Chicago: Malort Cocktail

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Malort cocktails.

This link is faster.

And of course the flickr Malört Face group grows. Not always quickly, but steadily. Insidiously. Like evil.

I think we should all have pictures on it. Each and every person who has ever posted to or read a Chicago thread.

But certainly the core crew.

Evan, good work watching Battlestar. It will change your life.

I got up early this morning so I could go to some remotely located post office (okay, Lincoln Square) and pick up a package but then realized that I left the package notification slip at work so the question is do I go anyway and see if they'll give me the package? Or do I waste a perfectly good instance of gettin' up early AND a Saturday morning and go tomorrow? What would Bill Adama do?

oh no jenny this is not the chicago thread. i think we need to get a mod to take the chicago: out of the title because malort is for everyone

Oh, I thought it was the Chicago thread.

oh. i am confused. we already have a chicago thread. i thought this thread was just for malort enthusiasm.

I'm confused too. I thought this was the Chicago thread.

Also - I wouldn't bother trying to get a package w/out the slip.

But I think you should so you can let us know how it goes.

I'm not saying until I know whether this is the Chicago thread.

Chicago and malort are inseparable. I know it was premature, but I started this as a new Chicago thread.

Great! Well:

1. I was able to pick up the package, and the ppl at the PO are super nice, and I was reminded yet again that it is my secret vocational wish to work in a post office.

2. Thanks to Obama, I have $33.35 more in my pay check this pay period.

3. Why do all of the You Tube version of "Drop" have Polow Da Don offering to pay people's mortgages in 2009? The version on Rich Boy's MySpace page is much better.

Also, one day when there will be a lot of people around to eat them, I will make these:

http://smittenkitchen.com/2009/01/car-bomb-cupcakes/

Where is this fictional land of "nice" postal workers? All the post offices I use are filled with surly people who can't believe their cushy jobs are interrupted by customers.

I know, right??? It's the Graceland Annex on Lincoln just north of Addison. It's not a customer service PO, but the place where packages go to die if somebody was not available to sign for them. There's a teeny lobby and a door where the top half opens to make a service window and seriously I was there probably about ten minutes because they were having a hard time finding my package and about seven people asked me if I was being helped, and those that did not ask all (ALL OF THEM) smiled and said, "Good morning!"

So clearly, the PO has a policy of putting the most friendly employees in the warehouses and the slowest and most surly employees in jobs that require interfacing with the public. Or, interfacing with the public wears down otherwise kind people and makes them surly and slow.

Also:

http://www.moderncat.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/bunny-kitten-identity-theft.jpg

Okay, I think that's all I had saved up.

today isn't a government holiday?

When they legalize gay marriage in IL, I'm going to marry that picture and that tiny chihuahua in the teacup.

xp - nope. It's too religious, I think, to be a govt holiday these days.

jenny, i went to one of those last-stop-on-the-way-down postal offices recently, and everyone was really nice too!

i had a good first date with a vegan last night. :/ i'm not a hater, but i have like the most un-vegan diet ever.

I have a half-day today because of Jesus. I'm always tempted on days like this to go to Hopleaf in the late afternoon and read.

Hopefully, my new computer keyboard will be in stock at the Apple Store by this afternoon, too.

Cool, Jordan!

We* were talking about dating people who had wildly different political views for us yesterday and I wonder if it's hard for a vegan to date an inveterate meat eater because of the political differences as much as the practical issues. But maybe vegans are resigned to dating meat eaters because there aren't that many vegans.

*The Royal We

John go to the Hopleaf and read. That is like my dream come true for a Friday afternoon.

anything happening this weekend? sarah and i will definitely not be making seculeaster this year :(

Maybe there's a pocket of nice postal workers near Lincoln Square, because the small post office on Montrose near Damen is always very easygoing. I've heard hell stories about the one at Division/Ashland.

Don't know what's up this weekend, other that seculeaster. Going to a closing party for an art show in the Fine Arts Building at the end of the day, if anyone wants culture and booze.

trying to figure out brunch on sunday, i'm thinking that a gay bar might be less crowded for easter brunch than everywhere else, y/n?

No thanks, culture gives me heartburn.

If you guys haven't been in the Fine Arts Building, it's worth walking through there sometime. They have an elevator operator. Like, a guy who rides in there all day and operates the thing manually.

Manually? Like he pulls the elevator up w/ a crank and pulleys and stuff?

Maybe there's a pocket of nice postal workers near Lincoln Square, because the small post office on Montrose near Damen is always very easygoing. I've heard hell stories about the one at Division/Ashland.

i can verify both of these points

http://www.filmdope.com/Gallery/ActorsT/17337-9011.gif

^ love that dude - he's a big-time steppenwolf THEE-AY-TURR actor and was also prez on the wire but the elevator operator in hudsucker proxy is still my favorite role of his "SAY BUDDY"

Is that where the old Fine Arts movie theater was?

Could not find a photo of Lauryn Hill as the gum-chewing elevator operator in King of the Hill (the movie, not the TV show).

i always thought the people at division and ashland were really nice! i guess you guys haven't been to the hinterlands post offices. the lady at 7000-something N. Clark is a beast.

Last week I stopped in the post office to buy some stamps and their automated machine thing was out of order. So I waited in line and went to the counter to ask for stamps, the lady sighed like it was quite possibly the biggest inconvenience she's ever had to deal with and said "you know, you can just go buy these at the Jewel down the street instead of bothering us" as she slapped the stamps down on the counter. I told her I would do just that next time, but resisted adding the "and hopefully you'll be out of a job" after it.

Post offices are so last century. I can't remember the last time I went to one for actual "post" reasons, aside from renewing my passport. I bought a postal money order a few months ago too.

The PO at Broadway just north of Argyle is infuriating because it has space for like ten clerks and there are usually only two there. The PO here in this building is staffed by reasonably pleasant people, but they have absolutely no sense of urgency, and at least in the case of the woman who processed my passport application, are pretty damn dumb, too. (Although I did get my passport, so I should give her credit for eventually doing something right.)

Post offices are so last century.

I totally thought Jeff posted this comment. It's a very Jeffish thing to say, like last night when, during a commercial for some new cop show starring Captain Mal Reynolds, I disgustedly commented, "I hate banter."

I had to go to the PO earlier this week to mail a crossword puzzle to Will Shortz, since I was short on stamps. And I used to have to visit the post office frequently to mail C4n4st4 CDs to people who had ordered them. Other than that, though, it's pretty rare. I drop off rent at my landlords' house (they live by Nick and Sarah), Netflix doesn't require postage, and I pay all my bills online.

I thought Jeff posted that too!

How the hell did you get $33 more on your paycheck? Are you paid bi-weekly? Maybe I don't understand numbers in even the most simple ways.

battlestar is definitely changing my life

So say we all.

yeah, for the nerdier

corrosive to my, uh, studies

j/k i love BSG

or at least i did for the first couple seasons

Please to tell me how to convince my wife to watch that. She has a kneejerk DO NOT WANT reaction to sci-fi, but once she gives things a shot she generally likes them. This being on the OMG SCI-FI channel gives her even more pause.

2x

i guess you guys never have to mail packages? where else would you mail packages but a post office?

xp Although I think I may have convinced Kr to watch Friday Night Lights when we finally finish The West Wing.

What sorts of packages do you mail, A?

I have such a reaction as well, and I tried watching an episode and it wasn't the worst thing, but it did make me roll my eyes.

xp- I mail packages from my office. But then again maybe I'm stuck in the past and matter is SO last century.

I had to go to the PO to receive a Certified mailing w/ signature confirmation. If I hadn't taken a sick day that day I don't know if I ever would have received it.

i just mailed my tax returns (first time i haven't e-filed, b/c my dad printed them out with turbotax...also the first time my dad has done my taxes) and i think i put way too postage on them because i didn't know how much was necessary. how much could a banana cost anyway, ten dollars?

i spent all last summer going to and from the g-d post office
worst: beast in rogers park
second worst: angry woman at uptown PO who took her damn time
third worst: the manager at the devon PO who refused to open the doors because the woman who normally works called off and he didn't want to deal with the people standing in line so he just ignored us until 8:45. was supposed to open at 8. i refused to leave and spent my time calling the customer service number.

i am in charge of the work series store, so i was/am constantly mailing DVDs to europe. less so now that the initial rush is over, but we get about 1 order a monk.

haha
month

I was selling stuff on Amazon for a while and AFAIK, the only way to mail something book rate aka media mail is to do it in person.

yep
also you have to do customs form to send shit to europe. i have lots of the forms at home and i fill them out before i go, but you can't use the APC or whatever it's called

to JVC - Well, I have a general suspicion of a lot of SciFi, to the point that I was all "meh" to BSG at first. The thing that makes BSG different is that it's not about the science. It's not like Star Trek, which I never, in any of its billions of iterations, been able to get into. It is very much a really intense, character-driven drama that happens to be set in space. Space as a setting is certainly important to the story, but the focus is on the people and their relationships with each other.

I mean, by the last season, I pretty much cried during every episode because I had become so attached to the characters at that point. I like Lost a lot, but it doesn't make me cry.

europe/out of the country, that is

Monk might be a pretty interesting installment in the series.

wiseman already did that

I actually watched Star Trek TNG for a while (with Courtney!) b/c it was AWFUL.

what i told john a while ago is that bsg is mainly about the morality of war. i don't think this really helped convince him to watch it though

Also re: BSG, the acting is of a much higher caliber than a lot of those cheeseriffic SciFi channel shows, and the CGI space battle stuff is totally quality, plus the guy who writes the music is super talented.

