesus. I think Sri Ch1nm0y put a curse on my for mocking his restaurant.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:34 (twenty years ago)

jenny, you got a HEX ON YOU. i have more butter roll photos. but that's the one where everyone was doing the right thing. i tried to take a little video but i screwed it up.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:36 (twenty years ago)

I want to come tomorrow night, but it would also mean me borrowing from the sacred, holiest of holies band fund. In fact, I think I'm going to have borrow from it this afternoon anyway so I don't go under zero again.

I'm tired of my coworkers talking about money. One of them asked me about my weekend, so I told her about my party. When I mentioned Tapatio's, she said, "Isn't the food great there?! And you'd never expect it because that place looks like such a dump!" And I was thinking, um, it doesn't look like a dump to me at all, but I guess my standards are lower??

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:38 (twenty years ago)

Seriously. Who wants to do it for Squeezed?! I'm serious & I'M SOBER.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:39 (twenty years ago)

I am already performing at Squeezed and I don't want to hog the spotlight.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:40 (twenty years ago)

It doesn't look like a dump to me, either, sarah. i think your coworkers are pretty cracked out. then again, i've lived in a city where cockroaches were commonplace in the restaurants & people spit on the floor, and these were not considered the "dumpy" eateries.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:40 (twenty years ago)

a dump? i thought it looked fancy and nice! tell her to go back to applebees.

is there going to be more choreography in addition to the chorus? will we wear coordinated outfits? i would consider it if there are coordinated outfits.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:41 (twenty years ago)

Sarah I will pay for your cover for the comedy show, chill out.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:41 (twenty years ago)

As an experienced director, I would suggest that you perform the dance in silhouette behind a white sheet. Nude.

― Eazy (Eazy), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:43 (twenty years ago)

I'm still recovering from singing Hootie. IT had a real detrimental effect on my self confidence. It's going to take years of therapy to fix this. I wish I was joking!

I'm never going to sing again. Not even in the shower.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:43 (twenty years ago)

Jeff NOOOOooooooooooo!!!!! You were AWESOME in a genuine way!!! Your voice is a far better singing voice than mine!! Plus, you were just hilarious. It was like you CHANNELED hootie. PLEASE DON'T STOP THE MELLOW ROCK!!!!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:45 (twenty years ago)

Jeff! I thought you were awesome. Thoroughly and completely delightful in every single way. Please tell us you'll sing again. I'm not being facetious, either.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:46 (twenty years ago)

Jeff, you were great, quit being a lame-o. And at least you weren't the dude who chose to sing STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN. That was what eventually forced us to leave the Hidden Cove.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:48 (twenty years ago)

Not only leave, but actually walk out of earshot. That guy was inconsiderate.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:50 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, it was great, Jeff! And I loved the running commentary on the lyrics too. :-D

Remember when I was talking about light basses? Well, I haven't found my soulmate bass. I tried out a bunch at stupid Gu1tar Center, but the one I liked - one of those Beatles-like Epiphone viola look basses - was $500. Then I went to Music-g0-r0und but the basses all felt like they were made of kleenex. So, apparently I do have SOME sort of standards when it comes to musical instruments anyway.

I need advice. My three suitemates from college want to have a reunion. Actually, they've already had 2 without me because I said I couldn't come, but then I swore about 2 months ago that I'd go to the next one. So now they're picking dates in October. I said, Um, I can't do October because I'm recording then. Let's do November? But then I started looking up airfares online to go to Pittsburgh for a weekend and it's ridiculous. I couldn't take time off, so I'd be spending a few hundred dollars to be there basically one day. As it is, I need to figure out how I'm going to afford tix to go to VA for Thanksgiving and FRANCE for Christmas. So would it be the worst thing in the world to tell them, once again, that I can't come? Should I call them all individually instead of sending a mass email?? HELP!

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:53 (twenty years ago)

i find myself in that position all too often. it sucks big time, but if you can't afford it, you can't afford it. sometimes you have to wait a few years until everyone can go. i think it would be best to call them though, if you're still close.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:55 (twenty years ago)

On the way home, we figured out we had spent 8.5 hours straight with jaymc, Amanda, and kelsey (6:30-3:00).

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 12 September 2005 13:57 (twenty years ago)

and then ran home to shower yourself in hot water, exfoliating with a brillo pad?

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 14:01 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, and all the new soaps helped. ;-)

Keeping in touch can be such a bitch. Yeah, I should just call them each individually and catch up with them that way. I saw one of them, my roomie for all 4 years, this spring when she came to Chicago. Another one I last saw in late 2003. Nick and I stopped at her house (where she lives with hubbie and 2 kids, now 3) in Pennsylvania on our way up to check out Chicago. The third girl I haven't seen in a really really long time, but we don't email or talk or anything.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Monday, 12 September 2005 14:06 (twenty years ago)

hmmm. sounds like they're not really your top dawgs anymore. if it were me, i would duck out graciously on account of finances and invite them to come visit (which they may or may not do.)

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 14:09 (twenty years ago)

ps -- that song (#11) is Elsie Carlisle, "Exactly Like You"?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 14:11 (twenty years ago)

Don't you think it's kind of funny that I prefaced that long paragraph with Guys, I need advice..., when it was horribly obvious I'd already made up my mind? Also, I'm kind of annoyed at my ex-roommie. I sent out this email about my sister getting married and she wrote back something like, "Um, no offense or anything, but isn't your sister kind of young to be getting married? And those sorts of international relationships never seem to last." She did said no offense, but I still think it's kind of rude.

Yeah, that's the song! I was trying to sing along with it in the car, making my voice all high and warbly and distorted, but I didn't know the words so it was particularly bad. I will learn them though and become a 1930's cabaret singer!

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Monday, 12 September 2005 14:15 (twenty years ago)

"no offense" -- least sincere preface ever. boooo.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 14:16 (twenty years ago)

TS: "No offense" vs. "Don't take this the wrong way, but..."
Is the person next to Sarah in the photo Ben? The demonic glint in his butter-roll eyes is a bit disconcerting.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Monday, 12 September 2005 14:18 (twenty years ago)

Wow. I can't believe she said that. I mean, there are about a MILLION LESS RUDE ways to judge your sister. Bah. Don't go to PA. We can get the girls together here & pretend we're college roomies instead.

xpost: joce, it's ben indeed.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 14:19 (twenty years ago)

Sarah, fuck bitches.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 12 September 2005 14:20 (twenty years ago)

also big dud: telling someone whose sister just got married that her sister's marriage won't last.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 14:24 (twenty years ago)

I always thought most of the advice-seeking questions on ILX (and every other board) were more "please confirm a decision I have already made" questions. All the times I've ever posed those kinds of questions that's been the case, at least. At any rate, "no offense" is for the bullshit.

jaymc - I went to another art-student party this weekend where I re-met your friend Jas0n. Turns out he knows another friend of mine through his band from San Diego... This small world shit is starting to get commonplace!

― dan m (OutDatWay), Monday, 12 September 2005 14:25 (twenty years ago)

I like that picture of me though. I noticed that my rockstar pose is a dead ringer for Robert Pollard. I should have done a high kick.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Monday, 12 September 2005 14:26 (twenty years ago)

That's totally crazy, Dan.

I had a blast the other night, too, you guys.

My company is moving to a new office next week, and I just found out that we're getting Friday off. Which would be great, except I'm already taking Friday off to go to New York. So now I'm hoping that they don't actually count that as a vacation day for me after all.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 14:29 (twenty years ago)

I look like my brother in this photo.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 14:37 (twenty years ago)

I want a new camera. My phone will not suffice anymore.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Monday, 12 September 2005 14:46 (twenty years ago)

good lord i look like i'm staring at you wistfully or something.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 14:48 (twenty years ago)

Oh, right, J, I forgot this is the big NYC weekend -- hope it's fun!

― Eazy (Eazy), Monday, 12 September 2005 14:49 (twenty years ago)

I just called the one roommie whose home I'd be staying at to tell her I can't come. She was very nice about it and we talked for a while.

I am not photogenic. At least, that's what I tell myself.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Monday, 12 September 2005 15:25 (twenty years ago)

Why do I have Sept 20th marked on my calendar? Is that when the New P0rnographers show is? I'm asking you this because I'm too lazy to leave this board to check online.

I'm eating grapes. Yum.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Monday, 12 September 2005 15:44 (twenty years ago)

Squeezed was supposed to be on Sept. 20, but now it's not.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 15:46 (twenty years ago)

Which reminds me, I need to send an e-mail about that...

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 15:46 (twenty years ago)

I am not photogenic. At least, that's what I tell myself.

you are full of shit. at least in that statement. i'd just been looking at the slide show and thinking, does sarah ever take a bad picture? because you don't seem to.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Monday, 12 September 2005 16:05 (twenty years ago)

OTM

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 16:16 (twenty years ago)

yeah, i agree. juuuuuulia OTM. you guys are all pretty photogenic. i know because i took almost 100 photos of you two days ago.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 16:19 (twenty years ago)

I just got a company-wide email saying the internet will be down for a while, starting sometime in the next few minutes. :-(
GOD, NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks, guys.

Juliaaaaa, can I please borrow your l0st dvds when you're done with them? Kenan said it was great.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Monday, 12 September 2005 17:19 (twenty years ago)

That's what it was, John. I need to start getting my act together, LITERALLY!

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Monday, 12 September 2005 17:22 (twenty years ago)

Kenan said it was great.

I did. I also said:

"The first episode is one of the best hours of television I've ever seen, no kidding."

and

"It's really intense, totally gut-wrenching, and you cannot look away."

and

"It's kind of amazing, and you wonder how ABC greenlighted this show to begin with (except that someone was smart enough to see that it would be a big fat hit, which is kinda surprising from network execs). It's also astonighingly violent, dark, nihilistic, and just plain weird. It's goddamn art."

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 17:35 (twenty years ago)

I was watching Undeclared with the commentary on last night while folding laundry and heard an anecdote about how Judd Apatow, the producer, had also worked on the Ben Stiller Show. He found out that Undeclared was being cancelled by a network exec, the same exec who had cancelled the Ben Stiller Show. He sent a framed Entertainment Weekly review calling Undeclared one of the 10 best shows on TV to the exec and signed it "How can you fuck me in the ass again when your dick's still in me from the last time?"

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 12 September 2005 17:44 (twenty years ago)

Girl you're in the kitchen
Cooking me a meal
Something makes me wanna come in there and get a feel
Walk around in your t-shirt
Nothing else on
Strutting pass, switching that ass while I'm on the phone
Cutting up tomatoes, fruits and vegetables and potatoes
Girl, you look so sexy while you're doing the damn thang
I want

(Chorus)
Sex in the kitchen over by the stove
Put you on the counter by the buttered rolls
Hands on the table, on your tippy toes
We'll be making love like the restaurant was closed

How would you like it, baby
(How would you like that?)
Tell me right now pretty baby
Hey man, I'm gon call you back

Girl you're in the kitchen, chillin in your robe
I'm thinking to myself she better go put on some clothes
Tickling and teasing
Doing that little dance
Girl, you gon make me lay you down and give it to you one mo 'gain

[Chorus 2x]
Sex in the kitchen over by the stove
Put you on the counter by the buttered rolls
Hands on the table, on your tippy toes
We'll be making love like the restaurant was closed

Girl I'm ready to toss your salad
While I'm making love,I'll be feasting
Girl you're in the kitchen
Sweating up a storm
The oven's on 500
So you know the kitchen's warm
Girl you know just how to get into a brother's mind
Cause here we are still in this kitchen
Doing it for the third time

[Chorus (fades out)]
Sex in the kitchen over by the stove
Put you on the counter by the buttered rolls
Hands on the table, on your tippy toes
We'll be making love like the restaurant was closed
****************************************************

NOW LET's get to the CHOREOGRAPHIN'

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 17:45 (twenty years ago)

sure, sarah, you're welcome to borrow them when i'm done if you want. they're in divx format, but i have the software for that too, if you wouldn't mind watching them on your computer.

lost is totally addictive, i can watch it over and over and still be transfixed.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Monday, 12 September 2005 17:50 (twenty years ago)

I feel like I'm being overmasculine and hypercrude on ILX lately. What is wrong with me? I need to tone it down.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 12 September 2005 17:55 (twenty years ago)

Oh man, I just realized that song got played at the party I was at on Saturday!

― dan m (OutDatWay), Monday, 12 September 2005 17:55 (twenty years ago)

What's the internet for if not for being overmasculine and hypercrude, BRAH?

― dan m (OutDatWay), Monday, 12 September 2005 17:56 (twenty years ago)

I don't know, I'm just worried I'm going to eventually make the male equivalent of Kate's "gusher" statement and gross everyone out.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 12 September 2005 17:57 (twenty years ago)

Nah, it's cool. I've fucked Lindsay Lohan, too. We tight.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 17:59 (twenty years ago)

I'm just worried I'm going to eventually make the male equivalent of Kate's "gusher" statement

Take cover, Arizona!

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 18:01 (twenty years ago)

What was Kate's gusher statement? I want to be grossed out, too.

Don't worry about being hyper-masculine on the internet, Nick, since you're such a nancy boy in real life that it balances out.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Monday, 12 September 2005 18:04 (twenty years ago)

Ha ha, thanks Jenny.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 12 September 2005 18:05 (twenty years ago)

The "gusher" remark had to do with her period. I'll leave the rest up to your imagination. It caused an INTERNET CONTROVERSY.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 12 September 2005 18:06 (twenty years ago)

Here it is. I don't think the comment itself was all that notable or offensive or whatever, but people seized upon it for reasons that had to do more with their past experiences with Kate, I believe.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 18:09 (twenty years ago)

It'd take something pretty drastic to gross me out. All my best friends and I have a running gross-out contest going. We've even decided that eventually it's come down to us performing bukkake on each other and laaaaughing.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Monday, 12 September 2005 18:11 (twenty years ago)

As an experienced director, I would suggest that you perform the dance in silhouette behind a white sheet. Nude.

Ha, I just saw this. At least we can't accuse you of being inconsistent with your spartan stage aesthetic.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 18:13 (twenty years ago)

Whoa, that's not bad at all! I guess it's kind of like how on Metafilter anytime someone posts about DivaCups or Glad Rags fifteen idiots have to chime in to talk about how gross it is. I hope that the people upset by the gush of Kate's menstrual flow don't ever have to spend too much time in my company... Or mine and Jesse's company, god help them.

Random fact: Sometime in the first ever hour of my internet use, I came across a page where a guy had scanned in images of his girlfriend's used pads, like laid them flat on the scanner, and posted them on the internet. It was sort of a "Hey, look, pads!" thing rather than a fetish thing.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Monday, 12 September 2005 18:16 (twenty years ago)

IF IT BLEEDS, IT LEADS

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 18:18 (twenty years ago)

Hey, look! Pads!

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Monday, 12 September 2005 18:22 (twenty years ago)

On a somewhat related note, a recent drunken conversation between my friends (alas, one I was not a part of) involved the possibility of a woman using directed menstrual flow as a defensive weapon, much like a squid's ink or one of those beetles you see that spray acid.

xpost: I bet you could find a pad fetish site if you really, really wanted to. Please don't.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Monday, 12 September 2005 18:23 (twenty years ago)

Jenny: What's the verdict on the deodorant?!?!?!?

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)

I think it would be difficult to impossible to use directed menstrual flow as a defensive weapon without the addition of some after market parts.

xpost: It worked as far as I could tell on Saturday. I used it on Sunday but I wasn't very active so it wasn't a proper test environment, and today since it is in the 90s and I would have been riding my bike around a lot had I not decided to skip classes and convalesce, I decided not to chance it. Tentative early reports are positive, though!

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Monday, 12 September 2005 18:33 (twenty years ago)

Yay!!!!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 18:39 (twenty years ago)

I hope that the people upset by the gush of Kate's menstrual flow don't ever have to spend too much time in my company... Or mine and Jesse's company, god help them.

I think it's fortunate that I am not one of the millions of American men affected by MDS (Menstrual Disgust Syndrome), since I quite like women.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 18:49 (twenty years ago)

what's worse are the women afflicted with MDS. the ones who are "afraid" of OB tampons, for instance. it's your body! get over it!

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 18:53 (twenty years ago)

Kenan is the guy...the guy with a good attitude toward menstruation!

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 12 September 2005 18:57 (twenty years ago)

I am too, for that matter.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 12 September 2005 18:57 (twenty years ago)

YES!!!! Thank you. And thank you, Kenan. You are in the camp of boys who are the best & don't worry about putting off sex until the bleeding is through.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 18:58 (twenty years ago)

True. But like they say in the Hitchhiker's Guide, never forget your towel.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 18:59 (twenty years ago)

WHAT ABOUT ME

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 18:59 (twenty years ago)

not that i know from experience, mind you. i was just assuming.

oh! and jordan too!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:00 (twenty years ago)

I think I still have a nice maroon towel around somewhere... useful.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:00 (twenty years ago)

not that i know from experience, mind you. i was just assuming.

