Jimmy Stewart Is Punching You In The Face: DC Metro Area IV

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Filed under Hip Hip Hooray On Your Magical Birthing Day as my grandmother is 90 today.

How is everybody? It's THAT day again, people on the elevator with filthy foreheads, arrgh, don't they know the vatican hides pedophiles?

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 13:26 (nineteen years ago)

Woah, I can not keep up with the 10 or so people on this thread with the flying typing fingers. Slow down! No, wait: keep typing. (I need something to pass the time at work). New dada show at the National Gallery -- it's flibbitygibbit.

― ng-unit, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 13:43 (nineteen years ago)

dada show

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 15:09 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.svatopluk.com/images/dada-0.png

― dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 15:25 (nineteen years ago)

don't they know the vatican hides pedophiles?

meh, which doesn't have much to do with Jesus...

Considering a quick weekend for the Blowoff danceparty and a Nats game in early June -- they'll be playing with blank jerseys by then, yeah?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 15:52 (nineteen years ago)

Oh man, the Nats? Tell me they are playing the Mets that weekend, at least.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 15:54 (nineteen years ago)

Yankees series @ home is Jun 16-18!

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

If I come it'd be the preceding weekend (Phillies).

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 16:07 (nineteen years ago)

bleh. Is B'more in town and playing? I'd join you for a B'more game but I cannot support the Nats.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 16:08 (nineteen years ago)

C'mon, how many times a year does Angelos let them be home at the same time? The O's are playing the Mets in New York on the 16-18th, tho!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 16:16 (nineteen years ago)

I know, I know, I just had my fingers crossed...sigh.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

nl > al

(but the nats are gonna be ugly this year)

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 16:20 (nineteen years ago)

I just got caught out on one of PA Ave's pedestrian islands during the motorcade from the dome to the WH. 6 cop bikes with fat sidecars, in lead, making odd hand signals as they went through the intersection at 9th - 2 police cruisers with the ramming attachment - 2 stretch lincolns with the bulletproof tints rolled up - 2 black-on-black SS Suburbans to soften up a bitch - 1 Bronco with windows rolled down, even the back window was out, carrying some kinda Urban Assualt Team, identified by their tricked-out M4s, mirror Oakleys and ubiquitous USMC spec hayuh-cut - 2 more cop cruisers with ramming attachments - 200+ feet of breathing room.

Black man next to me: "Wooooooooo! Woooo! Shit!" or something to that effect. Which I think is pretty accurate.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 17:04 (nineteen years ago)

was it Cheney? Pretzel's in Pakistan.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 17:10 (nineteen years ago)

Didn't look like a fatty in there, but I only got a good look into one L-dog. I think the stretchies are decoys anyway, they like throw any old white myopic fart in there off the street & pay him $10 to wear a blue blazer. The important old white myopic farts roll in the Suburbans, which have completely blacked-out windows in the rear.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 17:16 (nineteen years ago)

Doesn't the District end up paying like $1M/year for these Shriner parades? Seems they could get Cheney to and from his infant-blood transfusions a little more economically.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 17:17 (nineteen years ago)

Berlusconi, I'm guessing?

― dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 17:24 (nineteen years ago)

They should just build a special TS/SCI SS metro line with stops from Camp David to the USNO, State Dept, WH/OEOB/Treasury, DOJ, Capitol and then down to the Pentagon. It could be referred to on cryptome.org and various murmuring bloggers' pages as "The Black Line."

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 17:32 (nineteen years ago)

cryptome! I am kinda fascinated by sites like that. for more conspiracist stuff, see cryptogon, that guy is out of control.

if there's going to be a Black Line shouldn't include Langley though?

Actually one of the N buses that runs down Mass Ave only at rush hour is always transporting approx. 99% bureaucrats in trench coats to the State Dept, so maybe that's the start, they should just run it over to the Hill and then to the Pentagon.

― dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 17:51 (nineteen years ago)

i fully support this new thread name

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 18:11 (nineteen years ago)

i have mixed feelings--on the one hand, i kind of hate jimmy stewart; on the other hand, he is from indiana, pennsylvania WESTERN PA REPREZENT

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 18:50 (nineteen years ago)

NEPA MOTHERFUCKER WILKES-BARRE 4 LYFE

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 18:53 (nineteen years ago)

the only things the rest of PA is good for are middlesworth potato chips and yuengling beer

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 18:58 (nineteen years ago)

my DAD is from philly, jerk face!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 19:01 (nineteen years ago)

well, so's my mom. i gotta tell it like it is.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 19:05 (nineteen years ago)

disclaimer - under no circumstances should my above statement be taken to indicate that i think NEPA is anything less than a complete hellhole.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 19:10 (nineteen years ago)

Re the Black Line, I'm often at L'Enfant when the money train stops to offload/onload cash. It's easy to convince tourists that the darkened train and kevlared cops w/shotguns are all servicing some subterranean hive of the shadow government.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 19:27 (nineteen years ago)

wilkes-barre is the pit. get out and never look back

― Mitya (mitya), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

I'm kinda disappointed that the money trains here are just, you know, metro train cars full of money, instead of the armored pillbox prison variety like they have in NYC.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 19:34 (nineteen years ago)

one consolation of growing up in rural western MD: at least it wasn't rural western PA. dude, it's scary out there!

I was walking on M St near Washington circle about a week ago & just ahead of me were two very drunk businessmen, carrying on extremely loudly about how f**king scary it was out in 'western buttf**k PA' and how Penn State was 'full of crazy f**king Nazis.'

― dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 19:36 (nineteen years ago)

when i was a kid, every time my parents would take me and my sister up to W-B/Scranton to visit the richardson/drosinski massive, about half of the ride home would be a lecture on "please go to college so you don't end up like that."

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 19:40 (nineteen years ago)

little did they know college would make me into an entirely different kind of loser!

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

yr parents are awesome, zack.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

I got no dog in this fight.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 19:47 (nineteen years ago)

xp - i know. i had lunch with my mom today, and she told me i was doing a very good job of faking being a grown-up. what a gal.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 19:52 (nineteen years ago)

where are you from, mr. x?

and dar1a, being in a pennsylvania-west virginia sandwich doesn't sound like much of a consolation...

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

Zach, has she ever seen you drop a glass?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 20:20 (nineteen years ago)

i'm glad i've got that as my defining characteristic

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 20:28 (nineteen years ago)

That WV state line is only a mile away from my house but one mile makes ALL the difference.. :) nah, it's the same culture pretty much.
http://www.emergencybookstore.com/images/items/505602.gif

Still, if we'd lived just a little bit more south it would've been much harder to afford the nice MD public colleges.

― dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

Be forewarned that the south end of Dupont Circle stinks like gross cheese today

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 21:31 (nineteen years ago)

more like GAY cheese

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 21:38 (nineteen years ago)

pittsburgh is creepy

― lil' flipper (eman), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 22:03 (nineteen years ago)

perhaps this is related to the purported maple syrup smell in NYC yesterday? (cheese, not pittsburgh)

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 22:41 (nineteen years ago)

pittsburgh is creepy

judging from your user info, you have your head up your ass

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:30 (nineteen years ago)

that was taken in pittsburgh

― lil' flipper (eman), Thursday, 2 March 2006 01:59 (nineteen years ago)

Pittsburgh is the illest! Great place to grow up and great place to visit -- man, oh, man I would not want to spend my adult life there. But it suits my entire family tree just fine, so what do I know? Go Pirates!

― ng-unit, Thursday, 2 March 2006 03:09 (nineteen years ago)

as a very hairy and gay friend of mine said after attending the warhol museum opening: "pittsburgh--nice place to live, wouldn't want to visit."

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 2 March 2006 03:25 (nineteen years ago)

sorry, but that guy was HAIRY

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 2 March 2006 03:26 (nineteen years ago)

If anybody needs a reason to be angry today, I suggest reading the feature story in the Post's Home section today - learn about the challenges faced by Washington area families who run out of room to display all their trophies and equestrian event ribbons.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:26 (nineteen years ago)

I'll stick to having Sifl & Olly's Panda Song in my head instead. I'm already angry enough lately.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:30 (nineteen years ago)

post to ILX if youre totally bored at work!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:49 (nineteen years ago)

overheard from next-room conference call:

"im afraid we're telling yuppies that they shouldnt speculate in the open market with prime loans."

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:51 (nineteen years ago)

i am so tired. i would rather set my own face on fire than go to work some mornings, just cos it means getting up out of bed.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:51 (nineteen years ago)

yeah but you probably would have to get out of bed to set your face on fire too

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

ZR U R A KOAN

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:56 (nineteen years ago)

yeah that's why ultimately I just don't bother doing it.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:57 (nineteen years ago)

xp - an enigma wrapped within a mystery shrouded in whipped cream

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:57 (nineteen years ago)

obviously the solution here is just to set coworkers' faces on fire

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:59 (nineteen years ago)

omigod - now i just got this "HILARIOUS" fwd about "what will happen next" after the arabs take over all our ports.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Thursday, 2 March 2006 16:00 (nineteen years ago)

pete contrary to your assertion that email is not hilarious

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 2 March 2006 16:10 (nineteen years ago)

in fact it's kind of offensive

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 2 March 2006 16:11 (nineteen years ago)

but weapons of mass destruction, do you see?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 2 March 2006 16:11 (nineteen years ago)

i'm watching CSPAN for work and it's kinda like "finally my dream of being paid to watch TV is realized o what a glorious day!" but then it's also like "goddamn it it's CSPAN"

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 2 March 2006 16:17 (nineteen years ago)

our email server at work has completely died. I KNEW I shoulda lit my face on fire this morning.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 2 March 2006 16:18 (nineteen years ago)

I'm still pretty hacked off at whoever the fuck was knocking at our door at 6:20 this morning, that shit wasn't cool and guaranteed that my last 45 minutes of sleep were punctuated by horrible what-if nightmares.

Probably the same crazy fucker who left that $5 inside two old Nike running shoes.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 2 March 2006 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

dude, other music is so ridiculous:

Finally back in stock! A breathtaking album from Finland's mystical forest, Paavoharju's music is a transcendental electro-acoustic mix, filled with dreamy nostalgia. Their hypnotizing operatic melodies often seem borne from the Far East.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Thursday, 2 March 2006 16:20 (nineteen years ago)

shut up I've been waiting for that one.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 2 March 2006 16:21 (nineteen years ago)

And keeps throwing Marlboro Lights butts on our step. And leaving kleenexes on the ground. And stealing those poor people's mail from down the street and then leaving the torn-up packaging right outside our door.

Obv I should buy a gun.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 2 March 2006 16:21 (nineteen years ago)

alternately it could've just been a confused friend of Seth's, considering he was obviously up and about all AM also.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 2 March 2006 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

Yesterday I had an entertaining ride on the 30 bus up Wisconsin Ave, this old, bloated dude gets on completely shitfaced drunk, his pants fall down as he stumbles toward a seat, everyone laughs, and then for the entire ride from Georgetown to Tenleytown he stands up every block to point at us and mumble. "I am the Greyhound bus.. I am the best driver in the entire USA! Dallas, Texas. We're on our way to Dallas, Texas. You ever take a bus to Dallas, Texas?" and on and on and on.

Ally, I am tired all the time as well. I don't know why, I usually get enough sleep. Do most people wake up in the morning and are ready to get out of bed, feeling refreshed & less tired than they did when they went to sleep? I don't understand how they do it. I'm marking up a bunch of code from home this morning because I am too exhausted to drag myself to the office before noon.

― dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 2 March 2006 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

you guys are neighbors with Ralph Nader, you know

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 2 March 2006 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

are you accusing Ralph Nader of being the cum-kleenex Marlboro bandit????????

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 2 March 2006 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

It rarely seems to matter how much sleep I get, I'm just always exhausted lately. People who can get up early in the morning and be ok with it and functional before like 3pm mystify me actually. Like some of my friends, like they'd party it up...and then wake up at 5am to go to the gym. WTF?!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 2 March 2006 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

Pls send cum-kleenex bandit to my house to scare off the fratboys who piss on our stoop and fuck with the bike.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 2 March 2006 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

i skipped work today and slept until 1!

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 2 March 2006 20:36 (nineteen years ago)

why can't I be you?!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 2 March 2006 20:36 (nineteen years ago)

I slept till 3 today, but I don't have to be at work until 5. But now I have that groggy slept too much feeling.

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 2 March 2006 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

that's a totally underrated feeling!

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 2 March 2006 21:56 (nineteen years ago)

I have spent plenty of time in bed over the last 40 hours or so due to self-inflicted (albeit inadvertant) FOOD POISONING! Actually, much of that time was spent in the bathroom, but I napped on the floor in there when I felt too wrecked to make it the ten feet back to bed.

Alas, I also feel tired. But so skinny!

― quincie, Thursday, 2 March 2006 23:32 (nineteen years ago)

hey guys, happy friday!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 3 March 2006 15:12 (nineteen years ago)

quincie, for some reason, convalescing on the bathroom floor sounds like wonderful to me right now, especially since i can see my TV from there.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 3 March 2006 15:14 (nineteen years ago)

happy friday! I am still tired all the time. couldn't manage to drag myself over to U St to see WOLFIZE/Pig Destroyer/Whitehouse last night, also I thought about it & realized I probably liked the idea of seeing this show more than actually seeing it.

― dar1a g (daria g), Friday, 3 March 2006 15:18 (nineteen years ago)

happy friday! today i am going to do nothing all day long.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 3 March 2006 15:22 (nineteen years ago)

Me too! Oh, except I'm in the office.

Quincie, where'd you get the food poisoning? So we can be warned.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 3 March 2006 15:27 (nineteen years ago)

my stomach hurts today!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 3 March 2006 15:32 (nineteen years ago)

i don't see why being in the office should inhibit your ability to do nothing, stephen. ally, q, grow up and get your stomachs together. you own that bitch, not the other way around!

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 3 March 2006 15:36 (nineteen years ago)

Here's the pathetic part about my whole food poisoning episode: I POISONED MYSELF with my OWN COOKING!

Being a big fan of fungus, I decided to whip up a mushroom veloute from a Jacques Pepin recipe. Shallots, garlic, chicken stock (which I made from scratch that very day), regular white button mushrooms. . . but why stop there? Why not go crazy and add the DRIED WILD-PICKED MUSHROOM MEDLEY that I bought for a princely sum at Sutton Place back when there WAS a Sutton Place. I mean, dried mushrooms don't go bad or anything, right?

Anyhow, my theory is that the mycologist in charge of sorting the toxic wild mushrooms from the tasty wild mushrooms was out sick on the day my mushrooms were packed, and thus I ended up poisoned by some species of mushroom not recommended for human consumption. Thank god Mr. Quincie was still out of town, because we only have the one bathroom and could in no way manage two cases of food poisoning at one time.

So. Who wants to come over for dinner at my place?

― quincie, Friday, 3 March 2006 15:43 (nineteen years ago)

wait, are you offering us drugs?

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 3 March 2006 15:47 (nineteen years ago)

yeah that's what I got out of it too.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 3 March 2006 15:53 (nineteen years ago)

Ally, you didn't eat at quincie's, did you?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 3 March 2006 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

no! my stomach doesn't hurt anymore!!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 3 March 2006 16:07 (nineteen years ago)

It is a fact that at one point whilst panting on the bathroom floor, the thought crossed my mind that perhaps I had ingested MAGIC mushrooms and was just HALLUCINATING that I had food poisoning! Talk about a bad trip!

― quincie, Friday, 3 March 2006 16:47 (nineteen years ago)

all this pizza talk elsewhere has prompted this query: ledo's C/D?

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 3 March 2006 19:01 (nineteen years ago)

(hint: C)

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 3 March 2006 19:11 (nineteen years ago)

yeah - classy classic

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 3 March 2006 19:26 (nineteen years ago)

never even heard of it!

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 3 March 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

you kids with your newfangled pizza

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 3 March 2006 19:32 (nineteen years ago)

"It is hard to believe that LEDO has been making pizza since 1955."

apparently this is true

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 3 March 2006 19:33 (nineteen years ago)

Here's the pathetic part about my whole food poisoning episode: I POISONED MYSELF with my OWN COOKING!

Oh yes, I did that to myself a few years ago (although a dodgy chicken was the culprit, not mushrooms). But in those days I was so HARDCORE I insisted on going to the HFStival even though I was spewing from both ends.

― j.lu (j.lu), Friday, 3 March 2006 19:37 (nineteen years ago)

I find that hard to believe, "wangdangsweetpentangle"

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 3 March 2006 19:40 (nineteen years ago)

i think i'm using "pyjamagrama" next

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 3 March 2006 19:41 (nineteen years ago)

Man, that IS hardcore! Seriously, during the worst of it I wouldn't even have been able to get myself to the hospital.

As for pizza (I can't believe I can even think about pizza at the moment, but such is my food obsession. . . ), I am a Vace devotee. I have not actually eaten at Ledo's, but there is one near me at work so perhaps I should check it out. Square slices, thick crust, and sweet sauce, right?

multiple xposts there

― quincie, Friday, 3 March 2006 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, it's a really big pie (well it's rectangular so i guess it's not really a pie), but the slices are small. fairly sweet sauce, and i think they use provolone instead of mozzarella. i didn't like it at first, and even now when i want ledo's it's that i want LEDO's and not "pizza," but as classique as classique can be. a lot of reasonable people aren't too big on it, for some reason.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 3 March 2006 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

another massive crosspost here:

if you need proof of creepiness just across the mason-dixon, look no further than centralia... pennsylvania's own "love canal."

The ruins of Centralia Pennsylvania no longer exists on some maps. The story began sometime in 1962 along the outskirts of town when trash was burned in the pit of an abandoned strip mine, which connected to a coal vein running near the surface. The burning trash caught the exposed vein of coal on fire. The fire was reported and thought to be extinguished but it apparently wasn't. The coal then began to burn underground. That was in 1962. For the next two decades, workers battled the fire, flushing the mines with water, excavating the burning material, backfilling, drilling again and again in an attempt to put the fire out or at least contain it. All efforts failed to do either. By the early 1980s the fire had affected about nearly 200 acres. An engineering study concluded in 1983 that the fire could burn for another century or even more and "could conceivably spread over an area of approximately 3,700 acres."

Over 43 years and 40 million dollars later the fire still burns through old coal mines and veins under the town and the surrounding hillsides. The fire, smoke, fumes and toxic gases that came up through the back yards, basements and streets of Centralia practically ripped the town apart. Today Centralia is a near-ghost town with only a few remaining hold-outs who refused government offers of compensation.

― lil' flipper (eman), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:02 (nineteen years ago)

that's pretty awesome/scary - speaking of which, did you send up seeing whitehouse last night?

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:07 (nineteen years ago)

oh shit it's right next to knoebel's, my younger cousins love that place

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:08 (nineteen years ago)

THE PEOPLE OF CENTRALIA SACRIFICED THEMSELVES FOR YOUR A/C, YE DAMNED SOUTHERNERS

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:20 (nineteen years ago)

ok I am tremendous bored.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

me too--and i've already played like three games of computer yahtzee today

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 3 March 2006 21:04 (nineteen years ago)

Hang on a minute. . . I have something entertaining for you!

― quincie, Friday, 3 March 2006 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/cat_steve_dont_eat_it.php

― quincie, Friday, 3 March 2006 21:06 (nineteen years ago)

Read the last entry and NEVER EAT AGAIN.

― quincie, Friday, 3 March 2006 21:08 (nineteen years ago)

mmm, prison wine

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 3 March 2006 21:19 (nineteen years ago)

im doing myself a favor and NOT reading that.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 3 March 2006 21:23 (nineteen years ago)

b-b-but the silkwork pupa entry is CLASSIQUE!

― quincie, Friday, 3 March 2006 21:27 (nineteen years ago)

i have no idea what you are talking about.

however. i do have this:

http://www.shockabsorber.co.uk/bounceometer/shock.html

experiment!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 3 March 2006 21:32 (nineteen years ago)

Any words in an oval demand attention. The yellow oval on this can says "High Protein - Great side dish when drinking alcohol." I imagine this came from the silkworm marketing team when faced with the nagging question "Who the fuck's gonna eat this?!" The answer: DRUNKS!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 3 March 2006 21:38 (nineteen years ago)

Beggin' Strips slogan is "Dog's don't know it's not bacon!" Newsflash: Dogs are retarded.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 3 March 2006 21:41 (nineteen years ago)

Dude needs to try some cat food. Then again, that potted meat stuff looked pretty damn cat-foody!

But I've long held that all dudes would secretly like to get themselves a good slurp of wifey breast milk; I'm sure this guy is not the first to do it--just the first to admit it.

― quincie, Friday, 3 March 2006 21:58 (nineteen years ago)

that's pretty awesome/scary - speaking of which, did you send up seeing whitehouse last night?

i did not go. i would like to go to centralia though. however "Centralia is not an official tourist attraction. The gases are considered dangerous, so proceed at your own risk."

http://www.offroaders.com/album/centralia/jeroen_vervloet/Dscf0030b.jpg

― lil' flipper (eman), Friday, 3 March 2006 23:18 (nineteen years ago)

has anyone gone to any shows at 611 florida

― o -- (eman), Saturday, 4 March 2006 04:04 (nineteen years ago)

quincie you should have impromtuly been where we were tonight

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Saturday, 4 March 2006 04:05 (nineteen years ago)

Damn, me too.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Saturday, 4 March 2006 05:15 (nineteen years ago)

Mookie where were you? Were there, like, hoardes of Dookies there?