The biggest danger of BSG is that it might make you more tolerant of other nerdy entertainments. For example, I'm not going to say I'm some sort of Torchwood fangirl, but I'm also not going to say I don't watch it when Jeff isn't around to roll his eyes all over the place. (Note: BSG beats Torchwood on all fronts, except camp.)

Oh! Hey, I saw a car yesterday w/ a pink ribbon breast-cancer awareness sticker on it. The sticker read

SAVE THE TA-TAS

is torchwood about the wild west?

that's deadwood

and maverick

Thanks Jenny, I will certainly try to convince her with some of that, sounds pretty reasonable.

Plus I mean, tell her she can watch just the pilot, which is movie-length, and then decide if she wants to watch the rest of the show. It's not like agreeing to spend two hours of an evening watching BSG commits her to a lifetime of Dragon Con attendance or anything.

Torchwood is a new Dr. Who spin-off about a secret organization of paranormal/space-time rift investigators led by Captain Jack Harkness. Typical modern British television special effects cheese, a la the new Dr. Who.

I actually watched Star Trek TNG for a while (with Courtney!) b/c it was AWFUL.

;_;

I LOVE Achewood!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood

Sorry, they deal with mostly extraterrestrials, not necessarily paranormal stuff.

whoah wait i think i actually missed the pilot

the first episode i saw was the one where there was 33 minutes between each jump

yeah you missed the pilot, smooth move ex lax

Going back to the post office talk, the worst was when we did mailers to the press, because I'd always have to send out multiple packages (CD plus press kit) at once. Usually it wasn't too many, but after the remix album came out last year, we did a national press blitz, and I showed up to the post office in the Merchandise Mart with a trash bag full of like 100 envelopes.

See, I think my wife actually has a higher tolerance for this stuff than she is ready to admit. She always goes on about how much she hated X-Files, but she is addicted to Fringe. They both seem pretty similar to me, at least irt the paranormal/weird shit going on.

Ha, Kr loved X-Files but is also I think kind of embarrassed about it, because she was like 13 when it was on.

the pilot is....a miniseries? please halp guys, i need to know how the rest of my academic career will be ruined

right, i thought the fringe was the lame '00s version of x-files

I think I'm ready for BSG, even if phrases like "CGI space battles" give me serious pause.

Alllllllllllllssssssssssssooooooooooo there are a lot of badass women on the show, which is nice, and Mary McDonnell plays a v. badass, hot, older woman who wears business suits in space and will toss you out of an airlock as soon as look at you, which is pretty delightful.

http://www.daemonstv.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/nup_107035_0234.thumbnail.jpg

there is something about her delivery that is soothing and also, like, weirdly nasal

I think I'm ready for BSG, even if phrases like "CGI space battles" give me serious pause.

Hahaha. The "CGI space battles" on the one episode of Babylon 5 my friend made me watch was nearly enough to put ME off sci-fi forever.

I tried to love Fringe but it was just so formulaic that I just stopped watching it and didn't even notice until just now when I read about it on this thread.

Yeah, Evan, you missed the pilot, which you should go back and watch since it sets up a lot of important foundation for the whole thing. 33 is the first ep of the first regular season.

see, i'd been running on teh assumption that all of the back story i'm missing (who are the cylons, why does gaius see one all the time, etc) were going to be revealed to me over the seasons, as a mystery. now i'm guessing that all that shit is in the pilot, huh

xp

haha, i bet it will also undermine one of the neatest "devices" in the first season: the whole helo is on caprica w/sharon. i understood it to be flash-back for the entire season and then it's like ~bam~ tricked ya it's been happening concurrently the entire time!

The "CGI space battles" on the one episode of Babylon 5

those were infamously terrible

(yes, i just admitted to watching babylon 5)

I kinda like Fringe, but mostly because of Daniels and all the other Wire cameos and because the crazy scientist guy reminds me v v much of my father-in-law.

ugh babylon 5 blewwwwwwww

i also feel weirdly guilty about not getting into firefly (for reasons i believe i've stated before)....it's like it ~should~ be right up my alley, but whatever

xp tried watching fringe and that it was garbage. a cheap assembly of myriad, better shows

the whole helo is on caprica w/sharon. i understood it to be flash-back for the entire season and then it's like ~bam~ tricked ya it's been happening concurrently the entire time!

waht, i don't remember this

no, see, that's the thing. it didn't happen! i'm guessing it was established in the pilot that helo was downed on caprica w/sharon and that everything that was happening was going on at the same time. i just thought that it was a flashback because, you know, TWO sharons

The pilot doesn't fully explain everything. You don't find out why Gaius sees a Cylon until the series finale and you don't find out who the Cylons really are until the end of season four.

GUYS you are getting into spoiler territory for JVC, but Jordan he's talking about something that was ongoing throughout the entire first season so you should really remember it.

ah, ok, stop talking about it, NO SPOILERS (<--- which is why i'm not reading the ILX threads devoted to BSG)

And Evan you need to watch the pilot, stat.

Another reason not the read the ILX BSG threads is because there are like three people who shit all over the show like it's their fucking job, basically shutting down any possibility of there being any discussion of the show that doesn't revolve around why it sucks.

DLing

btw i <3 u starbuck

first season was so long ago

You don't find out why Gaius sees a Cylon until the series finale

but this was only a couple weeks ago and i don't remember an actual explanation!

I didn't see it coming at all when Gabriel Byrne bites the gymnast/patient in the neck and it turns out that he is a colonel in the army of the undead.

that was explained in the webisodes

Hey, the gal who acted in my radio-show play is now on Scrubs and is funny on the webisodes (haven't seen the real onez).

i am basically DLing 8GB of video at the moment

I am trying not to read this thread because I am somewhere in the middle of season 2 of BSG and I fear spoilers. It is hard.

Yeah, I may want to watch it, too. I didn't even read the Obama article in last week's Onion.

There is only one really spoilery thing here, and Dr. Johnson, it is of something that you already know about if you are in the midst of season 2.

Definitely wise to avoid that Onion article, though.

Okay. I have actually been unable to totally 100% get into BSG as of yet, perhaps because my girlfriend won't watch it. I feel like I just need to take a whole day and watch like 4 dvds worth or something.

girlfriends are lame

I thought Jeff posted that too!

srsly do you even read past the first few words anyone writes

seriously i didn't actually think jeff posted it
i meant that before i reached your username i thought "jeff"

i apologoze for any inconvenience

Yes, to be fair, it was awfully Jeff-like.

And I, like Jesse, thought "Jeff" until I read a bit further and realized it was not Jeff.

going forward please identify yourselves at the beginning of a post

you first

YES

I have an interview back at the Pr3ss next week.

Awesome, congrats.

Alright Dan!!!

I have to write an order denying a petition for attorneys' fees, and I have to reference three different petitions and two different hearings attended by three different attorneys from the same firm, and it's not entirely clear which of the three attorneys performed or failed to perform which actions that, taken as a whole, lead to the decision to deny the petition for fees and the end result is that I am going into a passive voice coma.

A passive voice coma is being entered by me.

Also it's funny how saying, "Again, no evidence was offered in support of the motion" is kind of neutral, but if you say, "Once again, no evidence was offered in support of the motion" it's kind of like a little implied FU.

Actually I think "again" is a little FU by itself, and "once again" is a touch too far.

Like you're taking your FU and putting a frilly little hat on it.

LOLyers: Putting frilly little hats on FUs since 753 BC.

kenan will you tell me about your screen name? i am amused by it.

xxpost My friend D. and I have freakin' epic arguments about exactly that kind of thing. It's even more fun on Skype, what with the shaky sound tech and things misheard. Last night he mumbled something about the copy we were editing that I didn't hear very well, and then he said "Oh, nevermind," and then I insisted he repeat it because I didn't hear it well, and then I mercilessly tore his sentence a new one, and then he got mad at me for making him repeat it when he'd already told me to ignore it.

Good times.

It reminds me of the Vic Chestnutt song "Doubting Woman" on Is The Actor Happy?:
i was supposed to tell you about the point of departure
but with the aim of a drunken archer
i will probably stray
but you can see in her bold eyebrow
you can see in that fancy cup
that even her freakish nipples are akimbo

kenan will you tell me about your screen name? i am amused by it.

heh, I'm glad. So am I.

It came from this thread: Chuck Asay died for your sins: batshit rightwing cartoonists 2009

But I kept it because it reminds me of the Carlin "7 dirty words" routine, where he points out that the word "tits" doesn't belong on the list at all.

It seems like such a friendly word. Sounds like a nickname. "Hey Tits, come here man! Tits! Meet my friend Toots. Toots, Tits. Tits, Toots."

jenny say "here we go again with the lack of evidence." then you'll sound like my boss (Ll66y)

Xp LOL her tits!!

Jesse, that thread is good and you should read it.

xp They are indeed akimbo. No better word that I know for what those tits are.

Also:

Malort Cocktail:
the local drink,
and all she wants to do is dance dance dance.

Mix 'em right
in the kitchen sink
and all she wants to do is, all she wants to do is dance.

And make romance.

Which tastes worse: Malort vs. Don Henley

Body shots of Malort off Don Henley's abs

Then sit in a bathtub and cry and scrub until your skin bleeds

Would it not be fun to go to Bar Chicago or wherever and buy drunk folks shots of Malort and watch their reaction?

(without giving any preface)

That would be a lot of fun, actually. Especially with a bit of flash photography.

Actually, the best people to spring it on are non-drunk folks. When I had my first shot of Malort, (thanks to Jenny, Jeff, and Jesse) I was already too drunk to be appropriately horrified.

My favorite reaction was from one of Jesse's interns back in the day, wherein he tried SO HARD to look like he was totally cool with Malort when it was pretty clear that he was, indeed, not cool with Malort in the least, that he came across like a complete tool.