Kelsey! Shhh! You'll spoil my (apparrent) image as the #1 ladies man on ILX.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:01 (twenty years ago)

And me makes three? Four? Ah, hell...

― dan m (OutDatWay), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:02 (twenty years ago)

http://images.chapters.indigo.ca/covers/music/862/074644428629_b.jpg

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:03 (twenty years ago)

I, TOO, ENJOY MENSTRUATION AND THE DISCUSSION THEREOF

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:04 (twenty years ago)

You get mad props. As always.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:04 (twenty years ago)

You are in the camp of boys who are the best & don't worry about putting off sex until the bleeding is through.

Yes, you are correct. However, uh, my girlfriend may suffer from a minor case of MDS and doesn't take advantage of my good nature.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:06 (twenty years ago)

i'm just grateful for the willing.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:07 (twenty years ago)

I enjoy looking at the blood on the condom: "whoa, this came from your body!"

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:08 (twenty years ago)

Ok, I'm done talking about this.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:11 (twenty years ago)

me too.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:15 (twenty years ago)

Aw jeez.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:16 (twenty years ago)

I thought the maroon towel was bad, and then you had to go and get genuinely geeked out about blood. TMI.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:19 (twenty years ago)

I mean like JEEZ, who are you -- Kate?

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:19 (twenty years ago)

i find all of this talk amusing. i might be inspired to write an overenthusiastic entry about my divacup on my journal.

what's funny is i mentioned it on ilx once and the people who im'ed me with questions about it were MEN. but maybe that's because there's one kind of product like that that allows for sex with no mess.

(okay, no further comment, xp o rama)

― Juulia (julesbdules), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:19 (twenty years ago)

Kenan, you're joking, right?

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:20 (twenty years ago)

is a diva cup like the keeper? i want one.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)

i thought it was maybe slightly TMI.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)

Yesterday I was amusing myself by imagining Arnold Schwarzenegger saying, "IT'S GOING TO BE A GUSHER."

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)

i thought it was maybe slightly TMI.

B-b-but I thought we were all cool with it. I don't understand you people.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:22 (twenty years ago)

Divacup!

*high fives Juulia*

I'm also a huge fan of the aforementioned Glad Rags. You can add Jeff to the list of men who are cool with menstruation, since he has to live with my, um, soaking bucket once a month.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:22 (twenty years ago)

John, of course I'm joking. I have a story about blood that's... not safe for... anywhere.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:22 (twenty years ago)

Yeah...I'm just gonna go ahead and change the subject here...
Umm...
How about this weather, eh?

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:23 (twenty years ago)

does anyone remember a product called "Instead"?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:23 (twenty years ago)

kesley: The divacup is like the keeper but is made out of silicone rather than rubber. I have had both, and like the divacup slightly better.

amanda: I remember "instead" but I never tried it. I was always intrigued by it, though.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:23 (twenty years ago)

I guess I really am a nancy boy.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:24 (twenty years ago)

Jaymc is the guy... the guy with a good attitude towards anal bleeding.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:24 (twenty years ago)

walgreens sells instead. so does target. sometimes i use them, but mostly i use glad rags & tampons.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:25 (twenty years ago)

john, i think i was just not anticipating excitement over the blood. that's all. you know i enjoy enthusiasm for that thing.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:26 (twenty years ago)

B-b-but I thought we were all cool with it. I don't understand you people.

It was a trap.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:26 (twenty years ago)

jaymc, I thought it was comedy gold.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:26 (twenty years ago)

So, uh...you guys like music?

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:27 (twenty years ago)

Nah, not really.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:27 (twenty years ago)

it is, kelsey, but better imo, because you can boil it to sterilize it. i adore mine. (xp) (high fives jenny)

i've used insteads too, they're a bitch to get used to but they're great.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:27 (twenty years ago)

amanda: I remember "instead" but I never tried it. I was always intrigued by it, though.

i tried it and almost had to go to the emergency room! it was traumatizing.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:28 (twenty years ago)

I'm also a huge fan of the aforementioned Glad Rags.

Whew! I though you said Glad Bags.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:29 (twenty years ago)

Yeah. I um, make two holes for my legs & walk around in it to catch the drippings.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:32 (twenty years ago)

Amanda, if it's possible to share that story without ruining Nick forever I would really like to hear it.

xpost to kelsey: HAHAHAHAHA

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:32 (twenty years ago)

The kind with the draw string are best for that.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:33 (twenty years ago)

HEFTY HEFTY CINCH SACK

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:34 (twenty years ago)

Sometimes the drawstring breaks, though, so it's good to have a length of rope handy.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:34 (twenty years ago)

i had a hunch that might make you laugh, jenny!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)

i wouldn't mind hearing your story of instead trauma, either. maybe that makes me a little bit sick.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:37 (twenty years ago)

It went something like this: (apologies to whoever can't take it)

I couldn't get it out. There were principles of suction at work that I will never understand. My fingers are short. An hour later, crying, I STILL couldn't get it out. I called the hospital. They told me to relax and come in if I couldn't do it myself. I got it out. But I wrote a NASTY letter to the manufacturer that I never sent.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)

Your search - trash bag panties - did not match any documents.

Whew

― dan m (OutDatWay), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:40 (twenty years ago)

I had that same experience with a contact lens once. Well, sort of.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:40 (twenty years ago)

Dan, it's not the same. Did they tell you to use a toothbrush handle to get it out?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:41 (twenty years ago)

Ha ha! (to dan, not to amanda's tragic story)

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:42 (twenty years ago)

although eye trauma is terrifying, so i give you that. but at least you can see it. sort of.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:42 (twenty years ago)

i've had it get jammed up there pretty far before. sometimes i had to push hard, come back later, etc.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:43 (twenty years ago)

wait. A FUCKING TOOTHBRUSH HANDLE?!?!?!?

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:44 (twenty years ago)

No, no toothbrush handle (WTF kind of a lame ass suggestion is that?!?) but they did suggest tweezers!

― dan m (OutDatWay), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:46 (twenty years ago)

yep, a toothbrush handle. OR A PENCIL.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:47 (twenty years ago)

The toothbrush is not for you eye, Dan. It's for teh cootch.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:47 (twenty years ago)

No, I get it. It's just, I don't know, weird. Like was she supposed to use one of those olde-tyme toothbrushes with the pick on the handle end?

― dan m (OutDatWay), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:48 (twenty years ago)

TWEEZERS IN YOUR EYE?!?!?!?!?! Who are people nowadays anyway?

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:49 (twenty years ago)

what's wrong with using a wire hanger or a sharp kitchen knife? HUH?!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:49 (twenty years ago)

yeah. why not a straightened paper clip or a rusty nail?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:51 (twenty years ago)

I can't read this eye stuff. I have eye issues.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:00 (twenty years ago)

Not vagina issues, though.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:00 (twenty years ago)

Easy for you to say, bub.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:01 (twenty years ago)

Amanda, that is traumatic!

At least with a stuck contact you might be able to ask a friend or roommate for help without completely obliterating boundaries. I don't even know if I could ask Jeff for help with such a dilemma, and he's familiar with the terrain, so to speak.

(It always takes me at least ten minutes and lots of poking myself in the eye to get my left contact out, and that's why I hardly ever wear contacts.)

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:04 (twenty years ago)

i guess now we can move on to talking about cataracts & yeast infections.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:06 (twenty years ago)

Funny that this whole line of discussion began with Nick's fear of grossing everyone out with his hyper-masculinity.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)

At least with a stuck contact you might be able to ask a friend or roommate for help without completely obliterating boundaries.

"Um... roomie? Can you come into the bathroom for a second? I need you to stick two fingers into my vagina as far as they'll go."

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)

Wait, are we removing a cup or trying to find a G-spot?

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)

it's actually a vaginal contact.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

But tomorrow it's the guys' turn to talk about whiskey dick.

― Eazy (Eazy), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

You should have seen my roomie! She was terrifying, hated my guts and threatened to kill my dog. She also had a whip which I heard her use on several occasions.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

That whip might have come in handy, had you asked her.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:12 (twenty years ago)

it was like 6 feet long! it wasn't a riding whip, it was like a sadist's whip.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)

Do you just wash the Glad Rags in the washing machine? I'm a little...intrigued by them. If you let them sit are they damaged permanently?

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)

I would like to hear roommate BDSM stories. I don't think I'm alone in this.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:19 (twenty years ago)

i soak them in cold water & just kinda leave them there until i do laundry next. i change the water every day or every other day b/c it can get kinda rancid. I think they are lovliest to sleep in b/c sometimes they aren't the most practical thing to wear out & about. also: they're uncomfortable to bike in b/c of the snap.

i now cannot use regular chemically processed pads b/c they give me the yeasties. i have to use glad rags or the hippie non-chlorine bleached pads. but glad rags are soft & comforting.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:19 (twenty years ago)

would it surprise anyone to know that i've had virtually no appetite today? i can't believe it's already 4:30. almost.

here's one jordan:

one time i came home from sleeping over at dan's house (around the corner) to find my roomie spread out sleeping all over a grey-haired stranger IN MY BED. and i had to get ready to go to work. inside her room, which was full of trash, her whip was leaning against the closet door.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

and get this: she wasn't a hooker.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)

Alright! At least she wasn't using the whip in your room, right?

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)

that part is a mystery.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)

Speaking of gray-haired strangers ... there are all sorts of people in my office who are carting away bookshelves and file cabinets for the move, the place is in disarray, etc. Still, I didn't expect to see some old guy in an undershirt wander out from the computer control room as I came back from the water fountain. Maybe he's been in there for years and they just found him.

Also my allergies are TERRIBLE today.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:29 (twenty years ago)

Had that happened to me, I would have whipped the shit out of any roomie (and random roomie-hookup stranger) I've ever had until they both got their sorry asses out of my bed.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)

another time i came home to find that the front door was wide open, as was the back door to the yard. billie holiday's version of "summertime" was playing in the living room. that alone is pretty fucking creepy.

i went into the backyard and found Roomie passed out naked on a lawn chair in the middle of the back yard with her trademark virginia slim menthol lite 100s next to her. no whip this time, but i did have the pleasure of seeing her naked.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

I think it's kind of bizarre how little periods come up in TV shows/ movies. I mean, no one has any trouble throwing in a 30 minute scene involving toilet noises or someone puking on someone else just for the hell of it, but NO ONE mentions periods. I mean, there's a lot of comedy gold in there: just ask any early 80s female standup.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

"...and the livin' is easy."

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

Don't EVEN get me started on my PERIOD!

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

when i first got mine, i was so upset at how honking huge the pads were, so i cut it in half. throughout the evening, little tufts of cotton would be found in all the places i sat.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)

Was she hot, Amanda? 'Cause I'm guessing she was, but it kind of a trashy goth way.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:34 (twenty years ago)

Wait, are we removing a cup or trying to find a G-spot?

The g-spot isn't very far in.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:34 (twenty years ago)

i just ate some cashew brittle that someone brought in. I was hoping the buttery, sugary rush would wake me up. so far, it hasn't.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

does anyone want to make plans to see the constant gardener next week or something?

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

So what do you all want to talk about tomorrow? Wet dreams? Excessive ear wax? Pubes? Oh wait, we did that one already a while back...

― dan m (OutDatWay), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

The g-spot isn't very far in.

Whatever.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)

Was she hot, Amanda? 'Cause I'm guessing she was, but it kind of a trashy goth way.

Well, you know those women who sing "Black Velvet" while they smoke and play pool? You know those women with impossibly long hair who could be pretty if they would stop wearing so much hideous frosted eye makeup? The ones who have the shots lined up at the bar waiting for them when they walk in the door? That was her.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)

does anyone want to make plans to see the constant gardener next week or something?

I do!

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:38 (twenty years ago)

I think Nick, Sarah, and Kenan have all seen it already.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:38 (twenty years ago)

God almighty.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)

At least she never had anal sex on your couch.

...OR DID SHE???

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

The funny thing is, for as many heinous things the Roomie did, I still have a bit of fondness for her. We lived together for 2 years. She was entertaining in her own way. We had a couple of good times.

She had ALL TYPES of sex on the couch, but it was her couch.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:42 (twenty years ago)

i read that as "but it was her cooch"

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:43 (twenty years ago)

The funny thing is, for as many heinous things the Roomie did, I still have a bit of fondness for her.

Oh, yeah. I had that roomie, too, only it wasn't bar girl. It was this weird scraggly guy who was a philosophy major and a Buddhism enthusiast and dealt pounds of pot out the back door. One of the smartest, least practical people I've ever known. Always on hand for a nearly incomprehensible conversation. Those were good times.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:45 (twenty years ago)

Last time I saw him, he had just gotten 37 stitches taken out of his head after a drug dealer that he owed money to beat the holy hell out of him with a VCR.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:46 (twenty years ago)

You lived with Ann Coulter?

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, in a way they were good times. She would have been friends with that guy, maybe even slept with him. I forgot to mention she was a giant stoner.

I just remembered the time she invited the crackhead lady on the corner over to our place for coffee at 7AM. I was just getting up and she had been up all night. That was pretty funny. She (crackhead lady) offered me some coffee. I don't think Roomie had sex with the crackhead lady.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

Man, I think I know that dude...

― dan m (OutDatWay), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

Haha, I had a similar roommate. He was a big Jewish hippie, and there were always sketchy dudes coming around wanting to buy weed from him (always when he wasn't home, of course). He wasn't much on the cleaning or dishwashing either, but he was a sweet guy and a poet and he brought home free bread every week from his Whole Foods job.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:49 (twenty years ago)

Actually, he moved back in with his mom, in some Chicago suburb! I should look him up.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:50 (twenty years ago)

Juulia - I soak them right away in cold water, which I change daily. Then when it's all over, I rinse them out good and wash them when I do laundry again, usually in with the sheets and towels. They are generally no good for any sports, not just biking, but since I'm on hormonal birth control, but period is really light and I can roll with the glad rags without any major issues. I now hate regular disposable pads, too. Vehemently. Particularly if they involve "dri-weave" or some sort of plastic coating. Who came up with that? Himmler?

Sorry to detour back to periods for a minute. Back to crazy roommate stories...

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:51 (twenty years ago)

i love women who use environmentally friendly blood capture methods.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:53 (twenty years ago)

I don't really have anything else to add about Roomie. I feel a little bad for even talking about her. She was nothing but terrible to me, but she gave my life a little spice, I guess. Also, I forgot to mention that her parents are avowed nudists.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)

my goal is to be like amanda's old roomie

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

that explains the backyard nakedness, then?

I used to be fascinated with nudists & nudist colonies. I thought I might get over my body issues if I went to a nudist camp.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

Actually, I just remembered -- it wasn't a drug dealer. The drug dealer was the one who stole a bunch of his stuff, for no good reason. Just a theif. The VCR incident was even dumber: an argument over a pool game.

Craziest roommate I ever had was an ex-convict who had just gotten out of prison for selling speed, and went right back to dealing again immediately. He had a bald shaven head, an enormous neck, and a big rottweiler named "Spike." The dude kept trying to convince me to drive him to Mexico. I respectfully declined. Fortunately, I only lived with this person for three months, and he was never home, anyway.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:58 (twenty years ago)

i lived with a compulsive pot smoking guy who had two cats (male) that he REFUSED to get fixed. Thus, they pissed EVERYWHERE & the apartment constantly reeked of cat urine & pot smoke.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

i've always had very nice roommates.. all of whom.. post on ILX so i couldn't say anything revealing anyway

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:01 (twenty years ago)

I lived with someone who looked like the guy on the right of this photo (Channel 7's Hosea Sanders) except WHITE:

http://ucpnet.org/images/dickrozhosea.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:02 (twenty years ago)

RE: Nudists
one time after my grandpa died my grandma went on a few dates with a guy who wanted to take her "away for the weekend."

he took her to a nudist camp! she was horrified. i think it might be a little bit stupid and a little bit fun.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:02 (twenty years ago)

is that marlo thomas?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:03 (twenty years ago)

No, I think she's the woman who does the traffic. I can see the resemblance, though!

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:05 (twenty years ago)

i had this "thing"* with this guy who used to go to nudist places & made a point of telling me that when he became interested in a woman there, they put their clothes ON.

*too complicated for ILX threads

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:07 (twenty years ago)

hmmmmmm. we'll save that one for later.

remember - tomorrow, comedy!

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:11 (twenty years ago)

Kels, do you agree with me that Hosea Sanders looks like T0m H3rman?

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:12 (twenty years ago)

GIRLTALK

and

yes.

xposts

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:13 (twenty years ago)

Which ilxors have you lived with, Mandee? Were they nudists?