Also: game is on stupid cable so I will have to venture out to watch it. Where should I go? Note: a favorable (to me) ratio of 'Heels to Devils is preferred.

― quincie, Saturday, 4 March 2006 15:22 (nineteen years ago)

There's often big sports on the large-ish screens in Bar Pilar. But it's a Saturday night so there may be an unfavorable tools-to-normal-people ratio.

Didn't Duke get beaten fairly recently? I hope you two are sure this is going to be a competitive game.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Saturday, 4 March 2006 16:40 (nineteen years ago)

Who's moving to Hyattesville?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/28/AR2006022800949.html

― Mary (Mary), Saturday, 4 March 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

ARGH THAT FOOD WEBSITE ARGH

― Dan (Hello Anorexia) Perry (Dan Perry), Saturday, 4 March 2006 21:24 (nineteen years ago)

HI MOOKIE!

XXXOOO,

The (Light) Blue Q.

― quincie, Sunday, 5 March 2006 04:15 (nineteen years ago)

boooo!

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Sunday, 5 March 2006 05:38 (nineteen years ago)

It's only fair after you beat US at home!

― quincie, Sunday, 5 March 2006 18:44 (nineteen years ago)

fair schmair. carolina played really well, especially hansbrough, who's kind of awesome. he needs to blink more often, though.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Sunday, 5 March 2006 18:57 (nineteen years ago)

Seriously, I think that guy must be from some other even more basketball-obsessed planet!

How was the DCAC show? I promise I will attend the next Fake Accents show, wherever it is ya'll play. Actually, surely someone has proposed a Fake Accents/Fake Fictions battle of the bands??? That would be awesome! The Chicago crowd would be all sluggish from their fucking stupid awful pizza and the DC crowd could fuel up on sushi and beat them up handily.

― quincie, Sunday, 5 March 2006 19:02 (nineteen years ago)

EVERYONE WHO WASN'T AT THE DCAC SUCKS!!!

THE FAKE ACCENTS, ON THE OTHER HAND, RULE TOTALLY!!

Seriously!!! They were the best band of the four which means they are my FAVORITE local band, since this is the first time I've seen a local act. I'm sorry I was so hungover and teh spacey otherwise I would've went on and on and on in person, esp about the drumming (I have a drumming "thing").

though I still think I'm hypnotized by Andy Kaufmann. :\

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Sunday, 5 March 2006 22:39 (nineteen years ago)

While they had some technical problems, it was fun watching Pete pound away on the drums and Zach bang on his effect pedals and shake his amp.

― curmudgeon, Monday, 6 March 2006 05:34 (nineteen years ago)

That first group, duo actually, had everyone employing earplugs. Do people really think making noise on a laptop with visuals behind them is new or interesting still. Grumble grumble says this heard it all before old guy.

― curmudgeon (DC Steve), Monday, 6 March 2006 14:53 (nineteen years ago)

"technical problems" = fake accents shows

i honestly think there's a hidden intention in all four of us to undermine all our shows with technical difficulties. it's sorta nice from the inside out. thanks for coming, dudes! my ultimate hope is that more people will be angry/impatient with our equipment breaking, once they really enjoy our album. that will mean that we've made it.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 6 March 2006 15:16 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, thanks a ton for coming steve & ally & tom - especially considering the nightmare that is adams morgan on a saturday night. you're all bros. and special thanks to that dude at the front who kept yelling encouraging messages to us who may or may not have been david fair.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Monday, 6 March 2006 15:52 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah even though it would be pretty disingenuous to say that there aren't already 40,000 bands each like the Fake Accents, the Foreign Press or the Plums, it somehow seems more disappointingly stupid every time somebody whips out the Powerbook & a mini mixer for an improvisational live show. Like somehow each of those two dorks and a copy of Max/MSP bands is actually worth 500 bands, so they're the most banal kind of shit possible, seriously, I'd almost rather watch a celtic jam band at this point.

My favorite song was the one that was in 3.

You can always tell when the best part of a Fake Accents song is, because it's when Pete looks like a high-functioning autistic who has just received life-threatening news, and the bassist is still just grinning and swaying around and Zach's shit breaks, or he acts like it did.

Could someone come up with a list of the technical difficulties?
I counted the string breaking and the feedback on Zach's mike. I did not count Pete's glasses almost sliding off his face like 8 times. Was there seriously an amp problem at the end or was that art?

― TOMBOT, Monday, 6 March 2006 16:10 (nineteen years ago)

Also we need to rig some kind of Mythbusters shit up so that Zach can actually bust in to flames at the end of songs. Oh wait, technical difficulties. Never mind.

― TOMBOT, Monday, 6 March 2006 16:15 (nineteen years ago)

lotsa feedback
string break
improper kick drum anchoring
zack's pedal/amp problem

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 6 March 2006 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

my absence

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 6 March 2006 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yeah I did notice you had to pull the kick drum back towards yourself, I didn't know whether to count that or not.

― TOMBOT, Monday, 6 March 2006 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

to anchor a kick drum, i guess you just play on a carpeted floor, or you bring a ton of cinder blocks, or you develop a more controlled technique than i have.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 6 March 2006 16:38 (nineteen years ago)

please don't develop a more controlled technique, pete.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Monday, 6 March 2006 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

dont even trip!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 6 March 2006 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

dude my roommates' faces while listening to the laptop guys were 100% awesome

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Monday, 6 March 2006 16:55 (nineteen years ago)

pete you should wear RECSPECS when you play

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 6 March 2006 17:39 (nineteen years ago)

i used to wear rec specs when i played basketball. man, i was a good defender.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 6 March 2006 17:55 (nineteen years ago)

pictures

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:01 (nineteen years ago)

these faces?
http://www.rotaski.co.uk/images/popeye.jpg

― TOMBOT, Monday, 6 March 2006 18:05 (nineteen years ago)

was I the only person who didn't actually mind the noize laptop people??? For once in my life, I'm the one person not bothered by ear splitting "techno" noize??????????

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:47 (nineteen years ago)

i liked em

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:54 (nineteen years ago)

yeah i didn't mind them, nor did one of my roommates.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:57 (nineteen years ago)

rather neither did

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:58 (nineteen years ago)

arrrgh not Andy Kaufmann again~!!!!!!!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:00 (nineteen years ago)

ihttp://www.flickr.com/photos/kevincart/108373161/in/set-72057594075736323/

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:01 (nineteen years ago)

god damn it

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:02 (nineteen years ago)

you know what the plums reminded me of? unrest's "hydrofoil." they were definitely courting motorik, but filtered through 90's indie rock.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:04 (nineteen years ago)

Dudes, so bummed I missed the show. I'm glad it sounded like a good time.

California was, as always, pretty damn nice.

Hint of the week: Don't fly hungover.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:08 (nineteen years ago)

glad it was great, dude - wanna hang out later in the week, when youre well-rested and shit?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:10 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe - got a TON of work this week. Might have to be next week.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:11 (nineteen years ago)

http://static.flickr.com/47/108373161_681cdb5a1f.jpg

teenagequiet at DCAC
yeah yeah yeah yeah

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:41 (nineteen years ago)

OK well if nobody besides me & curmudgeon thought the laptop dinker donkers were basically a waste of everyone's time then I really seriously need to get the band back together

― TOMBOT, Monday, 6 March 2006 19:43 (nineteen years ago)

you'll never get mr. fabulous

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:44 (nineteen years ago)

i mean, i was mainly psyched to discover that, next time i have a house party, i can get that wide a frequency response outta my $250 PA

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:49 (nineteen years ago)

man i should have a house party soon!

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:52 (nineteen years ago)

you and me both, dude - maybe i should have one before we get a ton of furniture...

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.thekoala.org/back_html/kid-n-play.jpg

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

i call kid

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:55 (nineteen years ago)

is that blade brown and duncan pinderhughes??

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:56 (nineteen years ago)

"to have a sexual orgasm"

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:56 (nineteen years ago)

dudes, I'm sorry, I didn't have anything to do on Saturday evening & should've gone. but I had job stuff to do Saturday daytime and was so exhausted, I got home and totally forgot about the show.. when's the next one?

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:58 (nineteen years ago)

uh i forget

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

3/28 at the warehouse

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:00 (nineteen years ago)

I am SO there. Awesome.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:50 (nineteen years ago)

i just got back from a press conference where the cali. atty general called a congressman a dumbshit. good times.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 18:59 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yeah well my boss' boss just bought me mako shark seared & topped with avocado on a bed of rice with tomato chorizo sauce, and a bacon-wrapped shrimp, and a glass of lemonade.

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 7 March 2006 19:06 (nineteen years ago)

um...well i ate lunch outside today?

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 19:07 (nineteen years ago)

i think your boss' boss fancies you

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 19:10 (nineteen years ago)

The dude next to me got the same thing, except I think he had Iced Tea instead of the lemonade.

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 7 March 2006 19:12 (nineteen years ago)

Jeebus, Tom. How many aspects of Kashrut law are you going to violate with one meal?

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:36 (nineteen years ago)

Where's my fucking hare and horses

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:51 (nineteen years ago)

No, I guess that's true - but the bacon wrapped shrimp would be a good appetizer to my bacon double crabcake cheeseburger with a milkshake served on Yom Kippur. If I were into offending any Jews who happened to be in a restaurant on Yom Kippur.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

yeah - can i get a motherfucking what what for the weather outside today?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 21:20 (nineteen years ago)

it's been goddamn bootyful

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 21:22 (nineteen years ago)

What is "outside"

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 7 March 2006 21:25 (nineteen years ago)

I went ice skating again! On my lunch break! There were only two of us in the whole rink (only one of who knew what she was doing) (not me)! LOOK OUT SASHA COHEN I WILL KICK YOUR ASS WITH MY ICE SKATE!

― quincie, Tuesday, 7 March 2006 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

what the hell? It is CHILLY outside?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

can you skate backwards?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 21:48 (nineteen years ago)

You guys should see the Hiroshi Sugimoto exhibit at the Hirshorn. I didn't fully undertand it, but I think it was very cool. You should pass on the Dada exhibit at the Natl. Way too many people there. Oh, and I recant on my earlier B and N v Borders position. The Borders in Springfield is mocha toned and welcoming with their juvi lit section micromanaged down to the last detail, whereas the Barnes looks like a Crown manque.

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 22:44 (nineteen years ago)

Quincie where do you work that you have easy skating-rink access? That's one hell of a smoking deck.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 22:56 (nineteen years ago)

This is seven minutes from work:

http://www.rockvilleblades.com/

But I think we should FAP/FAS here:

http://www.pershingparkicerink.com/

I, for one, was unaware that there was an ice rink a couple of blocks from Metro Center. There is also outdoor skating at the NGA sculpture garden!

can you skate backwards?

Uh, not really, no. But I'm going again today so I'll give it another go!

― quincie, Wednesday, 8 March 2006 13:53 (nineteen years ago)

bored

losing at yahtzee

help

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 17:31 (nineteen years ago)

dudes, after 30 minutes of freaking out because statistics computed yesterday didnt equal those computed today, i figured it out!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 17:38 (nineteen years ago)

i am happy 4u

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 17:39 (nineteen years ago)

thanks j

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 17:47 (nineteen years ago)

I'm so tired

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 17:51 (nineteen years ago)

Urgh, me too. I've been writing unnecessarily snide e-mails to coworkers all morning, then having to catch myself and nice them up before sending.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 17:58 (nineteen years ago)

I spent far too long on that Rape v. Consent thread today. Ugh. Too heavy.

Its kinda nice outside, though. I recommend a walk around the block for those that can.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 18:16 (nineteen years ago)

So I only fell once skating today, as opposed to three times yesterday. This is only in half an hour, mind you. But I sorta went backwards today, too!

I came back to this in my inbox:

[Quincie]…

HELP please!

Mary

So I read down the e-mail chain and I have no fucking idea what they're on about. I'm sorry, but if you want me to help you you will have to articulate the problem! Use actual nouns, please kthx.

― quincie, Wednesday, 8 March 2006 18:44 (nineteen years ago)

DAER HOOPS FANS:

the wife and i are meeting some friends (one of whom is a TARHEEL fan) at (cough) buffalo billiards in dupont on friday evening to watch some acc basketball tourney. the 7pm game is UNC vs the winner of virginia-virginia tech; we'll probably be there somewhat before that. feel free to join us if you are thirsty/don't have cable/are crushing on tyler hansbrough

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 19:32 (nineteen years ago)

Mookie, as I understand it you're not a UNC person. Has your team already been eliminated then?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 19:46 (nineteen years ago)

Hahahahahahahahaha I am one more annoying question away from writing my boss and all my subordinates a nice e-mail explaining that we now have VERIFIABLE METRICS that show exactly THREE of the analysts (one of them = me) are doing 99% of the analysis. Out of a staff of ten. I don't mind having an administrivia bitch boy to delegate the insane operational bookkeeping drivel to but JESUS CHRIST are you motherfuckers asking for it.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 8 March 2006 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

Not you motherfuckers, I mean the Intrusion Detection and Analysis Cell motherfuckers, in the office.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 8 March 2006 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

Me at 75
http://img.slate.com/media/1/123125/123051/2076244/030304_JackWelch.jpg

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 8 March 2006 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

i am indeed not a UNC person, but my team plays at noon that day. i'll drink a beer and root for the cavaliers.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:00 (nineteen years ago)

As a consolation prize for my hardship I have donated to myself a brand new shiny virgin USB keyboard and optical mouse from the stack of cardboard mysteries in the back corner.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:20 (nineteen years ago)

Any of you hepcats seen any of the flicks from this independent film festival that's apparently going on now? Any of the upcoming features look any good?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:02 (nineteen years ago)

No time for indie flicks! Must watch basketball (ACC tourney is on non-cable! I HEART UPN 20 I WILL WATCH RERUNS OF "GIRLFRIENDS" AS A TOKEN OF MY APPRECIATION!

― quincie, Thursday, 9 March 2006 14:09 (nineteen years ago)

Go Terps!

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 9 March 2006 14:12 (nineteen years ago)

Go, um, academic advisors! Ghost-write those papers!

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 9 March 2006 15:08 (nineteen years ago)

Does anyone want to see the Johnny Cash movie at Arlington Cinema & Draft House? Pete, I went to Thai 54--it was good. I saw a place selling pupusas behind a 7-11--must try that next time.

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:49 (nineteen years ago)

Mmmmm-I love pupusas. Today I had posole from a little taco joint inside an exxon station. Best three bucks I've spent in a while.

― quincie, Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:07 (nineteen years ago)

What is a posole?

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:13 (nineteen years ago)

It is a delicious soup with hominy and chunks of pork! Squeeze a little lime in and hello YUM.

― quincie, Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:22 (nineteen years ago)

today i ate free food! it was really good.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:27 (nineteen years ago)

I will totally go see "Walk the Line" at the Draft House. When were you thinking? Pete, you should come, too. Unless I'm mistaken, you've never been, have you? It ROOLZE.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:32 (nineteen years ago)

Where is the Draft House? Is it that big scary-looking warehouse/compound thing? If so, awesome.

God, posole is the shit. Dunk with some hot corn tortillas and you're in sonoran heaven.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:39 (nineteen years ago)

our beloved pete is in durham today, a-dog.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:43 (nineteen years ago)

I saw a place selling pupusas behind a 7-11--must try that next time.

Abi's! Excellent place. Excellent margaritas & pupusas. Seems to be a touring band favorite, judging by the number of signed press photos along the walls.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:55 (nineteen years ago)

Ah, good to know. I will try it.

Walk the Line is playing most nights, along with Good Night and Good Luck, which I haven't seen either.

Monday nights are $1.

I can go most nights but not Thursday, cause of work.

Stephx, it's more of an old style marquee building on Columbia Pike. I saw that luxury condos will be replacing the flower and gift shop across the street though:(

http://www.arlingtondrafthouse.com

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 9 March 2006 19:01 (nineteen years ago)

Is this what you were thinking of, SX?

http://www.agilitynut.com/p/arl504.jpg

I forgot: I can't go Tues either due to extremely boring class, which kind of sucks bc Tues is 2 for 1.

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 9 March 2006 19:07 (nineteen years ago)

Mary when will you be finished with your schooling? Are you full time right now?

― quincie, Thursday, 9 March 2006 19:08 (nineteen years ago)

I'm part time. I won't be finished with my (extremely boring, brain-numbing) schooling until next summer. Not this coming summer, but the following one.

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 9 March 2006 19:13 (nineteen years ago)

will these extremely boring, brain-numbing classes allow you to then do exciting things?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 9 March 2006 19:24 (nineteen years ago)

If it's library school, the answer is yes!

Mary, I think I was thinking of Dr. Dremo's, which is a whole nother place.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 9 March 2006 19:38 (nineteen years ago)

My boss is a Catholic U MLS--I'm not sure his job qualifies as exciting, but the hours are easy (never more than 40 hr/wk) and I'm guessing he makes in the 70K range.

― quincie, Thursday, 9 March 2006 19:49 (nineteen years ago)

Oh god Dr. Dremo's

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 9 March 2006 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

See what little I know about his life once he moves out? He rarely even calls anymore.

I would be down for sometime next week. What time is in playing on Mondays? I get out of class around 9:20ish, but could make a 10ish show if someone purchased my ticket for me.

StephX - Dremo's is the SHIZNITTOSNIPSNAPSNAP. And, as a former employee and fairly-regular patron, I can say that the food is decent bar food and totally safe to consume. The pool tables are less than stellar, however.

Now, how about seeing some "Chappelle's Block Party"? I am so down.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 9 March 2006 20:00 (nineteen years ago)

Ally - Please do not besmirch the lovely Dr. Dremo's. I got mad love for that stanky, dark, dank, idiot-infested shit-hole. Its an awesome place. Don't try to deny it.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 9 March 2006 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

remember when it was briefly a sushi bar or something? eww.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 9 March 2006 20:04 (nineteen years ago)

It is an awesome place but it also was the setting for one of the most HORRIBLE NIGHTS OF MY LIFE (in retrospect, because of TEH AFTERMATHS). I haven't gone back since! I seem to remember eating a quesadilla there. And drinking a shit ton of sparks.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 9 March 2006 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

I have never consumed a Sparks; I have the impression they are like Red Bull+coffee+antifreeze.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 9 March 2006 20:11 (nineteen years ago)

+ Colt 45!!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 9 March 2006 20:12 (nineteen years ago)

they don't have many options at Dremo's, least not last I was there. I mean, they HAVE red bull but...no...vodka???????? Does not compute.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 9 March 2006 20:13 (nineteen years ago)

you should have your rehearsal dinner there!

i used to drink the bardo beers there. they weren't very good.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 9 March 2006 20:13 (nineteen years ago)

BEER PONG

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 9 March 2006 20:13 (nineteen years ago)

Instead of going to Abi's again and again, you all should try "Las Delicias," which is a little ways south on Walter Reed. The food is much better, and the waitresses' uniforms are unbeatable.

― Chris H. (chrisherbert), Thursday, 9 March 2006 20:14 (nineteen years ago)

We had a party AFTER our rehearsal dinner there. Blues review guys came and played, I played with them to show off to my soon-to-be in-laws, drank a ton, then went back to my place and stayed up until 5:30 with some of my wife's crazy-ass friends from California and college.

Sparks = disgustingness. Dremo's = beer. No voddy.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 9 March 2006 20:28 (nineteen years ago)

WHY have red bull but no vodka?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 9 March 2006 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

Gotta have something for the barbacks to drink to keep moving. Seriously. That shit saved me MULTIPLE times last summer.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 9 March 2006 20:40 (nineteen years ago)

I like Dremo's too. I was wary seeing as how it's near Rosslyn but it turned out to be pretty decent.

Sparks = http://img498.imageshack.us/img498/1143/originalnintendosealofqualitye.jpg

I've never had any Sparks though.

― dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 9 March 2006 22:24 (nineteen years ago)

Good Night and Good Luck is good, stylish, pleasant, entertaining and relevant, but not great as history, political statement or movie-making. I could watch Clooney all day, but he's a little too Friendly to be Clooney and vice versa. David Strathairn is fantastic, with Ray Wise and Frank Langella as runners-up. Robert Downey, Jr. is a bit too Robert Downey, Jr., but he and Patricia Clarkson are swoon-y (and their characters share the names of my great-aunt-and-uncle-in-laws). The cinematography is nice, with some intriguing roughness even apart from the stock footage, but didn't live up to expectation. The character with the most screen time perhaps is the cigarette, which is fetishized to the nth degree. Was that a bid for 'political incorrectness'?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 9 March 2006 22:31 (nineteen years ago)

(3 stars)

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 9 March 2006 22:33 (nineteen years ago)

one thing I particularly liked about its tone - it assumed the intelligence of its audience without spending too much time congratulating them about it

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 9 March 2006 22:41 (nineteen years ago)

i need a fucking beer

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 9 March 2006 22:45 (nineteen years ago)

i think i will go get one

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 9 March 2006 22:53 (nineteen years ago)

actually maybe i'll buy a guitar pedal instead

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Thursday, 9 March 2006 22:57 (nineteen years ago)

no, you should have gone and gotten a beer. I just had three.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 9 March 2006 23:37 (nineteen years ago)

it's like a sauna out there

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 10 March 2006 14:14 (nineteen years ago)

FUCK KEANE POACHING MY HIRES
GOD I HATE THEM

― TOMBOT, Friday, 10 March 2006 14:22 (nineteen years ago)

Also yes this is looking good for an outdoor ceremony, about goddamn time. It is not looking good for my armpits.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 10 March 2006 14:27 (nineteen years ago)

This job is such an ...education

― TOMBOT, Friday, 10 March 2006 14:33 (nineteen years ago)

What's a good place for a 10 am beer around here, anyway?

