Robert Redford Is A Republican. DC Metro Area Thread 3.

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We need a new thread. I don't do that 1000+ posts shit. Who knew we had so many DC folks that we could get up to 970? I blame myself.

I have some questions:

1. N/A is coming to town, e-mail us, dude.
2. As Mookieproof was saying, what is everyone planning on for the holidays?
3. Our subways are still running! Ha Ha.

Go!

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 22 December 2005 17:24 (nineteen years ago)

this morning NPR told me that DC has had nine white Christmases in the last century or so. PWNED

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 22 December 2005 17:29 (nineteen years ago)

New York switches to taxi zone system & multiple fares per trip to cope with strike... DC WAY AHEAD OF THE GAME.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Thursday, 22 December 2005 17:36 (nineteen years ago)

We don't even have the excuse of a strike for that crap though, dudes.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 22 December 2005 17:37 (nineteen years ago)

plus, our zones are brand new and temporary and still better delineated and publicized than dc's crazy zones!

― carly (carly), Thursday, 22 December 2005 17:46 (nineteen years ago)

I said this on the NYC transit strike thread, the other night I was taking a cab from Senso Sesto to our apt on Q/20th (it was pouring is my excuse for this extravagance) and the cabbie charged me $10!!!!!!! It's 4 blocks!!! Claimed I crossed a zone!!! WTF?

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 22 December 2005 17:50 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah the zone system in DC is actually just a way for cabbies to charge a flat fee to anybody in downtown. That's incredible bullshit about the zone crossing. What a fucking asshole.
ihttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/specials/theguide/maps05/dc_taxi.gif

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 22 December 2005 18:09 (nineteen years ago)

Wow, yeah, if ANYBODY in the city south of U or east of Florida ever charges us more than the base rate for a cabride I'm going to have ammunition to scream at them and not pay. Finally. I should have found that graphic years ago.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 22 December 2005 18:11 (nineteen years ago)

robert redford is a republican?

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 22 December 2005 19:02 (nineteen years ago)

MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 22 December 2005 19:03 (nineteen years ago)

I'm glad that there is finally a DC thread title I understand

robert redford is a republican?

so is Jane Alexander

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 22 December 2005 19:23 (nineteen years ago)

I STILL don't understand that map.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 22 December 2005 19:26 (nineteen years ago)

I mean maybe I'm just completely retarded or something. Why not just claim neighborhoods are zones and charge that way, in some manner people would universally understand?

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 22 December 2005 19:26 (nineteen years ago)

Hi everyone. My holiday is officially ruined for having to work on a contract proposal upon which my job is dependent. No pressure or anything. I will re-emerge sometime in mid January, just in time to join the military-industrial complex. TOMBOT, please tell me that at least I can look forward to tons of paid vacation. Please. We're in some 30-day quiet period and no one is telling us shit about LM bennies.

― quincie, Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:27 (nineteen years ago)

I got 3 weeks a year plus basically unlimited comp time (which IS NOT COMP TIME, they keep telling us, despite the fact that people use it as such incessantly, I mean you take however much personal time you want and just make it up later, it's kinda great).
That sucks!

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:35 (nineteen years ago)

im into hanging out during the holidays - email a brother off-board.

― petesmith (plsmith), Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:43 (nineteen years ago)

Oh oops I didn't see the new thread. I am here. I am kind of dizzy from being tired and then drinking a cappuccino my dad made me. I'll email Ally at the email she's using in this thread so I hope it's not fake. If it is fake, email me at naamme @ yahoo.com.

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 22 December 2005 21:27 (nineteen years ago)

It's practically BALMY here.

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 22 December 2005 21:31 (nineteen years ago)

not a fake! I have emailed back! Now hurry up the cakes and get back to me!

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 22 December 2005 21:42 (nineteen years ago)

I don't see an email from you! WEIRD

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 22 December 2005 21:44 (nineteen years ago)

MYSTERIOUS.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 22 December 2005 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

Oh I got it, I was just impatient. REPLIED, the ball is in yr court.

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 22 December 2005 21:53 (nineteen years ago)

I have just thrown the pass straight into yr numbers, so don't drop the ball!

Why are we talking like this?

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 22 December 2005 21:57 (nineteen years ago)

I'm going to the John Waters Xmas thing at the 9.30 tonight; I won't be around a computer but call my cell if anything is going down.

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 22 December 2005 22:24 (nineteen years ago)

It is looking like the PLANS will be for tomorrow, but I still have to make sure my parents aren't going to be heartbroken if I go out without them for a while.

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 22 December 2005 22:43 (nineteen years ago)

http://members.aye.net/~gharris/blog/pocky.jpg

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 22 December 2005 23:12 (nineteen years ago)

OTM

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 22 December 2005 23:28 (nineteen years ago)

I'll bring cookies. Cookies apparently go "well" with beer, it's "really tasty" says reviewer Thomas Millar of the Dupont Weekly.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 22 December 2005 23:29 (nineteen years ago)

that guy'll eat anything, though

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 22 December 2005 23:30 (nineteen years ago)

True, I trusted his reviews of Jumbo Slice and really was kind of disappointed. It struck me afterwards that perhaps he was too entranced by the sheer size and spectacle, kind of like a Roger Ebert of food.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 22 December 2005 23:31 (nineteen years ago)

screw a jumbo slice. have yinz been to pizzaria paradiso in your neighborhood? get the atomica and a few dead guys.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 22 December 2005 23:37 (nineteen years ago)

I like the sound of a "few dead guys" so I'm there.

re: tomorrow night, I would think city should be slightly dead so if anyone has a VENUE SUGGESTION I would be intrigued to hear it. Otherwise I will pick a joint fairly quiet with some FOOD OPTIONS that is not very far from my house but convenient to nothing, ie the 51st State.

Ooh or we could do the place round the corner from us and everyone can stop by and say hello to Mr. Kitty???

Or we could just be reasonable and I can not be lazy?

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 22 December 2005 23:42 (nineteen years ago)

Ohhhh you guys know what place has some fucking KICK YOUR ASS wings, this total kind-of-new hole in the wall kinda hidden sporty bar in Adams Morgan, TS Muttly's. We only spotted it cos of the NFL SUNDAY TICKET sign they had up one sunday but those wings are like whoa. And only cost 25c each on Sundays FYI. Prolly more rest of the week, but I wouldn't know. I think between Tom and I we've killed 78 chickens in two visits there.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 22 December 2005 23:44 (nineteen years ago)

i'm going to the hockey game (go habs go), so somewhere over there (matchbox? rfd?) around 9:30 would be lovely. but whatever's good for n/a, really.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 22 December 2005 23:48 (nineteen years ago)

maybe there should be a SKINS-GIANTS ILX FITE on saturday, though!

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 22 December 2005 23:49 (nineteen years ago)

I'm going to the game itself, fool!!! In my giants t-shirt!!

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 23 December 2005 02:18 (nineteen years ago)

Look for me on tv, our seats are in the front section at the end zone. I'll be the girl with the "MARRY ME ELI PS CBS PUT ME ON TV" sign.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 23 December 2005 02:19 (nineteen years ago)

calling me a fool is almost enough to make me root for the skins

okay, not really.

(ps that game's going to be on fox!)

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 23 December 2005 02:37 (nineteen years ago)

You're going to the game? arrrgghh! lucky.

I am busy tomorrow unfortunately.

I should go to sleep now and instead I am watching Beavis & Butt-head watching a Revolting Cocks video..

― dar1a g (daria g), Friday, 23 December 2005 05:13 (nineteen years ago)

What game is everyone going to? Hockey?

Are you guys working tomorrow, cause I have the day off. I will be getting my hair cut at Bang! in the afternoon if anyone is free for lunch/coffee/sniffing glue/etc.

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 23 December 2005 06:44 (nineteen years ago)

You guys...I'm not worth the trouble.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 23 December 2005 14:06 (nineteen years ago)

Fiddlesticks!

― TOMBOT, Friday, 23 December 2005 14:14 (nineteen years ago)

Merry Christmas to you TOMBOT, my brother in Christ. May this year's blessing be abundant!

― Spink, Friday, 23 December 2005 14:20 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah you too!

http://thebricktestament.com/the_gospels/jesus_is_born_02/lk02_13-14.jpg

― TOMBOT, Friday, 23 December 2005 14:24 (nineteen years ago)

I blacked out - when I came to, I was hitting the Submit button.

― Spink, Friday, 23 December 2005 14:25 (nineteen years ago)

TOMBOT/Allylame, you guys are welcome to come up tomorrow(xmas eve) to have dinner at my place if you dont have anything going on. I got the shaft @ Heavenly Ham and had to get a larger one than I intended. Luke, Anthony, Brian, and maybe another couple people *should* be coming.

Either way, theres an invitiation.

― Spink, Friday, 23 December 2005 14:32 (nineteen years ago)

WE SHOULD DRINK.

Is there any consensus yet on where and when?

― j.lu (j.lu), Friday, 23 December 2005 14:36 (nineteen years ago)

I would love to come to dinner but I think there would be some controversy checking that guest list. :( Dude I make some wicked food for Christmas Eve though for reals. If we can't come to dinner do you guys wanna hang at a later date next week? What are you guys doing New Year's weekend?

drinking tonight is proving problematic because Nick has late evening commitments and I might have an early evening commitment, so we might be definitely missing one another :( BUT if you guys wanna work out an afterwork drinking thang don't let me be holding you guys up. I'm sure I will see everyone again in the near future!

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 23 December 2005 15:27 (nineteen years ago)

"I got the shaft @ Heavenly Ham"=most promising Penthouse letter title ever.

Wish I was in town to join y'all. A merry drinking to all and to all a Heavenly Ham.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 23 December 2005 15:36 (nineteen years ago)

Whatever, yo. You're invited regardless. Scratch Anthony off the list...he's half way to VA Beach by now.

― Spink, Friday, 23 December 2005 15:40 (nineteen years ago)

Man I knew he was gonna bail town, I actually just said that to Tom last night, "No way is Anthony gonna be around this weekend or next." Which reminds me, Tom did you get in touch with Josh and Liberty? Whenever you read ths thread, it's a reminder.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 23 December 2005 15:57 (nineteen years ago)

I AM AT WORK ON A COMPANY HOLIDAY BOOOOOOOO!

On the upside, a friend got me a bottle of crazy good tequila for my birfday.

On the downside, I failed to bring it to work with me, so I'm gonna have to wait until I get home to booze my cares away.

― quincie, Friday, 23 December 2005 16:16 (nineteen years ago)

Meh.

Im going to go pick up my sub from Mona. Without being racist, of course...she is the first 6'5" Korean lady I have EVER met.

― Spink, Friday, 23 December 2005 16:23 (nineteen years ago)

whoa!! Awesome. I should go stop by my coffee shop before I leave for Christmas and say hello to the guy that works there (speaking of Koreans, I guess).

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 23 December 2005 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

I'll post my schedule update once I have my evening commitment straightened out, and then we'll come up with some BIG PLANS.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 23 December 2005 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

I've been off since Wednesday, and lemme tell ya folks, it's been a non-stop bacchanal of awesomeness. Sleeping in! Laundry! Christmas shopping! RAWK!

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 23 December 2005 18:11 (nineteen years ago)

people with time off can all go eat it.
I'm working Dec 31st until 10:30pm.
Whe I say "eat it" I really mean "die from poison gases."

― TOMBOT, Friday, 23 December 2005 18:16 (nineteen years ago)

would getting dehydrated and irritable at the columbia mall count? because if so, i'm waaaaaay ahead of you.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 23 December 2005 18:28 (nineteen years ago)

Haha yes. Why did you do that? Did you need a bomber hat from LL Bean?

― TOMBOT, Friday, 23 December 2005 18:29 (nineteen years ago)

i did it because i love pain and suffering and i needed a stupid wind-up flashlight

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 23 December 2005 18:52 (nineteen years ago)

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.
A STUPID, WIND-UP FLASHLIGHT!!! SILLY RICHARDSON. I CANNOT BE DAMAGED BY SUCH A RIDICULOUS TRINKET.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 23 December 2005 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

...

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 23 December 2005 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

Northeast is fun! It's a magical place where men stop dead in their tracks to open doors for me, offer me gifts, and compliment me endlessly! I am going to move there, very soon.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 23 December 2005 20:54 (nineteen years ago)

However, their Modell's is crap.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 23 December 2005 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

surprise, NEDC sporting goods shop in stocking 100% redskins gear?

― TOMBOT, Friday, 23 December 2005 21:04 (nineteen years ago)

Try 100% Randy Moss.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 23 December 2005 21:22 (nineteen years ago)

I'm beginning to wonder just how feasible it will be to meet up with you guys while I'm hear. :( My friend won't get back to me with definite plans for tonight and tomorrow is xmas eve and then it's xmas and then I leave. I should have planned this out better. All hope is not lost yet but it's pretty close. Sorry.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 23 December 2005 21:33 (nineteen years ago)

HERE. I swear I'm not a total idiot.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 23 December 2005 21:41 (nineteen years ago)

wtf randy moss? nothing in this town makes any sense.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 23 December 2005 22:08 (nineteen years ago)

OK. I will be at a bar at 11th and Kenyon tonight after 9:30, if anyone wants to stop by and try and find me. I don't know what it is called or anything. I will be wearing this sweater:
http://static.flickr.com/5/9217827_2b0ec885ed.jpg

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 23 December 2005 23:00 (nineteen years ago)

You have to WANT to meet me.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 23 December 2005 23:03 (nineteen years ago)

I believe you're speaking of Wonderland.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 23 December 2005 23:21 (nineteen years ago)

My mom's friend tried to get me to go carolling with her daugher.

I just back from DC and I think I need a bit more time to grow into this new pageboy haircut.

Also, I feel a bit sick so I think I will just wrap presents and make Christmas mixes and watch Veronica Mars and try to avoid carollers.

Have fun though, all, if you meet up. Nick, I'm sorry to miss you and your argyle sweater.

I went to Busboys & Poets today; it's actually kind of cool there. They have good children's books. And they gave me a free capaccino for no reason.

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 23 December 2005 23:38 (nineteen years ago)

(Note: I don't actually expect any of you to show up.)

― n/a (Nick A.), Saturday, 24 December 2005 00:07 (nineteen years ago)

Do you mean Santana Moss?

Northeast is fun! It's a magical place where men stop dead in their tracks to open doors for me, offer me gifts, and compliment me endlessly! I am going to move there, very soon.

I live in Northeast. It's a whole other world out here, you drive across that bridge at H Street and realize nobody who lives in NW ever comes over. Most of the time people are very nice, even the drunk guy up the street, although I didn't stop to chat..

― dar1a g (daria g), Saturday, 24 December 2005 01:39 (nineteen years ago)

going East over that bridge for the first time really feels like an adventure

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 24 December 2005 01:52 (nineteen years ago)

ALL OF YOU WHO DID NOT SHOW UP TO WONDERLAND TONITE = LAME.
also everybody else except for a couple of Nick's friends who showed up to wonderland tonite = lame. Not including obviously me, ally, n/a.
wtf that bar's location, milieu and clientele make absolutely no rational sense whatsoever. HEY! it's the bar in DC that has expensive beers that you have to DRIVE TO! wtf is the asylum THAT DIFFICULT?

Also no, not santana moss. randy moss.

― TOMBOT, Saturday, 24 December 2005 05:52 (nineteen years ago)

It's a good name though. How is Bar Pilar? Lame?

― Mary (Mary), Saturday, 24 December 2005 08:48 (nineteen years ago)

Okay on weeknights, kind of a toolshed on weekends.

The Saint-Ex owner claims he opened Bar P so he'd have a bar he wanted to drink in. Simpler solution: Start openly antagonizing your most annoying Saint-Ex customers until they leave. Or hire me to antagonize them for you.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Saturday, 24 December 2005 09:49 (nineteen years ago)

Thanks for coming, Tom and Ally, it was good to see you guys and not have to act like I remembered people I don't know. Ariel and I went to Metro 29 diner after, that place is bizarre.

― n/a (Nick A.), Saturday, 24 December 2005 15:02 (nineteen years ago)

I thought the bar was fine, if fucking loud, but obv. I don't have a grasp of the location issues and scene politics.

― n/a (Nick A.), Saturday, 24 December 2005 15:06 (nineteen years ago)

MERRY X-MAS EVE EVERYONE I AM AT WORK BAAAAAAAH!

On the upside: I remembered to bring booze with me this time.

On the downside: this is my second attempt at coming in to work today. On my first attempt, I pulled up to my Rockville office only to realize that I left my access card hanging on the doorknob at home. No one (and I mean NO ONE) is stupid enough to be here besides me, so I had to drive back to dc to get my card to actually get into my fucking office FUCK ME!!!!

― quincie, Saturday, 24 December 2005 18:59 (nineteen years ago)

quincie, that is laaaaaaaaaaame and you owe it to yourself to get productively hammered. sorry i didn't show last night; pete and i were seeing friends in from colorado and then i had to go meet up with some beloved former coworkers at the brickskeller. i consumed several exotic russian beers that i really didn't need. but merry xmas to everybody.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Saturday, 24 December 2005 19:33 (nineteen years ago)

Is anyone going to Midnight Mass? I feel strangely in the mood for some pomp and circumstance this year. National Gallery is sold out but Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is available. But my sister doesn't arrive tonight till around 6 so I'm not sure she'll be in the mood to worship the baby Jesus. Also, did you know that midnight mass is no longer at midnight? Both the above are at 10.30. Wash Post ran an article today explaining. There are some hold-outs though. I don't know, I think Midnight Mass is maybe the coolest thing about the Catholic Church? Do other denominations have midnight services?

― Mary (Mary), Saturday, 24 December 2005 19:35 (nineteen years ago)

poor wee quincie. do not work tomorrow!

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Saturday, 24 December 2005 19:44 (nineteen years ago)

I DO IN FACT HAVE TO WORK TOMORROW MOOKIE I R SO FUCKED!

Mary, the Episcopalians do midnight mass. Three quarters of the congregation is drunk by then, of course.

― quincie, Saturday, 24 December 2005 20:17 (nineteen years ago)

Q, that's so wrong! I think this calls for some serious workplace drinking. Then expense the cab fare home.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Saturday, 24 December 2005 20:32 (nineteen years ago)

Fuck the Skins.

― TOMBOT, Saturday, 24 December 2005 23:45 (nineteen years ago)

It's quarter of seven on christmas eve and I'm all alone in a Rockville office park, tipsy on flat champagne. Surely I should kill myself?

― quincie, Saturday, 24 December 2005 23:46 (nineteen years ago)

I mean, is the sixth floor high enough to guarentee success?

― quincie, Saturday, 24 December 2005 23:47 (nineteen years ago)

Fuck, the windows don't open.

― quincie, Saturday, 24 December 2005 23:47 (nineteen years ago)

I mean, I'm an editor who can't spell "guarantee"--what have I to live for?

― quincie, Saturday, 24 December 2005 23:48 (nineteen years ago)

Quincie, don't do it! Harm others, not yourself!

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Sunday, 25 December 2005 00:40 (nineteen years ago)

You have so much to live for! Like after-Christmas sales! And the new season of The Wire! And John Waters!

Without you, who will perfect the recipe for panda tacos?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Sunday, 25 December 2005 00:42 (nineteen years ago)

Hey Q, at least you don't have to go to the Doktor tomorrow at noon for labwork and probably antibiotics. Ally had to direct me from the living room sofa while I made the traditional ZUPPA DI PESCE. We are out of commission and watching Bond films on Sp!ke TV, so far our most-watched channel since we finally got cable TV back. Or rather, satellite TV. whatever.

― TOMBOT, Sunday, 25 December 2005 01:58 (nineteen years ago)

o quincie, i am praying for you

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Sunday, 25 December 2005 02:58 (nineteen years ago)

so to speak

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Sunday, 25 December 2005 02:59 (nineteen years ago)

Thank you for your kind wishes--I managed to make it through the night. It is now x-mas proper and although I am BACK AT WORK (fuckfuckfuck) I am sporting this great shirt from Mr. Q:

http://www.cafepress.com/bstick.40197532

So my mood is much better. I'll be fetching my parents from BWI later this afternoon, and then the fun will really begin.

Tombot, I hope you and Ally are holding up OK. Remember: alcohol kills pathogens! Drink up!

― quincie, Sunday, 25 December 2005 16:55 (nineteen years ago)

Hang tough, Q! Hope you have a suitable bacchanal tonight.

It could be worse: Someone gave my mom an Elvis box set, so we're working our way through the gospel section as I write this. There's not enough eggnog in the world to get me through this with sanity intact.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Sunday, 25 December 2005 18:32 (nineteen years ago)

Dudes I hit a deer (well, some dumbass in the fast lane hit a deer and knocked it straight into my windshield) on I-70 driving to my hometown last night. My car is currently sitting on the shoulder of the highway with a big old hole in the windshield and one of the side mirrors gone and glass absolutely everywhere and I think the drivers side window is cracked too, so it's all got to be replaced. What a pain. But, I feel pretty lucky that I slowed down a bit before it hit me or some truly bad shit could've happened. I only had to pick a few glass shards out of my hands. While waiting for the police & my dad to arrive I got to hang out for like half an hour watching car after car after car run over, uh, what was left of the deer. :)

Uh, what is up with churches in the DC area NOT having midnight mass? That's the biggest service of the year at the (Catholic) church I went to growing up.

― dar1a g (daria g), Sunday, 25 December 2005 19:36 (nineteen years ago)

OK so allyzay got really sick, quincie had to work, and dar1a g is hit by a secondhand ungulate and bashes her car to pieces. Obviously ladies should not stay in the DC area over the holidays!

BTW the lab, the doctor and the pharmacist each took less time than the fucking cab dispatch. Barwood taxi service of Kensington, MD, you are on fucking notice. I would have been fine with this DC Xmas weather totally blowing ass if I hadn't had to spend so much time out in it!

― TOMBOT, Sunday, 25 December 2005 21:48 (nineteen years ago)

Holy shit, Darla! Glad you're okay, and that you weren't tempted by the deer pudding.

Barwood is a pretty creepy operation whose Montgomery County monopoly status lets them blow off any standards of timely service--Now Even Slower Than the Metro Disability Shuttle!

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Sunday, 25 December 2005 23:44 (nineteen years ago)

AHA.

― TOMBOT, Sunday, 25 December 2005 23:55 (nineteen years ago)

revived DC music thread on ILM

Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

― curmudgeon Steve (Steve K), Monday, 26 December 2005 04:54 (nineteen years ago)

hey, i just got a record player for christmas, where can i buy LPs? Im looking for older stuff, like 50's-60's RnB, country, rock.

oh, and go skins.

― JD from CDepot, Monday, 26 December 2005 23:54 (nineteen years ago)

JD, getcher ass on over to a) Joe's Record Paradise in Silver Spring; b) Crooked Beat in Adams Morgan; and c) Record and Tape Exchange in Fairfax. I haven't checked out Roadhouse Oldies in Silver Spring yet, but they might be worthwhile. Baltimore's got a lotta good options too.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 01:56 (nineteen years ago)

Cd Cellar in Falls Church now has a couple boxes of records. I last went to Roadhouse Oldies 4 or so years ago, and they had a lot of expensive stuff.

― Curmudgeon Steve (Steve K), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 05:41 (nineteen years ago)

Yo.

Tombot, you still goto the Asylum?

― Spink, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 14:45 (nineteen years ago)

Not really, as mentioned above we found a place down the street with better wings and NFL sunday ticket. I wouldn't bitch about going, though, Boo the giant bartender who used to bounce at 9:30 still remembers my name.

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 14:58 (nineteen years ago)

A friend of mine works there...dont know how long he's been there, but his name is Pete. A friend of mine from Richmond. A big dude with a shaved head.

― Spink, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 15:01 (nineteen years ago)

When do you wanna hang out? Wherever.

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 15:03 (nineteen years ago)

What are you guys doing for new years?

My mom is in town at the moment...not going anywhere or doing anything until the 1st I guess.

Luke ended up bailing on me Xmas eve, by the way.

― Spink, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 15:04 (nineteen years ago)

We wouldn't have been able to make it anyway, I ended up going to emergency care the next day :(

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 15:11 (nineteen years ago)

so are you guys gonna die?

― ZR (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 15:15 (nineteen years ago)

Tom's not, I don't have anything contagious. Me, yes, probably!

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 15:17 (nineteen years ago)

We don't know what to do for NYE. I have to work until 2230 that night, but a couple of friends of mine are going to be in town too, college buddies I've known forever. I think you met one of them, Nick, from Disco Cave Theater 3000 or whatever, if you know what I'm talking about. You may not.

I remember enjoying the Black Cat shindig two years ago.

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 16:20 (nineteen years ago)

we went to the black cat last year too, what is this "two years ago" nonsense? Of course, last year was total ass so perhaps "enjoying" was part of the equation.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 16:37 (nineteen years ago)

We went through 10+ bottles of champagne, easy. Good god that must have been expensive...but I honestly dont remember.

At one point i remember at least 3 of us double fisting BOTTLES.

― Spink, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

That was the night Tom threw his shoe "at the window"!!! I don't know how we could've afforded all that champagne though.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 16:49 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah I remember now, that was the night I yelled "nice tits!" at random people across the street as we were LEAVING the place and then we had a huge fight all the way home! Is that right? Maybe we should just stay home and get riled up at one another over stupid shit. Save money that way.

Though OTOH at least at the BC we can be sure nobody is going to drop Usher on the jukebox or upstairs so we can avoid THAT happening again.

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 16:57 (nineteen years ago)

OK seriously do I necessarily have a drinking problem if I drink around 3 alcohol units (3 beers/glasses of wine/mixed drinks) daily (as in, each and every day of the year)? Because last night (as I was working on my 4th margarita--but mom kept "taking sips" so it was really only about my 3rd) my mom and husband tried to pull some half-ass impromptu intervention regarding my "drinking too much." Note: neither of them really drinks much at all, so pretty much anything "daily" strikes them as too much, I guess. My dad was totally mum on the subject so apparently HE's not concerned.

Opinions please: Quincie, lush or not-lush?

― quincie, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 17:09 (nineteen years ago)

Remind me to spend the holidays drinking alone next year.

