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― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:43 (nineteen years ago)

hello chicago

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:46 (nineteen years ago)

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:46 (nineteen years ago)

hi dere.

― gbx (skowly), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:46 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, sure - the long-term aftermath is fine.

Who are CAN and why is everyone talking about them?

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:47 (nineteen years ago)

I like this album, it's geniunely groovy.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:48 (nineteen years ago)

Hi Mark -- how is MTL?

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:48 (nineteen years ago)

it's rainy!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:48 (nineteen years ago)

dudes i think im coming to chicago (my first time) for a few days in early june! anyone wanna go record shopping/drink some beers in three months? any good shows b/w 6/7 and 6/10?

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:49 (nineteen years ago)

and yeah tago mago kicks ass

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:49 (nineteen years ago)

Who are CAN and why is everyone talking about them?

Can is the ultimate Krautrock band. And Tago Mago is their best album.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

I always feel like I should like Can more than I do. Someone just burned me Soundtracks so I should go listen to that and report back, but too much of the Can I've heard so far is like some formless hippie jam session. I forget what album it's on, but "Spoon" is good.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

a city thread in its early stages like this feels like some sort of community meeting where everyone's just arriving and taking off their coats.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

Btw, you guys, I have already told Pete via Friendster that I'm down with hanging out in early June -- but I don't know anything that's going on yet. But we'll plan an outing, for sure.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:52 (nineteen years ago)

a city thread in its early stages like this feels like some sort of community meeting where everyone's just arriving and taking off their coats.

It's more like we all got really worked up earlier in the day that we're now treating this as a respite.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

jmc, soundtracks is my traditional favorite can album. it totally rocks, esp "soul desert" and "tango whiskeyman" and "dont turn on the light..." and "mother sky." so, most of the album.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

too much of the Can I've heard so far is like some formless hippie jam session.

Jam session maybe, but not hippie, and far from formless. Amanda nailed it when she said "funky."

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

No, wait, "groovy." Either way.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:55 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, groovy. A steady, undulating groove. When I think funky I think of something tighter, this is loose and groovy.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:56 (nineteen years ago)

Either way, it's hard to call it "noodling."

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:56 (nineteen years ago)

Can wasn't a hippie band? It doesn't have to be a pejorative, you know.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:57 (nineteen years ago)

Is that not the best word? Groovy. I really like the combination of v+y. Divvy. Skeevy. Groovy. Vy. It looks like a letter and it's child with the capital V and the lowercase y.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:57 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, see I do think there's noodling, though.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:57 (nineteen years ago)

"paperhouse" (first on TM) was the first can song i ever heard, and still might be my favorite. its super-subtle and understated, but theres just this awesome atmosphere to it. it sounds way more like its from another planet than 99% of stuff descirbed that way.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:58 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, new thread.

I bought one Can album but I didn't really get into it.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:58 (nineteen years ago)

There was, yes, unexpected noodling.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:58 (nineteen years ago)

dude theres nothing wrong with a little noodle

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:58 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, see I do think there's noodling, though.

So did Faust.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:58 (nineteen years ago)

I like noodling in the right context. Like NY and Crazy Horse.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

Built to Spill noodle like crazy!

― gbx (skowly), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:00 (nineteen years ago)

ooh, new chicago thread. ooh, CAN. (i'm doing the non-chicagoan thing of looking in at the start, coming back one day when drunk, posting, wondering if that's creepy or not, and pretty much going about my non-chicagoland ilx business and leaving yous guys to your funtimes. It's nature at work. or something.)

(MTL is indeed freakin' rainy and grey. It's supposed to snow later this week though.)

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:00 (nineteen years ago)

DC is 80 degrees and glorious.

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

See, but try "Halleluhwah" on for size. Twenty minutes of not noodling. Just fucking grooving.

See also, Captain Beefheart's "Tarotplane".

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

Pretty sure Tago Mago was the first one I heard -- borrowed from an old co-worker back in early 2001. Didn't really get into it but heard that Future Days would probably be more up my alley, considering I liked Stereolab. Heard that and it was a little better but still didn't wow me. I don't actually own either of them, though, so it's possible if I went back to them now I'd find something to appreciate.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, again, I'm not saying that "hippie" or "noodle" are pejorative terms -- it just wasn't really what I wanted out of Can as someone coming to the band as a Stereolab fan.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:03 (nineteen years ago)

i'm doing the non-chicagoan thing of looking in at the start, coming back one day when drunk, posting, wondering if that's creepy or not, and pretty much going about my non-chicagoland ilx business and leaving yous guys to your funtimes. It's nature at work. or something.

Analyzing too much. Minus one point. You're welcome here.

Didn't really get into it but heard that Future Days would probably be more up my alley, considering I liked Stereolab.

OTM. Future Days is my favorite, and my entry into Can.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:03 (nineteen years ago)

xpost - I am embarrassed to admit that when I heard this song the first thing I thought of was Happy Mondays' "Hallelujah" and how they were basically identical -- I had no idea that what's-his-name was ripping Can off so entirely. Then I did a cursory search to see if anyone mentioned Can and HM in the context of ripping-off and I came up surprisingly short. What's up with that?

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:03 (nineteen years ago)

Actually, I'm not embarrassed. Whatever. I enjoyed some Happy Mondays in my day.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:05 (nineteen years ago)

I like "Hallogallo" by Neu!

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

it just wasn't really what I wanted out of Can as someone coming to the band as a Stereolab fan.

Dude, you started a thread with the word "Hallogallo" in the title.

Can >>> Neu!

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

i dunno about future days. title track and moonshake are k-great, but the other two are pretty boring

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

haha xpost extravaganza! John is way ahead of me.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

I've only heard the one with the can on the cover.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:07 (nineteen years ago)

Was it me who started that thread? ;-)

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:07 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe so, but I like Neu! plenty.

― gbx (skowly), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:07 (nineteen years ago)

I've only heard the one with the can on the cover.

Oh wait, Ege Baymaslksut35lh ... have I heard that? I think I have. Huh.

At first I thought you were talking about The Who Sell Out.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:08 (nineteen years ago)

Was it me who started that thread? ;-)

heh. Check the spreadsheet.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:08 (nineteen years ago)

ive been in an amon duul/popol vuh phase for krautrock for the past couple months. maybe ill pull out the can this week!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

Why couldn't you have named the thread as I requested?

I'm eating tofu while listening to Meat is Murder. Pathetic, but completely coincidental.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:10 (nineteen years ago)

Btw, the best part of the Mr. Roger's episode I saw over lunch was when, after singing a jazz little ditty at the end, he took a "solo" on a toy trumpet and gave an "OH SHIT, THAT WAS HOT!" look towards the camera between every note.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:10 (nineteen years ago)

Why couldn't you have named the thread as I requested?

Because you're not cool.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:11 (nineteen years ago)

i guess ive been listening to mostly hippie shit for a while

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:11 (nineteen years ago)

I'm eating tofu while listening to Meat is Murder.
haha

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:11 (nineteen years ago)

If sl0cki's still reading this: I came very close to visiting MTL at the end of the month. But I realized it was spring break and perhaps not the best time.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:11 (nineteen years ago)

Also sometime during my shower I got this huge pain in my back. Can someone fix it for me? Thanks.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:11 (nineteen years ago)

Also,

http://wigu.com/overcompensating/pictures/brokeback.png

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:12 (nineteen years ago)

Apparently Jesse wasn't making up that use of the word "shitty".

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:13 (nineteen years ago)

Which use?

I've had a stomach ache all day, WTF.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:14 (nineteen years ago)

....you've never heard "shitty" in that context?

― gbx (skowly), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:14 (nineteen years ago)

No, never! Is it a regionalism or am I just totally out of the pop culture loop?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:16 (nineteen years ago)

I love the eyeballs on the blond dude in the cartoon.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:16 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, that use. Yeah, of course.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:19 (nineteen years ago)

Must be out of the loop?

― gbx (skowly), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:20 (nineteen years ago)

I have a secret fictional crush on Weedmaster P (the blond guy).

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:27 (nineteen years ago)

I've never heard "shitty" in that context.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:28 (nineteen years ago)

"Shit-faced," sure. But not truncated like that.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:29 (nineteen years ago)

Everyone uses the word "shitty" that way. Everyone. Tout le monde. Todo el mundo.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:29 (nineteen years ago)

Also, shitcanned. Shit-drunk. shit-tarded. etc.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:30 (nineteen years ago)

Even I have heard it.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:31 (nineteen years ago)

So... J. and I are just freaks, then? Cloistered freaks?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:31 (nineteen years ago)

Perhaps. You DO share similar opinions on dating....

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

I have a secret fictional crush on Weedmaster P (the blond guy).

Oh now that I know his name it's even better!

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

TAGO MAGO is not only one of my favorite records, but absolutley one of my top 10 fav records' cover art.

is it nice out or what?

― grady (grady), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:34 (nineteen years ago)

Weren't you going to go DO something, Jesse?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:35 (nineteen years ago)

I want to see that cartoon girl's tits.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

i like "shitty" its more casual.

(you don't actually see her tits, bro.)

― grady (grady), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:38 (nineteen years ago)

See, there's that confidence everyone was talking about.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:38 (nineteen years ago)

You'll have to settle for Jeffrey's.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:38 (nineteen years ago)

(xp to grady) No, that's why I'm saying, I want to.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

Say it and mean it. Cartoon girls like confidence!

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

xpost to jaymc:

gotcha.

GIS: "MANGA GIRL".

― grady (grady), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:40 (nineteen years ago)

We don't have to turn this thread all psychoanalytical again, but here's a revelation I came to recently (which I mentioned to Kenan on the phone the other night): sometimes I like being bisexual or "situationally gay" (viz Dr. Morbius) or whatever because I can be more of a perv -- nobody minds if I talk about how unbelievably hot some dude is, but if I use the same language w/r/t a cute girl, it comes off as really skeezy.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

TAGO MAGO is not only one of my favorite records, but absolutley one of my top 10 fav records' cover art.

grady OTM.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

"i wanna do that guy"

comes off as more acceptable than

"i wanna do that girl"

i guess you're right.

― grady (grady), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

Pete we will hang out to make up for me not meeting you when I was in DC for xmas. Actually, the F@ke F1ctions cd release show may be around then, if we ever get it set up.

xpost
John, you're a single dude, you're supposed to be a little bit skeezy about cute girls. None of us will think any less of you for it (except maybe Jenny and Kelsey (just kidding, ladies! (also just kidding for calling you ladies))) It's all about balance.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

Weren't you going to go DO something, Jesse?

-- Casuistry (chri...), March 13th, 2006 2:35 PM. (Chris Piuma) (link)

I'm doing! I just popped in to give a quick jab, and I'm off again.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:47 (nineteen years ago)

dude nick that sounds great! i felt bad about christmas; i was getting ready to move out of my apt and freaking out.

i might just have a fake accents cd for you, all pressed and printed by then!

and wait. why are you googleproofing yr band name? youve got it backwards!

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:48 (nineteen years ago)

because I can be more of a perv -- nobody minds if I talk about how unbelievably hot some dude is, but if I use the same language w/r/t a cute girl, it comes off as really skeezy

I understand, I think, but I don't really get it. You would have pervy thoughts with a dude, same as you would with a girl, but you would not *say* them (until later, anyway). The sex difference doesn't seem to matter that much. Guys are more promiscuous, in general, but they are not less averse to disgusting innuendo.

Or maybe the are. Take Jesse, for instance.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:49 (nineteen years ago)

I also feel more comfortable being physically affectionate and flirtatious with my gay male friends than with my straight female friends.

Take Jesse, for instance.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:50 (nineteen years ago)

We all want to viz Dr. Morbius.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:50 (nineteen years ago)

I am more comfortable being "flirtfectionate" with people I am not interested in actually sleeping with, be they male or female, gay or straight.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:51 (nineteen years ago)

What about your straight male friends? Take me, for instance.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

You're not straight.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

Also: I just started listening to "Tago Mago" for the first time in a while, and instantly remembered why I think of it so highly. It never disappoints. It's a fucking great fucking album.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:54 (nineteen years ago)

You're not straight.

I am, but I do not "identify" as such.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

Should I remind you again of last weekend?

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:58 (nineteen years ago)

P.S. "Tango Whiskyman" sounds like Blonde Redhead -- this is a good thing.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:58 (nineteen years ago)

Number of times I've seen K. desparately hit on a guy: 1.
Number of times I've seen K. desparately hit on a dos equis: 0.

Thus, from my personal observations, K. is infinitely more "gay" than "straight".

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:01 (nineteen years ago)

anyone going to the love is all show at the empty bottle on sunday?

― t0dd swiss (immobilisme), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:01 (nineteen years ago)

I just started writing this really long post about John and his problems with dating and how women want to be treated, and then I was all like, "Wait a second, I haven't been single in seven years and I was terrible at it then, what am I doing giving advice?"

Todd: I really want to go to the LIA show but I'm not sure if I am since my new job requires me getting up f'ing early in the morning so non-weekend shows are a bitch. But maybe I will make it there anyways.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:02 (nineteen years ago)

Who the hell is Love is All? You guys are getting all Otto on me.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:04 (nineteen years ago)

Number of times I've seen K. desparately hit on a guy: 1.
Number of times I've seen K. desparately hit on a dos equis: 0.

Thus, from my personal observations, K. is infinitely more "gay" than "straight".

I... uh... don't quite know what to say. I'm sorry that I hit on you, John. I like girls. I have witnesses.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:04 (nineteen years ago)

I like girls, too!

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

by sunday night there's a 50/50 chance i will have sufficiently recovered from the dirtbombs/black lips show on friday. ummmm, 45/65.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:07 (nineteen years ago)

Dirtbombs!

Are you through with white girls, though?

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:10 (nineteen years ago)

I think that unfortunately there has to be a certain level at the beginning of a relationship (not just dating, but just about any relationship) of "acting" to make yourself seem awesome - which isn't really acting but more just trying to keep a lid on your negative aspects and exaggerating your positive aspects. Acting isn't the right word, though, it's more like being more conscious of how you present yourself, which to some people constitutes being fake or lying. But it's not lying (unless of course you're making stuff about yourself or acting like you never do), it's just focusing on the good parts of yourself instead of the bad. That's why people with no self-confidence are unattractive.

But again, I really have no qualifications for talking about this.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:11 (nineteen years ago)

Dirtbombs!

― gbx (skowly), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:12 (nineteen years ago)

Except that you're OTM.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:12 (nineteen years ago)

I'm only teasing, of course, K. It's all good.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:13 (nineteen years ago)

It's all gay.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:13 (nineteen years ago)

Also, I find unconfident people kinda hot.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:13 (nineteen years ago)

Love is all is this swedish band that sometimes gets lumped in the pile with the knife. its kinda hectic electronic poppy with screamy girl vocals. does that sound about right nick?

― t0dd swiss (immobilisme), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:14 (nineteen years ago)

Finding someone unconfident is not grounds for finding then unconfident.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:15 (nineteen years ago)

Ooh, I like the Knife!

...

roffle at Kenan

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:16 (nineteen years ago)

n/a is totally right.

it also helps to wear a cape and carry a cane with an exquisite ivory handle.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:20 (nineteen years ago)

http://mclub.te.net.ua/images/alb/cover5717_28167.jpg http://coverart.last.fm/300x300/145602.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:20 (nineteen years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006ZCFH.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

Are you through with white girls, though?

i've stayed out of most of today's conversation because i'm somewhat superstitious and don't want to ruin the roll i'm on regard women.

i don't think they play this since jim diamond stopped playing with the band. ko and troy are great but the lineup of mick, pat, ben, jim, and tom potter was potent beyond potent.

black lips are who i really want to see. they tore the subterranean up when they opened for kk&bbq in november or december or whenever it was. i was listening to their latest lp again the other night and it kills me every time.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:22 (nineteen years ago)

I've found that continence is a big turn-on.

― Eazy (Eazy), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:23 (nineteen years ago)

xpost awesome.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:24 (nineteen years ago)

I've found that continence is a big turn-on.

There's a big-laugh poop joke here, and I can't decide if it's too easy or too disgusting. Either way, I ain't gonna be the one to tell it.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:26 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/artd/amg/music/cover/3097605_stars_200.jpg http://www.konkurrent.nl/labels/img/cycle011.jpg http://www.nexusunderground.com/images/spoon_kill.jpg http://fusionanomaly.net/fugaziargument.jpg http://fusionanomaly.net/modestmousemoonandantarctica.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:26 (nineteen years ago)

Because what does a confident person need from me?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:28 (nineteen years ago)

I'm convinced that Stars album and this Explosions in the Sky album were separated at birth.
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000DJYME.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:29 (nineteen years ago)

Because what does a confident person need from me?

Stop it, I'm gettin' misty.

Chris, you're kind of awesome. If you don't know that, no one can tell you otherwise.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:30 (nineteen years ago)

I'm listening to all nine Can songs on my iPod in order. I take back what I said about Future Days: the title track kinda rules.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:32 (nineteen years ago)

As usual, I have no idea where these songs came from.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:33 (nineteen years ago)

http://coverart.last.fm/300x300/145602.jpg http://www.pinkandgreengirl.com/archives/garfunkel.jpg

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:34 (nineteen years ago)

I take back what I said about Future Days: the title track kinda rules.

The whole album is that good, and not much different.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:34 (nineteen years ago)

It's almost tropical!

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:36 (nineteen years ago)

Because what does a confident person need from me?

No no nononono! You should be looking at this the other way round, Chris! How much more interesting/exciting is it that a person who doesn't NEED you to fix them still WANTS to be with you! Besides, everyone needs a break from confidence sometimes and if you're their first choice to relax/retreat with, how much more complimentary that is!!

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:36 (nineteen years ago)

It's almost tropical!

Yessir. So is a lot of Tago Mago. You have to get more Can. It's some awesome crazy shit.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:38 (nineteen years ago)

Besides, everyone needs a break from confidence sometimes and if you're their first choice to relax/retreat with, how much more complimentary that is!!

Complimentary, yes, but being tall and good-looking, I fear that Chris is averse to compliments. Chris is a pretty girl who doesn't know how pretty he is.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:40 (nineteen years ago)

Hrm. I feel like I have misspoken somewhere.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:41 (nineteen years ago)

Or I have.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:42 (nineteen years ago)

If I am or ever was a pretty girl, I have tried hard to become ordinary looking.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:43 (nineteen years ago)

By the way, if you haven't been to Evil Clown Records since they moved to Lincoln Ave., I recommend giving them a shot - went by there this PM and they've basically weeded down their stock so that almost everything they have is either: a) awesome or considered a "classic" or b) something weird and/or hard-to-find. Makes for good browsing; the collection is of a manageable size, but with lots of interesting stuff mixed in. I finally rebought the Smog album (Supper) that I lost more than two years ago, for $6; there are few albums I would rebuy after losing, but this is such a happy-sounding album.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:43 (nineteen years ago)

Also, while washing the dishes just now, I was wondering if it would help to think of the things one is expected to say in a pick-up/meeting somebody situation as just communicative shorthand. So, it may seem cheezy to say certain things or do certain things, but basically I think the other person wants to learn two things about you: 1. Is this person some kind of weirdo? and 2. What does this person want from me? And these things that people say are basically a shorthand developed over eons to help communicate this information efficiently. If you can communicate these things without resorting to cliches, great. But I don't think any woman is going to want to date someone who doesn't express that a) they aren't some kind of freak and b) that they are interested in dating them. (Part B is the problem with the "Let's hang out" scenario.)

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:48 (nineteen years ago)

"Let's ride bikes!"

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:52 (nineteen years ago)

I recommend getting a t-shirt made that says "I am not a freak and I would like to date you" in big puffy Cooper Black. Saves a lot of time and is washable.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:53 (nineteen years ago)

I don't know, I think the implication of "Let's ride bikes!" is pretty clear ("I am retarded.").

Speaking of giboyeux, I've been meaning to apologize for not coming to your show on Friday. I didn't really realize how far away No Exit was until I looked at a map and lost my motivation.

And now I will apologize for the "speaking of giboyeux" joke. It was cruel and untrue.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:55 (nineteen years ago)

Most dates in Portland involve the phrase "let's ride bikes!"

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:56 (nineteen years ago)

I know, Nick, I was just being retarded.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:57 (nineteen years ago)

unrelated to anything: the biggest centipede/milipede i've ever seen is currently on the wall across the room from my desk. this thing is seriously about the size of a four year old child's foot. it's legs are as long as my fingers. i'm both impressed and wary.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:58 (nineteen years ago)

I think some of you underestimate me. I know I rail against "the game" or whatever, but I probably use a lot of strategies and tactics subconsciously, anyway -- e.g., mentioning my band as a way of saying "I am a creative person with a productive life and dedicated passions." I mean, on one level, we're all "acting" and using shorthand all the time:

http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/imageDB.cgi?isbn=0140135715

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:59 (nineteen years ago)

I didn't really realize how far away No Exit was until I looked at a map and lost my motivation.

Yea, me neither. Especially since I RODE A BIKE there.

I think we've got another gig at Ronny's coming up. And the guy that booked the show on Friday really liked us, and mentioned something about a venue at 14th and Union? A church or somethign?

― gbx (skowly), Monday, 13 March 2006 21:59 (nineteen years ago)

Hi. You should read this thread more often. That's the venue that Chris and I played in. South Union Arts.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:00 (nineteen years ago)

See?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:01 (nineteen years ago)

hahaha - "i am retarded"

if gbx asked me to ride bikes with him, i would totally ride bikes with him. and not in a retarded way. unless retarded means awesome+beer.

holyjesus xpost - this is also why i don't do chicago thread!

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:01 (nineteen years ago)

Oh! How is it? As a venue.

awesome+beer is SUPERAWESOME

― gbx (skowly), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:02 (nineteen years ago)

I totally just got reprimanding for having turned in only one article today. Eep.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:03 (nineteen years ago)

Otto, I hate those fucking things above all other insects.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:03 (nineteen years ago)

http://giganticmag.com/images/ilx/not_freak.jpg

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:03 (nineteen years ago)

I think some of you underestimate me. I know I rail against "the game" or whatever, but I probably use a lot of strategies and tactics subconsciously

And I was thinking this too, and that you're probably just overthinking things, but that you'll do ok.