Ugh, management does suck. Being managed sucks too. I usually end up combining the worst of both worlds.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:02 (nineteen years ago)

I'm pretty sure Cap City is open like at 10am, I mean I've seen people going into it at like 10am who don't appear to be the sort of people that would be working at Cap City. Or if they are, they must have a good shower and locker room out back.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:30 (nineteen years ago)

ALLY YOUR RAMPANT CLASSISM MAKES ME ILL

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:32 (nineteen years ago)

wait. i mean "classicism."

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:32 (nineteen years ago)

i mean "classy-ism."

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:33 (nineteen years ago)

i think some of those places on 17th st are open early, but they pretty much all suck. annie's has good burgers, though.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:33 (nineteen years ago)

X-post

Instead of going to Abi's again and again, you all should try "Las Delicias," which is a little ways south on Walter Reed. The food is much better, and the waitresses' uniforms are unbeatable.
-- Chris H. (chrisherber...), March 9th, 2006

I went there once shortly after they took over from the, whatever the restaurant used to be--it's changed several times, and do not remember the waitresses uniforms, just that the place was a bit priecer than i expected. But maybe I should try it again. Brian, you're right about Abi's. The Dischord folks used to invite visiting bands there--I think the Beastie Boys ate there (in search of Tibetan pupusas no doubt after they discovered the Tibet cause and downplayed their earlier interests)!

― curmudgeon (DC Steve), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:40 (nineteen years ago)

"assy-ism"

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:41 (nineteen years ago)

yo dudes I really don't wanna be at work today.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:41 (nineteen years ago)

meeeeeeeeeee neither. All I do is keep swiveling my chair around to look out the window.

― phil d. (Phil D.), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:43 (nineteen years ago)

YOU HAVE A WINDOW!??!?!?!? WF

― TOMBOT, Friday, 10 March 2006 15:43 (nineteen years ago)

we all do, Tom. Except you.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:45 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, but I'm over in Arlington, so there are pluses and minuses.

― phil d. (Phil D.), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:48 (nineteen years ago)

yeah windows rule, except mine is really dirty/shaded so everything outside looks like iron curtain europe no matter how sunny it is. also i woke up this morning to the sound of my alarm, said "wait a minute, it's saturday! why do i have my alarm set?" turned it off and went back to bed. i realized my mistake about ten minutes after i was supposed to be in my office.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:48 (nineteen years ago)

hahahahaha - can we all talk about how sweet the weather is today?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:53 (nineteen years ago)

what is this, the small talk covention?

HOW ABOUT THE WEATHER AND THE LOCAL SPORTS TEAMS

― TOMBOT, Friday, 10 March 2006 15:56 (nineteen years ago)

DO YOU FELLERS LIKE...

PILSNERS?

― TOMBOT, Friday, 10 March 2006 15:57 (nineteen years ago)

YAHTZEE

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:57 (nineteen years ago)

hahahaha I kind of felt that way this morning too. I was all like, oh my god why is Tom even going to work right now, and went back to sleep. I woke up 15 minutes later and made it to work on time. Or I would've, had I not decided to circle the block multiple times to avoid going in and missing the weather.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:58 (nineteen years ago)

I left for the gym at 5:00 this morning and it was ALREADY SIXTY OUT. WTF am I doing at work?

― phil d. (Phil D.), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

YOU HAVE A WINDOW!??!?!?!? WF

I also have a window. Actually one of my walls is basically one big window. This gives me a lovely view of the traffic on I-270--let me know if you need a traffic update.

Last week I FINALLY witnessed a car fire. The traffic dudes on the radio are always all "car fire here, car fire there" and shit, but I had never, ever actually seen a car on fire. This particular fire sported good flames, but no explosion like in the movies. People came into my office to watch, and someone made popcorn.

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 16:02 (nineteen years ago)

I work in sort of an attic with skylights so I can only determine whether it's sunny or cloudy or raining.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

It is partially cloudy, FYI.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

oh I seen a car blow up before!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:26 (nineteen years ago)

Well that's a bit of an exagerration, it was only small, after it did somersaults.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:26 (nineteen years ago)

oh man, car fires are awesome (assuming nobody gets hurt or nothin) - i remember one time a few years back when i was stuck on 95 for a fucking hour when i should have been at my intended destination in about fifteen minutes, and as we got closer and closer to the source of the blockage i was all "this better be pretty awesome or i'm gonna be really pissed off" and it was a semi that had hit a van and the van's hood had popped open and was spouting giant jets of flame and i thought "ok yeah that was worth it"

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:28 (nineteen years ago)

I'm coming to your city for a week! Starting today!

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:28 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not getting much done today..

and I don't have a window. just the grey, grey walls of my little cubicle. I tried getting some plants to brighten it up, but they're kind of wilting..

― dar1a g (daria g), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

xpost Washington welcomes you. Should you require drugs, please contact Marion Berry.

dar1a here's an article about the dude responsible for your cubicle:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/03/20/8371767/

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

It it way too nice outside to not be a smoker today

xpost ZR you mean assuming nobody EXCEPT Hitler, Stalin or those high school gang rapists gets hurt or nothin

― TOMBOT, Friday, 10 March 2006 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

man, what a lame road trip that'd be

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:39 (nineteen years ago)

The photo gallery on that Herman Miller cubicle story is sweet. Rock Hardy do you also like beers?

― TOMBOT, Friday, 10 March 2006 16:39 (nineteen years ago)

Quincie, it's not a cubicle, it's an Action Office.

I'd love to see a car fire out my window! I have an interrupted view of A St SE, which is as lively as a graveyard. Walk around to the other side of the building and every window looks like the cover of a civics textbook; mine looks like a side street in Scranton, 1954.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:44 (nineteen years ago)

I just got up. It appears that I have missed approx. 5 hours of gorgeous sunshine. I will make efforts to correct this by spending the rest of the day watching basketball, drinking beer, and laughing out of the open widows.

5 day work week SUCKAS!!!!

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

Oh man I can't wait to go home and watch basketball! Even if I do have to study during commercial breaks :(

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 16:50 (nineteen years ago)

Quince, 8 min until tip-off. Amazing.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

hey Rock Hardy what are you in town for? Do you want to meet up for one (1) drink? Does anyone else want to meet up for one (1) drink? + twelve (12) more perhaps?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 17:16 (nineteen years ago)

I would like four (4) to five (5) drinks, please.

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

More please.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 10 March 2006 17:23 (nineteen years ago)

yeah five (5) sounds reasonable but I always end up with eight (8) or nine (9) :(

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 17:24 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, drink #6 is kind of a tipping point for me.

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 17:37 (nineteen years ago)

i think it depends on the drink.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 10 March 2006 17:39 (nineteen years ago)

Miami looking pretty good against Duke thus far. They are doing a good job rebounding against Sheldon Williams. Go Canes!

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 10 March 2006 17:44 (nineteen years ago)

Many people are not aware of how their alcohol consumption compares to that of the general public. More than 91.5% of the general adult American population and 85% of men consume fewer drinks per week than you reported consuming.

Unequivocated bullshit. Where do these people live?

― TOMBOT, Friday, 10 March 2006 17:44 (nineteen years ago)

re: drinkage, my answer to you is "bring it on"

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 10 March 2006 17:44 (nineteen years ago)

To which I reply "Bring it on...and make mine a double."

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 10 March 2006 17:51 (nineteen years ago)

what, is there some online drinking quiz or something now too?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:05 (nineteen years ago)

Tom did you take some kind of drunkie test? Please link to it--I wanna see how I'm doing!

oh xpost see we can all make this our Friday afternoon activity.

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 18:06 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.alcoholscreening.org/

― TOMBOT, Friday, 10 March 2006 18:09 (nineteen years ago)

Your results do not suggest that a pattern of excess drinking is harming your health. However, the amount you reported consuming on at least one occasion may increase your risk for injury or other immediate consequences. This risk is associated with having more than 3 drinks per occasion if you are a woman or someone over 65, or 4 drinks per occasion if you are a man age 65 or younger.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:12 (nineteen years ago)

Many people are not aware of how their alcohol consumption compares to that of the general public. More than 92.5% of the general adult American population and 98% of women consume fewer drinks per week than you reported consuming.

WELL PLAYED ALLYZAY! How did I get a higher score on the "general adult population" part than Tom?? That doesn't make a lick of sense, did you cheat on the test?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:12 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe I should stop injuring myself while drinking. They didn't ask a question "How often do you injure yourself or others WHILE TOTALLY SOBER" as a comparison :\

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:13 (nineteen years ago)

not that at least four (4) [lets stop parentheticizing now] of you havent actively tried to push me into a pattern of more excessive drinking. nice try, assholes. what WILL do that is if i get a cool new roommate who love watching movies and drinking cans of cheap beer.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:15 (nineteen years ago)

The thing is that I drink every day, with dinner! Doctors TELL people to do that but this test says I'm an alcoholic! Hysterical ninny website.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:17 (nineteen years ago)

I got the same numbers as Ally, but I'm pretty sure she could drink my ass under the table.

And yeah, the vast majority of my booze consumption is the 2-3 glasses of wine I have in the evening while cooking/eating dinner.

And I had to answer "yes" to the "has anyone suggested you cut down" question because of my teetotalling mother. Husband has not given me a hard time recently, so I'm thinking he was just keeping my mother company on that one.

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 18:20 (nineteen years ago)

I also love the options: NEVER! or... MONTHLY, WEEKLY, or DAILY? I suppose greater precision would make it impossible to tell everyone that they drink so much it's practically fucking insane, how are you not dead already you sots.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 10 March 2006 18:21 (nineteen years ago)

I definitely attempted to push Pete into problem behavior territory - if by no other method than example.

"Psstt - Pete. Youv'e got to kill her. She's an enemy agent."

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:21 (nineteen years ago)

BTW I just thought of this, how awesome would it be if they made little debbie swiss cake roll type things but y'know with like booze in 'em, like cordials.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 10 March 2006 18:22 (nineteen years ago)

Many people are not aware of how their alcohol consumption compares to that of the general public. More than 88% of the general adult American population and 80% of men consume fewer drinks per week than you reported consuming.

Damnit. DAMNIT.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:24 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I don't like that that test treats you like some kind of psycho gotta-drink-to-wake-up alcoholic because, like, you do the doctor recommended (honest!) thing and drink wine with dinner! Granted they are right about the 9 drink days being not so hot.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:24 (nineteen years ago)

XPOST I will provide you with drinking lessons for a small fee! I have expertise PROVEN BY SCIENCE!

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 18:25 (nineteen years ago)

dude don't even get me started on swiss cake rolls. btw my drinkage seems to be the same as pete's. supplies!

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:27 (nineteen years ago)

I just got off work. What should I do now?

Yeti, monday night showing is at 9.40. Is that too early?

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:27 (nineteen years ago)

I definitely attempted to push Pete into problem behavior territory - if by no other method than example.
"Psstt - Pete. Youv'e got to kill her. She's an enemy agent."

-- Big Loud Mountain Ape (bigheadyet...), March 10th, 2006.

dude i totally forgot about that! hahaha

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:27 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, but only by 15 damn minutes. ARRGGHH!!!!!

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:28 (nineteen years ago)

It is likely that your current drinking patterns are hazardous or harmful to your health and well being.

Many people are not aware of how their alcohol consumption compares to that of the general public. More than 89.5% of the general adult American population and 82% of men consume fewer drinks per week than you reported consuming.

i drink less than all of you?!?

xp except the ape

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:30 (nineteen years ago)

i think i'm going to start calling andy "the ape" from now on

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:33 (nineteen years ago)

That works for me...but only if you say "Hey, The Ape." when you see me.

My friends have been calling me Big Loud for years now.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:34 (nineteen years ago)

oh, believe me, "the" is a non-negotiable part of your new title

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:35 (nineteen years ago)

Awesome.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:36 (nineteen years ago)

I have four boxes of girl scout cookies sitting on my desk WHO WANTS SOME?

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 18:44 (nineteen years ago)

The Ape wants some.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:45 (nineteen years ago)

what kinda cookies?

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:46 (nineteen years ago)

(plz to be tagalongs or thin mints)

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:47 (nineteen years ago)

I've got some samoas, some trefoils, some tagalongs, and some "cafe cookies" (= nu for this year). Somehow I forgot to order some fucking thin mints!

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 18:47 (nineteen years ago)

I'm going to go to H-Mart while listening to Ringleader of the Tormentors with the windows down.

On the subject of library school, this semester I am stuck in two core classes that force us to do silly like call books "information packets" and contemplate such things as the "information life cycle." Which doesn't really help me when a mother comes and asks for a book on hydrothermal vents for her son.

It's very theoretical and I feel like I only need a practical education, as I am not interested in being (god forbid) a professor of library science. But I suppose it beats working 40 hours a week.

You'll have to tell me more about your boss at the next meet-up, Q.

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:48 (nineteen years ago)

7. How often during the last year have you failed to do what was normally expected from you because of drinking?

If they want to ask about brewer's droop, they should just come out and say it.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:50 (nineteen years ago)

What the hell is a cafe cookie? I hope they have the obligatory oil-slicked chocolate sheen that's required of all the best Girl Scout cookies. I thought they were renaming the Samoas, so as not to encourage young people to consume our Pacific Islander friends.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:52 (nineteen years ago)

Cafe Cookies are kind of like the shortbreads with a rather nice cinnamon flavoring. I have been resisting having another from our secretary all week. The first two on Tuesday set me up to fail, I'm afraid.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:55 (nineteen years ago)

t-minus 2 hours until i can buy this!

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:58 (nineteen years ago)

Awesome. That, plus your dual coil pickups plus your Marshall should give you....a tone that will be totally unreliable in live performance situations.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:01 (nineteen years ago)

The Ape wants some.

― Dan (And So On) Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:04 (nineteen years ago)

Yes. So much some. More some than anyone here has, anyway.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:05 (nineteen years ago)

Awesome. That, plus your dual coil pickups plus your Marshall should give you....a tone that will be totally unreliable in live performance situations.

-- Big Loud Mountain Ape (bigheadyet...), March 10th, 2006.

BOY WHATTA CHANGE

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:06 (nineteen years ago)

Over the top in every way using the classic tone of germanium transistors.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 10 March 2006 19:07 (nineteen years ago)

Now I realize I should have been saving all those germanium transistors for their classic tone, instead of shoving them one after the other straight up my ass.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 10 March 2006 19:08 (nineteen years ago)

what i wouldnt give for a new york city big muff

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:08 (nineteen years ago)

i don't use no marshall, my simian friend

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:09 (nineteen years ago)

You know ZR you consume more guitar pedals than 92.5% of the general adult population and 200% of the ladies.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 10 March 2006 19:09 (nineteen years ago)

I could have sworn I saw you using a Marshall at the Warehouse last time. Ah well...my point remains: your shit keeps breaking! Fix your shit!

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:12 (nineteen years ago)

Is a Big Muff anything like a Big Gulp?

― Dan (64 Oz) Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:12 (nineteen years ago)

but why fix it when i could just get this instead?

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:13 (nineteen years ago)

lady, if you have to ask...

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:13 (nineteen years ago)

sometimes?

― vulgar (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:15 (nineteen years ago)

True.

Can I just bitch about something real quick, totally off the four topics we got going here?

"This is who I am/
This is where I'm from/
This is whaaaaaaat I believe in
when the day is done."

So you're Budweiser, you're from Budweiser, and you believe in Budweiser when the day is done. Got it.

And what the FUCK is up with the Chik-fil-A Tienenman Square ad? Talk about fucked up!

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:15 (nineteen years ago)

Chik-fil-A Tienenman Square ad

...Er, what???????

― Dan (Boggling) Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:16 (nineteen years ago)

whats the ad like? i havent seen it

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:17 (nineteen years ago)

GERMANIUM TRANSISTOR MUSEUM!!!

http://www.ck722museum.com/page25_files/image002.jpg

― TOMBOT, Friday, 10 March 2006 19:18 (nineteen years ago)

12 hour burning! Impressive!

― TOMBOT, Friday, 10 March 2006 19:18 (nineteen years ago)

Chik-Fil-A Tienenman Square Ad -

A bulldozer enters an empty lot. A lone cow blocks its way. The bulldozer goes right, then left, each time being blocked by the cow, which moved to remain in front of the cow. The camera changes to a "coming soon: Mega Burger" or some such sign, and then back to the same cow, now standing in front of a COLUMN of three bulldozers.

Am the only one who is REALLY disturbed by that ad?

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:21 (nineteen years ago)

Correction:

The cow moved to remain in front of the bulldozer.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:22 (nineteen years ago)

I am disturbed by the cow moving to stand in front of the cow!

(xpost: DAMMIT)

― Dan (TESSERACT) Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:22 (nineteen years ago)

HAHAAHAH!!! I got your wrinkle right here, Perry! Peep my self-editing skills.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:24 (nineteen years ago)

yknow, if youd just be right for once in your life, you wouldnt need to self-edit, bro.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

jk!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

A frame-by-frame analysis:

http://libertyblog.com/archives/005384.html

Gotten from a google search - I have no idea about anything else from this blog.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

The self-editing only makes me MORE correct. Peep my universally comprehendible message.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:32 (nineteen years ago)

is "comprehendible" a word?

tough room!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:34 (nineteen years ago)

ok i think we've had just about enough of the word "peep" for today

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:34 (nineteen years ago)

yes. yes it is a word.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:34 (nineteen years ago)

dude peep this

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:37 (nineteen years ago)

those things are the grossest things in the history of things

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

did you guys know that the saying is traditionally "...you've got another THINK

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:44 (nineteen years ago)

did you guys know that the saying is traditionally "...you've got another THINK coming," as opposed to THING?

xpost ack

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.grammartips.homestead.com/anotherthink.html

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:46 (nineteen years ago)

did AC/DC know that? that's them, right zack?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:46 (nineteen years ago)

oy vey, dude.

http://www.nolifetilmetal.com/images/priest_halfordscream.jpg

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:48 (nineteen years ago)

where's alex in nyc when you need him?

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:49 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.marriedtothesea.com/021506/booze-time.jpg

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

halford rules, too.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:56 (nineteen years ago)

Wish me luck, folks, I have to go interview XAPHAN@VIOLATED.US at the au bon pain across the street.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 10 March 2006 19:57 (nineteen years ago)

good luck tom

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:02 (nineteen years ago)

you're gonna need it

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:03 (nineteen years ago)

What in the world? who?

― dar1a g (daria g), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:04 (nineteen years ago)

Mookie, those should be the new lyrics to that "It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time" song.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:12 (nineteen years ago)

http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/800/14845/1138408168/oasc04.247realmedia.com/RealMedia/ads/Creatives/TheVoice/oc-askamexican-promo/ask-a-mexican-box-revised.gif

I'm just posting this everywhere.

I just had to go to a stupid meeting and then go eat ice cream with a dude!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:20 (nineteen years ago)

man fuck ice cream

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:27 (nineteen years ago)

i know!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:27 (nineteen years ago)

I'm feeling so lazy right now that I can't even bring myself to water my plants before I abandon them for the weekend.

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 20:31 (nineteen years ago)

I can't believe I'm even pretending to work right now.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:34 (nineteen years ago)

When do your Blue Sheep-sailors play next, Quincie?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:35 (nineteen years ago)

fuck some working! I want to go home and get changed into casual clothes and then maybe feed the cats and then RUN FREE IN THE NICE WEATHER

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

Stephen they play tonight at 7! I'm wearing my lucky Carolina blue sweater (which will probably be too warm once I finally get outside. . .).

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 20:38 (nineteen years ago)

Also: I do not understand this "Blue Sheep-sailors." Are you insulting my 'heels?

Fuck a Dook, they almost lost this afternoon. So, uh, hi mookie.

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.pawprintscrossstitch.com/images/hp106.jpg

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:44 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not saying it makes sense; I just call 'em like I see 'em.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

UNC-BC tomorrow should be a good game, assuming the appropriate things happen tonight

xp yeah, i know. they have won i think 6 of the last 7 acc tourneys, though, so it's okay

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

haha the heels used to have these awful denim warmup outfits!

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

huh. They DO look like sheep sailors!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:51 (nineteen years ago)

6 of the last 7 acc tourneys

LETS GOOOO MARYLAND
LETS GOOOO MARYLAND

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

later frenz (experiment)!

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

Good god, that is a CROSS-STITCHED thingy that Stephen posted!