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:15 (twenty years ago)

PSST GIRLTALK

http://guffman.warnerbros.com/shots/ohara.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:16 (twenty years ago)

I lived with five snow-boarding tweakers in the snowy hell of northern California for three months.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:19 (twenty years ago)

All of you have led much more interesting lives than I.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:20 (twenty years ago)

okay. um. someone just friendster messaged me. weird.

here's the message:

hey,

your photo stood out to me, so i decided to take a look at your profile and well, i liked what I saw.. ;p

they call me H4n4 B41l3y! i'm 29 yrs old, from Chicago, Illinois. I love travelling, and do so whenever i get the chance to work oversees, especially all over europe!

anyways i'd go on and on, but I'd like to get a response from you first. i'd love to get to know you!

i don't know if you're able to reply to this message, so just in case you can't you can always reach me at _____________. I check it a lot more often than my inbox here anyway. maybe we could chat sometime.. you have a great pic but you know what they say, looks captures the eyes, but personality captures the heart.. lol

anyways, hope to hear from you soon.

H4n4 B41l3y

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:31 (twenty years ago)

I deleted all social networking profiles that I have. Screw the internet!

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

KD: It's spam.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

just like this one is:

hi John
Message: Hi John I was glancing around friendster and came across your ad and you just jumped out at me, I wanted to know more about you and see if we could hit it off. I havent been on here long and I was hoping to meet new people from the area because I am quite new here. I have been very busy since moving here and I haven't been able to get out and meet many people much less get out at all, I don't even know a good spot to go to do that. I guess that is why I'm here. I figured this would be a good way to meet someone new and hopefully make some friends and maybe more. Well I don't want to say too much here because you may not be interested, but if you are I can talk your ear off!! I think you have an idea of my situation and if you want to know more then just get back to me and ask me anything you want!! You can write me at my email which is lookoutforme19@hotmail.com I am addicted to checking my email and I will probably get back to you very soon, so if you like what u see and want to know more then get back to me and we can start having some fun!!
cindy

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:35 (twenty years ago)

that's what i wondered. man! people blow! Fuck H4n4 B41l3y!!!

at least yours sounds mildly convincing.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:35 (twenty years ago)

Okay. I'm off to meet the CEO of NPR.

should i quickly eat my leftover lunch for dinner???

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:36 (twenty years ago)

why are you meeting the CEO of NPR??

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:37 (twenty years ago)

it's an event. not a one-on-one. with j3ff.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:41 (twenty years ago)

Even the spammers don't flirt with me through friendster!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:41 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I totally fell for that scam. "Kate," she said. She wrote this totally subdued letter, not suggesting anything sexy or anything. I just thought it was some girl who maybe liked one of the bands I'd listed. I couldn't find a profile for her, which should have been my first clue. So I wrote her back saying, "Who are you? I can't find your profile and I'd like to know more about you." She wrote me back saying that she'd taken her profile down because someone else was harrassing her. I believed even that. This spammer was good.

But when "she" wrote me the next day asking me if I wanted to go to a Cubs game with her, I was suspicious. Two emails and you're buying me baseball tickets? So I clicked on her weblink, the only information available about her on the site, and found the site for an escourt service. This was solicitation!

I reported the person to friendster, of course. It made me feel cheap, even being spoken to by someone, apparently a real person somewhere, who wanted to sell me sex.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:46 (twenty years ago)

KENAN I HAVE SEX AS WELL WOULD YOU LIKE TO BUY SOME

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:48 (twenty years ago)

Whoa! I had no idea. I just figured it looked super-sketchy -- but part of that's because I couldn't imagine that the girl in the photo would actually be interested in me.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:48 (twenty years ago)

xpost Maybe next paycheck.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 12 September 2005 22:18 (twenty years ago)

Working late, doo dee doo dee doo...

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 12 September 2005 23:01 (twenty years ago)

Hope you're home now. I am.

I just experienced two hours of unnecessary and foolish frustration because I put a bunch of files I needed to play with on my server, downloaded them at home, and they didn't work. No PDFs, no gifs, no jpegs, nothing worked. I blamed my software. Upgraded Reader 7, still wouldn't read my PDFs. Well, that's weird. So I went looking for better software -- newer Photoshop, Illustrator, the whole Creative Suite 2. Didn't have hard drive space to download the torrents (like 10 gigs), so I spent another hour buring and cleaning MP3s off of my machine. Failed to install a version of Photoshop CS2... it wasn't cracked right. You get those sometimes.

Anyway, at some point I realized that the reason nothing worked was that I had downloaded everything in ASCII mode. I slapped my forehead as if I had not had a V8. I just wasted hours of my life because of something so simple and so stupid, and I know better. I'm going to want those hours back someday.

Ok, now to work! Except I'm so drained from doing this for the past three hours that I'm in no mood to work anymore. Shit.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 00:55 (twenty years ago)

Nah, forget what I said. I was drained from it not feeling possible. Now that it's possible, it'll be ok. Might even be fun.

I'm boring the shit out of everybody, aren't I?

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 00:57 (twenty years ago)

Kenan, don't download them, I'll burn you a dvd with the entire Adobe and Macromedia suites, the latest versions too.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 01:01 (twenty years ago)

Fucking A! You're what they mean by "human resources" you know that?

Do you have reliable version of Office as well? Because CS and MX Studio would be kinda useless on this old computer, and Jessa is holding my newer computer hostage because she can't export her old email off of it, and her old email is her life, and I can't exactly go take her life away just because it's on my machine. Every time she tries to export her Outlook files, it tells her to insert the disc, and of course there is not one. Upgrading the version of Office would surely fix this, and then I can have my computer back, and I really need it, for reasons that I have outlined above. I can't do real work on this old thing, only access the internet and do word processing and use Photoshop in what is increasingly feeling like an antiquated way. Which is enough most of the time... but damn. I really need my computer. This thing I'm on now has a 12 gig hard drive. I'M IN THE STONE AGE OVER HERE, MAN!

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 01:09 (twenty years ago)

My copy of office is legit, so you'd have to find a activation crack.

12 gigs?????

I couldn't live without my 660 gigs I have currently. I need room for a massive media library and another drive to back said library up.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 01:16 (twenty years ago)

I'm in constant fear of HD failure. I had that last month and was able to get through it without losing much. One of these days I'm going to get around to slapping half a dozen drives in a RAID array and be relieved.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 01:21 (twenty years ago)

xpost

I know! I'm am crying you a fucking river. 12 Gigs is ridiculous.

She's got an 80 gig hard drive on her new laptop, but it's largely useless to her because she can't open .doc files, because she doen't have Office. What is this activation crack that you speak of? Where do I get it? Plz advize, off-thread if need be.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 01:22 (twenty years ago)

Someone give me Photoshop, plz.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 03:46 (twenty years ago)

(Before she disconnects!)

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 04:15 (twenty years ago)

Kenan, if you are Mac I can hook you up, prolly, if not, then not.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 04:40 (twenty years ago)

not at home. But you're great for even asking.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 06:37 (twenty years ago)

Since none of you post on TITTWIS any more, I might have to join your thread. That'll teach you.

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 09:34 (twenty years ago)

jay, i can send you a copy of photoshop complete with serial.

― Lupton Pitman (Chris V), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 09:53 (twenty years ago)

Hi Markelby! Yeah, come on in, dude. Most of us have no reason to not post on TITTWIS anymore.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 12:11 (twenty years ago)

Hey, guys. What's shakin?

Yeah, Markelby, I'm only a part-part-timer on TITTWIS any more.

Jaymc, I love the DO IT song on your dance mix. Nick and I were listening to that in the car this morning. We sat out in my parking lot at work dancing in our seats.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 12:13 (twenty years ago)

That song is so awesome. It's from the Morgan Geist Unclassics mix CD.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 12:22 (twenty years ago)

Good morning homiez. This morning a guy tapped me on the shoulder (I was listening to music) and asked me if I had a "piece of gum." I was like "You want a piece of gum?" And he said, "Yeah, do you have one?" I said, "No, I'm afraid I don't."

Asking complete strangers for gum: a genuine request for chewing gum or a way to get me to turn around?

Then I heard him asking someone else. He actually wanted a piece of gum. GET FORTY CENTS AND BUY SOME GUM, DUDE. He wasn't homeless either. He was like 20-something and muscular.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 12:46 (twenty years ago)

kinda awesome.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 12:55 (twenty years ago)

OMG I've been at my job officially one year today.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 12:56 (twenty years ago)

http://www.woundedbird.com/walsh/5606.jpg

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 13:07 (twenty years ago)

I love unclassics. And DJ Kicks. Those with Fabric 13 might be my favorite dj mixes of the last couple of years.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 13:13 (twenty years ago)

Does anyone else remember the Norm Macdonald impression of David Letterman?

"EHHHHH...YOU GOT ANY GUM?"
"EHHHHH...HEY PAUL...EHHHH...YOU GOT ANY GUM?"
etc.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 13:19 (twenty years ago)

my opening line in my HS play, "Twelve Angry Jurors"*

"Gum? Gum? Would anyone like a piece of gum?"

*vs. "men" b/c we were dominated by women

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 13:26 (twenty years ago)

Some of my favorite people on ILX post on TITTWIS, but also some of my least favorite people on ILX post on TITTWIS, and lately the latter has been dominating the threads, so I stopped reading them or posting on them.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 13:27 (twenty years ago)

ha! kelsey, that's funny. and it wasn't an all-girls school, right?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 13:29 (twenty years ago)

Good morning.

So, so tired this morning. When I work until 9:00, I end up staying up late, oversleeping the next morning, and coming into work completely tired and useless, thus completely defeating the point of working more hours.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 13:33 (twenty years ago)

i'm tired too, and i didn't even stay up late.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 13:37 (twenty years ago)

nope. it was yer standard co-ed public school with the opening day of deer hunting season off.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 13:41 (twenty years ago)

by the way . . . how late does anyone think this thing is going on tonight? I want to definitely see rob, but i also want to sleep at a reasonable hour since tomorrow morning is my lift day.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 13:42 (twenty years ago)

Not many people believe me when I tell them about the deer-hunting school vacation we had.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 13:48 (twenty years ago)

i don't think it's gonna be that late, kelsey -- my friend told me that she's probably going first and she gets 10 minutes. i didn't realize this, but that's a long time, i guess. so there are --what -- six people performing? the first 5 will probably get 10 minutes and maybe rob gets 15? i think he's going last, so that means he's "best."

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 13:50 (twenty years ago)

i don't see the whole thing lasting more than 2 hours. then again, i'm not exactly the most informed person when it comes to estimating the length of comedy shows. i'm hoping to be home by 10:30.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 13:51 (twenty years ago)

Jeff's high school curriculum included a hunting safety course. With guns!

Did you guys grow up in rural Pennsylvania or what?

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 13:54 (twenty years ago)

me too!!!! should i drive so i can give you a ride back?

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 13:54 (twenty years ago)

you had to register to take the hunting safety course . . . i think you took it at the school, but it wasn't part of the curriculm.

no PA . . . straight up MI.

In fact, apparently my old town has a website. FULL OF LIES!!!! There are no "big city" anythings in that pithole.

http://www.carsoncitymi.com/

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 13:56 (twenty years ago)

I'm trying to decide whether I should go or not. Pro: FUNNY COMEDY. Con: I'm also really tired -- I couldn't get to sleep last night -- and I feel like there are things I should do before I leave for NYC on Thursday (e.g., laundry).

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 13:57 (twenty years ago)

kelsey - if you want to, sure!! i'm going straight from work to dinner to the show, so having a ride home would be exceptionally nice.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 13:59 (twenty years ago)

cool. I'll drive then. what is the joint? gunth3r murphy's?

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 13:59 (twenty years ago)

i invited my roommate to come, but part of me wants to order her to clean up her leftover shit from the Giant Bedroom Purge of 2005. There is still crap ALL OVER & it's getting REALLY FRUSTRATING. Moreso because I finally ditched my passive aggressive state & spoke to her about it!!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:01 (twenty years ago)

yep -- here's the full scoop:

CHICAGO UNDERGROUND COMEDY Gunther Murphy's, 1638 W.Belmont, 773-728-0746: Tue 8:30 PM. Scheduled for 9/13: All!son Leber, B3cky Garcia, Sv3n Wexchler, S3an Flannery, Andy R0ss, R0bert Buscemi. $5.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:02 (twenty years ago)

I bought a bottle of blood orange juice at Trader Joe's last night. It looks like V-8. Has anyone tried this?

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:02 (twenty years ago)

What are you doing in NYC, jaymc?

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:03 (twenty years ago)

Ahhh, Andy R0ss. Devoted Squeezed attendees may remember his zany improv duo who performed a couple times. That guy is manic.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:03 (twenty years ago)

I bought a bottle of blood orange juice at Trader Joe's last night. It looks like V-8. Has anyone tried this?

Nope, sounds good, though.

What are you doing in NYC, jaymc?

Canas+a is playing the CMJ festival.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:04 (twenty years ago)

oh, that's exciting! i didn't know that. i thought you were going for leisure. woo!

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:05 (twenty years ago)

We are going to the comedy.

I just applied for some jobs online. I hate places where you have to apply through their website, I feel like my information is going to a hard drive somewhere where an automated system will scan it for certain relevant experience points and then delete with when I don't meet their standards. I prefer to just email my stuff to an email address, for some reason I feel like an actual person will see it. Though I had a temp job (an awesome temp job) where this company had posted a job listing on Monster and I got to go through all the resumes and trash all the ones that clearly didn't meet their standards. So I guess this is karma for enjoying that day so much.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:05 (twenty years ago)

i'm a little nervous for my friend becky. this is her first show with her name in it. try to laugh for her.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:08 (twenty years ago)

Cool. Hey, when is Canasty playing in Madison again? I had it on my calendar but I can't find it.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:09 (twenty years ago)

andy r0ss is also the boyfriend of a friend of mine at BEZ. she'll probably be there as well.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:10 (twenty years ago)

but also some of my least favorite people on ILX post on TITTWIS, and lately the latter has been dominating the threads, so I stopped reading them or posting on them.

Yeah, that's the score.

I called in sick today. I have serious work to do. Amanda, I'll have my resume to you as soon as I'm done downloading the software necessary to finish it. Stupid computer grumblegrumblemmmpfrrrft

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:11 (twenty years ago)

Jordan -- we'll be in Madison on Sunday, Sept. 25. Opening for CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:12 (twenty years ago)

yaaaaaaaaaay kenan! bring it on! i'm ready to go over there and talk to the recruiting people myself.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:13 (twenty years ago)

Just a quick vent: LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS CAN BE SO FRUSTRATING!!!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:15 (twenty years ago)

Actually, I just looked at the Chicago Underground Comedy website -- it's a different Andy R0ss than the one that did Squeezed. I wouldn't have thought there'd be two Andy R0sses doing comedy in Chicago.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:16 (twenty years ago)

Amen to that, Kelsey. Bribe them with cheap accomodation and get them over to your continent :)

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:21 (twenty years ago)

And when the Andy R0sses and Alex R0sses get together, it's really, really confusing.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:22 (twenty years ago)

Jaymc - oh yeah, it's a SUNDAY SHOW, whoooh. I should be able to come out for that.

Kelsey - yes. They suck.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:22 (twenty years ago)

Yikes! Cross continent?! Fortunately, we're "only" a couple of states apart.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:22 (twenty years ago)

Amen, Kelsey. My heart goes out to you! It SUCKED when Jeff and I were L/D.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:23 (twenty years ago)

And when the Andy R0sses and Alex R0sses get together, it's really, really confusing.

At least the Alexes are in different cities!

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:24 (twenty years ago)

Here's how you can tell I am not a comics geek: To me, Alex Ross is the classical-music critic for the New Yorker and Warren Ellis plays violin for the Dirty Three.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:25 (twenty years ago)

l/d relationships are only fun when the relationship is imaginary, a la me and my imaginary overseas pen pal boyfriend who never really existed but kept me warm at night for a good long while.

jaymc - i told my friend in brooklyn (the one who thinks you're cute) to go to your show. not asked her, told her.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:26 (twenty years ago)

sweet!

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:26 (twenty years ago)

Haha, jaymc.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:27 (twenty years ago)

He's not a very good "phone person" which makes it kinda hard. And, I'm going to see him this weekend, but after that, not for a month.

and with that, i'll quit whining.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:27 (twenty years ago)

Jeff's high school curriculum included a hunting safety course. With guns!
Check THIS out. Our course was required and we had to take it in SEVENTH GRADE.

I'm so excited about you playing at CMJ, John! (Wait, did you play last year too? I forgot)

I think I might be allergic to cottage cheese because I feel sick. Or maybe just looking at that cottage cheese this morning grossed me out.

Long distance relationships... Try having a boyfriend in Hong Kong for a couple of months! THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE WORLD!!!

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:28 (twenty years ago)

jaymc, i could probably get you photoshop. i think i have photoshop 7 or something.

hong kong, holy shit!

― Juulia (julesbdules), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:30 (twenty years ago)

oh kelsey, that sucks bad. if it gets too shitty, you should just move there.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:30 (twenty years ago)

Actually, I don't really need Photoshop. It would be cool to have, though. However! I am on a Mac. So all offers must take this fact into consideration.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:31 (twenty years ago)

Wait, did you play last year too? I forgot

Yep. This'll be better, though, because we have a BRAND NEW CD to sell. They're supposed to arrive from the manufacturer today.