Here's an idea, and you know I'm not normally a prankster: we go to Trader Todd's, the karaoke 7-nights-a-week place near Belmont/Sheffield, and while people are singing onstage hand them a shot of Malort.

sometimes at the green mill someone will buy the band a tray of shots, and a tiny part of my is always suspicious of sabotage via malort

the stealth onstage shot is a good idea

*files information away for later*

imagine, though, if we had given the virgin mary woman one of those

i honestly don't think she would have noticed

She made my year.

the stealth onstage shot is a good idea

Totally! Nobody would turn it down, and yet it would taste just as bad. So they would have to deal with Malort very publicly.

That's a GREAT idea, now that I think on it.

But maybe not... it wouldn't work more than once.

evil!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3336/3245622763_375ed490f9.jpg

lol

this might necessitate a quick exit, or at the very least a make-up drink of the singer's choice

it wouldn't work more than once.

We need to go to somewhere like Wrigleyville or Rush St., then, and go on a Malort rampage, culminating in us taking a shot ourselves at the final destination.

BYOE: bring your own evil

Malort rampage would be like the polar opposite of that bar crawl of people wearing Slankets

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/paris_riots/gfx/riot-cp-3953861-392.jpg

"Wanna shot?"

Haha

The quality of Facebook quizzes have hit a new low with this new one that is popping up called "What Does Your Eyes Say?"

hey dudes

we're thinking about going to see stand-up comedy at the lincoln lodge at 9 tonight ... anyone else interested?

here's the n-fo:

http://www.thelincolnlodge.com/home.html#

We have very definite couch-pizza-tv plans tonight, but that looks like an interesting and inexpensive activity that I might be interested in some time in the future.

well if anyone else is interested, give us a call because we might change our plans because we are so spontaneous and wild

I'm so wild that I am going to Julia's place to sleep off what has been a seriously mad week.

We agreed: I can come over and just sleep a lot, because I'm cute when I sleep. I wouldn't know, but it works for me anyway.

I used to follow that thread but then got tired of reading new posts each time they popped up in my book marks. I will return to it one day.

It's too bad that Malort isn't available in more bars.

The first time I had it was when Robin Ru550 asked the bartender at the Green Mill to give me a free birthday drink.

Some of the cocktails in that Reader article sound pretty good. I have always said that Malort tastes like Campari, but not sweet, and more bitter.

I had a dream last night that I was back in high school but this time Dan M. and I had band together (both played trumpet) and Dan was passing around little bottles of Frangelico and Baileys.

stand-up at the lincoln lodge was pretty good. i'm not sure about the crew that runs it - the hostess comedienne was pretty awful, and apparently they usually do a "woman in the street" segment where one of the crew goes out and asks people outside the LL "funny questions" but the area was closed down due to an armed robbery at subway so she was trying to do it with the audience inside instead which made me uncomfortable. however, the other stand-ups were all decent to good so overall it was pretty fun, had some LOLs

I often have a discomfort issue with live stand up/improv. If the performer starts flailing I get really really embarrassed for him or her. I'm glad the other people were funny. I'd like to go some time!

General question:

Do you think I could make a baked egg type thing but use corn tortillas as a base instead of like pie crust? I'm thinking some combination of quiche, tamale pie, and fritatta.

Ah ha!

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Corn-Tortilla-Quiche/Detail.aspx

Fuck you, random leftovers!

sarah was more tolerant of the hostess than i was; she came from the "I'M SO FAT!/I'M SUCH A MESS!/ARGH I SHOP TOO MUCH!/WHY DON'T MEN LIKE ME?" school of comediennes, for which i have very little patience

unless they're funny

this one wasn't funny

kind of like how i also don't usually like the denis leary/bill hicks pissed-off loner stand-up, but there was a dude last night who pulled it off because he had some jokes and he knew how to perform

that's a good idea, i have a million tortillas leftover from the taco party last night.

"I'M SO FAT!/I'M SUCH A MESS!/ARGH I SHOP TOO MUCH!/WHY DON'T MEN LIKE ME?"

http://dcist.com/attachments/dcist_nicole/cathy2.jpg

Jordan, I will let you know how it goes. Early surveys of the fridge suggest this quiche will involve: mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, cheese, cilantro (if it is salvageable), and maybe Canadian bacon. A lot of recipes call for cottage cheese, so I might include that if there happens to be some in the fridge or I get it together and go to the store.

Went for my first run outdoors since 2006 or so. It sucked worse than the treadmill because of:

uneven terrain
accidnetally choosing the route that took me through the screamiest/meanest parts of Uptown
dodging cars
the old guy with his buddy who yelled at the two guys on the sidewalk "HEY - lookit - it's a coupla FAGGOTS" (as a side note, they were probably actually straight)

On the other hand it felt great to see things besides Lou Dobbs and other sweaty people (not that Loud Dobbs is sweat - I meant the other gym people)

That was suppposed to go on the running running thread but then I realized I was here and kept going.

Hey - before I leave you - quick tip since summer is coming: cure for ZITS: liberal splash of rubbing alcohol rubbed vigorously over the affected area. Repeat. Skin will peel and clear up soon.

I sometimes get "folliculitus" which is just a breakout of chest zits and I found this cures it.

Tommorow: how to lance a boil and prescribe yourself antibiotics from New Zealand.

you guys i can now confirm that the area around 35th/archer (aka mckinley park) is really quite nice. i would not mind living there at all!

do you remember that time when some of you met me out at some place for standup comedy and it was this girl i worked with? and she was really bad? and there was that other girl there? i think that was the OMG CHOCOLATE hostess because that's her on the website. coincidentally, she is from akron and used to date a guy who went to my high school. we were never friends though and i am pretty sure she has no idea who i am. would like to keep it that way.

Corn tortilla quiche = complete success. Here is what I did:

Greased a pie pan w/ butter (could use pan spray) and arranged corn tortillas around the edges, with one in the middle to cover the hole. I used six because that's all I had, but seven or eight would not be remiss.

I scattered an assortment of leftover vegetables (sauteed the onions and mushrooms first, with a couple cloves of garlic), and some chopped up, cooked bacon from breakfast, and about, oh, a cup of grated cheese in the pie pan.

Then I whisked about a 1/2 c of sour cream with about 2 T of milk (low-fat and skim respectively, but it probably doesn't matter) in a bowl, and added eight eggs, two at a time, so the sour cream would not get all weird. At the end I added some chopped cilantro, salt, pepper, and a little chili powder. Then I poured it in the pan over all the other junk.

Baked it at 350 for 35 minutes and it was very delicious. Although now instead of leftover individual items, I have leftover egg and tortilla pie. That's okay, though. I think it will be good for lunch next week.

that sounds awesome, i will try it for my tuesday night potluck most likely.

do you remember that time when some of you met me out at some place for standup comedy

Was this Chicago Underground Comedy when it was at Gunther Murphy's?

Speaking of which, did you guys hear that R. Buscemi is moving to L.A. next month?

More than anything I want domestic bliss, however boring and routine and bland it might be.

I don't know anything about the standups you refer to.

Oh crap. I think I'm drunk. We had whisky sours/sleep/whisky sours w/ bitch session, then my cab ride home. Sorry my nigs.

Point being that ILYM was good but it hurt so good in the place I register horrible social awkwardness. But it made me want to spend my life adoring Paul Rudd b/c I will anyway.

Was this Chicago Underground Comedy when it was at Gunther Murphy's?
it must be
kelsey was there, right?

Jesse!

Yeah, I can't wait until he wakes up and reads that.

we were at the chicago underground comedy thing that time too

i remember! was the women be shoppin' girl the same as the one you saw there? (not my coworker?) same hostess i mean?

what's up with jesse

someone get that guy a twitter account

Sorry my nigs.

― pullapartgirl (Jesse), Sunday, April 12, 2009 3:37 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

the one we saw this time was all1son l3b3r. she didn't look familiar but i have a pretty shitty memory

i suugest banned myself

I can't decide which is giving me more agita - all the religious Eastern-themed "HE IS RISEN" facebook updates, or the update from this one guy who went to high school with casually announcing that he's off to his second home in "Cabo" for six months. He's the guy who refers to his giant yacht as his "toy" in his profile pictures. (We went to high school together - he is the son and heir to a vast old money fortune and somewhere between graduation and now, his dad bought him a construction business.)

why are you fb friends w this guy?

I went to Lincoln Lodge for a comedy show a few years ago and got hit on really hard by a woman who later revealed she wasn't wearing underwear. Top 5 hittings-on ever, that one.

xp We've known each other since we were four, so that has to count for something, right? Also I get perverse pleasure in seeing what he's up to, since he's the only person I know who is that rich.

Or he is the only person I know who is that rich and so unapologetically ostentatious about it, I should say.

son and heir

should i go see i love you man, adventureland, or observe and report today?

i think of those three, adventureland generally got the best reviews, but it also looks like it might have more emotions

I hear I Love You Man will make you crush so hard on Paul Rudd that you post objectionable things on ILX.

hmm, well i do love paul rudd, not sure how i feel about emotions today.

the one we saw this time was all1son l3b3r.
same one -- in high school she was ally and used to work at the baskin robbins
women love ice cream, doncha know

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-yWNMWcLo-Q/SNqubUU22KI/AAAAAAAAAuE/VpqB86GsC18/s400/cathy-as-featured-on-30-rock.gif

Speaking of Tits Akimbo:

http://joshreads.com/images/08/03/i080311zits.jpg

I do not want to be Jesse's "nig." Or anyone's, really, but especially not his. Not only would it be indentured servitude, but there would probably be some gay shit involved. Uh-uh.

it also looks like it might have more emotions

actual lols

so i bought a ticket for i love you, man and then double-featured it into adventureland afterwards. they were both way better than i expected, good stuff. adventureland seemed sort of jaymc-ish.

that was some serious punch

I left that party at the sweet spot. I was drunk, a bookcase fell over spontaneously (multiple sources verified that no one had touched it), the guys were comparing degrees to which our pubes were trimmed or not trimmed, and a good time was being had by all. I'm sure that at this point it's all George and Martha up in there.