Thingy=RAM, not sheep! RAMS are tough! Tough like ram!

xpost BYE Z!

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

john gilchrist was unbelievable in that tournament two years ago. and now he might be the best player in the israeli league...

byez

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

I think that sailor sheep looks so grouchy 'cause he can't remember where he left his pants. At least the Maryland tortoise has its ass covered.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:58 (nineteen years ago)

man I am really sick of being at work :(

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

man i hope md makes the tournament

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, i don't really understand it either. why the ram, Q? and doesn't it have a cutesy name that i've forgotten?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:00 (nineteen years ago)

oh, md will make the NIT at least

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:00 (nineteen years ago)

i hate you

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:02 (nineteen years ago)

THE CUTESY NAME IS "RAMSEY," THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 21:03 (nineteen years ago)

let's all be friends!

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:04 (nineteen years ago)

oops I mean "RAMESES" duh.

I made out with a guy from dook. once.

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

was it the BACHELOR?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:07 (nineteen years ago)

I'll bet Wake Forest would win more if the Demon Deacon didn't have pants.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:08 (nineteen years ago)

ha ha no it was not that tool. It was some other tool who was a dook undergrad but was in med school at Carolina. He was also in a band. Jesus, do I ever know how to pick 'em.

xpost Wake is winning right now! Crazy!

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 21:10 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, it's a rule of mine not to make out with guys in bands

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:11 (nineteen years ago)

ill try to log on tonight from my friend's house while we're watching the game and talk shit

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:11 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, it's a rule of mine not to make out with guys in bands

-- mookieproof (mookieproo...), March 10th, 2006.

WTF DUDES

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:12 (nineteen years ago)

I've had good luck with drummers (HI PETE!). Not so much with bassists.

xpost speak of the devil!

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 21:13 (nineteen years ago)

Present company excluded, please.
xpost

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:13 (nineteen years ago)

is herb sendek trying to get fired?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:15 (nineteen years ago)

Seriously WTF with that game?

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 21:16 (nineteen years ago)

I have no rules about making out with dudes. I also know nothing about basketball!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:16 (nineteen years ago)

I have no rules about making out with dudes. I also know nothing about basketball!

-- Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyza...), March 10th, 2006.

usually, marriage changes both of these things.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:18 (nineteen years ago)

not in this case.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 10 March 2006 21:18 (nineteen years ago)

What about dudes in cutoff jeans? I mean, surely you have SOME standards!

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 21:18 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yeah I mean that kind of thing is uncalled for, cutoff jeans are just gross. I mean, ugly dudes too are a no go but it didn't seem like that was a "rule" so much as it was obvious.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:19 (nineteen years ago)

never-nudes are people too!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:19 (nineteen years ago)

Apropos of nothing, here is what I've had to eat/drink so far today:

1. Coffee w/ cream & sugar
2. Cinnamon roll brought in by colleague
3. Trefoil girl scout cookies

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 21:20 (nineteen years ago)

yeah ok I guess I was lying about how I had no rules, fine fine fine. God!! No one in NYC ever questioned my ludicrious statements! You DC people!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

what are the nutter butter-like girl scout cookies? those are the best.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:22 (nineteen years ago)

whatev, ally - see you dudes later!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:23 (nineteen years ago)

xpost I believe those are TAGALONGS. They are gay.

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 21:24 (nineteen years ago)

gay like K

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 21:24 (nineteen years ago)

so hostile! maybe you and matt doherty should have anger management counseling.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:26 (nineteen years ago)

YOU SHOULD RESPECT MATT HE IS THE HEAD COACH AT FLORIDA PAN-PACIFIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 21:26 (nineteen years ago)

or something like that.

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 21:27 (nineteen years ago)

haha when quin snyder resigned/was fired the worst thing one commentator said about him was that for his next coaching job he might have to go "the matt doherty route"

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:29 (nineteen years ago)

Do not slander the Tagalong! You can peel up the "peanut butter" from 7 or 8 and make a giant Dagwood-style sandwich out of 'em. Mmmm...palm oil.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:35 (nineteen years ago)

XAPHAN@VIOLATED.US did not bring me a cheeseburger as gift; however, he looked like Eraserhead, so I am giving him a thumbs up anyway. Hopefully we can actually get him to come work here, because he looks like Eraserhead.

WHO brings me a CHEESEBURGER NOW?

― TOMBOT, Friday, 10 March 2006 21:39 (nineteen years ago)

Don't forget 1000% RDA of trans fat!

Alrighty, I'm out of here. Go heels! I'll talk more basketball shit with ya'll later!

Oh and Ally, where do you stand on dudes in SANDALS?

― quincie, Friday, 10 March 2006 21:40 (nineteen years ago)

SANDALS with WHITE SOCKS = hott, yes?

later, tagalong hater

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:41 (nineteen years ago)

Triple 4s, y'all. Time to check out and start y'all's weekends!

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:44 (nineteen years ago)

DUDES IN SANDALS ARE WRONG!!!!!!!!!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

What if they're wearing white socks? And cutoffs? Maybe even acid-washed.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:53 (nineteen years ago)

whoa

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:58 (nineteen years ago)

who are you even talking about, Alexander the Great?

Repeat of cheeseburger question! I will continue to devour swiss cake rolls until this is answered! And orange soda!

― TOMBOT, Friday, 10 March 2006 22:05 (nineteen years ago)

nobody is bringing you a fucking cheeseburger already, we can't even get in the building.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 10 March 2006 22:07 (nineteen years ago)

I NOW OWN THE SWEET BEWARE MY GERmANIUM!

― zackishappy, Saturday, 11 March 2006 02:16 (nineteen years ago)

here's someone looking for a place in DC, anyone have a lead?

― dar1a g (daria g), Saturday, 11 March 2006 04:10 (nineteen years ago)

X-post
Instead of going to Abi's again and again, you all should try "Las Delicias," which is a little ways south on Walter Reed. The food is much better, and the waitresses' uniforms are unbeatable.
-- Chris H. (chrisherber...), March 9th, 2006

It was a vietnamese place years ago, but it's been las delicias for a while -- 2 or 3 years at least. The uniforms are excellent, though they don't really become extraordinary until the weekend. I wouldn't say it's more expensive than any other salvadoran restaurant. As always, if you stick to pupusas, tamales, and other lite fare, you'll be fine. Abi's is similarly priced, but sucks in comparison. I mean, if you want a sort of welcoming place with a couple of old black and white promotional photos of ian mackae and the beastie boys along with sort of bad food, go to abi's. If you want very good food with some posters from the remake of dukes of hazzard, go to las delicias. That laundromat across from burger king also has pretty good food. It's sort of slow, though. That other Salvadorean place next to burger king is overpriced. Atlacatl, near Bob & Ediths II, is pretty good. It's kind of a nice environment too, not so many leering drunks as las delicias.

― Chris H. (chrisherbert), Saturday, 11 March 2006 09:16 (nineteen years ago)

(whistles idly)

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Sunday, 12 March 2006 20:40 (nineteen years ago)

I expect something basketball-y happened?

Is anyone excited about the Naruse offerings? I plan to see a lot at the Freer and Natl.--because they are freee.

http://www.asia.si.edu/naruse/

― Mary (Mary), Sunday, 12 March 2006 23:15 (nineteen years ago)

I didn't realize Boston College even had a basketball team.

Mary, those do look pretty good--next week's especially. And yes, let's hear it for free.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Sunday, 12 March 2006 23:26 (nineteen years ago)

has anyone been to cezanne? i thought about coming down for that, but my mom said it's pretty small. and i'm getting a little overexcited on the travel tip, anyway.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Sunday, 12 March 2006 23:31 (nineteen years ago)

oy maryland sucked on friday

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Sunday, 12 March 2006 23:32 (nineteen years ago)

the cezanne is great (it's like five or six rooms), plus you can also see the dada exhibit while youre there!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Sunday, 12 March 2006 23:33 (nineteen years ago)

Ally, I'm in town with my whole Hee Haw Gang just for a regular ol' vacation -- my daughter's Spring Break is this coming week, and she and my wife have always wanted to see the touristy stuff here. Sorry, I haven't been checking ILE much while we've been here, but yeah, I'd love to meet up for a drink. My cell # is f!ve thr33 z3ro, n!ne f0ur 0n3, n!n3 f!ve f0ur n!ne. We're here through Wed. night, flying back home early Thursday.

We just got back from the Dada exhibit -- skipped the Cezanne.

― pixel farmer in DC (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 12 March 2006 23:34 (nineteen years ago)

yeah. That Maryland suckfest drove me to sleep angry. Ugh.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Sunday, 12 March 2006 23:57 (nineteen years ago)

me too dude! luckily, i still had a buzz from watching "deal or no deal" before the game...

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 03:35 (nineteen years ago)

Jesus christ was that an unfulfilling weekend of basketball. I am in quite a mood.

― quincie, Monday, 13 March 2006 13:51 (nineteen years ago)

Some notes:

1. 16th street, esp northbound, is shit on a Sunday around noontime. Whoops.
2. People on I-95 have never seen an SUV rear end a minivan. The experience was so novel for them that it required everyone to go 25 mph and no faster until the tow truck was out of sight.
3. The Mini Cooper is an annoying vehicle and not actually any fun. My first zipcar experience with somebody else's crumbs and wrappers, as well. Gross.

― TOMBOT, Monday, 13 March 2006 14:01 (nineteen years ago)

Yesterday I went to the National Gallery East Wing for the first of a series of daily performances of the score for Le Ballet Mécanique. Ten minutes, all automated, a load of player pianos, some fans, alarm clocks, a siren, a gong, and some other stuff. Very impressive, I thought it was better than the rest of the Dada exhibit combined. Now through March 29th, 1 pm on weekends and 1pm and 4pm on weekdays.

The Hiroshi Sugimoto show at the Hirshhorn is absolutely beautiful. Probably the best photography show and most perfect museum installation I've ever seen.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Monday, 13 March 2006 14:19 (nineteen years ago)

hey q, did you notice that UNC will potentially be here in DC for the second weekend of the tourney? maybe you can go have a heart-to-heart with roy about his wardrobe.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 13 March 2006 14:30 (nineteen years ago)

We really need to go to the museums again now that it's not lame outside. What a difference a week makes!

Can we have a vote on which upmarket grocery has the most atrocious people in it? Whole Foods Logan Circle, Whole Foods Clarendon or Trader Joe's Alexandria? We haven't been to any others I don't think. I say the WF Clarendon (valet parking) is easily the worst of those three.

― TOMBOT, Monday, 13 March 2006 14:33 (nineteen years ago)

hahaha

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 13 March 2006 14:35 (nineteen years ago)

Trader Joe's Foggy Bottom will soon take on all challengers with a mix of GW students and shriveled neighborhood denizens.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Monday, 13 March 2006 14:46 (nineteen years ago)

Another thing mostpeople don't realize is that cheney-rove actually pays people to post sympathetic comments on boards like this. Usually through third parties, of course. Impossible to say for sure, but look at TOMBOT's posts carefully. - bethune

yo is it true tombot got sonned by a communist kid after a stalin beef??????

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Monday, 13 March 2006 14:50 (nineteen years ago)

I'm sort of disappointed by that, bethune was keeping a pretty good troll going right up until then. Now it's just pathetic. Again.

― TOMBOT, Monday, 13 March 2006 14:55 (nineteen years ago)

The Ballet Mecanique performance was cool. My wife was all "What the HELL, I bet you loved that." (I didn't think it was that loud, but there were loads of people with their fingers in their ears -- lol at the tinnitus-ridden)

I seriously want to know if that's Gordon Bethune. Hilarious if an ex-airline-CEO is trolling ILE.

― pixel farmer in DC (Rock Hardy), Monday, 13 March 2006 14:59 (nineteen years ago)

It is true that Roy has been sporting some pretty awful ties as of late. However, I think it is because he is tapping into his archive of "lucky" ties from the late seventies/early eighties.

For the 1998 ACC tournament, my dude at the time wore the suit his father had worn to the tourney in 1977, complete with white belt.

― quincie, Monday, 13 March 2006 15:06 (nineteen years ago)

Trader Joe's Alexandria is a world of people who feel it's totally ok to ram you with their cart and then get annoyed with YOU for not, like, I dunno, falling prone to the ground so they can roll it over your lifeless corpse or something. BUT $13 amarone so I'm not gonna get too bothered by it. Unlike how bothered I was by those bitches at Velvet Lounge.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 15:09 (nineteen years ago)

The Ballet Mechanique made me want to carry a siren with me whenever I go see bands. Everything goes better with a siren.

Tombot please hook me up with that cheney-rove payola racket. Daddy needs a couple more NCAA brackets.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 13 March 2006 15:16 (nineteen years ago)

The Ballet Mechanique made me want to carry a siren with me whenever I go see bands. Everything goes better with a siren.

YOU SHOULD WORK AT 92Q!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 15:18 (nineteen years ago)

I say the WF Clarendon (valet parking) is easily the worst of those three.

YES.

Frequent are the days when I come THISCLOSE to beating someone to death at the salad bar there. Wegman's in Fairfax is a close second for people completely bereft of peripheral vision, common sense or any brains whatsoever.

― phil d. (Phil D.), Monday, 13 March 2006 15:19 (nineteen years ago)

So, has anyone seen anything about The Soul Factory? Its a congregation in PG County that, this past weekend, hosted a 70s retro service. Congregation members were showing up in Afro Puffs, and one dude even looked like a cross b/t Don Magic Juan and Bootsie Collins.

I'm going.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Monday, 13 March 2006 15:23 (nineteen years ago)

where in PG?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 15:30 (nineteen years ago)

There is no way on earth some mechanical ballet siren and dingdongs museum piece is going to TOUCH the 8-engine jet that was Bad Wizard at the Velvet Lounge. I was about five feet from the bass amp.

― TOMBOT, Monday, 13 March 2006 15:34 (nineteen years ago)

dunno. didn't catch WHERE in PG, but damn...it seriously looked like the service led by the Reverend Cleophus James at the Triple Rock Baptist Church. Now THAT's the way to celebrate your faith.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Monday, 13 March 2006 15:37 (nineteen years ago)

you should go, dude!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

The only drawback of the Ballet Mecanique performance is that they were using miked portable fans in lieu of the airplane propellers called for in the original score.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Monday, 13 March 2006 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

I think I'm gonna. I'll report back.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Monday, 13 March 2006 15:45 (nineteen years ago)

Mary, I really want to see some of the Naruse film series - had work stuff all weekend and no time/energy to go - maybe next weekend though.

Can we have a vote on which upmarket grocery has the most atrocious people in it?

Harris Teeter? I went in there (was on the road driving out of Fairfax and stopped) because I thought, hey, I've never been to this store and maybe they have different and exciting kinds of tea? But all it is is the same crappy food you find at Safeway for lots more money.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 13 March 2006 16:46 (nineteen years ago)

why cant silver spring whole foods have beer? it is so lame. silver spring is like the dryest town ever.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 16:47 (nineteen years ago)

yeah outside of a little ethiopian convenience store that sells good cheap wine and beer it's a really big hassle.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Monday, 13 March 2006 16:53 (nineteen years ago)

i was even wearing that shirt that SPECIFICALLY asks people not to hassle me

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 16:56 (nineteen years ago)

what about booze?

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Monday, 13 March 2006 16:58 (nineteen years ago)

x-post

I haven't heard about the retro services, but I did read that the Soul Factory church is in Forestville.

― curmudgeon (DC Steve), Monday, 13 March 2006 17:28 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, NBC4 had a report on the 70s service this past weekend. It just seems like they are attempting to inject some more uplifting spirit into worship.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:37 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, Brian, that part at the HS exhibit where you turn the corner and all of a sudden you're in a dark room with all those pictures lined up on the wall was outstanding.

I'm not sure I really liked the 1000 buddhas installation though.

TJ's Alex is mighty innocuous compared to the newly opened WF Alex. That space is fillled with prime-of-life denizens who don't realize that it is possible to move away from the sushi stand after you have placed your order (for rolls with extra lots of seseame) so that other people can squeeze in and pick up a to-go box.

The Asian and World markets are so so so much better for grocery shopping. Tom and Ally, you should go to the Korean-run H-marts in either Fairfax or Falls Church.

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:37 (nineteen years ago)

Okay, I looked at the phrase "70s service" out of context and my first thought was "WOW THEY DELIVER MALT LIQUOR IN BOTTLES THAT LARGE?"

― Dan (DC Here I Come) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:38 (nineteen years ago)

Is DC closer to Falls Church or Fairfax? Anyway, this is the Falls Church one, though the Fairfax one is supposed to be even better.

http://www.hmart.com/ourstore/ourstore_main.asp?loc=F/C

Tons of fresh produce for people who cook, and lots of prepackaged meals for people like me. Also, they have a little Korean foodstand/bar where you can sit down and order noodles and other stuff.

There is also a Grand Mart near where I work which is Korean-owned possibly, but has a different county or region per aisle. My Colombian coworker buys all her food there. Lots of great produce also.

http://www.igrandmart.com/storeinfo_eng.html

Yum, food.

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

i forget where you actually live, dan!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

falls chuuch is closer

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

BEANTOWN BABY

― Dan (My Brother Is In DC) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:52 (nineteen years ago)

dudes, seeing as how about 2/3 of our conversations seem to revolve around food, do you wanna get some sometime?

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

oh harv right

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

Hahaha dude that was EONS ago by this point, now I'm up here because of inertia.

― Dan (1995 Seems Like Yesterday) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:55 (nineteen years ago)

Trader Joe's is good for grocery shopping because seemingly nothing there costs over $5, including ginormous bottles of olive oil and good quality frozen seafood and dumplings and drinkable wine! The main reason to go to TJ's is to stock up on frozen awesome shit and to buy extremely discounted wines.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:55 (nineteen years ago)

Oh I noticed the farmers market started up again last weekend! I couldn't go though because we had APPOINTMENTS, sigh. Next weekend I will go and buy PRODUCE.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:56 (nineteen years ago)

Zack, I'm down. Would that be a FAM - Fancy a Meal?

Are we talking 1789? Or Boston Market? Somewhere in the middle?

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:58 (nineteen years ago)

hahaha I once went out with a guy whose father got mad EVERY time he went to Boston Market because they sold things other than chicken. After a while we found out that, despite the fact that the store front, the bags, the menus, etc, all clearly said BOSTON MARKET, he thought the place was called BOSTON CHICKENS.

the reason to go to Whole Foods is for a source of expensive balsalmic vinegar. And if you need a ton of cheese for some reason, which I usually do. I don't normally go though because I am LAZY and order my groceries ONLINE.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:00 (nineteen years ago)

it used to be called boston chicken

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:02 (nineteen years ago)

vindication for old jerseyites!!!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:03 (nineteen years ago)

You'd think the option to eat things besides chicken occasionally would be a joyus occasion though, not one to anger and upset.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:03 (nineteen years ago)

how about asian food? i dont like anything else!

― mynameiszack (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:04 (nineteen years ago)

we should go to Raku because it is ~~right across the street from my house~~really yummy for soups and dim sum.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:05 (nineteen years ago)

500

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:11 (nineteen years ago)

I should go to the TJ Alex more; it's location brings up bad memories of being taken to shop at Talbot's though.

Who brings their teenager to Talbot's? It's impossible to execute any semblance of an youthful prep look from their clothes.

I'm happy to meet for lunch or dinner~how about the all-tofu place at the Eden center?

The only thing across from my house is my neighbor's house:(

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:12 (nineteen years ago)

we're postin up a storm folks!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:12 (nineteen years ago)

Talbot's!!! Ack.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:14 (nineteen years ago)

Raku looks good.

How are the suburban (Jewish) delis? Which one should I try?

Talbot's! I finally got my comeuppance after year's of complaining while my mom and sis shopped happily away when the mom on the OC justified having something from Talbot's in her closet by saying, "But it was a gift!"

(I used to call it the grandmother store-to my mom and her shopping friends' faces.)

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:16 (nineteen years ago)

WHY ARE YOU CHALLENGING MY DESIRE FOR CHICKEN WITH THIS GODFORSAKEN MEATLOAF????

― Dan (BEGONE) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:16 (nineteen years ago)

Good! I don't get why someone would shop at Talbots under a pretension that it was fashion. I mean if she was ok with grandma-store that's one thing but if that bothered her, really what is to be expected! Thank god for the OC.

xpost hahahahahahahahaha

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:17 (nineteen years ago)

raku's okay but the wait is too long.

meatloaf is better than chicken!

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:18 (nineteen years ago)

my heir friend held his only significant job at a talbot's one summer.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:18 (nineteen years ago)

meatloaf is better than chicken!

oh shit!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:19 (nineteen years ago)

yeah raku gets slammed like a mofo on the weekend. there was like a 700 person mob outside of it this past friday. WTF? better than cafe asia which has 700 person mobs ALL THE TIME for no reason at all, because their food is terrible.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:19 (nineteen years ago)

Heh--that thing that your did sounds like something I would do. I used to mistake the veterinarian for a vegetarian restaurant.

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:19 (nineteen years ago)

THE TIME HAS COME FOR A SMITING

― Dan (PREPARE THY BUTTOCKS) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:20 (nineteen years ago)

Meatloaf, when done properly, kicks the shit out of chicken. So no Raku. Anywhere else? Someplace with beer?