― quincie, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 17:10 (nineteen years ago)

gee wonder why I called you an asshole.

quincie, that's not a huge problem, it depends. A) How do YOU act, do you have erratic behaviors from drinking or mood swings? B) can you go into social situations and NOT drink if necessary? C) Are you able to stop at or before 3/5/348/whatever your limit is for being "drunk" generally? I mean from what I can tell you seem OK, I wouldn't worry.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 17:19 (nineteen years ago)

I think I'm fine now--no erratic behavior, no problem being social w/o drinking (although perhaps I would often prefer to drink, e.g. when parents are visiting!).

BUT I guess I do probably have that potential to tip over the edge into "problemness"--but I'm not sure that really means I need to change anything. I mean, I've maintained pretty much the same level of more-or-less daily alcohol consumption for years and years, and almost never do anything the would qualify as "binge drinking," but am I supposed to "cut down" because I suppose there is a remote possiblility that it could become a problem?

I drink more than my parents and husband, and more than medical guidelines describe as "moderate" alcohol use (one drink daily for women--puhleez), but it doesn't seem like too much to me. But then again, perhaps I'm an alcoholic who can't judge these things!

― quincie, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 17:29 (nineteen years ago)

To me terms like "alcoholic" are almost entirely useless because they're so completely subjective. One person can have a few glasses of wine a day and they're fine; another is a wreck off way way way less than that and has a problem. Of course, the more you drink, the more likely it is to be a problem, but it doesn't necessarily follow.

Basically, I figure that if you're not hampering your ability to work, interact with other people, maintain relationships or stay healthy then you're doing as well as anyone ever is.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 18:50 (nineteen years ago)

That is OTM. Alcoholic gets thrown around very lightly these days but to me that strikes me as something an eensy bit more serious than "Oh noes you drink more than x per day u must be a drunky." If you turned around and said, like, you sit around screaming at people out cars on a weekly basis or regularly can't make it into work or your friends started avoiding you, I mean, yeah, you have a problem but it's totally different to each person as to what that breaking point is! So I wouldn't worry about it.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 19:03 (nineteen years ago)

Keep your posts limited to two sentences max. My add cannot keep up with this today. All I read in your last post Ally was "That is OTM so I wouldnt worry about it"...which seems to work fine regardless.

― Spink, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 19:07 (nineteen years ago)

To be honest with you I'm barely keeping up mjyself.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 19:09 (nineteen years ago)

Oh noes you drink more than x per day u must be a drunky

God how I love this quip. Ally, you are a goddess.

― quincie, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 19:32 (nineteen years ago)

On a totally unrelated note:

Using your GI Bill VA Benefits is possibly one of the most painful things I have done in my lifetime. Its on par with flossing.

― Spink, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 19:33 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.engrish.com/image/engrish/sticktocoffee.jpg

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 19:36 (nineteen years ago)

xpost
Deer pudding, hah. the (very nice) good old boy state trooper who arrived soon after I called 911 was on the line with a dispatcher like "well, a young lady saw this here deer walkin' out on the freeway and decided to take 'im out, so y'all might wanna send a road crew out to clean 'im up. Bring a shovel." There is fur all over the inside of my car! It's sort of disgusting, but I guess it could've been, uh, guts and stuff too. So if you're headin' out to the boonies anytime soon and the weather's a bit warmer than usual be sure & watch out for the improvised exploding deers.

I can't believe I forgot the Redskins-Giants game was on Saturday this week and missed the whole thing. Oh, and by the way HAHAHAHA YALL 4-0 in December HAHAHAHA awesome.

― dar1a g (daria g), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 20:04 (nineteen years ago)

Alcoholic=anyone who drinks slightly more than the person calling them an alcoholic.

I'd only worry if I couldn't go a few days without. Or if my liquor store owner started slipping me AA pamphlets.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 20:05 (nineteen years ago)

Dar1a, your car sounds like a Joseph Beuys installation; you should put that shit in a gallery.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

Perhaps he would have rather liked my black wool trousers covered in glass splinters and fur. They were all glittery. Also there were some streaks of kinda fat tallow stuff on the side windows, very Beuys..

― dar1a g (daria g), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:36 (nineteen years ago)

Hi everyone! I am happy because I'm going to leave work early today and I don't have to show up again until Tuesday! And tomorrow I will get to hang out some with my parents! And then they will go home!

My one and only resolvation for 2006 is to do more stuff. In that spirit, anyone interested in a flick at the Goethe-Institut on Tuesday? It is called BIN ICH SEXY! How could you resist?

Also: please notate your New Years Eve plans thusly.

― quincie, Friday, 30 December 2005 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

We don't know yet. Back-from-Iraq homeboy Nick is spending the ay browsing the web and reading through the local papers at my behest trying to find something affordable and reasonable for everyone; I left a message on Spink's phone but he doesn't listen to voicemail or respond otherwise; Ally's coworker is going to this $90/person all-you-can-eat-and/or-drink thing at the Front Page, right down the street from us, but it looks like we might do the Black Cat again, since $90/head is a bit pricey for a couple of our Maryland pals we haven't seen in exactly nine million years.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 30 December 2005 16:50 (nineteen years ago)

"When the series emerged before U.S. TV audiences as Speed Racer, fans were quickly drawn to its sophisticated plots involving fiendish conspiracies, violent action, hard-driving racing, and soulful characters with sparkling eyes."

― TOMBOT, Friday, 30 December 2005 17:00 (nineteen years ago)

Wikipedia is full of awesome

― TOMBOT, Friday, 30 December 2005 17:01 (nineteen years ago)

I think the gal and I are going to a few parties. We'll kick things off in Mt. Pleasant, then off to Takoma Park for a friend's birthday party (maybe meet up with Pete there) and then finish things at another one. Should be relatively fun, but as NYE always suxx beyond belief I'm sort of counting on something to fuck it all up.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 30 December 2005 17:10 (nineteen years ago)

maybe ill come to MTP! that would do the trick!

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Friday, 30 December 2005 17:11 (nineteen years ago)

jesus, ever since i found a new place to live (ill post more about this next week), i cant stop using exclamation points in every email/post i write. im so fucking excited.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Friday, 30 December 2005 17:13 (nineteen years ago)

dude fucking dim sum CATCH THE EXCITEMENT!

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 30 December 2005 17:15 (nineteen years ago)

perfect teeth > imperial btw

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Friday, 30 December 2005 17:17 (nineteen years ago)

pretty good crack down there in arlington, huh?

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 30 December 2005 17:18 (nineteen years ago)

haw haw

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Friday, 30 December 2005 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

maybe we should move this on over to gmail, buddy

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Friday, 30 December 2005 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

$90 might be doable since we went the "cheap" route last year and ended up getting a case of champagne at DC bar prices anyway. I have to talk to the boss.

― Spink, Friday, 30 December 2005 18:03 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah I feel you dogg but Danomi is half-unemployed at the mo, as Green Giant informed me dropping two c-notes is not a fun option for them to think about.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 30 December 2005 18:22 (nineteen years ago)

Forgot about them. Its easy to do when you live 15 miles from someone that never returns your calls or go anywhere unless you pick them up.

― Spink, Friday, 30 December 2005 18:23 (nineteen years ago)

I don't mind doing the Front Page thing myself personally considering that we probably spent $90 a person (WITHOUT food) last year but if there's some good alternative I have no problem with that. I really don't care cos I can't drink much anyway.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 30 December 2005 18:30 (nineteen years ago)

Im fighting something, and hope it doesnt go full-blown sickness before tomorrow night. Nikki's in the same boat. I dont know what we're going to do yet.

― Spink, Friday, 30 December 2005 18:31 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/homepage/hp01-01-06ff.jpg

HOORAY

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 2 January 2006 00:23 (nineteen years ago)

sweet

― ZR (teenagequiet), Monday, 2 January 2006 00:33 (nineteen years ago)

Anyone still hungover?

― quincie, Tuesday, 3 January 2006 18:38 (nineteen years ago)

much better now, thanks

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 18:52 (nineteen years ago)

i'm banned in d.c.

― HAKKEBOFFER (eman), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 18:55 (nineteen years ago)

When do we next FAP?

― quincie, Tuesday, 3 January 2006 19:00 (nineteen years ago)

Great, it's 2pm and I haven't had a chance to eat anything today!

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 3 January 2006 19:04 (nineteen years ago)

whatever. how much mountain dew have you had?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 19:09 (nineteen years ago)

dood doesn't LM provide, like, endless free snax?

― quincie, Tuesday, 3 January 2006 19:19 (nineteen years ago)

I feel like I've been on a monthlong gravy diet, and thus am never eating again. At least until Super Bowl chili.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 21:49 (nineteen years ago)

i am not drinking for at least a few days. probably

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 21:58 (nineteen years ago)

Is Marion Barry doing so, after being robbed?

― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 4 January 2006 15:53 (nineteen years ago)

Somehow I feel unsatisfied with the world knowing that the odds are strongly against the robbery of Marion Barry being connected in any way with the Abramoff scandal. It would all be so much more entertaining if it were otherwise.

Anyway, why is K Street the lobbying district? What does it mean?

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 4 January 2006 15:59 (nineteen years ago)

because it's k-corrupt? i dunno.

out of curiosity (honestly), what are the notorious DC strips for prostitution? it seems like something i should know after living here this long.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 16:03 (nineteen years ago)

You mean *cough* massage parlors *cough*, right?

― ng-unit, Wednesday, 4 January 2006 16:06 (nineteen years ago)

Supposedly most of the lobbying rackets that make up "K Street" aren't even on the real K St anymore, making it some kind of displaced synecdoche thing like "Madison Avenue".

I got a Subway sandwich on K St once, but no influence was being peddled, just that funny-smelling bread.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 16:15 (nineteen years ago)

why is K Street the lobbying district?

lots of office buildings near the White House and executive agencies? easy on-off for out-of-district traffic?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 16:16 (nineteen years ago)

I work on K Street. It's a nonstop circus of intrigue, influence peddling and backroom deals. Also my buidling has a Vie de France downstairs. Vie de France, people. Welcome to the big leagues.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 18:51 (nineteen years ago)

I once worked there. Lotsa law firms. But has anybody gone to this place:

"A few blocks from MCI Center, Abramoff also wined and dined politicians and their aides at Signatures, his expensive Pennsylvania Avenue restaurant, billing tribal clients for hundreds of thousands of dollars in meals there, sources familiar with the billings said."

― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 4 January 2006 18:57 (nineteen years ago)

A former housemate of mine (subletter. lawyer. right wing asshole.) was so proud of himself because he was taking his girlfriend (who he was cheating on) and some out of town friends who thought they were big shots to a "political restaurant." I said, so, uh, dude, what's on the menu at a political restaurant? Now I know.

― dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 19:15 (nineteen years ago)

I'll take that garden sandwich with a pickle and an appropriations rider, thank you very much!

Speaking of which, the Capitol Steps make me want to die.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 19:27 (nineteen years ago)

I used to walk by Signatures all the time, it's right down by the Navy Memorial. I'd look at the clientele and wonder to myself how come nobody under 50 ever appeared to eat or drink there.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 4 January 2006 19:27 (nineteen years ago)

The Capitol Steps are unbearable. So is the Wonkette's novel, apparently. There's a lot of stuff that could be funny about DC - so many people taking themselves so seriously! - but nothing funny has been done with it.

Abramoff's film noir black trench coat and fedora getup was interesting, though. Like he thought he would try hard to play the villain to the hilt, except he's rather portly and the hat doesn't fit properly and it's slightly clumsy and sad instead of badass.

http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2006/01/04/PH2006010400854.jpg

― dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

It's probably one of the top 5 attempts at male fashion in DC EVER though.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 19:46 (nineteen years ago)

#1-4
http://www.watsoncrombie.com/steve_spurrier/hogettes.jpg

Abramoff always looks like he's about to cry! Now he's off to sit in the dark with a bottle of Jim Beam and listen to, uh.. some depressing maudlin dadrock, like Billy Joel or something.

― dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.arts.gov/about/NEARTS/images/Chuck-Brown.jpg

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.audiogalaxy.com/reviews/makeup/makeup1.jpg
OHNOES WHERE'S THE WHITE BELT?

I mean I'm just trying to picture how maudlin and depressing these golf trips and fancy dinners and skyboxes must have been all along, you know? Bunch of blowhard Republicans with bad taste hanging around trying to impress each other.

― dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 19:56 (nineteen years ago)

i went to a small republican lobbyist group's christmas party about eight years ago--it was the most fake, disturbing and hilarious scene ever. so many little ralph reeds!

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

I ate at Signatures once. The food was excellent and very creative - the chef (who has an upcoming appearance on Iron Chef USA) was always a mismatch for the expensive but very dull space. Just oppressive. It was a weird lobbyist meets experimental african menu - plus sushi!

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 20:07 (nineteen years ago)

Little Ralph Reeds! Oh lala

I haven't met any of them, but it occurs to me that the one right wing dude I have met who's busy working his way into the right wing power broker hierarchy & hooking up with right wing bimbos.. Well, he's an annoying tasteless arrogant ridiculous pompous jerk, much disliked by his colleagues, and I have a hard time believing he's real and not a cartoon character, and then I realize, assholes like him run the world.

― dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 21:07 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, uh, sorry for spamming, but Pete and I (and our two other bandmates) are gonna be playing a show this Sunday night at the very-Metro-accessible Warehouse Next Door. We're in the middle, after Drums vs. Jules and before Get Him Eat Him. Should be good times. Come if you can make it/feel like it, it'd be nice to see folks!

Also, I forgot to mention this at the time, but the dude I share an office with and a friend of his scammed a ton of liquor off the RNC when they by chance stumbled into the same bar where they were holding their xmas party and then faked intern status.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 21:12 (nineteen years ago)

THIS Sunday? For some reason I thought it was NEXT Sunday. I will try to make it anyway tho dude, what time does the whole shebangy start?

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 21:13 (nineteen years ago)

Apparently Signatures has been closed for the past couple of weeks or so! We had no idea until today. Where do the little Ralph Reeds eat NOW?

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 4 January 2006 21:18 (nineteen years ago)

Next Sunday I will be relaxing in the lush jungles of Kauai. This Sunday I will be drunk and behaving in a generally embarrassing manner whilst flubbing notes. Doors are at 8:30, we'll probably be on by 10ish?

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 21:23 (nineteen years ago)

http://dotdotdotcomma.com/motorsport/f1/lookalikes/images/toht2.jpg

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 21:31 (nineteen years ago)

2 things:

1) Anyone want to meet up for the SUNDAY football games in Adams Morgan?
2) Anyone else interested in going to the Black Cat Feb 18 for Electric Six?

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 5 January 2006 21:37 (nineteen years ago)

1)I'm up for Sunday football if this proposal-writing madness ever comes to an end. I hope you have an mind a place with a good beer selection and outstanding chicken wings, 'cause I sure as hell am not interested in the football aspect.
2)HOW CAN YOU PLAN SO FAR AHEAD AAAAAAGH I WANT MY LIFE BACK!

― quincie, Thursday, 5 January 2006 22:15 (nineteen years ago)

1) I have in mind a smallish not-very-crowded-usually place with an acceptable beer selection (not huge but I have no objections to it) and the BEST wings I've ever had, at a price of $0.25 a wing all day.

2) If I don't plan that far ahead, I never do things! I have to force myself if it's something I really wanna do otherwise I get fucked every time.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 5 January 2006 22:23 (nineteen years ago)

did you say FOOTBALL? hey, maybe.. I can just kick back and watch b/c I don't care too much about who wins the Sunday games, though I like Pittsburgh.

― dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 5 January 2006 22:29 (nineteen years ago)

There's a coupla Steelers fans who frequent this bar. Complete with terrible towels!

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 5 January 2006 22:44 (nineteen years ago)

heh heh. Get on the bus!

― dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 5 January 2006 22:46 (nineteen years ago)

The entirety of the Steelers is kind of "Supersized," it seems sort of a cruel trick by the fans and players to single him out as the fatty. OTOH the Bus is a great nickname, and more flattering than the Fridge.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 5 January 2006 23:59 (nineteen years ago)

Allyzay, I am all in favor of hanging out, but can't get excited about football and think that that one time I saw E6 in NYC will suffice.

However, counter-offers:

Low at the Black Cat?
Colin Meloy at the Birchmere?
B&S at the 9:30?

I will unfortunately be out of town for the CryFest (pathetic dance party that no one would likely be interested in anyway).

I can probably make the Fake Accents though.

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 6 January 2006 02:43 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.dchousing.org/regions/anacostia/Images/Map-Anacostia.gif

― HAKKEBOFFER (eman), Friday, 6 January 2006 03:20 (nineteen years ago)

The ad for CryFest always makes me laugh, so it can't be that pathetic.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 6 January 2006 14:27 (nineteen years ago)

What on earth is CryFest?

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 6 January 2006 14:57 (nineteen years ago)

i am totally going to B&S/NPs, mary!

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Friday, 6 January 2006 14:59 (nineteen years ago)

cryfest at black cat is smiths vs. depeche mode dance night, right? is it cure vs. smiths? cure vs. depeche mode? something like that, anyway.

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Friday, 6 January 2006 15:00 (nineteen years ago)

Smiths v Depeche Mode sounds good, Cure v Smiths not so good.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 6 January 2006 15:01 (nineteen years ago)

FRI JAN 20- FYM Productions presents: CRYFEST- Cure vs. Smiths Dance Party featuring DJ Steve EP, Melli Mel, and Killa K $9 mainstage 9:30

― TOMBOT, Friday, 6 January 2006 15:28 (nineteen years ago)

I'm pretty sure I've seen ads for that before, like sitting around at the Asylum, do they do this regularly or have they been repping it a long time now?

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 6 January 2006 15:32 (nineteen years ago)

They do it a couple times a year.

But if you really want to go to the Black Cat that night Will Eastman of BLISS and I are running a 2000s pop dance night on the Backstage. $6. And it's a benefit! For the kids!

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Friday, 6 January 2006 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

WHICH KIDS?

― quincie, Friday, 6 January 2006 15:40 (nineteen years ago)

IS IT THE DUMB KIDS OR THE CRIPPLE KIDS OR THE POOR KIDS?

― quincie, Friday, 6 January 2006 15:41 (nineteen years ago)

Sorry. I'm kind of losing it here. I've just been informed that I shall be putting in another working weekend.

― quincie, Friday, 6 January 2006 15:42 (nineteen years ago)

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 6 January 2006 15:43 (nineteen years ago)

There's still hope that I can make it for Sunday chicken wings, so all is not lost!

― quincie, Friday, 6 January 2006 15:44 (nineteen years ago)

I mean, I only have to this once, maybe twice a year. But some people work this hard ALL THE TIME? WTF is wrong with them?

― quincie, Friday, 6 January 2006 15:45 (nineteen years ago)

I was stuck doing that kind of crap for months at a time at my old job. It's one of those things that just happens. First your job seems normal and you like everyone so you're willing to do a favor "occasionally." Then they expect you to live there and it becomes difficult to say no because you're "letting them down" if you do. So then you bean a mofo with a stapler and storm out the office and they give you a week off. Easy!

I hope you can make it for chicken wings, you need the break!! They are DELICIOUS.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 6 January 2006 15:48 (nineteen years ago)

haha did you seriously hit someone with a stapler?

Also: what time/where exactly on Sunday?

― quincie, Friday, 6 January 2006 15:56 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, it goes in waves. I was totally Mr. 7.5-hrs-i'm-goin-home take-a-sickie-whenever for like my first two years on this job, now I get referred to by the PM as his "Go-to guy" and have been pulling 10-11 hour days pretty constantly for the last two or three months. No stapler pitching though.

I am so stoked for playoffs and wings and lager, oh my god.

(TS Muttly's 1pm!)

― TOMBOT, Friday, 6 January 2006 16:00 (nineteen years ago)

No but one of my best friends did.

And yeah, I guess that is vital information that I am forgetting. I'm going to get to the bar a little before 1pm and will be there conceivably the entire day. The place: TS Muttly's, which is kind of towards the end of that 18th St strip, around the same area as Pharmacy is. It's easy-ish to miss but there should be a huge fuck off Irish flag hanging and a blackboard advertising 25c wings and NFL sunday ticket outside. xpost

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 6 January 2006 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

I note that your habit of taking "sick" days once a week magically disappeared when I moved in, Tom.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 6 January 2006 16:02 (nineteen years ago)

are there no more hardcore matinees at the safari club? ;)

lol @ tenleytown skinhead posse

― HAKKEBOFFER (eman), Friday, 6 January 2006 16:23 (nineteen years ago)

Smiths v Depeche would be great! We should start that, maybe.

― Maryzay, Friday, 6 January 2006 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

I think so, I think it'd be a big money maker!

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 6 January 2006 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

Pet Shop Boys vs Depeche, maybe?

I'm probably going to the Low show, their last record was great..

― dar1a g (daria g), Friday, 6 January 2006 17:13 (nineteen years ago)

make sure you get up close or you won't be able to hear them over the people talking

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 6 January 2006 17:35 (nineteen years ago)

ohno! I've seen them before, but at the 9:30.. the first time, went with a college friend of mine backstage so he could interview them, and after about fifteen minutes we had to give up, nobody could hear a thing because SWANS started their set. holy shit, were they loud. second show was really nice, the club had chairs and tables set up all over, audience very quiet.

― dar1a g (daria g), Friday, 6 January 2006 17:43 (nineteen years ago)

man, talking ruined both the low and cat power shows i attended at the old black cat. what's with that shit? sort of on a similar note, my friend told me that when she saw mag. fields at 9:30, they stopped their encore and left the stage after a cellphone rang in the middle of a song.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 6 January 2006 17:54 (nineteen years ago)

that is essentially true. if only the cellphone had gone off during opening act rick moody...

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 6 January 2006 18:32 (nineteen years ago)

Really? Rick Moody? With his band, or just kind of going on about stuff?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 6 January 2006 18:47 (nineteen years ago)

Spoken Word.

i shouldn't complain--at least it wasn't Army of Me

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 6 January 2006 18:49 (nineteen years ago)

DC fashion alert

Jack Abramoff, Wearing a Guilty Look

Lobbyist Jack Abramoff has had a full-blown aesthetic meltdown. He has leapt into an abyss of ill-fitting coats, mobster flourishes and Peter Pan headgear.

― dar1a g (daria g), Friday, 6 January 2006 18:56 (nineteen years ago)

worst band ever. EVER. xpost.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 6 January 2006 18:56 (nineteen years ago)

didnt they used to be called cabbage patch?

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Friday, 6 January 2006 19:01 (nineteen years ago)

You've got to marvel at their persistence; I think they'd take a gig opening for Pol Pot at a Chuck E. Cheese.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 6 January 2006 19:01 (nineteen years ago)

Stephen, you win the "funniest thing I've read today" award.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 6 January 2006 19:11 (nineteen years ago)

Although "You're the one for me, Fatah" comes close!

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 6 January 2006 19:11 (nineteen years ago)

Jesus, where was that?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 6 January 2006 19:15 (nineteen years ago)

over on ILM in one of the two threads titled a variant of "answer my question urgently"

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 6 January 2006 19:17 (nineteen years ago)

I've just been informed that the baby panda is currently on cam, sitting in his bucket, playing with a ball. I don't know how I ended up knowing such things.

http://animal.discovery.com/cams/pandavidr.html

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:08 (nineteen years ago)

HALF SMOKE.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 6 January 2006 20:21 (nineteen years ago)

Stephen, it appears you have linked me to a streaming vid of a dead baby panda in a basket.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:24 (nineteen years ago)

The easier to make tacos!

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:25 (nineteen years ago)

you know you drink too much mountain dew when the street vendor outside your workplace sets the last one aside for you every day.

one morning i came downstairs to find that my gf had unfolded and highlighted the recent army of me article in the wapost. just to hurt me. our love is like that.

dead panda xp

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:26 (nineteen years ago)

wait, so the secretary in our office spends all day watching this?

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:27 (nineteen years ago)

As appealing as baby panda tacos sounds, I actually just ate lunch. Shall we meet at the zoo later, say 7:30ish?

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:27 (nineteen years ago)

fuck fuck fuck I really wanted to see this but yinz have BROKEN THE PANDA CAM!

― quincie, Friday, 6 January 2006 20:28 (nineteen years ago)

chimipanda

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:29 (nineteen years ago)

haha you said yinz

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:29 (nineteen years ago)

you really aren't missing anything, quincie. Besides a dead baby panda what was crushed by a soccer ball in a basket.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:30 (nineteen years ago)

aka THE COOLEST THING OF ALL TIME

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

i cant believe i cant find a picture for this, but here's a story aboutpanda creams.

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

I saw those, "panda creams." They seemed a little weird to me, not to mention they don't actually bear resemblance to a panda, so it is really just a terrible gimmicky tie-in to "panda-monium" we've been having recently. I mean white cream with chocolate chips, why not just call it "dalmation creams" or something? Or maybe not tie it into the idea of "animal cream" at all, I mean wtf?

Also is there a hotline to the zoo I can ring up? I want someone to go wake this fucking panda up, poke it with a stick and make it run around a bit. I mean this isn't really very exciting, what it's doing.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:36 (nineteen years ago)

i like the idea of "panda creams" as a newspaper headline

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:41 (nineteen years ago)

"Stuff your stocking with panda cream"

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

followed by a snarky robin givhan article, no doubt

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

You should be able to send a cougar in there with him. There's your creamed panda.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

OH MY GOD IT MOVED FINALLY. IT ROLLED OVER AND PUT ITS PAWS ON ITS EYES. NOW IT'S HALF HANGING OUT OF THE BUCKET. MAYBE IT WILL GET OUT AND DO SOMETHING???? ONLY TIME WILL TELL.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

Wow. I just got to see an extreme close up of a panda pooping.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:57 (nineteen years ago)

thatll teach you to be snarky about panda-inactivity.

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:58 (nineteen years ago)

They really zoomed in on it too, like you just saw its butt and poop. WTF?

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

At $500k/yr, that poop might as well be made of soft platinum.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 6 January 2006 21:00 (nineteen years ago)

seriously! is anybody ebay'ing that shit?

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Friday, 6 January 2006 21:01 (nineteen years ago)

The mommy panda is being kind of a bitch right now, she seems to be eating all of lazy-ass's food.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 6 January 2006 21:04 (nineteen years ago)

Either that or she's cleaning his butt. It's kind of hard to tell.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 6 January 2006 21:04 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.ofb.net/~epstein/sl/0510/20051026-panda.jpg

― TOMBOT, Friday, 6 January 2006 21:11 (nineteen years ago)

this panda is hypnotic.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 6 January 2006 21:12 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, all right, now i understand why the secretary spends all day watching this.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 6 January 2006 21:17 (nineteen years ago)

remember in SPEED, when they rigged up that looping video?