I drove a car and it was fun.

A friend and I are flying in for the Old 97's show May 3 - we only have Friday night and Saturday day. Recs on good places to eat/see shit in the Wrigleyville area?

I'm sorry sorry to have missed the party. Once again, ended up obligated on the wrong end of town.

The Metro/Smart Bar are good for seeing shows in Wrigleyville, as well as the Lakeshore, if there's anything there. You'll be near the red line, so you can take the El all over town. Lots of restaurants if on Clark, or else if you walk over to Broadway. Hmm....

The trend of having the day BEFORE a holiday off (or 1/2 day) is nonsense. Who cares about Good Friday? I want Easter Monday off. Particularly if it's going to be gray and drizzly.

That punch really was delicious, particularly in its early permutations. Blood oranges FTW.

adventureland seemed sort of jaymc-ish.

Yes, I want to see that. I think it's playing at the Davis, too, so maybe I'll go after work sometime this week.

man is the cubs home opener going to get rained out?

continuing from our discussion of government employees/offices last week: we started getting parking tickets last week because our license plate stickers are expired. sarah checked our records and found that we had written a check to the sec. of state office for our new stickers, which had been cashed a couple of months ago. we were kind of dreading trying to deal with this, but sarah just went to the sec. of state office in the thompson center, there was no one else in line so she just went up and showed them the record of our cashed check, they said they didn't know why we didn't get our stickers but printed up new ones with no hassle or argument or extra payments. we still have to try to get out of the tickets but getting the stickers was really easy.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3634/3438680477_7138aea445.jpg?v=0

kitty

http://cdn-www.dailypuppy.com/media/dogs/anonymous/chewy_cocker_spaniel_01.jpg
i love this puppy so much

Things you may not know about the King of Bhutan:

1. His last name is "Wangchuck."
2. He is very handsome. http://www.bhutanmajestictravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/king-jigme-khesar-namgyal-wangchuk.jpg

Huh.

I tried to sign up for a Twitter account but I ran into a roadblock when choosing a password.

Debaser and Mutterer were taken. Help me with other ideas. I would like maybe an adjective.

A password, or a username? Why would it care if 2 ppl have the same password?

Just spell it with a number, l33t style. Deb4ser.

Most of the pokemon names are taken on Twitter.

twitter/JaySayCare

Oh, shoot, I meant user name. That post was the last thing I did before I went to bed.

I thought about a Jaymc style name
JayCKay or JSeeKay etc.

I really hate choosing user names. Most of mine are based on The Metamorphosis - gregorsamsa7, samsajk1, etc.

But I'm trying to branch out.

FUCKI'magiantcockroach22

amandaleporefan69420

Maybe I'll take my name from The Stranger. killanarab60640

I need cooking advice. I'm going to make this chicken and rice and mushroom casserole for dinner (because I love chicken and rice and mushrooms and casseroles). You make a mushroom marsala cream base and then pour it over some rice and some chicken in a casserole dish and bake it for 45 minutes. The recipe calls for chopped up rotisserie chicken, so pre-cooked. I'm kind of skeptical of cooking already cooked chicken for 45 minutes. I just image it's going to get really mealy. So is there any reason why I couldn't use raw chicken? I'd probably get boneless skinless things and brown them first and then cut them into smaller pieces.

(Confession: it's a god damn Rachel Ray recipe from her god damn magazine THAT I ACTUALLY BOUGHT because 1) I wanted to make this chicken and rice and mushroom casserole; and 2) the cover promised "The Secret to Making Everything Taste Better." The secret, btw, was "deep frying" which was a let down but not something I could really argue with.)

boneless skinless things

lol

pretentiousliteraryreferences617

Heh, that was a good typo.

eightinchesuncut6969

I'm leaning toward boneless_skinless_thing

That is disgusting, but possible also awesome.

I would be reluctant to cook fully-cooked chicken for 45 minutes. I'm no great whiz in the kitchen, but that sounds like a bit much. If I were making it, I would probably go w/ raw.

haha

jenny, maybe you could sear the chicken first and then bake it? btw i'm making your tortilla quiche after work tonight.

i bought a "quiche pan" because i didn't have a pie pan, but it looks kind of shallow.

I think searing the chicken sounds like a nice compromise.

A better one would be to sear Rachel Ray.

Yeah, I would definitely sear the boneless skinless things first, for flavor and to get some chickeny bits in the pan that I make the marsala sauce in. Okay, thanks for the advice.

Jordan, I made the quiche in a pie pan that was also pretty shallow - probably like an inch and a half? I used eight eggs, but I could have gotten away with six pretty easily.

word. i don't think i've ever made a quiche before and i can't tell you how excited i am.

they have these weird things at the grocery store where it's just quiche filling in a little carton, like a milk carton, so you can buy a premade crust and pour the premade filling into it. i think i tried it once and it was ok.

oh you have to cook it too, i forgot to say that part

Have you guys seen the previews for the History Channel series Life After People? I look forward to seeing it.

oh man, that looks boss, if only we had cable

That does look pretty good!

I enjoyed seeing the Willis Tower collapse.

We watched Life After People the last time it came on. It's great. Cats take over all the skyscrapers, which explains why they disdain those puny carpet covered jokes that we humans try to foist off on them as "cat towers" or "scratching posts." They are just waiting for something bigger and better.

All the clever little human engineered dogs die, as they have been bred to be utterly unfit for independent life, which is sad.

Oh, spoiler alert.

what is a fun thing to make with leftover cooked rice?

anything? jambalaya, curry, gumbo, red beans & rice?

In 1st or 2nd grade the teacher read us a story about a day when the sun did not rise. It went like "then the whisper became a cry: THE SUN WOULD NEVER RISE AGAIN." It scared the shit out of me. I mean I was already preoccupied with the apocalypse (scanning the skies for "a cloud the size of a man's fist" that the Bible foretold would be carrying JC and friends) and that story confirmed my fears.

Now I love stuff about the destruction of society and humanity.

Come come come
Nuclear bomb

Have you guys seen the previews for the History Channel series Life After People?

Wasn't there a book about this that came out a couple years ago?

Ah yes.

http://robsharpe.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/world_without_us1.jpg

there was also an earlier documentary on the subject titled 'omega man'

I wonder if a book would scratch my itch the way TV/movies relating to mass-annihilation would.

there was also an earlier documentary on the subject titled 'omega man'

LOL

Leftover cooked rice: fried rice!

I usually saute until onions and carrots until they are soft (could add snow pease, too, I bet), then add ginger and garlic, then throw in some frozen peas, then add a T or two of hoisin sauce, then add the rice and stir it all up until the rice is warm, then stir up a couple of eggs in a bowl and clear out a little hole in the center of the pan and add the eggs and scramble them a little, then mix it all into the rice, then dump some soy sauce in.

i might do that for lunch, sounds good

I am on an awesome roll of suggesting things ppl can do with leftovers. I should have my own media empire. I just need a catch phrase, like "EVOO" or "BAM!"

What should I do with leftover white bread?

And cat turds.

french toast? or stuffing?

I just had my interview at the Pr3ss... now begins the waiting and the agonizing and the second-guessing. SIGH

Wouldn't the smothering of the cooked chicken in the cream sauce negate any nastification that would happen in the course of cooking it for 45 min? I mean, I've made enchiladas using a rotisserie chicken before... covering something in sauce generally negates any drying-out that would happen w/ overcooking.

What should I do with leftover white bread?

BREAD PUDDING

fried rice turned out pretty good!

I'm thinking Fr. toast would be better. For bread pudding I would want to use challah/croissants/brioche.

My lunch:
1/2 avocado
1 tomato
salt

Dan, I think Jenny was concerned that the chicken would turn "mealy" or mushy.

Dan asked about pub quiz tonight, but I'm thinking next week might be better for me.

If you guys do go tonight, the first three rounds are on Titanic, zombies, and (match round) statehood dates.

i think the opposite! i like eggy, rich bread for french toast. for bread pudding, stale whatever seems to work fine. in both cases you're soaking the bread, but i guess i feel like you taste the actual bread more in french toast?

i can't do pub quiz tonight; i'm going in to the office tomorrow so i have to wake up even earlier than usual

Hmmm. Yeh, you've got a point Jordan.

The white bread will go to the sea gulls.

I had bread pudding at G@n@che one time that was made with all 3 of the aforementioned breads and it was magnif.

Speaking of pub quiz, though, someone on I Love Baseball yesterday posted a link to this site:
www.sporcle.com

Which I'm not even going to click on, because it will shoot my afternoon all to hell.

And also because I failed to actually make it a hyperlink.

http://asset.soup.io/asset/0279/2254_6775.jpeg

I'm sorry Jenny, my chicken advice is apparently invalid.

xp! Yeah, my chicken fears ran toward the mealy/mushy, not toward the dry.

I am with Jordan re: French toast bread preferences, although I will make French toast with whatever pain happens to be perdu at the time.

It's not invalid advice, though, since I'm sure that I will someday have leftover rotisserie chicken and it's good to know that I can make enchiladas, etc.

Seriously, I feel like every post I've made in the last week has related to the creative disposition of leftovers. And the King of Bhutan.