On the other hand, is anyone actually going to brave the drunken masses on Friday? I actually might - a classmate of mine is going to The Four P's (currently known as Ireland's Four Green Fields) for breakfast and pints, and I may join him. From there, somewhere where I can watch the hoops.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:21 (nineteen years ago)

(I don't know why I'm imagining that this crusty Jerseyite speaks like a horny Tolkein LARPer.)

― Dan (So It Goes) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:21 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, it's going to be tough to see hoops without having green beer puked on you. which is why i'm going to north carolina to watch the games.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:23 (nineteen years ago)

hahaha perhaps you are confusing teh Springsteen with teh Led Zep???

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:24 (nineteen years ago)

I've been dying to go to that all-tofu place for ages!

― quincie, Monday, 13 March 2006 20:24 (nineteen years ago)

Haha, we have like 3 conversations going on at once here!

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:24 (nineteen years ago)

raku is pretty good for a generopanasian place! i went there a bunch during my lost year. that sounds doable, so does tofu place. totally. and contrary to what pete would have you believe (bastard), non-asian food is 100% awesome.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:25 (nineteen years ago)

raku IS good for the generopanasian place, their Tom Yum soup is the bomb and their green beans are like heaven green beans.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:26 (nineteen years ago)

Man, my workday has blown right by. Must be all the wikipedia articles I started reading about the Marvel Universe.

― BLACKAGAR BOLTAGON, Monday, 13 March 2006 20:28 (nineteen years ago)

So the warm weather has me contemplating spring/summer plans. This warm weather season I plan to:

1. chop and color hair
2. grow kickass heirloom tomatoes
3. enjoy the cool of the ice rink when it is 90 degrees out
4. explore interesting places on bike
5. tour wineries in VA
6. annual pilgrimmage to Saratoga in August
7. eat and drink lots of good stuff

NOW YOUR TURN TO LIST

― quincie, Monday, 13 March 2006 20:29 (nineteen years ago)

You had a whole lost year, ZR; what happened?

Lost Weekend is playing at AFI; swoon.

Q, is this a horse-racing thing?

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:30 (nineteen years ago)

Wineries tour sounds like fun! I too am going to chop my hair post-wedding.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:31 (nineteen years ago)

Man, my workday has blown right by. Must be all the wikipedia articles I started reading about the Marvel Universe.

-- BLACKAGAR BOLTAGON (he...), March 13th, 2006.

OMG thats one of my favorite alter ego names! also, juggernaut is cain marko!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:31 (nineteen years ago)

Spring/Summer plans:

1. Graduate Law School
2. Get the FUCK OUT of law school
3. Move to California - at this point, my entire life becomes "What do I plan on doing in the warm weather?" as Southern California is a desert.
4. Study for Bar Exam

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:32 (nineteen years ago)

that ridiculous Venom jazz hands thing you posted this morning is still making me bust a damn nut Tom. Why not just call that series CLOSET WARS and be done with pretending.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:34 (nineteen years ago)

Sorry, I can't get excited about the VA wineries. One of my elementary school friend's father bought one and all we ever heard day in and day out was "My father's vineyard."

My plans for the summer so far:

grow hair
take 2 library classes

Sorry, I don't really have any good plans yet.

Um . . .

buy nice clothes?
see Morrissey?

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:35 (nineteen years ago)

I just want free wine tasting.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:36 (nineteen years ago)

In an odd note, every line of dialog ends with an exclamation mark. For example in the 12th issue Spider-man says "I'm starved! I'm going to find me a snack!"

― BLACKAGAR BOLTAGON, Monday, 13 March 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

1. watch some basketball
2. go to boston for a wedding
3. go to seville for a honeymoon
4. try to find a job and apartment in nyc
5. move to nyc
6. try to survive global warming
7. try to play some baseball
8. quit drinking pop
9. more time reading/less time websurfing
10. throw out a bunch of shit

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, that wouldn't be bad. I bought some sake at H-mart but I haven't drunk it yet.

Do you have H-moon plans?

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

If any of you know ANYONE who works in the restaurant or alcohol distribution business, do yourselves a favor and snag their business cards before hitting the vineyards; magically EVERY vineyard will become free!

― Dan (That's How We Rolled Through Napa) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:40 (nineteen years ago)

hotter inhuman: crystal or the scarlet witch?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:40 (nineteen years ago)

That seems like a reasonable thing to put exclamation points on!

xpost ooh we bought sake at TJ's! I didn't know TJ's stocked sake. We do have H-moon plans but I am not allowed to know what they are (!!).

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:41 (nineteen years ago)

The Scarlet Witch isn't an Inhuman!

― Dan (Ergo, Crystal By Default) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:41 (nineteen years ago)

(Altho don't sleep on Medusa)

― Dan (Hem Hem) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

But NYC is for sell-outs!

Seriously, you are moving? :( Ally and I can give you advice.

secret H-moon? where coult it be?

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

alabama!

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:43 (nineteen years ago)

UGH you go straight to hell!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:43 (nineteen years ago)

oh right - just qsilver went up there - i couldnt remember the circumstances!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:43 (nineteen years ago)

guys...seriously...do you know anyone who really rates the Silver Surfer? Because I do.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:44 (nineteen years ago)

Mary, the annual Saratoga pilgrimmage is equal parts hanging out with bestest girlfriend, eating damn good food and drinking damn good wine, hiking in the Adirondacks (with stops for the BEST PIE IN THE UNIVERSE at the Noonmark Diner), renting boat and tooling around mountain lakes, luxuriating in mineral baths, and bettin' on the ponies at the meet!

― quincie, Monday, 13 March 2006 20:44 (nineteen years ago)

Meaning "I do know someone..." not "I rate the Silver Surfer"

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:44 (nineteen years ago)

Strength level: Quicksilver possesses superhuman strength primarily in his lower body as part of his body's adaptations for running. With his upper body he can lift (press) approximately 1000 pounds. He can leg press approximately one ton under optimal conditions.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:44 (nineteen years ago)

DUDES IT IS 84 DEGREES OUT WTF

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

I like how they throw in optimal conditions, like you gonna test him or something.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

84 degrees is SO AWESOME I hope this continues thru April.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

I tried to go to a spa in Saratoga once, but it was closed, so I toured the geysers instead.

Maybe T is taking A to Saratoga!

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

Strength: The Scarlet Witch possesses the normal human strength of a woman of her age, height, and build who engages in moderate regular exercise.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

So in case you guys missed this on the spiderman thread wtf is this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/Secretwar8.jpg/389px-Secretwar8.jpg

I've never been to Saratoga!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

Saratoga is totally underrated, which is great because that means it is utterly devoid of hipsters.

I did, however, run into William Kennedy and Andy Rooney at the unbeliveably fantastic pastry shop downtown. Not at the same time, though. William Kennedy's wife was a huuuuuuuuuge bitch and if I see her again I will cut her.

― quincie, Monday, 13 March 2006 20:48 (nineteen years ago)

Virginia wineries that that are actually, you know, good:

Horton
Barboursville
Chrysalis

and a couple others I'm forgetting. Whether this translates into wineries that are worth visiting, I don't know.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:48 (nineteen years ago)

Quincie, please discard all other summer plans and focus on #2. All surplus to be taken off your hands by me.

I wish I had only one lost year.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:48 (nineteen years ago)

Mary, "lost year" = overstating the case. only about six months count as legitimately lost. mostly standard 19 yr old bullshit taken to absurd extremes thanks to the worst living environment ever and complete atrophy of non-moronic decision making ability.

also, "amid the chaos, there comes a costume" is not exactly the most impressive hook text for a front cover.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:48 (nineteen years ago)

That costume was a huge fucking deal at the time, though!

― Dan (I Can Hear The Paradigms Shifting) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:50 (nineteen years ago)

Ray Milland is like my perfect guy.

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:51 (nineteen years ago)

i love the blue "shiny" outline they always put on that costume.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:51 (nineteen years ago)

okay give me advice on nyc!

we're looking, i guess, in brooklyn (we have friends in brooklyn heights). i've heard that apartments are larger and cheaper in queens, but a) i've heard it would then take like three hours to visit said friends in brooklyn, and b) my wife is from westchester county and fears that living in queens would turn us into people who frequently yell J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS.

i've heard that all apartment brokers are lowlife scum, but that it may be necessary to engage one. i've heard that dishwashers are common but central a/c and personal washer/dryers are not. what else?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:51 (nineteen years ago)

Stephen last year I grew cherokee purples, brandywine reds, sungolds, boxcar willies, aunt ruby's german greens, and bradleys. Mr. Q made regular batches of homemade mayonnaise and we ate BLTs for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and never tired of it! I can definitely set you up, along with all the basil you desire.

― quincie, Monday, 13 March 2006 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

homemade mayonnaise

!!!!!!!!!

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

Mookie, are you asking people to tell you what else you've heard?

You've heard that apartments in Manhattan come with cleaning pixies and truffle pigs.

― Dan (And A Special Fez) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

hahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahaha

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:54 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.spookshop.com/images/hats/fez.jpg

― Dan (Like This One) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.spookshop.com/hats.htm

― Dan (Oh My God, Thank You Google) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

is he a cleaning pixie or a truffle pig?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:57 (nineteen years ago)

i like the captain myers, myself

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:57 (nineteen years ago)

Dan we've never met but let me say that your knowlege of scary online hat and shoe businesses has left quite the impression!

― quincie, Monday, 13 March 2006 20:58 (nineteen years ago)

best result for "captain myers" gis, btw:

http://www.wardrobe.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/words/murder/monsters/myers.jpg

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:00 (nineteen years ago)

MORE SPRING/SUMMER LISTS NOW PLEASE!

― quincie, Monday, 13 March 2006 21:00 (nineteen years ago)

Quincie, you're basically asking for me to camp out on your doorstep with a salt shaker 24-7 'til October. I'll sign for packages.

I always thought the Silver Surfer looked like he should have Black Bolt's no-talking-too-dangerous power. That'd make him a crappy herald, granted, but it'd be better for cozmic introspection.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:01 (nineteen years ago)

SPIDERMAN HAS JAZZ HANDS + COSTUME = TOTALLY NOT MANLY LET'S JUST SAY

I need tons of basil! I can't grow anything, I haven't got a place to grow anything :(

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:01 (nineteen years ago)

1. Go to *#$%^#$)!@%*@ for honeymoon
2. Go to Vegas for a wedding
3. Finish core courses and begin work on Master's Thesis
4. Walk to and from school and work and everything
5. Finish selling shit on Amazon and elsewhere
6. Hire some decent people to take up the slack @ my job
7. Start making the music again, possible incorporating some aspect of live noize jamming again
8. Quit being the FUCKING ANSWER MAN for EVERY FUCKING THING THAT HAPPENS in this WINDOWLESS DUNGEON OF MEALY-MOUTHED BOZOS

― BLACKAGAR BOLTAGON, Monday, 13 March 2006 21:02 (nineteen years ago)

i have the same last name as spiderman :(

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:03 (nineteen years ago)

Seriously tomatoes are my favorite food, but I'm picky and only eat the fresh stuff during the three months I can grow it myself. The rest of the year I just long for tomato season. . .

I will grow lots of basil and we can have FAH (fancy an herb?).

― quincie, Monday, 13 March 2006 21:03 (nineteen years ago)

WHEREAS SPIDERMAN IN A RED & BLUE BODYSUIT = TESTOSTERONE FACTORY

― Dan (Pubes Of Steel Wool) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:04 (nineteen years ago)

Tom do you have guns? Because I will need to shoot some of the rat-like urban deer that fuck with my garden.

― quincie, Monday, 13 March 2006 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

Actually, Tom, I think maybe it is better if you don't have guns.

― quincie, Monday, 13 March 2006 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

we're looking, i guess, in brooklyn (we have friends in brooklyn heights). i've heard that apartments are larger and cheaper in queens,

This is basically 100% true, unless you find the mythical deal that all the noize boarders seem to find.

but a) i've heard it would then take like three hours to visit said friends in brooklyn,

This is completely, shockingly accurate. By subway, that is. If you get in your car and just drive up it's like a 20 minute excursion, tops, depending on time of day + part of Bklyn (which you already said so I'm saying 20 mins dude).

and b) my wife is from westchester county and fears that living in queens would turn us into people who frequently yell J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS.

Well my best girlfriend lives in Queens and is still a Yankees/Giants person. And we are both FROM teh Queensyland and neither of us can stand the Jets! YMMV.

That being said if yr friends live in Bk then you should just move to Bk it'll be easier. People fear crossing boroughs (for the 17 hour trek problem detailed above) quite regularly so you'd just be happier.

i've heard that all apartment brokers are lowlife scum, but that it may be necessary to engage one.

Highly unusual this would be necessary...be VERY wary about this because there are a lot of 'em that will take yr $$$ and disappear.

i've heard that dishwashers are common but central a/c and personal washer/dryers are not.

DISHWASHERS? I have never--NEVER--been in an NYC apt that had a dishwasher, except Marv Albert's. Fact! Yr friends are fancy.

what else?

Burritoville is pretty good but you should just avoid them and go uptown to Harry's anyway just to spite the Burritoville fad meme.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:07 (nineteen years ago)

I don't think there's that much difference with regard to size and price of apartments in either Brooklyn or Queens. (New Jersey City is probably a bit cheaper.) And, if you ride bikes, you can easily ride between them. It won't really take that long to travel between them, just that the G subway line is slow. If you like Brooklyn though, places other than Brooklyn Heights are cheaper. Have you looked on Craigslist?

Dishwashers common?! I never had one. Nor a washer/dryer. Nor central air. Are you looking to rent? Brokers will take from a month to a month and a half rent in fees, but they have the lockdown on lots of the properties. Your best bet is to rent directly from the landlord, that way there is no fee. I did that once in BK and the other time I paid a broker's fee (through an agency).

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:07 (nineteen years ago)

FAH vs. FSomeH

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:08 (nineteen years ago)

also, I knew a guy named Ben P4rker. Oh the laughs at the radio station when Peter visits Uncle Ben's gravestone...

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:08 (nineteen years ago)

i love tomatoes.

xp thanks ally!

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:08 (nineteen years ago)

tomatoes are my favorite food, fact.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:09 (nineteen years ago)

Mookie I have it on good authority that tomatoes grow neither in Brooklyn nor in Queens.

― quincie, Monday, 13 March 2006 21:10 (nineteen years ago)

Tomatoes are greatness.

My dad used to pick up 1 tomato, pour upon copious amounts of salt, then eat like an apple.

How about this one, Mooks?

http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/abo/141532215.html

Also, what are you looking for, 1 br, 2?

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:12 (nineteen years ago)

oh wow that one seems totally awesome

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:14 (nineteen years ago)

Now everyone's trying to cut in on my tomato connection.

Ideal summer sandwich experience:

1. Slice fresh tomato into 1/4-inch chunks.
2. Pile onto split sourdough baguette.
3. Salt. Olive oil if you must.
4. Eat leaning over trashcan/off fire escape.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:15 (nineteen years ago)

Additions if you are feeling fancy:

1. avocado
2. BACON

― quincie, Monday, 13 March 2006 21:16 (nineteen years ago)

that does sound awesome. 2brs please--gotta have a place to put the books and such. thanks!

xp bacon YES; avocado, not so much

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:18 (nineteen years ago)

OTM.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:18 (nineteen years ago)

Coda: Don't wipe your face afterwards, then try to get someone to kiss you.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:18 (nineteen years ago)

1. DC for museums (nu-NMAA, re-Phillips, etc.) and some stuff missed last time (Wolf Trap, A-M, Uptown?) (July 4 again, maybe, but DC archivist friend coming to NY then? Vintage Virginia?)
2. baseball in DC/Balto/Brooklyn/New Haven?
3. Balto for crabs?
4. Brooklyn, Coney, Broncks
5. lots of Summerstage, Great Lawn, Bryant Park, etc.
6. running, rock climbing, tennis? walk home from work once or twice?
7. US Open
8. buy grown-up furniture
9. more time reading/less time websurfing
10. more work

Virginia wineries that that are actually, you know, good:

White Hall?

― interloperneb (gabbneb), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:19 (nineteen years ago)

OTM, I mean, to everything about this "not so much avocado" thing.

I am in the process now of making my own flavored olive oils for summer dipping and tomato eatin'.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:19 (nineteen years ago)

Opposite a community garden!

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/abo/141489975.html

Jesus, finding an apartment in nyc is such a drag: it's a good thing you don't know what's ahead of you! :) Just thinking about is quickly dispelling any fantasies I may harbor about moving back.

But you'll probably be one of the lucky ones who ends up seeing the perfect place on their first go.

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:20 (nineteen years ago)

wife's response to that apartment listing:

don't tease me! I can't go up until next week....

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

I don't think I like avacodo. I mean, I don't hate it, I just don't see what it's point is. Kind of like salt. I like quac though.

x-p: haha, you should just browse through those; the one's with pictures are helpful to get a sense of what's out there

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:22 (nineteen years ago)

11. er?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:23 (nineteen years ago)

Will someone explain me "floor-through"?

― quincie, Monday, 13 March 2006 21:23 (nineteen years ago)

the whole floor is yours

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:25 (nineteen years ago)

(some brownstones are cut up into separate apartments--other leave the floors intact)

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:26 (nineteen years ago)

So I take it there is a private stairway in there somewhere?

― quincie, Monday, 13 March 2006 21:26 (nineteen years ago)

That question sounds stupid by I am picturing a friend's Philly apartment that had this tiny little elevator that went up to her place on the third floor, but you could stop it on the second and walk out into the apartment of the living room on the second floor. And when the tiny elevator was broken (frequently), the stairs cut through the second floor bedroom or something crazy like that.

― quincie, Monday, 13 March 2006 21:28 (nineteen years ago)

How do people score the fixer-upper joints like Carey & Franz did? I suppose I could ask them but the problem there is that nothing that Carey & Franz ever do is repeatable by other people. There's like 5 ILX NYers you could say that about, I guess.

― TOMBOT, Monday, 13 March 2006 21:29 (nineteen years ago)

Haha, C looked at a ton of places and was in a position to buy. Quincy, in the brownstone I lived in it was very informal, like used to be a whole house, then they put kitchens and bathrooms and made each floor into an apartment, and each floor had a door that you could bolt and lock.

I worked at another place where my boss lived on the top floor, and that was a little weird: her bedroom and living room were divided by the stairway.

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:36 (nineteen years ago)

Am I making sense? You don't go through the floor: you just have 1 whole floor to yourself. The reason this is notable, is that in a lot of apartments, they will take a floor and divide it into like 4 apartments. So if you have a floor-thru you are doing pretty well. If you have a stairs to another floor, you have a duplex.

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:39 (nineteen years ago)

Next theme: railroad apartment.

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:40 (nineteen years ago)

Breaux Vineyard is also pretty good. Chrysalis gets a second here, too.

But then I went to the Los Olivos area, and VA became oh-so-trite.

I am becoming a wine snob, and I don't really mind.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:10 (nineteen years ago)

Where in LA does the wife live?

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:42 (nineteen years ago)

whoah, every time I have an afternoon meeting this place gets crazy.

Gabbneb, what's that about Pocono? I want to see a NASCAR race, that would rule. I also want to go to Richmond for a day trip or something. I don't know why - how bad is it?

I'm not a wine snob but I'm becoming an awful food snob. I tried to buy eggs the other day & wasn't willing to pay four times as much for the cage free organic kind, but the regular kind are gross and I couldn't buy those either, so I just didn't get any.

I wish I had only one lost year.

Yeah! Grad school, I lost about three years. And like forty thousand dollars. Oops. What can you do but start paying it off.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:57 (nineteen years ago)

The wife lives in South Pasadena. I cannot wait. Oh man, I cannot wait.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:00 (nineteen years ago)

Richmond is super fun. I'll go daytripping with you, D.

Pasadaena? You should move to Cahuenga.

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:02 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, I want to go to a race, but I probably need to work on my driving skills first (in order to get there). Or maybe I'll get my almost-became-a-racecar-driver DC uncle to take me to Concord or somewhere. When I go to a friend's wedding up near Rochester next Summer, I'm going to try to visit Watkins Glen, where they let you drive on the track.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:05 (nineteen years ago)

Does the wife live in a Craftsman bungalow?

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:07 (nineteen years ago)

Not craftsman, but yes on the bungalow? Do you know said wife or are you generalizing?

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 00:49 (nineteen years ago)

-- Avocado is its own damned sandwich. Just keep it the hell away from the tomatoes. In salads together yes, on a sandwich no.

-- Sadly I can't think of ten things I plan to do this spring/summer. Um . . .

1. Watch lots of Indians games
2. Do some scuba diving
3. Make lots and lots of music
4. Finally pay the $12 parking and visit the Udvar-Hazy Air & Space extension
er . . . .

5. Going to Maui 9/18-25, but only three days of that counts as summer
6. - 10. TO BE CONTINUED.

Cripes, could I sound more boring?

