This is Portland, we do what we like. This is Portland, we do what we like.

Yeah the whole thing is very odd, and nobody can figure out the point. Best guess is that there's a step missing where the guy gets you to wire money to him or hit the ATM or otherwise gets money from someone, which for whatever reason he didn't pull on my brother-in-law because he didn't seem like he'd have money or wasn't gullible enough. I was just curious if real life Nigerian money scams are the new thing in Portland.

Oh yeah, kids are always pulling irl Nigerian scams on their fuckin' fixies around here. No brakes, of course. Dicks.

the internets be whylin out irl

This happened to my sister about 20 years ago, except the woman with the stack of money claimed to not trust banks (they were thieves, in her country) and had my (incredibly naive) sister show her that she could take out as much $$ from her account as she wanted. After my sister withdrew a significant sum from her bank account, the woman wanted to wrap it up with her own money in a special cloth, cast a spell over it, and then gave the package back to my sister for safe-keeping until the next day. (IIRC, some guy claiming to be the woman's relative showed up at this point with some sort of family emergency claim.) Of course when my sister finally unwrapped the package it was nothing but newspaper. So it's a scam that's been around a long time, but maybe the guy your BIL ran into forgot the part about the matching funds.

on the bright side, now your b-i-l has a bunch of free newspaper

So maybe I biked away from Pioneer Square too early tonight....

http://siliconflorist.com/2009/07/15/dave-chappelle-portland-twitter-rumor-hoax/

I just moved out here from Tampa about 8 months ago. I can't believe I haven't gone out to see some live music yet; that was one of the main draws to get me out here in the first place (that and getting a job). I only know one other person out here, but he's not really into music.

Not sure if it was a typical winter here in PDX (everyone says it wasn't), but I think I'll be moving back to Tampa again soon, lol.

bye

musicfantic - you should check out Musicfest NW (mid Sept) or pdxpopnow (end of this month) before you go. They're both reasonably sized festivals that give you a chance to sample lots of local bands (and a few national).

man see u

So long. I'm tired of people moving here.

pdx I luv u boo but you gotta stop it with the nativism

and I'm tired of the Pearl District and the Alberta Art District, but whatchya going do?

strip club on powell. GET DIRTY MAN.

Too much stuff going on today. the free PDX Pop show at City Hall is at 5:30, Ignite Portland is tonight, the local alumni chapter of my university is meeting right amongst all that, etc.

kinda hot imo

I just saw Daniel Menche absolutely destroy pdxpopnow fest.

Really? How so?

I spent the better part of the afternoon/evening at the Barfly Mag anniversary party, with too much free food and seriously cheap beer

then biked home, which is a bit much in the heat

wait Daniel Menche and PDX Pop are like two mutually exclusive things!

Bleah

I have been to Portland three times this year with vegans! I am not a vegan, but yr vegan food is great, I have been happy every time. Portland: Books, Good Beer, and Tempeh.

from a friend's facebook status:

Some cities that Portland is forecast to be hotter than today: Beirut, Cairo, Nyala (Sudan), Mogadishu, Addis Ababa, Tripoli, Abu Dhabi, N'Djamena (Chad), Dubai.

on the bright side i just found out Prins Thomas will play there September 4th, so see you then portlanders!

I'm hiding out again at the Central Library. I think I'll head to that western wear shop over on 3rd to get some bandannas, a big white hat, etc.

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I am so glad I found that dusty old A/C unit in the garage. Without it, I'd be... well not at home right now.

I saw a guy playing bagpipes while riding a unicycle down Hawthorne today.

I was on my way to Laser Rush @ OMSI.

HA ha. I'm sitting outside shirtless, reading "The Ridiculous Race" about two tv comedy writers deciding to race around the world without using airplanes(one of them cheats), and drinking my roommate's beer.

Tonight is far more tolerable than last night.

Had vegan cupcakes tonight (a friend started working at Saint Cupcake recently). Gooooood.

back in 4 days, plz cool down

I hear we might get rain on Monday. Fingers crossed!

I saw a guy playing bagpipes while riding a unicycle down Hawthorne today.

They need some sort of Bearded Trust Fund Casualty sign on that part of town. It's Height-Ashbury for tourist retards and they peel up a new Reed student off the ground like every other day over there.

^needs more region- and subculture-specific buzzwords imo

Has anybody gone to the Sisters Folk Music Festival? Is it worth going to?

Energy Food - the bagpipe-playing, unicycle guys on Hawthorne bring out the worst in all of us. It's just what they do.

Sunday nights at Beulahland has music videos by request after 8 or so. It's pretty much a DIY 120 Minutes/Headbanger's Ball. I try to go there weekly, and it's a blast.

Meanwhile, my experiment of trying to cool my bedroom down with two box fans facing opposite ways in different windows seems to have worked.

Also, adult soap box derby is on the 22nd

http://www.soapboxracer.com/

Grand re-opening of the expanded/remodeled Farm Cafe is on wednesday night. Love that place.

Oh man I totally forgot about Beulahland on Sundays, and here I was being all friendless sadsack wishing I had something to do tonight.

Also Darin what the hell this was like the first time I got all zing-style on ILX and you come back all concilliatory and the bigger man? Bullshit. Let's try again:

fuk u ur gay

Your move.

xpost -- I'm looking forward to the adult soap box derby -- I haven't been in a few years even though I live just a stone's throw away from Tabor. I've always been out of town that weekend. But then the week after that I'm moving out to east county, so future visits will be more difficult.

http://www.bumpertalk.com/bt/images/thumb/BD233A.jpg

i just visited portland last week, was thoroughly amazed by the number of bars and restaurants and indie boutiques. portland is the new oakland, i think. if i didn't have things tying me down (like a wife and job) i'd move there in a heartbeat. good job portland!

ps - i ate at gravy. what an incredible restaurant!

mmm yeah it is good

I have not tried Gravy yet. But I've heard tales.

Finally checked out the new and improved Mississippi Studios tonight. It's nice.

is it bigger now?

For those wanting cheap entertainment, i'm throwing a birthday pizza party for me tonight at Ground Kontrol from 7pm onward. It promises to be appropriately loud & stupid.