It's kind of weird that we won't be able to sell them in Chicago for another two months, since we want to make sure that people get them at our record-release show and that won't be until early November.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:33 (twenty years ago)

I have a bunch of older Mac software. Pshop 7, InDesign, Macromedia MX Suite... if that'll do.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:33 (twenty years ago)

It's easier to get on a mac than a pc, believe it or not.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:35 (twenty years ago)

Sure, Dan!

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:35 (twenty years ago)

John, I can easily snag the old copy of Photoshop CS from work. Hell, I can snag the whole Creative Suite for Mac, but I don't know what you'd do with it, and besides it's supposed to be a single computer version, so it might give you trouble on the install. Probably will, actually. But I can get you a full, valid version of Photoshop CS (version 8, not 9, which is CS2). No one will miss it. We've upgraded since then.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:48 (twenty years ago)

Cool.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:49 (twenty years ago)

Always trade up!

― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:53 (twenty years ago)

I just had a near-miss Illustrator action meltdown. I saved a lot of files to the wrong place and for a brief moment thought they were gone forever. Be still my racing heart.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:54 (twenty years ago)

That exciting about the new cd.

It's kinda frustrating, the new Digdown record is all mixed and is sitting on a hard drive in my underwear drawer, but we didn't have time to export the files. So, I won't be able to listen to it until it's actually mastered and pressed.

Interestingly, the last mixing session was the first time I'd seen someone undergo minor surgery while mixing.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:58 (twenty years ago)

let me be the first to ask: you keep your hard drive in your panty drawer?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:59 (twenty years ago)

Actually, my hunting saftey course wasn't in high school, it was in 6th grade. And yes we got to shoot guns. You had to pass the class to get your hunting liscense.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:59 (twenty years ago)

Well, I wanted to keep it somewhere safe, soft and largely free of cat hair. I hid the engagement ring in the same place.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:02 (twenty years ago)

Amanda, I don't think Jordan calls it a "panty drawer."

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:07 (twenty years ago)

hi might! you never know . . .

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:08 (twenty years ago)

"Panty." You know, I'm not one of those anti-"panties" people, but the singular form looks odd.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:08 (twenty years ago)

I think it's like "pants." You can't have a pant, you have a pair of pants. You can't have a panty, you have a pair of panties.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:09 (twenty years ago)

Thank you, jaymc. It is a drawer of manly underwear.

Uh, I did find a pair of panties in there the other day, though.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:10 (twenty years ago)

I've been asked to participate in two art projects. The first is simple... they just want me to record some snare drum sounds - which is cool because my snare is an old recording model and I love it.

The second involves the girlfriend of the singer of the band I just joined. She has an ongoing project where she jumps or leaps at "large" men and is photographed in midair. I've met her and she's cool, but I'm not sure how I feel about posing, mostly because I feel unphotogenic. Then again, it'd be kind of interesting. I'll probably do it, but I posted it here because it seemed like the thing to do.

xpost: if you only have one leg, could you have a pant?

― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:10 (twenty years ago)

"panties drawer", then?

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:10 (twenty years ago)

you've never heard of a panty? a lace panty versus a cotton panty? it's totally legit. ladies? back me up?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:11 (twenty years ago)

legit!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:12 (twenty years ago)

1) I love old snares, but what is going to be the "art" component of this project?

2) How odd. You should do it, seems like being leaped at should be easy enough.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:13 (twenty years ago)

totally legit.

― carly (carly), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:13 (twenty years ago)

I'm not sure exactly. A lot of these people seem to be into making performance videos/movies, so I'm guessing maybe something to be in the background on one of those?

― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:16 (twenty years ago)

Heh. "These people." Like they're some other ethnic group or some shit.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:16 (twenty years ago)

The second involves the girlfriend of the singer of the band I just joined. She has an ongoing project where she jumps or leaps at "large" men and is photographed in midair.

OMG, this is the coolest art project EVER. That sounds like SO MUCH FUN!

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:16 (twenty years ago)

I sound like my grandpa. xpost

― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:16 (twenty years ago)

Hey, what kind of snare drum do you have, Dan?

/geek

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:17 (twenty years ago)

It is a drawer of manly underwear.

Back in Texas, we have a thing called "manly footwear":

http://www.womens-fashion-boots-shoes.com/images/cowboyboot1.jpg

Mine were a little like that, but cooler. I had a pair of snakeskin, a pair of ostrich, and a pair of elephant, in addition to my regular ropers, which I wrapped chains around because I was a big Gn'R fan. "Manly footwear" rules.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:18 (twenty years ago)

I feel like a lurker on this thread. Hey, I AM a lurker on this thread!!

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:18 (twenty years ago)

Where do you keep your hard drive, Markelby? Do you have manly footwear? Would you like to hurl your body at tall men like Dan M.?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:20 (twenty years ago)

kenan, please tell me those skins were fake. the elephant in particular.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:22 (twenty years ago)

Jordan: It's an early 80s maple shell Yamaha studio model. I don't know a whole lot about it other than it's strong and sounds absolutely great. None of the serial # finders I've found have told me much. I picked it up at a great drum shop in Detroit 5 years ago or so.

Oh yeah: Aquarian heads on it.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:22 (twenty years ago)

hi mark, and i'll third the panty ref being legit. but panties is such a strange word.

my sister got attacked by a pit bull once (well, her dog did, but she was in the middle of the fray), and she was very glad that she'd been wearing steel-toed cowboy boots. i never thought of cowboy boots as being particularly manly, but i've never been to texas either, other than the airport.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:24 (twenty years ago)

I want to be in some art projects. Too bad I'm not "large."

I spent about an hour last night figuring out a keyboard part for a FF song that we are going to record, slooowly because I am a bad keyboard player. Then I recorded it so that I could make a demo so we could figure out back-up vox for Sarah. It took me a bunch of tries but finally I got a usable take. Then I added a guitar part. Then I tried to record my vocals but I was having a really hard time singing it, like it was way out of my range for some reason. It was then that I realized that I had figured out the song IN THE TOTALLY WRONG KEY, and I had to start over at the beginning. Note: I did this EXACT same thing last week, when I was trying to record an electronic intro to a different song.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:26 (twenty years ago)

kenan, please tell me those skins were fake. the elephant in particular.

I said "manly" didn't I? We're talking, like, Hemingway manly. No, there was nothing fake about them. Elephant boots last for-fucking-ever.

Man, I love that bit at the beginning of "Welcome to the Jungle" when Axl sighs, "Oh my God!" It's pure sex.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:26 (twenty years ago)

Sounds like a ROCK snare to me!

I've got a couple 60's/70's Ludwig Supraphonics and a Premier wood snare that came with my set, that I love.

xpost, Kenan, I have trouble picturing you in Texas for some reason.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:26 (twenty years ago)

I'm completely appalled by that. "NO OFFENSE" to you specifically, Kenan . . . but I honestly don't understand how people can buy that kind of stuff (exotic skins, furs) in this day & age.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:28 (twenty years ago)

I didn't buy them. They cost upwards of $800. They were given to me and re-soled. And I was young.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:29 (twenty years ago)

Kenan, I have trouble picturing you in Texas for some reason.

So do I, nowadays.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:30 (twenty years ago)

That's why I said NO OFFENSE. Well, and it amused me.

It's nice that they were recycled, but my opinion remains the same.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:31 (twenty years ago)

The snakeskins were the coolest. Cause, you know, fuck snakes.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:31 (twenty years ago)

Speaking of panty drawers: Where is my pink sports bra? I think my cat ate it.
Way way upthread, but Amanda's roomate kind of reminds me of my friend Frankie in college, who lived across the hall would sometimes show up outside my room at 3am with her Virginia Slim in one hand and a boy in the other, asking me if I had any a) condoms or b) wanted a threesome. She was really sweet though.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:32 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, it's totally set up to rock. The thing is so nice I can't imagine it would be hard to get some great jazzy sounds out of.

My previous snare (that I had to sell when I moved to Chicago) was a 70s Ludwig marching model. The thing was 14" deep. I had to crank my stand down as low as it would go to be able to use it. Punk rock. Those were the days.

xxpost

― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:32 (twenty years ago)

She was really sweet though.

I don't know why this necessitated the "though." ;-)

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:33 (twenty years ago)

Also, I have a Mac question for the Mac/Adobe geeks inthread. Does anyone know a way to stop Illustrator from saving a working copy on the server I'm working off of? Every time I do anything to a file and save it there's a new file created with the same name prepended with "._"

Sorry for asking this here but I thought someone might know.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:36 (twenty years ago)

xpost Not everyone wants a threesome with their skanky roomate.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:36 (twenty years ago)

I miss college.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:36 (twenty years ago)

hahahaha

So do I. For one thing, I could use more variety in my drugs of choice.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:39 (twenty years ago)

xpost Not everyone wants a threesome with their skanky roomate.
true dat!

that said, i miss college too. i miss my friends a lot.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:40 (twenty years ago)

wow, i only ever had bitchy roommates who made up stories about the many many guys i was sleeping with (it was news to me, but made my life sound interesting). actually i was sleeping on a friends' couch lots of the time because my roommates were kind of intolerable.

college was fun anyway though.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:41 (twenty years ago)

I declined the invitation.
I miss college too.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:42 (twenty years ago)

Funny how classics majors were, on the whole, simoultaneously the most conservative and the most decandent.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:44 (twenty years ago)

see: THE SECRET HISTORY

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:46 (twenty years ago)

that book was cheesy, but extremely fun to read.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:47 (twenty years ago)

I already ate my lunch at my desk but now i feel like eating more food. Why am I such a hollow leg of an eater today?!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:48 (twenty years ago)

Amanda totally OTM. Incest! Weird rituals in the woods! CLASSICS MAJORS!

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:48 (twenty years ago)

Why am I such a hollow leg of an eater today?!

You're pregnant.

No, just teasing. Actually, you're dying.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)

Oh I totally love The Secret History. All classics majors ever did for me was want to sex me while still maintaining proper relationships with their girlfriends. All this while quoting dirty Catullus of course.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:50 (twenty years ago)

see: THE SECRET HISTORY

Is this Donna Tartt?

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:50 (twenty years ago)

thanks, kenan.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:50 (twenty years ago)

Someone recommended that to me.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:51 (twenty years ago)

Kelsey, who did we know that was a classics major? I can't think of any. Was it an actual major?

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:52 (twenty years ago)

Is this Donna Tartt?

Yeah. It's not great literature, but read it anyway. It's great fun.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:52 (twenty years ago)

I don't keep my hard drive in my panty drawer, I keep it in my PANTS. Woah. (is this the right response?)

Not sure about manly footwear. last time I bought a pair of boots I was chagrinned to see that a girl in the office had practically identical ones. And I have fairly dinky feet, so they don't really look very manly regardless.

And yes, I'd be delighted to hurl myself at a big man, or indeed anyone who I'm not likely to break. It can only help my reputation as internet hardman.

The first half of The Secret History is brilliant, then it goes to crap. If you want a better, funnier, more satisfying book of a similar ilk, try The Basic Eight by Daniel Handler.

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:52 (twenty years ago)

kelsey, you're not pregs or dying. you're lonely?

i never knew any classics majors, i don't think. i can guarantee that none of them wanted to sex me.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:52 (twenty years ago)

All classics majors ever did for me was want to sex me while still maintaining proper relationships with their girlfriends. All this while quoting dirty Catullus of course.

You have made me LOL with a Catullus reference.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:54 (twenty years ago)

i can't remember if it was a major or not, j.

yeah, maybe it's the lonelies & the frustrations. although, two of my co-workers just invited me out for scrabble but i don't feel like it, so i said i had "errands."

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:55 (twenty years ago)

Oh kenan, you alley-cat whore.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:55 (twenty years ago)

Someone just sprayed perfume in here and it REEKS. yuk.

i've never heard of The Basic Eight -- i don't know that i wanted The Secret History to be funny though. i wanted it to be sick, but not really funny.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:56 (twenty years ago)

I just looked it up, and there weren't any classics majors in our year, and I recognized very few names of the classics majors between 1997-2003. I do think L!z L0wery was a classics minor, though.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:56 (twenty years ago)

hey EZ - do you remember Omnipresent Boy? Was he a classics major?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:56 (twenty years ago)

Oh kenan, you alley-cat whore.

Don't get me started on Ovid.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:57 (twenty years ago)

Yeah. It's not great literature, but read it anyway. It's great fun.

Fuck "great literature." Most of it's not that good.

― a former english major (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:57 (twenty years ago)

Well, it is "that" good. Meaning, it's as good as it is. How good is "that" good, anyway?

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:59 (twenty years ago)

spraying perfume in a workplace is akin to someone doing their nails on an airplane.

jesus. i'm suddenly really crabby & tired & i want to eat a lot of junk food.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:59 (twenty years ago)

I agree with jaymc.
I know some company bought the film rights to The Secret History for big bucks, but it never got made.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:00 (twenty years ago)

Speaking of (great? I think so) literature: Kurt Vonnegut is going to be on the Daily Show tonight.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:02 (twenty years ago)

"It's not THAT cold."

"But it is! It is that cold! It's as cold as it is! You're standing in it, dude; you know as well as I do that it really is THAT cold."

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:02 (twenty years ago)

xpost No shit! I will be downloading this ASAP.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:02 (twenty years ago)

hey! i just remembered that my mom's (primary) election is TODAY! cross your fingers for her, people. please.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:03 (twenty years ago)

Ok. Love to the mom.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:04 (twenty years ago)

I knew an Omnipresent Boy from class of '96 who walked all around town all the time (someone once suggested drawing a cartoon like a Sunday Family Circus cartoon tracing his path around the campus), but I graduated in '93, so that's as far up as I go first-hand. I knew a few Classics gals -- always impeccably dressed and mannered, yet obsessive.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:08 (twenty years ago)

That's HIM! See, I knew you would know who I meant. I didn't really know him or anything, but man, did I see him walking around campus. I was class of '97 and didn't transfer there until '94, so you weren't there. :(

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:11 (twenty years ago)

Amanda:

http://www.epinions.com/content_167898418820
http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/5328.html

It's wonderful!

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:12 (twenty years ago)

thanks markelby. i'll look for it!

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:13 (twenty years ago)

Ohh, I was thinking you were there later, but we did overlap enough to know the same folks. If you know Ji11 P3nm@n, she was my gal for quite a while, and I could drop a bunch of names but probably should in e-mail instead of in code here.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:18 (twenty years ago)

Oh man, I just had the BEST Indian buffet lunch.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:22 (twenty years ago)

I had an awkward college flashback last week. I was at a Labor Day party and there was this dude named 0mar who lived in my dorm freshman year. He's kinda tall and chubby with a long ponytail and wears really tight 70's-ish clothes. He's obsessed with prog rock, doesn't really understand social graces, and later got drunk and started asking questions about women's anatomy very loudly.

Looking back on it, he's pretty awesome.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:25 (twenty years ago)

That dude sounds pretty awesome.

Hey Kelsey - did you ever buy a tape measure?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:29 (twenty years ago)

I saw those cloth tape measures at the grocery store this weekend. They were in the random aisle.

We had a lunch-n-learn at work today. A vendor comes in and presents their product and feeds us. B-but they only had turkey and ham sandwhiches. So, I ate the chips and cookie. I'm so glad I brought my lunch just in case! Now I'm eating a delicious salad at my desk.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:47 (twenty years ago)

I just had a hard time keeping up with the TITTWIS threads, once I had taken a break from them. I probably won't keep reading these forever but (a) I got snagged into this and now I am all involved and (b) I am hoping to come visit soonish and but I feel like I don't know all the Chicagoans that well so I'm scoping you out.

SCOPE SCOPE SCOPE!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:50 (twenty years ago)

I don't understand the TITTWIS thread. Or the sheepsucors.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:51 (twenty years ago)

2x Jeff.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:52 (twenty years ago)

I don't understand TITTWIS anymore now that it is just online beef.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:53 (twenty years ago)

Admit - everyone is just here because we were talking about whips and menstrual blood yesterday.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:55 (twenty years ago)

online beef

http://www.barbecue-online.co.uk/barbecue-recipes/beef/images/bbq_bacon_cheeseburger_recipe.jpg

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:04 (twenty years ago)

xpost, yeah, i've never even been to chicago but all that talk of menstrual blood drew me into the thread. and panties have kept my attention.

― carly (carly), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:05 (twenty years ago)

I hear that hamburger has its own blog.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:06 (twenty years ago)

online beefcake, however, produces very different results.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:08 (twenty years ago)

I want that burger.

Give!

― Camtron (Cameron), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:09 (twenty years ago)

We carnivors should do a night in the Moody's beer garden before winter sets in.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:10 (twenty years ago)

You couldn't handle that burger, Cam.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:11 (twenty years ago)

I'm not a carnivore but I'd be game for that. Cheap pitchers of beer!

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:11 (twenty years ago)

Actually, I don't remember if the beer is cheap or not. But it is beer.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:12 (twenty years ago)

Oh, it's cheap, all right.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:12 (twenty years ago)

You have no idea what I can handle, Jordan.