― phil d. (Phil D.), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 01:08 (nineteen years ago)

If drinking is one of the 6-10, you really don't need any others.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 02:09 (nineteen years ago)

I've heard tell of this wife who lives out West, but was just guessing as to her habitat. Also, my sister swoons for bungalows. The girl lives on Nob Hill in an apartment, but dreams of an Oakland stoop to call her own. I briefly tried to get in on the craze and appraise some Arlington specimens, but then realized that I like apartment living rather than house--no matter how cute.

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 03:01 (nineteen years ago)

(I wouldn't say no to a modernist confabrication though.)

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 03:03 (nineteen years ago)

Stephen, under the right circumstances, it could be all of them!

― phil d. (Phil D.), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 12:43 (nineteen years ago)

New stadium design unveiled! Not substantially different in appearance from the Tenleytown Best Buy + condos.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

Oh noes! Do you have a link?

― quincie, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:50 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/graphics/stadium/

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

hmmmm. Looks a bit dull to me, but what the hell do I know? What's your take?

― quincie, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 17:03 (nineteen years ago)

Drab, 1950s governmental architecture celebrated! Rejoice!

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 17:04 (nineteen years ago)

that is hideous.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 17:04 (nineteen years ago)

It looks like they ripped the top off of the Regan Building and dropped it in South East. Sweet.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 17:09 (nineteen years ago)

I'd guess that they're using the new(ish) Brewers stadium as the basis for the design.

― ng-unit, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 17:12 (nineteen years ago)

Does dull baseball stadium=truth in advertising?

I know they were trying to frame the Capitol in the center-field view, but dudes, way to completely block out the waterfront. It's the anti-PacBell Park!

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 17:14 (nineteen years ago)

Wow, a concrete turd in Anacostia. I never would have imagined.

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 17:27 (nineteen years ago)

yeah they should really consider turning that stadium the other way, at the very least. Who the fuck in DC wants to stare at the Wash Monu some more?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 17:33 (nineteen years ago)

A final note -- the sign that says Nationals in blue will be substituted for in reality by the name of a corporate sponsor -- such as FedEx Field for the Redskins.

I can hardly fucking wait.

― phil d. (Phil D.), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 17:38 (nineteen years ago)

guh...that is gross-o-rama

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 17:38 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.sizzlingexpress.com/images/sizzexlogo_3.jpg FIELD

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 17:41 (nineteen years ago)

dude if they did that i'd be buying season tickets yesterday

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 17:47 (nineteen years ago)

So, if the view from the batter's box shows our marble-intensive monumental skyline, does that mean it's facing west? Like, into the setting sun?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 17:48 (nineteen years ago)

actually, I think I'm going to come down at the end of April or beginning of May instead of the 4th

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 17:52 (nineteen years ago)

So, to renew, is anyone doing anything particular for St. Patrick's Day?

I will be watching the hoops. With a few Guinnessessess.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 18:06 (nineteen years ago)

Friday I'll be driving up to Princeton to take an EXAM--not something I've had to do for a decade or so. Last night I dreamt that the exam had a spice identification segement but my spice samples were all fucked up and I was freaking out.

Note: to the best of my knowlege, this exam will not actually involve food, cooking, etc. in any way, shape, or form.

― quincie, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 18:47 (nineteen years ago)

Failure to spell "segment" correctly does not bode well, actually.

― quincie, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 18:49 (nineteen years ago)

What exam is it?

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 18:52 (nineteen years ago)

oh noes quincie u must be a flunky

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 18:56 (nineteen years ago)

A FLUNKY DRUNKIE!

It's the certification exam from the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences. I R DORK.

It will be extra embarassing if I flunkie and my direct report (who's also taking the exam this weekend) passie.

― quincie, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:00 (nineteen years ago)

But if I pass I get to use the designation "ELS" after my name! Please proceed to suggest interpretations of those letters.

― quincie, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:03 (nineteen years ago)

if you pass will you be able to put mysterious certification letters after your name like QUINCIE, LS.Ed.?

xp!

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:03 (nineteen years ago)

http://images.pgatour.com/tournaments/pgatour/photos/img5843348.jpg

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:05 (nineteen years ago)

Ha ha yes Quincie McQuincie Ph.D.-dropout, ELS! So fucking impressive.

x-post what the?

― quincie, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:05 (nineteen years ago)

i want a designation, damn it

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:06 (nineteen years ago)

that's ernie ELS, aka "the big easy"

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:08 (nineteen years ago)

Wait I thought ernie was heinous looking! That guy is kinda cute. If you ignore the golfing part.

Z you are a DGD!

― quincie, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:11 (nineteen years ago)

dramatic giblet destroyer?

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:17 (nineteen years ago)

designated glass dropper!

― quincie, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:29 (nineteen years ago)

Dyspepsic gullet disgorger

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:30 (nineteen years ago)

yeah i sorta knew that was coming.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:33 (nineteen years ago)

I'm going to start calling myself Allyzay Rofflesberger, B.A. because why do PhDs and MDs get to be all fancy with the shit but the rest of us don't. Hell I wish I had an associates degree.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:22 (nineteen years ago)

ally rofsbrger, AAAAAAA! like a battle cry

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

All of this somehow reminds me to inquire about Mr. Kitty and Dr. R.!

― quincie, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:47 (nineteen years ago)

zack r!chards0n, dreamy gay dude

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:47 (nineteen years ago)

Oh the cats...they played this supposed "game" last night, involving them taking turns, one would sit in a Trader Joe's bag and the other would attack the bag. For THREE HOURS or so. Then all of a sudden they decided to fight, in the bag. Which resulted in Mr. Kitty getting the bag handle CAUGHT ON HIS HEAD SOMEHOW and then he tore around the house screaming murder with this fucking giant bag standing straight up on his head. We had to chase him down to get the bag off. Dr. R hid for a while after that. Stupidest thing I've EVER seen!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:50 (nineteen years ago)

Oh and Mr. Kitty has taken to begging, which he's never done before. But only if I am making a whole animal, ie if I am jointing a duck, he wants some. If I make cornish game hens, he wants some. I have a whole turkey in the fridge I was gonna joint tonight and I am wary of this cat's lust for whole animals. If I just make, like, poultry boobs, he doesn't care at all, it's something about the LOOK of a whole animal that he just loses it completely. It's perplexing.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

dr. r > mr. kitty?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 21:03 (nineteen years ago)

Dr. R is a fattey

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 21:16 (nineteen years ago)

I hope Dr. R never pulls rank on Mr. Kitty, B.A.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 21:28 (nineteen years ago)

Daerest boss,

If you want me to do both my job AND your job, you're going to have to leave me alone for more than 15 minutes at a time. Thanks dude.

― quincie, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:12 (nineteen years ago)

OK who's ready for bed

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:18 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, i kind of feel like dying of tiredness

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:46 (nineteen years ago)

http://uncyclopedia.org/images/9/9b/Satan-job.jpg

"CONGRATULATIONS, WASHINGTON D.C., ON 666 POSTS TO YOUR INTERNET THREAD"

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:56 (nineteen years ago)

although i guess i just messed that up

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:56 (nineteen years ago)

Managing a Team While Hungover: 100 Easy Mistakes You Can Make Before 10 AM, by Stephen X.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:25 (nineteen years ago)

Damnit if it ain't March - 82 on Monday, 62 into 40 yesterday, 45 today.

In like a lion, out like a lamb, and addled like a adderol-dependent 13 year old all month long!

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:40 (nineteen years ago)

dudes i am BUSY

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:13 (nineteen years ago)

Dudes, I an NOT.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:14 (nineteen years ago)

fuck some hangovers.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:18 (nineteen years ago)

Ngh. It took me 10 minutes to figure out what those numbers were that The Ape posted. Anyone have a hammock they can lend me?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

i know not the HTML for the degree symbol.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

alt+2-4-8, bro!
80°°°°

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

i just found this handy site!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

i thought you were BUSY, dude?

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

ñîçë¡

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:37 (nineteen years ago)

not too busy to do one google search!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:38 (nineteen years ago)

dude today has been a dc ilx holiday.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:54 (nineteen years ago)

I'm here!

― quincie, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:01 (nineteen years ago)

hows yr day been, q?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:15 (nineteen years ago)

i had a great day.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:16 (nineteen years ago)

ok quincie. i gotta go do band stuff now. bye.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:19 (nineteen years ago)

drummers. no patience.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:24 (nineteen years ago)

I've been gently nursing my hangover, and my self-pity. My coworkers have not received such tender treatment.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:37 (nineteen years ago)

Oh damn I got distracted and missed Pete! Stephen, Wednesday hangovers are particularly bad, as there appears to be no sleeping-late relief in sight. Not that I've ever had a Wednesday hangover or anything.

― quincie, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:40 (nineteen years ago)

I will drink a restorative beer on your behalf in approximately 20 minutes.

God do I love the $2.50 Gaithersburg pint. Or two. You can afford to get really drunk in Gaithersburg, although getting oneself home to the District becomes problematic.

― quincie, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:43 (nineteen years ago)

You should consider bootlegging $2.50 pints into the District to resell to customers used to paying $14 for a fruit-juice martini. Think of the fun backroads driving!

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:58 (nineteen years ago)

I am bolting down a restorative roast beef sandwich from Dupont's own DC HOT!, my first sandwich ever from them, which appears for all intents and purposes to be exactly what you get from Potbelly's except no choice of breads. By which I mean they show Subway what it REALLY means to be stingy with the meat and cheese.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:59 (nineteen years ago)

Stephen I think you just explained the Asylum's old business model.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:59 (nineteen years ago)

i can get 3 pints together all in one handy bottle for less than $2.50 at the corner store

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:59 (nineteen years ago)

We're talking, like, Colt 45 here, huh mookie?

― quincie, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

http://liquorbasket.com/liquor-store/redbull.jpg

hey Q, what are you doing for the tourney?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:21 (nineteen years ago)

Q, you have access to the Dogfish Head Alehouse in Gaithersburg?!? That place is like magic!

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:27 (nineteen years ago)

have you Duponters checked out the sandwich place on the island by the southern metro entrance? i used to eat too much of the roast beef/turkey/russian dressing (the Senator?) and my 'diet' sandwich was the chicken/red pepper/balsamic.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 23:25 (nineteen years ago)

hey Q, what are you doing for the tourney?

I have been so distracted by this stupid exam this weekend that I haven't made a plan! I NEED A PLAN.

Q, you have access to the Dogfish Head Alehouse in Gaithersburg?!?

To my knowlege I don't have access to DH Alehouse (I would like that!), but I am reasonably fond of several of the beers made at Summit Station. Nothing spectacular, mind you, but damn good for $2.50 and the bartenders are very nice and competent.

― quincie, Thursday, 16 March 2006 14:11 (nineteen years ago)

Actually after work I ended up not at Summit but at Firehouse Cue, where I drank BALTIMORE BEER. It was. . . OK.

― quincie, Thursday, 16 March 2006 14:13 (nineteen years ago)

So who wants to tell me why the entire bottom floor of the GSA building is filled with kids toys and a "Creativity Center" and other signifiers of kindergarten-1st grade daycare operations? Is that the GSA equivalent of the JEH's firing range and gymnasium?

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 16 March 2006 14:13 (nineteen years ago)

Where exactly IS the GSA building? And why on earth did you have to go there?

― quincie, Thursday, 16 March 2006 14:41 (nineteen years ago)

it's cheney-rove stuff, he can't really talk about it

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Thursday, 16 March 2006 14:49 (nineteen years ago)

wtf else do you want GSAers to do all day???

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:00 (nineteen years ago)

Totally should have called the fuck in sick today.

Bad night of sleep + first day of NCAA tournament + crap week = I no wanna work today.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:08 (nineteen years ago)

Come on people, when you think creativity, you think GSA.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:11 (nineteen years ago)

No, I think NSA.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:13 (nineteen years ago)

Damn. They could totally take these kids.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:24 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah. The CIA really needs some kind of play center or something, ramp up their creative juices, cos that is just lame.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:27 (nineteen years ago)

Li'l Gitmo playset coming this spring from Hasbro.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:34 (nineteen years ago)

Li'l Gitmo being an outpost base for the Republicons.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:37 (nineteen years ago)

Let's not forget TSA:

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0002CYTL2.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― phil d. (Phil D.), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:44 (nineteen years ago)

why is that guy dressed like Ronald McDonald? Is THAT what the terrorists do now?!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:45 (nineteen years ago)

He's trying to smuggle giant shoes in that suitcase.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:47 (nineteen years ago)

Misdirection to distract from the obviously FRENCH cravat.

― phil d. (Phil D.), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:48 (nineteen years ago)

Well he better step back before bitch hits him with her bubble wand, is all I'm sayin

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:48 (nineteen years ago)

I think she stole that from Isis.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:50 (nineteen years ago)

"sir, i'm going to need you to step over here for a minute..."

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:50 (nineteen years ago)

these kids are gonna win: http://www.atf.gov/kids/

OMG the ATF Kids Art pages! rules.

http://www.atf.gov/kids/graphics/art_contest/dsc_556020%25.jpg

― dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:24 (nineteen years ago)

Also, can I just say how much I love Hank Stuever?

If you've ever walked around downtown Washington and struggled with life's big questions (Subway or Cosi?) and looked up at those bland office buildings and wondered what's going on inside, this is it: Pleasant little lectures about ideas that are too big to really scintillate, in books that go unread, followed by some politely antagonistic Q and some deftly bunted A, and then free chardonnay.

― dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:26 (nineteen years ago)

bullshit - olivia didnt draw those block letters

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.atf.gov/kids/graphics/art_contest/dsc_556920%25.jpg

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

those people all have tremendous genitalia

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:28 (nineteen years ago)

I'm most curious about the c with the dot on top of it. What is ALT+ symbol for that one, Pete?

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:28 (nineteen years ago)

As does ATF-LAND! Look at the penninsula on that guy!

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:29 (nineteen years ago)

I hesitate to even wonder WTF is going on here:

http://www.atf.gov/kids/graphics/art_contest/dsc_562320%25.jpg

― phil d. (Phil D.), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.tedmontgomery.com/tutorial/ALTchrc.html

alt+1038 ♫♫♫♫

― dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

I wish I lived in ATF Land, this shit looks sweet and fun. And explody.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

Ok this one is kinda abstract but I feel what the artist is going for, I think. The faceless confusion of being an ATF agent in a crisis.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

I'm most curious about the c with the dot on top of it. What is ALT+ symbol for that one, Pete?

-- Big Loud Mountain Ape (bigheadyet...), March 16th, 2006.

i dont see that one, dude! where do you see it?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.atf.gov/kids/graphics/art_contest/dsc_554820%25.jpg

ILX ate my img link

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

that article daria linked to made me mad.

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

♀♀

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

ok here's a nice picture of an ATF agent getting caught dling porn.

http://www.atf.gov/kids/graphics/art_contest/dsc_563720%25.jpg

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

hunter age 3 could sell me a print of that for $200

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

they need the prince symbol

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

wheres the prince symbol, ted?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

haha xpost

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

also any "kid's page" that features faux-kiddie "sloppy" writing (pref. with an R or S written facing the wrong way) = completely awesome

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

Bizzaro

― Should've Never Give Jimmy Mod Money (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

Hunter's picture is really heart-string-tugging because of the "UH" at top.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:38 (nineteen years ago)

MOM SHOOTS!

― phil d. (Phil D.), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:40 (nineteen years ago)

AND SCORES!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:41 (nineteen years ago)

none of this would have happened if you'd just stopped!

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:42 (nineteen years ago)

YES!!!!

― Allyzay Albert (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:42 (nineteen years ago)

Grrrr... ate my link. This one's better anyway, for the implication that Mr. ATF Agent gave Mr. Criminal a shiner before stepping outside to carelessly toss his candy wrappers on the ground:

http://www.atf.gov/kids/graphics/art_contest/dsc_558420%25.jpg

― phil d. (Phil D.), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:42 (nineteen years ago)

Also that dude could just crawl right through that big hole, at the risk of getting another punch in the eye.

― phil d. (Phil D.), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:44 (nineteen years ago)

Sorry, Pete. The first ATF picture posted has an "O" with a dot over it. Not a C.

General Tso, you have vanquished me yet again.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

"Hello....Is it me you're looking for?"

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:46 (nineteen years ago)

Also, Ariah's ATF man has some kickeass buckskin, Last of the Mohicans style boots.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:48 (nineteen years ago)

Oh god oh god oh god -- WINNER!!!!!

http://www.atf.gov/kids/graphics/art_contest/dsc_557820%25.jpg

― phil d. (Phil D.), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.fbi.gov/kids/k5th/images/dogpaw.jpg

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:54 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.fbi.gov/kids/k5th/images/polygraph.jpg

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:54 (nineteen years ago)

Oh awesome, I can stay totally busy for the next 30 seconds

http://www.fbi.gov/kids/k5th/whatwedo7.htm

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:55 (nineteen years ago)

dogs don't have fingerprints because they don't have fucking fingers GET ONE ANATOMY, FBI!

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:56 (nineteen years ago)

that winner kid's name is GARRYN. how awesome is that name??

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:56 (nineteen years ago)

Not as awesome as Debrickashaw?

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:05 (nineteen years ago)

I just realized the FBI Kids' Polygraph is what that dude was playing at the DCAC show, the one that wasn't moaning into the laptop mic.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:06 (nineteen years ago)

who ees debrickashaw?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:06 (nineteen years ago)

debrickashaw ferguson - offensive lineman for UVa., slated to go EARLY in the upcoming NFL draft.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:09 (nineteen years ago)

whoa - whatta name!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:11 (nineteen years ago)

do you think his first name was calculated to draw attention from his "prototypical nerd" last name?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:12 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.atf.gov/kids/graphics/art_contest/dsc_555620%25.jpg

Samantha knows the real mission of the ATF: Capturing vampires. With lasers.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:15 (nineteen years ago)

that's teh american way

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:16 (nineteen years ago)

A narrative arises.

http://www.atf.gov/kids/graphics/art_contest/dsc_554820%25.jpg http://www.atf.gov/kids/graphics/art_contest/dsc_555620%25.jpg

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:16 (nineteen years ago)

Hunter age 3 is pretty good, guys

http://www.atf.gov/kids/graphics/art_contest/dsc_554720%25.jpg

xpost!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:19 (nineteen years ago)

Debrickashaw Ferguson is a close second in my all time favorite name contest.

First place shall remain Vondarius Hawkins, one of Zach's students in MS.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:22 (nineteen years ago)

Sweet, there's the codebreaking scientist guy with the crazy eyes and then his Judge Reinhold partner the special agent who goes UH

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:26 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.atf.gov/kids/graphics/art_contest/dsc_554620%25.jpg
this one got 2 dif colored eyes so it must be you, Tom.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:27 (nineteen years ago)

I am writing out a check to HUNTER AGE 3 for $500 right now to get all his ATF drawings

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:28 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.atf.gov/kids/graphics/art_contest/dsc_564220%25.jpg

rockets. hellhounds. jazz hands. bloody hay. we have a winner.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:29 (nineteen years ago)

also a man with a horrible skin condition.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:29 (nineteen years ago)

I bet all the other kids who like the blue marker still hate Jocelyn for that

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:30 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.atf.gov/kids/graphics/art_contest/dsc_558820%25.jpg

OK 2 q's:

1) do ATF agents heads really do that?
2) why the fuck is this kid pimping for American Trans Air?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:33 (nineteen years ago)

ok now i'm bored

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:46 (nineteen years ago)

me too, but i'm about to go get lunch so all is well. then the traditional thursday meltdown/freakout will commence in earnest, so all will not be well.

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:47 (nineteen years ago)

How did that become a tradition?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:59 (nineteen years ago)

I have no idea what any of you are talking about, but I got a summons to Fairfax Co. jury duty:( What part of my answer "yes" to the question, Have you served in any court in the past three years? did they not understand?

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:18 (nineteen years ago)

hello from north carolina, where my friend has five televisions all set on different basketball games. only one is high-def, tho...

― mookie, Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:36 (nineteen years ago)

I'm suffering from some serious TV envy right about now.

― quincie, Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:37 (nineteen years ago)

I am staring at more OPERATION SWARMER coverage on the video wall and want to die.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:41 (nineteen years ago)

Damn you, mookie. I am stuck here for another 3 hours.

Go Witchita state!

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:45 (nineteen years ago)

The Post misspelled "population" as "popluation" in a graph in the print edition today. Guess those 80 layoffs must have been the people who knew how to use spellcheck.

― phil d. (Phil D.), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:55 (nineteen years ago)

(brief missive from meltdowntown) - Stephen, it became a tradition when i started working on thursday deadlines.

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:04 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.atf.gov/kids/graphics/art_contest/dsc_555520%25.jpg

THE ABYSS STARES INTO YOU

― Dan (With Glitter) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:08 (nineteen years ago)

holy shit

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:11 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.atf.gov/kids/graphics/art_contest/dsc_561320%25.jpg

― Dan (My Daddy The Gay Pigeon) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:14 (nineteen years ago)

I also love the fact that Justin has no age...He just IS.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:15 (nineteen years ago)

Actually I think Justin could give Hunter a run for his money:

http://www.atf.gov/kids/graphics/art_contest/dsc_555420%25.jpg

― Dan (King Of Mixed Media) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:16 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.atf.gov/kids/graphics/art_contest/dsc_563820%25.jpg

― Dan ("harsh"!) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:18 (nineteen years ago)

What the hell does the color of apples have to do with the ATF? That sounds like something an old man would say.

xpost anime atf

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:19 (nineteen years ago)

My new boss starting Monday is named Justin.
And I don't know for sure how old he is.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:19 (nineteen years ago)

The anime ATF drawing's grasp on the reality of the average jury composition is kind of terrifying. I don't know which troubles me more, the kitten-faced dude, the woman sleeping on his shoulder, or the weirdo freak next to them who apparently communicates via sock puppet.