South Union Arts seemed pretty awesome. I would want to play there, if there was some way to get people to go there.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:03 (nineteen years ago)

I liked SUA. It was very quiet and respectful.

J., did you mention your therapeutic breakthrough? Don't they care?!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:04 (nineteen years ago)

K., AWEXOME.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:05 (nineteen years ago)

Is SUA hard to get to?

― gbx (skowly), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:07 (nineteen years ago)

Otto, I hate those fucking things above all other insects.

the motherfucker fell off the wall when trying to get under the drop ceiling. i'm surprised i didn't hear a thud. i immediately picked my bag up off the floor though i think it's probably too tall to fit under the walls of my cube. seriously, i've caught fish that were smaller than this thing.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:11 (nineteen years ago)

Those suckers are fast. You have to crush them while you have a chance. I usually keep around a Norton Shakespeare Anthology for just this purpose.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:13 (nineteen years ago)

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― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:14 (nineteen years ago)

I think some of you underestimate me. I know I rail against "the game" or whatever, but I probably use a lot of strategies and tactics subconsciously, anyway

I don't underestimate you -- I know you're a charming guy. Girls like you. But that's kinda what worries me -- you seem to undermine your natural charm with this hippie crap which amounts to nothing more than a justification for your lack of confidence. Stop that.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:16 (nineteen years ago)

Is SUA hard to get to?

In what sense?

By car, it's right off 94. Just get off at 18th St.

By train, get off at UIC Blue Line stop and walk approx one mile south (down Halsted).

By bike, I don't know. Depends on where you're coming from, I guess.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:16 (nineteen years ago)

I like Ege Bamyasi. "Vitamin C" is my fucking jam.

Also, I like Nick's "I am not a freak and I would like to date you" theory of potentially romantic encounter interaction. It's succint and wise.

And I like being called "lady." You need to update your notes, bud.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:29 (nineteen years ago)

...and will people show up that aren't your (as in the performer) friends?

I'm just wondering about the likelihood of drawing any sort of crowd, should we play there.

― gbx (skowly), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:30 (nineteen years ago)

ive got a boot with missy rapping "pass the dutch" over "vitamin c."

sounds a lot better than you'd think....

― grady (grady), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:30 (nineteen years ago)

It doesn't seem to have its own draw, no.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:32 (nineteen years ago)

And I like being called "lady." You need to update your notes, bud.

*scratching on a notepad*

Lady, in.

Cum dumpster, out.

Got it.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:33 (nineteen years ago)

(haha well xpost)

It seemed like there was a little bit of a built-in crowd, since the space is new and I think people are getting excited about it. We were on a bill with a band called Bird Names that was pretty rad, and there were probably about 30 people in the room. So it probably depends on whom you play with.

I'm listening to Neu! now. It's krautrock day.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:33 (nineteen years ago)

xpost re: Vitamin C/Pass the Dutch: I think it would sound AWESOME so... yeah. You got that in mp3 format?

xpost to Kenan: I'm flipping you the bird, fyi.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:35 (nineteen years ago)

Chris is probably referring to the fact that we started an hour late because absolutely nobody was there.

But I mean, what venues do have a built-in crowd? I can't think of many. That's why you either make sure you bring out a ton of your own friends or get on a bill with another band who you know is going to.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:36 (nineteen years ago)

I love the Chicago threads. I just wanted to tell you all that. Probably not since early #s1n1ster have I wished so thoroughly for a big meeting room not bound by distance.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:37 (nineteen years ago)

I have no complaints about how many people were there -- it was all Bird Names fans, except for Nick and B. I wish more of y'all had shown, but that's fine, that's fine. I was just happy to play to an appreciative crowd.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:42 (nineteen years ago)

Laurel -- we like you, too. We'd all have a beer with you, but you're in the wtong city.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:47 (nineteen years ago)

wtonnnnnnnnnnng

― Jeff. (Jeff), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:48 (nineteen years ago)

xpost re: Vitamin C/Pass the Dutch: I think it would sound AWESOME so... yeah. You got that in mp3 format?

i can maybe get to this tonite... gotta rip it from vinyl.

― grady (grady), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:52 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, don't go to any great lengths for it. If you had it on mp3 I was going to ask you to YSI it to me, but unless ripping something from vinyl is easy, please don't trouble yourself.

Where is Jesse? I heard him ring the bell for entry and now he is nowhere to be found within the four-room offices of Worker Justice, Inc.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Monday, 13 March 2006 22:55 (nineteen years ago)

Where is anyone? I need to see some of you people. I got John and Nick out of the way earlier this weekend. Jeff and Jenny and Jesse remain unaccounted for. Who wants to meet for a quick Monday night casual thing?

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:01 (nineteen years ago)

Bird Names was/were a riot when I saw them!

― gbx (skowly), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:05 (nineteen years ago)

Who wants to meet for a quick Monday night casual thing?

UUUGH! Didn't we learn anything today?!?!?

Its: "Who wants to go on a date tonite?"

― grady (grady), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:06 (nineteen years ago)

I forget that people like Grady lurk and read the whole thread!

I have band practice tonight but could maybe have a quick beer afterwards, around 11?

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:07 (nineteen years ago)

This is jesse. I'm here. Maybe tonight. Prob. not.

xpost---ha ha grady

― puke, Monday, 13 March 2006 23:08 (nineteen years ago)

I can't Kenan! I HAVE TO STUDY.

;lasdjf;lkasjdf;ailsdjc;laksjdflkasddl.........akssssssssssdldldldzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:09 (nineteen years ago)

11 is late! Dude, it's Monday! Besides, I've covered you already.

Ok, fine. If I'm out, I'll call your cell around 11 and see what you're up to.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:09 (nineteen years ago)

bbbbbbbbbbbbbbllllllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

This keyboard has a nice repeat rate.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:10 (nineteen years ago)

I have band practice tonight but could maybe have a quick beer afterwards, around 11?

Can you storm out in a huff around 8? I can meet you then.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:11 (nineteen years ago)

But I mean, what venues do have a built-in crowd?

ICE FACTORY. Which is why the Sharks need to play at the ICE FACTORY.

Is it the Sharks, or is Sharks?

Who wants to meet for a quick Monday night casual thing (date) at MIDWAY AIRPORT? Because that's where I will be.

Which reminds me, I should probably stay offline so that Sarah can call if she needs to for some reason.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:11 (nineteen years ago)

I can't Kenan! I HAVE TO STUDY.

What about your slack husband? Where is he tonight?

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:12 (nineteen years ago)

It's actually Cheesy Sharks.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:14 (nineteen years ago)

I don't know what I'll be doing. I should probably get a jump start on my classes for next quarter. I don't know though.

I see my phone buzzing, I can't pick up at work.

― Jeff. (Jeff), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:21 (nineteen years ago)

Is it the Sharks, or is Sharks?

Sharks.

You've told me about the Ice Factory! I'll have to look into it some more. They do recording, too, right?

― gbx (skowly), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:28 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/z/zzlovesarealthingthef_101b.jpg http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000654Z2I.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

― grady (grady), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:37 (nineteen years ago)

...eh, now that i see them side by side... maybe not so much....

― grady (grady), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:37 (nineteen years ago)

Jeff... Jesse is calling me back, but it looks like the Vic at 10 for the original Fun With Dick and Jane. Whatever. Doesn't matter the movie. Neither of us have ever been to Brew and View.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:37 (nineteen years ago)

grady: that's thin.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:38 (nineteen years ago)

That album is pretty awesome, though.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:40 (nineteen years ago)

10's too late for me. snooooooooooze.

― Jeff. (Jeff), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:43 (nineteen years ago)

yeah. Monday night is bad for demanding company. I understand this.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:44 (nineteen years ago)

How about a after work drink one night this week? Haven't had a happy hour in awhile.

― Jeff. (Jeff), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:45 (nineteen years ago)

so, i entered a DJ contest and its this thursday... here's what i just got in my e-mail:

Here is the line up for this Thursday 03-16-06

9:30-10pm DJ EF
10-10:30pm Grady
10:30-11pm Kid Delicious
11-11:30pm Serg Vicious
11:30-mid DJ J.P Gunnz
mid-12:30am Black Manta
12:30-1am Mark Siviero

-winner will be judged @ 1:00am followed by a set from DJ Bliss or
winner.
-Please send me your guest list by 5pm on Thursday.
-Open bar from 9-10:30pm, $5 Stoli Red Bulls & $3 Miller bottles all
nite.
-Please bring your own headphones and needles
-Try to arrive 15 minutes prior to your set time.

does anyone know those other DJs? i'm kind of scared that i'm getting followed by KID DELICIOUS. AND that his name rhymes with the guy who follows him...

oh, and is anyone remotley interested in coming to this? you'll notice my set conveniently falls at the end of the open bar.

oh, and is it cool to do this kind of shameless self-propotion on this thread?

― grady (grady), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:45 (nineteen years ago)

..promotion, even?

― grady (grady), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:49 (nineteen years ago)

My problem is that I'm always up for being social, so even though I shouldn't go out with you later tonight, since I made a point to try to get at least 30 hours of sleep this week, I say yes anyway, because I hate the idea of missing out on fun.

Jeff: how's Wednesday? I'm not usually free on Wednesdays, but I am this week.

Grady: we are all about the self-promotion. In fact, we set up a group on Upcoming.org so we could follow what we're all doing. (I need to add to that.) But so you have failed to mention where your DJ set is? (Although I kind of doubt I'll be able to come...)

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:50 (nineteen years ago)

It's not "cool," but it's not like anyone cares, so it's cool.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:50 (nineteen years ago)

Hey, so I got this card in the mail from my undergraduate institution and they have having an alumni reception here in Chicago at a fancy pants place called the Mid Day Club and it's $20 all-u-can drink (the invitation says "cocktails," not all-u-can drink) and hors d'oeuvres and it's right down town and while I don't even think I've set foot on campus since I graduated, I'm suddenly somehow intrigued by this event and am considering going.

What do you think? Would YOU go, ChiILXors?

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:56 (nineteen years ago)

I get scared about things like that because I feel like they're going to spend the entire time trying to milk me for money.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:57 (nineteen years ago)

but of course.

its at a realitivley new place in lincoln park called Mix. (used to be called Crush before it got remodeled.) its on halstead just north of diversey.

the only reason i entered it is because its sponsored by Grammaphone.

and because the winner gets a residencey.

― grady (grady), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:57 (nineteen years ago)

I went to college in Delaware so it's possibly a little more interesting and ripe for strange coincidences than if I went to a Illinois or midwestern school. I think that's what I'm looking for - a strange coincidence.

xpost: Can someone explain to me this "residency" concept that keeps popping up w/r/t my friends in bands? Why is it good? Is it new?

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:58 (nineteen years ago)

Aw, shit, they can milk me for money until they drop over dead from exhaustion. You can't get blood from a stone, alumni club coordinator!

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:59 (nineteen years ago)

it means you have a fixed gig at a place like "Every Thursday Night" or "1st Saturday of Every Month."

― grady (grady), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 00:06 (nineteen years ago)

I ran out of krautrock, so I put this on:

http://img.hmv.co.jp/image/jacket/190/19/9/8/403.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 00:07 (nineteen years ago)

For us, the residency is a good thing because it's more opportunities to win new fans, we can sort of do whatever we want at each show, and it will probably get us some press, too.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 00:08 (nineteen years ago)

I worked for a student loan guarantor in my late teens (the place that takes over defaulted GSLs from banks), and I read many, many letters from defaulted borrows saying "you can't get blood from a stone"/"can't get blood from a turnip".

One guy had taken a loan to go to seminary school and would send in passages from the Bible, saying they were more valuable than money.

I could maybe do a bar outing later (but probably not online enough to put it together), but otherwise Sops and cheap Stella next Sunday.

P.S. Viva the Chicago thread. I'm sure that if I didn't know most of you in person, I wouldn't write this much. Laurel should visit Chicago so that we all know each other, or come to my show when I play in NYC.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 00:10 (nineteen years ago)

I think I've met every regular participant on this thread except for Julia.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 00:13 (nineteen years ago)

Do they pay you for that fixed gig, or is the benefit all in getting your name out and having regular performances?

I've certainly heard of certain bands or DJs being regulars at a certain place on a certain night. I think I've just never heard it referred to as a "residency." I like it though - it's more professional and elegant sounding than "a regular gig."

(NOTE: I firmly and fully believe in the arts as legitimate professional undertakings and wish that we lived in a society that was more supportive of the arts as a livable career. But telling, say, a judgmental parent that you will be djing at a club every Thursday doesn't have the same ring of professionalism as saying that you have a residency does.)

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 00:16 (nineteen years ago)

I don't know about grady, but we get paid. I mean, we get paid at every show we play, but this'll be more (and not just because we're playing four times). So that's an advantage, too, obv.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 00:21 (nineteen years ago)

(Funny, and maybe telling, that that hadn't occurred to me.)

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 00:28 (nineteen years ago)

pukebarrel!

Jeff, we're going to the Brew and View at the Vic to see Fun With Dick and Jane '77.

My WC intake was a complete bust.

― pukebarrell, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 00:31 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.jimpoz.com/quotes/images/speakers/wcfields.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 00:33 (nineteen years ago)

I think I've met every regular participant on this thread except for Julia.

i'm all mysterious and exciting. or maybe just hermetical and shy.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 00:36 (nineteen years ago)

xpost

luckily i was born to proud parents who tell me they're proud of me when i get a gig djing between punk bands at a crusty loft party.

― grady (grady), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 00:37 (nineteen years ago)

i'm pretty sure Sharks is/are going to try and get "residency" at Ronny's. Which would be hilarious, since there's only ever like 5 people at the bar.

― gbx (skowly), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 00:37 (nineteen years ago)

The Fake Fictions are going to try and get relevancy.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 00:45 (nineteen years ago)

or maybe just hermetical and shy.

"Hermetical" is not a word. "Hermetic," OTOH, is a capital word.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 00:47 (nineteen years ago)

"Some people find it ironical that we're travel agents and we've never been outside of Blaine."

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 00:48 (nineteen years ago)

The Fake Fictions are going to try and get relevancy.

You already have relevancy according to us. Dude, you're on my iPod. I have put The FFs on a mix for someone entirely unrelated to you. I yearn for such fame.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 00:50 (nineteen years ago)

We just copied C@nasta's idea and made a secret web page for RAW YANG. It has a pic of the cover, a promo pic of us, and two songs for download. Too bad it's a secret and you guys can't see it.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 00:51 (nineteen years ago)

I like the buffalo on the cover.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 00:55 (nineteen years ago)

Bye!

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 00:56 (nineteen years ago)

BOOOO! Don't give away the secret! Or don't go searching for the secret! I want you all to be surprised!

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 01:02 (nineteen years ago)

I am pissed at you.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 01:02 (nineteen years ago)

'Residency' is something I first heard in L.A. clubs, where someone like Jon Brion has a Friday-night residency. I wonder when it first was used - maybe in jazz clubs.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 01:40 (nineteen years ago)

Jason Molina is doing a residency in the next couple of months, isn't he? I think that would be neat.

― Jeff. (Jeff), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 01:52 (nineteen years ago)

If I had a residency, and I had any musical talent, I'd do a night of just pixies covers.

― Jeff. (Jeff), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 01:52 (nineteen years ago)

Dude, you're on my iPod. I have put The FFs on a mix for someone entirely unrelated to you.

D-I-T-T-O

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 02:08 (nineteen years ago)

I tried to add the Wilderness show to the upcoming site, but I think I might have fucked it up.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 02:23 (nineteen years ago)

Secrets to great cooking:

Asian: FISH SAUCE.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 02:45 (nineteen years ago)

Has anyone else seen these?

http://static.flickr.com/56/112232464_007029771e_o.jpg

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 03:10 (nineteen years ago)

(this was at Jewel, they're launching next week.)

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 03:10 (nineteen years ago)

that's freaky.

according to the dictionary, hermetical is a variant of hermetic, but ironical is listed as a variant of ironic, and aw shit, i don't want to sound like that.

so, i am hermetic. maybe.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 03:16 (nineteen years ago)

I used fish sauce in a stir fry last night.

Easy Thai-esque food: fish sauce, lemon grass, cilantro, serrano chiles, lime

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 03:33 (nineteen years ago)

i discovered tonight that insta-fake-thai food from trader joe's is not nearly as good as the instant indian stuff. it's kinda crappy, though edible. too bad.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 03:46 (nineteen years ago)

Trader Joe's sushi is ABSOLUTELY VILE. The rice was a solid mass of gelatinous mush in which no individual grains could be distinguished.

Secret to Asian cooking 2: SESAME OIL. This cannot be overstated. Also, SESAME SEEDS.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 04:09 (nineteen years ago)

SECRET TO ASIAN COOKING JDSKFLJSDLFDS: ASIANS

― Jeff. (Jeff), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 04:15 (nineteen years ago)

So it follows--secret to Continental cooking: CONTINENTS.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 04:26 (nineteen years ago)

Does the RAW YANG cover really not have any words on it?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 04:27 (nineteen years ago)

That works when the info is on a sticker on the shrink-wrap.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 04:31 (nineteen years ago)

Well, I don't put words on my album covers, generally.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 04:42 (nineteen years ago)

Jason Molina's residency was in February at Schubas. Same thing we're doing.

OH BUT WAIT YOU GUYS

...

SHE CALLED TONIGHT.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 05:23 (nineteen years ago)

SHE WANTS TO "GO OUT FOR COFFEE" SOMETIME THIS WEEK.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 05:23 (nineteen years ago)

In other news, I agree with Jesse that Trader Joe's sushi is no good.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 05:24 (nineteen years ago)

it's reeeeeeeepulsive.

way to go john.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 05:26 (nineteen years ago)

Congratulations, you've made it to round 2.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 05:31 (nineteen years ago)

SHE FOUND OUT YOU AND OTHERS OBSESSED ON THE INTERNET OVER HER CALLING OR NOT ON THE ENTIRE DAY.

All joking aside, congrats!

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 05:37 (nineteen years ago)

post more.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 06:37 (nineteen years ago)

i like when people post.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 06:44 (nineteen years ago)

/http://www.screenselect.co.uk/images/products/1/3871-large.jpg

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 07:13 (nineteen years ago)

i tried calling you a couple hours ago, ez.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 07:24 (nineteen years ago)

I am king of losing my internet connection tonight.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 07:25 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, I missed that 'til now J. - my ringer was off.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 07:27 (nineteen years ago)

that's cool. just was feeling celebratory earler.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 07:28 (nineteen years ago)

If you look at the RAW YANG secret page, you're only cheating yourself.

The cover will have words, we have to get the high-res scan from the artist (which is supposed to happen today) and then Ben will add text. But it will be unobtrusive text.

CONGRATS JERKFACE (I MEAN JOHN) SHE MUST HAVE LIKED THE WAY YOU WERE WORKIN IT ON THE DANCEFLOOR (IE PRETENDING TO PUNCH ME FOR SOME REASON)

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 11:31 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe he was pretending to punch you because you needed a punchin'.

This is very exciting, John! Congratulations!

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 13:25 (nineteen years ago)

What excellent news for me to come in to! John, please give us all updates as events occur.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 14:06 (nineteen years ago)

OK, I'm not going to be online much today, so no interesting posts, please.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 15:15 (nineteen years ago)

Woohoo! I knew it! I knew she would call. You don't tell random dudes that you don't like your boyfriend if you don't want to HIT IT.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 15:15 (nineteen years ago)

Someone's got THE KNACK
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00029RDWM.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 15:17 (nineteen years ago)

PS - that soundtrack rules.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 15:17 (nineteen years ago)

And the movie, for that matter.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 15:18 (nineteen years ago)

john-

where did said dancing occur?

way way xpost from ysterday: Missy Elliot Rapping Over Can.

and, from the same series, a slightly more questionable yet kind of fun mashup..

― grady (grady), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 15:19 (nineteen years ago)

Holy shit! Grady is great! Thanks, friend.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 15:34 (nineteen years ago)

you're quite welcome.

― grady (grady), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 15:41 (nineteen years ago)

Hi STOP I will be in Chicago this weekend but probably spending the entire time with my family and in-laws STOP checking out the Pompeii exhibit at the Field Museum and the Lego Store STOP just wanted to shout out to all my Chicago people even though I never get onto these 1000-post threads anymore STOP glad John got a call from a hot babe, does she look like Lisa Bonet STOP also thanks for the CDs John, we have to do another Brewers game this year or maybe the White Sox / Cubs STOP okay I'll STOP now

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 15:49 (nineteen years ago)

I've heard the Pompeii exhibit is really cool.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 15:52 (nineteen years ago)

I heard the Pompeii exhibit is gone -- replaced by something about evolution?

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 15:53 (nineteen years ago)

SHIT

A couple of my extended crew of friends saw it over the weekend, guess it was the last couple of days?

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

I could be wrong. I am often wrong.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

It's open through 3/26. I checked.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 15:57 (nineteen years ago)

I think my parents went to see it when they were here and said it was pretty intense. When I was a kid, I saw a documentary on Pompeii and was thereafter terrified of volcanos until I learned enough geology to understand that I really wasn't likely to die that way. I probably had my first panic atteck in 1980 when Mt. St. Helens errupted.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:00 (nineteen years ago)

"atteck" = JENNY FROM NEW ZEALAND. See also "ecktually", "nivermind", & "ivryone".

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

My son is kind of obsessed with Pompeii, as it took place on his birthday. (In a different year, though.) I'd list his other obsessions but he's 7 1/2 so it would be the biggest post in the history of ILX.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

I probably had my first panic atteck in 1980 when Mt. St. Helens errupted.

That's.......weird. At least, a little?