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Friday, 6 January 2006 21:18 (nineteen years ago)

I refuse to download realplayer and get sucked in to this. In fact, I'm goin' home. SUCKAS.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 6 January 2006 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

in fact, i'm goin to happy hour! SUCKAS.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 6 January 2006 21:23 (nineteen years ago)

Tom, fuck you.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 6 January 2006 21:26 (nineteen years ago)

The panda is going all Darryl Hannah malfunctioning in Blade Runner. WTF.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 6 January 2006 21:26 (nineteen years ago)

darryl hannah - cute as a panda

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Friday, 6 January 2006 21:27 (nineteen years ago)

I'm going to dedicate myself to the cause of making the panda phrases catch on in general society.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 6 January 2006 21:29 (nineteen years ago)

it's already my codeword for "fat"

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 6 January 2006 21:31 (nineteen years ago)

I'm getting dragged to Lucky Strike lanes @ Gallery Place tonight, wow am I not looking forward to this one

― sebastian, Saturday, 7 January 2006 00:29 (nineteen years ago)

depends on who's doing the dragging, really

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Saturday, 7 January 2006 00:30 (nineteen years ago)

Pet Shop Boys v DM would be good, but maybe New Order v PSB would be better? The possibilities are endless. Has anyone actually gone to the zoo? Every time I halfheartedly try to get panda tix they are sold out.

― Mary (Mary), Saturday, 7 January 2006 01:15 (nineteen years ago)

the zoo is pretty lame, i think. even the small mammal house (SMALL MAMMAL HOUSE!!!) ends up with you (or me) waiting for the sloth to do something.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Saturday, 7 January 2006 01:20 (nineteen years ago)

you should see the baltimore zoo... animals frowning and autistically nodding in what could be victorian-era style carnival cages. there's a (semi-)nice park next to it though.

― HAKKEBOFFER (eman), Saturday, 7 January 2006 05:47 (nineteen years ago)

i went to the zoo once, under mild duress. it had its moments, but overall was pretty uninspiring. it was interesting to quasi-walk through Rock Creek Park by virtue of walking around the zoo, but the experience was lessened, i recall, by it being chilly and hilly and concrete. maybe i just hadn't enjoyed my ligurian lunch enough. and if i got to see the pandas, which i think i did, they weren't too memorable. i liked the camels.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 7 January 2006 16:03 (nineteen years ago)

The baby cheetahs were definitely the highlight of my most recent zoo visit. The pandas (this was pre-Butterstick) were a snoozefest for all involved.

― quincie, Saturday, 7 January 2006 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

Woo-hoo! Done with work before lunch! OK, see ya'll tomorrow for tasty chicken parts.

― quincie, Saturday, 7 January 2006 17:30 (nineteen years ago)

The zoo makes for a good enough walk, but some of the animal areas are old and creepy, even by the usual zoo standards. Get one decent elephant enclosure.

Quincie, are you stranded in workplace purdah again? Don't worry, it's not a very nice day out here.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Saturday, 7 January 2006 17:35 (nineteen years ago)

Oh. Never mind.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Saturday, 7 January 2006 17:36 (nineteen years ago)

Would anyone like to visit this cute Litte Creatures art show?

http://www.transformergallery.org/

Also, parking advice for the Warehouse?

― Mary (Mary), Sunday, 8 January 2006 00:05 (nineteen years ago)

http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060107/capt.tps10601072240.redskins_buccaneers_football_tps106.jpg

WHO NEEDS AN OFFENSE

― dar1a g (daria g), Sunday, 8 January 2006 00:44 (nineteen years ago)

good lord, the playoffs intro on ABC is even MORE ridiculous than ever. hooray! Why yes, I am ready for some football.

― dar1a g (daria g), Sunday, 8 January 2006 01:07 (nineteen years ago)

ahhh fuck the giants, hail skins, all is right with the world. onward to seattle

― JD from CDepot, Sunday, 8 January 2006 21:01 (nineteen years ago)

Parking for the Warehouse shouldn't be too hard - there's usually a lot of close on-street stuff available. OK, off to load shit into car.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Sunday, 8 January 2006 21:40 (nineteen years ago)

Oh man, Giants were bad. that was brutal.

sorry I can't make it to any gatherings today. was hanging out w/group of friends last night who tend to drink a LOT & kinda got swept into it. ouch.

Bengals = worst uniforms in the league. My housemate has a terrible towel!

― dar1a g (daria g), Sunday, 8 January 2006 21:50 (nineteen years ago)

x-post

Sorry Zach missed the Fake Accents again as I stayed in to write. I did see salsa trombonist/singer Wille Colon at H20 on Friday, and Tone with the Bowen McCauley Dance Company at Kennedy Center. Both real nice events.

― curmudgeon, Monday, 9 January 2006 06:09 (nineteen years ago)

The Fake Accents make me want to be a junkie. Mai is my new inductee into the Lane Kim School of Rock; David has a great deadpan sense of humor; and those other two guys aren't bad either. Also liked that exotic closing band from Providence, RI, who performed the first cover of a Magnetic Fields song that I've heard. Pete, I forgot to ask you in person, but I noticed that your pants extended beyond your ankles; I assume you have found a suitable costumier?

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 9 January 2006 06:13 (nineteen years ago)

Mary, you are the Queen of awesome.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Monday, 9 January 2006 14:44 (nineteen years ago)

my friend (and acquaintance to zr and pete) gloria volunteers twice a month at the small mammal house at the zoo. i get the feeling she makes up facts about the lifestyles of the small mammals when people catch her off guard. she's otherwise very responsible.

i knew mai as rock star before really getting into lane kim, and mary you are absolutely otm.

― carly (carly), Monday, 9 January 2006 15:15 (nineteen years ago)

i am sorry to have missed the show (and the chicken wings/giants beatdown). i'm lame.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 9 January 2006 18:46 (nineteen years ago)

Just think, dude, you too could be wishing you were a junkie RIGHT THIS MINUTE

― ZR (teenagequiet), Monday, 9 January 2006 18:47 (nineteen years ago)

probably wouldn't go well with my alcoholism

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 9 January 2006 18:53 (nineteen years ago)

Dear Zack,

If you are reading this, you already know: I wasn't there last night. I am a forgetful asshole. Im sure the fake accents rocked ass and changed names. I wish I was a junkie, but for different reasons.

In other news, im currently taking donations for the time machine i must build in order to see the original lineup of the Flying Burrito Brothers live. Your help is expected.

Love

― JD from CDepot, Monday, 9 January 2006 18:57 (nineteen years ago)

12-19-05 W. Post

"The family said that paramedics did not arrive for more than 35 minutes, despite several calls to dispatchers, and that an additional 20 minutes passed before an ambulance arrived to take the woman to a hospital."

1-11-05 W. Post

"But the ambulance, coming from Providence Hospital in Northeast Washington, arrived 22 minutes after the call, and officials were trying to determine why that unit was dispatched and why it took so long."

― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 11 January 2006 20:30 (nineteen years ago)

That should be 1-11-06 for the latter entry. That Why I hate DC blog has noted this ongoing problem and others have as well.

― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 11 January 2006 20:32 (nineteen years ago)

OK what is the panda doing now?

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 12 January 2006 13:32 (nineteen years ago)

does anyone know if the Beltsville CostCo sells booze? I'm unfamiliar with PGC liquor rules.

― tobo (tobo), Thursday, 12 January 2006 14:21 (nineteen years ago)

Bet that panda'd get an ambulance in about five seconds.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 12 January 2006 14:58 (nineteen years ago)

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/college/2001/ncaa_tourney/west/news/2001/03/25/williams_folo_ap/t1_williams_ap.jpg

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 12 January 2006 15:11 (nineteen years ago)

ouch ouch ouch

― quincie, Thursday, 12 January 2006 15:45 (nineteen years ago)

I think the answer is definitely "no" on the CostCo - it's a state law - Maryland grocery stores don't sell booze. go to DC or Virginia.

― dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 12 January 2006 16:00 (nineteen years ago)

why is it that full-on DC grocery stores (with the exception of whole foods) don't carry booze?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 12 January 2006 16:08 (nineteen years ago)

Actually, the Spring Valley Super Fresh has a very good wine and beer selection at surprisingly good prices. Plus there's a chance you'll see Tim Russert stocking up on the DDP!

― quincie, Thursday, 12 January 2006 16:12 (nineteen years ago)

Also: I wanna FAP. WHO IS WITH ME?

― quincie, Thursday, 12 January 2006 16:24 (nineteen years ago)

I'm with you. I just got this e-mail from a coworker, cc'd to another dude we work with:

We are trying to figure out how to embed the Verizon Wireless card into Tom's head so we can access him from anywhere but he won't let us shave his head to find the PCMCIA slot.

HAW HAWS!!! THANKS JIMBO!!! no princess is rich enough for this.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 12 January 2006 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

quincie, when and where??

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 12 January 2006 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

Makes no difference to me--perhaps wed or thurs of next week? Or more wings and football on Sunday?

― quincie, Thursday, 12 January 2006 16:58 (nineteen years ago)

that maryland law sucks butt. thank god for the old-school stores that are grandfathered out of it (Magruder's, Chevy Chase Market, etc).

― tobo (tobo), Thursday, 12 January 2006 17:06 (nineteen years ago)

I'll definitely be at the same place for wings and football, can do either Saturday or Sunday so if people wanna come let me know which day is proper (Saturday is Washington/Seattle and NE/Denver, 4:30 start, Sunday is Pittsburgh/Indy and Carolina/Chicago, 1pm start). But I'll definitely be same place this weekend.

Midweek is good too, Wed I think is better for Tom?

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 12 January 2006 17:12 (nineteen years ago)

I would be up for some beer and wings. Sunday is best for me, as I will be a raving Redskins drunk on Saturday.

Where's the spot, Ally?

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 12 January 2006 17:23 (nineteen years ago)

Teh spot is

TS Muttly's
2427 18th St--it is right North of the horrible purple abomination Heaven & Hell has become.

It is small but never too crowded and good wings + bartender who keeps giving us shots for free.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 12 January 2006 17:32 (nineteen years ago)

Yxpost Sunday is better for me as well. Now where the hell are the the other dcilxors? Mookie are you too busy color-coordinating napkins and centerpieces to join us or what?

― quincie, Thursday, 12 January 2006 17:34 (nineteen years ago)

i am working, in a manner of speaking, thank you very much.

i'm going to NC this weekend, and besides, i will want to be alone in the dark when the steelers are destroyed by the colts. but midweek is nice.

a shirt i need

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 12 January 2006 17:40 (nineteen years ago)

OK SUNDAY IT IS

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 12 January 2006 17:43 (nineteen years ago)

Mary, Tom and Ally -- there you are!

Best friend from school, N3lli3, and her husband have just moved to their own place in Bethesda and are down with meeting some new pals. Will direct N. here as she is nominally being held hostage by a 7-month-old (her husband is new lawyer with military dad so Tom will love him; I have vetted etc).

Mail me on suzysurname at yahoo dot co dot uk.

― suzy (suzy), Thursday, 12 January 2006 17:50 (nineteen years ago)

xpost
hey now, don't misunderestimate the possibility of the Colts choking in the playoffs.

― dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 12 January 2006 17:53 (nineteen years ago)

-- carly (carlygoodma...), January 9th, 2006.

dude shes my friend too

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Thursday, 12 January 2006 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

how was LA btw?

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Thursday, 12 January 2006 19:52 (nineteen years ago)

i think the colts are capable of choking. but probably not against the steelers' cornerbacks.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 12 January 2006 20:22 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.paulbonomo.com/images/MANNINGMANNINGTWO.jpe

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 12 January 2006 20:26 (nineteen years ago)

If Tom doesn't get you that as a wedding present he is unworthy of your hand!

― quincie, Thursday, 12 January 2006 20:54 (nineteen years ago)

OTM! Though they're not v. realistic, I think they made Eli buffer than he actually is.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 12 January 2006 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

If there are (middle-aged?) DC homos going to Bob Mould's monthly bearish dance party at the 9:30, gimme a report and I might come down for it this spring:

http://www.metroweekly.com/nightlife/clublife/?ak=1943

...just cuz we don't have anything like it in NYC.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 January 2006 17:34 (nineteen years ago)

we don't have anything like it in NYC.

BABY PANDA. YOU DON'T HAVE ONE OF THOSE EITHER. HA HA.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 13 January 2006 17:43 (nineteen years ago)

The friggin' panda was asleep when I was at the zoo!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 January 2006 17:52 (nineteen years ago)

That's all they do. Sleep and poop. They're actually kind of crap animals, hold no candle to otters or puppies that's for damn sure.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 13 January 2006 18:01 (nineteen years ago)

Dr M, I passed through Blowoff once a few months ago, when it was still downstairs, and can only report about a dozen guys standing around chatting. But it was only about 11, so.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 13 January 2006 19:43 (nineteen years ago)

I think the answer is definitely "no" on the CostCo - it's a state law - Maryland grocery stores don't sell booze. go to DC or Virginia.

In Maryland it's a county-by-county thing -- Montgomery County CostCos don't have alcohol, but PG County might.

― j.lu (j.lu), Friday, 13 January 2006 20:47 (nineteen years ago)

3 terrible things about Maryland:

1) Byzantine liquor laws
2) Bogus excise tax
3) Maryland

― ng-unit, Friday, 13 January 2006 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

Huh, I didn't know that, but have never seen it for sale in PG County grocery stores either. Go to the Tick Tock liquors. (SHADY)

― dar1a g (daria g), Friday, 13 January 2006 22:40 (nineteen years ago)

oh, man. BOTH my teams just got knocked out.

TV highlight of the day: DC lottery ad featuring go go music by Chuck Brown and people dancing outside Ben's Chili Bowl. awesome.

― dar1a g (daria g), Sunday, 15 January 2006 04:54 (nineteen years ago)

dude I'm sorry, I wouldn't have minded a Washington victory but I'm gonna gloat for THE ENTIRE YEAR over the Patriots loss.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Sunday, 15 January 2006 05:45 (nineteen years ago)

Dude I feel worse over the Pats. Didn't expect the Redskins to really even make it this far. The Patriots were like the ONLY not shitty thing in three years of living in New England.

In 03 I was living alone in a tiny studio apartment & got really sick over semester break in the dead of January and it was snowing & dark & freezing cold and I had to drive my ass to the hospital while the Pats were in the AFC championship. Staff was constantly in and out of the waiting room checking the score and after I got checked out I stuck around to root for them through the fourth quarter. They came through.. but not today. awww..

― dar1a g (daria g), Sunday, 15 January 2006 06:21 (nineteen years ago)

Huh, I didn't know that, but have never seen it for sale in PG County grocery stores either. Go to the Tick Tock liquors. (SHADY)
-- dar1a g (dar1a_...), January 13th, 2006.

whoa tick tock what what?

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Sunday, 15 January 2006 18:47 (nineteen years ago)

Wet, cold, dour metro riders = best welcome back from Hawaii ever. D.C., i missed you so.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 15:13 (nineteen years ago)

We'll try to have some sleet for you by the end of the day. What's the opposite of the Aloha Spirit?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 15:15 (nineteen years ago)

WTF happened to the red line this morning? Jesus christ.

the opposite of the "Aloha Spirit" is the "Football Replay"

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 17 January 2006 16:42 (nineteen years ago)

well, i rode the bus from my new house to work for the first time this morning. 43-minute S2 ride = IM GETTING AN IPOD FINALLY.

anybody wanna have a daily FAP on the S2 in the morning? ill discreetly bring the flasks.

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 16:58 (nineteen years ago)

is there some awesome psychedelic drug whose effects last exactly 43 minutes, AND DONT INCLUDE LIFE-VOMIT?

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

Smoke some DMT? Personally, I'd recommend the iPod.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 17:05 (nineteen years ago)

YOURE SUCH A SQUARE, DUDE

meet me downstairs in ten?

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 17:15 (nineteen years ago)

you know, DMT is a chemical that is naturally released in the body only two times in life: when one is born, and when one dies.

(as told to me by this stoner girl i used to live with. im not sure if thats true)

― JD from CDepot, Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:00 (nineteen years ago)

Just wait until there's bad weather, Pete. That 43 minute ride will seem like the 16th St. GRAND PRIX!

I wholly support the purchase of iPod. And the consumption of drugs.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:06 (nineteen years ago)

TS: building a huge catapult to catapult to work vs. praying very hard for god to make 16th street permanently ice-covered, and for him to give me special rocket-powered ice skates

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:51 (nineteen years ago)

those would both be pretty cool, but i vote for ICE COVERING

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:53 (nineteen years ago)

get prayin!

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:59 (nineteen years ago)

I vote for catapult, but on two conditions:

1) You get clearance to be in the restricted air space of the Districk
AND
2) You get a reliable parachute. Mom and Dad would miss you at Thanksgiving.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 19:01 (nineteen years ago)

aw man - a parachute! thats a good idea.

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 19:08 (nineteen years ago)

ill tell you what IS great about my new bus ride: all the chicks.

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 15:08 (nineteen years ago)

Nice. You've gone further afield, but, apparently, that field is full of prey. Happy Hunting, Kemosabe.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 15:32 (nineteen years ago)

Major, major annoyance in DC right now: bike riders ON THE SIDEWALKS! this happens to me a lot when I'm walking on Connecticut Ave or Wisconsin Ave in the evening, I'll hear a loud "ON YOUR LEFT!" coming up behind me & some jackass on a bike almost runs me over. Hey, excuse you!

Am I crazy, or isn't the sidewalk only for pedestrians? I've started yelling after them "don't ride on the sidewalk!!!" I've been tempted to make a sudden move & knock them over if I weren't likely to get injured doing so.

― dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 15:44 (nineteen years ago)

This happens to me in Arlington, too, dar1a. On Clarendon Blvd., where, I might add, THERE ARE MARKED BIKE LANES.

I usually yell, "It's called a sideWALK for a reason!" Well, I think it, anyway, because I'm kind of nonconfrontational.

― phil d. (Phil D.), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 15:47 (nineteen years ago)

they might just be trying to avoid me hitting them with my car - i sort of love cruising the bike lanes.

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 15:49 (nineteen years ago)

I suggest not provoking bike messengers. Those guys* don't seem to give a fat fuck.

* - gender neutrally applied term

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 15:52 (nineteen years ago)

Bike people don't bother me as much as the stop-and-stare people. Or the buttslugs who can't be bothered to move an inch when we're walking in a row of two and they're walking in a row of two and there's a tree. At least make a show of effort, some kind of acknowledgement of other human beings. Dogs are more polite than most DC pedestrians, by a long shot.

Also I have developed a Metro crowd maneuvering strategy based on watching way too much football. I pick my lanes, always looking about 5-6 strides ahead for the crease, and head to the outside whenever possible.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 18 January 2006 16:03 (nineteen years ago)

speaking of bike messengers, doesnt TOMBOT sort of look like puck?

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 16:06 (nineteen years ago)

when puck was younger, i think it was even more amazing.

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http://www.1029thebuzz.com/assets/images/db_images/db_zigz051.jpg

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 16:09 (nineteen years ago)

It's never been a bike messenger, though. It's just yuppies. I have actually yelled at some of them, because it's really making me angry. I should be able to walk on a public sideWALK without worrying about dodging idiots on bikes coming up from behind me at twice the speed I'm walking! I'm sorry it's dangerous for them to ride on the street because of bad drivers but really fail to see how that justifies endangering people on foot.

― dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 16:09 (nineteen years ago)

I'm usually wearing large headphones when I walk around and I take great pleasure in pretending not to hear bicyclists ringing their bells/asking me to move. It is illegal to ride bikes on the sidewalk in DC, not that anybody's ever been ticketed for it. Maybe because cops on bikes regularly ride on the sidewalk.

bonus fun fact: found out last night from a DPW employee that there are no penalties on the books in DC for littering.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

That's prolly a good point. The street is MUCH faster for the delivery dudes. The war 'gainst the sidewalk yuppie riders hath been rejoined!

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

Two words, dar1a: clothesline tackle.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

Or even just a clothesline.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

Awesome.

― dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

Oh fuck people on bikes. Walk or drive a car like everyone else. Goddamned hippy-yuppies. Oh, oh, on my left? Why don't you tell me that to my face? IN A JUICE BAR? Dumbasses. I get kind of a sick pleasure when walking cross the Key Bridge on a busy day and watching the bike riders get completely stymied and stopped dead by the hording tourists from the Key Bridge Marriott.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 18:14 (nineteen years ago)

ally, has dc made you angry?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 18:18 (nineteen years ago)

No. That's giving DC too much credit. I was like this by the time I was 3.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 18:56 (nineteen years ago)

Two things:

Pete and I (and other FAs and an FA's gf) are DJing at Galaxy Hut in Arlington next Wednesday. Come, drink alcoholic beverages and listen to us play lots of good stuff. I do requests! Sometimes.

I have been notified that I have jury duty. Please pitch me entertaining ways to get out of it. ALTERNATELY: Should I not try to get out of it? A strong sense of civic duty and a desire to power trip on however small a scale compel my interest.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 20 January 2006 15:07 (nineteen years ago)

is your jury duty in the district?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

nah...still registered as a hocomd voter.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:22 (nineteen years ago)

you dont live in the dirty district like me, dude.

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:24 (nineteen years ago)

well...if you don't still live in md you could get out of it by saying so. otherwise, just show up drunk.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

you've lived in the dirty district for three days, dumbass. still a marylander here. mookie, this "drunk" idea sounds...interesting.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

just try not to spill your beer again

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

hahaha PWN

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

mookie, I don't think we ever got the details of your jury adventures, did we?

Zack, go in your Civil War re-enactor's costume, and refuse to swear on anything but a Confederate Bible.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:38 (nineteen years ago)

Yesterday while walking past the National Sculpture Gallery on the way to Mongolian BBQ Action at Tony Cheng's there appeared to be something that had been dead for some time encased in one of those green bags they tie around the base of some of the trees on the sidewalk. It was rotting, and I detected the fumes.

Other notes from walking home from class last night (I could conceivably walk from home to work and school and back! A completely pedestrian existence! Wowee!):

1. The parking garage on 18th St south of K that has its own traffic light. About 30 feet away from the actual intersection of 18th & K, which also has a traffic light, because it's an intersection. This is where they have that Borders store which seems to be thumbing its nose at the franchise rules by having a sign in a completely different font than every other Borders I've ever seen. People who park in that garage must be incredibly insufferable cunts to merit their own traffic light. Why not just shoot them and burn down their houses? It would be a boon to the nation.

2. A little further north they have the "Sizzling Express" restaurant which for a logo has taken "Sizz" and stuck it on the last 2/5ths of the FedEx shipping logo. So the sign says "SIZZEX." What a wonderful world.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 20 January 2006 16:42 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.blisspop.com/images/OPENERS/email_flyer.jpg

Tonight! Come out, everybody! I think I've already alienated most of our audience by having my picture in the Express yesterday.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:43 (nineteen years ago)

the sizzex sign is truly a thing of beauty.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

that borders is like 12 years old, so it probably just has an oldskool sign.

i'm disappointed that the buyout of the church at 14th & t--i really liked their cheap-ass sign's logo of hell's flames

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:47 (nineteen years ago)

Also I learned that if you stuff a bill into the tip jar as the Mongolian Barbecueist is taking your bowl, he will ask you if you want extra meat, and then give you about a half pound more when you say yes. Then later on if he feels it is necessary he will also give you extra mushrooms or whatever else he thinks you didn't give yourself enough of.

If you don't put money in the tip jar then none of this happens and you feel like a loser.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 20 January 2006 16:47 (nineteen years ago)

Brian are you serious that your DJ name is Sad

― TOMBOT, Friday, 20 January 2006 16:49 (nineteen years ago)

Hey Brian, nifty writeup dude. I prolly can't make it tonight, but good luck!

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:57 (nineteen years ago)

zack, you should totally do jury duty. you could help fulfill the social contract, and learn a lot about something obscure. more likely though, you'll be eliminated before you hear a case. justice is important, and we're lucky to be able to play such an active role in maintaining it (though we're unlucky to play such an active role in totally fucking it up.)

― carly (carly), Friday, 20 January 2006 17:06 (nineteen years ago)

Brian are you serious that your DJ name is Sad

Yes. Normally I DJ with my roommate, who is also named Brian and DJs as Lonely.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Friday, 20 January 2006 19:14 (nineteen years ago)

BRILLIANT!! [sets moustache aflame]

― TOMBOT, Friday, 20 January 2006 19:16 (nineteen years ago)

who's thirsty?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 20 January 2006 19:40 (nineteen years ago)

ihttp://koro.moo.jp/up/thirsty.jpg

― TOMBOT, Friday, 20 January 2006 19:46 (nineteen years ago)

I need a pint glass of tequila.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 20 January 2006 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

Oh noes Ally u must be a drunky

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 20 January 2006 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.januska.com/images/is_blog/surprise.jpg

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:04 (nineteen years ago)

did you guys see this?

http://home.comcast.net/~hawk2003/seal.gif

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:23 (nineteen years ago)

the internet is awesome

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:24 (nineteen years ago)

wait, but why is she wearing a seal on her head?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:28 (nineteen years ago)

I think I might need to make a midnight stop at the zoo to make myself a panda hat. I can't have this bitch beating me.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:28 (nineteen years ago)

what, like you've never worn a seal on your head? it's 2006, fer chrissakes!

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:29 (nineteen years ago)

can we play 20 questions or something? im soooooooo bored.

ok - ive got one.

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

Is it this picture
http://millennial-fair.com/entertain/games/images/yattanyas.jpg

― TOMBOT, Friday, 20 January 2006 20:34 (nineteen years ago)

it is not - 19 left

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:36 (nineteen years ago)

are you large?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

IM NOT THE PANDA ALLY.

18 left

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

what do you call the mouse shadow in the second moon?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:40 (nineteen years ago)

I WAS GOING TO GUESS TOBEY MAGUIRE BUT WHATEVER

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:41 (nineteen years ago)

it's dignity! don't you know dignity when you see it?

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

alright, it was actually lily tomlin.

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:44 (nineteen years ago)

wait...is that a dune reference, mookie?