― Camtron (Cameron), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:13 (twenty years ago)

I enjoy a burger and a nice coldbeer.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:13 (twenty years ago)

xpost, yeah, i've never even been to chicago but all that talk of menstrual blood drew me into the thread. and panties have kept my attention.

Does anyone else feel like we need to keep up now?

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:13 (twenty years ago)

is that even possible?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:14 (twenty years ago)

We could start talking about the herp.

― Camtron (Cameron), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:14 (twenty years ago)

Uh no.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:15 (twenty years ago)

Just a suggestion, yo.

― Camtron (Cameron), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:16 (twenty years ago)

Word.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:18 (twenty years ago)

I know, let's talk about CHICAGO. On the CHICAGO THREAD.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:19 (twenty years ago)

yeah, i'm counting on you chicagoans now that the attention new yorkers thread has faded again. i'm so underutilized at work.

― carly (carly), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:19 (twenty years ago)

So...CHICAGO.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:19 (twenty years ago)

I know, let's talk about CHICAGO. On the CHICAGO THREAD.

The what now?

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:19 (twenty years ago)

We were veering into threesomes and classics majors, but then lunchtime hit.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:20 (twenty years ago)

"veering into threesomes"

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:21 (twenty years ago)

Ok -- if you were to do it outside in Chicago, where would you do it?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:22 (twenty years ago)

I have a question. A lot of Chicagoans (and Suburban Chicagoans) that I know talk a lot of shit about Milwaukee. Now, we give it back enough, I don't debate that. But is it really that bad?

― Camtron (Cameron), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:22 (twenty years ago)

If you stop the presses and rename the 'nasta CD Veering Into Threesomes, I guarantee triple the sales.

* * *

I love visiting Milwaukee. There's a sense that the art and culture there is underground in the way that it isn't here, and so there's actually more of a fashion sense, etc. up there. And a lot of good pinball in the underground bowling alley next to the Egyptian

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:23 (twenty years ago)

I'm cool with Milwaukee.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:24 (twenty years ago)

Amanda, I think under a blanket on the lawn at Ravinia would be amusing and successful.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:24 (twenty years ago)

"I didn't mean to, honey, I just lost control of the vehicle and veered into a threesome."

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:25 (twenty years ago)

Well so far you guys are the exception to the rule.

I love Chicago, and I love Milwaukee, so I never really got the shit-talking.

― Camtron (Cameron), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:25 (twenty years ago)

i had a dream about a threesome with two exes but it occurred to me that ile on the whole disapproves of all parts of this.

i've never been to milwaukee but wayne's world was my favorite movie ever when i was little, and milwaukee came off well, i thought.

― carly (carly), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:26 (twenty years ago)

As I've said before elsewhere on ILX, I've only seen a tiny tiny bit of Milwaukee, but what I saw was really nice and artsy!

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:26 (twenty years ago)

I vote for the Botanic Gardens. Lots of hidden spots, particularly in the walled English garden.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:26 (twenty years ago)

I'd do it on an El, that would be an experience.

― Camtron (Cameron), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:27 (twenty years ago)

At least I'm amongst good company here.

― Camtron (Cameron), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:27 (twenty years ago)

There was a Suicidegirls photo shoot on the subway in Montreal that seemed exciting.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:27 (twenty years ago)

That stuff is de rigeur in Montreal.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:31 (twenty years ago)

i guess this topic isn't really drawing in the crowds like threesomes and blood. sorry.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:34 (twenty years ago)

(xp) Figures.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:35 (twenty years ago)

I couldn't think of anywhere, Amanda! I don't have much experience with the out-of-doors in general.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:35 (twenty years ago)

I am not feeling very sexy at the moment, having consumed approximately 15 pounds of bread, which is sitting in my gut.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:37 (twenty years ago)

I'm going to have to say Holstein Park, but only because it's near my house and would be easy to run home from.

On the swingset.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:38 (twenty years ago)

The swingset would be hott.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:38 (twenty years ago)

Is there by chance a tube slide?

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:40 (twenty years ago)

I don't think I've ever done it in Chicago.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:40 (twenty years ago)

Oh wait, there was Hotel 71.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:40 (twenty years ago)

Is there by chance a tube slide?
-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), September 13th, 2005 1:40 PM. (jaymc)

That'd be a tight fit.

― Camtron (Cameron), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:41 (twenty years ago)

Depends on how wide the tube is.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:42 (twenty years ago)

I was speaking hypothetically anyway. Has anyone ever been to the botanic gardens? It rules. And it's free! And you can ride your bike around in it. I like it there.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:42 (twenty years ago)

i heard that chicago is THE city in a garden, there's bound to be a nice garden somewhere, right?

― carly (carly), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:44 (twenty years ago)

xpost

I don't think there's a tube slide, I'll have to check.

There is a shuffleboard court, however. Nothing says sexxx like one of those.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:44 (twenty years ago)

Garfield Park conservatory anyone?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

Depends. Is that an invitation?

sorry I had to

― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

Sarah and her dad went to the Garfield Park conservatory a couple of weeks ago. They both said the Lincoln Park conservatory was more fun though.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:50 (twenty years ago)

it's not free if you drive, though.

i'm trying to think about where i'd do it. once leaf & i were kinda half serious/half joking/half daring (i guess we're into thirds now) that we'd have a quickie in a public bathroom somewhere. it never happened.

amanda, i haven't found/bought a tape measure yet. i also haven't been really looking hard for it.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:50 (twenty years ago)

ok. i think if i was going to do it in the outdoors in chicago, i'd take my lover on the lake front path & we'd bike south (from my house) to the bird preserve & sneak into the "woods" there. at night, of course.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:51 (twenty years ago)

bird preserve! good idea. oh -- the reason i asked is because i bought you one. (a tape measure.)

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:56 (twenty years ago)

Gardens = humidity. Not bad.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:01 (twenty years ago)

YOU DID?!?!?!?!?! That's so awesome!!! I promise that no one has ever been this excited to get a tape measure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:05 (twenty years ago)

this thread is so great, such excellent resolution!

― carly (carly), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:07 (twenty years ago)

i saw it and thought that if you already had one, i would just keep it, but if you didn't, you could have it. as early as TONIGHT you could be obsessing over your measurements! i hope that's not a bad thing. i don't want to be an enabler.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:09 (twenty years ago)

I think I'm going to do it this weekend with Leaf's help. I'm also going to have him take some revealing photos (i.e. i'll wear a bathing suit or something) of me so that I can witness the fitness progress.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:13 (twenty years ago)

OMG - you must have missed the conversation (at dinner on Sat.) we had about freaky cultish "health" specialists we've been to! was that at dinner? i can't remember. all i know is that there's a weird long-haired man (an "alternative medicine specialist") in NC with digital photos of ME IN MY UNDERWEAR. he told me he was checking my posture. i was there researching an article i was writing.

the whole thing was pretty funny.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:17 (twenty years ago)

for those of you working downtown, Brent's Books on Franklin and Washington is having a gigundo 50% off sale on everything. the fiction section was still pretty well stocked.

― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:17 (twenty years ago)

Ooohh... how long does this sale last, John?

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:22 (twenty years ago)

the sign just said "for a limited time"...

― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:24 (twenty years ago)

is that new or used books?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:24 (twenty years ago)

who are you, john? you posted about the co-op before too.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:27 (twenty years ago)

his name is john. he lives in chicago. what isn't clear?

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:28 (twenty years ago)

Milwaukee is quaint.

If I was outside in Chicago right now I'd be bitching about hot hot it is in mid-September. Suck ass o'clock.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:28 (twenty years ago)

you fit that description. what sets you apart? i might get you cornfuzed er sumthin'

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)

You're so right, dude. I walked eight whole blocks on my lunch break and was sweating by the time I got back to the building. I can't wait to actually feel cool/cold for extended periods of time.

Well, I always feel cool. har har har, high five

― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:30 (twenty years ago)

(xp) Embrace the mystery.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:31 (twenty years ago)

Hey dudes, you've played at Fitzgerald's, right? Is it cool?

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:35 (twenty years ago)

I don't think any of us have. I've heard it's cool. It's out in the suburbs, though. Eazy -- you been there?

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:36 (twenty years ago)

Its reputation is that of a rootsy/alt-country type of club. Like Bloodshot Records folks.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:37 (twenty years ago)

I've been there. I think it's cool. I saw Robbie Fulks there & also this surf music band that wears mexican wrestling masks. their name slipped out of my head.

it's a completely mixed up crowd. young & old. i like the vibe there.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:40 (twenty years ago)

who are you, john? you posted about the co-op before too.

i'm john. i live in edgewater with my wife and three cats. i post here infrequently, more on ILM though.

i did post about the co-op a few weeks back. if anyone's still interested, let me know. there are some good peeps in it. we've been members for four years or so now. if you don't mind buying stuff in bulk -- like 48 rolls of toilet paper, or 12 1/2 gallons of soy milk, say -- it's really great.

― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:47 (twenty years ago)

I'm really interested in co-ops, but I'm on my own, so buying perishables in bulk doesn't make much sense for me. I used to buy organic produce boxes from New Leaf (near loyola), but my schedule isn't open enough for me to pick them up regularly.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:49 (twenty years ago)

That sounds like Los Straitjackets, K.

I've been out there a few times and like it -- the room's like a larger version of Schubas, but same all-wood old-time feel. Good sound, friendly people, as professional a music venue as any of the Schubas/Bottle-type clubs. But, yeah, a little older, a little more XRT-ish sometimes, but a good place to see a band.

That Brent Books is a good place, new books. I once was worked at a conference in the Renaissance Hotel, and I distinctly remember browsing around there on my breaks.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:50 (twenty years ago)

Interesting re: Fitzgerald's. Apparently we're playing a MONDAY NIGHT show there in a couple of weeks with the Lil' Stooges Brass Band.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:50 (twenty years ago)

I feel like the 21st century version of the man who says "good coffee" or "good huntin' this morning" or "he's a good man." Good, good, good.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

I won't write more about this here, but I got an e-mail overnight from the booking gal at the club I'm playing at next week saying that she quit her job last night and that I could still probably play my show but would have to talk to the eponymous propriatress.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:54 (twenty years ago)

Oh look out she's crazy and kind of scary!

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:55 (twenty years ago)

Los Straightjackets is correct, sir!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:56 (twenty years ago)

It took me too long to figure out where you were talking about, EZ. I was like, Margie's Candies? Leona's?

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:56 (twenty years ago)

Sorry if I'm being a buzzkill about that show. I had a miserable time both times we played at Sylvie's but Nueva Cats seemed to enjoy their experience so whatever maybe it's just a coincidence that we had two shitty shows there.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:56 (twenty years ago)

Has anyone heard from J0dy since she left for CA?

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:57 (twenty years ago)

I've heard that she's settled and everything, but nothing lately.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:57 (twenty years ago)

Candy!

I need to find Sno-Caps. Cub and Dominick's don't have them. Anyone have ideas?

― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:57 (twenty years ago)

Also, Eric, I just revived this thread, which I started to talk about my band without overwhelming the Chicago thread with FF errata:
iA thread for those of who are in bands to talk about being-in-a-band-related issues and gossip

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:58 (twenty years ago)

I have & Leaf has. I think she's pretty busy.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:58 (twenty years ago)

Just posted that link so you can talk about music stuff there too if you want.

It seems like they only have Sno Caps at movie theaters. That's the only place I ever see them anyways.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 18:59 (twenty years ago)

Well, the booking gal hooked me up with a great and compatible("*very* good" in manspeak) singer-songwritery gal, so however this turns out I'm grateful to her for that, and she and I can take our act elsewhere after this.

I'll follow that link, N. (though of course I should be working).

Yes, Jaymc, I will now have to talk to The Admiral himself instead of the booking agent there.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 19:00 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I thought movie theaters too. But I've been to the Webster Place theater and the AMC on N. Western and neither of them had the things, either. I'm going to be reduced to ordering them online, I just know it.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 19:06 (twenty years ago)

(CVS has Sno Caps, I think.)

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 19:12 (twenty years ago)

I think you're right. I may have seen them at Walgreens as well.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 19:18 (twenty years ago)

i live in edgewater with my wife and three cats.

Are you my twin? Replace edgewater with andersonville.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 19:19 (twenty years ago)

This is good. Nay, great! I'm totally going drugstore-hopping.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 19:20 (twenty years ago)

I, also, have three cats.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 19:24 (twenty years ago)

Are you my twin? Replace edgewater with andersonville.

Jeff, did I interact with you on an old Soul Asylum thread on ILM last year? I remember someone from Andersonville. I'll look it up when i get a chance. I was under a different name back then.

As for being a twin, I think the evidence is irrefutable.

I'm really interested in co-ops, but I'm on my own, so buying perishables in bulk doesn't make much sense for me.

i know where you mean. my wife and i get a produce box and sometimes the two of us can barely keep up. the co-op is more than just perishables, though. we we just got our laundry detergent, toilet paper, soap. i buy like 3 boxes of clif bars a month through them. basically, if you can buy it at whole foods, you can get it through our co-op.

― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 19:37 (twenty years ago)

Why did I think that Gunther Murphy's was on Lincoln? What's the place I'm thinking of that's on Lincoln near all the antique shops?

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 19:44 (twenty years ago)

i was thinking of that place too! i guess this one is on belmont though. belmont and ashland?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 19:47 (twenty years ago)

Well, it's right at the Belmont/Ashland/Lincoln intersection, so it's the same area. But I swear the place I'm thinking of is right on Lincoln, not on Belmont.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 19:51 (twenty years ago)

what are the fees to join the coop? I'd totally do it for the non-perishables.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 19:52 (twenty years ago)

I want some apricot Tom's toothpaste, and I don't like to drive to whole foods to get it.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 19:54 (twenty years ago)

I have always been skeptical of Tom's toothpaste ever since I heard someone say that they went to the dentist and had cavities. Dentist asked what kind of toothpaste they used. They said Tom's. Dentist said, "well, there's your problem." Kelsey may remember who this is; I sure don't.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 19:56 (twenty years ago)

The Rabbi, dude.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 19:59 (twenty years ago)

fees... i *think* it's like $25 up front. i should have these details closer at hand...

Tom's toothpaste is totally (not partially) included in the catalog.

― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:00 (twenty years ago)

I think it was more a case of the toothpaste not being gentle enough & it wore away some enamel? i've been using the wintermint gel kind now.

john: when you have info, i'm interested. you can email me offline at kelseydilts [at] gmail.com

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:00 (twenty years ago)

It was the Rabbi? Huh.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:03 (twenty years ago)

john: when you have info, i'm interested

will do. i'll try to get it together shortly.

― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:06 (twenty years ago)

My dentist told me that Tom's is fine as long as you use an additional floride rinse for added protection.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)

The fluoride in our water supply doesn't cut it?! Plus, certain kinds of Tom's adds it in.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:15 (twenty years ago)

Was the Rabbi actually a rabbi, or just a dude you called "the Rabbi"?

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

It appears the added fluoride kind of Tom's has been introduced since I asked him about it.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:18 (twenty years ago)

Jordan: the latter, unfortunately. Actually, I never even called him that. It's a nickname he acquired post-college from our friend Chris. I usually called him "Doughboy," as his last name was D0herty. I'm not sure where the "rabbi" sobriquet came from: the fact that he has a beard?

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:20 (twenty years ago)

That's kinda awesome actually.

You probably could have passed as a Hassid with the right clothes when you had the beard!

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

He was also considering going into the priesthood for awhile. I think that was the other "connection."

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:22 (twenty years ago)

http://photos.friendster.com/photos/00/98/328900/6557951733356l.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)

You can get Tom's with fluoride.

We bought a tube of some sort of sparkly arm and hammer stuff as a stop gap measure until we can get to a Tom's friendly retailer again and the stuff makes me cough because it's unbelievably, unreasonably minty! Even when I'm not suffering from some nefarious bronchial ailment. Now, under the grip of aforementioned nefarious brochial ailment, I can barely get my teeth sufficiently brushed for all the coughing and gagging I do.

And if that's not bad enough, I accidentally bought the creepiest toothbrush in the world - it has these rubber nubbies around the bristles that are supposed to be for gum stimulation, but to me it just feels like I'm wiping off my teeth with a gas station windshield squeegee. Yick.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)

"John C., Hipster Rabbi"

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

I have that toothbrush! It is the toothbrush of the FUTURE and I like it.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

Will he team up with "Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter"?
I have been converted to the cult of ELECTRIC toothbrushes.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)

That was such an awful movie.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:29 (twenty years ago)

Jeff has a sonicare, but that makes my mouth itch. I had one of those crest battery operated tooth brushes, but my dentist said it was sanding the enamel off my teeth. Also, sometimes it would pinch my tongue.

I'm apparently a moron who is lucky to even have teeth at this point, with all the problems I have trying to brush them.

Hey do any of you cats remember the red pills that they would give you in elementary school that were supposed to show you where you needed to brush?