― gbx (skowly), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

Is this one of the exhibits with the plaster molds of people frozen at the moment of firey death? Cause that's pretty cool.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:06 (nineteen years ago)

Ha ha, Laurel - Jesse and I always joke that New Zealanders only have one vowel.

I think it was weird. I was really freaked out about the idea that a volcano would errupt in southern Delaware and wipe out my entire family. Mt. St. Helens errupting in the US was freaky to me because it made volcanos an immediate threat in my own country instead of something that only happened long ago and far away. My father was really into being honest to kids and he made things worse when I asked him, "If a volcano errupted in Delaware, could I stand on these chairs with metal legs and be safe from the lava?" and he answered, "Oh no, the lava would be higher than the house, and even if it wasn't, it's so hot the chair legs would met. If a volcano errupted near us, we wouldn't survive it."

Cue crying, hyperventallating, etc.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:06 (nineteen years ago)

Kenan - yes. Those are also what I saw on the documentary that set me off on my volcanophobia.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:07 (nineteen years ago)

I also used to sleep with all my stuffed animals in a garbage bag so if there was a fire in the house, I could grab the bag and get all them all out and not have to make a six year old's stuffed animal Sophie's Choice.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:09 (nineteen years ago)

That sounds like my dad, almost to the letter. Except replace "volcano" with "Bhopal Union Carbide Chemical Factory."

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:09 (nineteen years ago)

Kids are weird.

xpost: that's why I had only one.

― gbx (skowly), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:09 (nineteen years ago)

Kid?

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:10 (nineteen years ago)

My father was really into being honest to kids and he made things worse...

that reminds me of my pop, when i was about 8 a bird we had died. my sisters and i were justifiably (sp?) upset but my dad, who i'm sure was only trying to help in his own weird, demented way, said we shouldn't be sad because all things that live will die. "one day tiger (our cat) will die and your mother and i will die and you three will die too."

with that my younger sister absolutely exploded in tears. apparently she took "one day" to mean "one day next week" or something.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:11 (nineteen years ago)

hahahah!

My parents have always been straight shooters about that stuff. Esp. since my dad saved the dead birds that ran into our porch windows and pointed out neat things about them to us. We ate a pheasant once!

Speaking of dying animals: I think my parents are putting down my dog today. I'm NOT happy about this.

― gbx (skowly), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:14 (nineteen years ago)

That is both terrifically endearing and also extremely sad. Because it's not like sleeping with a lumpy plastic bag is any fun, but that's what you needed to do to feel safe & prepared! I've said it before: OH THE CAREFREE INNOCENCE OF CHILDHOOD.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:15 (nineteen years ago)

Oh no! I'm sorry, Evan. That's a sad thing. Is your dog ill?

xpost: Laurel, that particular phobic trend was started by a fire safety movie they made us watch in school. I probably should have been home schooled or lived w/ the Amish or something, for my own childhood mental health.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:16 (nineteen years ago)

My parents told me that dead people and animals were actually up in hot air balloons above the clouds, so I couldn't see them. I believed them for a while, until some time later I asked how grandpa could stay up in the hot air balloon without getting more gas and they were like "Huh? Hot air balloon? What are you talking about?"

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:17 (nineteen years ago)

Oh no! Evan! Your dog!

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:17 (nineteen years ago)

My dog has enlarged heart. He's stopped eating, only eats snow instead of drinking, can barely stand up and stuff. He's really sick.

BUT LOOK AT THIS FACE

http://static.flickr.com/13/19591140_077d64f4f6.jpg

― gbx (skowly), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:24 (nineteen years ago)

I don't have anything to say about volcanoes or dogs.

1. Grady: the aforementioned dancing and girl-meeting occurred at Jordan's show at the Green Mill on Saturday night.

2. Hi Matt! Yes, let's definitely plan for another baseball game this summer. I haven't bought any Cubs or Sox tickets, and I think both are hot commodities this year, so a Brewers game might be the way to go.

3. Plans to get at least 6 hours of sleep per night this week were foiled by IMing with Casuistry last night. But it was a very good chat and worthwhile and uplifting even. :)

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

Aw, that's a beautiful dog.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:26 (nineteen years ago)

It's the way big dogs go. He was extremely fit and active and running around and stuff just a few months ago, at Christmas. Over a hundred pounds, barrel-chested, etc. Nine years old. And then (just like my last dog, also huge (130+)), something just goes bad and he started dying, like, over the course of a month.

And, like all animals, he KNOWS he's dying and isn't really interested in prolonging it. He COULD eat and he COULD drink, but what's the point, right? Gonna die anyway.

― gbx (skowly), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, that's a good attitude. I still feel sad for him and you and your parents. Dying dogs are hard to watch. So sad.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

aw! that's horrible, gbx! it's so sad to have an old pet have to be put down. glad he wasn't suffering long though.

(and a belated yaaaay jaymc!)

i can't remember my parents contributing to irrational childhood fears. i was always afraid that strangers would kidnap me because of what they taught me in school, and my dad was all unshaven one day and i remember thinking "oh! he looks like a Stranger! oh no!"

we got a rental car when on vacation once and i was very concerned that my family was resorting to a life of crime because i couldn't understand that my father was not in fact stealing the car. we were all going to go to jail, in my mind.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yeah. I'm kinda glad I'm not home to see him moping around. The last time I saw him we went on a run together and I was impressed with how spry he was for such an old dude. Would rather remember that than see him struggle to get up and half-heartedly eat a bit of pork or something.

My parents are taking it pretty hard, I think. My sis and I have been out of the house for years now, and Clancy was my mom's constant companion at home. They just sorta hung out all day in the garden and stuff.

At least now they can go on vacation. Upside, people.

― gbx (skowly), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:37 (nineteen years ago)

What a beautiful dog. So regal! Evan, I'm so sorry. It is the way big dogs often go, but that doesn't make it easier, really. That's just the pits, but I am so glad that he won't suffer, poor guy.

I've only seen my stepfather cry twice. Once was at my grandmother's funeral and once was when we put the old sweet but sick sick sick family dog to sleep.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:39 (nineteen years ago)

Hi, guys. I only skimmed the thread. I apologize if anyone typed anything directed towards me and I didn't notice it.

Memphis was beautiful. Thanks for the recs, Otto! I said hi to Zack in Goner, because that's who was working. I bought a record they put out on their label (this one). We walked around the neighborhood, got coffee a few doors down, and somehow survived the wonderful but awful smelling House of Mews. Good times.

The weather was GORGEOUS.

― Sarah Madkitten McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:43 (nineteen years ago)

Welcome back, Sarah!

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:46 (nineteen years ago)

I almost don't want to offer condolences because I hate to humanly muddy up the natural passing of such a grand companion & dog, who is even smart enough & canine enough to know what he needs right to the end. He looks and sounds like a prince, Evan. Congratulations to you and yr family for 9 years of his best.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:49 (nineteen years ago)

That's such a pretty dog, evan. I'm sorry.

― Sarah Madkitten McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 16:57 (nineteen years ago)

evan, he's gorgeous. i'm so sorry.

my parents put down the dog i grew up with in September. He was 15 years old.

This is him a few hours before they put him down:

http://images.kodakgallery.com/servlet/Images/photos1441/6/59/81/66/47/0/47668159607_0_BG.jpg?a=179

― grady (grady), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

xpost Hi, John! It sounds like YOU had fun while I was gone. :-D

― Sarah Madkitten McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 17:06 (nineteen years ago)

Thanks guys. He was a real bro. And I'm sure, despite all their talk, my parents will get a (much smaller) pup within a few months. They'll go crazy without SOMEthing/one to take care of.

― gbx (skowly), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 17:18 (nineteen years ago)

I bought a record they put out on their label
oh my god that harlan t bobo album made me want to kill myself. when i read the backstory it made it even more sad. i saw harlan perform instore when i was down there it was awesome.

me and a liverpudlian friend of mine spent a lot of time in that coffee shop, it was the only place to get a decent cup of tea apparently.

damn, now i'm gonna be humming "let's get a bottle and a hotel room tonight..." for the rest of the day. glad you had fun, i can't wait to get back there.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 17:22 (nineteen years ago)

Evan, my parents are struggling with the same problem right now. I think it's for the best that someone you've loved and who has loved you back be allowed to go out as close to "on top" as possible. Doesn't make it any easier, though.

In other news, we may have found a new apartment, and if so it's a reaaaaaaly good one!

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 17:26 (nineteen years ago)

sorry about your dog, evan. i've never had pets of any kind, so it's hard for me to imagine what it must be like to lose a loved companion like that. but i can sympathize.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 17:28 (nineteen years ago)

Pets dying sucks hardcore. Dogs and Cats should switch lifespans with dumb birds.

― Jeff. (Jeff), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 17:44 (nineteen years ago)

At 55th and Hyde Park Blvd. lies ORLY's Cafe.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 18:48 (nineteen years ago)

NO WAI

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 18:56 (nineteen years ago)

SRSLY

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:01 (nineteen years ago)

So on Sunday my dad and I are going to see Mamet's A Life in the Theatre at the Goodman. I was trying to see what the play was about and found that its most notable recent revival was in the West End about a year ago and it starred ... Capt. Picard and Pacey Witter:

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/red/blue_pics/2005/02/03/lifeinkentonsdfsdfdfdfdddd.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:03 (nineteen years ago)

John you should grow a beard again, then we can call you "No. 1."

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:07 (nineteen years ago)

And tell you to do things by saying "Make it so."

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:08 (nineteen years ago)

and then you could sleep with all sorts of alien women!

― Juulia (julesbdules), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:09 (nineteen years ago)

Did Riker get around? Well, there's another bonus!

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:10 (nineteen years ago)

I have no idea what you're talking about.

Make Dawson's Creek jokes, please.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:23 (nineteen years ago)

wasn't he seducing someone just about every episode, or having some woman throw herself at him? i haven't watched for an age, but that's how i remember it.

xp.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:24 (nineteen years ago)

I have no idea what you're talking about.

Yet you know Capt. Picard? Sounds suspect to me!

I was never much of a Next Gen. fan either. Moreso than other versions of Star Trek though, I guess.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:36 (nineteen years ago)

I just saw a graffito that read: "Roger Ebert is a sexy symbol"

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:38 (nineteen years ago)

He's a pop-culture icon! (xpost: Stewart, that is)

Actually, though I'm well aware he's the Star Trek dude, it's possible this may be the only thing I've seen Patrick Stewart act in (Jeffrey):

http://www.thepsn.org/psn/images/filmography/Jeffrey.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

Hahaha.

I always liked him as "Duff McCracken, Scottish Therapist"

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:41 (nineteen years ago)

Bob Falls (guy directing that show) is an inventive director - his best productions are world-class, and even his weaker ones are usually great on the eye. It's a strange play for the Goodman to do on their mainstage - just because of the massive scale of that room - so I'm interested in checking it out.

I was supposed to see the final dress rehearsal of it the Friday before last, but it was cancelled because of technical problems, so the set may have some pyrotechnics to it.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:49 (nineteen years ago)

Sarah! Welcome home! I missed you, even though I never see you anymore and you don't post that much. I just like knowing your around, I guess.

So, hey. Remember that time there was talk about getting together on Wednesday? Anybody really interested in doing that? And if so, is anybody interested in doing that as late as 9:30?

Related inquiry: Does the fact that I'm able to withstand the intense urge to drink a beer right now proof that I don't have a drinking problem? Or does the fact that I'm about to lose my mind because it's 2 pm on Tuesday afternoon and I really want a beer proof that I do have a drinking problem?

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

Jenny, you get too much homework done to have a real drinking problem.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

And what is going on this weekend because I have RLY got to get out of the house and talk to people or at least look at them or else there will be batshit insaneness of unbelievable proportions.

xpost: Maybe I'm just putting the "fun" in "functional alcoholic."

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:55 (nineteen years ago)

It's only a drinking problem if you have problems with it!

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:56 (nineteen years ago)

I HAVE A PROBLEM IN THAT I AM IN THE LIBRARY AND NOT AT A BAR DRINKING A BEER RIGHT NOW.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:00 (nineteen years ago)

AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH

― gbx (skowly), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

I have to give a five minute-long opening statement about a fake car accident trial in class tonight and I'm trying to decide if drinking a beer will make it easier or harder to do this. The fact that I'm even attempting to weigh my options is a little frightening to me.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:02 (nineteen years ago)

"NO YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER, JUDGSHHHE! (hic)"

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:04 (nineteen years ago)

"OBJECTSSSHUN!"

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:05 (nineteen years ago)

On the one hand, a little liquid self confidence would probably come in handy. On the other, slurring would be no good. Neither would stumbling or stinking. Or passing out during my classmates' opening statements.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

The fact that you're not at the bar guzzling already is a sign that you're just nervous -- not insane for the hooch. Jenny - you gonna be FINE! Doncha worry!

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:07 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah there's a difference between wanting and NEEDING a beer. They always taste better after hard work.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

I'd be up for doing something on Wednesday night, but only if I don't go out with the girl that night.

Jeff also suggested a happy hour, and I'd definitely be interested in that, and maybe especially so if I'm going out with the girl later.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:10 (nineteen years ago)

i had a friend who was in grad school who would study at the bars. he'd pour himself a beer and reward himself with a bit of it for every page he read. i'm not sure if he ended up doing all that well, but it seemed like a creative study technique.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:13 (nineteen years ago)

OKAY NO BEER RIGHT NOW.

Dammit.

I would prefer a Wednesday happy hour BUT Jesse and I have stupid yoga class at 7:30 and I skipped last Wednesday night and took class on Saturday and I won't be there this Saturday and and and I don't want to get into the habit of skipping my only physical activity in favor of BEER so I just don't know. And Jeff and I are going away this weekend. And I have a massage with E's roommate on Thursday that it's taken us weeks to come to a scheduling agreement on. Plus I will have had god knows what done to my teeth Thursday morning.

I DO NOT KNOW CHICAGO. I think none of you will ever see me again, that's what I think.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:14 (nineteen years ago)

I don't have anything planned for this weekend, except maybe a massage! Yay!

It is very very hard to come back to work after taking 2 vacation days. Ouch! I'm starting to zone out big time.

― Sarah Madkitten McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:21 (nineteen years ago)

I walked right by that ORLY'S CAFE last weekend and was sad that I didn't have my camera with me, then I forgot about it.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:27 (nineteen years ago)

Nothing wrong with an afternoon beer. Something wrong with afternoon liquor.

After a few days of putzing around with some writing I had to do last week, I finally printed it out, took it to a corner bar, and broke through and finished it along with a pint of Sierra Nevada. This was at 5 p.m., not 2 p.m., but still.

And I think I did a lot of decent creative work at the Hopleaf between 5 and 7 p.m., at that window seat right near the door.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:29 (nineteen years ago)

(oops, didn't finish that last sentence - ...back when I lived in Andersonville)

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:30 (nineteen years ago)

Something wrong with afternoon liquor.

Except on Sundays, when it's perfectly acceptable to be half-sunk on screwdrivers by 12.30 and spend rest of arvo tossing v sharp darts across the room. Oh, Jersey City Sundays!

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:31 (nineteen years ago)

Oh nice. The Chicago version of that involves pool and irish coffee.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:34 (nineteen years ago)

what's arvo? I agree with Laurel though -- I like an afternoon cocktail on weekends from time to time, especially on a hot day. Mmmm afternoon mojito.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:35 (nineteen years ago)

I agree that there is nothing wrong with afternoon beer (or cocktails, except that I don't like cocktails as much as I like beer, personally), except when you have things to do following said beer that don't lend themselves to being done while half in the bag. Hense my di-lemma.

So, listen, people. I have to go STUDY now so please keep me posted via email re: developments on my sad, sorry no beer situation and what you intend to do to help.

I LOVE YOU ALL.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:36 (nineteen years ago)

I suck at pool, used to be at least half-respectable at darts, partly because they only take one hand so you can keep cigarette in the other and never set it down.

Arvo = australian slang for afternoon, no idea where it comes from. Crazy Ozzies.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:38 (nineteen years ago)

I went to Hopleaf at like 5 PM on Saturday and it was packed!

There was something nice, and a little naughty, about getting such an early start on my drinking -- esp. since I'd done nothing whatosever earlier in the day. As in, well, might as well pick up where I left off last night.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:38 (nineteen years ago)

they also say avy and avo, too! Ditto Kiwis.

― gbx (skowly), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:40 (nineteen years ago)

Nothing like a few bevvies in the avo.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

Just to be consistent with the advice I gave John yesterday, Jenny, I think this means you should have two beers.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:43 (nineteen years ago)

Dear perfect mango that I'm cutting up right now,

I am about to devour you.

Yours,
A

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:50 (nineteen years ago)

Dear Amanda,

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! AAAAAAA! AAAAAA! AAAAAAA!

Yours,
mango

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

Most mangos really love "Immigrant Song", it's true.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

Dear Casuistry,

My psyche thanks you. My body does not.

Mysteriously,

Jaymc

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:57 (nineteen years ago)

Those are clearly shrieks of joy, since this is the MOST DELICIOUS $0.89 mango EVER to be eaten in the middle of March! Holy crap. If I had to write a song of my favorite things, there would be a verse where I would sing

Mango mango mango
mango mango mango
mango mango mango
mango mango mango

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 20:57 (nineteen years ago)

AMAN: Tango Mango

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 21:00 (nineteen years ago)

Amanda, you are the funziest!

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 21:03 (nineteen years ago)

Say goodbye, mango all gone. [checks for mango mustache] I think it weighed more than a pound.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 21:07 (nineteen years ago)

God's Own Mango. A mango for the ages.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 21:09 (nineteen years ago)

Monday, 4/24/2006 - 10:30 PM

Grolsch, The Onion & Schubas present:
DJs Upstairs -
Canasta after-party featuring
DJs Seaworthy and Nick Fiction

FREE
- DJs Upstairs is a new DJ series, taking place in Schubas' upstairs bar, and featuring local and national musicians etc... Selected DJs spin their records & CDs, or plug in their iPods, to provide a glimpse into their musical influences and tastes.
- Relax, listen, and drink very cheap Grolsch

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 21:14 (nineteen years ago)

No, thank you, J.

I found a commercial version of a certain card game at a thirft store today for under a dollar, and how could I pass it up?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 21:18 (nineteen years ago)

xpost

my brother is a Physics major at a school with only a few other physics majors.

they all decide where they have class each day... sometimes outside, sometimes at someone's apartment, quite frequently at a bar.

― grady (grady), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 21:29 (nineteen years ago)

YOU GUYS ME AND NICK ARE GONNA SPIN SOME HOT TUNES DO YOU SEE

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 21:41 (nineteen years ago)

I will be there if you promise to play "Helen Wheels" by Wings.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

Because normally 10:30 is MY BEDTIME, kiddies.

― The Milkmaid (AARP member and arthritis sufferer) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 21:52 (nineteen years ago)

I (surprise surprise) don't know that song.

Wings songs I do know:

"Live and Let Die"
"Silly Love Songs"
"Wonderful Christmastime"

The first one is interesting (but mostly just for the guitar solo), the second is genius, and the third is underrated.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 21:55 (nineteen years ago)

No "Band on the Run" ?

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 21:57 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yeah, I guess I've heard that, too. It's not really lodged in my memory, though.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 21:58 (nineteen years ago)

After thinking for about 30 seconds, I believe that I'd be a horrible DJ.

― Jeff. (Jeff), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 22:01 (nineteen years ago)

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 22:04 (nineteen years ago)

At least, a DJ of the "spinning" variety.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 22:04 (nineteen years ago)

I just feel like I should punish anyone who dares listens to me.

― Jeff. (Jeff), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 22:07 (nineteen years ago)

I'm going to play my 45 of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" as performed by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at 33 RPM. Then when it gets to the end, I will slooooooowly take the needle off the record and put it back at the beginning again. Ad infinitum for an hour.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 22:10 (nineteen years ago)

I think I will resist the temptation to end my set with "You'll Dance to Anything" by the Dead Milkmen, mainly because it wouldn't be funny unless there were actually people dancing.

"I met Andy Warhol at a really chic party"
BLOW IT OUR YOUR HAIRDO CUZ YOU WORK AT HARDEES

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 22:12 (nineteen years ago)

Ad infinitum for an hour.

This is a contradiction in terms!

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 22:14 (nineteen years ago)

This is off-topic, but I wanted to note that two of last week's villains had surnames that ended with -brenner.

Sensenbrenner (sponsor of HR 4437)
Missbrenner (rapist of drunk girls)

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 22:15 (nineteen years ago)

"ALLEGED" rapist, sorry.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 22:16 (nineteen years ago)

"What do I gotta do to get some respect around here?"

http://www.lasvegas-nv.com/brett/david-brenner.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 22:16 (nineteen years ago)

"I fail to see your point."

http://www.widewordofsports.com/images-steinbrenner-demon.JPG

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 22:17 (nineteen years ago)

Germans? Evil? Who knew?

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 22:28 (nineteen years ago)

AND this new guy at work 1) has the audacity to sport a Hitler mustache and 2) count "researching geneology" as his main hobby. (We have this hokey "meet the new people" email that goes out, so that's how I know these things.) Weird.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 22:30 (nineteen years ago)

Back to DJ requests:

Could one of you please bust out "Slam" by Onyx?

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 22:53 (nineteen years ago)

BA-DA-DUM

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 22:56 (nineteen years ago)

Songs I would not want to hear 'nasta cover:
"Come On Eileen"
"Tainted Love"
"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 23:01 (nineteen years ago)

Only because they are OTM, but a cover would not be satisfying.

"The Safety Dance" too.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 23:03 (nineteen years ago)

I am drinking a beer!

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 02:53 (nineteen years ago)

I've had a bottle of wine!

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 03:17 (nineteen years ago)

I am stone cold sober!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 03:20 (nineteen years ago)

Ever have one of those nights where you start to think that you'd feel much better if you had some relatively unpleasant sexual encounter with a random stranger but you just don't feel like cleaning your room?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 04:14 (nineteen years ago)

...