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:50 (nineteen years ago)

well anyway guess who I am.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:51 (nineteen years ago)

haha yes, and i don't know which of us should be more embarrassed

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:51 (nineteen years ago)

A little further north they have the "Sizzling Express" restaurant which for a logo has taken "Sizz" and stuck it on the last 2/5ths of the FedEx shipping logo. So the sign says "SIZZEX." What a wonderful world.

There is one of these on Capitol Hill (Pennsylvania Ave). I walked by it this weekend.. and thought, oh no, they didn't! but they did.

A few blocks north of where I live is the Enon Baptist Church! I wonder if they play vintage synthesizers..

cHURcH 0f E|\|0N

― dar1a g (daria g), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:51 (nineteen years ago)

mookie you're also the one who admitted to being aware that freaky girl from Dune grew up to be sullen teenage daughter on Cybill Shephard's show, you've got a lot to answer for on this topic already.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

The extended edition comes out Jan 31. Jan 31!! Hopefully by then I can sell $20 more worth of crap on Amazon.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 20 January 2006 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

YOu've got to be fucking kidding me.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

i once lived in a group house in north carolina in which policy was to welcome new tenants by getting some forties and watching dune. so i've seen it a few times.

anyway, you know, Sting.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

my gf refuses to watch it though. nor big trouble in little china.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 20 January 2006 21:00 (nineteen years ago)

Well I don't have a problem watching any of this shit but extended versions are taking things way too far when we're talking a movie like Dune.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 20 January 2006 21:00 (nineteen years ago)

TOMBOT that sounds like something you guys could REGISTER for

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 20 January 2006 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

That's not what Crate & Barrel sells, generally.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 20 January 2006 21:06 (nineteen years ago)

177 minutes of Lynch seems like something they OUGHT to, though.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 20 January 2006 21:08 (nineteen years ago)

who likes to go to bars after work

― TOMBOT, Friday, 20 January 2006 21:46 (nineteen years ago)

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 20 January 2006 22:21 (nineteen years ago)

WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED

― TOMBOT, Friday, 20 January 2006 22:30 (nineteen years ago)

ok am I seriously supposed to just sit around an entirely empty office until someone says either "Gordon Biersch" or "Cap City"? Are there actually choices in the downtown area or something??? We can't go to Shelly's Back Room because if those Marines you stiffed last week are there they'll kick our asses.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 20 January 2006 22:52 (nineteen years ago)

I suggest either capitol city or heading WEST.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 20 January 2006 22:56 (nineteen years ago)

That was incredibly helpful, thank you.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 20 January 2006 22:56 (nineteen years ago)

John Harvard's? Chophouse?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 20 January 2006 22:59 (nineteen years ago)

Red Sage?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 20 January 2006 23:02 (nineteen years ago)

sorry, i was at the big hunt

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Saturday, 21 January 2006 17:31 (nineteen years ago)

we ended up at some crazy foreign dude's house til 7am, 's ok.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Sunday, 22 January 2006 03:12 (nineteen years ago)

"our strength is not for hurting" C/D

― ZR (teenagequiet), Thursday, 26 January 2006 22:03 (nineteen years ago)

"our length is not for hurting" CLASSIC

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Thursday, 26 January 2006 22:15 (nineteen years ago)

Sorry, we had to stay home and make buffalo chickens.

What are people doing this weekend? We have a bye week.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 26 January 2006 22:20 (nineteen years ago)

i saw matthew lesko--in his money suit, with mrs lesko (i assume)--on eighteenth street outside the pharmacy bar last night!

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Saturday, 28 January 2006 17:04 (nineteen years ago)

That's terrifying--did they look like they were headed for the dancefloor? Was she in a money suit too?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Saturday, 28 January 2006 17:51 (nineteen years ago)

http://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2005/03/18/219791/leskosit2.JPG

― |l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l| (eman), Saturday, 28 January 2006 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

How are the Hold Steady live?

― Mary (Mary), Sunday, 29 January 2006 02:48 (nineteen years ago)

I just heard a go-go cover of "Since you been gone" on a WKYS commercial. hooray!!!

Hold Steady, gotta say, I don't get them..

― dar1a g (daria g), Sunday, 29 January 2006 06:59 (nineteen years ago)

my otha gtr playa is taking me to that show. i gotta say i don't get them either (well, i haven't heard all that much to be honest), but i'm being given a free ticket and lotsa booze in exchange for driving.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Sunday, 29 January 2006 17:16 (nineteen years ago)

lotsa booze in exchange for driving.

This sounds iffy! As does the band. But whatever, I only listen to j-dance + techno anymore since that's what's on my iPod.

We are bored on a Sunday, who wants to meet up somewhere off the red line?

― TOMBOT, Sunday, 29 January 2006 17:51 (nineteen years ago)

At first I didn't get THS (too Springsteeny) but then I started to get them (interesting lyrics & delivery) but still think I will skip the show and hold off on visiting the Black Cat until this Saturday's Low performance. (Unless I'm really bored of a Wednesday night.)

I would love to meet people on the Red Line--unfortunately I have to go to a surprise party for a family friend in Scranton. And my mom won't let us abide by my patented turn up after the awkward "surprise" rule, argh.

― Mary (Mary), Sunday, 29 January 2006 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

(What is a GTR playa--and how can I get one--?)

― Mary (Mary), Sunday, 29 January 2006 20:08 (nineteen years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc500/c519/c5198585j58.jpg

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Sunday, 29 January 2006 20:50 (nineteen years ago)

Scranton? Like, Scranton PA?

gtr playas are available for $17.99 at most Best Buys. alternately, they can be met at most college radio stations, which is how i snagged one.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Monday, 30 January 2006 02:24 (nineteen years ago)

I've been to Scranton PA. (high school marching band. ugh.)

Sorry I missed yall, I didn't check the Internets til evening. I went to Wheaton this afternoon, there is a huge thrift store next to a bazaar next to a Korean/international market, it's great. I got a vintage bag & electric blue shirt.. at the market, some veggies & a huge jar of kimchi. mmm, kimchi

I'll probably be at the Low show.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 30 January 2006 05:02 (nineteen years ago)

dar1a, was that the bazaar with all the Peruvian chicken roasting places? I love that one; it seems like it'll collapse at any moment.

Anyone else go to the Deerhoof show? They were good, but one of their opening acts was a dance theater troupe, who hung around afterwards during the Deerhoof set doing Phish-drum-circle-like dances at the back of the room. What the hell?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 30 January 2006 05:09 (nineteen years ago)

Not sure.. the bazaar part was slowly closing up shop by the time I got over there.

I want more Korean food! where is good Korean barbecue that's not super $$$? we should all go get some of that.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 30 January 2006 05:18 (nineteen years ago)

Er, not Scranton. I meant Woodbridge.

I want to go to that place in Wheaton.

Annandale is awash in K-bbq. Maybe we could get some after the Low show? Places tend to be open all night and I imagine DC has some okay places as well.

Had yummy catered regular bbq at the surprise--blessed by a priest, even.

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 30 January 2006 05:29 (nineteen years ago)

Fun fact: Greg Saunier of Deerhoof grew up in Columbia, Md!

― ng-unit, Monday, 30 January 2006 13:37 (nineteen years ago)

ed norton, void and the dude from deerhoof (maybe bill callahan too, if i'm remembering correctly?). columbia, home of the stars.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Monday, 30 January 2006 15:06 (nineteen years ago)

also: pete, give me back my fucking jellybeans

― ZR (teenagequiet), Monday, 30 January 2006 15:38 (nineteen years ago)

Put 'em back where they belong
Ain't foolin' around 'cause I done had my fun
Ain't gonna see no more damage done
Gimme back my fucking jellybeans

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 30 January 2006 15:41 (nineteen years ago)

girl shake the jelly-belly
that jelly-belly
that jelly-belly
that jelly-belly
girl shake the jelly-belly
that jelly-belly
that jelly-belly
that jelly-belly

(hey ally and tom, i got home late and FRIED from mixing yesterday - what days are open for you dudes this week?)

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Monday, 30 January 2006 15:50 (nineteen years ago)

Tuesday 2/14
"What's Love Got To Do With It" Valentine's Day Wrestling
Amatuer Pink Vegan Jello Wrestlig
9 PM

Pre-Registery begins January 27th

― TOMBOT, Monday, 30 January 2006 15:51 (nineteen years ago)

Pink... vegan... Jell-o?

― Dan (OW MY BRANE) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 30 January 2006 16:02 (nineteen years ago)

Put a comma after "pink" and it's a whole different show.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 30 January 2006 16:26 (nineteen years ago)

dear tom,
ill be your date for valentine's day, but i was mostly asking about THIS WEEK!

love,
pete

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Monday, 30 January 2006 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

"Wrestlig"

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 30 January 2006 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

Amatuers!

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 30 January 2006 20:21 (nineteen years ago)

"registery"

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Monday, 30 January 2006 20:22 (nineteen years ago)

"pink"

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 30 January 2006 20:25 (nineteen years ago)

That bar used to be so classy, too.

― TOMBOT, Monday, 30 January 2006 21:01 (nineteen years ago)

pete:

please be advised that I am available all week long. except sunday. unless u wanna come to muttly's on sunday.

xo
ally

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 30 January 2006 21:07 (nineteen years ago)

Does Asylum still have the 25-cent Shiner deal? Those were the days.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 30 January 2006 21:15 (nineteen years ago)

Oh man, Shiner Bock Countdown. My first happy hour!

I haven't been back for it since they transitioned to Miller High Life Countdown.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Monday, 30 January 2006 21:25 (nineteen years ago)

Please tell me you're joking.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 30 January 2006 22:01 (nineteen years ago)

Nope. Although I'm not sure they're doing it at all anymore, which would be an act of mercy.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Monday, 30 January 2006 22:48 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah I think they stopped doing that. It's a hip joint nowadays, they have Chimay on tap and all that. The guys that designed the bottom floor of the Reef also did the new interior of the Asylum, so you know it's informed by a discriminating taste and great acoustic engineering fundamentals.

The new downstairs in particular makes me want to throw up and die.

― TOMBOT, Monday, 30 January 2006 22:51 (nineteen years ago)

On weekend days, I've seen people coming out of Asylum with their babies post-brunch. Don't get me wrong, I'm all in favor of babies in bars, but only if they're smoking.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 30 January 2006 22:59 (nineteen years ago)

I think Tom has posted that hot item about the Reef/Asylum interior on every single one of these DC threads!! Anyway that place sucks, they won't even LET YOU buy beer and chicken wings or tacos on a fucking Sunday anymore. You gotta buy an $11 brunch and mimosas. WTF? HAHA BIKERS: U MAD?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 01:01 (nineteen years ago)

Who the fuck wants to either A) watch football B) listen to "punk rock" while drinking mimosas? What would Alex in NYC do?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 01:03 (nineteen years ago)

when is low?

will they/did they play violence? or throw out the line?

― terry lennox. (gareth), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 01:03 (nineteen years ago)

i also pop in here to say, just how well, ryan nelsen, ex of dc united, is doing at blackburn rovers these days, one of the most underrated players in the premiership

― terry lennox. (gareth), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 01:04 (nineteen years ago)

I don't really understand what that means but good on him! You should come visit, gareth!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 01:12 (nineteen years ago)

It would be very cool to have a wedding in the Library of Congress.

― youn, Tuesday, 31 January 2006 01:52 (nineteen years ago)

quincie to thread!

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 02:02 (nineteen years ago)

Low is Saturday. Your other favorite, East River Pipe, has a new work out--you are aware?

Nice sponsorhip

http://www.4thegame.com/media/00/02/80/nelsen_ryan_brfc_profile_2005.jpg

A wedding at the LOC seems to me like a bureacratic nightmare proportional to a Kafka tale, but, to each their own.

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 02:10 (nineteen years ago)

I just meant the space: there's a kind of historical kitschiness to it that's highly appealing. It's also very grand, but not perfectly elegant; it would be wrong to say homely.

― youn, Tuesday, 31 January 2006 02:17 (nineteen years ago)

I just have very bad memories of being lost in bland underground corridors--would you get married in the reading room or in one of the galleries....or in the stacks, perhaps?

Also, do the guests need clearance to get in? LOC is just not a very people-friendly org to my mind.

I await your advice on how to become an intellectual. Perhaps it involves reading more Sartre?

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 02:37 (nineteen years ago)

no, just pretending you have should do the trick

― ZR (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 02:44 (nineteen years ago)

The new face of le intellectualisme popiste

ihttp://www.librairiepantoute.com/img/couvertures/vie34524.jpg

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 02:48 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.nmso.org/images/garrison-keillor.jpg

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 02:51 (nineteen years ago)

Ohnoes, I was gonna say I bet its M Levy. I feel like that guy is so deliberate about making the $$$ playing the role of what Americans think a French intellectual ought to play, and the real intellectual elite a Paris are slightly embarrassed of him.

― dar1a g (daria g), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 05:49 (nineteen years ago)

D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams yesterday declined to veto a smoking ban bill, allowing it to be enacted without his signature.

Williams (D) had considered vetoing the legislation, even though it had sailed through the D.C. Council this month with a veto-proof majority. Yesterday was the deadline for Williams to decide.

- The WaPo

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 31 January 2006 14:47 (nineteen years ago)

More importantly though, another fight on 18th Street ends in a coma and death for this poor guy.

WTF adams morgan party people.

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 31 January 2006 14:56 (nineteen years ago)

It'll be harder to strike the best intellectual pose without that disdainful exhalation of smoke. Whither cafe culture?

More beatdowns outside Saint-Ex, pls.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 15:03 (nineteen years ago)

Hi everyone! I am fucking sick again!

Downside: fucking sick

Upside: stealing wireless signal from neighbors = internet at home. Woo hoo!

Re: LOC wedding. While we did not get married at the LOC (that went down at DC Superior Court), after our three minute ceremony we proceeded directly to the Library to get our reader's cards. I commented that Mr. Q looked like a thug in his picture, and thus began the first fight of our married life.

Good times!

― quincie, Tuesday, 31 January 2006 15:12 (nineteen years ago)

Damn, if my gf thought I looked like a thug it'd make my day.

Q, how was that kraut movie at the Goethe-Institut you were talking about earlier?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 15:22 (nineteen years ago)

I loved that kraut flick! And afterwards we ate at Capitol Q!

― quincie, Tuesday, 31 January 2006 15:26 (nineteen years ago)

Actually, Capitol Q was a bit disappointing for me. Mr. Q liked it as he associates BBQ with brisket and such (too much time in Missouri, I guess), whereas I have a hard time getting excited about any 'Q that does not hail from a pig.

Where's mookie? Mookie, do you know where I can find NC-style pulled pork? God how I miss it.

― quincie, Tuesday, 31 January 2006 15:28 (nineteen years ago)

Re: NC-style pulled pork.

They do a decent one - decent, I say - at Old Glory on M St. At least, they did two years ago. My student budgie has kept me from enjoying the Q there.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 15:36 (nineteen years ago)

Hmmm, Old Glory. Only Georgetown could make Q pricey! Q should be CHEEP!

― quincie, Tuesday, 31 January 2006 15:38 (nineteen years ago)

As a former Austinite, for a long time I found the shreddiness of east coast barbecue mystifying; at first I thought it was some kind of baby-food bbq.

Please keep pimping oddball movie-watching opportunities. I really need to get my cultural IQ up before the NCAA tournament tries to erase my brain.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

like two blocks from my place on the hill there's a bbq joint, I haven't tried yet but it's supposed to be good!

Kenny’s BBQ Smokehouse

Kenny’s BBQ, at 8th and Maryland Ave. NE on Capitol Hill, is perfect. Kenny’s looks like it should–a classic, neighborhood joint with smart, insouciant service, a fill-your-own coke machine, and a full display case of sides...

The real treat, of course, is the BBQ itself. Kenny’s has a broad selection of options–primarily based on chicken, pork, or beef–and three versions of its North Carolina sauce. My friend and I both selected “Medium” sauce, but we also sampled the mild and spicy versions, and the main difference seemed to be the proportion of chili-flakes floating in the sauce. Didn’t matter. This tangy, robustly sweet sauce was perfect with just enough kick.

― dar1a g (daria g), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 15:41 (nineteen years ago)

Old Glory prices

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

There's a new student-y soul food place on U, Brown Sugar, that has pulled pork, but I haven't tried it. I'm always drawn across the street into the rickety home-cooking heaven of Oohhs and Aahhs anyway.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 16:06 (nineteen years ago)

i've had rocklands in glover park but wasn't blown away. plus their cole slaw sucked. it's the post's pick. i'm not really a bbq connoisseur, though.

i was at woodlands bbq in blowing rock, nc a couple weeks ago--theirs was very good, although i'm probably more a fan of the eastern-nc stuff, which is more vinegary. this sort of stuff will get you into fights in north carolina, though!

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 16:18 (nineteen years ago)

Isn't there also a Backyard Burgers in Blowing Rock? As I recall, that place had the best burgers EVA! Better than 5 Guys!

― quincie, Tuesday, 31 January 2006 16:29 (nineteen years ago)

dunno. and i've never even had 5 guys!

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 17:07 (nineteen years ago)

But how do the fries compare? Do they inform you of the provenance of that day's potatoes?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

5 guys is the shit. My wife will extoll the virtues of In-n-Out as long as she has breath, and I agree them SoCal dudes make tasty burgers. But the 5 Guys is a hamburger made of sheer bliss. Amazing. And the fries are damn good, too. They need to be a little crispier sometimes, but they go so well with malt and salt, its awesome.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 17:30 (nineteen years ago)

annie's on 17th has good burgers as well. but the fries aren't that great and they don't have draft beer.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 18:12 (nineteen years ago)

Five Guys can be either the shit or just shit, depending on the day and location. They've been expanding very quickly and don't seem to have any quality control over the franchises.

Chadwick's has amazingly good burgers. Actually, most of the food there is much better than it has any right to be.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 19:13 (nineteen years ago)

I completely agree with the Chadwick's assessment. Their drink specials are also some of the best in the city.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 19:25 (nineteen years ago)

While we did not get married at the LOC (that went down at DC Superior Court), after our three minute ceremony we proceeded directly to the Library to get our reader's cards.

Can't decide if this is more cute or disturbing, so I will go with cute.

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 22:06 (nineteen years ago)

nerdism always = cute

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 15:08 (nineteen years ago)

I wish, Zack.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 15:41 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.christoph-woerner.de/uploaded_images/hering-admin-761870.jpg
SO PRECIOUS

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 15:47 (nineteen years ago)

standing offer of every single week:

if any of you don't have Super Bowl plans and would like to hang with Tom and I, come to 18th St and stop by TS Muttly's for oft-comped drinks and 25c chicken wings. And Steelers fans.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 16:05 (nineteen years ago)

dudes i'm bored

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 19:14 (nineteen years ago)

me too

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 19:21 (nineteen years ago)

i just got a haircut

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 19:35 (nineteen years ago)

it needs more "edge"

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 19:36 (nineteen years ago)

haircuts suck. how was last night?

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 19:37 (nineteen years ago)

last night was awesome - it mostly involved beers and bruschetta and coming from behind.

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 19:42 (nineteen years ago)

y'know, i'd ask, but i don't think i really want to know

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 19:43 (nineteen years ago)

I'm so bored I'm going out of my mind!! How about that!!

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 19:44 (nineteen years ago)

that is pretty bored!!

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

hey i'm getting a haircut today too

HAIRCUT BUDDY

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 19:49 (nineteen years ago)

now i'm bored and lame

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 19:49 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.curtisearthtrivia.com/bios/socks.jpg

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 19:49 (nineteen years ago)

Dance Dance Immolation is an adaptation of the popular arcade video game Dance Dance Revolution, but with fire! Basically, you play DDR; when you do well, the computer shoots big propane blasts up into the air. When you do poorly, it shoots you in the face with flamethrowers. Yes, you, as in your actual corporeal body. And yes, flamethrowers, like the kind that are on fire.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

yes

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 19:55 (nineteen years ago)

Haircut two weeks before the wedding, mook? Hope your barber has steady hands.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 19:58 (nineteen years ago)

I AM ALSO GETTING MY HAIRCUT TODAY!

― quincie, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:05 (nineteen years ago)

i got my hair cut this weekend (spoooooooky)

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

last weekend, i guess

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

Tomorrow I'm going to the dentist. Anyone else going to the dentist?

― quincie, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

I put on shoes this morning.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:10 (nineteen years ago)

TOMBOT I had my first LM meeting yesterday, where I was presented with a PIN and a BAG but no BENEFITS INFORMATION.

X-post HOLY SHIT ME TOO!

― quincie, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:11 (nineteen years ago)

Quincie, you feeling better? Or does your dentist have a phlegmy work environment to look forward to?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:12 (nineteen years ago)

I'm going to the dentist on Friday. My gums are very angry with me about something.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:15 (nineteen years ago)

oh shit! i totally forgot about shoes today!

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:15 (nineteen years ago)

my barber doesn't have steady hands, but he does charge just $14

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:18 (nineteen years ago)

Encourage him to get creative. Unless you're having your wedding photographed, that is.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:21 (nineteen years ago)

I'm feeling better, Stephen--thanks for inquiring!

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and bet that I cough up more than any dcilxdood for a hair cut. But hey, I get 10% off this one for some reason.

Still more than a dood cut, I'm sure.

― quincie, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:21 (nineteen years ago)

it'll probably be automatically creative. they don't seem to cut too much straight hair.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:22 (nineteen years ago)

yknow what, guys? i like our dc thread, and i like alla you.

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:26 (nineteen years ago)

I LOVE YOU PETE!

― quincie, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:27 (nineteen years ago)

I'm such a drummer whore.

― quincie, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:28 (nineteen years ago)

who isn't?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:28 (nineteen years ago)

Am I the only person who appears to be completely incapable of doing work after three o'clock or so? What is wrong with me?

― quincie, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:30 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.amec.org/Images/YouthTour04/LoveDC.jpg

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:30 (nineteen years ago)

i feel euphoric!

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:30 (nineteen years ago)

"after three o'clock"

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:31 (nineteen years ago)

I'm incapable of doing any before three o'clock. Including posting here, apparently.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:31 (nineteen years ago)

http://mdma.net/structure/mdma.jpg

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:31 (nineteen years ago)

i'm not as bored now, dudes. you're the greatest.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:32 (nineteen years ago)

Who the hell are those twits tom posted? They look like they belong on that "Not gonna happen" thread.

― quincie, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

you goin to hold steady tonight, zr?

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

y0 pete we r011in d00d? u g0t g10wst1xxx?

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

the one on the left has a nice face.

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

uh yeah i guess. this is seeming more and more like a dumb agreement on my part.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:34 (nineteen years ago)

actually they both do. and the one on the right has way more "personality."

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:34 (nineteen years ago)

Those guys couldn't get a seat on that bed if they lived to be a hundred. Which it looks like they won't.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:35 (nineteen years ago)

you could come over to james's with me and burn some brainticket mp3s.

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:35 (nineteen years ago)

whatever - ill take the two ILOVEDC chicks over the two bed chicks any day

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:35 (nineteen years ago)

sounds like a fun invite (and fuck i still need to get those jellybeans) but i phear dave's wrath

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

The best I've done today is when I was img srching for "My DC Trip" or summat on Google Image Search to find some dumb pix for that thread about unintentionally amusing tourist photo albums of yr town, and got a completely naked vanderbilt student. I swear there's like no combination of words or numbers or anything that you can put into GIS without seeing tits or dicks. Censor that, China! It can't be done!

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:38 (nineteen years ago)

hahahaha - trying doing GIS for "completely naked vanderbilt student."

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:40 (nineteen years ago)

specificity is the enemy of tits and dicks. But give it another 3 years and see what happens. A thousand points of myspace, flickring in the photobucket.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

specificity is the enemy of tits and dicks.

Heavens! That's the funniest thing that's has ever been read by me on this fine afternoon of Wednesday!

― Ned Ragggett (plsmith), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

pls you so crazy!

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

So who believes this shit about Argelina Bnad buying in Kalorama? Is the DC Metro Area becoming a hip place to live? Are these threads responsible?

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:58 (nineteen years ago)

entirely responsible

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:58 (nineteen years ago)

it's gonna get even hipper when i leave town

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 21:01 (nineteen years ago)

where ya goin? (sorry if you've already explained and i just missed it)

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 21:16 (nineteen years ago)

b-b-b-but you CAN'T go!

― quincie, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 21:19 (nineteen years ago)

aw. your gain will be brooklyn's loss (probably).

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 21:23 (nineteen years ago)

http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2006/02/01/GR2006020100278.jpg

Who are we picking for the next voice of DAS METRO?

I'm so fucking bored. The obvious choice is Steve BROido, haw haws, but hell if I know what any of these people actually sound like.

Jill Apple's facial expression is the equivalent of scraping a chalkboard.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 21:25 (nineteen years ago)

NO BLACK PEOPLE TO THREAD

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 21:31 (nineteen years ago)

DC Metro in fuckwits shockah!

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 21:32 (nineteen years ago)

ALAN IS A COWBOY KILLER

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 21:35 (nineteen years ago)

i cannot wait to buy that shit, man. also - you wanna see nethers next week? (other dc folks should come too!)

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 21:40 (nineteen years ago)

what night?

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 21:44 (nineteen years ago)

wednezday

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

oh wait two weeks from now

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

oh yeah - ill go to that. night before i go to CO

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 21:46 (nineteen years ago)

I can't believe those voices of the Metro; did they just trawl an Archer Daniels Midland House-side beanie weenie buffet or something?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 22:06 (nineteen years ago)

and by the way, theres no way steve broido did the vocals for "casual friday."

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 22:10 (nineteen years ago)

Who are we picking for the next voice of DAS METRO?

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:ITWX7AcxK5OZeM:img.engadget.com/common/images/0130471947182347.JPG%3F0.7889095388573083

― dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 22:34 (nineteen years ago)

Where do you get your hair cut, Q?

― Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 22:40 (nineteen years ago)

Well, looks like we went with "smooth jazz: authority with a velvet coating" (not exactly how i'd describe smooth jazz, though. also, the hold steady were better than i was expecting, but maybe that's because i was drunk)

― ZR (teenagequiet), Thursday, 2 February 2006 14:48 (nineteen years ago)

If they'd gone with that perky chick I would've thrown myself onto the tracks. Or maybe just between the doors.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 2 February 2006 15:02 (nineteen years ago)

Walking home on 18th last night, passed three squad cars parked at intervals between Columbia and Kalo, lights flashing, bored cops gazing out at occasional clots of pedestrians. No beatdowns in clubland this week.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 2 February 2006 15:10 (nineteen years ago)

Smooth jazz is more like a time-released laxative of oppression, to me.
This is the weather... for tomorrow... you're watching the weather channel... soft guitar in your face, you fuckin' sheep...
Which is as accurate and appropriate a voice for the institutional face of metro as any, I think.

Also, frankly, you don't need to have black people in the contest anyway, because all the conductors are black, so the announcements end up being 50/50. White machine lady says stand clear of the doors, people don't follow her directions, frustrated black man says WILL PASSENGERS PLEASE STAND OUTTA THE WAY OF THE CLOSIN' DOORS PLEASE, together, they get the job done. Integration, people.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 2 February 2006 15:17 (nineteen years ago)

what was up with all the helicopters this morning?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 2 February 2006 15:21 (nineteen years ago)

I don't know. I have to assume some kind of exercise crap is being conducted by the feds, because we had two Bradley Fighting Vehicles and a whole host of Large White American Trucks over here at JEH yesterday evening. Whoo hoo. Ready for the terrorists. Got our SUVs all gassed up and ready to roll. Bring it on.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 2 February 2006 15:28 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe that was just to give visiting Hoosiers something to photograph besides the "NO TOURS 'TIL 2030" sign.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 2 February 2006 15:36 (nineteen years ago)

The police were blocking traffic around 16th and K (and my bus got caught right around there). Perhaps Cheney or another bigwig was supposed to be going to an event at the Hilton.

― j.lu (j.lu), Thursday, 2 February 2006 16:00 (nineteen years ago)

You know, in other cities, when they block off shit and have extra "security presence" or whatever, they have notices posted so you know, hey, Alan Smithee is filming in Toronto again! But here, no no no, they go and shut down half the city and change the routes and hold up traffic and fill the sky with noisy choppas and drive the tanks around downtown with loaded guns on top and nobody has a fucking clue why. If there really was some kind of incident everybody'd ignore it.

Oh, wait:
http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2005/07/27/PH2005072700164.jpg

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 2 February 2006 16:20 (nineteen years ago)

well, that's partly because no one is likely to try to assassinate alan smithee.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 2 February 2006 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

oh, come on, tell me that dude ain't askin for it

― ZR (teenagequiet), Thursday, 2 February 2006 16:28 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, his movies do tend to suck, eh?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 2 February 2006 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

he was the answer to a trivia question on tuesday night

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Thursday, 2 February 2006 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

TRIVIA WHERE

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 2 February 2006 16:39 (nineteen years ago)

i think i wanna start doing trivia again but i don't wanna go to fuckin towson for it. is there anywhere around here that's worthwhile?

― ZR (teenagequiet), Thursday, 2 February 2006 17:18 (nineteen years ago)

I would also be down for the trivia. A team anchored by the Smith Boyz would be unstoppable.

I also would like to avoid fucking Towson. It is the ugliest suburb in America.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 2 February 2006 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

Fado or the Pour House both have trivia nights. I went to Fado YEARS ago, and, while fun, it seems not as structured as the one you guys did last year.

I have no idea about the Pour House.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 2 February 2006 17:23 (nineteen years ago)

The Fado one is Brainstormer trivia, they do that at the Four Courts in Arlington too and it sucks. We didn't enjoy it. Partially because duh Arlington but also the questions were like who gives a shit, stupid franchise trivia awful bad.

Trivia night @ Max's in Fells Point is probably the best within 200 miles, but it's a bit of a ride. Not Towson though, that's fucked.

The Pour House trivia I have no idea either.
Perhaps we can convince Tim and Scott, the owners of TS Muttly's, to host a trivia night. With questions from Ben Roethlisbergers' blog.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 2 February 2006 17:33 (nineteen years ago)

sorry guys - im a sneak dragon. and the th' sneak dragons only fly in parkville bateman's.

and boofuckinghoo, zachary clark. your gf lives like ten damn seconds from there.

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Thursday, 2 February 2006 17:33 (nineteen years ago)

Damn. Peteyboy dropping the middle name.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 2 February 2006 17:39 (nineteen years ago)

We were team "Yogurt Stain" up at Max's. At least a couple of times. So much booze schwag we got from that place.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 2 February 2006 17:40 (nineteen years ago)

That said, I could roll up to Bateman's at some point. Or would I have to bring my own squad?

Hopefully, they will ask legal trivia. I would wreck on that.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 2 February 2006 17:41 (nineteen years ago)

sneak dragons? seriously?

― ZR (teenagequiet), Thursday, 2 February 2006 17:41 (nineteen years ago)

my galpal lives in fell's point - max's is worthwhile, y'say?

― ZR (teenagequiet), Thursday, 2 February 2006 17:42 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah Max's is awesome. WTF PLZ.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 2 February 2006 17:44 (nineteen years ago)

stetson's on u street used to have trivia one night a week. but then you'd be at stetson's.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 2 February 2006 17:47 (nineteen years ago)

I'd do Max's. Shall we combine the ILE forces and conquer?

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 2 February 2006 17:52 (nineteen years ago)

We should go to Max's TONIGHT. Seriously. Let's do it.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 2 February 2006 17:55 (nineteen years ago)

I can totally drive if people want to go.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 2 February 2006 17:55 (nineteen years ago)

no can do the max's tonight, but mayhap soon

― ZR (teenagequiet), Thursday, 2 February 2006 17:56 (nineteen years ago)

Next week, then.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 2 February 2006 17:58 (nineteen years ago)

Bedrock Billiards does a pretty good trivia night. Haven't been in a while, I think it's Sundays.

And speaking of the awesomeness of Max's:

Max's Taphouse is hosting it 2nd Annual Belgian Beer Festival Feb 17-19. The festival is 3 days from 11am until closing each day.

We will be featuring 35 Belgian beers on draft and over 100 belgian beers in bottles. There is no entrance fee; you pay for what you drink. We will also be serving a full Belgian style menu.

Last year was a great time and this year should be even bigger. Here is a draft list of the beers that (as of now) are going to be on draft. We will also have a few suprise drafts during the event.

Drafts:

Biere Du Boucanier
Cantillon Grand cru
Cantillon Gueuze
Cantillon Lou Pepe Framboise 2003
Cantillon St Lamvinus
Chimay white
De Regenboog T' Smisje Kerst
De Regenboog Bourgondier
De Regenboog Speciale
De Regenboog T' Smisje Blonde
De Regenboog T' Smisje Dubbel
De Regenboog Wostine Mustard
DeDolle Oerbier Spec Brew #2
Dupont Biere Du Miel
Ertvelds Wit
Foret
Gentse Triple
Gouden Carlous Grand Cru 2004
Gouden Carlous Triple
Hoogarden
La Rulles Cuvee Meilleurs Voeux
Leute Bok
Oud Beersel Framboise
Pierre Celis Grottenbier
Rodenbach Red
Scaldis Noel
St Bernardus Abt 12
St Fuellieun Triple
Stella Artois
Strubbe Flemish Red Grand Cru
Troudadour Obscura
Urthel Bock
Urthel Hopit
Urthel Samaranth Quadrium
Les Trois Fourquets Gnomette

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Thursday, 2 February 2006 18:03 (nineteen years ago)

De Regenboog Bourgondier

This is what they used to call my grandfather, after he bourgondied a thousand boogs with only his bare hands.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 2 February 2006 18:23 (nineteen years ago)

I wanna drink every single one of those beers. Yeah I'd boot but it would be totally worth it.

― quincie, Thursday, 2 February 2006 18:53 (nineteen years ago)

He who controls the LES TROIS FOURQUETS GNOMETTE, controls the UNIVERSE!

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 2 February 2006 18:54 (nineteen years ago)

Quincie, I think you have a drinking problem.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 2 February 2006 19:03 (nineteen years ago)

BELGIE HET BIERLAND

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 2 February 2006 19:10 (nineteen years ago)

does anyone who posts on this thread not have a drinking problem?

― ZR (teenagequiet), Thursday, 2 February 2006 19:11 (nineteen years ago)

*raises hand*

I have lots of other problems though so it evens out.

Tell me more about THS.

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 2 February 2006 19:14 (nineteen years ago)

Stephen, I'll set you up with Mom and Mr. Q so you can stage a true "intervention." I think it should be done entirely in mime.

― quincie, Thursday, 2 February 2006 19:16 (nineteen years ago)

I am really disappointed that there is no Belgian biere called "Ohnoes Uadrunkie," come to think of it

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 2 February 2006 19:16 (nineteen years ago)

I feel I should note that it was Belgian beer that caused a hangover requiring medical intervention. Nothing makes you feel quite so "oh noes I R a drunkie" as being hooked up to a saline drip thoughtfully warmed in your microwave and hanging from your cheap halogen torch lamp as you languish on your couch. Thanks God for friends with MDs.

― quincie, Thursday, 2 February 2006 19:25 (nineteen years ago)

Where can I get one of those saline-drip kits? I think I'll only need a couple for this weekend.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 2 February 2006 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

And how much vodka will they hold?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 2 February 2006 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

I am glad I have this thread because everything else on ILE pisses me off!

The vodka drip is so electroclash, that shit is done. out. old news.

Go for a beer helmet, a 20oz of coke in one holder and a pint of Captain in the other. Always a classic.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 2 February 2006 19:43 (nineteen years ago)

i need to check out one of those alcohol vapor thingies

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 2 February 2006 19:49 (nineteen years ago)

Invent a two-cylinder inhaler, switchable between ethanol and caffeine, and you'd be king.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 2 February 2006 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

Mary - my friend and I are doing a writeup on the show for his blog, I'll send it along your way when we're done. Short version: lots of dudes.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Thursday, 2 February 2006 20:20 (nineteen years ago)

WE SHOULD DRINK...and celebrate the Festival of the Rising of the Chickenbear.

― j.lu (j.lu), Friday, 3 February 2006 14:35 (nineteen years ago)

gordon beirsch or however the hell you spell it sucks.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 3 February 2006 15:11 (nineteen years ago)

All their beers are like 15 proof. And they serve them in like 20oz glasses. I got kicked out of there once for breaking a glass.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 3 February 2006 15:33 (nineteen years ago)

zach can sympathize

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 3 February 2006 15:38 (nineteen years ago)

this is true. ok, lemme rephrase: GB has high-proof beer and comely russoslavic waitresses (both sizable pluses), but their food is overpriced and nothin special, there are tons of unfortunate men on dates that aren't going very well, and meeting up with your roommates and the girl who used to live in your room - who goes on for about 35 minutes about how you should really check out McLean Bible Church because they have a laser light show or something like that and "it's really just you and god" - is not the best way to spend your evening.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 3 February 2006 15:47 (nineteen years ago)

"Just you and god" vs "you, god, and a comely russoslavic waitress".

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 3 February 2006 15:53 (nineteen years ago)

Should I have Elanor Holmes Norton do my taxes for me? Has anyone ever done this? Will I get what I pay for?

D.C. Residents...Tax Forms Prepared Free of Charge. The Annual Norton Tax Preparation and Information Fair, Saturday, February 11, 2006, 10 AM to 1 PM,
Washington Convention Center. Call 783-5065 for more information.

― quincie, Friday, 3 February 2006 15:54 (nineteen years ago)

ZR, don't hate the bar. Hate the crowd in the bar.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 3 February 2006 16:03 (nineteen years ago)

The crowd in GB's marriott loc downtown is usually about as hateable as they come, if you're anything like an American Taxpayer

― TOMBOT, Friday, 3 February 2006 16:04 (nineteen years ago)

Do you guys ever walk around the city at night and see the black lincolns driving by, or see a tall building with people still working late (not cleaning crew) and think "I wonder what horrible shit about our government they know"

― TOMBOT, Friday, 3 February 2006 16:06 (nineteen years ago)

Me @ Gordon Biersch!
http://www.ijpc.org/frank_capra/number_8.jpg

― TOMBOT, Friday, 3 February 2006 16:10 (nineteen years ago)

I'm the dude with the bad haircut staring at the floor trying not to throw up.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 3 February 2006 16:11 (nineteen years ago)

Re the predatory glide of black Lincolns, that pretty much describes my walk to the Capitol S. Metro every evening.

9 out 10 people are just keggerbrained interns or random car-dealer looking guys, but then you pass one who's just got a map of some nu-gulag written into the lines on his face.

Why We Drink, by Stephen X.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 3 February 2006 16:18 (nineteen years ago)

part 36 in a series

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 3 February 2006 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

What's great about that frame, I just noticed, is that the ethnicities, roles, and men's fashions on display there are still just as accurate in 2006 as they were then, except that there is nobody as good looking as Jimmy Stewart actually living in this city, and people's hair is generally a lot less greasier nowadays.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 3 February 2006 16:22 (nineteen years ago)

MORE MOUSTACHES PLEASE.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 3 February 2006 16:26 (nineteen years ago)

(also, Mary: if you're interested in reading that THS writeup, it's at http://soidisantra.typepad.com)

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 3 February 2006 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

hah.. "why can’t monsters get along with other monsters?"

I so don't get the Hold Steady, I feel like that's what happens when the rock critics get the music they really want.

― dar1a g (daria g), Friday, 3 February 2006 17:35 (nineteen years ago)

good point about vocals being mixed too high now, though. I still like My Bloody Valentine a lot but it's hard to listen to them as much once I started to discern through all that noise what the lyrics were, and they're mostly awful.

― dar1a g (daria g), Friday, 3 February 2006 17:38 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, i mean i enjoyed them more than i thought i would have, that's for sure. but "rock critics getting the music they want" is a pretty apt description.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 3 February 2006 17:47 (nineteen years ago)

What the hell: what kind of musician banters before they play? Sorry to miss the preponderance of dudes though, maybe.

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 3 February 2006 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

you'd certainly have had your pick of the beardo litter. and who couldn't love that litter?

now, if you'll excuse me, i'm going outside.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 3 February 2006 21:11 (nineteen years ago)

It is hot out there. Be careful. I overdressed like a motherfucker this morning.

The old hispanic lady dentist only found one cavity! I was so stoked by this I immediately purchased a Black Cherry Vanilla Coca-Cola on the way home. It tasted worse than anything I've ever had put in my mouth by any dentist. Now I just feel like I need to brush my teeth again.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 3 February 2006 21:53 (nineteen years ago)

What's everyone doing tonight? I got a ticket for Low so I will be around 14th street. Anything else going down?

― Mary (Mary), Saturday, 4 February 2006 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

Mary, were you at the show? I didn't see you! I didn't decide whether to go until last minute, was having a bad day (the weather was a factor). holy shit, that was something - they weren't near that intense or as loud last time I saw them (five years ago). Alan is great, some of the stuff he said was fantastically awkward city. the encore was out of control. wish they'd played longer. and they played my song! hooray!

― dar1a g (daria g), Sunday, 5 February 2006 07:56 (nineteen years ago)

er, actually, I worry about that guy. I don't know if he really has it together.

― dar1a g (daria g), Sunday, 5 February 2006 08:17 (nineteen years ago)

RJD2 at 9:30 was pretty good last night. The opening act, Sharkey, who made up for any deficiency in his mix with a lot of enthusiasm, was a cool dude. We hung out up on the balcony during RJD2's set.

And then we had Ben's, which was fucking heavenly. Amazing.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Sunday, 5 February 2006 15:24 (nineteen years ago)

Hi Daria! I did go. I loved it. I have a new crush on they Low guy. It was so crowded though, I'm not surprised we didn't see each other. That was the first time I have been to the new Black Cat--it's gotten a lot bigger and more intense. It was really good when I was up front but then I got tired and went to the back and people were talking and being loud and annoying.

Minor quibble: he also began the set with banter. What happened to opening full guns with a song? I peeked into the little dance room: you guys have got to accompany me to some 80s dance parties or I will cry.

― Mary (Mary), Sunday, 5 February 2006 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

I was pretty near the front, but on the far right of the stage. Beginning of the set was the start of the awkwardness, yes, something definitely off about him. It was a great show, I liked that actually (most stage banter is instantly forgettable,) but I'm just saying. they cancelled their tour for this record last year because of mental health stuff, and then I just read some very recent interviews and sometimes they got a little grim. maybe I have highly tuned radar for that sort of thing though.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 6 February 2006 04:33 (nineteen years ago)

I was pretty near the front, but on the far right of the stage.

hey! that's where I was....

The other two members didn't appear to be enjoying themselves much.

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:41 (nineteen years ago)

funny that. it was crowded though! Mimi did not look happy at all.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

who was the non-alan/mimi person? cause their regular dude quit again, right?

Should I have Elanor Holmes Norton do my taxes for me?

dunno, but maybe instead i could ysi a h4xx0r3d version of t4xcut...

and hey, HOW ABOUT THEM STILLERS

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 6 February 2006 20:12 (nineteen years ago)

h4xx0r3d t4xcut, y'say?

also tom, if you could send along any pitchers from last night i'd be much appreciative.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Monday, 6 February 2006 20:16 (nineteen years ago)

also, hott cronenberg movies at afi this weekend!

― ZR (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 15:07 (nineteen years ago)

they've been playing for a while.. which ones are coming up? Cronenberg is so great, I keep meaning to go over there. I actually haven't yet seen Naked Lunch and Dead Zone and maybe one or two of the early horror flicks. Well, not Fast Company either but that doesn't seem necessary.

― dar1a g (daria g), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 15:30 (nineteen years ago)

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/yves.bou/brasseries/images/kronenbourg/kro03.jpg

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 15:31 (nineteen years ago)

crash and the brood are playing this time around, i believe

― ZR (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

anyone else going to feist tomorrow night?

― JD from CDepot, Tuesday, 7 February 2006 19:36 (nineteen years ago)

You got tickets right? it's sold out.. I'm not going but noticed when checking listings.

OMG
MON FEB 13- GIL MANTERA'S PARTY DREAM, SENTAI $7 backstage 9:00

― dar1a g (daria g), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 20:36 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, i got tix a week ago. can't wait.

― JD from CDepot, Wednesday, 8 February 2006 02:52 (nineteen years ago)

When did she blow up? I saw her open for Bright Eyes and I thought she was great but I didn't know she was at the sell-out level.

― Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 04:48 (nineteen years ago)

hi quincie!

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 14:21 (nineteen years ago)

Grrrrrrrr mookie.

― quincie, Wednesday, 8 February 2006 15:17 (nineteen years ago)

There's a story to be told here.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 15:40 (nineteen years ago)

Did mookie get quincie's piglet drunk and fire it from a cannon? Because that's the only story I want to hear.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 8 February 2006 15:57 (nineteen years ago)

The story is that Dook blew a 17 pt lead to barely squeak by in the final three minutes.

Don't make me post J.J.'s poetry! You will ALL be SO VERY SORRY!

― quincie, Wednesday, 8 February 2006 16:13 (nineteen years ago)

Read it and weep:

Ten minutes pass without a notice
Nine times in my life I've felt hopeless
Eight friends I've lost on purpose
Seven broken bones my skeleton felt were worthless
Six days of work, but only one day of worship
Five ways I feel pain, but that's only on the surface
Four corners of the earth, all touched by God's churches
Three sisters have influenced my poetic verses
Two years that I completely lost focus
One brother for which I wrote this
Ten minutes pass without a notice

― quincie, Wednesday, 8 February 2006 16:15 (nineteen years ago)

no doubt jerry stackhouse's poetry is much better!

Eight days in a rental week
Get outta my condo, woman

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 16:39 (nineteen years ago)

god, feist was great tonight. shes just so sweet.

― jd from cdepot, Thursday, 9 February 2006 05:59 (nineteen years ago)

where's the best place in the area to sell some used books and cds? i think i'm too lazy to do individual mailings via e-bay or amazon.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 9 February 2006 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

books i ain't got nothin on, but CDepot'll give you the most dinero for your CDs

― ZR (teenagequiet), Thursday, 9 February 2006 16:38 (nineteen years ago)

If you have any left over that you don't sell, you might drop 'em off at Book Thing in Baltimore. They'll let you pick up more for free, so you won't have to deal with all that annoying extra space in your house.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 9 February 2006 17:16 (nineteen years ago)

i'm only selling stuff cause i have no extra space! i'll take the leftovers to the DC library.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 9 February 2006 17:29 (nineteen years ago)

SNOW DAMMIT

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Saturday, 11 February 2006 04:16 (nineteen years ago)

MILK AND TOILET PAPER TIME, PEOPLE. REMAIN CALM. FOR GOD'S SAKE, REMAIN CALM!

― ZR (teenagequiet), Saturday, 11 February 2006 17:03 (nineteen years ago)

Is there time to go the gym before the blizzard?

― Mary (Mary), Saturday, 11 February 2006 17:36 (nineteen years ago)

I SURVIVED RAIN BLIZZARD 2006

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Saturday, 11 February 2006 19:25 (nineteen years ago)

joe's record paradise in baltimore is closing for good. not that d.c. f@gs care or nuthin

― |l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l| (eman), Saturday, 11 February 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

d.c. f@g who cares, f@g.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Sunday, 12 February 2006 04:10 (nineteen years ago)

;' )

― |l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l| (eman), Sunday, 12 February 2006 06:58 (nineteen years ago)

hugglez!

― ZR (teenagequiet), Sunday, 12 February 2006 07:26 (nineteen years ago)

ugh, i am sick and cabin-fevered. and regular-fevered.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Sunday, 12 February 2006 07:30 (nineteen years ago)

if anyone can make it to baltimore tomorrow you should go to the walters and see a really really awesome exhibition on medieval russian icon painting.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Sunday, 12 February 2006 07:33 (nineteen years ago)

forwarded, but seems to be true:

I think there's a glitch on Travelocity with their London flights on Virgin Atlantic. Right now, you can get a roundtrip (including tax) from Dulles to Heathrow (LHR) for $411 including tax during peak seasons. If you book the same itinerary through Virgin directly, the flights are anywhere from $250-$400 more.

Go to www.travelocity.com. Enter your departure/arrival cities. Click on FLEXIBLE dates (you can narrow down by month if you prefer). Then have at it. To my knowledge, this is the only way for the fare to show up.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 13 February 2006 16:39 (nineteen years ago)

That would be great except our experience of Virgin Atlantic was kinda HORRIFYINGLY AWFUL IN EVERY WAY.

― TOMBOT, Monday, 13 February 2006 16:46 (nineteen years ago)

Kind of like this weekend with my fiancee's future in-laws!

― TOMBOT, Monday, 13 February 2006 16:56 (nineteen years ago)

really? i've only flown virgin once and it was awesome--i'd actually consider paying (very slightly) more to fly them.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 13 February 2006 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

ps tell us about yr weekend

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 13 February 2006 17:00 (nineteen years ago)

my parents were planning on inviting about 10 extra people to the rehearsal dinner beyond what was explicitly stated. So unless they had made some offhand comments about drinks for people who don't consume alcohol and I had pressed them on it the next day while we were out together the rehearsal dinner would have looked like this:

My parents
Ally's parents
Us
The rest of the wedding party
PLUS!
10 specially selected friends and relatives of my parents.

...

What The FFFFFFUUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKK.

Thanks Mom I always enjoy your mind games. I'm sure Dad feels great for being wrapped up in it. He's supposed to be writing an apology to Ally & I tonight and I guess we'll see how that turns out.

So the best part of the whole weekend was bumming a free ride from them to take Mr. Kitty to the vet so he could get updated vaccinations so that we can adopt him a friend.

― TOMBOT, Monday, 13 February 2006 19:47 (nineteen years ago)

You can adopt one of my cats! Which would you prefer: the one who pees on everything or the sociopathic human-hater?

― ng-unit, Monday, 13 February 2006 20:10 (nineteen years ago)

that narrows it down.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 February 2006 20:11 (nineteen years ago)

No we are getting this guy from the Humane Society shelter on NY Ave:
http://www.washhumane.org/adoptpix/NYcats/randall8feb.jpg

― TOMBOT, Monday, 13 February 2006 20:29 (nineteen years ago)

whoa he looks awesome, tom

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 February 2006 20:54 (nineteen years ago)

haha wow. that sucks. but i guess it's good preparation for a lifetime of arguments over your thanksgiving/christmas plans...

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 13 February 2006 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.traversino.com/joe_maini_website/images_maini/marty_feldman.jpg

um, xpost the kitty.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 13 February 2006 21:27 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.askatron.com/images/av_hypnotoad.gif
BZZZSSHSSSZZZZSHZZZZSSHCCKT

― TOMBOT, Monday, 13 February 2006 21:34 (nineteen years ago)

what Tom is making unclear to everyone in his story is that there was apparently no intention of letting my parents invite 10+ specially selected friends and family as well. THIS IS OUR PARTY etc. O RLY? Guess which events are MY party? Oh you guessed it bitches. GO HOME YR GUESTS, GO HOME. etc etc wtf do I care, I got to storm dramatically out of a restaurant after declaring my in-laws horrible, rude people, after I finished 2 drinks and lamb vindaloo so BONUS ROUND=ME.

Oh did I mention they went to Tregaron after we explicitly asked them to wait until my parents were in town before visiting it?

The only reason I haven't fired off an email myself to the two of them explaining my storm out is because Tom asked me to wait for the vaunted apology!!!!!!

Take bets now, who will be the first person to get kicked out of our wedding??

ALSO MY KITTY IS CUTE, NO?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 February 2006 21:36 (nineteen years ago)

How'd you get all that eye shadow into the kitty's ears?

I'd storm out of more places, but I'm sure I'd forget my coat or something and have to storm back in, then forget my keys, etc.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 13 February 2006 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

good thing the bot is so hott, i guess!

update: my 96-yr-old grandmother is now not coming at all, presumably because there's no one to bring her after we rejected strong-arm tactics to invite my aunt/uncle whom i don't even know. and the bride's father, who did not respond to his invitation, let it be known via her siblings that he is shocked and insulted that his raging bitch of a wife was not invited and thus won't be coming. O WLL

also: wedding readings are all stupid, it would seem

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 13 February 2006 21:50 (nineteen years ago)

Re rehearsal dinner hijinx, at my brother's dinner we arrived to find a) the wedding party, b) the parents, and c) the organist from the church, who apparently got to attend the rehearsal dinner of every wedding he played for--it was some kind of musical droit du seigneur.