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

yes! those were gross. one time i portrayed "Plaque" in a school play about dental hygiene. i wore a black leotard and black tights and danced menacingly.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)

This doesn't surprise me.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:34 (twenty years ago)

I haven't seen it yet, honestly. Should I remove it from my Netflix queue?
Those pills were so much fun. I tried them on my cats, but they wouldn't swallow them.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:34 (twenty years ago)

This doesn't surprise me.

That is EXACTLY what I thought, too! Not that you're particularly plaque-like, Amanda, just that playing plaque in a school play is a very Amanda-esque thing to do.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:38 (twenty years ago)

I bought it, unfortunately. It's reaaaally low-budget and not nearly as funny as I wanted it to be. It's also billed as a musical but there's only 1 song. It has a few good moments, but it basically wants you to laugh at the title for 80 minutes.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)

Hahahah. I rather enjoyed my role, from what I remember.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:41 (twenty years ago)

I would imagine that you brought a signature enthusiasm and general adorableness to the part that no other student could achieve!

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:43 (twenty years ago)

To to bottom of the list with it!

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:43 (twenty years ago)

It was in 2nd grade, but I remember really FEELING it, really poking my fingers out during the dance moves. I sizzled with evil.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:44 (twenty years ago)

I'm going to second & third everything john, jenny & amanda have been saying about amanda. absolutely.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:46 (twenty years ago)

I WILL SEE SOME OF YOU AT THE COMEDY TONIGHT

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

I haven't even met Amanda and I can imagine this.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

I'm wearing my glasses, I hope you will still recognize me.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

this is my toothbrush.

http://static.flickr.com/28/43098502_d2eb709151_m.jpg

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:49 (twenty years ago)

Wow. Is it really yellow?

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:50 (twenty years ago)

That looks like it ought to have a USB port on it or something.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:50 (twenty years ago)

Hahaha.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:51 (twenty years ago)

(aw man.) i love you guys.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:51 (twenty years ago)

that looks like a good toothbrush to use for INSTEAD REMOVAL.

(god, that was gross. i'm sorry)

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:52 (twenty years ago)

I thought about making the reference, but I figured it was your story.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:53 (twenty years ago)

you're a generous man, dan m.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:53 (twenty years ago)

Wait, I think I saw that toothbrush here!

xpost, Amanda ruined my joke.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

yes, i think it would make a good instead removal.
yes, it is yellow.
it has this timer built in that's supposed to tell you when to replace the head. that's right, the head. the body is more permanent, but the head is this removable/replaceable environmental loveliness. it's a spendy brush, but i think it eventually saves you money as long as you do the replaceable head route. i've done the enviro-toothbrush route before, but that design blew.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

the timer also tells you when 2 minutes is up. you're supposed to brush for 2 minutes.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 21:01 (twenty years ago)

see some of you tonight! i'm leaving at 5 for the first time in weeks!!!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 21:01 (twenty years ago)

see you!

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 21:04 (twenty years ago)

enviro-toothbrush:

http://www.morgan.k12.il.us/jvsd117/herget/osage-twig.jpg

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 21:07 (twenty years ago)

That's really lovely.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 22:16 (twenty years ago)

Say Jocelyn, are you the same Jocelyn that I met at Danny's on Sunday night? With K@ren L33?

― Markovitz, Wednesday, 14 September 2005 00:40 (twenty years ago)

My cheeks still hurt from the comedy.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 02:49 (twenty years ago)

P.S. Bryan: probably not, since our Jocelyn lives in Indiana. (She's an honorary Chicagoan, though.)

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 02:50 (twenty years ago)

I have seen Indiana from Chicago.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 03:16 (twenty years ago)

I have seen Chicago from Indiana.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 12:24 (twenty years ago)

When we got home last night, I did some stand up comedy for Nick and he was really mean about it! I was f'n off the hook, I tells ya! I need to find a better audience that understands my humour.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 12:36 (twenty years ago)

Sarah, I understand your humor. I was thinking about your boss at Golden Corrale with the Betty Boop tie and I laughed to myself SEVERAL times this morning.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 12:48 (twenty years ago)

My question is this: if someone you knew did stand up and you saw it* and s/he asked you what you thought and if you had any suggestions, would you give honest suggestions even if they might hurt the person's feelings a little bit?

*saw it and did not laugh uproariously

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 12:49 (twenty years ago)

Be "honest" but not HONEST.

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 12:52 (twenty years ago)

Sarah, was your material based around your boyfriend's lack of house maintenance initiative or sexual foibles? Because I could see why that may not have gone over so well.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 12:59 (twenty years ago)

This isn't a hypothetical question, is it, Amanda?

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 12:59 (twenty years ago)

I'm not sure I know what to say. I guess not saying anything is best in this situation. No one has asked me yet, so I'm safe. I guess, at this point, it's hypothetical, but it might not be in the near future. Like the next 10 minutes.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 13:03 (twenty years ago)

Someone tell me a joke!

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 13:08 (twenty years ago)

EZ -- Holy crap! Do you remember J0sh R@dnor? I just read that he's going to "star" in a new sitcom on CBS with Doogie Howser! My brain just exploded.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 13:08 (twenty years ago)

Note -- this is a KC alum who I think was in a couple of movies and also a Broadway production of The Graduate? I can't remember, but he was in my group for a project once, in one of my classes and he totally did NOT pull his weight. He was pretty nice though, overall. I can't believe that he's "starring" in this sitcom. Whoa.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 13:11 (twenty years ago)

amanda, if she asks, you could do one of two things:
the "i had a great time route . . . everyone was funny, etc." that's the non specific way.

the slightly more specific way that you could go about it is that you could say how the competition was stiff or that everyone had material that was SO DIFFERENT from one another. I guess if she asks for direct feedback . . . um, yeah. i don't know.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 13:17 (twenty years ago)

good ideas. i have no poker face, so hopefully she won't ask.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 13:18 (twenty years ago)

OH AMANDA that's the dude that's in the sitcom with Alyson Hanigan from Buffy and American Pie, and Jason Segal from Freaks and Geeks/Undeclared who is like the funniest guy in the world. The ads for that show look dumb but I have high hopes for it because I love Jason Segal and it's written by two dudes from the Letterman show. It's "How I Met Your Mother," right? I didn't know Doogie was in it though. Anyway, your dude was in Red Eye the other day.

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 13:28 (twenty years ago)

Yeah! That's it. I couldn't believe it. Serves me right for shunning the red eye. I had a tiny, fruitless crush on him for like 6 weeks in college. He's really cute. I hope the show does well! Also, if anyone cares, my friend Jason is in a aliens+investigation sci-fi program on NBC (?) called Surface. He plays the ex-husband of the main character. We saw the pilot and it looks like CSI Aliens.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 13:43 (twenty years ago)

I know too much about TV. :(

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 13:49 (twenty years ago)

Me too. Last night I somehow got into a discussion about Mariah Carey videos.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 14:08 (twenty years ago)

You think I should buy a gun? I think guns are cool.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 14:12 (twenty years ago)

Nevermind. Forget I said that.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 14:14 (twenty years ago)

Uh...

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 14:15 (twenty years ago)

I was hoping not to hit submit. I messed up.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 14:16 (twenty years ago)

so no one else has brought up the giant nike run last night. did anyone else go?

fountains of wayne were great. they did the most awesome medley ever during "radiation vibe": billy idol "white wedding", golden earring "twilight zone", greg kihn "breakup song". plus they did my wife's favorite song "red dragon tatoo", which was super cool since they were the whole reason she signed up (and ran for the first time in her life). joan jett is still totally hot. she rocked out in front of an only partially engaged crowd of people all wearing the same canary, goldenrod, saffron and paella colored shirts.

― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 14:19 (twenty years ago)

so no one else has brought up the giant nike run last night. did anyone else go?

I had no idea what that was. I just saw about a million people wearing bright yellow shirts while riding the el last night.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 14:22 (twenty years ago)

yeah, i saw them while waiting for my friend after work. i like joan jett though. she played in akron once and she sang "light of day" just like in the movie. i wasn't there, but i heard about it.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 14:25 (twenty years ago)

Nick and I saw Joan Jett play at an outdoor concert once. She was awesome and in perfect shape, backed by the youngest most energetic band ever. The crowd was... weird and old, um, except for us. I'm pretty sure most of the people there saw her play back in the day, man.

Work is hard today, and it's sleepy outside.

Kenan, why didn't you let us give you a ride last night? Walgreen's was closed. Also - don't buy a gun. Maybe you could satisfy that desire with a visit to a rifle range.

I'm hungry.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 14:52 (twenty years ago)

HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 15:06 (twenty years ago)

Hieeeeeeeeeeeee. Work today is repetitive nonsense.

(PS - I used the "tough competition" line and it was well-received. Someone said something about "trying to be nice" and "not call anyone out on being shitty" but i was like "isn't that what comedians are supposed to do? call people out on being shitty? at least in part?" and the response was "good point." overall, a success, i think.)

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 15:12 (twenty years ago)

It's even more of a no-no for a British person to express an interest in guns, but I'd love to shoot one - they seem fascinating. I did once, when I was about 8, and I remember it hurt my shoulder. I love machinery, and powerful, well-tooled machinery even more so. I hope I needn't be disturbed by this.

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 15:17 (twenty years ago)

Amanda, I'm having trouble following your last post. Who is this "someone"? Another co-worker? And when you said "tough competition," was that directed to (and well-received by) the comedian herself?

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 15:18 (twenty years ago)

Sorry, there were three of us talking at the time and i couldn't remember who said what. Everything was well received by the comedian herself, particularly the notion that one can't be 100% nice and also be funny. That part of being a successful comedian is not being afraid to be un-nice. I didn't use the phrase "tone down the Pollyanna bit" but I think it was effectively conveyed.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 15:30 (twenty years ago)

Okay, I understand. And I agree. I think maybe the key, too, is for her not to make a point of saying how nice she is: if she wants to play the sweet, naive act, it'll come across. And then maybe she can play around with that a little and twist expectations when appropriate. Like I thought she could've gone a little further with the imagining-her-parents-naked joke. I liked where it was going, but it could've been more over the top to better contrast with her usual demeanor.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 15:43 (twenty years ago)

Kenan, why didn't you let us give you a ride last night?

I don't know. I was in a weird place.

Amanda, did you get my email?

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 15:54 (twenty years ago)

Not yet...should I have received it?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 15:59 (twenty years ago)

Jaymc, I sat down to burn your cd last night, but found I had already used up my absolute last blank cd-r in the house. Luckily, I was already planning on going to Walgreen's tonight. :>

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 16:02 (twenty years ago)

Cool -- at this point, do you just want to wait until I come to Madison to trade our respective goods?

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 16:11 (twenty years ago)

Good idea, let's do that.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 16:14 (twenty years ago)

Jordan, you should probably be getting the cd from me like today or tomorrow.

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 16:16 (twenty years ago)

Not yet...should I have received it?

I sent the cover letter and resume a while ago to your gmail account. You should have gotten it by now.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 16:32 (twenty years ago)

I was just reading the Red Line.

"Bourne Fiance." hahaha

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 16:36 (twenty years ago)

Also, "Bourne fiance" is a Googlewhack!

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 16:37 (twenty years ago)

'manda, I barely remember j0sh from a few plays, and then saw him start making it big on Broadway in the late 90's. Strange how so many people who are stars at what they do hadn't quite grown into it back in the 43022 days, whereas the ones who were full-blown stars at something then didn't often quite mature into the same thing as adults in the real world (I'n thinking of the K0kes, whose egos probably reached their peak with a mass of hundreds cheering them on...).

I've got the rest of the week off, so won't be checking here much. The Sy1vie's gig is on and fine, and it should be a good time -- the gal on the bill with me, I keep saying it, is amazing. Up there with Jolie Holland and Eleni Mandell in my book, and that's pretty high praise from this fella.

Went to the ape house this morning, then had lunch at the Green City Market.

― Eazy (Eazy), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 17:07 (twenty years ago)

I don't know. I was in a weird place.
That area is pretty weird! ha ha

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 17:21 (twenty years ago)

I am so sleepy! I am woozy!

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 17:24 (twenty years ago)

OH no! Not woozy!

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 17:26 (twenty years ago)

Yes! Woozy!

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 17:27 (twenty years ago)

Don't faint Nick, don't get THE VAPORS.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 17:33 (twenty years ago)

I think we are disappointing the lurkers today. My excuse is that I have to clean up and pack my entire cubicle before I leave today, and also attend a stupid NEW PHONE ORIENTATION meeting sometime this afternoon.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 17:35 (twenty years ago)

Mine is I've got work piling up from posting on the internet too much. Go figure.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 17:38 (twenty years ago)

I am also working, and tired.

I went home and tried making my OWN muffaletta sandwich. It was okay.

Also, I've been listening to CA$H MONEY RECORDS PLATINUM HITS VOL. 1 all week. Mannie Fresh is a gene-yuss.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 17:39 (twenty years ago)

I am spending the whole day stuffing envelopes. Again. Wahee. This is good work for being tired though, as it requires no thought at all.

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 17:43 (twenty years ago)

I am feeling kind of ick. I went on a walk with some coworkers, which was nice, but now I've got that special sheen. Then I had to help another coworker move a bunch of tiles.

(Nick, just so you know, Ben leaves Friday morning)

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

My neck is wracked with pain. It's so sore I can hardly look down. I feel the sore muscles pulling from halfway down my back every time I turn my head. It's really wild. I have no idea what I have done that caused this.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 17:48 (twenty years ago)

I must confess that one of my standup routines last night, inspired by the 1920s pretzel gangster bit, was that I pretended to be a flapper. I was singing nonsense words in this high warbly voice and trying to dance at the same time, but I was cracking up so much (because, yes, I'm that funny) that I don't think it really came across very well what I was trying to do. I mean, I was swaggering around alot (I was a little drunk) and I kept banging into the door to hold myself up because I was laughing so much.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 17:48 (twenty years ago)

sarah, you are a treat.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 17:50 (twenty years ago)

That sucks, Kenan. Maddie has chronic neck problems that sound similar in effect. That was part of the reason we left early from the karaoke place last time.

The internet is boring this afternoon, guess I'll have to get some work done.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 18:12 (twenty years ago)

Apparently our guitarist has been having major back problems lately and is flying to NYC tomorrow against his doctor's advice -- which means it's serious.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 18:15 (twenty years ago)

Kenan do you know anybody in massage school? You can probably get a massage for free if you do.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 18:26 (twenty years ago)

Unfortunately not. Unless you do!

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 18:26 (twenty years ago)

you can get discounted ones if you go to the school(s), i think. kinda like getting a haircut from a beauty school person.

i just got back from a hepatology luncheon. it was nice. now i'm tired & ready for 5. i think i'm going to rent "the shield" tonight & clean my room some.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 18:28 (twenty years ago)

yikes. lotsa back problems. i sent your stuff, kenan. also, i fixed the spelling of my surname in the cover letter. no "e" at the end.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 18:30 (twenty years ago)

I can only assume you mean a good kind of treat, like the cookies I'm eating right now.

I want a massage school friend!

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 18:31 (twenty years ago)

the shield? who are you anymore?

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 18:31 (twenty years ago)

There was a year in the late 90s when live three of my friends were in massage school. That was fucking awesome. I also used to live with a massage therapist. Also fucking awesome.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 18:32 (twenty years ago)

Did they serve booze at the hepatology luncheon?

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 18:34 (twenty years ago)

That's amazing, Jenny.

One of the few times I've been hit on in the last couple years was by a massage therapist named Deanna (this was during a show, not a massage). I will admit, I've thought about all the free massages that could have been.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 18:37 (twenty years ago)

Kelsey I thought you said a herptology luncheon.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 18:41 (twenty years ago)

Whatever. I should probably be the one in massage school, because I'm really bad at giving them (but good at receiving them) which really isn't fair to those parties involved.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 18:45 (twenty years ago)

no booze!

john: you say that all the time. get over it already! the shield is a good show!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 18:46 (twenty years ago)

Sarah, would you like a cookie?
Yes. Thanks, me.

The oatmeal was good. Let's try a chocolate one, shall we?
Ok. Ick, not so good, toss the rest of that one.

Does a macaroon strike your fancy?
Oh, yes, please.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 18:55 (twenty years ago)

Dare I eat a cookie? I've been thinking about it since lunch.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 18:56 (twenty years ago)

I'm not talking about a little packaged cookie either, but a big one from the sub place down the hall.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 18:56 (twenty years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/kydem/tv/cookie.jpg

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:00 (twenty years ago)

Not that big.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:02 (twenty years ago)

i sent your stuff, kenan. also, i fixed the spelling of my surname in the cover letter.

Thank you, Amanda, for all the awesomeness you have heaped upon me. You are very kind and also you're pretty.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:05 (twenty years ago)

I got the cookie. It's warm! I'm looking at it right now.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:06 (twenty years ago)

Did someone say COOOKIES?
http://movies.collegehumor.com/items/2005/07/collegehumor.1596563.wmv
http://movies.collegehumor.com/items/2005/07/collegehumor.1596962.wmv
Okay, please ignore the fact it's on college humor. Totally SFW.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:09 (twenty years ago)

Okay, I ate it.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:09 (twenty years ago)

I'm holding my hand up - NO MORE COOKIES. Uh-uh, not even one bite.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:42 (twenty years ago)

uh oh sarah - does this mean that you don't like chocolate cookies?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:45 (twenty years ago)

don't worry - i can take it. i made up the recipe for those cookies and if i can improve on it, i wanna know how!!