― Dan (Also Note The Pissed-Of Black Woman) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:23 (nineteen years ago)

I like the redhead and the blonde with the question mark shooting up between them, they are probably related to the UH man.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:26 (nineteen years ago)

Mary, three little words: Star. Trek. Uniform.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:26 (nineteen years ago)

also it strikes me that baldy just made up that verdict and the rest of the jury has no idea what is going on, from the looks on their faces.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:26 (nineteen years ago)

justin's pictures fucking RULE

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:26 (nineteen years ago)

(Did I just get called "Mary"???)

― Dan (Hein??) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:28 (nineteen years ago)

Um, xpost.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:35 (nineteen years ago)

"was this fair and impartial justice? no, no it was not"

― ohmygodishouldbewritingBUTNOTONILX (teenagequiet), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:36 (nineteen years ago)

HERRO

HOW DO I SHOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?

http://www.atf.gov/kids/graphics/art_contest/dsc_563420%25.jpg

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

Did that kid turn his backboard into a heart?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:46 (nineteen years ago)

Damn, killed the thread.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:04 (nineteen years ago)

OK COFFEE PLZ

Our award fee grade for this period = standing at 74. We are C contractors! We are only good at giving our fat myopic white men objective, measurable warm fuzzies and unable to give them subjective, anecdotal warm fuzzies.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 17 March 2006 13:44 (nineteen years ago)

I am 1 degree of separation from Dick Cheney. One of the dudes I smoke with regularly, who thinks that public healthcare is a dumb idea, is "friends" with our man Dick. I get the idea that this friendship is mostly cursory and probably hasn't seen much transactional activity since their Defense Department days, but still.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 17 March 2006 13:58 (nineteen years ago)

TOMBOT, thank you for smoking.

― ng-unit, Friday, 17 March 2006 14:16 (nineteen years ago)

Washington was fun, but we're dog tired. Sorry none of you got to meet me.

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Friday, 17 March 2006 14:32 (nineteen years ago)

Washington does, indeed, make one dog tired. The Central Intelligence Agentsies are coming to visit my office today, too. I am in the eye of the hurricane, people.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 17 March 2006 15:03 (nineteen years ago)

thats the calm one, right?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 17 March 2006 15:06 (nineteen years ago)

I'm tired every day. I thought taking the bus instead of fighting DC traffic would help. No, it makes the commute twice as long.

I saw Thank You For Smoking in a preview, it's not too bad. A little awkward at the start but once it gets going, you can't help but like the lead character (tobacco lobbyist), who's like the intercontinental champion bullshit artist. the gun lobbyist is pretty awesome too.

― dar1a g (daria g), Friday, 17 March 2006 15:54 (nineteen years ago)

it's kind of funny/depressing - i talk to a lot of lobbyists @ work and it's almost universal that the "evil" ones are way nice and awesome people that i feel like i'd actually want to hang out with if, you know, i were ever going to hang out with people that i knew from working - which for god's sake i'm not - and the "good" ones are shrill harpy assholes that you just want to smack the shit out of no matter how much you may actually agree with them.

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Friday, 17 March 2006 15:59 (nineteen years ago)

this is essentially how it goes in the smoke deck @ JEH, the old jaded conservative veteran types who could give a shit less about $9 trillion debt ceilings and crap like that are way more fun to chat and hang out with than any of the few vocal liberals, who are almost completely humorless.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 17 March 2006 16:08 (nineteen years ago)

my office is the last bastion of chill liberal dudes

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 17 March 2006 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

I went to see a play with a couple friends a few weeks ago & included in this group was a staffer for a very right wing GOP senator. I was thinking to myself, hey, what's an incredibly nice and funny guy like you doing fucking up our country?

― dar1a g (daria g), Friday, 17 March 2006 17:10 (nineteen years ago)

It makes sense that the "evil" dudes would be chill; I mean, what exactly do they have to be angry about just now?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 17 March 2006 17:32 (nineteen years ago)

Judd Nelson in St. Elmo's Fire. The End. except he was a dick. but you get the point.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 17 March 2006 17:37 (nineteen years ago)

I can't believe that movie hasn't made it into a thread title yet.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 17 March 2006 17:45 (nineteen years ago)

That movie is disqualified from being in these thread titles, because none of it was shot in DC. "Georgetown" was a sound stage.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 17 March 2006 17:46 (nineteen years ago)

xxxp - I know it makes sense, but it'd be nice if the "good" guys could get their heads out of their collective asses and realize that playing into the narrative of "annoying 'good' guy vs. happy, fun 'bad' guy" has a predetermined outcome that isn't exactly in their favor.

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Friday, 17 March 2006 17:52 (nineteen years ago)

also, i demand that the next thread title involve the exorcist

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Friday, 17 March 2006 17:52 (nineteen years ago)

please dont include in the title "your mother sucks cocks in hell," in case IT at my office can see the title of the loaded pages...

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 17 March 2006 17:56 (nineteen years ago)

Georgetown isn't still a sound stage?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 17 March 2006 17:57 (nineteen years ago)

oooh intriguing comment

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 17 March 2006 18:04 (nineteen years ago)

I'm worried about the basketball people; they're pretty quiet today.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 17 March 2006 18:11 (nineteen years ago)

But yeah, the non-"evil" forces need a collective ass-declenching image makeover. Maybe with an amiable spokesdude people could imagine wanting to drink a beer with sometime.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 17 March 2006 18:20 (nineteen years ago)

Basketball person here--just checking in. 'Heels play tonight! I will be watching the game in PA with a fellow Carolina grad! No dookies allowed!

Tomorrow, exam :( Please think good grammatical thoughts for me.

― quincie, Friday, 17 March 2006 18:52 (nineteen years ago)

Also good statistical thoughts for me. I started reviewing stats stuff and decided fuck it, I'll just go ahead and miss those questions.

― quincie, Friday, 17 March 2006 18:53 (nineteen years ago)

I am doing good in bball so far! Almost all winnahs. San Diego and Marquette: you are both on notice.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 17 March 2006 18:53 (nineteen years ago)

PITTSNOGLERS!

― mookiepr00f, Friday, 17 March 2006 18:59 (nineteen years ago)

q, our jersey shoreish production editor has taken to blasting terrible trance music while we're editing the publication, and i'm surprised to report that although it makes me want to slit my wrists, it also really motivates me to go faster while making fewer mistakes so i don't have to listen to it anymore. maybe you could incorporate that into your test in some way.

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Friday, 17 March 2006 19:03 (nineteen years ago)

Go quincie--fear no grammar! If you get in a tough spot, just scoff and dismiss the question as "mere mechanics".

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Friday, 17 March 2006 19:14 (nineteen years ago)

the only person in my office who ever listens to music is totally rocking sun city girls right now!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 17 March 2006 19:33 (nineteen years ago)

all im ever good for is one-liners. sorry dudes

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 17 March 2006 19:41 (nineteen years ago)

nah, you manage a two-liner every now and then too!

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Friday, 17 March 2006 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

Thanks for the good wishes--I'm now off to the great not-white North! Have a great weekend everyone--hope your picks all pan out (unless you picked against UNC, in which case you and your bracket can GO TO HELL).

― quincie, Friday, 17 March 2006 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

i just got an email from VISA, and the subject line was

Verifyed by VISA - Please Read Notification

scammers gotta learn to spell!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 17 March 2006 19:56 (nineteen years ago)

dude they just sent me another one

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 17 March 2006 19:57 (nineteen years ago)

guys, i'm really, really, really bored

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Friday, 17 March 2006 20:38 (nineteen years ago)

you hear from ivy today?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 17 March 2006 20:44 (nineteen years ago)

nah i'll call her

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Friday, 17 March 2006 20:44 (nineteen years ago)

i might be able to get out a little before 5 - ive been pretty productive

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 17 March 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

that would be great. i'm sick of looking at pedals on ebay.

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Friday, 17 March 2006 20:49 (nineteen years ago)

tell the truth

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Friday, 17 March 2006 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

http://logo.gmu.edu/webguide/logos/white_190.gif

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 20 March 2006 01:03 (nineteen years ago)

hoya, hoya saxa!

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 20 March 2006 02:24 (nineteen years ago)

AAAAAGH WTF WITH THIS WEEKEND?

The downside:
1. Likely did not pass exam due to failure to note the PASSAGE of TIME
2. Heels lose

The upside:
1. Good eats prepared by my friend who is a fantastic cook
2. Rode horse! Jumped fences! Big fun!

― quincie, Monday, 20 March 2006 14:09 (nineteen years ago)

you jumped fences whilst atop a horse? that is craziness.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 20 March 2006 15:01 (nineteen years ago)

I guess I have to give the horse credit for the actual jumping part--I just, you know, sat there. The horse's name is Gucci!

― quincie, Monday, 20 March 2006 16:02 (nineteen years ago)

I'll be sitting on a cow soon, sort of. I just set up my order for haired hide to reupholster my Saarinen knockoff chairs with! Apparently I'll be receiving photos of the hides to select which one I want to use, I'm not sure if I'll get photos of treated hides or live cows, like a pick-you-own-lobster restaurant.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Monday, 20 March 2006 16:20 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.pleasval.k12.ia.us/cody/Teachers/picchiottilaura/photos_files/Maggie%20Moo.jpg

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 20 March 2006 16:57 (nineteen years ago)

I think I may have put my finger on it right there why I didn't find this movie stupid and why so many of the rest of you did, because I have had to shush a good friend of mine who actually said "negro" out loud inside fucking Ben's Chili Bowl a couple of weekends back (he was drunk (no excuse) (shit happens))).

-- TOMBOT (seems.plausibl...), March 20th, 2006 1:09 PM. (later)

haha holy shit

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 20 March 2006 23:10 (nineteen years ago)

It was one of those moments where everything freezes and the camera rotates around to show you exactly what the ethnic makeup of your immediate environment is, in case the audience forgot

― TOMBOT, Monday, 20 March 2006 23:13 (nineteen years ago)

I went to Nauruse's Woman Ascending the Stairs, or whatever it was called, and it was really amazing, save for all the middle agers I was sandwiched between. I also wanted to stay for the next one, Floating Clouds, but was not feeling masochistic enough and was really tired. I walked into the Indian museum, the architecture was pretty stunning, but I didn't have time to look at any exhibits. It made me feel a little uncomfortable though, I'm not sure how to reconcile the big shiny museum on the mall with the holocaust-like American policy vis a vis native Americans.

I also tried the Blue Ocean restaurant in Fairfax. Great atmosphere, but I wasn't blown away by the food. It was good, I got lots of the izakaya items (yakitori, etc) but it just wasn't great. My mom wanted me to go with her to Neal Young's Heart of Gold at Cinema Arts Theater--it was pretty cool. There is a little cute Japanese store, Samurai, in that mall and also a Shamrock school uniform store across the hall. Oh, and we went to a Trader Joe's in Fairfax--I totally get it now, we got lots of good stuff. There was a record tape exchange in the same strip mall but my mom wouldn't let me go in:(

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 01:59 (nineteen years ago)

dear mary's mom: wtf?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 02:01 (nineteen years ago)

And she called me controlling, because I wanted to stop in the unique one of a kind Samurai store rather than go to the can find it anywhere but why would you want to Marshall's. (We compromised and went in both.)

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 02:06 (nineteen years ago)

at least she didn't drag you to talbot's! (did i get that right?)

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 02:12 (nineteen years ago)

True--she's more downmarket these days. She did suggest that I bring the meager CDs that I own (currently banished to the garage) to sell to the Record and Tape people.

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 02:30 (nineteen years ago)

Ally & Tombot: Will you take wedding pictures among the cherry blossoms? Your union is scheduled for peak bloom time. Ally, please also wear a kimono.

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 03:08 (nineteen years ago)

the minute you say it's for a wedding, kimonos triple in price

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 03:17 (nineteen years ago)

don't even ask about bazookas

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 03:18 (nineteen years ago)

Speaking from experience?

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 03:18 (nineteen years ago)

A&T

http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/fashion/kimono_uchikake_small.jpg

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 03:23 (nineteen years ago)

we have cherry blossoms coming to the wedding, and maybe a katana or two, but no kimonos.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 15:46 (nineteen years ago)

I have a serious jones for fried chicken, y'all. From where can I get me some in the Farragut Square area that takes the almighty plastic?

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 15:50 (nineteen years ago)

int'l square has a friend chicken place, and im PRETTY sure they take card

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

dyou get my email, bro?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 15:56 (nineteen years ago)

hey andy, whats your favorite hendrix song?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:00 (nineteen years ago)

Apparently there are circus elephants in town; I think those make a lovely addition to any wedding.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:15 (nineteen years ago)

Favorite Hendrix song: It vacillates b/t "The Wind Cries Mary," "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" and "Wait Until Tomorrow"

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

ALL WRONG! "THE BURNING OF THE MIDNIGHT LAMP" IS THE CORRECT ANSWER!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:28 (nineteen years ago)

dude, electric ladyland just kicks ass the whole way through

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:28 (nineteen years ago)

This exchange represents one of the prouder moments in our relationship as brothers, Pete.

House Burning Down is one of my other favorites - there was a time where I was playing football with some of the neighborhood dudes (the Davies brothers, Scott Sizer, Max, etc.) and there was some house fire in the direction of the Amos farm on Pleasantville. Whenever I hear House Burning Down, I think of that column of black smoke in the pale November sky that day. Hendrix did a freaky good job catching those "Holy shit...I have NO idea how to deal with this, nor any idea what questions to ask about it."

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

And, thanks to the miracle that is my iPod, Electric Ladyland has just begun on my office speakers, not to be interrupted until its completion.

AWESOME.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:37 (nineteen years ago)

That is all from Smith Boys Reminiscence. Back to your regularly scheduled program of telling Ally what to do with her wedding (PS - how about elephants IN kimonos?"

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:40 (nineteen years ago)

guys i have some kind of horrible head cold and i wish i was dead, never mind elephants in kimonos weilding bazookas.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:43 (nineteen years ago)

you wish you WERE dead

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:53 (nineteen years ago)

he's got you there, allosaur

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:53 (nineteen years ago)

also what is the cure for horrible pain from a pulled mystery muscle somewhere in the back/shoulder/neckular region? cuz said mystery muscle hurts like a motherfucker and i, too, am wishing for death.

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:55 (nineteen years ago)

You know, if you all were both in the same room as a soon-to-be-going-through-a-wedding-as-a-bride who had a soul crushing head cold, I would encourage her to throw the heaviest and sharpest object(s) within her immediate reach at your craniums.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:57 (nineteen years ago)

hmmm! hey guys what are you doing for lunch?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

Zack -

The cure for said pain is listening to Electric Ladyland with Pete and I. Neither he nor I are suffering that pain (that is, at least going with the odds).

Failing your ability to follow that course of treatment, I highly recommend Aleve.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

Just had lunch - goddamn General Tso lured me into YET another brilliantly executed flanking maneuver. My forces and I stood no chance.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:00 (nineteen years ago)

you wish you WERE dead

if this is a movie reference, plsmith, you rule

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:01 (nineteen years ago)

yeah zack yr gonna need to maybe apply heat if regular ol' ibuprofen isn't helping, like get a hot water bottle or one of those things filled with weird warmy beans and they stay warm...never mind, I'm not explaining it well. You put it in the microwave and then you put it on your muscle. Less messy than hot water bottle potentially is.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

my office is doing eat-out tuesdays. these, ill repeat for non-zack ears, are hardly as sexy as they sound.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:03 (nineteen years ago)

ok world of warcraft has ruined GIS for whip it out wednesday :(

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:04 (nineteen years ago)

Damnit. Hendrix + Eat-Out Tuesdays sounded like things were going WELL in The CRL.

Still, Hendrix ain't bad.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:04 (nineteen years ago)

you wish you WERE dead
if this is a movie reference, plsmith, you rule

-- gabbneb (gabbne...), March 21st, 2006.

no dude just a grammarian bro

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:05 (nineteen years ago)

i mean everybody pays their own way for EOTues - its just a chance to bond with coworkers

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:06 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I was thinking more in a late 60s - early 70s, free love sort of WELL, not the degree to which you are being coddled/provided for over there accross the square.

for all I know, you ganked my original copy of Electric Ladyland.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:10 (nineteen years ago)

it's sleeting, my shoulder hurts and i'm eating a salad. today sucks.

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:24 (nineteen years ago)

oh shit NEVERMIND ARTICHOKE HEARTS teh day has been salvaged

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:25 (nineteen years ago)

"Rainy day/
rain all day/
ain't no use in getting up-tight/
just let it groove its own way..."

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:35 (nineteen years ago)

i need more feta cheese in my life

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:36 (nineteen years ago)

hey lets be up-beat! here's MY fucking ten.

1. pissed jeans - shallow
2. jimi hendrix - electric ladyland
3. pink floyd - piper at the gates of dawn
4. herbal chapstick
5. movies
6. chick
7. upcoming shows
8. recorded fake accents material nearing completion
9. work is pretty cool
10. general relaxation of the brain

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:22 (nineteen years ago)

whats yrs?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:22 (nineteen years ago)

If Feta Cheese was called Feeta Chese, would you still eat it?

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:27 (nineteen years ago)

Fetid Cheese.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:31 (nineteen years ago)

1. I will be in California on Thursday
2. With my wife
3. And my dog
4. School done in 42 days
5. BB King is still alive
6. I finally figured out how to relocate my iTunes library to an external hard drive - LEND ME YOUR CDS for THE RIPPENING!
7. I will probably have an In-n-Out Double Double, Animal Style at some point this weekend
8. I am in first place in one NCAA pool (traditional bracket style) and in contention in the other (a knockout, advancment determined by the spread style)
9. Prince
10. Ray Charles' version of "Living for the City"

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:37 (nineteen years ago)

The cure for said pain is listening to Electric Ladyland with Pete and I

Pete and ME, suckas

― quincie, Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:38 (nineteen years ago)

aww snap grammarians jigga what i was leaving you that one q-base

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:39 (nineteen years ago)

I says the point were effectively made.

Ergo, take thou quaint notions of how something SHOULD be said and shove it.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:40 (nineteen years ago)

Shove THEM.

Fuck. Damnit, undermined mine owne dumbassery.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:40 (nineteen years ago)

I'm just being fake surly, Big Ape! Remember it was I who recently failed my editrix exam!

― quincie, Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:45 (nineteen years ago)

As am I, my good man. As if mine resortation to various wayes of misspelling/speaking tweren't 'nuff fo' yo ass to dig that.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:47 (nineteen years ago)

No one can be expected to pay attention to an exam during the Tournament! Demand a retake.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:47 (nineteen years ago)

Quincie is a pretty good man, now that you mention it.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:48 (nineteen years ago)

That application of "my good man" was applied in the most gender-neutral way that it could be.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:50 (nineteen years ago)

The application was applied. Great.

I am a fucking idiot this afternoon.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:50 (nineteen years ago)

HATE CRIME

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:51 (nineteen years ago)

Ha ha on a recent corporate proposal our contract's management team was photographed for the cover, and I totally came out looking like a cross-dressing dude. My project director said, "that's OK, it will look good from the 'diversity' perspective."

― quincie, Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:51 (nineteen years ago)

Don't worry, The Ape, I just wrote an e-mail asking people to complete their reviews completely.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:53 (nineteen years ago)

Damn General Tso and his Flying Fists of Food Comatosery. It is a weapon powerful enough to best even the Liquid Swords.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:55 (nineteen years ago)

uh...yah, lesse...my ten...

1. "New Rock Critic" by Skull Kontrol
2. "Jesus Was A Cross Maker" by Judee Sill (thx for the heppin', Pete - it totally makes me wanna join a church and shoot heroin and cry and regard humanity with gentle, melancholic benevolence)
3. Chick!
4. FAs stuff nearly done and sounding downright legitimate
5. Discovery of recently acquired fuzztone's "crystalline jet engine death roar" setting
6. Lots of shows coming up that I wanna see
7. Falafel at Max's Kosher Deli
8. Maybe new job?
9. Roommate's largesse when it comes to delicious baked goods
10. Taking walks in the woods

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:59 (nineteen years ago)

The crystalline jet engine death roar sound is so '96.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 19:11 (nineteen years ago)

heheh "What this town needs.. is a NEW ROCK CRITIC"

― dar1a g (daria g), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 19:12 (nineteen years ago)

Pete - do you have my Stax boxset?

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 19:17 (nineteen years ago)

I've been listening to Shudder to Think Get Your Goat lately.. and on Sunday found an old unlabeled mix tape from college which turned out to be all early 90's Dischord.. good stuff.

http://www.southern.com/southern/band/CIRCU/pics/17963.jpg

― dar1a g (daria g), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 19:19 (nineteen years ago)

I am woefully unversed in Dischord's catalog - especially for being a music fan who has lived around here for damn near 6 years.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 19:22 (nineteen years ago)

yr stax box is under the book case, i think

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 19:24 (nineteen years ago)

The box is - are the discs in there, too?