We were all wtf? but the people from the church acted like everyone knew that's how it worked, so we all chatted among ourselves while a total stranger sat with us and silently shoveled in the brisket and spuds, then left with an extra dessert.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 13 February 2006 21:53 (nineteen years ago)

ugh! Wedding readings! I have no idea what those are about! We're having a helluva time with that too.

I am well practiced and very talented at the "restaurant storm out" move.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 February 2006 22:04 (nineteen years ago)

Is Tom an only child? Is this why his parents have so much energy to invest in your nuptials? I guess it's not possible to freeze them out at this point? I.e., tell them where and when, but don't allow them to be involved in any of the planning/decision making.

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:15 (nineteen years ago)

i'm an only child--and i had to make a special plea for my parents to show up on friday night rather than an hour before the wedding on saturday

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 00:45 (nineteen years ago)

Tom is an only child, and his family definitely falls into the stereotype of only-child-parents-with-too-much-money.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 00:47 (nineteen years ago)

Ally is this a bad time to call you wrt pictures?

― Jimmy Mod (I myself am lethal at 100 -110dB) (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 00:54 (nineteen years ago)

Ally -

We actually had a good time with our readings. One totally personal and funny, one that we just kind of liked, and one that was pretty classic wedding-style reading.

Take it as a statement(s) of what you and Tom feel about you all getting married and what it represents. My wife and I chose the legal definition of partnership - this served as a) funny legal reference for the ungodly amount of lawyers and pre-lawyers in the crowd and b) a statement that, regardless of sex, a partnership is a partnership. Somewhat of a thumb-of-the-nose to some otherwise minded relatives and the Commonwealth of VA.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 01:20 (nineteen years ago)

jm email me

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 01:51 (nineteen years ago)

Does so

― Jimmy Mod (I myself am lethal at 100 -110dB) (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 02:17 (nineteen years ago)

NEVER TOO LATE TO ELOPE

― quincie, Wednesday, 15 February 2006 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

Also: bachelor parties! I wanna check out Glover Park's finest nudie bars WHO IS WITH ME?

― quincie, Wednesday, 15 February 2006 17:04 (nineteen years ago)

dude if you wanna come have drinks with us at my bachelorette party yr welcome to.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 17:07 (nineteen years ago)

Are you having naked girls? 'Cause that would be awesome!

― quincie, Wednesday, 15 February 2006 17:13 (nineteen years ago)

hey--it's me! I'm known for naked girls!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 17:16 (nineteen years ago)

What's the opposite of "sausage party"?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 17:28 (nineteen years ago)

Melon festival

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 15 February 2006 17:34 (nineteen years ago)

Melon festival

-- TOMBOT (du...), February 15th, 2006.

aw shit, that sounds like some takoma park shit.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 17:44 (nineteen years ago)

ha ha roffles!

― quincie, Wednesday, 15 February 2006 17:50 (nineteen years ago)

Can we talk about area coffee shops again? Like: Sparky's on 14th, Misha's in OT. Any others I should know about?

― Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 23:04 (nineteen years ago)

Busboys and Poets at, I think, 14th and V; it's a restaurant too, so it's kind of slammed at mealtimes, but quiet enough in the off-hours. Actual bookstore attached.

Tryst on 18th is good for that rotten-couch/meat-market vibe.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 16 February 2006 01:41 (nineteen years ago)

I have to say, despite their annoying slogan, Murky Coffee makes a damned good cup of coffee. I had a cup of plain black coffee from there when hung over.. and it was really extremely nice.

― dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 16 February 2006 04:21 (nineteen years ago)

how was The Apology?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 16 February 2006 15:52 (nineteen years ago)

hey Mary were you in Dupont Circle around 6pmish yesterday?? Cos I thought I saw you but I wasn't sure it was you...

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 February 2006 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

jury duty is annoying, dudes.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 16 February 2006 16:02 (nineteen years ago)

have you been picked or are you just sitting around waiting for a trial?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 16 February 2006 16:10 (nineteen years ago)

no, it was yesterday, and i got out of having to serve. sat in the courthouse from 8:30 until 2:00 in the damn afternoon, though, without a lunch break, after the bailiff had assured use we'd be out the door by 11 if they weren't gonna use us. way more serious a trial than i figgered it'd be though, dude was up for attempted murder. his middle name? wayne.

however, i enjoyed the $20 compensation and the roffles-inducing preparatory video they played when we all got there, which explained the evolution of the american jury system and started with carmina burana-esque music while showing a medieval european being bound and thrown into a lake to ascertain his guilt/innocence. "was this fair and impartial justice?" solemnly asked local TV celebrity stan stovall. "no, no it was not."

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 16 February 2006 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

I dunno, it seems okayish to me.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 February 2006 16:40 (nineteen years ago)

Hey Ally,

No, I wasn't in Dupont Circle. I was enjoying the lovely weather in the lovely Del Ray however. I went to this store Cheesetique and got some nice cheddar and baguettes. I would like to go to Dupont Circle more, but parking is so meh. I want to go to Kramerbooks and Second Story books more.

I want to try Murky Coffee in Arlington. I walked by St. Elmo's yesterday but I thought I wouldn't be allowed in without a toddler. I got a free cup of coffee at Busboys so they are okay in my book. Tryst looks a bit Euro-trashy? I haven't tried it though.

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:05 (nineteen years ago)

(Jury duty's all well and good until a "broken windows" proponent usurps your role as foreman and a barely English-speaking Russian immigant makes known her prejudice against the Chinese race. And you are supposed to come to consensus with these people.)

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:07 (nineteen years ago)

does anyone here *not* have a prejudice against the chinese? really, people.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

(I was confused by the etiquette at Busboy's. Are you supposed to sit down and expect to be waited on if all you want is coffee? I ordered at the bar and thought they gave it to me for free bc I obv didn't know what I was doing.)

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:11 (nineteen years ago)

mary you should metro to dupont circle. peak oil, you know. kramerbooks is k-meh. second story is cool, but that one guy is scary.

some of my best friends are half-chinese

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:15 (nineteen years ago)

sparkys wins for ambience - i dont drink enough coffee to have a taste opinion...

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:18 (nineteen years ago)

I occassionally metro on the weekends--when parking at the Huntington station is free. I do hate to leave the secure little bubble of my civic though:) I've been practicing parallel parking in overly large large spaces. I haven't hit any fenders or bumbers yet. Why do you hate Kramerbooks?

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:29 (nineteen years ago)

Is there a public library in Dupont Circle? I wonder what that's like. . . . Speaking of libraries, off to work. . . .

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:32 (nineteen years ago)

i only very recently started drinking coffee, and my office has shit-tastic starbucks...so that's what i'm used to. now whenever i get coffee anywhere else, no matter where it is, i'm all "this is fantastic!" that said, tryst gives me the heebie-jeebies.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

pete shouldn't you, like, be on the way to the airport now or something?

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:41 (nineteen years ago)

there's a library in the west end around like 22nd and L.

i don't mind the kramer's restaurant part--it's good for dessert, anyway. any encounter i've ever had with a bookstore employee has been fucking annoying as hell.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:47 (nineteen years ago)

hi mookie are yinz excited about yinz nuptials???

Note to Mary: fenders and bumpers are totally fair game when parallel parking!

― quincie, Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

i guess so--i've slept like crap all week!

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 16 February 2006 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

Kramer's has the angriest bookstore employees I've ever seen. But in their defense, it's not so much a full bookstore as a kind of book-lined restaurant foyer and bus station meeting point. If I spent all day telling people that the public restrooms require the use of a token then I'd be angry too. Unlike now.

Mookie when's the nuptials? Aren't they like, tomorrow or something? If you're posting from your actual wedding let us now.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 16 February 2006 21:17 (nineteen years ago)

Best description of Kramer's EVAH!

― quincie, Thursday, 16 February 2006 21:28 (nineteen years ago)

The West End library is v shabby and run down, I used to work near there & would drop by sometimes, it has coffee cans by the windows catching leaks from the ceiling. Not worth a special visit.

Quincie, I walked by your place this very morning.

Fenders & bumpers are indeed fair game. That's what they are for. I can parallel park with only inches to spare, and I don't have power steering... I *usually* only bump other cars when I'm in a hurry. But I keep beating the hell out of my hub caps by hitting curbs, and I finally lost one a few weeks ago. (Well, I picked it up off the street, but I think someone ran over it in the meantime & now it won't go back on. damn.)

― dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 16 February 2006 21:31 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, totally. It took me like three or four visits to get the idea that the books were something you might consider purchasing in a book store.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 16 February 2006 21:33 (nineteen years ago)

saturday. maybe, when i get home after, i will post on the drunk/applaud thread.

xp yeah, and mary's civic, like mine, will probably fit into tinier/not-strictly-legal spaces

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 16 February 2006 21:34 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, Kramer's is a great meeting place. And it is so annoying about the tokens. But they have really good books there! It's just hard to see them crammed among all the other books, magazines, and people. I especially hate that to browse the magazines and new books you have to put yourself in the line of fire of people who are both entering and exiting. One time, I was privy to an extended work talk between some angry managers and employees--they had it in the annex room against the window. Don't they have a back office?

Q., I'm not so much worried about hitting the fenders and the bumpers as I am about a full scade side swipe. My frontal depth perception is apparently a bit faulty. I think I'm far away from things when I am really quite close.

(Got to work too early.)

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 16 February 2006 21:34 (nineteen years ago)

wtf it's 65 degrees out!

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 16 February 2006 21:35 (nineteen years ago)

Hi darla! I woulda had you in for coffee had I known you were in the 'hood (I sympathize with your frustration at lack of decent regular drip coffee in DC, and cope by just brewing at home in the a.m.).

It is truly a depressing thing indeed to think that the DC libraries are far, far crappier than the library (singular) of Galveston, TX. Honestly, I'm a huge lover of libraries but can't bear the Cleveland Park branch, which is my closest option given that the Tenleytown branch has been and probably will continue to be closed forever.

Mary, I will proudly show you my scarred bumpers and hubcaps to give you something to strive for! You can do it!

― quincie, Thursday, 16 February 2006 21:38 (nineteen years ago)

I think that there is going to be a large infusion of money into the DC libraries soon--and all sorts of overdue upkeep and new branches planned--so we may soon have a library system on par with the Galvestons of the world.

I hear the Arlington libraries are excellent. Confirmations? That is where I will go on my next lib field trip.

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 16 February 2006 21:42 (nineteen years ago)

I tend to just use Borders as my library - go in, get 1 espresso, read stuff, don't buy anything. easy. if I'm gonna buy stuff I go to Politics and Prose.. or Bridge Street Books in Georgetown (on M street just across from that gas station.. uh.. not on the far end by the Key Bridge, the end closer to Foggy Bottom). That place has mad theory and philosophy and the selection is overall pretty great.

― dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 16 February 2006 21:43 (nineteen years ago)

(The thing that really freaks me out about parallel parking is that I get all flustered and anxious if there is a car(s) behind me. I need to get over that. It's not like any of my fellow drivers ever show any consideration for my convenience.)

x-post

I really prefer Barnes & Noble to Border's, I think. It seems slightly less corporate. But I may just be making that up--I'm not sure how I distinguish between the two of them. B&N uses green and Border's uses...green, also?

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 16 February 2006 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

Hey now that I'm not hacking up biohazardous material I'd really like to get together for drinks (I do, after all, have a drinking problem to maintain)--anyone up for sometime next week?

Mookie are you and your beloved honeymooning or what?

― quincie, Thursday, 16 February 2006 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

(I've never heard of Bridge Street books. I would check it out, but parking in G'town--meh. My friend had me park in some general store parking lots, she said it would be okay.)

I'm down for drinks.

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 16 February 2006 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

i think you're making it up (the corporate thing). barnes & noble does have better remainders and better decor, tho.

xp we're going to the eastern shore next weekend, then to probably either spain or portugal in april. hail iberia

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 16 February 2006 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

I'm up for drinks at any point.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 February 2006 21:53 (nineteen years ago)

drinks = good idea

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 16 February 2006 21:53 (nineteen years ago)

Drinks are good. I can't ever remember whether I'm in a Barnes and Noble or Borders, to be honest..

Parking in Georgetown can be annoying.. I am not much bothered by driving up and down all those little streets above M St to find a spot but it can be a headache. You could take metro (orange or blue line) to Foggy Bottom, the bookstore is not so far away from there.

― dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 16 February 2006 22:01 (nineteen years ago)

K'books (ok, Afterwords) is K-expensive, and can be awkward with the acoustics/rickety-tables-&-chairs/bad-harried service, but I really like the coffee (and liqueur, and desserts) and comfort-nevertheless. I used to browse Second Story on occasion when I lived around the corner, but Olsson's was always my fave in the nabe. I'm always sort of surprised to remember that Bridge Street Books (which I know more by sight than name) exists. Aren't there big parking lots (in that warehouse area below M) near there? One could also walk there relatively easily (but not totally safely if alone) along Rock Creek from Dupont.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 16 February 2006 22:09 (nineteen years ago)

i remember i got a shot at k-books once and it was something like $8. no me gusta. second story actually has a surprisingly good used cd/vinyl collection - you can score some good shit there sometimes.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 16 February 2006 22:14 (nineteen years ago)

The food at Afterwords isn't bad at all! Not just the desserts, though maybe a little too pricey for what it is. Getting drinks + desserts + smoking in a bookstore is pretty hot. It has never occurred to me to purchase or even look at a book there.

xpost $8????????????????? I thought shots were free!!!!!!!!!!!! At least, they are at bars I've been frequenting lately. Maybe I'm buying too much alcohol lately...

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 February 2006 22:15 (nineteen years ago)

maybe it's just that miller lite girl vibe you give off. i don't remember if it was $8 exactly but it was something similarly exorbitant, enough to steer me away from alcoholica there ever since.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 16 February 2006 22:17 (nineteen years ago)

Those bitches never did call me

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 February 2006 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

well, we'll always have the pictures

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 16 February 2006 22:19 (nineteen years ago)

well then we should not get drinks on that side of Connecticut Avenue, according to science.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 16 February 2006 22:20 (nineteen years ago)

did you ever even get the pictures?? I haven't seen them myself!

xpost what the hell does that mean?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 February 2006 22:20 (nineteen years ago)

i used to work at one of the other second story books. co-workers were totally fucked there, various degrees of mental decay. good store though.

― |l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l| (eman), Thursday, 16 February 2006 22:32 (nineteen years ago)

I think Bridge Street does a lot of special orders for the university crowd & some class book lists, even. It's a great little store, I try not to go in a lot of times because I always end up thinking, hey, there's another Deleuze book I should have, that'd be fun, and spending more $$ than I should.. they have a lot of poetry and theater books too if that's your bag (it's not mine) and the history section is always interesting.

Wow, I haven't been to Kramerbooks in ages, maybe I should stop by. it's too nice to go straight home.

― dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 16 February 2006 22:34 (nineteen years ago)

I kinda like the Second Story Books in Bethesda -- I've had pretty good luck there, at least. The organization system is fucking maddening, though.

― ng-unit, Thursday, 16 February 2006 22:45 (nineteen years ago)

I am now posting from home on stolen internet on the husband's Mac, which baffles the shit out of me! So expect typos and other fuckups. . .

Georgetown Books, located in Bethesda, Maryland (of course!) is a sleeper hit with me and Mr. Q. It used to be up in the Woodmont Triangle area, but has moved to Bethesda Ave near the B&N an that mongo parking lot by the Capitol Crescent Trail. They get a ton of review copies so you can often score something current that's 24 bucks at the B&N for way, way less--less than that 1/2 off cover bullshit that Second Story pulls.

I'm sure TOMBOT could school me about the superiority of Macs but may I just say WHAT THE FUCK WHY NO "BACKSPACE?" WHY NO RIGHT CLICK? HOW DO I WORK THIS THING?

― quincie, Thursday, 16 February 2006 23:25 (nineteen years ago)

Oh don't even get me started on those things.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 17 February 2006 00:58 (nineteen years ago)

Oh btw it's supposed to snow again on Monday. WTF is this weather.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 17 February 2006 01:23 (nineteen years ago)

I really prefer Barnes & Noble to Border's, I think. It seems slightly less corporate.

i used to think the opposite, as the towson borders had better art, philosophy and computer sections, but that store has closed and moved a few miles towards timonium and now their selection sucks ass.

there used to be an okay used bookstore in wheaton, on ga. ave. in that strip right before the dunkin donuts. no idea if its still there, they sold cheap vinyl too.

― |l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l| (eman), Friday, 17 February 2006 02:00 (nineteen years ago)

One more vote for drinks in the near future.

On the topic of secondhand bookstores, Kultura on Conn. Ave. can be good.

― j.lu (j.lu), Friday, 17 February 2006 16:54 (nineteen years ago)

ok everyone is down for drinks. Is there a day next week that works better for anyone? Worse for anyone? Hell we all got a 3 day weekend, anyone up for sunday? Mid-week is good too.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 17 February 2006 17:01 (nineteen years ago)

Monday and Tuesday not so good for me but any time after that is WOO. Who wants to recommend some drinking establishments?

― quincie, Friday, 17 February 2006 17:19 (nineteen years ago)

The Childe Harold is around the corner from my house, has an area where we can all sit at a large table, and chicken wings and beer so that's always a plus.

TS Muttley's will always be my standby suggestion.

Pharmacy was fun last time.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 17 February 2006 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

I've never been to that Childe Harold place, sounds good to me.

Ally will you bring Mr. Kitty and your NEW kitty???

― quincie, Friday, 17 February 2006 17:25 (nineteen years ago)

They are not allowed outdoors...!! But if people are really nice they can come visit the kitties...

the CH is pretty cool but it has the dreaded internet jukebox, also a guy that we've taken to referring to as the preschool Hunter S. Thompson. But he only seems there on weekends.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 17 February 2006 17:26 (nineteen years ago)

wed-thurs would be good by me. internet jukeboxes are k-lame, but also offer you the fun (well, uh, fun for you) option of downloading 35+ minute songs and forcing assembled patrons to suffer. not that i've done this.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 17 February 2006 17:52 (nineteen years ago)

probably be hung over and exhausted on sunday, but monday through thursday is good for me.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 17 February 2006 18:20 (nineteen years ago)

Wed-Thurs works for me; right now I'm in the Bay Area where everyone's trying to tell me that this gray drizzle is really great early-summer weather.

Q, I'm with you on Georgetown Books of Bethesday; I especially like the old college-sports and communist-party posters they sell.

Weirdly, one of the bigger used book stores around is in the Wheaton Public Library--it's like an 80s warehouse-style store, with big industrial metal shelves crammed with Louis L'Amour novels from old people's deathbed nightstands.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 17 February 2006 18:32 (nineteen years ago)

Mookie, don't tell me we're going to be your honeymoon.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 17 February 2006 18:32 (nineteen years ago)

Wedensday night @ Childe Harold is what we are doing.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 17 February 2006 18:34 (nineteen years ago)

what could be a better honeymoon than having beer with internet people?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 17 February 2006 18:35 (nineteen years ago)

I asked myself that question right after I clicked "confirm your reservation"

― TOMBOT, Friday, 17 February 2006 18:36 (nineteen years ago)

Kittens are way cheaper than plane tickets, BTW

― TOMBOT, Friday, 17 February 2006 18:38 (nineteen years ago)

You can't fit as many in your pocket, though.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 17 February 2006 18:40 (nineteen years ago)

Have you ever tried? I've managed 5 in one (1) regular size purse before.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 17 February 2006 18:41 (nineteen years ago)

HAha I wonder if anybody has ever tried to shoplift an animal from the humane shelter

― TOMBOT, Friday, 17 February 2006 18:42 (nineteen years ago)

ALso isn't it great how if you do the double-caps thing at the start of a post and leave out the punctuation it lets everybody know you're having a bad time @ office

― TOMBOT, Friday, 17 February 2006 18:43 (nineteen years ago)

I assume more people try to smuggle kittens back into the shelter.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 17 February 2006 18:47 (nineteen years ago)

that sounds dirty

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 17 February 2006 18:48 (nineteen years ago)

What time Wednesday? Tombot, shall I wear my shiny new LM pin? Will you teach me the secret handshake?

― quincie, Friday, 17 February 2006 19:47 (nineteen years ago)

7? 8?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 17 February 2006 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

early is good--at my age, if i go home after work i have trouble getting back out

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:29 (nineteen years ago)

you damn fogeys and your early meetups. it's scientifically proven that fun potential reaches its zenith at 1:18 a.m. that said, 7:30ish sounds reasonable.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:31 (nineteen years ago)

Mookie what sort of work did you find? Something good enough to keep you in D.C., I hope!

xpost Pete is that you? I can't keep up with your name changes!

― quincie, Friday, 17 February 2006 20:32 (nineteen years ago)

Wednesday is fine for me. People just tell me where to park and I'm good to go.

StephX: pls report back with Busboy Procedures. I had lunch there today. I think I am getting the hang of it. I like it there, but something about the place just seems off. I like how their bathrooms are behind the bookstore so that everyone must browse books. Every time I go I find new books to recommend that our children's department purchase.

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

And dood for the record, it was the fogeys (Stephen X, mookie, and myself) who lasted the latest at Pharmacy! Ya'll young'uns just couldn't keep up.

more xposts Mary is Metro-ing an option for you? 'Cause the place is right by the Dupont station (the northern exit).

― quincie, Friday, 17 February 2006 20:34 (nineteen years ago)

xpost - nah, it's Zack. Pete's in Colorado at the mo'. good to have official confirmation that we hang out too much, though.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:36 (nineteen years ago)

and i'm on the record as a big fogey fan!

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

Yikes it's in the Dupont? That's where the kitty lovers live now? Maybe parking won't be an issue on a Wednesday night... Metroing is always an option, but it is just so much more fabulous to drive (when you live in the sticks).

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

Oh hi Zach! Duh, I should have paid better attention to the e-mail address.

I big fan of young'uns! Hopefully I will outlive Mr. Quincie and will get to marry myself a twenty-something when I'm like seventy-eight.

I suppose this means I should work on becoming a billionaire, because god knows where my boobs will be by then.

― quincie, Friday, 17 February 2006 20:41 (nineteen years ago)

The last couple times we were driving places we had absolutely no problem finding parking spaces right on 20th & Q (where the joint is). But I'd think traffic moreso than parking would be the bigger bugaboo at that time of day.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

yeah fuck that traffic. fuck that traffic, in the face. it took me an hour to do this on Wedensday, 5:30-6:30.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 17 February 2006 20:57 (nineteen years ago)

Quincie, if you find one young enough you can tell him that's where boobs normally are.

Yeah, Mary, I don't think Busboys has figured out what they are yet. They wanted to be a progressive bookstore-artspace-filmhouse-culture center, but now they're finding that young Heritage Foundation staffers are more than happy to hand them huge wads of ill-gotten cash in exchange for brunch, so maybe they'll just be a restaurant. It's my local, and I still never know whether they'd rather I seat myself or wait.

Another good bookstore: Candida's World of Books at 14th & Church (just n of P). She pretty much just carries travel books, but she has an awful lot of them, plus photo books of foreign stuff and an international children's section. I always give friends' toddlers the board books about dim sum.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Saturday, 18 February 2006 01:10 (nineteen years ago)

Traffic around there is hell in the early evening! It took me like a half hour to go five blocks last time I drove south of Dupont after work, and that was how I lost my hub cap too. Lately I have just been ditching my car overnight behind the building at work & walking everywhere. Parking prob not too difficult north of 20th and Q though.. I always check outside the embassies, their no parking hours end around 6:30, usually, freeing up some spots.

― dar1a g (daria g), Saturday, 18 February 2006 03:15 (nineteen years ago)

way xpost

"wangdangsweetpentangle"

Zack you magnificent bastard. we need to hang out soon.

(PS. i have NO idea what was said during said drunk dial. i was, however, thrown out of panda for passing out in a booth. oh, valentines day.......)

― JD from CDepot, Saturday, 18 February 2006 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

Where's Brian? He was also one of the late-night fogeys.

Now let me be the first to say CONGRATULATIONS MOOKIE AND MS. MOOKIE! Although it's only two o'clock, so perhaps this is premature. Anyhow, I hope you both have/had a wonderful time and wish you a gazillion years of happiness together! Just don't send your kids to the wrong NC school, okay?

Can't wait for the play-by-play on Wednesday. I'm sure Tom and Ally are curious, too!

― quincie, Saturday, 18 February 2006 19:05 (nineteen years ago)

What huh? I've pretty much switched to just drinking at home (like now), but I'll try to make it on Wednesday. Or come up with a good excuse why I couldn't drag my ass the whole three blocks there.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Sunday, 19 February 2006 05:30 (nineteen years ago)

huzzah!
http://static.flickr.com/35/101807522_8e6ab285c8.jpg?v=0

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Sunday, 19 February 2006 22:23 (nineteen years ago)

Lovely! Will you let us meet your wife?

― Mary (Mary), Sunday, 19 February 2006 23:08 (nineteen years ago)

You two are truly a stunning pair. Well done, mookie!

― quincie, Monday, 20 February 2006 00:10 (nineteen years ago)

congratulations dude! you guys look great!

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Monday, 20 February 2006 01:48 (nineteen years ago)

Congratulations!

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 20 February 2006 02:45 (nineteen years ago)

Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Monday, 20 February 2006 23:51 (nineteen years ago)

yeah mookie - way to go, buddy!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 14:22 (nineteen years ago)

congrats dude!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 16:15 (nineteen years ago)

thanks suckas! maybe you'll get to meet the missus tomorrow night...

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 16:23 (nineteen years ago)

Mazel tov! But is that older gentleman in the picture married to you too now?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 16:29 (nineteen years ago)

not in george bush's america, goddamn it

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 16:37 (nineteen years ago)

IT IS FAP DAY WOO HOO!

― quincie, Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:00 (nineteen years ago)

You're just thinking of the drink, aren't you?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:22 (nineteen years ago)

figures it would rain!!!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:23 (nineteen years ago)

After this stupid meeting this morning I wish it was raining bourbon.

― quincie, Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:24 (nineteen years ago)

Also: the Childe Harold menu has something called a B. Springsteen, which involves a crabcake and an english muffin. Please explain.