My Chicken Fear
Mealy and Mushy

that's supposed to look like an musical act and their album btw

jesse, here is mindy kaling doing stand up on that very topic:

http://www.petergreenberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/bhutan-king.jpg

Funny. I like the part about the use of "retarded" too.

stale bread --> breadcrumbs!

also i make quiche every week for breakfast and i only use two eggs and some egg white
8 eggs seems like a ton!

I would like to make a frittata. Frittata pans are crazy expensive.

Cast iron skillet

Also, Amanda, what else do you put in your quiche? Two eggs and some egg whites spread out over a week of breakfasts seems really depressing.

Or any oven safe skillet. I didn't even know they made specialty frittata pans. That just seems absurd.

I think what makes them frittata pans is that the two parts interlock, allowing for flipping.

no, it's not depressing at all -- lots of spinach and cheese and cheese and spinach in there too
i think i posted my quiche recipe once?
here it is again

In one bowl, mix:
2 eggs
about 1/2 cup egg whites
about 1/2 cup milk

In another larger bowl mix:
a bunch of spinach (about 2 fistfuls)
about 3/4 cup grated cheese (I usually use low-fat cheddar or monty jack) -- **save a little for the top and for the bottom of the pan**
about 6 tbsp flour
1 tsp baking powder
some salt - not much
about 1/2 cup fat free cottage cheese (don't worry, you can't detect it in the final product -- it's just there to add moisture

MIX WELL with a fork, until everything is incorporated, but don't pulverize it or anything. the spinach leaves look pretty in the middle of the quiche when they come out whole. also do not use frozen spinach -- too much moisture.

heat oven to 350
spray a pie plate with some cooking spray

sprinkle some cheese at the bottom of the pie plate, then put the mixture in there, making sure to try to get the spinach as well covered as you can.

i like to put some cayenne pepper on top of that, but it's not necessary

then sprinkle some cheese on top and bake for 50-60 min or til toothpick in the middle comes out clean (usually 57 min in my oven or so)

Cool and then cut into wedges. Eat one for breakfast every day!

This recipe is from my head, so I cannot vouch for exact measurements...

You don't flip a frittata, though. You just cook the eggs until they set on the stove top, and then stick it under the broiler to finish.

also i use one cheese inside and then put gruyere on top, for extra yumz
lately i have been putting more and more spinach
i think it's kept me healthy all winter!

here is a photo
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3039/2937272019_a55c8f0367.jpg

we're getting groceries tonight so i'm supposed to research recipes that sound good but i ate too much fried rice and i'm too full to think about food

I wish I could force myself to take time to cook more often. I always like it when I have the time, but it just never happens.

So that one quiche is enough for 5 breakfasts?

xp - me too jvc.

GIS for frittata pan results in these:

http://www.kitchencontraptions.com/pictures/img37m.jpg

Wasn't trying to derail the topic, I just get jealous because it makes me wish I was cooking more than I do.

i usually eat one wedge with my morning coffee before i leave the house
then around 10:30-11 i have a snack
then i eat lunch

so yes

there are 8 wedges per quiche, and sometimes i eat it for lunch or a snack too.

Jesse, I believe you that there is such a thing as a frittate pan. I'm just telling you that you in no way need to purchase one to make a frittata, which is really easy to make with any oven-safe skillet.

do you think my quiche looks depressing?

it doesn't taste depressing at all

No, it looks delicious! And if it makes you happy, it doesn't matter what anybody else thinks, anyway.

well, that's true
but i want to assure you that it is delicious

Looks good to me. If I were making a quiche, I'd use your recipe, since I don't really like anything overly eggy.

I think your quiche looks delightful. I just can't believe you can make a quiche with so few eggs!

Jenny - a little research has indicated that I don't know jack about frittatas. I thought you flipped it or something. I don't really get what's up w/ the 2 part design.

Wikipedia says:

Nowadays, Italian-style frittatas are cooked in a pan designed for the purpose. It is dual-handled (usually nonstick) with a hinge that allows the pan to be opened or closed with a lid. The egg mixture is poured into the bottom portion and additional ingredients placed on top. After the bottom begins to cook the frittata is lifted slightly with a spatula so any additional egg rolls off the top and cooks on the bottom. This way the ingredients are baked only slightly into the top. Then the lid is closed and the frittata cooked to the desired consistency, traditionally well done.

oooh know what? i bet wee quiches made in muffin tins would make nice portable breakfasts too
never tried that...

I've done that, with a quiche recipe very similar to yours (mostly egg whites, plus spinach) and it worked really well.

I am going to send myself an email instructing myself to make quiche for week-long breakfast. I forget that it can keep well. I wonder if you can freeze it?

You know what I don't like? Korean quick-serve places that keep their fried eggs under a heat lamp.

i know that things have gone horribly wrong when i realize that i printed something about 15 minutes ago and i can't be bothered to get up, walk across the building and pick it up.

http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2009/04/uncomfortable-plot-summaries/

i'm going to make quiche in an hour! jenny, does the tortilla crust become at all, you know, homogeneous and crust-like, or should i expect a quiche sitting on a bunch of tortillas?

if you want an integrated crust -- just an idea --
if you have a food processor, pulverize the tortillas and then add a little milk and egg to make a crust, then press that into the pie/quiche pan? not sure if it would work, but i bet so.

I steamed the tortillas a little first so they would be more malleable, and then they got really soft in the backing process and are definitely adhered to the egg, although some egg leaked through and between the layers. So I would say that they became crust-like and probably more homogeneous than not. It's definitely not like egg tostadas.

or if you wanna be totally crazy use cheese to bind it?

I just buy pie-crusts from the grocery store and keep them in the freezer. Because quiche is really easy to whip up but only if you don't make the crust from scratch.

I steamed the tortillas a little first so they would be more malleable

oh, interesting. i'll give that a shot (i don't have a food processor unfort.).

You might not have to do that. I just wanted to get them into the pan real good and was afraid of tearing them since they were a little stale.

today is crashing and burning

send positive vibes to 9oo J@cks0n Blvd, please

http://lab.andre-michelle.com/swf/fl10/ToneMatrix.swf

addictive.

quiche is in the oven. i forgot that the bottom of the quiche pan is not attached (why?!) so i had a near-catastrophe when putting it in. i made a kramer-esque save though and only ended up splashing some egg on the inside of the oven door.

the quiche was a total hit, it turned out fine and people were v impressed. it's so cool how those overlapped tortillas end up tasting like an actual crust (i even forgot to grease the pan, but it was cool). thx jenny!

Blagojevich hoping to appear in NBC reality show

hey n/a, any chance you could h00k me up with that d1rty pr0ject0rs @lbum?

yeah i'll email you once i upload it ... if anyone else is interested, let me know, it's really good

The bottom is removable for easier release.

I downloaded the DPs album the other day but haven't listened to it yet.

Jordan, I am very pleased that the quiche worked out!

My mushroom chicken casserole was okay, not great, but I think with a few modifications, it will be better.

Jordan did you buy a quiche pan esp. for this quiche? How much did you pay? Is it truly non-stick?

even though i barely use it, i got one at target for about $12-15 i think? it is truly nonstick in my experience.

i realize that you didn't ask me
carry on

No, I'm happy to hear from all quicheteurs.

I should be making quiches. I might try them w/ Egg Beaters for a lower-fat quiche experience.

All of a sudden I feel sweaty and queasy....I wonder if this development is related to my Attune Probiotic snack bar?

God damn you Chick-Fil-A for being so tempting and so awful. http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/15/chick-fil-a-tea-party/

even though i barely use it, i got one at target for about $12-15 i think? it is truly nonstick in my experience.

i only got a little slice of my quiche at the party so i'm going to make another one all for myself at the earliest convenience

i just saw a fashion shoot going on in the alley behind my apt

it was for hats

Huh. What is your alley like?

Man. Bread and butter is delicious.

i read that as a "fashion shooting"

1. You know, Jesse, if you want a lower fat quiche, I think you should go with Amanda's recipe (couple or three eggs, egg whites equivalent to a couple or three more) over egg beaters, which have a weird plasticy consistency that I can more or less forgive in an omelet but that would probably be overwhelming in a quiche. Also, you can just use a pie plate for quiche to avoid the trap of specialty cookware (doubly important in a teeny kitchen) (although I guess a removable bottom quiche pan is also a tart pan, and since you make so many tarts, it is probably worthwhile).

2. The few times I have attempted to take any probiotic supplements or eat any probiotic cereal (they were giving out free samples in front of work), I have become wildly nauseated.

3. Fucking Chick-fil-a.

4. I went to a work-related luncheon today and was sitting next to a somewhat important person. We had a choice of three entrees, including salmon, chicken, or rigatoni with vodka sauce, and when it was my turn to order, I looked up at the server, smiled, and said, "I'll have the vodka."

Note - I did not do that on purpose.

Not as awesome as the time I had to put my coat on like pants in front of the chairman of my agency (after babbling at her incoherently about gendered language in occupational titles), but still pretty great.

http://10.media.tumblr.com/v8Y1VvbEma2efk3vWvg3NmQm_400.gif

alley looks like an alley, but on the other side is a nice little private beach

for nudists

.

just kidding

Why would you be putting on pants in front of her?

Jenny - I am not wild about Egg Beaters (though the new ones made with yolks are better) but I hate wasting yolks. I could just use whole eggs, but given that I find eggs incredibly not filling, and that I therefore eat many in a sitting, I like to cut some fat and cholesterol. It's like that dilemma about whether you should move the train to a new rail and kill 1 person or do nothing and kill 15.

you can buy egg whites in a carton, you boob

hey guys should i put "what a fool believes" on my ddpp mix?

You can buy just egg whites in a carton. xp! What Amanda said!

