Chicago: customers are advised to allow extra travel time

haha

That was pretty funny.

I really have no desire to be in the office today. I am tempted to just get the basics done and check out early, but the problem is I don't know what I would do after that. It's too hot in our apartment to hang out there, and I can't really spend any money. What I really want to do is leave and go see a movie, but that's way too pricey.

Sarah - do you want to go see Transformers at the Logan tonight? It's air-conditioned...

Surely you have budget theaters in Chicago?

Have you been to the Evanston library? It's pretty great. They have TONS of movies there. You can take out books as long as your CPL card is current.

books/movies/cds, i mean.
they have teevee series too! the selection is more organized and a better bet than the HWL.

it's not hard to be better than the HWL

Oh the HWL is great. But checking out movies there is dumb if you don't work downtown because you have to return them to the same branch. We checked out a History Channel special on the plague the other day from the Wicker Park branch, but it kind of sucks.

it's kind of a badly organized library. But I do like the big space on the top floor with the giant skylight and stuff.

This made me lol a whole lot last night. It's a French pop video!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FUVagbFcSUU

That is a good tip on the Evanston library but I don't know how it would help me this afternoon. Like I said, I already have lots of books to read, and if I check out a movie I have to watch it at home. Unless I like take my laptop to a coffeeshop and watch the movie on my laptop, which just seems weird. I guess I could sit in the airconditioned bedroom and watch a movie on the laptop. Anyways, I should stay at work and get the hours.

I love the Evanston Public Library. You can get borrowing privileges with a CPL card, too -- there's just a limit on how many items you can take out at once (three, I think).

We signed our new lease last night. The landlady is way more by-the-book than any lessor I've had. She had a whole list of rules and regulations for us to sign, including how Christmas trees need to be covered before taken out so errant needles don't litter the stairwell. Also, the back porch is not to be used for anything other than coming and going -- no BBQing and no partying. :(

At the same time, it's nice to know she'll probably be quick and responsive about potential repairs or other issues.

how big is this porch that you are not allowed to use?

Man, I really thought my new mentee was gay, but apparently I am rong and he just moved in with his girlfriend.

"mentee" made me think of manatee, which made me think of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jkUPNfiITk

Mos Def w/the Hypnotic Brass Band: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AYNQCKU84Y
(apparently brass band is the new hip-hop trend??)

Van Halen doing 'Dazed & Confused': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxlBsx9xeW0

He could still be gay.

John, did she say if the porch is dangerous then? Did you ask if that was why?

No offense John, but I never would have signed a lease that wouldn't allow me to sit out on my back porch and relax. Thats one of life's great pleasures, really.

I say you do it anyway.

Oh, sorry, she did say that a couple people could sit back there and relax, just no fires and no loud revelry. It's not all that big, though, and the view is the el tracks (and right now, the attendant construction), so maybe it's not a big deal.

Ahh, that makes a difference. That wording made it sound as if you couldn't do more than pass through it on your way in/out.

Let's have a Quiet BBQ, it'll be like a game!

I have quiet bbqs whenever I grill dinner. It's kinda sad.

Aw, I'm going to miss Sea & Cake when they play here next month.

Worst cutesie nickname ever goes to : LOVER! I swear this lady kept calling her 3 year old daughter that. Come on, Lover, it's time to go. Let's go, Lover.
NOT GOOD

http://us.ent4.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/tv_pix/nbc/saturday_night_live_episode_photos/_group_photos/rachel_dratch53.jpg

heh! i thought of that too. i also thought, "y'all would gag at the names leaf & i call each other . . ."

i think that calling one's child "lover" should be outlawed.

BEES!?!?

i think that calling one's child "lover" should be outlawed.

Nah. Having child lovers should be, though. I think it may be already.

There are just a bazillion better cutesie nicknames you could call your kid.

(none of which imply anything incestual)

The new band that is J0dy Nu3va C@t and B3n Sh@rk has a song on their myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thspectacles.

Sarah told me.

S@r@h

1. Lover??????

2. John, where is your new place?

3. Jordan, you seem disappointed that he's not gay.

4. Kenan, I want my belt. It is my only halfway decent leather belt, (even though it has white on one side).

S@r@h F1ct10n

L0u1s J@gger

haha I get a kick out of that every time

My salad! Let me tell you about it! I just put a bunch of crap from the salad bar in a tub, and it's great: romain, tomatoes, jicama, spiced pumpkin seeds, blue cheese, grilled fennel, and chick peas with Italian dressing. Yum.

Except for completeness' sake they really should have made the "e" a "3".

http://dotcache.com/http://www.pantherhouse.com/newshelton/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/seat.jpg

is that a men's nudity stool?

3. Jordan, you seem disappointed that he's not gay.

Only in my failed gaydar.

My new place is on Wolcott/Montrose, right around the corner from Glenn's Diner.

Oh. You live really really close to my friends Sheila and Eddie. They live on Wolcott on the first block north of Montrose. Their porch faces the train tracks too.

Ah, we're on the first block south of Montrose.

Bath and Body Werks is having their 5 for $15 sale on hand soaps--I have like 48 ounces of hand soap now. WARNING: avoid the Midnight Walk scent. I got some on me and now no matter how much I wash I smell like old lady perfume. It cut into my salad enjoyment.

Ooh, Office season 3 and 30 Rock dvds come out in a month.