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 19:25 (nineteen years ago)

i dont know, dude - i dont have any of them with my stuff...

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 19:41 (nineteen years ago)

Cool. Must be somewhere b/t here and California. I'll find them. 9 discs don't up and go missing without being lent out, and I wouldn't have done so lightly.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 19:43 (nineteen years ago)

have you looked in the box?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

No. It just occurred to me this afternoon that I haven't seen the discs in a little while.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 19:46 (nineteen years ago)

i think they were in there last time i checked. i mayve borrowed the box sometime in the winter, and returned the discs to the box instead of yr binders - sorry if that was confusing!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 20:34 (nineteen years ago)

Dudes, where can you rent a decent movie around here? I just had a big old argument with a manager at Video Americain after they charged me a hundred bucks for a movie I forgot I had. Yeah yeah yeah, I get the policy & this is what happens when you move eight times in four years and forget to update contact info every single time. It was more about how when I asked for explanation/clarification on just what they'd charged me for and why they kept my card on file without asking. The guy insisted he was doing me a favor somehow (??), then told me I was being ridiculous (I was not rude, mind you!). I said I didn't appreciate being called ridiculous. Then he went on and on about how frustrating customers are and how I had this attitude instead of being grateful, at which point I asked him to just cancel my account. So now where do I go to rent a decent movie? I am not too keen on doing the Netflix thing. How is Greencine, any good?

I'm bummed right now because I used to love Video Americain, and it's not really about the money, I am not going to stand there and be insulted for chrissake.

― dar1a g (daria g), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 21:40 (nineteen years ago)

real solution - go to the other video americain!

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

was this vid am or 18th street video?

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

im not sure tkpk vidam and "18th st video" vidam share account information, and they both have awesome selection. so whichever location you dont hate might be a good choice. other than that, potomac video (tenleytown, college park, bunch va locations) has a ton of good stuff. but dude, why the netflix reticence?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 21:49 (nineteen years ago)

pete and zack in defending-VA shockah

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 21:50 (nineteen years ago)

yo dude lets bounce - downstairs in 15?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 21:51 (nineteen years ago)

18th St technically, it's the same chain. My account's closed though, I'd have to get a new one, and it's the principle of the thing, you know? Don't stand there and insult me to my face because I have perfectly legitimate questions. I'm not driving all the way to Takoma Park to rent a movie though, that's way out of my way. I wonder what there is on Capitol Hill.. though I work near Tenleytown, maybe I'll do that, I've gone to Potomac Video before and they were always cool.

Netflix, eh, it's selection - I tend to go for obscure & older stuff and a lot is not on DVD.. is there a less shitty search function than the generic "browse" they have? Also, all my friends who have Netflix go on and on about Netflix and I'm kind of sick of hearing about it, nobody talks about whether the movies were any good, it's all queues and rankings and ratings. no thanks.

― dar1a g (daria g), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 21:52 (nineteen years ago)

"They, they say so much, but they never tell you if it's any good. Are either one of these any good? Sir?!"

(sorry)

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 21:57 (nineteen years ago)

eh, maybe I'm not missing out on much, I don't really look for cult films & last couple times in VA I'm like, uh, why do you have only like six films from Africa, why is every French film I want not here, very little from Middle East or Eastern Europe, lots of Extreme Asia that I don't really take much interest in.

― dar1a g (daria g), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 21:59 (nineteen years ago)

NAAAAAAAVY SEALS

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 21:59 (nineteen years ago)

I'm pretty damn sure they don't share any info between the stores - 18th st.'s independent of vidam now I think. But if it's way outta yr way it's way outta yr way. Potomac's probably the best bet if you don't wanna mess with them anymore.

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 22:01 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.primusmedia.de/image/cover/front/0/9662946.jpg

NAVVVVVVY

― dar1a g (daria g), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 22:02 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, if 18th St Video is independent, that'd be sweet - though they were using my old VA account card all this time? I should call up the Takoma Park VA and see what the deal is.

― dar1a g (daria g), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 22:04 (nineteen years ago)

are there video stores devoted solely to the regions youre interested in? maybe thats a good bet. all i ever wanna rent is teensploitation, so VA is great.

also, if you ever find chantal akkerman's "jienne dielman..." for rent anywhere nearby, let a brotha know.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 22:05 (nineteen years ago)

yeah - i believe the minutiae reads that 18th st IS unconnected to the VA chain, but owned by the samers. it was a tax evasion thing, i think.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 22:06 (nineteen years ago)

its a little shadowy

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 22:07 (nineteen years ago)

ok, my arms and legs are about to flip-flop flip-flop outta here.

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 22:13 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.primusmedia.de/image/cover/front/0/9662946.jpg
NAVVVVVVY

-- dar1a g (dar1a_...), March 21st, 2006.

dude i had hoped that was the joke you were making, but i was too lazy to click on the link for like 10 minutes.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 22:15 (nineteen years ago)

drinks? BOY THAT SOUNDS SWELL!

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 22:16 (nineteen years ago)

also, if you ever find chantal akkerman's "jienne dielman..." for rent anywhere nearby, let a brotha know.

I haven't seen it for rent anywhere! I saw it in a theater once (Paris, film geek central). good stuff, the way certain household objects become really loaded after a while. her film of "la captive" is excellent..

― dar1a g (daria g), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 22:28 (nineteen years ago)

Alright, so I saw that "Night Watch" movie last night.

Russian drabness with vampires, shape shifters, pretty well-applied CGI, and some interesting characters. If you're at all a fan of Russians, vampires, or dark graphic novel type stuff, I highly recommend it. Also, E St. Cinemas ROCK.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 16:13 (nineteen years ago)

also, if you ever find chantal akkerman's "jienne dielman..." for rent anywhere nearby, let a brotha know.
I haven't seen it for rent anywhere! I saw it in a theater once (Paris, film geek central). good stuff, the way certain household objects become really loaded after a while. her film of "la captive" is excellent..

-- dar1a g (dar1a_...), March 21st, 2006.

on the imdb jeanne dielman comments page, someone linked to a site that has/had a DVDr version for sale, but they were unresponsive by email.

i saw it in a film class at UMD, and i was the ONLY person who liked it. it looks really amazing (esp the colors), and it's also awesome how gripping it is when so little physical action takes place.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

ooh i also emailed criterion a while ago to suggest that they press it! you should email them too, dar1a! theres a place on the website for requests like that.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

OMG A CRITERION DAZED&CONFUSED! AWESOME.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

dar1a, I do the greencine thing; the selection's good, but since they're smaller, stuff's not always available. And turnaround can be slooow....all the way to the Bay Area and back again. But then, if you keep movies for like a year, no problem.

E St classic: How it's easy to duck in and out of all the theaters and see 20 minutes of each movie. 'Cause how many movies are worth watching all of?
E St dud: Getting the screening room that's the size of a daybed.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

Headline: Quincie Plans Terrorist Attack on DC Community Garden

Seriously dudes, I got sucked into being the membership chair for this bitch and I think the only solution for dealing with 200+ gardening assholes is to just blow the place up.

So yeah, maybe no tomatoes this year. FOR ANYONE.

― quincie, Wednesday, 22 March 2006 17:27 (nineteen years ago)

tell me more about this "community garden," ms. membership chair.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 17:29 (nineteen years ago)

tell me more about these "tomatoes" you're giving me

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 17:34 (nineteen years ago)

DON'T BOMB THE TOMATOES

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 17:34 (nineteen years ago)

The kale can fucking die, though.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 17:35 (nineteen years ago)

fruitist

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 17:49 (nineteen years ago)

pete I only just realized YOU were the person who started this thread

c/d: paris hilton

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 18:16 (nineteen years ago)

HA.
I GOT MY LOGIN BACK.
THANKS TO MY NEMESIS.

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 18:20 (nineteen years ago)

TOMBOT WHO IS YOUR NEMESIS AND IS HE/SHE A GARDENER AT NEWARK AND 38TH IN NW? 'CAUSE I'M GONNA TAKE CARE OF THAT SHIT.

― quincie, Wednesday, 22 March 2006 20:11 (nineteen years ago)

yeah ally i love PH

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 20:36 (nineteen years ago)

although not as much as i did a year ago

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 20:36 (nineteen years ago)

that kinda officially makes you the BEST

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

aww thanks

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 20:38 (nineteen years ago)

Daria, take another look at Netflix. New stuff comes out on DVD all the time, so they might have a better selection now. And it's really convenient. I don't do ratings or friends or any of that stuff--I just put movies in queue, watch 'em and return 'em. You can search by title, director, actor, etc. Otherwise, all I have to offer you is Video Vault in Old Town. I had a membership there years ago, and they were great. But Netflix conveniently cuts down on all that messy personal interaction business.

― Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

Paris Hilton is a black hole in American culture.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 21:48 (nineteen years ago)

how do you figure?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 21:50 (nineteen years ago)

She is a talent-free vortex of vacuousity.

― Dan (Gah) Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 21:52 (nineteen years ago)

im sure she's not all that fun to hang out with, but she seems like one of the most honest celebrity personalities out there. she's totally unapologetic, she has fun, and she consistently makes choices that keep her in the limelight. im still fascinated by her - she seems really savvy to me!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 21:54 (nineteen years ago)

what talent does she need?? shes a CELEBRITY, not an actress or singer. i swear, im not just being contrarian here - i dont really wanna be her friend, but i have a lot of respect for her!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 21:55 (nineteen years ago)

If Savvy = plastic, rich, and willing to whore herself out to no end in order to remain in the spotlight, than yeah...she's savvy as all hell.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 21:56 (nineteen years ago)

i wish i could talk about her some more, but i gotta split! lets talk about her tomorrow!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 21:57 (nineteen years ago)

She doesn't do anything besides spend money and encourage other people to be idiots. Her lifestyle is something that disgusts me, to be completely honest. She doesn't create or make anything, she doesn't do anything of artistic or creative merit, and she sells HERSELF. And she spends her parents' money.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 21:58 (nineteen years ago)

she's living the dream!

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 21:59 (nineteen years ago)

she's having fun! when she stops having fun, she'll do something else! she's like the most self-possessed/self-aware (plus obviously self-obsessed) celebrity i can think of.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 21:59 (nineteen years ago)

fair enough that her lifestyle disgusts you - it would me too, if i had to live it. but as an outsider, i admire her "take no shit" persona.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:03 (nineteen years ago)

i don't really hate her anymore, she definitely seems sort of like a horrible person but i've made heroes of worse probably. now i just sort of think it's funny that she provokes such bristlingly indignant reactions from people.

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:04 (nineteen years ago)

yeah dude i always get intense about PH - i think i did on that other thread, too!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:05 (nineteen years ago)

im out-ski!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:05 (nineteen years ago)

ok see you 'round 6:50 joos here we come

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:07 (nineteen years ago)

guys the thing is that American culture in and of itself is a black hole of vacuous nonsense at this point. WHY single out Paris Hilton? I like her because she is the end result, she is what EVERYONE* will be in 35 years if we keep going down this route. A morality play or a good idea? You decide.

* everyone who is born at least middle class, caveat of course.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:08 (nineteen years ago)

I like Nicky about a gazillion times more because, you know, she actually does something besides being Nicky Hilton.

Also I don't think Paris is at all attractive and I find it outrageous that anyone does.

(xpost: Ally that's PRECISELY why I hate her!)

― Dan (Lionel Richie "Outrageous!") Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:09 (nineteen years ago)

Well I just think it's misplaced anger.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:15 (nineteen years ago)

pwned

― Dan (;_;) Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:16 (nineteen years ago)

Its not misplaced at all. She represents a major influence on people - the media holds her out as an important person, and therefore, people seek to emulate her. She SHOULD be held out as a spoiled, overpriveleged, over-entitled, vaccuous, worthless waste of press.

My anger against her is the fact that people seek to emulate her. They shouldn't.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:20 (nineteen years ago)

Can I ask a serious question though? What does Nicky do??

xpost Paris Hilton is emulating other people.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:21 (nineteen years ago)

Nicky actually parlays her fame and fortune into attempting to design purses and other things. At least she's trying to do something. Paris just does that stupid, "that's HAAAAAAAAAAAHT" face and makes the posture like she's farting.

And I would, of course, agree that Paris is not the only person who does this. The very notion of a socialite for the reason of being a socialite bothers me ONLY when they don't really do anything but be famous.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:25 (nineteen years ago)

Well really I don't see why singling out Paris Hilton really fixes a much larger societal problem. And she does do things, she had an album (or at least a couple songs) and she's in movies. Granted those aren't particularly amazing things and she'd not be doing them if she wasn't already famous for being famous...

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:27 (nineteen years ago)

she's kind of a void/negative space as far as a pop culture persona goes, and the fact that people respond so strongly to that tells you more about them than it does her. if people want to take her as their ideal and imitate thusly, and if you see that as a bad thing (i would, definitely), well, i'm more inclined to think less of them than i am to attack her.

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:27 (nineteen years ago)

I think ZR is correct.
See "Real Housewives of Orange County" as well.

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:28 (nineteen years ago)

But, then again, thats just my middle-classness rearing its indignant and self-righteous head.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:28 (nineteen years ago)

The number one thing Nicky does is "not show up on television unless she is promoting one of her modelling gigs". Number two is probably "not awkwardly dance on tables in Greek clubs while Tara Reid drunkenly tells everyone how sweet she is, honest, and she's not getting paid a gazillion dollars to say this and she and Paris have been friends forever and didn't just meet three minutes ago because the people on E! grossly miscalculated the level of national interst in watching Tara Reid drink all the alcohol in the world".

― Dan (I Know #2 Is A Strike Against) Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:29 (nineteen years ago)

Man...Tara Reid...that's...a person right there.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:30 (nineteen years ago)

I think we can all agree that Tara Reid is an order of magnitude more objectionable than Paris Hilton; she's like Lindsay Lohan without the media savvy.

― Dan (And Eight Million More Cigarettes) Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:31 (nineteen years ago)

anyway dudes, why are we talking about the hiltons when we could be discussing the far more important question of "should i buy a ring modulator?"

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:31 (nineteen years ago)

Tara Reid is completely, completely batshit insane though. The Simple Life would've been 10x better/worse (not sure) if it was Nicole Richie and Tara Reid.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:33 (nineteen years ago)

there is no way you should pay that kind of money for a ring modulator, I can tell you that much

In fact I would say unless you plan to put drum samples through it the ring modulator is totally skippable anyway, but I'm not very indie.

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:33 (nineteen years ago)

The most important question is where the shit did I pack away the 128mb flashcard with ALL MY SAMPLES AND PATTERNS ON IT

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:34 (nineteen years ago)

I don't really know what a ring modulator is but was inclined to say "no" when I clicked on the link and discovered it was some kind of music equipment and not a sci-fi device.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:35 (nineteen years ago)

ah, fuck it, i need a new wah before i go fishing for goofy boutique effects i'll use once every seventeen songs anyway. it looks cool though.

― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:38 (nineteen years ago)

The Simple Life would've been 10x better/worse (not sure) if it was Nicole Richie and Tara Reid.

We must pool our resources and make this happen NOW

― Dan (All We Need Is A Trail Of Smirnoff) Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:40 (nineteen years ago)

I think the reason why people hate the girls, thinking about it some more, is just kind of like the "why" factor of their existence in the public eye. I mean Tara, Nicole, Paris: none of them are particularly pretty. They definitely aren't talented. And, I mean, they're perplexing in their behaviors. I can understand the wtfness of it all becoming an acute hatred, I guess.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:50 (nineteen years ago)

Send out flyers for "The 5 O'Clock Free Vodka Give-away." You'll catch at least one of them.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:50 (nineteen years ago)

They aren't even like Pamela Anderson or Jenna Jameson or something like that, really. No huge titties, no porn besides Paris's lame, lame leaked tape...it's like the ultimate culmination of completely useless people becoming famous. There is just NOTHING you can really find that says "OK this excuses it."

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:51 (nineteen years ago)

I think I might throw myself out of the window if I have to see another magazine cover talking about how Nicole is starving herself.

― Dan (NO, RLY?) Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:55 (nineteen years ago)

Why don't we celebrate the moms more? Gwenyth? Jennifer Garner? Rachael Weisz? Those women deserve to be hyped up, especially over the Hiltons.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:57 (nineteen years ago)

Okay making me choose between Gwyneth Paltrow and Paris Hilton = OMG I DIED IN MY SLEEP AND ENDED UP IN HELL 8-0

― Dan (Can I Choose A Pokemon Instead?) Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:58 (nineteen years ago)

Big Loud Mountain just lost all credibility with that last post.

― Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 23:38 (nineteen years ago)

Tara Reid at least had American Pie to point to for at least a few seconds, but now? That shitty Uwe Boll movie, a bad reality show, and her boob flopping out on the red carpet. What a career!

― phil d. (Phil D.), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 23:41 (nineteen years ago)

I went to Lotte Plaza today. It wasn't everything I had dreamed of. Though there was a nearby character store by the name of Cupi that was pretty cool.

― Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 23:56 (nineteen years ago)

Dude, whatever. Hot moms are hot.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 23 March 2006 13:55 (nineteen years ago)

Well then name some hot moms, not Gwyneth and Jennifer Garner.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 23 March 2006 15:10 (nineteen years ago)

Linda Blair Is My Aerobics Instructor: DC Metro Area V

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Thursday, 23 March 2006 15:11 (nineteen years ago)

Hi all, I am in a web development course at teh LEARNING TREE for the end of this week. lots of gov't contractors with cell phone belt clips and khakis. We don't have internets during class time, which is annoying, plus every time I check work email three or four people from work have seemingly forgotten that I am OUT of the office therefore CANNOT put that content on the web or send that e-mail right now.
w00t

― dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 23 March 2006 17:58 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

guys i have mono!

at least that's what my boss thinks:D :D :D

― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 24 August 2007 18:09 (seventeen years ago)

is there an age when people stop being all "oh so you have the KISSING DISEASE eh eh? nudgenudgenudgewink" if you have mono? Maybe when you are 60 because at that point it will probably kill you.

― jessie monster, Friday, 24 August 2007 18:12 (seventeen years ago)

the weird thing is that my boss said "oh god that makes so much sense, that is exactly what i expected" and i don't know what he meant by that

― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 24 August 2007 18:13 (seventeen years ago)

maybe you can sue him for sexual harassment for saying that.

― jessie monster, Friday, 24 August 2007 18:13 (seventeen years ago)

it's probably for the best that i actually cannot ever call in sick to work because i'd basically have "leprosy" or something by now

― ghost rider, Friday, 24 August 2007 18:14 (seventeen years ago)

i shared a drink with tom and josh last night at russia house so they have the monos now too.

― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 24 August 2007 18:15 (seventeen years ago)

I am a mono carrier. I have never had it but I give it to people.

― jessie monster, Friday, 24 August 2007 18:16 (seventeen years ago)

i just completely broke down on the way to work today and could not actually get past the lobby of my office building and turned around and left.

xpost WAHT

― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 24 August 2007 18:16 (seventeen years ago)

ps i am near DC right now

― river wolf, Friday, 24 August 2007 18:17 (seventeen years ago)

road trip to richmond

― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 24 August 2007 18:18 (seventeen years ago)

i have learned that there is no hotel bar, so it's what's up my lol college friends, who wants to go to applebee's?????

― river wolf, Friday, 24 August 2007 18:18 (seventeen years ago)

For a second, Ally, I was all "Sure, I do, too - I just put the fader all the way to the left or right on the stereo."

I hope you're alright. Don't drink until you find out what's wrong - seriously.

― B.L.A.M., Friday, 24 August 2007 18:20 (seventeen years ago)

awww guys i appreciate the concern but the thing is that i am lying

― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 24 August 2007 18:22 (seventeen years ago)

I need to learn how to do that.

― Laurel, Friday, 24 August 2007 18:22 (seventeen years ago)

― river wolf, Friday, 24 August 2007 18:23 (seventeen years ago)

Mono is a good lie! That's like two weeks of absences.

― jessie monster, Friday, 24 August 2007 18:25 (seventeen years ago)

I skipped out of work at 2 yesterday, then proceeded to go to many different places drinking until about 10:30. And lost my phone.

I will be at Temperance Hall around 7 tonight.

― I DIED, Friday, 24 August 2007 18:32 (seventeen years ago)

lol architect without a phone

― El Tomboto, Friday, 24 August 2007 18:32 (seventeen years ago)

you should've come to russia house to get yr mono!

― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 24 August 2007 18:33 (seventeen years ago)

i didn't drink hardly at all for most of july to early august and have prob made up for this in the past week and a half

i may stop by temp hall, i have a birthday party to attend for former housemate but it's early, i don't expect it'll go past 8:30, they are not really late night ppl

of course i shouldn't be either, i have class tomorrow at 9!

― daria-g, Friday, 24 August 2007 19:31 (seventeen years ago)

Is there a consensus to drink? If I'm feeling the way I am sober, perhaps alcohol might be the solution.

― j.lu, Friday, 24 August 2007 19:35 (seventeen years ago)

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