― quincie, Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:27 (nineteen years ago)

It's really good! I don't know why it is called B. Springsteen but it's delicious.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:30 (nineteen years ago)

OMG I forgot about FAP! I love this job though, I don't want to leave.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:46 (nineteen years ago)

You're a jerk, shut up.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:48 (nineteen years ago)

aw twoo wuv

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

nah I'm just kidding, I just love it when he posts to ILX and emails on a group alias email that I'M INCLUDED ON but doesn't reply to my email and acts like "What?" about the whole thing. MYSTERIOUS! DAEREST TOM: I need the Doves address. Thx! Ally

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:59 (nineteen years ago)

hey what time is teh fap?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:38 (nineteen years ago)

Seven-thirty-ish? I plan to ignore the fact that I rolled into work more than an hour or so late and will just ditch at my usual time, which should put me into Dupont about then. Gotta go home and feed the cat first, though.

― quincie, Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:45 (nineteen years ago)

I have to give my kitty his penicillin otherwise I will forget. and maybe eat something. then I will be there. like 7:30

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:49 (nineteen years ago)

I've never actually been in the CH--are we talking the downstairs part that maybe has a different name??? I should scope a big table, yes?

― quincie, Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:51 (nineteen years ago)

YES the downstairs part, that's good you asked cos I never would've clarified. The upstairs is I think solely a restaurant, like a regular sit down while the downstairs, while serving the same food, is very much a bar. Scope a big table, yeah, whoever's there first. The row of tables right in front of the bar area can be easily put together to make a big booth type situation and there is a big corner table in...well a couple the corners actually.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:56 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah I mean unless everybody is bringing a date we could conceivably take that 6-person boothish corner table by the coathooks in the back.
Sitting in front of the bar = draftiness. And it's snowing today. And I'm a wuss.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 22 February 2006 18:01 (nineteen years ago)

It bloody well is not snowing and I don't want to sit in the overly well lit back area, I prefer the dark front of the bar. The coathooks area would be fine.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 18:02 (nineteen years ago)

I just don't like sitting in the back because I have this weird insistance that is the "no smoking area" when it clearly isn't, people are always smoking there and there are ashtrays on the tables, I don't know what my thing is against the back as a "non smoking area". I admit it!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 18:06 (nineteen years ago)

It's not penicillin, it's amoxicillin.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 22 February 2006 18:09 (nineteen years ago)

I will try to brave the weather. But I'm going to go to DC now and may run out of things to do to entertain myself until that time.

― Marym, Wednesday, 22 February 2006 18:11 (nineteen years ago)

In DC??? A city of endless excitement?!?! Come now.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 18:24 (nineteen years ago)

I'm sure one of the think tanks will be having a lively policy briefing. Perhaps with cheese tray.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 18:59 (nineteen years ago)

Hmmm. Boss not here. Boss's boss not here. This leaves me as a ranking member on our project, and I have decided to excercise this authority by ordering myself out of here prematurely. See ya'll tonight!

― quincie, Wednesday, 22 February 2006 21:22 (nineteen years ago)

how was FAPpin'?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Thursday, 23 February 2006 14:51 (nineteen years ago)

You know, any FAP that spawns "cunt bunt" (or is it "cuntbunt"?) is a winner by my standards.

We missed ya, Pete!

― quincie, Thursday, 23 February 2006 14:53 (nineteen years ago)

well now, wasn't that fun? and i didn't even miss the last train home.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 23 February 2006 14:56 (nineteen years ago)

I should've taken the train! But I didn't have any more cash so I was waiting up by Connecticut & Florida for the bus for like 20 minutes & it didn't show (the 42 to Mt Pleasant passed by so I know they were running). I finally went in the 24-hr Rite Aid and got cash, hailed a cab, and there was some other dude about my age riding in it but I got in anyway (stupid). So the guy is like "Hi, my name's ----," and I'm like "hi." Then he starts talking about how he's from New York and blah blah blah and what brings me to the area and where do I live and why am I going up this way if I live on the Hill and am I English because I said "well" instead of "good" at some point and am I going near Upton St and I'm like, "uh, around there, sort of." Dude does not pick up on or chooses to ignore the obv. "leave-me-alone" signals but luckily he gets out just above Cleveland Park & hands the driver $20 to cover both of our fares. ?? I ask the driver if he thinks that guy was acting kind of weird and he agrees that he was. Of course the driver charges me again anyway when he drops me off & by that point I am too baffled to argue. I walked in the apartment building and retell the whole story to the African lady working the overnight shift at the concierge desk and she says, yes, that was strange, but at least you got home safe! true that

― dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 23 February 2006 15:49 (nineteen years ago)

Weirdness. But then again, you must expect to meet some weirdness at that time of night and in those circumstances.

The freaks come out!!!
The freaks come out!!!
The freaks come out at night!!!

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 23 February 2006 16:09 (nineteen years ago)

i received a lecture on the issues faced by the washington wizards while waiting in line to buy antihistamine at the 17th & p cvs, but it was pretty mild compared to dar1a's cab ride.

are we going to the dcac next saturday, then?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 23 February 2006 16:24 (nineteen years ago)

Holy shit! I didn't know cabbies could just pick up a second passenger, actually. That is too weird. Glad you made it home sans weirdo, though!

― quincie, Thursday, 23 February 2006 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

that would be super sweet if you guys came to le dc/ac. also, as an aside, my sister just informed me she's been referred to a physician named Dr. Hamburger.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 23 February 2006 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

I don't know if cabbies can pick up a second passenger. The driver said something to me about it that led me to believe, he knows he's technically not supposed to and he knows I know, but really, don't I think it's no big deal? His English was somewhat fractured so it was hard to get the gist of it, but at that point what was I going to do.

― dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 23 February 2006 17:03 (nineteen years ago)

That was fun! I can't believe the cabbie charged you for a ride that was already payed for, though. Next time I can chaffeur people home so that no nasty public transportation dramas ensue. In NYC, the cabbie can pick up the extra passenger as long as they clear it with you first. I don't know if that's a rule or just a custom though. The meter is just left running, so the person who gets out first would hand their share, or the predicted whole if chivalrous, over to the other passenger.

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 23 February 2006 19:12 (nineteen years ago)

THE MARY TAXI SERVICE. Meter system, no zones, payment accepted only in shoes and stylish accessories.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 23 February 2006 19:14 (nineteen years ago)

cabbies can pick up second passengers in DC, but I dunno how common it is, and I've pissed people off in the second passenger role. I wasn't aware that it was really done in NY outside the transit strike.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 23 February 2006 19:15 (nineteen years ago)

It's happened to me a couple of times in NY. Usually it involves late nights, drinking, and the forlorn wannabe passenger on the street pathetically inquiring as to which direction the cab is going. Either that, or rush hour, rain.

Last night I called the the NY subway system the "New York Metro." The shame. When I was at the Corcoran I asked a few guards where the nearest subway was and hilarity ensued when they tried to direct me to a Subway sandwhich shop. Luckily it also happened to be near the metro.

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 23 February 2006 19:21 (nineteen years ago)

(I also forgot the word for meter when I was trying to explain to the sales clerk at the Folger why I needed change for a dollar. I was like, the thing for the car that you put quarters into...? I am so linguistically challenged.)

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 23 February 2006 19:25 (nineteen years ago)

mary - that subway/metro is across from where i work!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Thursday, 23 February 2006 19:30 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, there you are, Mr. I Had A Date Last Night.

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 23 February 2006 19:32 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah man are we dc chixors not woman enough for you or what?

― quincie, Thursday, 23 February 2006 19:55 (nineteen years ago)

aww man...

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Thursday, 23 February 2006 19:56 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah you didn't even get to meet Mark, the drunk kentucky horse racing skeezy dude.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

I believe there was a monster movie involved, so there's just no comparison.

xpost

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:04 (nineteen years ago)

"skeezy" mark was my date last night, you jackass.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:05 (nineteen years ago)

I had no idea you were a stripper...I feel used right now.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:07 (nineteen years ago)

money's gotta come from somewhere, babe.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

amirite? amirite?

― dom passatino. (plsmith), Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:10 (nineteen years ago)

i don't feel used . . . yet

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:10 (nineteen years ago)

pete secretly being a brazilian stripper who works in a Hyattsvilleclub is no surprise to me at this point.

BTW if you guys want to know how to lose a new job in lickety-split fashion, I can tell you a way to do it.

You spend your third day on the new job at your old job because you arranged it so that your start date of your new job coincided with the beginning of your last 2 weeks at your old job and you haven't cleaned out your desk yet! You call to tell your supervisor this in the middle of the day and also that you won't be showing up for your shift that night! Also you have changed your mind and you really want your start date to be March 1 instead of February 20.

You're fired!

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:14 (nineteen years ago)

d'oh!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:15 (nineteen years ago)

man, actually having to work sucks

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:25 (nineteen years ago)

whew, glad that's over with

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:38 (nineteen years ago)

WHOS GOING TO SEE WHITEHOUSE/WOFL EYES ON THURSDAY?????

― lil' flipper (eman), Monday, 27 February 2006 00:37 (nineteen years ago)

(AT DC9)

― lil' flipper (eman), Monday, 27 February 2006 02:01 (nineteen years ago)

huh? both of them? I just looked at DC9 website & no mentions of wolfize! Yeah, I'd go see that. If it's only Whitehouse, I don't know if I fit into that extreme noize scene.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 27 February 2006 05:22 (nineteen years ago)

yeah it says n/a up top but if you click on calendar and scroll down you get:

Whitehouse (Legendary Industrial noise from the UK)

Pig Destroyer (relapse, VA Grindcore)

Wolf Eyes (Sub Pop)

FAP?!F@#HG?L‡°€

does whitehouse even have a scene these days? prob. just curious onlookers

― lil' flipper (eman), Monday, 27 February 2006 05:34 (nineteen years ago)

whats DC9 like anyway

― lil' flipper (eman), Monday, 27 February 2006 05:35 (nineteen years ago)

dunno, never been. it's near the 9:30 club. uh, who is opening for who here? I am not really interested in Whitehouse as much as I am in the other bands.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 27 February 2006 06:01 (nineteen years ago)

looks as though whitehouse headlines, wolf eyes goes on first

― lil' flipper (eman), Monday, 27 February 2006 06:12 (nineteen years ago)

So yesterday I went ice skating in ANACOSTIA! I'm pretty sure that is was the first time I'd ever crossed that particular river, which is sad. Anyhow, RED LINE sport with GREEN LINE crowd = Awesome!

― quincie, Monday, 27 February 2006 15:01 (nineteen years ago)

i like dc9. it's a pretty nice space - bar downstairs, smallish club upstairs, good sound. sorta like the velvet lounge if it didn't blow goats.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Monday, 27 February 2006 15:09 (nineteen years ago)

I am wondering what this show is gonna be like.. a bunch of creepy guys, a few metalheads, & me standing in the corner like OMGWTF? What does mr. whitehouse do live? I've only heard one track, "Gilles de Rais" because we'd studied a bit about that guy in a graduate seminar & I though, huh, someone did a song about him, that's weird. (it's a huge mess of obnoxious noise is what it is - about five years ago I'd have been all about that.) I listened to some of a Pig Destroyer album in a record store last summer. funny stuff. nice feminist anthems.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 27 February 2006 15:47 (nineteen years ago)

.. a bunch of creepy guys, a few metalheads, & me standing in the corner like OMGWTF?

plus jon williams wearing a neu t-shirt

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 27 February 2006 16:09 (nineteen years ago)

Be prepared for the Crossed Arms of Hipsterdom.

http://www.disfarmer.com/images/medium/1077.jpg

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 27 February 2006 16:49 (nineteen years ago)

creepy guys and metalheads aren't necessarily mutually exclusive (see venn diagram)

― lil' flipper (eman), Monday, 27 February 2006 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

T/S creepy guys into Smog vs creepy guys into Coil..

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 27 February 2006 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not a big fan of DC9. The soundsystem is much better than the Black Cat backstage one, but the layout is a bit odd. And the vibe just never quite seems right there. They can't put together an appealing lineup with any regularity and they don't seem to have found a regular crowd yet. That said, I'm glad they're in town and I hope the place can do more worthwhile shows.

DC celebrity sighting: A1an Gr33n5pan at Black Salt during lunch on Saturday! I was overcome with irrational exuberance.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Monday, 27 February 2006 17:23 (nineteen years ago)

this show is a positive force benefit right?

― lil' flipper (eman), Monday, 27 February 2006 17:32 (nineteen years ago)

yeah i think so. re: DC9, i dunno, they do seem to not really have an idea of what kinda crowd they're trying to cater to, but there's a lot of potential to that space. i like the stage and the feel of the upstairs in general, and now that scott (who does a lot of the warehouse booking) is doing more stuff there i think it'll get better

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Monday, 27 February 2006 17:38 (nineteen years ago)

Hey Brian how was Black Salt? What did you eat?

― quincie, Monday, 27 February 2006 17:48 (nineteen years ago)

It was only my second trip to Black Salt - I'd be there more but it's so damn out of the way. I have more transportation options to Baltimore than I do to The Palisades. It's an unusual place for the area, though. They have a retail seafood counter in the front of the space with lots of appetizing sea creatures and generally serve the same things as their daily specials. The casual seating area and bar actually seems much more open and roomy than the more formal dining in back, but it seemed that they were only seating people in the back.

Lunch was 80% delicious. We started with a butter lettuce salad that was pretty and light well dressed and all the things that people who actually care about salads are presumably interested in. The calamari was as insanely fresh as it was the previous time but not as perfectly cooked - the bottom few tentacles in the dish were still swimming in fry grease and the batter was heavier. Still easily the best I've had in the area. A scallop main course was pretty much perfect (and no grit!) and my skate wing was tender but was hiding way too many things underneath it - spinach (good), mushrooms (bland), pancetta (could have been diced much smaller) and a few other things I can't recall. Desserts were as pedestrian and overpriced as the last time.

But why the hell would anyone think calling the housemade coleslaw that comes with the sandwiches "tidewater slaw" was a good idea? It sounds like something that Eastern Shore chicken farms get fined for.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Monday, 27 February 2006 18:24 (nineteen years ago)

so i drive down 14th street to work every day now and there are traffic cops at certain key intersections (i, penn). but the lights are still on and all the traffic cops do is wave at people with a green light to carry on. wtf?

i know this isn't very interesting, but i'm already bored today. :(

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 15:26 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.stanford.edu/~skandel/powerpresentation/nwa.gif

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 15:33 (nineteen years ago)

rip eazy-e

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

hey, are you juggalo(e)s comin to our show saturday night at DCAC?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 15:40 (nineteen years ago)

man i'm looking for that shot from "tha crossroads" where one of the various bone thugs shoots a spectral eazy the "see ya when i get there" motion but google image search is really letting me down.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 15:54 (nineteen years ago)

i didn't know you HAD a sat nite show at the DCAC

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

IF YOU EVER CAME TO A FAP OR HUNG OUT WITH US MAYBE YOUD KNOW SOMETHING ALLY

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 15:56 (nineteen years ago)

...

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 15:58 (nineteen years ago)

I mean, I dunno, I seem to recall being there last Wednesday, dude.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 15:58 (nineteen years ago)

um, does the dcac sell alcohol? because i might have "quincie's problem"

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 15:59 (nineteen years ago)

yeah jk

anyway, its at DCAC (across 18th st from the diner) and you should get there by 9. and its free.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 16:00 (nineteen years ago)

yeah they have a little beer/wine bar in the gallery, and you can bring stuff into the theater. if you do, throw bottles at ZR. itll make him crazy, and he plays good crazy.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

EVERYONE BRING 40S

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

i guess i meant you can bring stuff that you buy from the gallery to the theater. im not sure if you can BYOB, although IM NOT GOING TO STOP YOU. AND IN FACT MAYBE ILL JOIN YOU.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 16:04 (nineteen years ago)

So wait it's not like a bar? With smoking and drinking?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 16:09 (nineteen years ago)

i mean there is drinking. not sure about smoking - its the District of Columbia Art Center

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 16:14 (nineteen years ago)

yes but I was hoping that maybe it wasn't, and you misspoke.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 16:18 (nineteen years ago)

Mookie, maybe the roadblocks were for the Anna Nicole Smith Supreme Court motorcade.
ihttp://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2006/02/28/PH2006022800501.jpg

That's a much better hairstyle than usual for her.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

you thought maybe we were going to the DC ass college?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 16:20 (nineteen years ago)

i can promise video accompaniment so awesome that it'll make up for any nicotine deficiency

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 16:22 (nineteen years ago)

ZR you dont understand addiction

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 16:23 (nineteen years ago)

but i do understand awesome

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 16:24 (nineteen years ago)

DCAC shows are great. The theater's a little wooden box on the roof, and you have to walk outside to get there.

It's set up for theatah performances, so you usually end up sitting in bleachers to watch the band two feet away from you. It's like being in the studio audience for an especially loud children's TV show.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

You guys had me at "IF YOU EVER CAME TO A FAP"...

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

hey annoying public interest sci. dudes how about you a) not schedule your teleconference for 11:30 a.m. because some of us like to eat lunch before listening to you harp on about the same lame crap you always harp on about but more importantly at least b) start it on time for once in your life instead of making me sit on the goddamn line with the sounds of crappy faux-classical guitar and birds chirping and streams flowing while you check in late losers START PLZ I'M HUNGARY THX GAAAAAAAAAH

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 16:41 (nineteen years ago)

yr call start yet, dude?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 17:00 (nineteen years ago)

yeah yeah it's on those sonsabitches

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

actual quote: "i wouldn't have been typhoid mary, i'd have been campylobacter jerry" man this job

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 17:04 (nineteen years ago)

HI DERE I WILL SEE YOU SAT.

― quincie, Tuesday, 28 February 2006 17:41 (nineteen years ago)

(dude unc-duke is sat nite!)

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 17:42 (nineteen years ago)

OH NOES I THOUGHT IT WAS SUN.!

― quincie, Tuesday, 28 February 2006 17:55 (nineteen years ago)

Shouldn't those student-athletes be studying for midterms?

Zach, don't get me started on nerd humor.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 18:08 (nineteen years ago)

LUNCH IS NUMBER ONE IN LOVELY WASHINGTON, D.C.!

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 18:35 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.value-stream-map.de/images/Value%20Stream%20Analysis%20Potentiale.jpg

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 28 February 2006 18:52 (nineteen years ago)

good god, what the hell is that?

― quincie, Tuesday, 28 February 2006 18:55 (nineteen years ago)

Oh and thanks for the Black Salt scoop, Brian. I have been meaning to get there, but for some reason I always forget that Palisades exists.

I know you follow retail/development stuff pretty closely. . . do you have any inside scoop on what's planned for the Upper Wisconsin/Newark development beyond a new and improved Giant (god knows it couldn't get any worse) and more parking? Any chance I'm gonna get a bookstore nearby???

― quincie, Tuesday, 28 February 2006 19:02 (nineteen years ago)

you mean theyre developing that big parking lot behind 2 amys?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 19:04 (nineteen years ago)

That's the rumor! Undergroundish parking garage in the same spot, with a new Giant on top, and then some sort of retail along Wisconsin where the Giant currently is. I just wanna know if it is going to be good retail or a fucking Panera or something.

― quincie, Tuesday, 28 February 2006 19:16 (nineteen years ago)

I can't say for sure, but I'm guessing that there will be one bank, one Chipotle/Baja Fresh, and one Caribou Coffee. Pretty much no chance of a bookstore if Giant is leasing the space.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 20:23 (nineteen years ago)

The Fake Accents appear directly underneath Coldplay in the listings section of the City Paper.

I went to Bob & Edith's Diner, but it wasn't so great. I also tried the Murky Clarendon and was not so impressed. My goal for spring 2006 is learning my way around Arlington.

The best street so far seems to be Columbia Pike. That's where Matuba is, and other intriguing seeming restaurants and dollar stores. Any recommendations?

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 20:25 (nineteen years ago)

xpost Am I the only one who feels that DC has more banks per square mile than, like, anywhere else?

Mary the Bethesda Matuba was my sushi of choice when I lived there!

Speaking of sushi, has anyone (hi Brian/j.lu) been to Sushi-Ko in Glover Park?

― quincie, Tuesday, 28 February 2006 20:28 (nineteen years ago)

mary - bangkok 54 on colpike has pretty great food

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 20:29 (nineteen years ago)

SUSHI-KO = TEH AWESOMEST

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 20:30 (nineteen years ago)

HEY MOOKIE SHOULD WE GIVE UP THE BOOZE FOR LENT?

hahaha funny joke NO WAY!

― quincie, Tuesday, 28 February 2006 20:31 (nineteen years ago)

BRIAN WHAT SHOULD I EAT THERE MAYBE I'LL GO TONIGHT!

― quincie, Tuesday, 28 February 2006 20:31 (nineteen years ago)

area-raised broseph (now sadly departed to colorado) sez: sushi-ko is the best. i have yet to try it, but damn it, i'd like to change that sometime soon.

also highly recommended by yours truly is kaz, though that's sort of pricey. but the best in the area is honestly sushi king in columbia - only this place i went to once in boston has been able to meet its standard of supreme excellence.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 20:32 (nineteen years ago)

Can't speak to Sushi-Ko (though I fear it to be a bit fusion-y) but I like Sushi Taro pretty well. I also want to try the Tako Grill in Bethesda (ever been?), Makoto (is that the place with the prix fixe omakase?), and I think there was some suburban VA place also, izakyaya type, but I can't remember now.

x-post

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 20:32 (nineteen years ago)

oh man Kaz is fucking great

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 20:34 (nineteen years ago)

Cool, Bangkok 54 always looks intrigueing when I pass it to go to Matuba. What about the multitude of Mexican/Salvadorean restaurants in the area--any of note?

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 20:34 (nineteen years ago)

oh and also b54 has the hottest waitresses of all time

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

mandalay girl is yesterday's news, huh? you're so fickle.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

SHE WAS A HOSTESS

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 20:47 (nineteen years ago)

I really want to go to Mandalay. Damn you, Maryland, so close, yet so far.

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 20:48 (nineteen years ago)

guess where me and ZR ate last night!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 20:49 (nineteen years ago)

[/cruelty]

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 20:49 (nineteen years ago)

at his mom's!

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

no, mandalay?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

ps i hate iberian airlines

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 20:54 (nineteen years ago)

Sushi-Ko > Kaz, for reals. Kaz is very good though, he used to be the chef at Sushi-Ko.

Go and sit at the sushi bar. If there's a guy there who looks about 15 with "Koji Terano" on his chef's jacket, sit in front of him. He's the chef and is total genius.

• get one of the soups, amazing depth of flavor
• rock shrimp & asparagus tempura. Best tempura anywhere ever, pretty much. Absolutely essential.
• crispy-fried eel w/ balsamic is very tasty
• the flounder carpaccio w/ fried carrot bits and truffle vinegarette is super
• ask what's good
• ask manager dude to pair a bottle of wine with your fishes. They specialize in matching Burgundy to sushi and have been doing so for longer than most sushi places have been open.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

I'll get to MD one day, just you watch.

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:01 (nineteen years ago)

Mmm 2 Amy's; just had some leftovers for lunch. I wish it was in my neighborhood, and that I could go in without tripping over baby carriages.

Mixtec is good, but there aren't too many Mexican places around that aren't actually Salvadorean. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:03 (nineteen years ago)

is cactus cantina any good?

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:04 (nineteen years ago)

I actually didn't like Mixtec at all. I wonder what I did wrong there. I appreciated their strange decor of posters of Mexican "glamour" models wearing soccer jerseys though.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

My auld experience says Sushi-Ko is cooler-looking, but Kaz is more interesting/creative. I'm not sure I ever ordered anything especially creative at Sushi-Ko, though. I catherded this occasional dinner club in school and Kaz was the big gourmet place on the schedule, but it wasn't as appreciated as some of the more vernacular (and alright, drink-oriented) places we went (including Mixtec). I've unfortunately never made it to Matuba or Taro. Sietsema big-upped the latter one year, but then seemed to get more sanguine.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:08 (nineteen years ago)

Mixtec is okay, but has been surpassed by Tacos Pepitos Bakery II just up the block.

Anybody with a vehicle on their hands should go to El Tapatio in Hyattsville. Guaranteed to be full of mexican construction workers getting drunk on Tecate by 4pm.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:14 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, I forgot about Tacos Pepitos. Good hangover sandwiches.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:14 (nineteen years ago)

HEY GUYS THINK WE CAN GET THIS BITCH UP TO 1000 POSTS BY CLOSING TIME???

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

WELL, DO YA?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:22 (nineteen years ago)

i belive in us

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:24 (nineteen years ago)

i believe, too!

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:24 (nineteen years ago)

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:24 (nineteen years ago)

FUNNY

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:25 (nineteen years ago)

TYPO

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:25 (nineteen years ago)

Kaz has this fantastic kobe beef appetizer that is like the most delicious thing I've ever eaten.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:25 (nineteen years ago)

SOMEONE TELL ME WHY LAURIOL PLAZA IS SO HEP

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:28 (nineteen years ago)

God now I am totally hungry and all I have in the office is warm V8!

― quincie, Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:31 (nineteen years ago)

GIRLS BE WEARIN TISSUES FOR SHIRTS

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:32 (nineteen years ago)

a real quincie would have vodka for that v8

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:32 (nineteen years ago)

Matuba & Taro are just like down-home, kinda regualar J-diners, none of this fancy schmancy we'll put your fatty tuna in a martini glass and call it an appetizer nonsense.

How are Johnny's Half Shell and Heritage India? And can someone explain to me Arlington's urban villages concept?

Oh, and if anyone can tell me how to get to Columbia Pike from the GW Parkway I will buy them dinner.

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:33 (nineteen years ago)

Also: the DC board appear to rival the Chicago board in activity lately. I think maybe we should go over there and start an east coast/no coast BOARD FITE.

xpost so much booze at home waiting for me. . .

― quincie, Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:33 (nineteen years ago)

Mary I've only been to Heritage once, but it was tres yum!

― quincie, Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:34 (nineteen years ago)

heritage india is awesome, mary - there are locations in dupont and g-town, also.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:35 (nineteen years ago)

We need to go to quincie's house to relieve her of the burden of that booze.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:36 (nineteen years ago)

Lauriol Plaza has a large and expensive sign - in Comic Sans! Why they suddenly needed a sign after five years of having a line out the door, I do not know.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:36 (nineteen years ago)

heritage india has kingfisher

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:37 (nineteen years ago)

Stephen X why the hell didn't you come over when you were already at 2 Amys???