I put on my coat like pants - it was during that dark time that my zipper was broken on my winter coat and I had to step in and out of it. I just happened to be leaving the building with the Big Boss and it was v. cold outside and I had this horrible mental calculation of which would make me look crazier - going outside without a coat at all or stepping into my coat. I opted for the latter. On the bright side, the big boss always says hi to me and she remembers my name.

xp - YES YOU SHOULD

i'm going to continue to believe that eggs are healthy and that you can't eat too many of them

Amanda - When is your DJ night? Not tonight is it? I have to work mega late.

Jordan - me, too.

yeah it's tonite

I'm trying to picture a coat that would be harder to pull over your head than to step into like pants, but I'm not having any luck.

I could mix it up and use real eggs plus cartoned egg whites.

There was a line of protesters walking on Jackson a while ago holding tea-related tax protest signs.

OH! I forgot about your coat. I really thought you were saying that you put your legs into the sleeves! While babbling about gendered titles.

I want to DDPP tonight, too. But I am massively exhausted after the weekend, and Sunday in particular. Our party was so exciting that a bookshelf spontaneously collapsed. I'm guessing the downstairs neighbors love us extra much this week.

What was the aftermath you referred to on Facebook?

The bookshelf collapse was incredible.

My puzzlemaster cousin sent me something about an amateur crossword puzzle tourney this Saturday bros.

I'll be there.

(I've been doing a lot of NYT puzzles for practice.)

nice

I had what I thought was a sub-4:00 Monday recently (I felt like Roger fucking Bannister) until I noticed that I had forgotten to fill in a square in the top-right corner. So it was probably more like a 4:02. Still beat my previous record by more than 30 seconds.

Yes. That was the aftermath. The kitchen is a wreck. And the living room has books strewn all about.

mondays make me feel like a genius

http://photos-e.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-snc1/v2724/156/115/806755261/n806755261_6444004_605863.jpg

Oh no, and they were all so neatly organized by color, too.

Were they really? Ha.

Or is that the other room?

That bookshelf is in the dining room. And if it had fallen over, there would have been some human and/or canine casualties. This was in the living room. Much smaller bookshelf. I fear that it was kind of late when it fell, but I don't really recall. There had been a lot of activity with egg vodka, whiskey, ginger cognac and becherovka leading up to that point.

Also, I like that Stella got right in there to help.

But the bookshelf really did fall of its own accord. Humans had little to nothing to do with it.

Who is still funemployed and would be interested in knowing more about a do-gooder non-profit job opportunity? Holla and I'll email it. I am sending it to Dan M. as we speak.

What is it?

Katie - don't worry, it happened at about 8:45. There's never a great time for hundreds of pounds of books to crash above a neighbor's head, but 8:45 isn't the worst time.

from Jesse <thunderb✧✧✧@gm✧✧✧.c✧✧>
to Jenny <wickedfuckignawes✧✧✧@gm✧✧✧.c✧✧>
cc Coco <illcourtn✧✧✧@gm✧✧✧.c✧✧>
date Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 10:16 AM
subject Re: pre-postmortem

I paid my May rent yesterday.

you stupid girl.

paraphrased:

me: i'm going to put that on ilx

Jen: no don't
they'll think i'm weird
some kind of weird throat-shitter

Someone in the bathroom stall next to me, someone with reasonably stylish shoes I might add, was frantically and barely audibly whispering to herself the whole time she was doing her business. It was creepy.

they'll think i'm weird
they'll think i'm weird
they'll think i'm weird
they'll think i'm weird
they'll think i'm weird
they'll think i'm weird
they'll think i'm weird
they'll think i'm weird
they'll think i'm weird
they'll think i'm weird

What are you trying to say, dan-dan-peed-in-a-pan?

if anyone here doesn't already think Jesse is weird, they're a wicked fucking n00b

There are several things I do not understand.

1. Why is Jesse saying in the IM "don't put that on ILX" but then Jenny is the one who put it on ILX?
2. Why would anyone think Jesse is weird for paying his May rent two weeks in advance? I used to pay my rent two months at a time, just to save on stamps.

Jen: no don't
they'll think i'm weird
some kind of weird throat-shitter

Dan, you really should read who wrote what etc etc

LOL U GOT ME

although I would say there is a difference between reading who posted what and reading some c/p'd IM conversation

I will not argue that there is a difference.

hey Jesse maybe you should taunt John for not reading too fyi

I can help with these.

2. It's not weird that Jesse paid his rent. In fact, it is utterly and completely banal. So banal, in fact, that one might thing it is a ridiculous thing to email someone about. I certainly did, and so I posted it on ILX to publicly shame Jesse for emailing Courtney and me something that is completely uninteresting and mundane. I'm going to start sending Jesse an email every time AES autodebits my student loan from our checking account.

1. That is an old, unrelated IM conversation in which I said something weird (Jesse and I have a long-running, completely ridiculous, typo-originated in-joke about shitting in throats) and Jesse threatened to post it on ILX, and I responded as indicated.

or didn't you read his post xp

You two are acting like children, FYI.

John doesn't harangue me when I mess up.

I thought it was exceptional that I paid my rent 2 weeks in advance. Normally I pay it between the 1st and 5th of the month. So I shared.

Jesse, I wanted to tell you that I just shift in my chair a little bit.

Jesse, my AA just dropped a pen and then sighed.

Thank you, Jenny. I read those three posts over and over but couldn't make heads or tails out of them.

Oh, and I mistyped: I meant to say "why is Jesse saying 'I'm going to put that on ILX'?"

oh good, a boring post competition

^^^winner!

LOL

I just read several very banal observations on a message board.

someone alert casuistry

But his observation and enjoyment of our banal conversation will render it interesting. He's the Schrodinger's cat of boring message board conversation.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3300/3446664194_7a516c1f4a.jpg?v=0

http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/1398/slide_1398_20093_large.jpg

wow

I know right? Nothing like equating the suffering and deaths of millions of people with your maybe-slightly-higher tax bill.

On bad days I really, really fear for the future of America. Some of these right-wing nitwits seem inches away from armed uprising.

hi guys, i'm at the coffeeshop with an iced coffee and a delicious vanilla cupcake

i wish i was outside today, soooo nice out. i almost called in sick to go for a bike ride and watch ghajini.

This is absurd enough that I hate to pass it on, but people will believe it, no doubt.

This is unrelated to anything:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2009-04/46329164.jpg

love that dude

he's totally peeing

lol

that monkey has cute shoulders

jordan or kenan or anybody, recommend me some early-mid-'60s heavy soul stuff with lots of horns. i have basic stuff like wilson pickett and otis redding and james brown but not much more

stuff like this

i recommend bobby byrd, sam & dave, lee dorsey, king floyd, arthur conley, etc. do you want specific songs/albums?

you could do worse than to work your way through this: http://www.amazon.com/What-Funky-Soul-Grooves-1967-1977/dp/B000GIWS4W

also this is pretty dope, it's probably on netflix: http://www.amazon.com/Stax-Volt-Revue-Live-Norway/dp/B000UB054U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1239915428&sr=1-1

naw that's good to start, thanks

I think I'd probably dig a lot of that stuff, too. My appetite for early '70s funk/jazz/soul stuff was whetted when I made that mix of Digable Planets samples last year, although I'm not sure where to begin. I bought a Crusaders album a couple months ago, but it didn't really grab me.

there is so much good stuff out there. even the mediocre stuff is still pretty good (and sounds great, at least).

other stuff to check out: marilyn barbarin, betty harris, and the real early ike/tina turner stuff.

stax/volt box set(s) won't do you wrong

the soul band i was in that played all this stuff broke up a few weeks ago ;_;

When I last lived in DE there was a show on the university radio station called "Hip City" that was all similar soul/R&B and it was awesome. I used to record the show off the radio and then play the tapes to death. lol old

Anyway, I, too, appreciate all these recommendations.

This blog looks pretty good:
http://soul-sides.com/

this one is awesome for new orleans-focused early r&b: http://www.secondlinesocial.com/

heeeey i haven't looked at soul sides in years, but i used to check it every day
forgot it even existed! thanks for reminding me.

same here

here is that quiche btw

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3628/3448598231_7dce53ba02.jpg

also i highly recommend going to see the bad plus in chi tomorrow if even that's not normally your thing. there were lots of vocals and unironic sentiment, also one of the best drummers alive.

http://pics.livejournal.com/koalafrog/pic/002g4c16/s640x480

oh man that rules

What does it say about me that I read that as "squirting USA"?

STOP THE DEM-O-SQUIRT BUKAKKE! TAKE BACK THE CUNTRY!

Ban kenan.

Uh, speaking of that? No. On yet another totally unrelated topic...

The Lakeview Broadcasting Company closed and in its place, there is a new restaurant called the 44th Ward Dinner Party and their menu is all various grilled cheese sandwiches. That really sounds like something I'm making up, and yet it is all true: http://www.the44thward.com/.

have you eaten there? i read about it in the onion and it sounded good

OK $4 for Wonder Bread and American cheese is pushing it guys.

you could say that about pretty much anything you buy in a restaurant, to be fair

or you could not say it!

The photos make it look like Hipster Central.

There is a grilled cheese place in Cleveland:
http://www.meltbarandgrilled.com/

And used to be one in NYC:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/grilled-cheese-nyc-new-york-city

jaymc otm, those pictures were all it took to convince me to never, ever eat there

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/2489/darkroomdemons96009.jpg

"What's that? Someone's selling boring crap at inflated prices, but does it with tasteful design? SIGN ME UP!"

that grilled cheese place would live or die on the quality of their tomato soup imo. if it was sandwich + soup for $5or $6, then they'd have something.

i'm always looking for a better sandwich. it's like a constant quest in my life.

me too. although grilled cheese + whatever is lying around is my default meal at home, i eat it constantly.

man, i'm wishing for the millionth time that there was a banh mi place around here.