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 04:20 (nineteen years ago)

"erections are overrated"

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 04:27 (nineteen years ago)

I really meant the inverse of that.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 04:30 (nineteen years ago)

flaccid penises are....underrated?

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 04:40 (nineteen years ago)

Yes.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 04:51 (nineteen years ago)

Unless... you think they are rated accurately?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 04:53 (nineteen years ago)

You don't want to clean your room. Right?

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 04:56 (nineteen years ago)

I want my room to have been cleaned.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 05:06 (nineteen years ago)

You and me both.

― jaymcleaned (skowly), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 05:09 (nineteen years ago)

Hrm.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 05:11 (nineteen years ago)

Haha Evan! What does that even mean?

I AM GOING ON A DATE ON FRIDAY.

she sounds so sweet on the phone.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 05:25 (nineteen years ago)

I am not Chris.

― Causuistry (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 05:29 (nineteen years ago)

You are better off.

― foxtrot uncle kayak. uncle. (Chris Piuma), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 05:31 (nineteen years ago)

Could've fooled me.

― whiskytangofoxtrot (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 05:33 (nineteen years ago)

Or am I?

― Causistry (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 05:35 (nineteen years ago)

FUNZONE

― gbyx (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 05:37 (nineteen years ago)

what's with this "FUNZONE" that comes up on here sometimes?

― what's with this funzone that comes up (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 05:39 (nineteen years ago)

I deem the preceding: BEST POST EVER ANYWHERE.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 05:40 (nineteen years ago)

I want my room to have been cleaned.

Get it? Jokes!

Dates: good! Seriously!

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 05:41 (nineteen years ago)

yes i got it after i posted that!

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 05:43 (nineteen years ago)

oh good

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 05:53 (nineteen years ago)

John, I'm going out dancing on Thursday night with the gal who called you cunny - come along if you wanna.

― Eazy (Eazy), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 05:59 (nineteen years ago)

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 06:01 (nineteen years ago)

Where and when? She called me tonight but I didn't pick up, and she didn't leave a message. I probably won't be able to make it, though: I have band practice.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 06:02 (nineteen years ago)

Two dates?? Girls throwing it like frisbees, Cunny.

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 06:03 (nineteen years ago)

Neo - It would be a good cooldown for the band after rehearsal.

― Eazy (Eazy), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 06:04 (nineteen years ago)

John called a girl cunny? WTF?

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 06:05 (nineteen years ago)

Other way around. John objected, she settled for Cunsman.

― Eazy (Eazy), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 06:06 (nineteen years ago)

gbx, there's a reason why I didn't pick up, dig?

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 06:06 (nineteen years ago)

no, i will not make out with you.

(read: DIG.)

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 06:09 (nineteen years ago)

I don't think you're cut out for

― medieval monestary life! (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 06:12 (nineteen years ago)

I want to date a woman who uses the word "cunny" in casual conversation.

1720 D'URFEY Pills VI. 197 All my Delight is a Cunny in the Night, When she turns up her silver Hair.
1865 E. SELLON New Epicurean (1875) 11, I frigged and kissed their fragrant cunnies.
1879-80 Pearl (1970) 216 Your private parts, or cunny, Should not be let for money.
1891 FARMER & HENLEY Slang II. 230 Cunny-haunted,..lecherous.
1922 F. HARRIS My Life & Loves I. x. 208 She had limbs like a Greek statue and her triangle of brown hair lay in little silky curls on her belly and then{em}the sweetest little cunny in the world.

By god, "cunny-haunted" is my word of the day!

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 13:41 (nineteen years ago)

Indeed it is. That's better than cuckoo's nest. And a date! WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO WEAR?!?!!?

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:06 (nineteen years ago)

OMG dressing up for dates is soooooo fun.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:07 (nineteen years ago)

But math is hard. So is Thai. I did poorly on my exam. :(

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:07 (nineteen years ago)

I enjoy dressing up for dates. And I enjoy seeing what my date wears.

PS-- I FORGOT TO SAY "YES" TO YOGA AND THEN BEER. Every Wed. I try to get Jenny to go out for a beer after yoga.

Cunny-haunted is like pussy-whipped.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:27 (nineteen years ago)

What I wear is almost entirely dependent on what's clean in my closet. Also a little on what we do, i.e. spelunking vs. the symphony.

Haven't we already talked about the horribleness of me being called "cunny" and the archaic etymology thereof? I honestly don't think it even occurred to her that it was inappropriate. But then she's also thought that I've made up slang words that I've used in front of her, like "steez" or -- I forget, but it was like the name of a musical genre.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:47 (nineteen years ago)

Hey guys. I got deathly ill on Monday night (food poisoning, I kinda think) and basically slept until right now. I also have no internet at home at the moment. What have I missed?

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:57 (nineteen years ago)

I know I missed Pi Day for one thing.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:58 (nineteen years ago)

Ummm... John is cunny-haunted, but he has a date. So does EZ. ILX helped me get over my drinking problem by convicing me I don't have one. One of John's dance moves involves punching Nick.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:01 (nineteen years ago)

You didn't miss anything important, Jordan - are you feeling better?

So what are you doing for your date? Is this a coffee date or a nighttime date? Did she call you and say "OOOOOOH, ON THE JMC TIP"?

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:02 (nineteen years ago)

Jordan, what did you eat that gave you food poisoning?

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:06 (nineteen years ago)

I think it might have been Dunkin' Donuts on my way out of Chicago. :(

It was either either that (specifically, the 'supreme breakfast omelette') or some pizza I had in Madison.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:12 (nineteen years ago)

Gross! Let's pretend it's the pizza since I drink an awful lot of DD coffee here in the Land of a Million Dunkin Donutses. Man, food poisoning is the absolute pits. I'm glad you feel better.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:13 (nineteen years ago)

Will there be beer tonight or no? After yoga at 9, I mean.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:14 (nineteen years ago)

I suppose it may not have been food poisoning, but then it was a high fever, chills, and puking for no ascertainable reason. Anyway, I feel better as of this morning, thanks.

Cunny-haunted!

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:16 (nineteen years ago)

woooooOOOOOOOOOooooooo...

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:24 (nineteen years ago)

I can hear Courtney's voice in my head pointing out that if you have real food poisoning you will be in the hospital. What happens far more frequently is gastrointeritis, which is severe irritation of the GI tract from bacteria.

Once my BF threw up and shit for 24 hours after eating McD's and I said, "He has food poisoning" and C. rolled her eyes and said, "It is not food poisoning, it's gastrointeritis."

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:25 (nineteen years ago)

woooooOOOOOOOOOooooooo...

I imagine this noise coming out of my cunny. FYI.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:26 (nineteen years ago)

The weird thing is that the shit I ate on Friday and Saturday seemed much more likely to give me food poisoning (Mexican food, fried shrimp, frog legs, etc.). But I thought food poisoning takes effect within 24 hrs?

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:27 (nineteen years ago)

The symptoms from the most common types of food poisoning generally start within 2 to 6 hours of eating the food responsible. That time may be longer (even a number of days) or shorter, depending on the toxin or organism responsible for the food poisoning.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:30 (nineteen years ago)

I would take issue with this. Irritation of the stomach and intestines is probably more common than bacterial toxicity, but that's not to say that anytime you have some foul-ass potato salad it's going to bring you to the doorstep of death. There is certainly a way to ingest only enough toxin to make you really gross to be around for a while.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:30 (nineteen years ago)

Other steps to take:
If you take care of young children, wash your hands often and dispose of diapers carefully so that bacteria can't spread to other surfaces or people.
If you make canned food at home, be sure to follow proper canning techniques to prevent botulism.
DO NOT feed honey to children under 1 year of age.
DO NOT eat wild mushrooms.
When traveling where contamination is more likely, eat only hot, freshly cooked food. Drink water only if it's been boiled. DO NOT eat raw vegetables or unpeeled fruit.
DO NOT eat shellfish exposed to red tides.
If you are pregnant or have a weakened immune system, DO NOT eat soft cheeses, especially imported from countries outside the U.S.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:31 (nineteen years ago)

When I've had food poisoning, it struck within a couple of hours of eating, after much belly noise, and then continued to strike for about 8 hours after that.

― Sarah Madkitten McLusky (coco), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:34 (nineteen years ago)

I don't really know for sure. But she drove the point in to the point where I internalized it. And now I'm excorcising it. Or at least exercising it.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:35 (nineteen years ago)

I'd agree that when most people say "food poisoning," they're talking about stomach upset that is not related to poisonous bacteria. So, her point is well taken. Maybe we should start saying things like, "Man, all that Thai food really fucked with me."

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

I had for real food poisoning once from a Chinese food buffet. Bloating, then the opposite of bloating, and then I couldn't eat for about a week.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:47 (nineteen years ago)

Secret to good cooking: NO CLOVES.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:50 (nineteen years ago)

when i was in hong kong on a teenage orchestral tour i'd eaten something at the very beginning of the trip that messed with my stomach, so for the whole week i couldn't eat anything but tiny bits of rice. that sucked.

cloves are nasty.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:51 (nineteen years ago)

Clostridium perfringens is one of the most commonly reported foodborne illnesses. Sometimes it is called the "food service germ" because food served in quantity and left for long periods on a steam table or at room temperature can cause this illness. Many times dozens of people become sick from a common source, especially where large quantities of food are prepared several hours before serving.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:52 (nineteen years ago)

i wish i could not eat anything but tiny bits of rice. i'm FAT AND UGLY.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:52 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.newmoon.uk.com/goth/clove.gif

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:52 (nineteen years ago)

Hm. Looking more into this.

This page claims that

"the popular media tends to describe all food-related illnesses as "food poisoning", but strictly speaking, this is incorrect.
Food poisoning is caused by consuming foods that contain toxins. These toxins can be produced by micro organisms, can occur naturally in the food (for example, in certain mushrooms) or can be a contaminant."

This page defines it in much the same way, with a leaning toward the bacterial toxicity aspect.

And this page lists food poisoning as a possible cause of gastroenteritis, not a separate condition.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:53 (nineteen years ago)

One could have a "foodborne illness" and not have "food poisoning" that led to hospitalization. The clostridium perfringens bacteria may be what irritates the stomach, leading to gasterinteritis.

Conclusion: We're all right!

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

But in the interest of being super duper correct, I got a foodborne illness, most likely clostridium perfringens, from a Chinese food buffet once.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:56 (nineteen years ago)

Can we...not talk about food poisoning anymore?

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:57 (nineteen years ago)

Ha ha!

Okay.

So I listened to that Missy/Can song and... it's okay. The end.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:58 (nineteen years ago)

heh. Ok. I was curious, is all. I don't want to go around saying "food poisoning" when this is totally incorrect. But it looks like it's not really that big a mistake.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:59 (nineteen years ago)

I don't think I've ever had food poisoning. There have been a few times where I ate something that didn't really sit well with me, but I don't believe I've ever gotten sick, like vomiting sick, from something I ate.

(xpost YOU KNOW, I was gonna say, "lovely conversation we're having here people, this is what happens when I commute to work, etc. etc." but I sucked it up and decided to join in.)

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:59 (nineteen years ago)

I never have either -- I've had upset tummies but not like projectile anything.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

BACTERIA ARE REAL, PEOPLE.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

...they are standing still.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:02 (nineteen years ago)

ha ha --- Jordan's request was OK'ed and then ignored.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:03 (nineteen years ago)

Where are we going tonight after yoga?

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:05 (nineteen years ago)

Secret to good cooking: NO CLOVES.

WRONG

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:06 (nineteen years ago)

xpost- john--clark street?

I'm just back from dousing yam gluten with fish sauce.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:12 (nineteen years ago)

Is that a euphemism?

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:16 (nineteen years ago)

indeed not.

I was looking for cool meat substitutes at my local cool meat substitute retailers and I found yam gluten. It's supposed to be like seitan, but different. The kind I bought is shaped as shrimp and feels like shrimp to the touch.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:18 (nineteen years ago)

I have had that in various vegetarian Asian food. Maybe also in spring rolls.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:22 (nineteen years ago)

Sooo, Maddie and I are going to see bellydancers tonight. Bellies!

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

Ooh! Belly-dancing is totally amazing. You wouldn't think parts of the body were even capable of moving independently in those ways! Where is it, Jordan?

― Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:43 (nineteen years ago)

The only time I've ever seen belly dancing was while I was trying to eat, in which case it was annoying.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:44 (nineteen years ago)

It is teh bellydance superstars, here.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:51 (nineteen years ago)

I was going to take belly dancing classes this semester, but they were too inconveniently located so I took yoga instead. Which is also somewhat inconveniently located, come to think of it. Oh well.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:57 (nineteen years ago)

I was at a party a few years ago, and the woman I was talking to suddenly said that she had to go up the street to see her sister bellydance at 10:30, so a group of us went. It was at that restaurant with the bright vertical sign near where Clark and Ashland merge. The troupe was, I think, called Read Our Hips.

The bellydancers had an other-world sexiness, as in You Will Never Touch; as in This Is Not Part of Your World.

The place felt like an organized crime hangout, what with the guys in suits sitting in booths in the shadows and the others running back and forth to them.

― Eazy (Eazy), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

I think there's an ILM thread about this, but how come listening to songs on your iPod in alphabetical order is sometimes better than at random?

I put on Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me" because I'm planning on writing about it, but then look what else came up:

"I Can't Stand the Rain," Ann Peebles (classic, of course)
"I Can't Stay Here," Clem Snide
"I Can't Touch You Anymore," Magnetic Fields (whoa, what is this? I kinda like the electro touches -- it also reminds me of late Leonard Cohen)
"I Cannot Make It," Sly and the Family Stone
"I Could Have Danced All Night," Jamie Cullum (yeah, yeah, I know, but it's from My Fair Lady, so he can't ruin it too much -- and actually, his cod-salsa version is sorta cool, though Arto Lindsay might do a better job with it)

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:00 (nineteen years ago)

Eazy: I lived across the street from Arkadash for nearly five years and never actually went inside.

But I think it actually is an organized crime hangout, to be honest. Maybe even a front. There's barely anyone in there during the week, but then on the weekend the parking lot is full of BMWs and Hummers. Turkish Mafia represent.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

That sounds like a good night, Eazy.

I have a craving for a grilled cheese sandwich. How come most places only have grilled cheese on their "kid's menu"? Does no one take pride in making a good grilled cheese anymore?

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:06 (nineteen years ago)

I made grilled cheese not too long ago with chipotle cheese and slices of jalapeno and tomato and it was deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelicious.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:07 (nineteen years ago)

Whenever I buy a grilled cheese sandwich at a restaurant, I feel like a sucker. Why go out in the first place?

unless there's soup, obv

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:09 (nineteen years ago)

OMG Jordan -- I had the same craving on Monday and went to this upscale but sorta crappy cafe called Camille's to see if they had one. They did, but it was on the kid's menu. I ended up getting some weird brie/apple/tomato/spinach/honey mustard wrap that was downright TERRIBLE. I clearly should've gone to the Billy Goat outlet in the Merchandise Mart food court.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:09 (nineteen years ago)

Clovers are excellent.

Alphabetical songs are often thematically related.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:10 (nineteen years ago)

(Fact: I've never made grilled cheese by myself in my life. Okay, maybe once or twice with someone else. But never solo. I don't even have butter or whatever it is you put on the bread.)

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:11 (nineteen years ago)

(Fox & Obel has a very good fancy-cheese grilled-cheese sandwich, if remember right.)

― Eazy (Eazy), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:12 (nineteen years ago)

Perhaps you better just stay away from the stove, then. xpost

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:12 (nineteen years ago)

I don't think I've ever made it either, but uh. For different reasons.

J., you have been thwarted again.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:13 (nineteen years ago)

Goddammit.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:14 (nineteen years ago)

I would normally make it at home, but I'm not sure if I have the correct cheese and I don't want to go home and be disappointed.

Fucking kid's menu. Are we allowed to order off the kid's menu? WTF?

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:14 (nineteen years ago)

Fact: my band is the only band ever to play at the Billy Goat.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:15 (nineteen years ago)

I wouldn't feel weird ordering off a kid's menu if the prices were comparable to the rest of the menu. But it's also usually pretty cheap, which makes me feel like I'm trying to pull a fast one on the restaurant.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:16 (nineteen years ago)

The... correct cheese?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:16 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I was going to ask about that, too -- but I was too distracted by your alleged "other reasons" for not making grilled cheese at home.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:18 (nineteen years ago)

You have to have the right bread to go with the right cheese! I like smoked gouda with a nubby wholegrain bread. Or swiss on rye. Or in a pinch, any bread with any cheese. OMG swiss on rye. MMMMMM.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

Alleged?

I just mean that I think we have some weirder cheeses at home, like havarti and brie and merlot cheddar and whatever, but I suspect that I won't find the plain ol' sharp cheddar that I need to make the grilled cheese of my dreams.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:22 (nineteen years ago)

your alleged "other reasons"

Sorry, the "your" in this phrase referred to Chris.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:27 (nineteen years ago)

Yes. That is very suspicious.

Chris, it's time to come clean.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:30 (nineteen years ago)

You'll feel better after you tell someone.

Tell us about the grilled cheese.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:31 (nineteen years ago)

Oh: For a long time I wasn't comfortable with frying pans. That s ounds a little overdramatic but it's essentially true: I hadn't used them much, I didn't really understand how frying worked, and so I tended not to make anything on them.

Now I'm a bit more comfortable with them, but while I've made quesadillas (and fried halloumi) I haven't made grilled cheese.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:32 (nineteen years ago)

I had, shall we say, a Fear of Frying.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:32 (nineteen years ago)

Chris, that sounds too much like me.

///

Gretchen Wilson: "I don't feel like loving you today / But you know I will, anyway / Even though we make it hard sometimes / I'll wind up forgiving you and probably loving you for the rest of my life"

Chelonis R. Jones: "It's not the point that you're leaving, or that you've found somebody new / It's when I asked if our love was gone / You stuttered with a glare, saying 'I don't know / I don't know if love will somehow return / I don't know / if you walk out the door the passion would burn.'"

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:35 (nineteen years ago)

You don't fry grilled cheese sandwiches, dudes, wtf.

Think of it as sauteeing.

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:35 (nineteen years ago)

Afraid of frying pans? I use frying pans ALL THE TIME. Hello stir fry!

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:36 (nineteen years ago)

for thanksgiving this year i made grilled cheese sandwiches with loads of frontera jalapeno and cilantro salsa. it was so much better than i could've hoped for.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:39 (nineteen years ago)

You guys are adorable.

I just made a dentist appointment! March 29th. Well, that's the "new patient appointment", then the actual cleaning is in April.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:39 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not afraid of frying pans personally, but that sounds like the same kind of irrational fear of something unfamiliar that has often plagued me. Like I'm freaking out because I'm going to four weddings this summer and I need a suit and I've never bought one and I don't know how to even go about it. (I think Renee and Blake are going to help me.)

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:40 (nineteen years ago)

Things I use frying pans for:

grilled cheese
omelets/eggs of all sorts
fish
chicken
lamb chops/assorted meats
other stuff

However, I will admit to a slight lack of confidence when it comes to boiling things. I never used to boil very much so I'm a little insecure when it comes to noodles, eggs, etc.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:42 (nineteen years ago)

I don't think I've made stir fry since I was a kid and we had a wok. And even then, not too often. I'll eat it and enjoy it, but I'm just not "into" it.

And yes, I realize you don't fry a grilled cheese sammich, but it does involve a frying pan. It's like getting really intimidated by scissors, I understand this. And I'm over it now, I could make a grilled cheese. I just haven't made bread in ages.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:42 (nineteen years ago)

Haha, seriously? I boil so much I used to be able to smell when the water was boiled from the other room. Which I don't think is technically possible. But I did it anyway. I used to live of pasta, back before I really cooked and when I was poor.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:44 (nineteen years ago)

:-) :-) :-) :-)

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:44 (nineteen years ago)

Are there new emoticons for bouncing up and down happily?

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:45 (nineteen years ago)

(.).)

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:46 (nineteen years ago)

or (.)(.)

(.)(.)

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:47 (nineteen years ago)

those do not look enough like boobies.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:47 (nineteen years ago)

Hey Chris, they sell bread in stores now!

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:48 (nineteen years ago)

i am stupidly crushing out.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:56 (nineteen years ago)

I am spoiled on making my own bread, and no longer enjoy store bread.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:59 (nineteen years ago)

:-) :-) :-) :-)

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:01 (nineteen years ago)

I guess I can understand that. I'm kinda spoiled on pizza.

Breadmaker or hardcore?

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:02 (nineteen years ago)

http://dream.impact.free.fr/Images/Smiley/lovestruck.gif

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:04 (nineteen years ago)

pics, plz

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:04 (nineteen years ago)

(.)(') maybe? but then the nipples are uneven, with the apostrophe.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:05 (nineteen years ago)

Where's that Charlotte Church animated gif when I need it. :(

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:05 (nineteen years ago)

I do not own a breadmaker. I do own a KitchenAid.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:06 (nineteen years ago)

No pics. I just got an e-mail, though.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:09 (nineteen years ago)

Which I will now reproduce in its entirety

...

j/k

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:09 (nineteen years ago)

WHAT IF this is Craigslist girl.

Just sayin'

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:10 (nineteen years ago)

(^)(^)

(*)(*)

(.)(,)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:10 (nineteen years ago)

What? How could it be Craigslist girl? Craigslist girl knows me from my band. New girl hasn't even heard of my band.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:11 (nineteen years ago)

Also, J., you should have B. help you get a suit. You'll pay more money than you'd ever imagined possible, but damn will you look great it in.

Although that was about where I balked.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:13 (nineteen years ago)

...right, she's "never heard of your band." I think BIG.

(I'm not serious, but wouldn't that be elaborate?)

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:13 (nineteen years ago)

Yes.