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:49 (twenty years ago)

No! I mean, I LOVE chocolate cookies! It's just that these were really dry and tasted weird. IN fact, I SUPER5k to infinity loved the ones you gave me. They were so chewy and delicious and gingery. Nick shared some with me and we had them with some vanilla bean ice cream.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:49 (twenty years ago)

Obviously, the dry cookies I'm referring to are ones someone brought to work, not the ones you made.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:50 (twenty years ago)

oh, i know -- i just wanted to know if there was something i could do to make them better. i used cinnamon from the fabled spice house in them. would you add chocolate chips? i was thinking of adding chocolate chips and/or toffee bits.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:51 (twenty years ago)

what are you talking about?!?!?!?! it's making me crazy with love & cookie-ness. i fucking love the shit out of cookies. the only ones i make okay are these vegan "kitchen sink" type cookies. with chocolate, oats, nuts & sometimes coconut.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:02 (twenty years ago)

i fucking love the shit out of cookies

This makes my day.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:06 (twenty years ago)

Mine too!

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)

because "fucking" and "shit" and "love" and "cookies" are all in the same sentence?

― kelsey (kelstarry), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

I just love it when anyone says they "_____ the shit out of ______"

― dan m (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:12 (twenty years ago)

I cookie the shit out of love.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)

meh. it loses something.

btw: kenan. gun talk. should we be worried? that kinda puts up a red flag.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)

yeah, that's a fine fine sentence.
the cookies are also only going to get better. next time: +toffee chips. chocolate-cinnamon butter cookies with almonds and toooffeee chips.

jaymc - are you getting excited to go to NYC? nervous?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)

I shit the cookie out of love.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:15 (twenty years ago)

i love the fuck out of shit.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

because "fucking" and "shit" and "love" and "cookies" are all in the same sentence?

More because fucking love the shit of people fucking loving the shit out of things, and also because I fucking love the shit out of cookies.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

http://mgsk8er89.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/normal_gun_girl.jpg.w300h225.jpg

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:18 (twenty years ago)

image hosted by tripod & not shared with ilx.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

damn. well, i tried.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:23 (twenty years ago)

what was it?

― kelsey (kelstarry), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)

jaymc - are you getting excited to go to NYC? nervous?

not nervous but excited. i feel like i'm juggling a dozen things right now, though, because i have to be a) working on my usual work, b) cleaning out my cubicle because it's my last day in this office, c) making plans with people in nyc, d) trying to remember to call my mom since it's her birthday today, e) thinking about this article i need to write sometime in the next few days (when will i have the time!), and f) you know, other stuff.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

what was it?

picture of a hottie with a gun.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:26 (twenty years ago)

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030428/images/28heston.jpg

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)

Incidentally, I would never own a gun, but I've been wanting to go to a firing range and give it a shot (ha) for awhile now.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)

me too. kinda.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)

I haven't fired a gun in many years. Not something I miss, to be honest. But it's certainly something.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

kelsey, did you get the email from me? No pressure or rush to respond, just making sure you got it.

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

Is the gun thing part of your Texas past, Kenan?

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

Yeah. There was always a shotgun in the house. Not for hunting, just for killin' critters and such. Armadilloes are real pests, I don't know if you know that. They'll root up your whole garden if you let 'em.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:34 (twenty years ago)

But they're cute.

http://www.animugs.net/i/mug/034.jpeg

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)

nick. did you send it to the email addy here? b/c i never check that one. i'll check it now . . . for future reference, send to my firstnamelastname [at] gmail.com

― kelsey (kelstarry), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)

OH YEAH I sent to Yahoo.
Hey, I'm the KOOL AID MAN:
OOOOOOOHHHH YEEEEAEAAAHHHH!

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:38 (twenty years ago)

xxpost

oh, yeah. adorable. Like a cross between a pig and an armored car. Armadilloes carry leprosy, too. And they have really sharp claws. You want to stay away from armadilloes.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:38 (twenty years ago)

(Guys: one of Kenan's exes broke up with him to date an armadillo. This is a sore spot with him.)

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I was talking to my friend Mandy, who grew up on a Texas ranch, and she was defending killing certain animals for "population control." It was another one of those moments where I realized how we've grown up in essentially different cultures.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:41 (twenty years ago)

http://psychology.stanford.edu/~casey/art/images/armadillo.jpg

OMG, Kenan's right, they are kind of shotgunable.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:44 (twenty years ago)

nick: i emailed you back. it's quick b/c i'm swamped & stuff, but i think (& said as much) that this involves a much longer conversation. probably, anyway.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:44 (twenty years ago)

there's a hunting season for deer in the suburban part of maryland where i grew up because deer became quite populous and were being hit by cars a lot, which is terrible for the deer and also dangerous for drivers.

xpost, that's absolutely terrifying.

― carly (carly), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:45 (twenty years ago)

OMG, Kenan's right, they are kind of shotgunable.

They are one of nature's cruellest mistakes.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:46 (twenty years ago)

maybe that's how we look to them.

― carly (carly), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

It's like that with deer in Iowa too. That means lots of venison burgers for us! Honestly, if I'm going to eat meat, I would prefer to eat meat that has been raised in its natural habitat on its natural diet, butchered by someone I know and stored properly.

armadilloes sure are gross. so are hyaenas.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

OTM about the meat thing, amanda.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:49 (twenty years ago)

Wisconsin also does the deer hunting thing, of course.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)

Don't armadillos stink, too? I read that somewhere.

All this cookie talk makes me want to bake. I have a pretty fab chai cookie recipe. I feel like I talked about that before. Did I talk about that here before?

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 21:04 (twenty years ago)

http://photos1.blogger.com/img/106/1362/640/armadillocookies.jpg

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 21:05 (twenty years ago)

See, bringing it all together. Bravo!

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 21:07 (twenty years ago)

chai cookies? must! have! recipe!

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 21:08 (twenty years ago)

Okay. I thought I had it on the computer somewhere but I don't. Here is a molasses cookie recipe (from Cook's Illustrated, modified very slightly) in the meantime:

1/3 cup granulated sugar, plus 1/4 cup for dipping
2 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
11/2 teaspoons ground or grated cinnamon
11/2 teaspoons ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon finely ground white pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
11/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened but still cool
1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 large egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup dark molasses

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Put sugar for dipping in a small cake pan.

Combine flour, baking soda, spices, and salt with a whisk or fork and set aside.

Using an electric mixer on medium-high, cream butter and both sugars together.

And egg yolk and vanilla and mix until just combined. Add molasses and fully incorporate, but don’t over mix.

Add dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Make sure there are no flour pockets hiding in the dough, since you’re going to err on the side of caution and stop early rather than over mix. (And if you do overmix, it’s not like these are going to suck, they will still be good, so don’t panic.)

Roll 1 1/2 inch balls of dough between your palms (a little water on your hands will keep the dough from sticky like crazy) then drop in the sugar. Toss to coat. You can do this with about four dough balls at a time. Place on cookie sheet about two inches apart. Bake 1 sheet at a time on the middle over rack for five minutes. Turn cookie sheet around and bake for 6 minutes and remove immediately from the oven.

Cool cookies on baking sheet 5 minutes, then transfer cookies to them to a wire rack to cool completely.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 21:10 (twenty years ago)

There was a Malcolm Gladwell article in the New Yorker a couple weeks ago about an R&D team that tried to design a new low-fat cookie and experimented with different sorts of decision-making strategies (teams vs. individuals, etc.). Anyway, one of the ideas was for a chai cookie, but the idea was discarded when the prototype ended up just tasting like chai and nothing else.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 21:12 (twenty years ago)

I prefer teams of cookies to individual cookies.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 21:15 (twenty years ago)

I like Chai Luna Bars.

Hey A., I send you an e-mail yesterday to the address here with the names of some 43022 folks - did you get it?

― Eazy (Eazy), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 21:24 (twenty years ago)

My grandmother keeps a shotgun for critter control. (This is in SW Arkansas--she lives on a farm by a lake, so lots of dangerous snakes, armadilloes eating the garden/catfood etc.) She told me once that when you hit an armadillo, it jumps straight in the air and then hits the ground running.

Wow lotsa xposts. I love Cook's Illustrated. That recipe sounds good.

― sgs (sgs), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

I think the chai cookie recipe I have is really good - chai-flavored but full of buttery cookie goodness, too.

I also love Cook's Illustrated.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 21:27 (twenty years ago)

fuck. does anyone know of any 24-hour laundromats in chicago? i just got thrown out of queen's basket ii EVEN THOUGH I GOT THERE TEN MINUTES BEFORE LAST LOAD.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 15 September 2005 01:15 (twenty years ago)

i'm serious. i have an early-morning flight and i've been stressed out since late afternoon. this is no good.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 15 September 2005 01:15 (twenty years ago)

all right, i'm getting in my car and driving around, hopefully not in vain. call me if you have advice.

fuck that dude.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 15 September 2005 01:24 (twenty years ago)

Good luck with finding one jaymc. Have a great time.
One of my favorite cookies ever are Oatmeal Scotchies, because they involve carmelized Butterscotch chips.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Thursday, 15 September 2005 01:36 (twenty years ago)

I've made those Cook's Illustrated molasses cookies many times, they are better than Jesus' cum.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 15 September 2005 01:39 (twenty years ago)

sorry for being melodramatic. i found a laundromat that had a last load at 10 pm. now i just have to pack!

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 15 September 2005 03:41 (twenty years ago)

Just take a backpack with you and get new clothes at Marshall's in Chelsea or the Hassidicwear shops in Brooklyn.

― Eazy (Eazy), Thursday, 15 September 2005 04:22 (twenty years ago)

"Last load in the Queen's Basket" + Andersonville = ?

― Eazy (Eazy), Thursday, 15 September 2005 04:24 (twenty years ago)

jaymc, are you still here? where is your show on saturday?

― youn, Thursday, 15 September 2005 04:26 (twenty years ago)

hi i'm still here. the show is actually tomorrow (thursday) night! it's at arlene's grocery. show starts at 7 pm, but we don't go on until 10 pm.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 15 September 2005 04:34 (twenty years ago)

oh, i wish i could manage weekday trips to nyc.

― youn, Thursday, 15 September 2005 04:39 (twenty years ago)

where are you?

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 15 September 2005 04:39 (twenty years ago)

"where are you": what a sad way to leave this thread hanging.

i regret that i don't have anything interesting to say this morning. i'm browsing the journal of sociolinguistics and getting derailed from "work."

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 12:49 (twenty years ago)

Why can't it be friday?

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Thursday, 15 September 2005 12:57 (twenty years ago)

i know, has this week been interminable or WHAT?

is anyone interested in midnight movies at the music box this week? they're showing degrassi jr. high and educational/hygiene films. i love this shit. i was maybe thinking saturday, but i don't even know if i can stay awake and i have a lot of homework this weekend. optimistically, though, is anyone interested?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 12:59 (twenty years ago)

also, no sufjan-at-the-metro for me. i snoozed and then stopped wanting to go.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:00 (twenty years ago)

I am theoretically interested in midnight movies at the Music Box, but not in those particular midnight movies that you mentioned. If I'm going to stay up until midnight, it has to be for Evil Dead or Ferris Bueller or something good.

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:08 (twenty years ago)

Good morning, dudes.

I got asked again to do some music blogging for this site. Should I do it? I don't really have any ideas, and I'm not sure it would be a good idea for me to do reviews of other local bands (I try to stay out of "scene politics" or whatever). I would be fine promoting cool shows, but that's not very interested.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:09 (twenty years ago)

John's probably gone already, but I'm sending him good vibes. GOOD LUCK AT THE SHOW!!! I've been to Arlene's Gr0cery. I saw Fursl1de perform there at CMJ one year a long long time ago. The lead singer made out with this creepy junkie chick standing close to the stage.

When the taxi driver dropped me off, he wasn't sure where the club was. I was by myself. He said, Um, I don't think you should be here alone. I was like, I'm ok! I'll find it. Then some big scary dude walked past me once the taxi drove away and told me I shouldn't be there alone at night. Thanks, dude. I can't remember what neighborhood it's in. Eventually, I found the club, obviously.

Hi, Chicago. My pay raise started in the check I got today. BOO YA!

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:12 (twenty years ago)

I once rented a dvd of really old school educational films about drugs, hygiene, and sex. Some of it was really entertaining and some of it was just really boring and made me feel like I was in school.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:13 (twenty years ago)

Actually, some of the anti-drug films made me want to try drugs.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:14 (twenty years ago)

I had a dream about Degrassi the other night. Their weekend matinee series is also currently pretty good...I wish I could make it out for an 11:15 movie.

I'm glad you enjoy educational films Sarah. At least I'm not alone.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:16 (twenty years ago)

I don't know Jordan. Sometimes I think I should go back to writing about music, even though I eventually flaked out on both of the places I wrote for in the past, one of which was actually a well-respected online music zine (dust3dmagazine), and even though I struggle with whether I think music criticism is worthwhile at all, because at least it forced me to think about music and form thoughts and try to put them in writing. But I don't know. Yeah. Was that helpful?

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:18 (twenty years ago)

Sarah, have you seen The Atomic Cafe? It's a collection of educational films about THE BOMB and THE REDS. It features a charming little song called "Duck and Cover".

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:20 (twenty years ago)

I saw the Exorcist as a midnight movie at the Music Box and it was fuuuuun. I don't think I'd be up for hygiene films that late, though.

Cannibal Holocaust on Oct. 28 and 29 and Nov. 4 and 5, however, I am TOTALLY up for. I also wish I had the stamina for even half of the 24-hour horror movie marathan. The movies I most want to see are between 9:30 PM and 4:30 AM. Figures!

Although, I'd be a pretty happy girl to just go and see Nosferatu and Pulse and then get some lunch.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:21 (twenty years ago)

Dan was thinking about the horror marathon too. He doesn't like to stay up all night though. We saw George Romero speak at some horror festival thingie last year. That was pretty cool.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:24 (twenty years ago)

amanda, i'd go with you to the music box b/c i think those films would be fun to see with you. but instead, i'm going to MINNEAPOLIS & I'M WAY EXCITED!!!! Plus: Leaf & I already agreed to get GALACTIC PIZZA when I get there on Friday. Although, we might just walk to the place instead of getting it delivered by superheroes.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:27 (twenty years ago)

Thanks, Nick. Yeah. I don't know. I'd like to do this just as a writing exercise and because I'm flattered that they asked me. However, I'm awful at writing record reviews and wary of reviewing or interviewing my peers.

Whatever, I may as well give it a shot. Let me know if anyone has any craaazy ideas for a local music article though.

xpost, GALACTIC PIZZA!

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:28 (twenty years ago)

Jordan I know of a PROMISING LOCAL CHICAGO POP THREE-PIECE you can write abuot!

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:31 (twenty years ago)

Jordan, one of these days I'm going to deliver a 1/2 eaten GALACTIC PIZZA to you on my way back from mpls. Just to keep it real.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:31 (twenty years ago)

"Get Galactic Pizza" = new euphemism for sex?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:32 (twenty years ago)

I meant that in reference to Kelsey's pending pizza date, not the delivery of the 1/2 eaten pizza. Eek!

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:33 (twenty years ago)

well, hopefully there will be that too. but no. it's my most favoritist pizza of ALL TIME. and they're environmental too!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:33 (twenty years ago)

Haha, that would be awesome, Kelsey. It doesn't get any realer than that.

Nick, I will if you play in Madison again!

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:33 (twenty years ago)

http://www.galacticpizza.com/

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:33 (twenty years ago)

(p.s. i only say "half eaten" because i could not drive for that long without eating a little bit of it, but you probably guessed that)

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:34 (twenty years ago)

six different kinds of mushrooms? that's MY KIND OF PLACE! i love mushrooms on pizza. wow. that looks tasty.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:34 (twenty years ago)

I went to a jam session last night and stopped by my favoritest pizza place, Ian's, afterwards. I got a slice of BBQ Chicken Pineapple to eat for lunch today!

xpost, I understand, if we're being honest I bought TWO slices last night, but one of them didn't make it home.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:35 (twenty years ago)

I miss Superstars Pizza in Richmond. I used to get this slice with sundried tomato pesto, spinach, artichoke hearts, and cheese. Mmmm.

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:36 (twenty years ago)

OK, I'm ready to go home now.

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:37 (twenty years ago)

I love BBQ chicken pineapple. I used to get this pizza in the UK from an Afghani place that had chicken tikka and pineapple on it. I have had pizza three days in a row now, but unfortunately my Annie's pesto one last night had broccoli on it, which it just gross. So I picked it off.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:38 (twenty years ago)

yeah -- broccoli on pizza is bad. i don't like broccoli in calzones either. i want to go home and make 1,000 calzones and freeze them for later use. fresh mozzarella. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:40 (twenty years ago)

I probably would have picked off the broccoli too, but I can't be sure until I'm eye-to-eye with the pizza.