You should find a local entrepreneur and suggest banh.

lol

ouch

$4 for wonder bread and cheese seems like a very expectable price point.

Esp. as it is served with fries or salad

how much could a banana cost, 8 dollars?

Yeah, fries are worth at LEAST two dollars in that equation.

I'm pretty sure that I've paid more than $4 for cheese on white bread with fries at a greasy spoon before. But at least there were no hipsters there- ugh!!

oh wait, greasy spoons are often hipster hangouts...

at least the design wasn't good is what i meant

i think i'm going to start suggest banning anyone who uses the word "hipster"

I loved grilled cheese sandwiches and have surely paid inflated prices for them at restaurants in the past but I find a restaurant with 1) a cutesy name and 2) a menu dedicated entirely to grilled cheese sandwiches a little too gimicky for my tastes.

real talk

I'm sorry I reacted w/ sarcasm.

If it's anything like LBC, then it's a bar that serves food. The grilled cheese only menu is pretty cutesy (and not a very good business model, I would think - it sounds like a couple people with too much money and no restaurant experience said "You know what people love? Grilled cheese! Who needs anything else?" - kind of like Cereality, RIP).

Re the H word

1. It's Boystown and it's pics of an opening of a hip-ish place, so it's going to attract those who want to be seen.
2. LBC had them too, but it was still a really fun bar.

xp -- we both said "cutesy"

and: the prices are really not very high.

at least it doesn't have a one-word name

I just get really annoyed with people that are hyper-aware of cameras and spend so much time thinking of the best pose to be "caught" in. They just all seem to be trying soooooo hard to be "having fun".

I actually think the decor in that place looks great, and if it weren't crowded, it seems like it'd be a good place to have a drink.

all the people in those pictures are drinking Malört cocktails

A couple years ago I predicted a backlash against one word names and we'd see places named things like Honest Tom's Purveyors of Gourmet Sandwich Workings. Hasn't happened quite yet. :(

If I found out that they had the BEST GRILLED CHEESE EVER HOLY SHIT, like they became known as the Hot Doug's of grilled cheese, I would try it.

But I would go early on a weeknight because it's not really my crowd. Trying that hard to be trendy is exhausting, one, plus I'm too fat to be a h*pster. Although I do have a cute haircut and h*pster glasses so maybe I could get some sort of a "look at how tolerant we are of difference!" pass and live among them, at least temporarily until I opened my mouth and started talking about occupational injuries and the importance of an ergonomic workspace evaluation.

John, judging from my experiences with LBC, it's probably not crowded at all during the early bird shift, especially on a weeknight.

With so much drama in the LBC, it's kinda hard bein Snoop D-o-double-g. But I, somehow, some way keep comin up with funky ass shit like every single day.

If it's anything like LBC, then it's a bar that serves food.

Also real talk. IIRC, LBC had a gimmicky menu, too, but I can't remember what the gimmick was.

unrelated: is a rice cooker worth having? or is it just another single-use-appliance?

also, jordan? i recommend getting a food processor. i am surprised at how often i've used mine.

xp- ha - I was thinking that and eminem's "the LBC won't let me be and let me be me"

Maybe this is "too much time on ILX," but I read LBC and think "lol Britpop zing crew" without the zing.

you can steam veggies in a rice cooker too, if it has the steamer tray

Our Rice Cooker by Jenny

We use the shit out of our rice cooker. We mostly make rice in it. We eat a lot of rice. We can make fancy rice in it, too, because you can saute things in it. It also works as a steamer, and we use that aspect of it regularly as well.

If I were going to live in a dorm now, I would totally get a rice cooker.

I have heard tale of making delicious delicious oatz in rice cookers.

i have a rice cooker but half the time i just make rice in a pot anyway. it seems to come out about the same, but at least with the rice cooker it doesn't get stuck to the bottom.

i should probably break down and get a food processor, yeah. it's like a weird point of pride that i've gone this long without one.

You can also make quinoa and cous cous in a rice cooker. It is really a grain steamer!!!!!!!

xp - YES you can make delicious oats in a rice cooker. I've never maid Irish oatmeal in one, but I bet you can do that, too, and I'm bet I'm damn well gonna.

Counterpoint - we have a food processor and hardly ever use it because it's balanced precariously on a broken shelf and is a bitch to clean. I do, however, use a stick blender a lot.

my most used appliance (besides coffee maker) is probably the hand mixer, i love that thing

I would make the shit out of quinoa in a rice cooker. I will avoid buying separate quinoa and cous cous cookers.

I need to get a stick blender.

Are all rice cookers created equal (besides in terms of capacity and steam tray)? I saw one at Jewel - Proctor Silex, 6 cups, steam tray - $18.00.

I usually do a mental calculation when determining whether to use the food processor. If the amount of chopping exceeds the annoyance of the shelf falling down when I get the food processor plus the annoyance of cleaning, OR if I need to grate a shit ton of cheese (I hate grating cheese about as much as I hate any cooking-related task) I will use it.

Not all rice cookers are created equal. Ours is okay but it spits a lot. If I had it to do over again, recognizing how much we use the fucking thing, I would probably spring for a higher end model with a timer that you can set and stuff.

we just got a new blender (old one broke) which what we use to process food. it works ok but it sucks to clean

have you guys heard of this anti-recipe book? it sounds appealing and suspicious.

http://www.ecookbooks.com/p-22647-ratio.aspx

so you just put a block of cheese in the food processor? hmm.

i kinda like grating cheese. maybe because i end up eating a lot of it.

I make a lot of hummus and the FP beats the heck out of the blender for that purpose. I think it's b/c of the surface area of the blades.

Jenny why don't you fix that shelf? It's missing a pin. That's all.

wow that book sounds like it might be perfect for me.

We NEVER use our blender (it is BEHIND the food processor on the precarious shelf so it's a monster PIA to pull out) but I would hate to get rid of it because YOU NEVER KNOW.

We have fixed the shelf. It just keeps breaking again. Plus we're going to move out sometime in the next ten years anyway so it hardly seems worth the effort.

Jordan our FP has a grating thing, like the one in the middle:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/319Z0R2W09L._SS500_.jpg

I stopped using my blender years ago b/c I lost the rubber seal for it. I bought a new seal but since we grew apart and I got a FP, I no longer feel compelled to use it.

http://www.irreligion.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/god-listens.jpg

Come on, we all know God listens to Radiohead because he is a sad angsty fuxor.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2009-04/46349991.jpg

haha

I like that the Slayer-sprayers took the time to outline the white paint where it crosses over the white logo.

I noticed that, too!

i have FP, stick blender and rice cooker and use all regularly. no regular blender, b/c stick blender works fine.
i looooooooooooooooooove my food processor, though.

love it. i use it for all kinds of things, but mainly to always have hummus and salsa on hand.

Whenever I've made hummus, it's not as good as TJ's. :(

Yeh, I have that problem too. It's never as smooth or tasty as store bought.

But it's good in its own way and its cheaper and I can make extremely large quantities and freeze it.

food processors are good for spice + herb mixes for curries, too. i love my food processor. it is miniature.

Food processors are good for pesto.

you guys! i solved that grainy hummus problem by using the cooks ill. recipe! it's great! i think it's all in the order that you add the ingredients and how slowly you drizzle it in. you're using tahini, right?

fine you guys, i'll get a food processor, god

haha. it should be miniature!

I'll try the CI recipe. Kr has been getting into the habit of using dried legumes lately.

I think it should be a full size FP.

If you don't mind could you share the CI recipe? I should have known they'd be on the case. (I am using tahini, yes.)

John - dried? Does she grind them up then add water?

oh i guess it can be full-sized. mine is just cuter.

I have a miniature food processor, too! Or perhaps it is a "chopper." My grandmother gave it to me and I use it more than I use the big 'un, because it's right at the front of the Appliance Cabinet. (Obv. storage is an issue for us.)

HORSESHOE I was just talking about you last night (in a v. good way) and saying that I missed you and hoped you were doing well.

My full size is not large enough for my hummus. But then again anything I cook without a strict recipe tends to get HUGE.

well, i have been wanting to make more miniature food

aw! hi Jenny! i miss you, too. sadly i have left town, but i will probably be back in July! maybe we can get a drink if you're free.

Oh dag, I had no idea!

I will make it a point to be free in July.

sorry horseshoe, i just sb'ed you for posting on the chicago thread without living in chicago

i sort of left on the down-low, but the reason i did it is because i QUIT SCHOOL IT RULES SO HARD.

i do feel sort of deceitful posting in this thread but in my head Chicago is where i live.

oh also i understand your funny joke bc you post here yet live in Wisconsin, Jordan.

i moved home for a little while and i cannot get Bell's beer in Buffalo, guys. ;_;

Ooo congrats on quitting school!

Also no Bell's but man, how about them chicken wings, eh? EH???

yes the wings do ease most of the i-miss-chicago pangs. i miss nordstrom a lot. who would have thunk? also DDPP!!!

congrats on your decision. you know what's right for you. gonna miss you at ddpp, though. i almost had a heart attack this week for reals.

Did you put Michael McDonald on the mix?

damn right
it was a hit!

aw! have you guys been making mixes? maybe i will try to get on the schedule to make one for whenever i'm in town. is that crazy? i've been going to dance aerobics classes but the music is dumb and they're no DDPP.

(and thx for congrats, guys!)

xpost omg michael mcdonald

what song, i keep forgettin'?

they never play michael mcdonald at my dumb aerobics class.

here is my mix
http://ddppchicago.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/ddpp-4-rudy-toot.jpg

amazing!