I don't know if I want to talk about her on here anymore.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:24 (nineteen years ago)

You have to tell her about ILX eventually, John.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:25 (nineteen years ago)

Uh oh - I didn't mean to freak out out! I'm sorry. It's good to remember that there are people out there though, and they can read this as easily as we can.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:26 (nineteen years ago)

out out = you out.

Again, sorry.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:26 (nineteen years ago)

IL ... what?

(hey, it's cool)

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:31 (nineteen years ago)

It's good to remember that there are people out there though, and they can read this as easily as we can.

Heh, yeah. But only with some drive to get into it. I passed a link to ILX to a friend of mine and he basically said "I don't know how you can put up with all of that."

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:33 (nineteen years ago)

Well, that doesn't matter so much as the fact that it'd more than a little creepy to discover this guy you just met is talking about his crush on you on a public message board.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:36 (nineteen years ago)

Truly.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:37 (nineteen years ago)

John, buying a suit is easy for dudes. Jeff can also help you. You basically walk into men's warehouse (I originally wrote "wank into men's warehouse" hahahaha) and say, "I NEED A SUIT." They will come at you with measuring tapes and you will walk out with a suit. It should less than an hour.

In the kitchen at work there is: a can opener, a toaster oven, a microwave. For lunch today I had a can of tomato soup and cheese toast (an open faced grilled cheese sandwich) and it was divine.

My favorite grilled cheese is with sharp cheddar or hoop cheese and crunchy, grainy bread, with a little bit of real butter.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:37 (nineteen years ago)

would she be able to recognize your username anyway though? and you tend to googleproof your band. ilx really is a lot to wade through for the unfamiliar.

xp oh that sounds good. i love good grilled cheese. i just had american cheese on white bread for lunch. meh.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:39 (nineteen years ago)

would she be able to recognize your username anyway though

Not necessarily. Unless she googles my real name and then finds my blog and then googles the first word in the URL of my blog. Or unless she googles my real name and then finds Kenan saying, on the last thread, "I LOVE YOU J0HN CUNN1NGH4M" (ungoogleproofed).

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:42 (nineteen years ago)

Sorry. I didn't know it was a big deal. Surely you can get a mod to change it.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:43 (nineteen years ago)

I love that "ungoogleproofed" is a word, and a useful one at that.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:43 (nineteen years ago)

It wouldn't be a big deal if I didn't expose so much of myself on this board.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:45 (nineteen years ago)

I put in a mod request.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:50 (nineteen years ago)

It wouldn't be a big deal if I didn't expose so much of myself on this board.

I picture John walking around in a trenchcoat from thread to thread...

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:53 (nineteen years ago)

Basically.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:56 (nineteen years ago)

Pretty much.

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:09 (nineteen years ago)

Okay, okay, okay, this grilled cheese thing is unravelling. I went to a bar over lunch and asked, "Am I allowed to order this grilled cheese, even though it's on the kids' menu?"

Her response: "Oh, we have a full grilled cheese, it's just NOT ON THE MENU."

Good: I got my grilled cheese (cheddar on wheat, and it hit the spot).

Bad: What's with this ghettoization and infantilization of grilled cheese?!

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:25 (nineteen years ago)

Grilled cheese has to be either really fancy or really unfancy. Midrange fancy grilled cheese is the most pathetic thing ever.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:30 (nineteen years ago)

Why does the most middlebrow grilled cheese always win the oscars?

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:46 (nineteen years ago)

I don't know where it falls in the grill cheese scale, but my favorite is two pieces of kraft american cheese, squished between two slices of wheat bread and shoved into one slot on the toaster. Take that purists.

― Jeff. (Jeff), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:47 (nineteen years ago)

That's one lowbrow-ass grilled cheese.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:48 (nineteen years ago)

As someone who lived in the rural south for several years as a vegetarian, I ate a lot of grilled cheeses off the kids menu. It was often the only vegetarian option - even veggie sides would have meat cooked in them.

Poor grilled cheese favorite: Must be from a real diner, white bread, LOTS of butter

Fancy grilled cheese fave: Got this at a Bistro a while back and occasionally have them at home - wheat bread, cheddar, granny smith apples thinly sliced, hot mustard

John, I'm excited for you (eep!).

Where are you guys meeting up tonight and when? Nick wants to know. (hint hint - maybe you could go for somewhere up north so he can take me to top model!)

― Sarah Madkitten McLusky (coco), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:49 (nineteen years ago)

How do you keep molten cheese from filling up the botom of your toaster? Or do you?

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

wheat bread, cheddar, granny smith apples thinly sliced, hot mustard

OMG OMG

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

The thing that often makes the fancy grilled cheese: TAPENADE.

The thing that often makes the unfancy grilled cheese: CHEEZE PRODUCT.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

One of my favorite 'fancy' grilled cheeses, at Water Street Brewery: Cheddar and Jack cheese are grilled with avocado, tomato and sliced red onion on fresh bran bread brushed with basil butter

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

Cheddar and Jack cheese are grilled with avocado, tomato and sliced red onion on fresh bran bread brushed with basil butter

That sounds freakin' awesome, but I don't know if you can call it grilled cheese anymore.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:02 (nineteen years ago)

Sarah, this is all being conducted over e-mail for some reason (oh, because Nick can't be on ILX at work) -- but the plan is to meet at Simon's tonight at 7 pm, and then whomever wants to come join us after ANTM and after yoga is welcome.

(xpost) I agree that sounds fucking delicious.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:03 (nineteen years ago)

The secret to good grilled cheese in my house: VERY VERY LOW HEAT. Grill that sucker for a good 15 min.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:13 (nineteen years ago)

Jesse OTM. I always get impatient though. :(

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:14 (nineteen years ago)

Yes. Same with scrambled eggs.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:14 (nineteen years ago)

Re. our emailings: wHAT'S THE pLAN?

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:14 (nineteen years ago)

Grilled cheese is playing at your house.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:14 (nineteen years ago)

Jesse, shut up.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:15 (nineteen years ago)

Wah.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:18 (nineteen years ago)

If you grill it too slow, it's not crispy enough. You gotta get the initial blast of heat (but not burn it) and then cool things down a little bit. Takes a steady hand.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:19 (nineteen years ago)

― Jessee (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:19 (nineteen years ago)

Nay, I will spread my gospel of the flash-grilled cheese across this land! Gawd Bless 'Merica!

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:26 (nineteen years ago)

chicago is ok if you like white boys with guitars.

-- PRIVATE HELL 36 (theundergroundhom...), March 15th, 2006 2:03 PM. (Jody Beth Rosen) (later) (link)

?!?!?

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:26 (nineteen years ago)

haha

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:29 (nineteen years ago)

That's ridiculous.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:29 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, but how many people on this thread are in bands that incl. white boys with guitars?

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:30 (nineteen years ago)

I was gonna say.

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:31 (nineteen years ago)

That's like a teensy portion of Chicago that seems disproportionately large if you live in a certain area or socialize in certain circles. Chicago is huge and diverse. (Still segregated, but diverse.)

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:32 (nineteen years ago)

Who wants to celebrate St. Patty's day with me?

http://www.ambushmag.com/is304/images/celebs8.jpg

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:32 (nineteen years ago)

Was that you at last year's party?

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

(xpost to Jordan)

:sputtering:

But that presumes that we're a representative sample of the city as a whole, which we're obviously not.

JBR's comment also implies that there are more white boys with guitars in Chicago than most other places -- and presumably she's comparing it to NYC, where she lives. And I'm sorry, but I just don't see how that holds up.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

That's what I'm sayin'.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:34 (nineteen years ago)

What thread was that from anyway?

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:34 (nineteen years ago)

graham crackers

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:35 (nineteen years ago)

chicago is ok if you like white boys with guitars.

All implications and sinister connotations aside, this strictly is a true statement.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:35 (nineteen years ago)

Well, yeah. It's certainly served Otto well.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:36 (nineteen years ago)

I wonder what Sylvester Graham would have to say about that thread.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

people who don't live here making innacurate sweeping generalizations shocka!

Kind of like when I moved down here and one of my former coworkers told me "stay away from the west side, nothing but junkie mexicans there."

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

Bullshit. I am not a big fan of white boys with guitars (I'm thinking in the park or in coffee shops particularly) and I definitely take note when I see one. (By "note" I mean "stabs".) Chicago doesn't have many of those.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:41 (nineteen years ago)

because you keep stabbing them?

― Juulia (julesbdules), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

I still think it's funny that while it's an unfair statement, most of the people here who would argue against it are in Chicago indie bands with guitars.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:43 (nineteen years ago)

Do you think if it was the 30s/40s/50s/whatever (the blues era) that they would have said "black dudes with guitars?"

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

"negroes," surely.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

xpost - That's not really relevant though, is it? They would know as well as anyone else how unrepresentative of the City of Chicago as a whole they are, right?

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

You think I had a choice but to play indie rock? Welcome to being white, college-educated, and in your mid-20s, dude.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

lol

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

Jaymc didn't choose indie rockin', indie rockin' chose him

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:48 (nineteen years ago)

It's fine that you play indie rock, but please STOP TELLING CHICAGO TO SLOW DOWN!

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:48 (nineteen years ago)

What's wrong with white dudes with guitars, though? Maybe they are representative. I've heard a lot more white dude guitar rock coming out of here than anything else of note. We have Kanye, Common, and white dudes with guitars. Let's face facts here.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:48 (nineteen years ago)

Why are we not making our voices heard on the thread itself? I am!

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:49 (nineteen years ago)

Honestly? I don't care enough. Another symptom of white boy with guitardom.

(Ok, drums in my case, but I do own a guitar.)

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:50 (nineteen years ago)

Wasn't there a COMMON BACKLASH ARTICLE in the Reader last week? I didn't read it, just saw the headline.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:51 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah J. Hopper used to like him, now she's uncomfortable with him. I skimmed it.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

Jesse, I'm just waiting for you to get banned from the Noise Board.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

GET THIS -- BREAKING NEWS
I heard from my restaurant-owner friend in NY that it was overheard in his restaurant that Colin Meloy is going to play Horshack in that new Welcome Back Kotter show. Knowing my fixation with his Horshack-like song-delivery, my friend from college (who is engaged to the restaurant owner's brother) emailed me. Believe it! Someone else heard what I heard. This is gonna be great.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

Believe it! Someone else heard what I heard.

You can do better than that, surely.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

I don't know about this noise board. What is that all about and why do so many people get banned?

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

I totally already knew that. Dlisted.com had something about it. And PerezHilton too. Old News!

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

Mistewr Kottewr! There's a sailowr in my desk! OO! oo! oo!
I can email her to get more details about who it was who said this -- I just know that the people who were dining at the restaurant were confused because they were like "We're supposed to know who this guy is?" and she found it funny.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

Because she DID know who that guy (CM) was. Insular indie people assuming the whole world knows who they are SHOCKA!

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:00 (nineteen years ago)

See, I THOUGHT I liked the neighborhoodiness of Chicago when I moved here, and still do, to some extent, but there just isn't any place in the entire city that feels like Manhattan.

Chicago tends to keep residential and commercial areas totally segregated.

Just like its people.

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:04 (nineteen years ago)

but there just isn't any place in the entire city that feels like Manhattan.

thank God

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

MMMMMMMMMMM

I'm eating frozen (now thawed) Tropical Fruit Trio from Trader Joe's! Mangoes, papayas, and pineapples.

/MMMMMMMMM

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:06 (nineteen years ago)

I love Manhattan! I kind of expected Chicago to be more like NYC when I moved here, but I still love it on its own merits. But no city in the US is going to be a replacement for NYC.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:06 (nineteen years ago)

See, I don't get that sentiment J. Maybe living in Manhattan would be bad (price aside), but I don't understand people that are immediately turned off by it. If NYC was as cheap as Chi, I'd live there in a heartbeat.

xpost - I was expecting the same thing, jesse

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:09 (nineteen years ago)

Chicago tends to keep residential and commercial areas totally segregated.

Completely false. Chicago takes great pains to mix the 2. Consider all the stuff happening in the Loop right now. Condos left and right to balance out what was starting to become a strictly business district.

And River North is a harmonious balance of residential and commercial. Certainly there are neighborhoods that are strictly residential for a few blocks at a time, but not all that much.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:09 (nineteen years ago)

but there just isn't any place in the entire city that feels like Manhattan.

Chicago feels a lot more like Brooklyn. Only nicer and without trash all over the fucking streets.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:09 (nineteen years ago)

It sounds dumb, but the only thing that bugs me about Chicago is it is so easy to live in. I like urban grit and grind.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:10 (nineteen years ago)

I was thinking the same thing (Chicago/Brooklyn).

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:11 (nineteen years ago)

I guess you're right, Jesse. I just happen to live in a mostly residential area. In my mind, I'm comparing it to, say, the lower east side, where a friend of mine lives.

kenan otm. but it's a brooklyn without a manhattan.

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:11 (nineteen years ago)

jesse's got it: if I'm going to live in the city, I want to be in the CITY. If I'm going to take it easy, I'll move back to the country or to an even more manageable city, like Mpls (which is still >>>>> Chicago, for me).

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:12 (nineteen years ago)

why would anybody want to be someplace that reminded them of someplace else?

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:12 (nineteen years ago)

Sorry I don't like impersonal towering buildings on every fucking corner. I like neighborhoods like Andersonville or Wicker Park, which are very residential but also have lots of cafes, bars, record shops along a main strip. I like that Chicago is like a collection of smaller cities. Manhattan is just too dense -- it never lets up.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:13 (nineteen years ago)

I guess one thing I like about Chicago is that it doesn't feel all that different from Milwaukee, with the addition of some occasionally nightmarish traffic. I suppose I'm just a midwestern rube at heart.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:13 (nineteen years ago)

xpost But it does have a New Jersey. (Gary.)

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:14 (nineteen years ago)

I get to Manhattan often enough already. I don't romanticize it like I used to.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:14 (nineteen years ago)

If I lived in NYC I would probably live in Brooklyn or Queens, but it would be nice to know Manhattan was there, across the river.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:15 (nineteen years ago)

Anyway, I love lots of things about NYC, too. And if it weren't so expensive, I'd seriously consider moving there, too. Just because it'd be an adventure.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:15 (nineteen years ago)

Milwaukee was OK, but kind of tacky. But nice to visit.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:16 (nineteen years ago)

Just to reiterate plan for 2nite:

I drive Sarah to Kelsey's somewhere between 6:30 and 7.
I walk over to Simon's.
Dudes meet me at Simons.
Dudes drink some.
After ANTM is over, Sarah convinces the ladies to come over to Simons.
The ladies come over to Simons.
Dudes are just drunk enough to be charming but not so drunk that dudes are obnoxious.
Sparks fly.

xpost PEOPLE PEOPLE we're going to be the SECOND CITY forever unless we stop being so darn defensive!

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:16 (nineteen years ago)

I hate new yorkers.

― Jeff. (Jeff), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:16 (nineteen years ago)

But I'm not planning on drinking any Sparks tonight.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:19 (nineteen years ago)

i'm trying to get kicked off the noise board.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:20 (nineteen years ago)

xpost--Sparks flying---

As Jenny says, fuck the bullshit, it's time to throw drinks.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:20 (nineteen years ago)

Dudes are just drunk enough to be charming but not so drunk that dudes are obnoxious.
Sparks fly.

down there in the Mr. Torpedo area, in the FUNZONE

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:25 (nineteen years ago)

I'm going to start a new question, "NEW YORK CITY SUX, CHICAGO RULES. DISCUSS." brb....

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:26 (nineteen years ago)

NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:28 (nineteen years ago)

Jesse, seriously, there are ten threads like that. You will only attract piles of shit and look like a dork. Take it from one who knows.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:28 (nineteen years ago)

Jesse, just revive this --> New York City is for sellouts

Nick started it.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:29 (nineteen years ago)

Yes.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:30 (nineteen years ago)

I just thought it would be a fun way to stir the turd.

I'm going to do laundry and while it's doing, wash my supple young body.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:34 (nineteen years ago)

You would be the perfect message board poster in 1994.

― Jeff. (Jeff), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:36 (nineteen years ago)

Re. the initial post at "for sellouts" -- it's not a cliche because NYC is THE city you think of when you think of cities in the US. It's the undisputed de facto capital of the country (culturally). It attracts people the same way Paris attracts people in France despite there being many other cities.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:38 (nineteen years ago)

I wish we could ban Jesse from this thread. THIS IS THE CHICAGO THREAD PEOPLE. IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, MOVE.

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:40 (nineteen years ago)

I love Chicago.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:44 (nineteen years ago)

It's not the "CHICAGO, LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT" thread!

My Chicago Right or Wrong
I Blindly Love Chicago
Chicago, Chicago, Chicago.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

Chicago: You're Either With Us Or Against Us

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

I had lunch with an old friend in the dark recesses of Moody's at noon today, and because it was so sunny outside and so inscrutably dark inside I felt like I was hiring a hit man.

― Eazy (Eazy), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:49 (nineteen years ago)

In 10 minutes, for those of you downtown:
Meet George Clinton at Tower Records Wabash! - 3/15/2006 04:00 PM
Tower Wabash (214 S. Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL )
Yes, the rumors are true! The legendary George Clinton will be stopping by Tower Records Wabash to meet his fans! Pick up a copy of his newest CD "How Late Do You Have To Be Before You Are Absent" at Tower Records and have it autographed by George Clinton! Don't miss this signing event!

― Eazy (Eazy), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:50 (nineteen years ago)

Haha, I used to work right around the corner from there. I also bought more CDs when there was a Tower right around the corner from my office.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:52 (nineteen years ago)

There's nothing in Nick's itinerary about Jesse and my arrival from yoga. Is this because we just don't fit into your binary gender model, Nick? Are we just TOO INCREDIBLE for you to wrap your mind around???

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:15 (nineteen years ago)

I like the Chicago people, never been to the city as an adult but your descriptions are worrying me because I thought I'd like it. Instead you're making me feel like a grimy old New Yorker and hel-lo my hometown only has two stoplights so it's not like I'm a city girl going way back.

― Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:23 (nineteen years ago)

xpost Jenny
That's what I was wondering, but was told to shut up.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:23 (nineteen years ago)

Laurel, I say it a lot, but it bears repeating: Chicago is like a really really big small town, (but with more cultural offerings and more money.)

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:25 (nineteen years ago)

It's also worth remembering that Chicago is still the third largest city in the U.S. ... It seems smaller or more provincial than New York, sure, but it's not like anyone is going to mistake it for Milwaukee or Indianapolis.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:27 (nineteen years ago)

See also: Studs Terkel, Division Street: America

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:30 (nineteen years ago)

And it still blows LA out of the water in EVERY SINGLE WAY!

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:33 (nineteen years ago)

Except that L.A. has state parks with steep hills right in the middle of the city.

― Eazy (Eazy), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:35 (nineteen years ago)

Jesse, if I started the list of reasons I left small-town Michigan for New York, we'd miss dinner. Maybe I'll just stay here!

― Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:36 (nineteen years ago)

L.A. has a lot of cool stuff. I bear no ill will toward L.A.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:37 (nineteen years ago)

If I were going to leave town, it would likely be L.A., unless someone in Toronto gave me a green card.

― Eazy (Eazy), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:39 (nineteen years ago)

The weather!

I would move to Seattle sight unseen, I think. I have an irrational crush on the Pacific Northwest.

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:39 (nineteen years ago)

Please tell me we're going to talk about something else tonight.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:40 (nineteen years ago)

Lie to me if you have to.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:40 (nineteen years ago)

Did you know that Will Ferrell died?

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:41 (nineteen years ago)

I haven't found much to like about L.A. when I've been there, except for food.

Maddie just applied for a job near Portland, but I don't think my business in the midwest is finished yet.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:42 (nineteen years ago)

Will Ferrell was eaten alive by Colin Meloy.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:42 (nineteen years ago)

IT'S TRUE!

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:42 (nineteen years ago)

I don't know if I could handle large populations of laid-back people. Y'know? I think I might snap and start screaming at them to hurry up and cross the fucking street and also read the menu BEFORE you get in line and have your money out already.

Amanda, a not entirely unappealing fate!

― Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:44 (nineteen years ago)

I beg to differ. He can take his bloodsucking/flesh-eating/seafaring and keep it to himself, thank you. Poor Will Ferrell.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:48 (nineteen years ago)

I hate new yorkers.

Sniff.

Oh, wait, I think I agree.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:48 (nineteen years ago)

"Near" Portland? Like, Hillsboro?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:49 (nineteen years ago)

Sniff.

― Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:50 (nineteen years ago)

Good things about L.A.:
1. Ocean.
2. Hills and Trails.
3. Weather.
4. Lavender Diamond, Eleni Mandell, Jesca Hoop and The Ditty Bops.
5. Prevalent work ethic.
6. Poker rooms.

― Eazy (Eazy), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:50 (nineteen years ago)

Hills and trails? What?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:51 (nineteen years ago)

"Near" Portland? Like, Hillsboro?

Like Milwaukie.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:52 (nineteen years ago)

They have jobs there now?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:54 (nineteen years ago)

There's all kinds of hills and trails around LA!

I know this because I helped (remotely) "scout" a photo shoot there.

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:55 (nineteen years ago)

Great things about LA:

1. Air so tactile you can juggle it.
2. Everything is ninety minutes away from everything else, so no one will come to your shows, ever.
3. A manic and boring five hour drive from anyplace you'd actually want to be.
4. Consistantly lives up to every stereotype you've ever heard about it -- it keeps things predictable!
5. Overwhelming careerism prevents any meaningful human interaction and keeps pharmaceutical companies profitable.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:58 (nineteen years ago)

They have jobs there now?

Apparently.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 23:00 (nineteen years ago)

Touche', Chris!

Here's where I hiked:
http://www.pbase.com/harrymyhre/image/13562841

― Eazy (Eazy), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 23:00 (nineteen years ago)

Did you talk with dude who works there who posts on IMM?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 23:00 (nineteen years ago)

That does look like a nice trail.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 23:02 (nineteen years ago)

Also, I think the LA Union Station is the prettiest train station I've been to yet. Probably excepting Grand Central, but that's so tied up in sentiment/nostalgia that I can't judge it.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 23:04 (nineteen years ago)

Did you talk with dude who works there who posts on IMM?

