Chicago: customers are advised to allow extra travel time

It's like Ms. Minogue, essentially. Not what I expected, either! I thought "ie" would be pronounced as in "believe" instead of as in "cried."

that kid is nothin' but last names. apparently it's eric's mom's maiden name.

K!3ly is not in the top 1000 names for any year of birth in the last 150 years.

shocka.

"K!3ly" pronounced like Minogue means your parents are bad spellers. That's embarrassing.

kienan

that would be more correct, yes

I don't think it's bad spelling if it's the kid's grandma's maiden name! Still, I do think she'll be subject to having her name mispronounced for most of her life.

yeah, i guess it's nobody's fault.

Sounds like great-grandpa's fault if you ask me.

For not changing the spelling of his last name?

Oh, it's his last name? I thought it was the first. Then it's the fault of the gatekeepers at Ellis Island for not Americanizing their name so that the kid in 2012 kindergarten won't have a hard time.

What a day.

Blackberry's really do drive me crazy.

It's like Oak Park thinks they are too good for the Chicago numbering system.

actually nick this dates back to before chicago had annexed the village of austin (now the austin neighborhood, but previously it's own town) to when the city limits were miles to the east. a lot of western burbs changed their numbering systems when chicago began annexing surrounding locales, oak park did not wish to be annexed and never changed. you may also notice that division is the 800N block in oak park as well as they use lake st. as the dividing point for north and south.

I r bored on a weekend nite again. I think I'm going to go to Sm.Bar in a while if anyone's interested.

I had a fancy wristband to go to a priv party at the Hideout with T. Leo and the main Spoon guy DJ-ing but did not go, nor did I go to The Go, but I saw Sicko (v. good) and talked with good friends.

Kevin, is this your stuff?

Spoon guy is a notorious dick, anyway.

but BOY did he make a good album this yr

I had to wake my neighbor up this morning because I locked my keys in the laundry room. I really hope this is the dumbest thing I do all day.

early disagrees with me

I like this "M.I.A."

drunkathlete.com is full of yum-yum.

I mean seriously! Does this get you all het up or what??

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1095/562565562_a222b3e1d5.jpg?v=0

I just saw the Sonic commercial featuring S@yj@l, I think.

I want to see it.

The first one she did was something about mini-sundaes. I don't know what the second one was.

i am strangely "angry" about the "use" of "quotations" in this "craigslist" "ad":

$800 / 2br - UKRAINIAN VILLAGE 'VINTAGE'

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Reply to: see below
Date: 2007-08-05, 5:35PM CDT

UKRAINIAN VILLAGE 'VINTAGE': Ideal for artists, designers, law school students needing sunny
4-rooms, 2-bedrooms, large eat-in kitchen,
private brick balcony, new rear porch+yard, ornate woodwork plus.---$800-850.

Also AVAILABLE 'NOW':
4-rooms, 1-bedroom w/formal dining room + large eat-in kitchen.---$700-800.
6-rooms, 3-bedrooms, 2-full baths. 1500sf.---$1200-1400.

SUPERIOR ST.-East of WESTERN AVE.
4-1/2rooms, 2-1/2bedrooms--Available "August 15/September 1"--$850-950.

Each apt. 'Tenant' heated. Lease+security. 'WALK' to METRA TRAIN.
Phone:--773-545-0505--to 'view' apartment--appts to 'schedule' August 5 -or-'after' August 8th--

Location: CHICAGO & WESTERN AVE.
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

OK, I can get that someone might use quotes for "emphasis" (I can't remember if italics or boldface are options on Craigslist--even if they aren't, you still have CAPS) for key words like "vintage" and "now," but why "view" or "schedule"??

Each apt. 'Tenant' heated. Lease+security. 'WALK' to METRA TRAIN.
Phone:--773-545-0505--to 'view' apartment--appts to 'schedule' August 5 -or-'after' August 8th--

"walk" to metra, like there is a large contingent in the neighborhood who do summersaults down western to the train or something. "view" the apartment seems to indicate you really won't see it, maybe they'll just drive by the place with you and slow down. "schedule" perhaps means they won't really show up and the nudge and wink implied by "after" august 8th says to me that there still may be tenants residing there when you move in.

Even the "vintage" is scary.

"vintage" = decrepit in my experience.

this weather is fucking miserable

Chicago's "cozy" summertime weather.

I dreamed that I went back in time and was hanging out with Prince when he was in high school. He was lookin pretty greasy back then, in case you didn't know.

"Good" Morning.

I posted an ad for a bass on craigslist and I might actually sell it tonight, which means I won't go in the red before payday. WOO HA.

:(

That sucks. I feel that, though.

Wait. What sucks? I WON'T Go into the red. This is GOOD.

Is it the big heavy bass?

Oh, I thought it was bad news to sell a guitar.

You've got another bass, right?

Yep, Jordan.

It IS a pretty bass, but it's too heavy for me anyway. PLUS, Nick has the exact same bass in a different color, so it's kind of silly that we have both anyway. If I didn't need the money, I would keep it I suppose, but it's not like I'm selling my pink SG or anything.

Yeah, Nick's got a bass and I've got the sparkly one.

Anyone else who liked McLusky should really check out Future of the Left. It is the new band that has the singer and drummer from McLusky, and it is really awesome. Sounds a lot like McLusky, but maybe slightly poppier? Really really good.

It would not be a "good" morning otherwise.
I'd have to be REALLY bad off to sell my sparkly bass.

Nick, I put that on my ipod this morning but then couldn't remember what they were called so I couldn't find it when I was browsing the artists. THE DUMBEST!!!

Listening to Le Show this morning on the way to work, and KCRW left the pledge drive in there for the podcast. All of it. So, literally half the show was gone. Not that I can listen to Harry Shearer drone on forever, and GOD the comedy bits are so so bad, but he does read news I might otherwise have missed. I like it when he reads the trades. Anyway, no show this week, just a pledge drive. :(

Nick: hot tip. Thanks.

There are a few songs on the myspace page, to which I linked.

J0dy and Ben from the Sharks are writing/recording some stuff, I think they'll have it on MySpace soon. Nueva reborn.

WOO HOO!

I'm editing a quarerly report from Bennetton, and somehow they made €990 million in the past quarter. They must be on every block in Europe and Asia, 'cause they can't be making too much here.