Chicago: customers are advised to allow extra travel time

Yes, the teen is the only one who won't go to NY.

Was I unfair to think her performance was pretty wooden?

Thanks jaymc, I'll have to look into that this weekend.

(not that it matters, but at least judging from myspace tunes/videos, you guys are way better than those other two bands)

Based on the one record I have, I really like Mika Miko a lot. I am a big sucker for hardcore-style dual vocals like that. I didn't check out the middle band.

I'm not playing any favorites though, if I make it to the show I'll stay for everyone.

speaking of music - my new ipod arrived today! i just can't actually use it until my laptop gets here.

Was I unfair to think her performance was pretty wooden?

I didn't find it excessively so, as she was playing the teen stoner, the most wooden and least interesting species on earth.

I just thought we wouldn't get along IRL. (But how much can teens really act anyway?)

and, how many teens do you want to befriend IRL?

But how much can teens really act anyway?

Judging by Leonardo DiCaprio before and after Marvin's Room, pretty goddamn well sometimes.

I thought she was pretty terrible.

But how much can teens really act anyway?

Well, all these threads about Freaks and Geeks lately have been reminding me how awesome those kids were. (John Francis Daley, Samm Levine, Martin Starr, and Seth Rogen were all under 18 when the show was aired.)

I think about those kids sometimes & wonder if they were acting or if their personalities just fit those characters so so well.

Yeah, I guess I don't know what I'm talking about, but I generally assume most child/teen actors are just playing themselves for the most part.

I think you know what you're talking about.

From an interview with Paul Feig:

PAUL: In real life, Martin is very cool. He's like this really cool guy, and very athletic. When we were shooting the episode with the rope climbing, Martin was like right up the rope. And then when we were doing the Halloween one before that, when he was dressed up like Lindsey Wagner, he had his shirt off at one point. And I was like, "Oh my god, Martin, you've got like huge guns. You've got to stop working out, man." He didn't look like a geek; he was all buffed out.

But that's what's so great about these kids. They are actors. A lot of people sometimes go, "Well, they were just like the kids," and no, they were acting. But we tailored the things to be close to their personalities, and then let their personalities tell us where to take the characters and how to write for them.

what about the dude who talks about role playing on his livejournal? i can't remember his real or character's name...

also, having huge guns as a teen & playing a dork doesn't mean you're acting. You can have huge guns AND be a dork, as bizarre as that seems.

actually, it makes sense about the tailoring to their personalities bit.

I generally assume most child/teen actors are just playing themselves for the most part.

If that's true, I wouldn't want to be friends with F. Johnstin IRL, either, since it would mean she always talks in a flat, unaffected, all-sentences-strung-together manner.

I used alot of qualifiers there, because I feel like I'm insulting the entire acting industry.

ACTUALLY ROBOTS??

http://www.umich.edu/~uac/threeweeks/Volume2.9/vicki.jpg http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1560000/images/_1563063_film_ai300.jpg

I want to be friends with Busy Phillips in real life.

Apparently she dated Tom Hanks' kid, weird.

I am so intrigued by her!!

Nick spilled water on the laptop and it isn't turning on. What should he do?? (on phone)

Get a hairdryer and blast that shit.

Not too close/hot though, you don't want to melt anything.

i would let that dry & just leave it be for the time being.

He was holding it up in front of the AC unit.

You want to get that water out as fast as possible if you're going to have any chance of salvaging it.

But, I'm very sorry to say, you're most likely screwed. The same thing happened to my exgf, except it was beer.

Beer is worse than water, though.

Yeah it has more electrolytes.

Listen to what I am going to say very carefully: I. Poured. Beer. Into. My. Powerbook!

Now comp started but mouse/keyboard not working.

Leave it off, don't turn it on till it is completely dry.

Can you use a USB keyboard w/a laptop??

My precious darling kitty spilled water into the powerbook a while ago. It works, but the screen does not. :(

Yeah, you're in for some bad times, sorry to say.

My mouse and keyboard periodically don't work. I just switch the USB cables, and it's usually fine.

Just an idea: if you find that it will turn on but you can't use keys/screen/etc, your comp's HD might (might) be able to drop into the chassis of my dead iBook (HD's shot) and continue on? It'd be some work, but it'd be crazy if it came back to life!

There are step by step tutorials with pics on the internets of how to swap out HDs.

should i get one of those silicone keyboard mats to put over the keyboard on my laptop?

This does not bode well for my budget. :-(

Oh man, tell me about it. Between the iBook and my car... $$$$$$$$:((((((((

Sorry, guys.

I feel really bad for what happened. don't lose hope yet though!!

If it were just up to me, I wouldn't replace it. In my TOTAL DEBIT ELIMINATION mindset, I feel that having a computer is a luxury and I don't want to take on any more debt.

But yeah, it could be ok. Maybe we'll just have to pay for some repairs. Maybe it will magically start working again.

I was semi-serious about making a frankenBook, if you're interested.

Thanks for the offer/idea, Dan. We'll wait and see if it starts working again soon.

RIP laptop :(

Now Joyce Carol Oates will never be famous.

For some reason, I had been reading this whole thing as Nick spilled water on just the keyboard, and I didn't know it was a laptop -- so I was thinking, just replacing the keyboard can't be too bad, right? But yeah, if it's a whole laptop, that might be bad. :(