Are you talking to me, Chris? If so, no. Who do you mean?

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 23:04 (nineteen years ago)

(nevermind, I figured it out)

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 23:09 (nineteen years ago)

Likes: Yoga, beer, worker justice
Dislikes: Los Angeles

Now I have Death Cab for Cutie in me head.

― tehjenny, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 23:22 (nineteen years ago)

The ironic part is that The O.C. is what made Death Cab popular! (I realize Orange County != Los Angeles)

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 23:25 (nineteen years ago)

GOD I KNOW.

That is what I have against the West Coast, esp N. Californians and the Pacific N.West. (Sorry Chris.) I could never live there. I need a certain degree of stress to keep me feeling alive.

N. Californians are soft in the cabeza.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 23:30 (nineteen years ago)

The "laid back person" problem is part of why I left Colorado. I got tired of being the meanest person I knew. On the east coast, I was always the nicest person in any given group. Nicest and most laid back!

I got a rep for being a bitch in Boulder because I used the horn when driving instead of sitting quietly and meditating on patience.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 23:32 (nineteen years ago)

Gawd! Grow a fucking spleen and a backbone, west coast!!!!!!!!

That just makes me want to be mean(er).

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 23:37 (nineteen years ago)

Can I just break in here and bitch about a specific person for a minute?

Great, thanks.

So through a long and annoying story that I won't bother you with here but just might bother you with later tonight if you're lucky, I have to organize an event for my school's chapter of the womyn's bar association with one of the most irritating female humans I have ever met. After spending ten minutes with her trying to settle on a date for this event, we rode the crowded elevator together.

Have you noticed that this school is getting more and more fascist? she asks me.

In what way? I asked.

I mean, before you can post fliers about events on the bulletin boards, you have to get them stamped for approval! she shrieked. It's like German in 1939! Total censorship!!!!!

Luckily she got off the elevator then before she compared having to get vaccines before enrolling in classes to being forced to participate in Mengele's medical experiments.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 23:40 (nineteen years ago)

Wow. Damn.

You have to get a stamp at Cheetah Gym too because they don't want a bulletin board that is cluttered with a billion fucking redundant fliers.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 23:41 (nineteen years ago)

me: what are you doing.
Jesse: eating
pasta with clam sauce
i made it
red clam sauce
bearded red clam sauce
me: bearded clam sauce?
;laksdjf
OMG
we are ONE
one soul
cleaved together forever
let's take all that vicodin and die in each other's arms.
Jesse: are you eating clams?
me: yes
no
define "clams"

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 23:43 (nineteen years ago)

Cheetah Gym is clearly where Hitler would work out were he alive and concerned with his health today.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 23:43 (nineteen years ago)

Cheetah Gym? HEY! That's where I work out!

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 23:55 (nineteen years ago)

You fucking nazi.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 23:57 (nineteen years ago)

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mark Dalton

http://www.rileymcfarlane.com.au/Web%20Images%20Portfolios/Portfolio%20Large/md3.jpg

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 23:59 (nineteen years ago)

Whoa! I didn't realize he did non-adult modeling. (Mark Dalton is a straight guy with a pretty comfortable career as a model for gay print and video porn, but only in solo work. I would have thought this would have precluded working for this sort of magazine.)

http://www.bodybuildingteens.com/fame/Resources/healthcollage.jpeg

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Thursday, 16 March 2006 00:03 (nineteen years ago)

I thought you "had to go."

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 16 March 2006 00:08 (nineteen years ago)

Apparently you "had to go" look at gay porn.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 16 March 2006 00:08 (nineteen years ago)

Since you helped me with my beer problem yesterday, how about some help getting over my cultural aversion to people who make horrid chewing noises while they eat right next to me in the computer lab because they are from an Asian country where it's acceptible to make horrid chewing noises right next to people.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 16 March 2006 00:10 (nineteen years ago)

Or should I just explain how we work here in the USA?

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 16 March 2006 00:10 (nineteen years ago)

Do you know about the plays at Bailiwick Rep that sometimes feature adult stars? The Reader once ran a review of 'Jeff Stryker Does Hard Time' - a drama about a guy sent to jail, I think - which described him as 'hung like a walrus'.

― Eazy (Eazy), Thursday, 16 March 2006 00:12 (nineteen years ago)

Ew. I just edited something about walruses today. Or walrus. Webster's prefers "walrus" as the plural.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 00:13 (nineteen years ago)

Is the Bailiwick also where they do A Bunch of Naked Guys Up on a Stage Singing Showtunes While Their Wangs Are Flopping Around?

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 00:14 (nineteen years ago)

Walrus aren't particularly attractive. Also, they look like they would smell pretty bad.

xpost: You mean... naked boy singing?

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 16 March 2006 00:14 (nineteen years ago)

That's the ticket.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 00:15 (nineteen years ago)

I like your name suggestion better.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 16 March 2006 00:15 (nineteen years ago)

I have an English usage question:

I was listening to a poet in the Jackson red line station (I couldn't help it - he was amplified) and when he introduced a poem, he would say, "The name of this poem is called 'Poem for People Waiting for the Train.'"

Is is a regional thing to say "the name of this ___ is called"? Or have I just never noticed it before?

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 16 March 2006 00:18 (nineteen years ago)

Wangsafloppin'!

My million-dollar idea for Bailiwick is to direct Grease with all-male and all-female casts on alternating nights.

xpost-
/http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002IQML6.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

― Eazy (Eazy), Thursday, 16 March 2006 00:19 (nineteen years ago)

"name is called" - never heard that before...

― Eazy (Eazy), Thursday, 16 March 2006 00:21 (nineteen years ago)

Hmmm, I've never heard that before, Jenny. Are you saying you've heard others use it, too?

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 00:21 (nineteen years ago)

Not that I've noticed, just the poet.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 16 March 2006 00:22 (nineteen years ago)

The classic Chicago (or Midwestern maybe?) usage anomaly -- from what I've understood -- is the phrase "come with" without an object following it. As in, "Can I come with?"

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 00:24 (nineteen years ago)

Jenny, I only like eating noises when it's the slurping of soup out of bowl and into mouth -- ie NOT the sticky sort of mid-mastication wetness, just the enthusiastic inhalation of broth. I used to work in a print shop with some Japanese kids and one cold day we ordered soup for lunch and all sat down together...I looked around and realized a) I was the only non-Japanese person there and b) everyone else was slurping out of their bowls and using chopsticks to ferry noodles down the gullet. SUCH an enjoyable way to eat.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 16 March 2006 00:26 (nineteen years ago)

I'm a dinosaur.

― Jeff. (Jeff), Thursday, 16 March 2006 05:28 (nineteen years ago)

You are ... wjat? I'm drunk. Jesse and kenan went to clucks on cluck.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 06:21 (nineteen years ago)

I'M DRUNK

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 06:28 (nineteen years ago)

join the CLUB

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 06:30 (nineteen years ago)

i'll miss you gbx

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 06:30 (nineteen years ago)

...there is internet in places that are not chicago, duder.

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 06:32 (nineteen years ago)

BOY DO I WANT A CIGARETTE OR WHAT

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 06:33 (nineteen years ago)

hahah i smoked too much tonight. i would give you one of mine.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 06:34 (nineteen years ago)

i totally have a crush but it's not on some rugged wishes-he-were-in-montana bums-cigarettes-off-me bicyclist freak.

-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), March 14th, 2006 11:44 PM. (jaymc) (later) (link)

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 06:34 (nineteen years ago)

sonofabitch

xpost ruhroh

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 06:35 (nineteen years ago)

hi.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 06:47 (nineteen years ago)

Camel-haunted.

― Eazy (Eazy), Thursday, 16 March 2006 06:54 (nineteen years ago)

Hope Jesse and Kenan aren't smoking too much.

― Eazy (Eazy), Thursday, 16 March 2006 06:55 (nineteen years ago)

what

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 06:56 (nineteen years ago)

well i don't think jesse is, considering he called me the minute i got home and said, "you need to come to clark's on clark." i said "why?" he said "because i want a camel light." i hung up on him.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 06:56 (nineteen years ago)

You know, smoking too much.

― Eazy (Eazy), Thursday, 16 March 2006 06:57 (nineteen years ago)

ohhhhhhh.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 06:57 (nineteen years ago)

idongeddit

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 07:03 (nineteen years ago)

http://img42.exs.cx/img42/1891/cocksmoker.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 07:07 (nineteen years ago)

a rooster. smoking.

a cock. smoker!

COCKSMOKER!

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 07:08 (nineteen years ago)

you're a sharp kid, you know that?

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 07:10 (nineteen years ago)

o i c

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 07:11 (nineteen years ago)

The classic Chicago (or Midwestern maybe?) usage anomaly -- from what I've understood -- is the phrase "come with" without an object following it. As in, "Can I come with?"

I hope you appreciate my use of this in a song.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 16 March 2006 07:17 (nineteen years ago)

I am not aware of your use of this in a song.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 07:17 (nineteen years ago)

Actually I say "And you're welcome to stay with." Which is an ironic variation on "come with", of course.

Meanwhile...

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 16 March 2006 07:31 (nineteen years ago)

You guys are great.

― Jeff. (Jeff), Thursday, 16 March 2006 13:20 (nineteen years ago)

You guys smell great.

― Jeff. (Jeff), Thursday, 16 March 2006 13:20 (nineteen years ago)

I'm tired. What's for breakfast?

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 16 March 2006 13:57 (nineteen years ago)

Sesame bagel w/ cream cheese/tomato/bacon. You want?

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 16 March 2006 13:58 (nineteen years ago)

Bacon! I never thought to put bacon on a cream cheese and tomato bagel. That sounds lovely.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 16 March 2006 14:06 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, IT IS. And on fancy and/or hungover days, I go with salmon for a little something extra.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 16 March 2006 14:12 (nineteen years ago)

And yet you put salt and pepper... ;-)

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 14:25 (nineteen years ago)

Does anyone get or read Ready Made magazine? There's an article in Issue 22 about the guy who plays the organ at the Music Box. He redecorated his garage as a miniature replica of the Music Box.

xpost: cram it, ma'am.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 16 March 2006 14:28 (nineteen years ago)

I'm tired. It was pure delight seeing you-all last night. That Brazilian remix thingie I was talking about last night is called Caipirissima: Batucada Eletronica. It's pretty hot shit. I especially like the Soul Slinger track because it samples the "yea yea yea yea ye yea yeeeeeeah yea" from "The Creator Has a Master Plan." Here is the AMG review:

The Caipirinha label (named after a potent Brazilian cocktail based on sugarcane brandy) has been fertile ground for wild and experimental music of many kinds, from abstract electronica based on architectural mathematics to avant-garde hip-hop and Brazilian techno. Caipirissima is a compilation that focuses on the various developments in Brazil's experimental dance music scene over the last decade; as you might imagine, its tracks vary widely in tone and texture, from the complex but delicate breakbeats of "Monica No Samba (She Loves Drums 'n' Cavaco)" by DJ Dolores to the jazzy Bahia accents of Amon Tobin's "Sub Tropic." Arto Lindsay is here, no surprise, and contributes the cool and twisted "Whirlwind"; the presence of DJ Soulslinger is a little bit less predictable, but his cut-and-paste turntablism is a welcome addition to the program and draws effectively on Brazilian source material. Ramilson Maia contributes "Bahia Sou," an exercise in gutbucket funk shaded with traditional instrumentation. All of these tracks are worth hearing, and many are astonishingly good.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 16 March 2006 14:49 (nineteen years ago)

And on ~~fancy and/or~~ hungover days, I go with salmon for a little something extra.

I didn't get any breakfast. Barf.

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:05 (nineteen years ago)

Last night I traded Vicodin for cigarettes.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:14 (nineteen years ago)

Last night I traded Vicodin for cigarettes.

uhmmmmm, i've got cigarettes. lots of them. just throwing that out there.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:16 (nineteen years ago)

Judging from my txt messages, you guys had a good time last night.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:17 (nineteen years ago)

And have all called into work, apparently. You bastards.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

Not I, said the cat. I'm here at the office, good as gold.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:41 (nineteen years ago)

I'm here-- I was home by 10:30!

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:42 (nineteen years ago)

i'm at work as well, hungover as hell. hoping to make it through today, the promise of dirtbombs/black lips will carry me through tomorrow.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:43 (nineteen years ago)

Right as rain. Safe as houses. I can't think of any more.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:44 (nineteen years ago)

Sober as bacon.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:48 (nineteen years ago)

Only my mom says safe as houses.

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:52 (nineteen years ago)

Sober as a judge. Drunk as a lord. Surprise! I am not your mom.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

I think I'm going to Milwaukee this weekend to hang out with Camtron. I would be surprised if I didn't see white dudes with guitars.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:04 (nineteen years ago)

I'm a bit hungover, but I was in bed by 1:15, yay.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:18 (nineteen years ago)

I slept last night. Jesse, shut up.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:21 (nineteen years ago)

That one was pre-emptive.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:21 (nineteen years ago)

I've got a whole bag of "shut up" over here.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:21 (nineteen years ago)

So it's supposed to be a bit of a FUNZONE this evening, huh? 3 to 6 inches? That will be so GREAT.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:37 (nineteen years ago)

You're kidding.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:38 (nineteen years ago)

It's SNOW FUNZONE here! Not as bad as the last one, but I did see some cars facing the wrong way on the road to work.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:38 (nineteen years ago)

A winter storm watch is issued when heavy snow, sleet, or freezing rain is expected to accumulate to levels that will cause major impacts to commerce and society, the NWS reported.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:39 (nineteen years ago)

I was just thinking "wow, I'd really like to spend 2 hours sitting on freeway ramps listening to NPR."

We got the good apartment. Right off Logan Square. Riding the train will be such a cakewalk now.

xpost You know what that means: fighting over milk and bottled water at the supermarkets.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:41 (nineteen years ago)

Wha? Snow? Barf.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:44 (nineteen years ago)

gross.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

damn, my friends are leaving for sxsw and i've got to pick up their weiner dog tonight. looks like i'll be carrying him back to my place as 3-6 inches would be between chest high and over his head.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:51 (nineteen years ago)

omg that's adorable.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

Fortunately he'll fit in your hip pocket, no worries. Cue eye roll at small dogs.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:54 (nineteen years ago)

the way little dogs jump in the snow is pretty great to watch, though it's probably bad for their backs (especially dachshunds, who're prone to bad backs). when there was more than a foot of snow on the ground, my (now gone) little terrier would get around in little leaps. boing, boing, boing.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:00 (nineteen years ago)

That reminds me, must toss retarded cat in the snow before winter's over.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

i used to own a chihuahua who HATED the snow. actually, he probably still hates it but since he lives with his mom in san diego he doesn't see nearly as much of it.

it will be nice to have a little dog in the house again.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:03 (nineteen years ago)

There's a reason it's the right thing for all of us to vacation in Austin, Texas, in mid-March, and this imminent snowtorm is waving it in front of us.

They've got migrating birds down there by the thousands! And little things starting to bud!

― Eazy (Eazy), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:07 (nineteen years ago)

Oooh, birds. And buds. That sounds beautiful.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:07 (nineteen years ago)

And little things starting to bud!

Ah, freshmen.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:11 (nineteen years ago)

hahaha

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:12 (nineteen years ago)

Dudes, Lollapalooza line-up has been announced. I am totally there. So many good bands, it's kind of ridiculous.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:31 (nineteen years ago)

The Shins will change your life.

And OMG! Red Hot Chili Peppers! How I've been longing for a little Californication!

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:33 (nineteen years ago)

(PS - John, Lollapalooza is lame. Someone has to mention this to you before you go to far.)

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:33 (nineteen years ago)

I get Ready Made, but I don't know what issue number I'm on.

Also, I want to explore the possibility of owning in Logan Square. It sucks how hard it is to get an idea of pricing in that area online without going through a REALT0R. I'm just curious, you know?

OMG OMG! ME TOO! WHAT A LINEUP! AnD ALL THOSE GUYS ARE CUUUUUUUTTTTTEEEEE!

― Sarah Madkitten McLusky (coco), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:34 (nineteen years ago)

Look! Manu Chao! I smell opportunity.

Or maybe that's just my armpit.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:35 (nineteen years ago)

Sarah! We found our place with no realt0rz involved, although craigslist has been really spammy lately with the N0rth/Clyb0rn folks (and others.) Actually I just got off the phone with a realtor guy who showed us a place on Tuesday... we're not going with it, and he sounded so sad!

Our new place is the same price as our old one, and only about a mile and a half away from it. It's actually a much better location overall.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:39 (nineteen years ago)

Shit... you said "owning." Well, our current landlords are looking to sell, but I have no idea for how much.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:39 (nineteen years ago)

Also, I want to explore the possibility of owning in Logan Square

that's actually what i spent a good portion of my weekend doing. i could totally afford it right now if i had even a 5% downpayment. but i don't. i do have a plan however. for the first time in years i have a plan.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:39 (nineteen years ago)

The snow, it has begun.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:41 (nineteen years ago)

There are like five bands I would be excited to see.

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:41 (nineteen years ago)

There's no one I really want to see on that Lollapalooza lineup.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:41 (nineteen years ago)

Who is What Made Milwaukee Famous and why are they not from Milwaukee?

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:41 (nineteen years ago)

I saw the Lollapalooza lineup too and had this post all written out and now I won't even bother. Last year was not as fun as I wanted it to be. SO FUCKING HOT. It was an endurance test. I dunno about this...

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:42 (nineteen years ago)

There are like five bands I would be excited to see.

Good luck finding them. 130 BANDS! 8 STAGES! They say this like it's a good thing. I'm exhausted just reading about it.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:43 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I take it back -- the band I would most like to see live again is the Hold Steady, and I'd rather see them at the Logan Square Auditorium than at Lollapalooza.

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:43 (nineteen years ago)

Look! Manu Chao! I smell opportunity

Haha, I know.

Lollapalooza is sorta lame. But look at all those bands. It's weird: it's like a cross between last year's Intonation Festival (Hold Steady, The M's, Broken Social Scene, The Go! Team) and Coachella. Not only does it feature two of my favorite live bands (Sonic Youth and Sleater-Kineny), it also has at least a dozen bands whom I'd love to see live but wouldn't go see them headline at a theater (Wilco, Kanye West, RHCP, QOTSA, Shins).

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:44 (nineteen years ago)

Way more excited about this year's lineup than I was about last year's.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:45 (nineteen years ago)

There are bands I'd want to see, but I went to |ntonation last summer.

Speaking of that, there's |ntonation (curated by someone else) this year, and the "P|tchfork fest" a month apart from each other? In the same park? double you tee eff?

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:46 (nineteen years ago)

I'm just grossed out by the idea of going to a big outdoor music festival. I'm sure I've talked about this. It's not just the heat, it's not just the price of water, it's that WALKING AROUND IN SHORTS ALL DAY IS NOT THE PROPER WAY TO SEE LIVE MUSIC. You need four walls, some cigarette smoke, long pants.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:47 (nineteen years ago)

My MN friends showed me Ready Made - I liked the article where each band had a craft project, and then the one that shows you how you carve out a book and put your iPod inside.

― Eazy (Eazy), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:49 (nineteen years ago)

kenan's a rockist!

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:49 (nineteen years ago)

TWO DOLLAR PBR! You need that, for a proper rock show.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:49 (nineteen years ago)

It's snowing sideways. I'm frightened.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:50 (nineteen years ago)

I am biking to the food store in a second! Quit snowing!

I'm sorta with kenan on this one.

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:52 (nineteen years ago)

I agree that's an ideal way to see a rock show, duh, but not the only acceptable way.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:52 (nineteen years ago)

I am looking forward to the first weekend of New Orleans Jazzfest this year. On the day I'm planning on going, I should be able to catch Juvenile (headling opposite Dave Matthews, ha), Leroy Jones, Clarence Henry, Bill Summers, and a couple of good brass bands.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:53 (nineteen years ago)

No snow in Hyde Pk yet, but it can't be far away.

I'm on the fence about the big rock shows. With the right lineup, they're great, but then again the best one I ever went to was 99% indoors.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:53 (nineteen years ago)

Personally, I like having a seat at the show in order to see live music, plus need darkness and yes, smoking. And guess what? Smoking is SO MUCH less fun when it's 95 degrees out. Does that make me a rockist? Goodness.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:54 (nineteen years ago)

Int0nation and P1tchf0rk fest are separate events.

Lolla - August 4-6
Intonation- June 24th & 25th
Pitchfork Music Fest- July 29th & 30th

What I hate about outdoor music fests:
HEAT (I was a dizzy miss lizzy at intonation)
NO EASY ACCESS TO WATER
LONG LINES FOR FOOD
GRODY GRODY BATHROOM CONDITIONS
HEAT AGAIN - I hate not having a cool place to escape

― Sarah Madkitten McLusky (coco), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:54 (nineteen years ago)

(Hey John - Donald Fagen's in town this Saturday.)

― Eazy (Eazy), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:54 (nineteen years ago)

Kenan, ordinarily I totally agree with you. I think you have to think of something like Lollapalooza as more of a spectacle or an adventure, though -- rather than the optimal way to experience live music. I mean, I smoked weed with some random dude at two in the afternoon while watching J. Mascis's scraggly gray hair appear on a video screen 50 feet tall. Come on.

(I thought Fagen already played here like a week ago?)

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:55 (nineteen years ago)

I'm actually pretty excited about this. It's a much better lineup than last year's -- it features two of my favorite live bands (Sonic Youth and Sleater-Kinney) plus a bunch of bands I'd love to see live but wouldn't necessarily shell out the money for a headlining show of theirs (Wilco, Kanye, RHCP, Shins, QOTSA, Ween). And lots of other favorites, too. It's really close to being Coachella - Midwest Edition.