Maddie & I are still feeding our deli addiction, I've got fresh mozzarella and olives at home ready to roll.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:42 (twenty years ago)

but you don't like rye with caraway seeds? it just seems wrong, jordan! you're a deli sandwich enthusiast!

i've been here since 7 and i'm STARVING.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:44 (twenty years ago)

i brought a tofurkey sandwich for lunch today but now i want a lot of cheese & marinara sauce!!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:44 (twenty years ago)

it just takes the suggestion of pizza and i'm fixated for the rest of the day. maybe i should have a snack.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:46 (twenty years ago)

I know, Amanda, it's a source of cultural guilt for me.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:49 (twenty years ago)

ok, i won't push it then. i like to keep it secular.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:52 (twenty years ago)

cultural guilt! pizza! hahahaha!

(it's funny b/c it's true)

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 15 September 2005 13:59 (twenty years ago)

Argh I want to go tell my coworker that I feel sick and that I'm going home BEFORE my boss gets in but she's on the phone! I hope she gets off the phone soon. If my boss gets here before then I'm just going to stay at work because I don't want to tell her I'm going home.

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 15 September 2005 14:01 (twenty years ago)

why?! if you don't feel well, you don't feel well.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 15 September 2005 14:04 (twenty years ago)

Well I'm not really sick, I'm just headachey and icky feeling. So I probably don't LOOK sick or SOUND sick and so she'll think I'm faking it. And I don't feel so bad that I can't do work. I would just rather be at home in bed.

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 15 September 2005 14:06 (twenty years ago)

just tell her that you feel like you're coming down with something & you want to take precaution. tell her that you're going home to rest & maybe take some medicine.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 15 September 2005 14:12 (twenty years ago)

Speaking of pizza, has anyone had HomeMade Pizza Co. before? Is it worthwhile? I've seen the place a zillion times but never gotten anything there, and I was thinking maybe tonight's the night...

― dan m (OutDatWay), Thursday, 15 September 2005 14:13 (twenty years ago)

I am kind of scared of her.

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 15 September 2005 14:13 (twenty years ago)

oh nick! just be assertive! it's okay!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 15 September 2005 14:15 (twenty years ago)

Try coughing on her when you go up to say you're not feeling well.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Thursday, 15 September 2005 14:16 (twenty years ago)

i know how you feel. i think things like that are much scarier in anticipation than they are when you actually go ahead and do them. plus, leaving the office will feel so good, and the awkwardness will quickly become a memory.

― carly (carly), Thursday, 15 September 2005 14:18 (twenty years ago)

carly OTM. plus, you have like 2000 sick days or something, don't you?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 14:26 (twenty years ago)

i hope that nick's lack of response means he went home!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 15 September 2005 14:28 (twenty years ago)

Me too!

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 14:43 (twenty years ago)

Nick, tell them that you caught SARSburculosis from me.

(Yes, I'm still nonstop coughing. I'm going to the doctor tomorrow. I expect to be clapped into an iron lung for the rest of my life.)

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 15 September 2005 14:52 (twenty years ago)

OH here is a joke:

What's George Bush's opinion on Roe v. Wade?

None. He doesn't care how people get out of New Orleans.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 15 September 2005 14:57 (twenty years ago)

hahahahahaha!!!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 15 September 2005 14:58 (twenty years ago)

yikes jenny -- that sounds bad!
also, whenever you want a lunch buddy downtown, i'm your gal.

haaaaaaaaaaaahahaa. that's good.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 14:59 (twenty years ago)

That is great!

I hope Nick went home. He needs some R & R.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Thursday, 15 September 2005 15:02 (twenty years ago)

Hmmm... If he did, he isn't home yet - or he's screening the calls.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Thursday, 15 September 2005 15:19 (twenty years ago)

Ha! My housemate told me that one on the way home from work yesterday. I thought about posting it last night but didn't.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Thursday, 15 September 2005 15:19 (twenty years ago)

sorry, jaymc. I am in New Haven.

― youn, Thursday, 15 September 2005 15:29 (twenty years ago)

The really pitiful thing is that when I first heard that joke I totally didn't get it. I was like, what does Roe v. Wade have to do with New Orleans? Privacy? Is it because of the abortion clinics in NOLA? State's rights? I spent about ten minutes looking for a 10th Amendment reason that the federal government would have delayed a response to the hurricane and I finally had to ask Jeff why the joke was funny. Boy did I feel dumb.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 15 September 2005 15:36 (twenty years ago)

i didn't get it at first either, had the same sort of thoughts....

― Juulia (julesbdules), Thursday, 15 September 2005 15:41 (twenty years ago)

Ha, I just got it now.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 15:46 (twenty years ago)

Enlighten me?

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Thursday, 15 September 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)

Someone explain it to me. Life's too short to wonder why something's funny all day.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)

Oh! Row vs. wade!

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 15:50 (twenty years ago)

Oh@!

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Thursday, 15 September 2005 15:51 (twenty years ago)

Jenny, you're smart. It's a curse you'll carry for THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 15 September 2005 15:58 (twenty years ago)

1000 posts. ago, wago, smago.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Thursday, 15 September 2005 15:59 (twenty years ago)

You'd think we'd be solving some serious problems.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:02 (twenty years ago)

Serious, schmearious.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:04 (twenty years ago)

Dudes I am at home now and it rules. I put on my PJs, got on the couch under a comforter, and watched Undeclared with commentary. I want to make a hot toddy but we have no lemons, maybe I should just drink straight brandy.

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:06 (twenty years ago)

Wow! My friend Jill from DE is pregnant and is being induced tonight and will have a baby TOMORROW!

Yay!

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:07 (twenty years ago)

Nick, I am jealous. I want to go home and start drinking, too!

Course, I've already had my day off this week. There was no brandy, though.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:11 (twenty years ago)

WHOOOO! SPRING BREAK! DRINK, PUSSY!

Brandy doesn't seem like a frat-boy kind of drink, though.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:11 (twenty years ago)

everything you have described, n/a, sounds absolutely perfect. my day of casual reading at my desk pales in comparison.

― carly (carly), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:13 (twenty years ago)

i wanna put on loungewear REAL BAD.

over my lunch break (which i took early) i went to lady foot locker to try on some shoes which i will probably buy elsewhere. while i was there i was assaulted by michael bolton singing "can i touch you...there?" and then i walked outside and it smelled like rank hot dogs.

ew! yuk! AND i have to re-register for my class at school because i'm an idiot and i forgot to pay my bill and they dumped me from my class. booooooo.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:17 (twenty years ago)

of course nick is drinking BRANDY!!! hahaha!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:19 (twenty years ago)

hahahaha. it's a fine drink.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:21 (twenty years ago)

what should i do during my lunch hour? i already ate lunch at my desk.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:22 (twenty years ago)

I'm not a big fan of brandy, but Brandi could make for a cool metaphorical beverage.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:25 (twenty years ago)

what should i do during my lunch hour?

I think you are answering your own question.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:26 (twenty years ago)

what should i do during lunch that does not involve ilx?

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:30 (twenty years ago)

while i was there i was assaulted by michael bolton singing "can i touch you...there?" and then i walked outside and it smelled like rank hot dogs.

You just summed up the Loop nicely.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:32 (twenty years ago)

hahaha

― dan m (OutDatWay), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:36 (twenty years ago)

Guys I am drinking brandy. It's weird. I don't usually drink straight alcohol.

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:37 (twenty years ago)

drink it slow, joe.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:38 (twenty years ago)

Drink it quick, Nick.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:38 (twenty years ago)

then you've never lived, nick.

kidding.

yeah, what amanda said. slow.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:38 (twenty years ago)

CHUG
CHUG
CHUG

― dan m (OutDatWay), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:40 (twenty years ago)

(maybe this is what n/a was talking about when he mentioned hyper-masculinity)

― dan m (OutDatWay), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:40 (twenty years ago)

Just throw it back, Jack.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:41 (twenty years ago)

No need to be coy, Roy.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:41 (twenty years ago)

I hope you are wearing a red silk smoking jacket and as ascot while you drink your brandy.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:44 (twenty years ago)

http://www.star.niu.edu/images_daily/091704/star_living-hef.jpg

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:45 (twenty years ago)

Give it a sip, Flip.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:45 (twenty years ago)

by the way -- jenny -- i saw "emily rose" and it was SCARY!

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:50 (twenty years ago)

it wasn't a great movie or anything, but i enjoyed it. i give it a thumbs up.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:51 (twenty years ago)

RE: That Roe v. Wade joke...

A colleague just came into the office and told the joke like this:

What's GWB's opinion on Roe v. Wade?
None, he doesn't care what happens to Mississippi.

The audience for the joke just looked at him, so I helpfully said that I had heard that joke with a different punch line, and then did for them what Jeff did for me, which was say, "You know 'row' (pantomime rowing) and 'wade' like 'wade out of the floodwaters'?"

So the moral of the story is that those of us who failed to get the pun are not alone in our dumbness, but we are at least smrt enough to ask for clarification instead of just telling the joke totally differently. Oy.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:53 (twenty years ago)

Nah. I think youse are all smarties & think about it too much.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:54 (twenty years ago)

Amanda! Roger Ebert and that other dude gave it two thumbs up! I decided last night at dinner that I wanted to see it, but would probably have to wait for the DVD just because I don't know if I'll have a chance to see it before it leaves theaters.

I'm glad you liked it! Now I am really looking forward to it.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:56 (twenty years ago)

I thought it was really entertaining. Compared to most of the tripe that passes for horror movies these days, it was tense and scary and had a plot. I screamed once and grabbed Dan's arm the entire time. I don't normally scream AND grab, but it was scary.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:58 (twenty years ago)

that's great. that's the only reason i'll see horror flicks. i wonder if it's playing in minneapolis this weekend? why can't it be friday?!?!? i wanna see my bf & eat galactic.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 15 September 2005 17:02 (twenty years ago)

Speaking of scary, RIP Robert Wise. He directed two of my favorite movies; The Haunting and The Sound of Music.

I know. You probably find me and SoM insufferably cheesy. Guess what. I don't care! I love it anyway.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 17:09 (twenty years ago)

I'm wary of Emily Rose, because I can't quite believe anyone would make a movie that argues that just because a priest killed a very mentally ill girl by denying her medication and performing a fucking exorcism instead, he doesn't deserve to go to jail because, you know, EVIL EXISTS. Sorry, but I cannot hang with that.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 17:22 (twenty years ago)

but demons are real. they are standing still.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 17:24 (twenty years ago)

Confession: I have never seen the Sound of Music.

Don't hate me.

xpost: Kenan, I shared almost those exact same misgivings (although less eloquently) with Jeff yesterday. I still want to see it because even if evil doesn't exist in real life, it TOTALLY exists in horror movies.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 15 September 2005 17:25 (twenty years ago)

xpost: 100000000000 points to Amanda for GBV lyric reference!

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 15 September 2005 17:26 (twenty years ago)

I've lost all my money to a 300 pound ghost

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 17:26 (twenty years ago)

I would be glad to hold your hand and usher you into the beautiful musical world of the Von Trapp Family Singers, but something tells me you might hate it. Lots of my friends hate it. I can deal with that.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 17:28 (twenty years ago)

Someone tell me why I do the things that I don't want to do - when you're around me I'm somebody else

Man, GBV was E.M.O.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Thursday, 15 September 2005 17:30 (twenty years ago)

Actually, Amanda, I really want to see it. It's just a bizarre twist of fate that I haven't yet. I tend to love musicals. If the Musicbox ever does a Grease sing-along, I am there. In costume.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 15 September 2005 17:34 (twenty years ago)

Lots of my friends hate it. I can deal with that.

I'm a sucker for a good musical, don't get me wrong. TSOM is not a good musical.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 17:34 (twenty years ago)

Not enough innuendo, for one thing. Where's a song like "Girl Who Can't Say No"? It needs more of those.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 17:35 (twenty years ago)

I like watching scary movies, but I'm not 100% pro-gorey movies. For example, I loved The Game and The Ring.

I watched the Sound of Music on tv every year growing up. My Dad would fold out our couch and pop a million buckets of popcorn. I would always fall asleep at some point though and then wake up to the credits music. My favorite part was the "I am Sixteen, Going on Seventeen" scene.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Thursday, 15 September 2005 17:35 (twenty years ago)

I'm not sure that I've ever seen Sound of Music either, but I know most of the songs. I'm not really interested in Emily Rose.

I do want to drag Maddie to a movie this weekend, even if it might be semi-crap like Sky High or Red Eye or Skeleton Key.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 17:39 (twenty years ago)

Man, GBV was E.M.O.

dude, that's so not true. that's like the one of three songs they have with lyrics that make any sense at all in the terrestrial world.

as for SoM, i confess that i like ALL of the songs, i cry every time i hear "edelweiss" and i even like that cheesy lovesong she sings with the Baron. at my wedding the closing music, as we were walking out of the church, was the PROCESSIONAL from SoM. it was GLORIOUS!

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 17:39 (twenty years ago)

Treacly, sez I.

Favorite Rogers and Hammerstein moment -- "Poor Judd Is Dead" from Oklahoma!

"His fingernails have never been so clean."

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 17:41 (twenty years ago)

I know it's treacly. I don't care though. Don't you like things that are shitty just because you like them?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 17:43 (twenty years ago)

If I like it, I can make the argument that's it's not shitty. I might even convince someone of it. On a good day.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

I want to see Oklahoma again. Also, I never saw The Umbrellas of Chaburg or whatever the hell it's called.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Thursday, 15 September 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

The Umbrellas of Schaumberg.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 17:48 (twenty years ago)

See, I'm not gonna argue with people. I'm just content to like what I like and if I don't win any converts, so be it. Although, for the Sound of Music, I will say that it's probably a combination of nostalgia and optimism and love for Julie Andrews, who sort of looks like my mom. I guess I don't really care why I like it. I just do. Also, my best friend growing up was named Liesl.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 17:49 (twenty years ago)

ok, ok i won't talk about the Sound of Music anymore.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 18:11 (twenty years ago)

I think I would like it more if John Coltrane had done arrangements of the rest of the soundtrack.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 18:13 (twenty years ago)

The (original) Alfie soundtrack is really good -- that was Sonny Rollins?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 18:15 (twenty years ago)

Yep!

I swing back and forth between listening to lots of jazz and being bored with/sick of it. Right now I'm in a jazz phase. Kenan, did you see the poll on ILM?

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 18:19 (twenty years ago)

Nope. Ain't been there in months.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 18:21 (twenty years ago)

Dude! That Sonny Sharrock album was in my dream last night!

The universe is trying to tell me to listen to it again.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 18:22 (twenty years ago)

I also like the SoM. I was practically raised on it. Love it. I haven't seen it in years, but whenever the last time I saw it I felt like it had a new ending. That's because I'd always fall asleep around the same time when I was a kid . . . it was like seeing a whole new movie!!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 15 September 2005 18:24 (twenty years ago)

You probably should then, don't fuck with the universe. I haven't listened to it in a long time, but I have been watching Space Ghost.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 18:25 (twenty years ago)

DUDES, we need to have a movie party sometime.

Also, what is everyone doing for Halloween? We only have a month and a half to plan!

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Thursday, 15 September 2005 18:28 (twenty years ago)

good question!! i wanted dan and i to wear drab grey robes and be druids for halloween, but who knows if that will happen.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 18:33 (twenty years ago)

Come to Madison! We're going to be zombies.

(you guys know how we roll for Halloween up here, right?)

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 18:36 (twenty years ago)

no...how do you roll?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 18:38 (twenty years ago)

Oooooh Madison is crazy on Haloween. Not quite as crazy as Detriot though...

― dan m (OutDatWay), Thursday, 15 September 2005 18:39 (twenty years ago)

we seriously need a new thread. we're thousandaires here.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 15 September 2005 18:39 (twenty years ago)

I'm outta here at 3 -- it's my early school-day. See you tomorrow, beg, steal or borrow.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 15 September 2005 18:42 (twenty years ago)

Somebody start a new thread and then I will explain Halloween in Madison.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 18:42 (twenty years ago)

(I'm not qualified to do so because I don't actually live in Chicago. They're very strict about this sort of thing.)

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 18:44 (twenty years ago)

I don't know how to do it.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 15 September 2005 18:45 (twenty years ago)

if someone tells me how to do it, i will do it.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 15 September 2005 18:47 (twenty years ago)

Just go up to the top of the screen and click on 'Ask a Question'. And here, take this with you:

http://www.beckysisland.com/images/chialbxv.jpg

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 18:48 (twenty years ago)

I want to spend Halloween in Madison!

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Thursday, 15 September 2005 18:49 (twenty years ago)

But how do i do the trackback?!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 15 September 2005 18:51 (twenty years ago)

Chicago's Greatest Hits, vol. 2

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 15 September 2005 18:54 (twenty years ago)

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