Modern Love! That would be fun to dance to.

Sweet. I was copy-editing a list of Grammy winners yesterday and decided to YouTube a bunch of 1970s Best Record winners, including "What a Fool Believes" and "Love Will Keep Us Together" and "This Masquerade."

yes modern love is basically impossible not to dance to.

If you don't mind could you share the CI recipe?

http://whatdidyoueat.typepad.com/what_did_you_eat/2008/04/best-hummus.html

John - dried? Does she grind them up then add water?

I just meant in general she has been using them, mostly for soups. So she soaks them first and then adds them to whatever she's making.

I can't stop listening to "She's So Cold" -- I heard it on the radio the day of my mix and decided to put it on there at the last minute. That song rules and I completely forgot about it until earlier this week.

If I were allowed, I'd make a DDPP mix with this song on it b/c it has been stuck in my head all day...

I am completely serious all joking aside

awesome mick jagger dancing in this video

I just signed up to write Br1tann1ca articles on Seth Rogen and Andrew Bird -- the latter of whom I'm kind of surprised warrants an entry.

this morning wikipedia told me that michael lewis (sax player for Happy Apple) is playing bass for andrew bird, and that wendy lewis (singer with the bad plus) is his aunt

How about that? Dried chick peas are preferable? I would not have guessed. And they're cheaper too! And there is less refuse!

Amanda: I love the Disco Stones with no irony and no shame. I have said this many times before. It perhaps does not need to be restated.

I just got a text from an Oak Brook area code saying "Ms. Lamar looks stankay"

Oak Brook has its own area code?

(Or was it just 630?)

Oh - i dunno - it was 708 and the google told me it was oak brook

i love charlie watts extremely bored drumming in this song and also how he is wearing all yellow in the video
i also love how the song is all about a woman and video is just a bunch of dudes in primary colors playing music without a woman in sight

he's a bleeding volcano? no, he's a man prancing around a padded room while holding a gigantic microphone.

But what if there WERE a woman in sight? That wouldn't be any less silly.

What woman would you choose for that unenviable role?

Charlie Watts's drumming is always extremely bored.

good point. it's a silly video for a song that doesn't really need a video to make it more awesome.

sadly, i think i hurt my knee dancing to that song.

xp i would choose rosie o donnell

xp Good drummers want to be John Bonham, great drummers want to be Charlie Watts.

I always think that the old Stones bass player (Brian Jones? f'ngoogleit) plays the weirdest looking bass. It's neck just seems way too short for some reason.

Also, it's super nice outside. Nice enough to make me go to Target and buy a mini-grill. Things will be grilled upon it soon.

Oak Park, maybe.

I don't want to be either of them, I'm more partial to Keith Moon. xps

i was gonna say keith moon!
we share a birthday
because we are so much alike in so many ways

oh shit I just made the it's/its mistake

xp great minds think alike

all three of us are sisters

<3

we're like christina ricci, winona ryder and cher

keith moon is cher

i'm not getting involved in this.

except to say that bonham grooves harder than charlie watts and i never wanted to be keith moon.

I share a birthday with Weird Al Yankovic and Johnny Carson. I figure I could do a lot worse.

except to say that bonham grooves harder than charlie watts

Bonham grooves harder than most people (exceptions? I'm thingking maybe Elvin Jones?), but Charlie Watts, Ringo (when he's not bloody singing) -- these are drummers that understand the difference between a load-bearing support beam and a coat of paint. If you see what I mean.

You know that quote in the Sound Opinions opening theme/montage that goes "What happened to music that meant something -- the Who at the Kingdome, KISS at the Coliseum -- where is the 'Misty Mountain Hop,' where is the 'Smoke on the Water,' where is the 'Iron Man' of today?" For the longest time I thought that was Jason Segel in Freaks and Geeks and it wasn't until I googled it recently that I found out it was Matt Dillon in Singles, which I've never seen but I should've at least known it wasn't Jason Segel because why would someone in 1980 be nostalgic for KISS concerts? Plus, the Kingdome is in Seattle, not Detroit.

That's all I have to contribute re classic rock drummers.

mine are keith moon and shelley long
and some other incredibly boring people

hey jordan i don't pretend to know crap about drumming
or being keith moon

i just wanted to say it because we share a birthday and are clearly alike in so many obvious, measurable ways

like that time you started lighting M80s at karaoke

really, Frank Beard pwns all these jerks

i think of elvin more as a house that's on fire rather than a groover. deep down all those guys (bonham, moon, watts) kinda wanted to be elvin or max roach, though.

really, Frank Beard pwns all these jerks

pre-Eliminator, very important. Since then I have no evidence that he does anything but show up for photos.

To be clear, I am not criticizing Charlie Watt's skillz. I am just saying that he always looks like he's really fucking bored when he plays. That's like his "thing."

Plus Jordan don't like you know you want to be Neil Peart.

I love that the drums carry over so well from a conversation about classic rock to a conversation about jazz. I mean, YEAH, hell yeah, these guys wanted to be Max Roach, FUCK yeah they did.

if you have rips of old albums (besides Deguello) Kenan, I'd love to get in on summadat

yeah in high school i kinda wanted to be like neil peart, yeah

Neil Pert is a bloodless goofy nerd.

xpost I have... lemme check what I have. I'll email you.

it's fun to have a lot of drums when your parents have a basement and you don't have to actually take them anywhere to play gigs

WHEN is someone gonna invent inflatable drums?!?

on that day i will pursue my destiny and truly BE a drummer

Plus Jordan don't like you know you want to be Neil Peart.

This sentence makes so little sense that I actually LOLed when I re-read it. I see that you all got my meaning, however, and I thank you all for not mocking me openly. Yr all class.

One of the last lists Stylus ever published (after I'd stopped writing for them, or else I'd probably have suggested, I dunno, Jim White or John McEntire):
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/stylus-magazines-50-greatest-rock-drummers.htm

xp I don't read, I skim

i think there was a "controversial" ilm thread about that

I'm absolutely sure there was.

has anyone young and hip covered "young turks" by rod stewart yet?

"John Bonham is the best drummer" ever sez Stylus

xp That song reminds me of something very specific in my young life but I can't quite put my finger on it. Driving through Western PA, maybe?

Ha, Hurting knows what I'm talking about:

As far as indie dudes,

Kid Millions
JIM WHITE HELLO???
McEntire/Herndon/Bitney

― Hurting 2, Friday, August 3, 2007 9:07 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

All about what you want from a drummer, innit?

I want a drummer to be like nuclear power. Safe, cheap, reliable. Except when there's an EXPLOSION OF AWESOME so powerful that people have to leave the state from the awesome fallout.

seems about right

I want a drummer to bring me a glass of Riunite on ice and a cheeseburger.

musically or literally? either would be pretty amazing i guess.

Haha yes, I will accept either.

What is the musical equivalent of Riunite on ice and a cheeseburger? Steely Dan?

No

Steely Dan is cocaine and regret.

But on ice. So nice!

Kenny Loggins

you want kenny loggins to be your naked drummer from his homestead in pooh corner

Dan Fogelberg

haha

This album, totally cheap white "wine" and a cheeseburger. A really fucking good cheeseburger.

http://musicsojourn.com/AR/Prog/img/s/ScaggsBoz/SilkDegrees_300.jpg

omg and this

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YTVtMhY-n0/R5hs0_scyBI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/5QvXgY-oz80/s400/Abandoned+Luncheonette.jpg

no idea what either of those has to do with drummers specifically, but they are definitely iced-down wine and a cheeseburger.

As far as indie dudes,

Kid Millions
JIM WHITE HELLO???
McEntire/Herndon/Bitney

― Hurting 2, Friday, August 3, 2007 9:07 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Friday, April 17, 2009 3:38 PM (36 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

the one time i saw oneida, their drummer, kid millions, was sick, and they said he is so good, it takes TWO drummers to replace him. so they played with two drummers. that show was awesome. they had been described in the local paper as being like blue cheer so there were some annoying old hippies at the show, doing lame hippy dances to the opening bands. then oneida came on and their first song was basically one, very loud chord for like 8 minutes. at first the hippies were trying to dance around, by the end of it one of them was laying in a booth holding his head

HAHA TAKE THAT LOVEBOY

nooooo, my favorite organic deli/meat market closed up shop. ;_; i am inconsolable.

Stuff White People Say

ha, i thought about how yuppie that sounded as i was typing it, but this place was amazing. these dudes really knew their meat, everything there was made in house (incl. the bread), and they made a++++ sandwiches.

would have eaten

My Facebook notifications are Fucked up. I only get notifications of games and quizzes and junk, not comments or pics.

I went through my settings and things seem in order there. Anyone else having this problem?

maybe i should ask that on FB

Twitter it, bitch.

I was just loling at Jenny scoring as an "Eastern Yooper" on some quiz thing.

I still don't know what that actually means.

Me either!

Me threether

eaters of meats:

if you have never been to khan bbq (corner of western and devon), you should go. it's really great. there are vegetarian dishes too, but the meats were amazing. i got chicken boti and d got some goat thing with lentils. both were delish.

that's all. nice rain, chicago.

Devon is so far away these days. I would love to go back to Bhabi's

I would like some company this morning. What's up?

My weekend:
Friday:
1. Hung out at Small Bar w/ Dan and Courtney
Saturday:
1. Window shopping in Andersonville - beautiful day. Ate the Viking's Breakfast at Svea.
2. Beers at Hop Leaf
3. Margaritas and TV at Courtney's house
Sunday:
1. Petted cats
2. Began container gardening process by buying plants with Katie -
Sugar snap peas
Cilantro
Vidalia onions
Parsley
I think I'm going to try growing potatoes!
3. Watched TV w/ Katie