-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), March 16th, 2006 11:50 AM. (jaymc) (later) (link)

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:56 (nineteen years ago)

Well, smoking weed is fun...

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:56 (nineteen years ago)

Although, you're totally right about Ween and Kanye. I'd like to see them but would have a hard time going to one of their shows.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:57 (nineteen years ago)

I mean, I smoked weed with some random dude at two in the afternoon while watching J. Mascis's scraggly gray hair appear on a video screen 50 feet tall. Come on.

I get high alone. I think I may have a problem.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:57 (nineteen years ago)

(Looks like it's this Saturday at the Chicago Theater. I'm curious - are Kanye and Fagen more about the records than the potential live show for ye?)

― Eazy (Eazy), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:58 (nineteen years ago)

I saw Ween in Austin. It was fun. Outdoors, but at night, and a smallish space. Maybe 300 people were there. And they had barbecue in the back. I can live with that.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:59 (nineteen years ago)

For me I think it's the crowd. Kanye is Mr. Pop Superstar, I've never really been to a show like that, and I don't know if I'd enjoy it. Fagen would be a little different... The crowd I could take, the music? I dunno.

xpost OK, that sounds perfect.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:59 (nineteen years ago)

I get high alone. I think I may have a problem.

That is why I quit smoking.

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:59 (nineteen years ago)

Last night I:

-Got into a nasty argument with some dumb fag at Clark's about immigrants' rights and boycotts, GRRRRR
-Kissed the hell out of a dude named Fred
-Traded Vicodin for cigarettes (with the aforementioned Fred)
-Got a $5 Starbucks card (from Fred? Right Kenan?)

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:03 (nineteen years ago)

I think you have to think of something like Lollapalooza as more of a spectacle or an adventure, though -- rather than the optimal way to experience live music.

I guess that's why you pay $40 to get in, right?

They charge that at Six Flags, too, but they have rollercoasters.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:04 (nineteen years ago)

Got a $5 Starbucks card (from Fred? Right Kenan?)

Yes! OMG I'm going to get coffee. brb.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:04 (nineteen years ago)

Got into a nasty argument with some dumb fag at Clark's about immigrants' rights and boycotts, GRRRRR

He was too dumb to argue with, was the problem. Really beneath your effort.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:05 (nineteen years ago)

(where did john go? I WAS JUST FUNNIN')

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:07 (nineteen years ago)

You were funny.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:08 (nineteen years ago)

Lollapalooza is a big fat paycheck for all those bands. No way you're going to see a good show.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:08 (nineteen years ago)

otm

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:10 (nineteen years ago)

Don't playa-hate.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:11 (nineteen years ago)

Lolla is too expensive. And will have more annoying kids from the burbs.

― Jeff. (Jeff), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:11 (nineteen years ago)

My computer is crashing on me.

Kenan: the weed was actually terrible, but that's not the point!

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:15 (nineteen years ago)

It's like Vegas -- you go to soak up the "culture" of it and then you go write a gonzo New Journalism essay about it.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:16 (nineteen years ago)

Got into a nasty argument with some dumb fag at Clark's about immigrants' rights and boycotts, GRRRRR

He was too dumb to argue with, was the problem. Really beneath your effort.

What a fucking tool. Jenny will be interested in this, so I'll explain.

I started it by mentioning that the Miller Light that he was drinking was being boycotted by anti-Sensenbrenner folks like myself. I think what I said was, "THAT BOTTLE IS FILLED WITH THE BLOOD OF MIGRANT WORKERS!" or something. Anywho, he went off about how boycotts were ridiculous and "there are so many other things wrong in the world, what is boycotting this one thing good for? Who cares? What are you doing to fight world hunger? What about AIDS? Blah blah blah."

Right about then Fred came back to the table with a pitcher of beer and served us all some. As it turned out, it was Miller Light. I drank it b/c it was already bought and I was broke. Jackass went off about it. Kenan got my back though!

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:21 (nineteen years ago)

Lite.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:22 (nineteen years ago)

Eat my

nevermind.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:23 (nineteen years ago)

I think I may have actually called him a jackass. Or worse.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:23 (nineteen years ago)

By the way, I just got word that a cheap ticket for L-ooza '06 has been purchased for me by my girl Biz, so I'm going too.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:24 (nineteen years ago)

But how about that Fred, huh? I gotta tell ya... free Starbucks coffee is pretty tasty. I'm kickin' it viente style.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:24 (nineteen years ago)

XPOST re. jackass

You did. He was saying, "How come you're drinking that beer? Huh? Huh???/??a;lskjf" (verbatim quote) and you said, "Dude, you're a jackass."

Ha ha! You'd never get away with that on the WEST COAST! 3 CHEERS FOR ASSHOLEISM!

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:28 (nineteen years ago)

How was it that my tounge came to pluder Fred's mouth?

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:28 (nineteen years ago)

We got the good apartment. Right off Logan Square.

Oh, sure, NOW someone moves there.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:29 (nineteen years ago)

It's like Vegas -- you go to soak up the "culture" of it and then you go write a gonzo New Journalism essay about it.

Ok, you got me. In the name of a good story, I can condone it.

How was it that my tounge came to pluder Fred's mouth?

You just planted one on him. Good on ya.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:30 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, sure, NOW someone moves there.

I already lived there! Just not right next to the Square itself.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:37 (nineteen years ago)

I live in Logan Square.

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:42 (nineteen years ago)

[12:45] jbdules: sounds like you guys had fun
[12:45] kenanhebert: yes.
[12:45] kenanhebert: and got free coffee in the morning.
[12:45] jbdules: you got a starbucks card and he got a makeout session!
[12:45] kenanhebert: we both got a starbucks card! he came out ahead, i think.
[12:46] jbdules: and you both got free beer from that guy?
[12:46] kenanhebert: yep.
[12:46] kenanhebert: he was wearing a suit. he knew that wearing a suit means you have to buy beer.
[12:47] jbdules: ha, yeah, wearing a suit is advertisement that you make an actual salary
[12:47] kenanhebert: and he told us that his tie cost $100. That sealed the deal.
[12:48] jbdules: well, shit, you boast, you buy
[12:48] kenanhebert: exactly.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:47 (nineteen years ago)

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:50 (nineteen years ago)

heh, I'm always the guy who says "this is a $100 tie, but I got it for ten bucks. TEN BUCKS!"

― Eazy (Eazy), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:54 (nineteen years ago)

I wish I'd chosen the White Fat Free salad dressing instead of the Red Fat Free. This stuff is kinda nasty.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:54 (nineteen years ago)

He said his tie cost $100, but I don't understand how. It was Nordstrom's own label, not designer. Does Nordstroms make ties that are that expensive?

Really he didn't come across as an asshole about it, btw, it just came up.

I knew he was good news when he came in and sat alone at the bar and ordered a pitcher. Kenan went an hit on him later and then we got beer. And coffee. And saliva.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:54 (nineteen years ago)

I wish I'd chosen the White Fat Free salad dressing instead of the Red Fat Free. This stuff is kinda nasty.

Is it Ken's Ras. Vin.?

You don't strike me as the fat-free type, Jordan.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:55 (nineteen years ago)

i used to work in that department (men's furnishings) at nordstrom. they weren't that expensive then, but i'd totally believe that they'd make $100 ties now.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:56 (nineteen years ago)

I knew he was good news when he came in and sat alone at the bar and ordered a pitcher

That is a pretty awesome thing to do. And a good way to meet people, apparently.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:56 (nineteen years ago)

Kenan went an hit on him later and then we got beer.

That's right. I was the initiator. It was all for you, Jesse. You'd been sitting there and saying he was cute, but you weren't going to get up and talk to him. I could have gone the "threaten your masculinity" route, but instead I went up to him and said, "My friend thinks you're cute" etc.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:57 (nineteen years ago)

No, I'm not. However, I'm still coaxing my stomach back to full strength and it's too snowy out to go get another grilled cheese.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:57 (nineteen years ago)

Although really, if I've decided on a meal and I'm presented with a clear "fat free dressing" or "fatty dressing", I will choose the healthy option. The problem is that I usually choose to go to the deli or the pizza place instead of somewhere with healthy options.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:59 (nineteen years ago)

Sunday's date has been set, btw. We are going here.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:01 (nineteen years ago)

Nice. Those Moroccan crepes sound good.

Does this mean than some lucky ilx0r gets to go on a date with your dad that night?

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:04 (nineteen years ago)

Heh. He said he would find another companion.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:05 (nineteen years ago)

Cool John. John Cuntinghham.

I'll be over here if you need me: Blind yourself with science! Sex is officially four times as good as masturbation

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:06 (nineteen years ago)

Sunflower seeds in salad are indispensable.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:07 (nineteen years ago)

You said that? I don't remember saying that he was cute. I just remember wanting another cigarette.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:09 (nineteen years ago)

but really you wanted to smoke him?

― Juulia (julesbdules), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:10 (nineteen years ago)

I'm glad you found one, Jesse, considering you called me right after I got home and told me to head back over to C's on C so that you could have a Camel Light. Miller Lite. Light 'n Lively. Lite-Brite.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:11 (nineteen years ago)

TS: C's on C vs. C on T's

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:13 (nineteen years ago)

You said that? I don't remember saying that he was cute.

But you remember thinking it.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:16 (nineteen years ago)

I think T's on C would be optimal.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:20 (nineteen years ago)

When I open my own club...

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:23 (nineteen years ago)

For you, maybe.

xpost

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:24 (nineteen years ago)

There is a real T's and it is on C(lark), you know.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:25 (nineteen years ago)

We had our wedding reception after-party there. It was fun.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:26 (nineteen years ago)

xpost-kenan

i don't really remember thinking he was super cute, but mostly that I WANTED A CIGARETTE.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:28 (nineteen years ago)

Ok, fine. Then I apologize for getting a dude to smooch on you. I'm so sorry.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:37 (nineteen years ago)

So, if two people are in a serious relationship, is it inconsiderate for one of them two start applying to jobs all over the country before asking the other? Or would it only be inconsiderate to start accepting said jobs?

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:41 (nineteen years ago)

It's inconsiderate to get up in the night and move without leaving a forwarding address. That's for sure.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:43 (nineteen years ago)

And then changing your name, that's downright rude.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

hahaha

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:46 (nineteen years ago)

Jordan, I do tend to think that's a little inconsiderate. But that's me.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

To apply, I mean, without discussing the possibility of where they would both like to move.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

Jordan, you're applying to things in Chicago, right? Right?

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

It doesn't seem terribly rude to apply (although it depends on what your field is, etc. -- some careers, most notoriously academic teaching, generally require you to ask around the country) but certainly accepting without a discussion is... problematic.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:56 (nineteen years ago)

Well, I said that I would consider moving cities (to Chicago, for ex.), but that I want to stay in midwest because I don't want to quit my band. So far she's got applications on both coasts and I'm going to try to swing things back to the middle.

Er, I mean "my friend" etc.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:58 (nineteen years ago)

Chicago, give me your sales/marketing, software QA, and comic book publishing related jobs pls.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

Apply to anything you want to, but don't expect to take any job that requires moving without prolonged discussion. But you knew that.

So yeah, apply away.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:00 (nineteen years ago)

So far she's got applications on both coasts and I'm going to try to swing things back to the middle.

This is new information, and changes things considerably.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

I probably shouldn't be talking about this on ILX. However, does anyone have good job sites for Chicago?

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.simplyhired.com/ is fantastic.

― Jeff. (Jeff), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:10 (nineteen years ago)

Time to be the company whore: http://jobs.uchicago.edu

(although I found my job on Craigslist, all Uni jobs are listed there)

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:14 (nineteen years ago)

Is it me, or is craigslist a bit pit of spam now? "Work at home!" Yeah, thanks, but no.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:15 (nineteen years ago)

Just goes to show -- if it's free, it's not worth a shit. At least not in the long-term.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:17 (nineteen years ago)

I haven't been on the help wanted pages at all, but you're definiely right about the housing and musician pages.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:19 (nineteen years ago)

Also, I have had really good luck with c-list. Apartments, job, car, band (ok, that fell apart, but it had nothing to do with the list.)

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:26 (nineteen years ago)

HI!

:) :) :) :)

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:29 (nineteen years ago)

HI MANDEE

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

Jordan, if you're looking for a tester-type job, my housemate says his place is looking. Email me if you're interested, just use gmail instead of yahoo with the same userid.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

xpost - Hello, darling.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

Thanks a lot, Dan. I sent M. some Chicago job websites and she's checking them out. I don't think I'm going to start looking for a new job for myself until a move becomes definite.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:48 (nineteen years ago)

not solid but still -- Jordan moving to Chicago would be so damn cool. For all of us, especially Jordan.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:50 (nineteen years ago)

Hrm. Jeff and I definitely talked about where I would apply for law schools before I applied. With the exception of a school in Delaware, I only applied places that we both agreed we would want to move to together. The DE school was my "safety" school and it would have been gross to move there, but if everything else went to shit, well, we would at least save a lot of money on sales tax.

I would also be annoyed if Jeff embarked on what looked like a major life change that would have a serious impact on me without at discussing it with me first. Like if he applied to grad schools in California without telling me I'd be miffed.

I totally think that Jordan and M. should move to Chicago. MAKE IT SO.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:50 (nineteen years ago)

Question: what is Maddie going to do in Chicago? Potentially?

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:51 (nineteen years ago)

jordan you should totally move to chicago! chicago style hot dogs 'TIL THE BREAK OF DAWN

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

i looked on my old company's website and no QA jobs. they suck though, so maybe you're better off.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:54 (nineteen years ago)

JORDAN if you move here... HOT DOUGS EVERY DAY!

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

Jordan, if you move here:

Everything good about Chicago.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

Jordan -- look elsewhere. You're too good for us.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:58 (nineteen years ago)

I understand applying for jobs to apply and going for some dream jobs, but I'm also not moving that far away at the moment.

I would love to move to Chicago, provided I could get a decent job.

xpost, haha. She's looking at marketing/sales writing positions.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:58 (nineteen years ago)

I know I say this all the time, but there is a job open like that where I work. Books Publicity Manager. Check the jobs site I posted upthread, it should be listed there.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:02 (nineteen years ago)

I wanna hot dog.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:06 (nineteen years ago)

MOVE TO CHICAGO, THEN.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:06 (nineteen years ago)

OKAY.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:07 (nineteen years ago)

I also want to hot dog.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:07 (nineteen years ago)

har har

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:09 (nineteen years ago)

Dan, is there a listing section on that site apart from searching the database?

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:11 (nineteen years ago)

what happened to hot doggin'?

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:12 (nineteen years ago)

STRAIGHT DOGGIN' IT

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:12 (nineteen years ago)

Do the hot dog!

doot doot doot doot doot doot doot doot doot
doot doot doot doot doot doot doot doot doot
doot doot doot doot doot doot doot doot doot

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:14 (nineteen years ago)

(nevermind, I found that job, thx)

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:15 (nineteen years ago)

my favorite book:

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y285/keckles/algebra.jpg

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:15 (nineteen years ago)

wtf

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:15 (nineteen years ago)

Jodan, I know you can search by department, but I'm not sure exactly where or how (it has been a while.) If you do that, look at the "Press" section, it should be there. I'll see if I can find it and report back.

xpost never mind!

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:15 (nineteen years ago)

what the figgidy fuck, mandee

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:17 (nineteen years ago)

I cannot make enough sense of that to even ridicule it.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:18 (nineteen years ago)

I have a song somewhere called "Do the Dog". Yes.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:19 (nineteen years ago)

She's looking at marketing/sales writing positions.

She can have my job. Seriously!

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:20 (nineteen years ago)

its genius tho, innit? lookit those three hip-hop types eyeing the girl with the guitar suspiciously. i think this should be the third installment of "so not gonna happen" wherein we try to figure out just WHAT the book is about.

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:24 (nineteen years ago)

Okay!

xpost

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:25 (nineteen years ago)

I thought they were an 80s doo-wop trio? The guy on the right is the bass.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:26 (nineteen years ago)

So Not Gonna3

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:26 (nineteen years ago)

It looks like a math book cover shot on the set for the video to "Parents Just Don't Understand."

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:26 (nineteen years ago)

Mandee, there's totally a thread in this, and you should start it.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:28 (nineteen years ago)

What was the second installment?

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:29 (nineteen years ago)

don't call it so not gonna X. the original was perfect and beautiful, and should not be franchised.

jordan: not kidding. I'm leaving soon (two weeks), and they're definitely gonna need someone.

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:31 (nineteen years ago)

What's yr gig?

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:32 (nineteen years ago)

copywriter. At a "communications" firm.

We do MINI's catalogs.

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:34 (nineteen years ago)

Super sexy, I know.

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:35 (nineteen years ago)

Dude, my brother worked on a MINI commercial shoot in CA -- they ARE kind of sexy! Even he had to admit and he's a BRO if I ever met one.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:36 (nineteen years ago)

Interesting. She also just applied for a copywriting job here in town.

I suppose they'll want to fill that position ASAP? That would probably be too soon.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:37 (nineteen years ago)

i need a change of p(l)ace! get me a job, gbx! i do marketing things well

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:37 (nineteen years ago)

Mine's up for grabs!

They're planning on hiring freelancers/making do without me for a little while, I know. It probably won't be filled for a month or two, is my guess. They're gonna have their hands full because a raft of people is leaving (for various reasons: two of us are going back to school, one dude's gf got into law school someplace not Chicago, and one dude get a swell job offer at his best friend's start-up). It just happens that we're all going in the space of two months.

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:40 (nineteen years ago)

well, where are you going?

i shan't leave colorado, actually. its genius here!

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:41 (nineteen years ago)

I'm going back to school! DOCTOR SCHOOL!

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:42 (nineteen years ago)

www.myspace.com/fubethezods

My brother -- the ultimate bro. Sorry, this is totally gratuitous but I'm feeling fond of him today.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

like, M.D. doctor or PhD doctor? either way, weird

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:48 (nineteen years ago)

MD.

Why is that weird?

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:55 (nineteen years ago)

We PhDs don't refer to our schools as DOCTOR SCHOOLS.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:56 (nineteen years ago)

xpost because the American health care system is fucked. Be a doctor elsewhere, do some real good.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:57 (nineteen years ago)

Africa!

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 21:57 (nineteen years ago)

Well, ok, go to med school here. But then leave! Get out while you can! We're all going to hell in this country!

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:01 (nineteen years ago)

...that's part of the plan, Kenan. I may MAY even go to med school in Ireland. We'll see.

Laurel: BE OUR FRIEND, PLZ.

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:02 (nineteen years ago)

I am http://i.myspace.com/site/images/onlinenow.gif

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:03 (nineteen years ago)

gbx: better than all of us!

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:04 (nineteen years ago)

;_;

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:04 (nineteen years ago)

Laurel is awesome. I hope she is already our friend.

Which reminds me -- I have a CD to mail to her.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:04 (nineteen years ago)

We have bands in Oregon, you know.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:04 (nineteen years ago)

Are they...funky?

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:05 (nineteen years ago)

Who cares about funky when you have this?

http://www.unionindustriesshow.org/Portland%20shot%201.jpg

(Warning: image so large I had to custom crop it to make it my desktop wallpaper.)

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:06 (nineteen years ago)

Laurel: BE OUR FRIEND, PLZ.

This goes for everyone, by the way. I just saw her myspace profile, is all.

And the "our" refers to Sharks. Found at http://myspaceaddressgoeshere/thesharx

Plz to ignore the shitty recordings. They were done with a computer mic, plugged into a laptop running Audacity in another room, upstairs. So, shitty, basically.

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:07 (nineteen years ago)

Audacity is kind of awesome. Maybe it's the mic that sucks. THat's the problem I run into.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:09 (nineteen years ago)

The mic most definitely sucks. It probably cost less than $15

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:10 (nineteen years ago)

...I just realized how totally embarassing that page is. Yikes!

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:12 (nineteen years ago)

Why did I think you played drums?

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:13 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, come on. I'd at least go to a show. (XP)

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:13 (nineteen years ago)

Good thing that when I click on it, it goes nowhere.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:14 (nineteen years ago)

K, it just takes a really long time to start plapying, for some reason.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:15 (nineteen years ago)

I thought gbx played drums too, but when he mentioned going to the gig on his bike I knew I must have been mistaken.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:17 (nineteen years ago)

kenan. please. you're a web designer.

i don't know why you thought that, dan? i play keyboard. BADLY (i started playing again in Jan after like 18 years)

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:17 (nineteen years ago)

Hm. Must've been high.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

kenan. please. you're a web designer.

d'oh!

I see what you mean.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

On the page it says bass. I don't know which way is up any more!

xpost

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:19 (nineteen years ago)

it does? i was tapped to play bass for, like, a week until it became clear that i sucked. which is understandable, since I've never played bass or guitar.

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:20 (nineteen years ago)

This is almost exactly the kind of band I want to be in.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:21 (nineteen years ago)

we've already got a drummer :(

but there might be an opening for a keyboard player soon :(

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:23 (nineteen years ago)

i've only listened to the first tune, but i like it a lot!

i knew gbx played keys, but that still doesn't explain being able to bike to the gig.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:23 (nineteen years ago)

hey people.

i just interviewed for a position in hawaii. my gf is more excited than i am.

― grady (grady), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:23 (nineteen years ago)

thanks, John! I biked to the gig straight from work. Other guys drove the stuff up for load-in (which was before I could get out of work).

xp hawaii is pretty nice, I hear.

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:24 (nineteen years ago)

what sort of "position"?

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:25 (nineteen years ago)

I know you've got a drummer, just saying that from the look/feel/attitude of the pages (I looked at tehsharx.com too.) FUN is what I'm after.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:25 (nineteen years ago)

Oooh mucho X-posted: It does if somebody else is respnsible for the rock'n'roll tetris of fitting keyboard + amps in the car!

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:26 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, we're fun all right. I mean, we were all good friends before the band was ever a thing. They're basically the only people I'd be hanging out with anyway. Half of us liver together.