― quincie, Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:38 (nineteen years ago)

I think the urban village concept=more places to put a Quizno's, a Sephora, and a Leb Taverna and call it community-building. Plus "village" makes people think fondly of Mayberry, where you won't get shot over someone else's parking-space beef.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:39 (nineteen years ago)

2 Amys has even more booze than you do!

Seriously, are you really that close? I thought you lived in Cleveland Park.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:41 (nineteen years ago)

Heritage India Dupont has super awesome 1/2 price appetizers until 7pm on weekdays.

Johnny's Half Shell is good, excpet last time I went it was not. It's on the pricey side for what you get. Pesce a few doors down is supposed to be very good, but I have never been.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:42 (nineteen years ago)

god damn i want to eat delicious food

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:44 (nineteen years ago)

alexandria to columbia pike:

i would take route 1 up (instead of the gw) and turn left on glebe near potomac yards--this will take you to columbia pike.

if you insist on the gw, take it up to the 14th st bridge and get on 395 SOUTH, then almost immediately get off on washington boulevard and then almost immediately again you'll be at columbia pike. but the intersection of the gw and 395 is a bad place.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

Anyone been to Komi on 17th? I keep hearing good things, but I never think of that neighborhood when I'm looking to eat out.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

I join the Heritage India fan club (at least for their food, not their service, which i think is maybe striving for Bombay Club obsequiousness/pushiness). I somehow never made it to Johnny's Half Shell despite living around the corner for 2 years, but my Mom rates it highly. I haven't been to Pesce in probably 10 years, but it was very nice when I did go. Back in the day when I wasn't all what-is-this-fire-you-speak-of, I used to get fillets from their fish counter on occasion.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

right now, im eating some cool pretzels and some excellent 7-up!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:48 (nineteen years ago)

Sorry to bust up the restaurant talk, but does anyone on the thread have experience temping in DC? I am considering moving there and I'm curious how easy/hard it is to keep busy and make rent money while looking for something permanent. Thx.

― Mitya (mitya), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:48 (nineteen years ago)

COMIC SANS???????

xpost there are a shit ton of temp jobs, I can forward you the information from the temp agency I was using. they got me a placement in no time flat which turned into a real job. I dunno what kind of $$$$$ yr looking for though.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:49 (nineteen years ago)

komi was good when i was there last year, but i am useless with the details. i remember liking the font they used (not lauriol comic sans).

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:49 (nineteen years ago)

yeah pete and i have been to heritage several times after drinking alcohol and almost uniformly get the "hm, you bastards aren't going to order anything expensive enough to guarantee me a gigantic tip" treatment. just because they're right doesn't mean they have to be jerks about it! on the other hand....mmmm baigan mirch ka salan.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:50 (nineteen years ago)

i never got that idea about heritage, dude

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:51 (nineteen years ago)

wait were you there with us when we went w/matt and rory and tara and amanda? they were total assholes!

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:51 (nineteen years ago)

eei is good for temping if you're wordy and shit

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:52 (nineteen years ago)

GOOOOOOOOOOOOO 1000!!!

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:52 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.mccullagh.org/db9/10d-6/fireworks-washington-dc-1.jpg

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:55 (nineteen years ago)

no - i wasnt there that time. but i was there with moira and IV, and they were totally cool.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:56 (nineteen years ago)

congratulations, everyone.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:57 (nineteen years ago)

thx, allyzay. Try sending to mitya underscore na underscore dorozi at yahoo dot com. i actually have no idea what temp agencies would pay, just assuming it's going to be more and more flexible than pulling lattes at starbuck's, sorting stock at border's, or whatever.

― Mitya (mitya), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:57 (nineteen years ago)

Thanks Mookie. I've done the Route 1 thing, but I was hoping there was some magical bridge that could deliver me straight from the Parkway into the heart of Arlington Urban Village TM.

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:57 (nineteen years ago)

Mitya where are you moving from? Rents around here can be rather intimidating unless you're moving from NYC/SF/etc. My friends from Boston consider Cambridge rents a bargain compared to DC!

xpost Then again, check out that monument (thanks Ally!)

― quincie, Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:57 (nineteen years ago)

that picture is actually faintly terrifying.

xpost temping is pretty flexible, i mean they're gonna keep bugging you every week to find out if you wanna do other jobs or if you like what they gave you blah blah blah. The range around here seems to be like around $13 an hour for your average temp job??

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:58 (nineteen years ago)

Stephen I live pretty much at the corner of Wisconsin and Porter, two blocks from 2 Amys. Realtors call this "Cleveland Park" and I don't know what else you'd really call it, as it's not exactly Tenley and also not Glover Park. It's like the Connecticut part of Cleveland Park meandered up Porter Street for a bit.

― quincie, Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:00 (nineteen years ago)

How about Dos Gringos in Mt Pleasant?

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:02 (nineteen years ago)

Komi is totally my favorite restaurant ever. Except for maybe minibar but that's on a more conceptual level.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:02 (nineteen years ago)

xpost Tombot where are you? We need new thread STAT!

― quincie, Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:02 (nineteen years ago)

xpost quincie

Rent isn't the main issue. I have just moved back to the US and have been staying with family (for free). But I'm never going to get a permanent job where they live (NC), so I need to bite the bullet and get myself somewhere where there are more opportunities. NY would be better for me but rent is even higher there and even harder to get. This said knowing a decent amount about NY but not much about DC.

― Mitya (mitya), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:03 (nineteen years ago)

Porter Park!

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:04 (nineteen years ago)

dudes unrest rules so much!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:05 (nineteen years ago)

Brian, what's it like? Komi, that is--I know it's not a gravy-popsicle place like Minibar.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:05 (nineteen years ago)

NO ONE MAKE A NEW THREAD BECAUSE TOM HAD A SPECIAL PLAN FOR HIS THREAD NAME AND HE'LL BE SAD TO WAIT ANOTHER THOUSDAND POSTS AND I WILL HAVE TO HEAR ABOUT IT.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:06 (nineteen years ago)

How many DC movies can there be?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:07 (nineteen years ago)

i think we should follow quincie's advice and start shit with chicago. also i think we should all eat together sometime, because i like food and i like you guys!

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:07 (nineteen years ago)

and i really like unrest!

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:07 (nineteen years ago)

isn't that neighborhood Cathedral Heights? I sort of think of it as "Macomb St". Perhaps Cleveland Park West should be "Elyria"?

http://www.washington.org/americanoriginals/

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:08 (nineteen years ago)

GET ON WITH IT TOM! ROFFLES A-WASTIN'!

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:08 (nineteen years ago)

whoa quincie I didn't realize exactly how close you lived to where i'm getting married.

xpost yes lets eat together very soon. LIKE APRIL 1, OK?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:08 (nineteen years ago)

this thread reminds me of the end in neverending story when everything is starting to collapse because dude won't just get on with it and give the princess a new name

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:11 (nineteen years ago)

Ally, are you getting married in the cathedral? 'Cause it's like a huge construction site right now, and your bridesmaids might get mud on their dyed-vermillion pumps.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:11 (nineteen years ago)

helllll no. no cathedrals, fuck that. you can see the cathedral from the washington international school though.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:12 (nineteen years ago)

also i am not entirely sure what vermillion means but i think it's an insult.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:12 (nineteen years ago)

bye guys

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:15 (nineteen years ago)

lates!

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:15 (nineteen years ago)

I thought making people dye their shoes was inherently an insult--that's the best reason to do it.

International school! That's a cool building, and much better than a cathedral. Plus, ample foliage for bridesmaid-groomsman shenanigans.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:16 (nineteen years ago)

all of the grooms but one are married/engaged men, sadly. Perhaps bridesmaids and random comers shenanigans, though.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:17 (nineteen years ago)

Stephen, Komi is somewhere between traditional greek/italian and modern american food. The chef and staff are all quite young and it's a small place. Unusual pastas, meats, fish. Figs. Good cheeses. Good wine. Lots of attention & detail in everything. The entrees are $27, I think, but they have a prix fixe menu for $58 that is supposedly 5 courses but is really closer to 10. Everything is of the utmost deliciousness.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:20 (nineteen years ago)

Do you people read Chowhound? I am trying to skim their board but it's of the very excruciating tree-thread variety. And as far as I can tell, there is no way to search.

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:28 (nineteen years ago)

Chowhound is teh suck, I like donrockwell.com.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:31 (nineteen years ago)

whoah, no one's working this afternoon!

I used to live in Cathedral Heights.. Cactus Cantina is kind of not so great, in my opinion. I went to Sushi Ko a few weeks ago. awesome.

Mary - where are you going in Arlington? Wouldn't it work to just stay on the GW Parkway all the way over to near the Key Bridge, and then take Wilson or Clarendon back in the other direction? I can never remember which road goes which way..

― dar1a g (daria g), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:48 (nineteen years ago)

heritage india is awesome, mary - there are locations in dupont and g-town, also.

i can vouch for the one in georgetown. i used to go there alot when visiting a friend who lived in walking distance to it. also quick pita (further down near m st.) is a good takeout place.

― lil' flipper (eman), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:54 (nineteen years ago)

heritage used to be in annapolis too, but it closed a few years back.

― lil' flipper (eman), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:56 (nineteen years ago)

First I would like to go Columbia Pike, but it doesn't matter, as wherever I head for I end up getting lost and driving around in circles in the hopes that I will see something I can recognize.

Your plan sounds apt, except I get confused at the Key Bridge entrance, with the signs for 50 and the Key Bridge pointing in one direction, and DC visibly to your right in the other direction...

This place sounds great:

Thanh Son Tofu, 6793/A Wilson Blvd., Eden Center, just north of Dragon Star, Falls Church, 703-534-1202.

They serve one main dish, tofu. That’s right, just slabs of tofu, done three main ways. Five for a dollar. The best tofu around, period. Tofu to die for. Tofu. Wonderful tofu. The Vietnamese love this place. By the way, you’d better be in the mood for tofu.

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 22:58 (nineteen years ago)

See, yeah, that might take some practice. I think you take 50, or to Rosslyn. a good friend of mine lives out there & this is like four years I've been driving that way and STILL take the wrong exit and get lost approximately 40% of the time.

― dar1a g (daria g), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 23:09 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, I remembered the Japanese place in Fairfax I want to try: Blue Ocean.

A & J is yummy. I think I have to go to Lotte Plaza.

I went to China Star, which is supposed to be great, but I ordered normal stuff, which was a mistake, but I figure, if they can't get the normal stuff decent, how are they going to get the other stuff to be excellent?

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 23:22 (nineteen years ago)

Warning: I am again on husban'dsa mac, which means fuck-iups rather inevitable.. .

Mary, I am a chowhound lurker (and occasilnal [poster as "hugnrtyKate")but at FAP brian convineeced me I need to go donrockwell insead.

ar4hth hate fucking mac so much let me try again:

isn't that neighborhood Cathedral Heights?

Haha I just got back from ANC meeting discussing the development polan for the 'Giant and development dudes (Street-Works, same joint that did bethesda row aaargh) proposed "Catherdral Heights" as new name for the 'hood. Anyhow to recover frmo ANC meetiong (Brian, how the ell do you handle these except not to ever go?) I had to dring 1 bottle of wine + Mac keyboard + RETARDED so sorry 'bout this post.

― quincie, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 04:14 (nineteen years ago)

I R DRUNKIE! But mostly mac keyboard problem. Where the hell backspace key?

― quincie, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 04:16 (nineteen years ago)

dude you got drunk at an anc meeting?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 04:26 (nineteen years ago)

Jimmy Stewart Is Punching You In The Face: DC Metro Area IV

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 14:19 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

http://img02.picoodle.com/img/img02/9/9/19/f_novam_baab6e3.jpg

― I DIED, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 13:36 (eighteen years ago)

If everybody in NoVA really hated themselves though wouldn't the Nats have more fans

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 14:18 (eighteen years ago)

nice.

hey random question brian. i was @ the chinese supermarket last weekend buying spices and such, was it schezuan peppercorns you were looking for? i have a bag of them if you want some

― daria-g, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 14:40 (eighteen years ago)

yes! I really want to try to make schezuan peppercorn vodka.

Also I bought all the ethiopian spices I didn't already have from the Dukem carryout and will be experimenting...

― I DIED, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 19:03 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.archives.mcgill.ca/pictures/pr017192.gif

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 19:09 (eighteen years ago)

Is that a real article or did you make that up, B.?

― Virginia Plain, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 19:17 (eighteen years ago)

i've been meaning to go to dukem as well, i think i have most of the required spices already but the preparation of the right mix seems too complicated. i'd like to start cooking up a batch of ethiopian or indian food on the weekends & bringing that to work instead of buying stuff @ the whole foods.. but i have to get it just right

the chinese & korean supermarkets are the best. i got a huge bag of peppercorns for $2, another good size bag of cardamom ($4), a jar of chili paste, some taro/coriander cookies, and tamarind candy, it's basically chunks of tamarind with sugar and hot chili

― daria-g, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 19:19 (eighteen years ago)

I am traveling all the way from NYC to DC tomorrow morning, hanging with my mom for approximately 7 hours, and then travelling all the way back. (I suppose it's just like having a really long work commute.)

If any of you live out of lockers at the train station, I'll be sure to say hi.

― nabisco, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 20:24 (eighteen years ago)

Come over to the greyhound terminal and give me some money. also if you could bring a bar of soap in a mesh bag that would be excellent

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 20:26 (eighteen years ago)

PS why the hell is east-coast corridor Amtrak so expensive? I've somehow managed to pay near-flying prices, and I'm not even riding business class on the Acela or anything.

― nabisco, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 20:29 (eighteen years ago)

lol track maintenance

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 20:32 (eighteen years ago)

I used to think the NE corridor amtrak was what kept them alive. then I found out that's what actually bleeds them dry because it's the only stretch of track amtrak actually owns and they have to maintain it which costs twelve fuck tons a day.

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 20:34 (eighteen years ago)

So I know this girl who's moving back to DC after leaving for like 5 years for school. She hates DC. I guess I'd prefer she didn't leave, being a friend and all, but at the very least I thought I'd ask what you do in DC to not hate your life?

― Will M., Wednesday, 26 September 2007 20:47 (eighteen years ago)

I've seen two options:

1. Drink
2. Be my brother

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 20:51 (eighteen years ago)

1 does not actually make you not hate your life

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 20:55 (eighteen years ago)

1. not live in virginia

― I DIED, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 20:57 (eighteen years ago)

Oh, so: my mom is staying by the airport on her way out of the country; I'm arriving at the train station; we have about seven hours to kill; what would you do with your DC mom-day tomorrow? Ethiopian restaurant is probably a given.

― nabisco, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 20:57 (eighteen years ago)

1. Drink
2. Be my brother
3. Not live in Virginia

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 20:58 (eighteen years ago)

4. Ethiopian restaurant

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:08 (eighteen years ago)

This reminds me: has U Street been decimated yet? That area (NW??? can't remember which quadrant now) was hella-awesome in the mid-/late-90s.

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:11 (eighteen years ago)

define decimated. if you mean all drinks on that street are now ten dollars, then basically yes

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:16 (eighteen years ago)

(I am captain hilarious today. all of you will laugh now.)

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:17 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, that's kind of what I meant. I knew the clubs I knew were gone but wasn't sure if the things that took their place were decent or not. Apparently, not.

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:17 (eighteen years ago)

the thing is that most of the gentrification/upscaling that's happened seems pretty cool and tolerable for a few weeks to a couple of months.
Then the storefronts designed to attract more inconsiderate self-congratulatory power queer yuppies to the surrounding condos actually achieve their intent and you just have to wonder to yourself HOW MANY OF YOU ARE THERE?

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:22 (eighteen years ago)

There's no place worth going to on U st anymore unless you count Selam, Dukem, Madjet, Roha, Solly's, The Saloon, Ben's Chili Bowl, The Islander, Creme, Bohemian Caverns, Axis, or Polly's.

― I DIED, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:23 (eighteen years ago)

Well, she's not a boy, but she drinks and won't be in Virginia... got any more absolute nuggets for me to relay? I feel worse for her daily :/

― Will M., Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:26 (eighteen years ago)

Ben's Chili Bowl may be the answer here.

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:27 (eighteen years ago)

Why is she moving back?

― I DIED, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:27 (eighteen years ago)

(Republic Gardens has pretty much gone to shit, though)

― I DIED, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:27 (eighteen years ago)

We already mentioned ethiopian food, dan

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:28 (eighteen years ago)

Wait, when was Republic Gardens not shit????

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:29 (eighteen years ago)

gabbneb to thread in 3...2...1...

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:29 (eighteen years ago)

5. Avoid Republic Gardens

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:29 (eighteen years ago)

find pedestrian routes that avoid passing the entrance to lauriol plaza. generally try not to think too much about most of the other people that live here, why they live here, or what they do for a living.

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:29 (eighteen years ago)

Wait, when was Republic Gardens not shit????

1925-1953

― I DIED, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:33 (eighteen years ago)

oic

6. GO-GO

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:33 (eighteen years ago)

she's moving back because she finished school here and can't get a work permit to stay (hi im from canada)

― Will M., Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:34 (eighteen years ago)

7. lol Smithsonian

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:34 (eighteen years ago)

1925-1953

-- I DIED

^^^^ lol

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:34 (eighteen years ago)

State of the Union RIP ;_;

― I DIED, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:35 (eighteen years ago)

I really enjoy living here, but there are a lot of people that don't. There are also a lot of people living here that I don't enjoy.

― I DIED, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:37 (eighteen years ago)

8. free embassy parties

― I DIED, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:38 (eighteen years ago)

There are also a lot of people living here that I don't enjoy.

this is my problem at this time in a massive humongous way. may change soon however.

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:39 (eighteen years ago)

If the weather is nice, you could go to the zoo. Or, maybe you and mom would like to go to the Library of Congress, National Archives, and/or Folger Shakespeare Library?

Other mumsy things: Philips Collection in Dupont Circle (private gallery of Impressionist art), ugh . . . the Corcoran maybe? National Museum of Women in the Arts! (It's a nice small museum, more like a gallery, in a cool old building.)

I would go to the Masonic Temple and Meridian Hill park (is that the right name?). and you could go to the Society of the Cincinatti if your mom likes the Civil War period.

Really, I would just walk around, I think the weather is supposed to be nice.

PS: you should take the Chinatown bus instead of Amtrak. Have fun!

(You and your mom could come and help me try to sell my car in Sterling if none of the above options look interesting to you.)

― Virginia Plain, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:40 (eighteen years ago)

State of the Union RIP ;_;

^^^^^^ this

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:40 (eighteen years ago)

whoops, that sounds like I've got a doomsday device and a master plan xxpost

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:40 (eighteen years ago)

the national portrait gallery would actually be on my must-see list if I was going to do museums.

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:41 (eighteen years ago)

where you thinking about going tom?

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:43 (eighteen years ago)

I would like to see Nabisco and his mom run through Crystal City in a pastiche/homage to the obligatory parent/child shopping trip bonding scene in many family movies.

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:44 (eighteen years ago)

There are also a lot of people living here that I don't enjoy.

this is my problem at this time in a massive humongous way. may change soon however.

-- El Tomboto, Wednesday, September 26, 2007 5:39 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

this makes you sound like a mass murderer hahahaa xpost

― Will M., Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:44 (eighteen years ago)

I thought the same thing:)

― Virginia Plain, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:46 (eighteen years ago)

I'm terrible

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:47 (eighteen years ago)

what DID you mean?

― Will M., Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:48 (eighteen years ago)

gabbneb to thread in 3...2...1...

hi! i second the recommendation for my chili bowl. otherwise, you are all doing admirably without my assistance.

― gabbneb, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:48 (eighteen years ago)

I would like to see Nabisco and his mom run through Crystal City in a pastiche/homage to the obligatory parent/child shopping trip bonding scene in many family movies.

WHAT SONG?

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:48 (eighteen years ago)

may change soon however

o_O

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:49 (eighteen years ago)

I actually hosed that up pretty bad, I shouldn't really get into my personal bullshit on board though.

OTOH chi-kevin is correct in assuming I'm considering a move, that is definitely on the table (in march or april at the earliest though)

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:50 (eighteen years ago)

I just need to end another sentence with though

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:50 (eighteen years ago)

I think you should take your mom to "Wack--the Art of the Feminist Revolution" and if she doesn't like that, there is also a Frida Kahlo exhibit.

http://www.nmwa.org/

― Virginia Plain, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 22:00 (eighteen years ago)

hey, i'm about 75% positive i'm blowing town in april or may, LET'S TEAM UP SITCOM STYLEE!!!!

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 22:07 (eighteen years ago)

hey me too

― river wolf, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 22:09 (eighteen years ago)

raise yr hand if you want to ride motorcycles to s america

― river wolf, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 22:09 (eighteen years ago)

Morris Louis Now at Hirshhorn is up there on my current exhibition list, though I think there may be some big NYC exhibit including him coming down the pike

― gabbneb, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 22:10 (eighteen years ago)

let's all go form a compound of scruffy bros somewhere they serve sweet iced tea

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 22:13 (eighteen years ago)

I miss awesome barbecue guys

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 22:15 (eighteen years ago)

where you going rw? did you sign a lease on that place? i'm month to month here so i can blow at a moments notice. i'm already trying to sell off my furniture and books and what not.

hand up if we're riding like vintage hondas.

xpost- speaking of awesome bbq i was supposed to be in memphis this weekend. ;_; then i was supposed to be in dc on monday. instead i'm selling my earthly possessions in a frantic attempt to raise rent money.

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 22:22 (eighteen years ago)

vintage hondas like:

http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/Bike%20Directories/Honda%20Bikes/images/Honda-CB350G-73.jpg

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 22:28 (eighteen years ago)

my dad has that bike, more or less, in red

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 22:29 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.hoc.org.uk/gallery/bikes/CB900F2_1982(3).jpg

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 22:34 (eighteen years ago)

i prefer vintage!

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 22:36 (eighteen years ago)

omg State of the Union is gone?? that was my favorite place to go dancing!!! ;_;

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 22:38 (eighteen years ago)

WHAT SONG?

There are so many to choose from!

"Happy Together"
"Stuck On You"
"Let's Stay Together"
"Don't Change"
"King of Snake" <--- my personal choice

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 22:38 (eighteen years ago)

1982 vs 1979?

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 22:38 (eighteen years ago)

I danced to Everybody Have Fun Tonight in Crystal City in 1987

― gabbneb, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 22:41 (eighteen years ago)

mine's a '73!

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 22:42 (eighteen years ago)

if yours is an '82 then i guess that's technically a classic.

fuck i'm old.

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 22:43 (eighteen years ago)

OMG I can't believe I left out "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"

Also: "The Future's So Bright (I Gotta Wear Shades)"

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 22:43 (eighteen years ago)

dunno where i'm going, kev.

just want to take some serious vacation before school

― river wolf, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 22:45 (eighteen years ago)

"Electric Avenue" is basically the crystal city theme song

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 22:46 (eighteen years ago)

just want to take some serious vacation before school

I highly recommend this, rw! I did, and I am often very thankful for it.

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 22:47 (eighteen years ago)

VINTAGE HONDAS AND VINTAGE EDDIE GRANT

http://retrosellers.com/images/equals101.jpg

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 22:49 (eighteen years ago)

let's all go form a compound of scruffy bros somewhere they serve sweet iced tea

Can I have lemonade instead?

― j.lu, Thursday, 27 September 2007 01:04 (eighteen years ago)

No.

Also, HI DERE!!!

― HI DERE, Thursday, 27 September 2007 01:08 (eighteen years ago)

Well, if I can have something stronger...nah, drinking probably won't solve my problems.

― j.lu, Thursday, 27 September 2007 01:14 (eighteen years ago)

hey dc, 2/3rds of my favorite band (not to mention my two best friends) are playing your fair city tonight at the velvet lounge. plese go see them and buy some merch. gas still isn't cheap.

thanks.

― chicago kevin, Monday, 1 October 2007 19:22 (eighteen years ago)

99.9% sure ill be there - ill tell them hi for you!

― 69, Monday, 1 October 2007 19:37 (eighteen years ago)

KEVIN IS OTM RE: COCOCOMA

SEE THEM

― river wolf, Monday, 1 October 2007 19:54 (eighteen years ago)

oops, shit, should i have google-proofed that?

― river wolf, Monday, 1 October 2007 19:54 (eighteen years ago)

If any scruffy bros would like to perform manual labor in rural central Texas, we're hoping to break ground in the next few weeks on a lodge/B&B thing on the Llano River.

― milo z, Monday, 1 October 2007 19:59 (eighteen years ago)

wait i am a scruffy bro interested in manual labor

― river wolf, Monday, 1 October 2007 19:59 (eighteen years ago)

Marfa? I wanna go to Marfa. That's not central is it

― Mr. Que, Monday, 1 October 2007 20:05 (eighteen years ago)

no need to googleproof it, they won't be playing with their regular farfisa/bass player (and my upstairs neighbor) mike, the bass player from the hipshakes is filling in instead but they're still great.

milo, i'm in.

― chicago kevin, Monday, 1 October 2007 20:07 (eighteen years ago)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Llano,+TX&ie=UTF8&t=k&z=13&om=1

Follow 29 west out of Llano until it hits CR-102, follow CR-102 all the way to the river. You are now on 20 fine acres of scrub, limestone, cactii and snakes. Bring kayaks.

― milo z, Monday, 1 October 2007 20:14 (eighteen years ago)

is it really pronounced LAN-no?

― gabbneb, Monday, 1 October 2007 20:15 (eighteen years ago)

Aside from the worst Pizza Hut on Earth and a Subway, every restaurant in town (all five of them) is some kind of BBQ. Llano being the deer capital of Texas, there are numerous places to have your take slaughtered and turned into jerky if you so desire.

xp - Proper Spanish pronunciation is probably different, but that's how I've heard everyone else pronounce it.

― milo z, Monday, 1 October 2007 20:16 (eighteen years ago)

every restaurant in town (all five of them) is some kind of BBQ.

i don't see this as a bad thing.

― chicago kevin, Monday, 1 October 2007 20:18 (eighteen years ago)

That's part of my sales pitch.

― milo z, Monday, 1 October 2007 20:19 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.coopersbbq.com/ - only way this place could get better is if they added baked potatoes or something rather than potato salad or chips.

― milo z, Monday, 1 October 2007 20:20 (eighteen years ago)

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