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:28 (nineteen years ago)

"liver"

I may have to write a song called Rock 'N' Roll Tetris

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:29 (nineteen years ago)

xpost: the same thing i do here. my work would probably cover my moving costs, too..... we both love chicago, but we're kind of like, we're young and unnatached, lets take an opportunity like this now while we can.

― grady (grady), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:30 (nineteen years ago)

go for it

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:33 (nineteen years ago)

Is that photo a composite, K.? Mt. Hood isn't really that big from where that camera is situated. I mean, it's still beautiful in real life, but...

My home is somewhere between downtown (the big buildings in the foreground) and the hills (in the middleground). There's a river between the big buildings and my home.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:33 (nineteen years ago)

Hawaii! That would be so exciting. I would do that even if I weren't young and unattached.

Wait, I'm neither young nor unattached. But I would still move to Hawaii as long as I could send for my dogs.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:36 (nineteen years ago)

(and my Dan)

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:37 (nineteen years ago)

The big lug. ;)

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:38 (nineteen years ago)

Is that photo a composite, K.? Mt. Hood isn't really that big from where that camera is situated.

I wondered, because Mt Hood is, like, at least ten miles away, but I guess I wouldn't know. It's still my desktop wallpaper, though.

It's really snowing now. Not just fucking around.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:42 (nineteen years ago)

Music to watch snow fall by:

Manu Katche. Not to be confused with Manu Chao.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:43 (nineteen years ago)

i am listening to Vitalic Ok Cowboy

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:44 (nineteen years ago)

Do you have Manu's ECM album, Kenan? I saw a poster for it at the Jazz Record Mart but didn't buy it. I love Manu for his work on embarassing records (cf Sting and Joe Satriani).

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:45 (nineteen years ago)

WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO, CHICAGO?

Do you have Manu's ECM album, Kenan?

I have "Neighbourhood". It's his first self-titled, from what I understand.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:47 (nineteen years ago)

Or the first with his own name in the name of the record, whatever you call that.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:48 (nineteen years ago)

Um. Os Mutantes.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:48 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, Neighborhood. Is it good? Are there beats, or does it sound like an ECM record?

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:49 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, Neighborhood. Is it good?

It sounds like really accomplished smooth jazz. I like it a lot. Which is to say, it sounds like smooth jazz, but it's actually jazz.

Um. Os Mutantes.

Um. What about them?

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:52 (nineteen years ago)

I've been listening to two records I got in Chicago:

James Brown, In the Jungle Groove (finally)

Wycliffe Gordon & the Garden City Gospel Choir, In the Cross - Jazz gospel. A couple of the cuts are fire but I listened to this when I had a 101 + degree fever and it kinda weirds me out now.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:53 (nineteen years ago)

Mt. Hood is roughly 50 miles away, even. It's a nice mountain, though. You can see it from the bridge over the highway that's two blocks from my house, if it's clear out.

You can also see Mt. St. Helens from Portland, but not in my neighborhood.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:53 (nineteen years ago)

That's what I was listening to -- didn't you ask?

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:54 (nineteen years ago)

It sounds like really accomplished smooth jazz.

So, like an ECM record then. :>

Have you heard the Dave Holland Quintet stuff on ECM, like Prime Directive? OMG. It sounds kinda smooth and is largely beat-oriented, but still has some of the best jazz playing/tunes of the last ten years.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:55 (nineteen years ago)

The new Hot Chip album, The Warning

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:55 (nineteen years ago)

Mt. Hood is roughly 50 miles away, even.

Ok. I knew it was tall, but I doubted it was THAT tall. prolly a composite photo.

You can also see Mt. St. Helens from Portland, but not in my neighborhood.

That's only slightly less far away, though, right? And has no summit?

That's what I was listening to -- didn't you ask?

hehe. Yes, I did. But with the jazz talk, I thought you were talking about something else.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:57 (nineteen years ago)

And has no summit?

...that is impossible, kenan.

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:00 (nineteen years ago)

I'm listening to the new Josephine Foster I just got in the mail and it's SO GOOD. It's 19th c. German art songs. IN GERMAN. "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"

TOP NOTCH!

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:01 (nineteen years ago)

The summit that it had in the 70s is gone, yes. It looks like a popped zit. (Well, no, not really.)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:02 (nineteen years ago)

Does she sing Erlkönig? Because I'm all about Erlkönig.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:03 (nineteen years ago)

And has no summit?

...that is impossible, kenan.

Nitpicking. You know what I mean.

The summit that it had in the 70s is gone, yes. It looks like a popped zit. (Well, no, not really.)

Popped, scabbed over, and scarred. I understand. Even on Google Maps it looks like a scar.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:03 (nineteen years ago)

Amanda, if I'd known, I could've gotten a promo of that for you.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:04 (nineteen years ago)

Do we all know the glory that is "She's a Bad Mamma Jamma" by Carl Carlton? Because I think this is one of the all-time best walking-down-the-street songs.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:10 (nineteen years ago)

No, I only know "Big Fat Mama" by...uh, I don't remember. It's good, though!

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:10 (nineteen years ago)

I've abandoned songs that are are approprite for snow and replaced them with songs that are appropriate for anything, because of their sheer swesomeness.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:11 (nineteen years ago)

awesomeness

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:12 (nineteen years ago)

Isn't "She's a Bad Mamma Jamma" a Stevie Wonder song? Or did Stevie cover it?

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:13 (nineteen years ago)

Isn't "She's a Bad Mamma Jamma" a Stevie Wonder song?

Often labelled that way on slsk and limewire. But no. Carl Carlton.

Someone stop me from clicking on the "best 9/11 movie" thread. I know what's going to be there, and I don't care, and it's going to annoy me. So why do I keep clicking?

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:15 (nineteen years ago)

I don't even know what that thread is about -- the only time I clicked on it, someone was clearly trying to derail it by posting lots of large images. But I wasn't sure what it was about in the first place.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:16 (nineteen years ago)

In case anyone wants to know what I'm doing after work, I'm going to the Sak's makeup counter. Exciting, right? See yas tomorrow.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:19 (nineteen years ago)

Good night and good luck.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:19 (nineteen years ago)

I'm excited for you, L. And even a bit jealous.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:20 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, what is that 9/11 movie thread about? I chose to read the girls gurls grrls one instead.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:22 (nineteen years ago)

"Bad Mamma Jamma" is so funny.

She's poetry in motion
A beautiful sight to see
I get so excited
Viewing her anatomy

FLO-ETRY!

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:22 (nineteen years ago)

Pinning this pop sacrilege on Stevie Wonder is the only real sin.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:24 (nineteen years ago)

I might have been thinking of "Master Blaster (Jammin')."

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:25 (nineteen years ago)

Nice cover. But no.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:27 (nineteen years ago)

Not a cover since I was never sure in the first place!

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:28 (nineteen years ago)

j/k

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:32 (nineteen years ago)

But then she's also thought that I've made up slang words that I've used in front of her, like "steez" or -- I forget, but it was like the name of a musical genre.

It was "skronk." Thank you, ILM.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:39 (nineteen years ago)

haha I am INSTA-BANNED from the noize board. How many dick jokes do I have to make?

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:46 (nineteen years ago)

saw that one coming

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:52 (nineteen years ago)

There's a dick joke there, but I'm going to ignore it.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:53 (nineteen years ago)

Has anyone in the ILM world ever started a thread of desert island labels? As in, if you could only have one label's catalogue to listen to for the rest of your life, which would you pick?

I'm not sure that I'd pick ECM, but they're the best as far as engineering and packaging, anyway. I got a CD a little while ago by the Tord Gustavson Trio - a little bit like a softer version of the Keith Jarrett standards trio, but still pretty good.

― Eazy (Eazy), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:59 (nineteen years ago)

Has anyone in the ILM world ever started a thread of desert island labels?

if they didn't, it's because they didn't need to.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Friday, 17 March 2006 00:02 (nineteen years ago)

Hey EZ -- I don't think I'm gonna join you and L. at Neo tonight. Band practice will prob go pretty late. But thanks for inviting me!

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 17 March 2006 00:10 (nineteen years ago)

This is funny - I sent a CD to Pandora a month or two ago, and now you can listen to a station of music that sounds like my songs, but you can't hear my songs yet...

― Eazy (Eazy), Friday, 17 March 2006 00:40 (nineteen years ago)

saw that one coming

What do you know, junior? I may be banned around there, but you're hanging on by a thread. I'm more banned than you will ever be. Remember that, freckles.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Friday, 17 March 2006 01:40 (nineteen years ago)

(sorry. too many diminuitive nicknames in one post? I worried.)

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Friday, 17 March 2006 01:41 (nineteen years ago)

I'm terrible at this. THis si why I;m banned, and will forever be.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Friday, 17 March 2006 01:46 (nineteen years ago)

The reazon i am banned is that i take everything really personally, so i assume that anything said is about me, and i am an insane clown who is really just trying to be accepted by the cool kids, which is exactly why they don't want anything to with with me, because i try so hard that it's sticky and gross. And i do it every time. And I can't blame them for banning me. And I'm still working on this problem in my day-to-day life, much less online. And that's backwards, which is even sadder.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Friday, 17 March 2006 02:19 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.filmthreat.com/UploadImages/stand1x.jpg

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Friday, 17 March 2006 02:22 (nineteen years ago)

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Friday, 17 March 2006 02:23 (nineteen years ago)

I take everything way too personally. Between you and me, I'm not going to make it. I'm not cut out for it. I was done years ago, and I can't imagine why I kept on with this.

― Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Friday, 17 March 2006 02:29 (nineteen years ago)

Dude, chill out!

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 17 March 2006 02:34 (nineteen years ago)

Hey, are you there? I didn't mean to yell, come on out.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 17 March 2006 02:44 (nineteen years ago)

I don't understand the noise board, but it doesn't bother me.

― super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Friday, 17 March 2006 03:11 (nineteen years ago)

Illinois sucks. It surrounded by too many dumb states that constitute CBS making their games "local" games.

― Jeff. (Jeff), Friday, 17 March 2006 04:07 (nineteen years ago)

I just got a massage from Eric's roommate! Yay!

Did you all know that Eric lives in a house full of beautiful women? He totally does. Wow!

Kenan, I tried to call you back but you're phone was busy. I don't know that I would have been good to talk to - I was in the midst of the second scariest cab ride I've ever take, for sheer insane speed and general recklessness.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Friday, 17 March 2006 04:25 (nineteen years ago)

Did you all know that Eric lives in a house full of beautiful women? He totally does. Wow!

So I'm definitely going to have to get that massage, huh.

I need one pretty badly.

― gbx (skowly), Friday, 17 March 2006 04:26 (nineteen years ago)

That massage was so good that I totally can't spell now.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Friday, 17 March 2006 04:28 (nineteen years ago)

Is it four times better than, uh,

― gbx (skowly), Friday, 17 March 2006 04:31 (nineteen years ago)

Hey Jenny - Sorry I missed you tonight! I was off at a coffeeshop doing some reading and writing. I told A. how good you found the massage - she's pretty stressed about school, so she was really glad to hear it.

Did you have music? Blonde Redhead?

― Eazy (Eazy), Friday, 17 March 2006 04:45 (nineteen years ago)

re: house of beautiful women - the best moment was when I was moving in and had these two guys from Starving Art1sts moving my stuff up the stairs and all the gals were lounging around the living room and I'm seeing these moving guys' reaction and thinking awwwwyeah.

― Eazy (Eazy), Friday, 17 March 2006 04:47 (nineteen years ago)

i hate my life

― gbx (skowly), Friday, 17 March 2006 04:48 (nineteen years ago)

Got massaged!

― Eazy (Eazy), Friday, 17 March 2006 04:49 (nineteen years ago)

Good idea!

― gbx (skowly), Friday, 17 March 2006 04:49 (nineteen years ago)

(Get, I mean, but you got it!)

― Eazy (Eazy), Friday, 17 March 2006 04:52 (nineteen years ago)

I may be banned around there, but you're hanging on by a thread.

gbx is clearly the most noise on the chicago thread, tho! he went on a bike adventure with ddb!

laurel might be giving him a run for his money, since she, like, hangs out with jon and ian and laura and stuff -- but she's also never heard steely dan, so.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 17 March 2006 06:26 (nineteen years ago)

Tonight I had a couple in from SF for a bar mitzvah (the lady was a Jew, the guy Catholic, the jokes write themselves). They are in the "industry" and invited me to their restaurant in San Jose and gave me a strangely sincere invitation to stay at their condo in the Mission.

They told me some interesting facts about Oregon that I would like to run by our OR correspondent: the speed limit is 55 on Interstates and you are not allowed to pump your own gas? Based on these things they held OR in low esteem. 55 on the freeway???? Holy shit! I'd be in jail constantly.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Friday, 17 March 2006 07:33 (nineteen years ago)

Eric----why has your roommate not responded to my email?

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Friday, 17 March 2006 07:33 (nineteen years ago)

It's true that you're not allowed to pump your own gas.

I have no idea about the highway speed -- it seems like it's the same as every other relatively populated place. Certainly I've been in cars doing 70+. But I don't drive.

We also have no sales tax.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 17 March 2006 07:56 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.suntimes.com/output/business/cst-fin-tall17.html

hooray! I hope this gets built.

― Jeff. (Jeff), Friday, 17 March 2006 13:35 (nineteen years ago)

WTF is up with the gas thing? I avoided getting gas the whole time I was there because of this. I didn't notice the freeways being especially slow, though.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 17 March 2006 13:48 (nineteen years ago)

I've always heard it was a make-work program. Although a quick google suggests that New Jersey (where you also can't pump your own gas) introduced the law in the 40s thinking it was best done by professionals.

I don't understand people who obsess over pumping their own gas. Someone explained once that some attendants "overfill" the tank, and this is bad. If that's true, then, OK, sure. But then again you could probably just ask for $20 worth or whatever. Some people also seem to really enjoy pumping gas. I'm not a driver, so I have never gotten used to it, but I always hate it when a driver asks me to pump the gas.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 17 March 2006 14:19 (nineteen years ago)

Why have I not gotten to sleep yet tonight? Er, this morning? Bah. Maybe I'll try now.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 17 March 2006 14:24 (nineteen years ago)

Hey, everybody! Where's Kenan? You can't pump your own gas in New Jersey, either, because full-service service is subsidized by the state somehow in an attempt to create jobs. I don't know the ins and outs of it but the most annoying effect is that gas stations are quite often NOT convenience stores like um Wesco (is that strictly a MI thing?) or TigerMart or whatever, because no one gets out of their cars. LIke, where I'm from if you need ice for the BBQ, you get it at the gas station. Not in NJ! Oh rats, XP.

― Laurel (Laurel), Friday, 17 March 2006 14:25 (nineteen years ago)

By the way, I think at best I am a Friend of Noize BUT I did hang out last night with Laura & Ian & ddb, and talked about bikes!

― Laurel (Laurel), Friday, 17 March 2006 14:26 (nineteen years ago)

i loved driving in portland, people were courteous and let me merge when entering the freeway. i also saw a horrific motorcycle accident driving back from seaside. wet pavement + twisty hilly road + motorcycle + ancient pine tree = dead guy.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Friday, 17 March 2006 14:43 (nineteen years ago)

Yipes. I have to admit that I am irrationally terrified of car/motor vehicle accidents. Terrified.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 17 March 2006 14:54 (nineteen years ago)

Also, where's Kenan? I was worried last night.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 17 March 2006 14:55 (nineteen years ago)

I guess I don't mind the concept of someone pumping my gas (so to speak), it just seems unnecessary and at the time I didn't know how it worked.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 17 March 2006 15:02 (nineteen years ago)

Ok, now you have me worried too. What happened last night?

I would be all about someone else filling up my tank, but don't you have to tip them? Or do they just charge more for gas?

― Sarah Madkitten McLusky (coco), Friday, 17 March 2006 15:10 (nineteen years ago)

Neither, Sarah! Because the state pays for it, somehow -- otherwise, yes, full-service usually costs more.

― Laurel (Laurel), Friday, 17 March 2006 15:18 (nineteen years ago)

Ok, then. Fill 'er up!

― Sarah Madkitten McLusky (coco), Friday, 17 March 2006 15:23 (nineteen years ago)

Who wants to come see Love is All Sunday night at the bOttle? Nick has a ticket. I LOVE their cd, so I'm going to buy one too. Also, I'm going to get tix for the AlexWhite/Cococoma/subraces show on the 31st. I'm basically going on a shopping spree on the EB site.

― Sarah Madkitten McLusky (coco), Friday, 17 March 2006 15:27 (nineteen years ago)

I miss full service gas stations.

― Jeff. (Jeff), Friday, 17 March 2006 15:28 (nineteen years ago)

It's Spring Break next week, so I am allowed to go out on Sunday night, HOWEVER, I will be at the Hungry Brain seeing Ken Vandermark and Paal Nilssen-Love with Dan.

I would like for someone else to pump gas -- my mom went to full serve up until 1995 or so. Then I taught her how to do it. She would drive around until she found a full service station. There was one right next to the drive-thru, so you could get your beer/wine/whatever AND get a full tank of gas without ever stepping foot out of your car. That's good shit.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 17 March 2006 15:31 (nineteen years ago)

Hey! Sharks is probably going to be playing a gig on April 8th, at Ronny's. We're thinking we'll get an engineer from Blam! to come down and do a live recording, so we have a demo. We need another band to fill out the bill, however, and we'd prefer not to play with the guys we've played with before (H1rud1n and Ru5ty P1p3s). Swell guys, all, but we'd like something new. Know anyone willing to play with an upstart band with only two gigs under its belt?

― gbx (skowly), Friday, 17 March 2006 15:38 (nineteen years ago)

Delaware also has no sales tax.

I used to work at a gas station when I was in college and I have shown many a New Jersyite how to pump her own gas. And a couple how to check oil. Thank god nobody ever asked me anything more complicated because I don't know shit about cars.

The nicest police officer I ever met was outside of Portland. He let me out of a speeding ticket (I PASSED him!!! Because he was in a Bronco and I'd never seen that) even though we had expired tags and no proof of insurance and looked like we should have been growing pot in the back seat. If there had been any room, what with the bongos and hippies all crammed back there.

xpost: Yay, Evan! Where is Ronny's?

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Friday, 17 March 2006 15:41 (nineteen years ago)

Hee, "bongos and hippies". You people!

― Laurel (Laurel), Friday, 17 March 2006 15:46 (nineteen years ago)

I think you were in my dream last night, Jenny. I wish I could remember more, but Maddie woke me up by putting a cookie on my head.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 17 March 2006 15:50 (nineteen years ago)

Ronny's is the Best Unknown Venue in the city. The only other bands I've heard of playing there are some Camp Gay bands that played a few years ago (before I lived here, mind). It's super-divey, and other than Sharks, the only people that hang out there are middle-aged neighborhood hispanic dudes. Most of the time its dead empty. Ronny spends most of his time watching cop shows. The "venue" part of it is decent-sized front room that rarely gets used for more than the occasional [INSERT WORD FOR MEXI GIRL 15TH B-DAY]. The beer is cheap, the pool is free, and it's just 2-3 blocks south of the California blue line stop!

― gbx (skowly), Friday, 17 March 2006 15:52 (nineteen years ago)

I have it on good authority that CA is making moves to make smoking illegal (SF restaurant owner and anti-smoke advocate). (I think I'll put this on FRM where it belongs...)

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Friday, 17 March 2006 15:53 (nineteen years ago)

Wait. Jordan. Was Maddie putting a cookie on your head part of the dream? Or did that really happen?

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Friday, 17 March 2006 15:54 (nineteen years ago)

Ooh, are there dominoes? The divey Mexican bar in Jersey City always had an old man at a card table, laying out dominoes. (XP re Ronny's)

― Laurel (Laurel), Friday, 17 March 2006 15:54 (nineteen years ago)

Also, I'm going to get tix for the AlexWhite/Cococoma/subraces show on the 31st.

that show's gonna be a blast. the cococoma 7" should be available by then, bill dropped mine off wednesday night. can't wait for the submarine races lp, those songs are great pop songs.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Friday, 17 March 2006 15:54 (nineteen years ago)

Plus, when we played our first show there, for my friend's bday, Ronny and who I assume is his wife ROASTED A PIG and laid out a whole spread for us. GRATIS. He made more money that night than he does in an entire month of operation, I think.

Average Sat. = 5-6 people
That night= 60-70 people, drinking LOTS.

xp is Alex White as good as I've heard she is?

― gbx (skowly), Friday, 17 March 2006 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

Wait. Jordan. Was Maddie putting a cookie on your head part of the dream? Or did that really happen?

Oh, that really happened.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 17 March 2006 15:58 (nineteen years ago)

"quinceanera" is your word GBX. (i still don't know how to place diacritical marks. stupid me)

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 17 March 2006 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

It's a lesson for everyone: Dream of me, get cookies.

― Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Friday, 17 March 2006 16:02 (nineteen years ago)

That's the one, alright.

― gbx (skowly), Friday, 17 March 2006 16:03 (nineteen years ago)

perfect headline for st. patrick's day.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Friday, 17 March 2006 16:09 (nineteen years ago)

Chicago: Radio City

― gbx (skowly), Friday, 17 March 2006 16:09 (nineteen years ago)

i'm tired.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Friday, 17 March 2006 18:48 (nineteen years ago)

WRONG THREAD, JERK

― gbx (skowly), Friday, 17 March 2006 18:49 (nineteen years ago)

there's an "i'm tired" thread??

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Friday, 17 March 2006 19:05 (nineteen years ago)

i'm going to jerk off now.

oh wait, wrong thread.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Friday, 17 March 2006 19:17 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-ouch17.html

jenny showed me this.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Friday, 17 March 2006 19:23 (nineteen years ago)

Dead thread.

― whiskeytangofoxtrot (unclejessjess), Saturday, 18 March 2006 07:30 (nineteen years ago)

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