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― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:11 (eighteen years ago)

Thanks for starting a new thread, Kenan.

― KitCat, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:14 (eighteen years ago)

It is a new day. It is the first day of the rest of our lives.

― KitCat, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:16 (eighteen years ago)

So, the secret bar with HBO had zero patrons last night during The Sopranos other than me, all pints for $3 (had a few Stellas), and a heavily tattooed tiny-gal bartender, and neither of us had eaten in a while so we ordered up a pizza. Nice setup.

― Eazy, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:16 (eighteen years ago)

I have been in a trashy/great movie mood ever since I saw Grindhouse. The first thing I did was re-watch Pulp Fiction. Last night I re-watched Carrie -- yes, again. How is it that movie holds so much fascination for me? It's not even the tittays, and that's saying something. I've seen it a dozen times, and it never gets stale.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:18 (eighteen years ago)

It was really hard not to watch the Sopranos last night now that I have cable again, but I need to get through the first part of this season on DVD first. Entourage made up for it though.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:18 (eighteen years ago)

Oh man, I don't feel like hauling my ass into the worker's center this morning because I have to leave in an hour and a half to go to a meeting and I would be more productive at home but I just realized that I was supposed to come in last Wednesday since I missed Tuesday to go see WAoVA and I just totally forgot about it and blew them off. LE SIGH.

xp - Kenan, I would be really... worried about you if the main draw of the movie Carrie was the "tittays," considering the frequency and the context thereof.

― Jenny, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:19 (eighteen years ago)

Way to spend an evening, Eazy.

― Jordan, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:20 (eighteen years ago)

Julia and I got through the first part of the season -- well, she got all the way through it, I got close. I got to the point where I just didn't want to watch it any more. It was kinda bad.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:20 (eighteen years ago)

I would be really... worried about you if the main draw of the movie Carrie was the "tittays,"

Yeah, but remember there is that title sequence where nothing horrifying has happened yet at all, and it's just slow-mo girls' locker room. Very sexploitative.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:21 (eighteen years ago)

And even the opening shower scene, pre-bleeding: soft music, slo-mo closeups of miss Sissy soaping her boobs and the insides of her thighs. It's hot, don't tell me it ain't supposed to be. It's setting you up in a cruel way, but it's still hot.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:24 (eighteen years ago)

That's what I'm talking about. The sexploitive locker room scene that culminates in Carrie White being utterly horrified by her period and being pelted with feminine hygiene products by her schoolmates. There is about three minutes of boobs in that scene, followed by ten minutes of confusion and cruelty. The whole point is the juxtaposition of the soft-focus sexy shower nudity with the scene's horrific ending. If you were somehow able to divorce that three minutes of hotness from the rest of the movie so that your main reason for watching it was that three minutes of set-up, I would be worried.

― Jenny, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:27 (eighteen years ago)

I'm not saying it's not hot, or that people aren't supposed to be turned on by it (although I would argue that you are then supposed to be kind of bad for being turned on by it but that is debatable). I am just saying that I would look askance at anybody who claimed that they enjoyed Carrie because of the tits.

― Jenny, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:28 (eighteen years ago)

"I enjoyed the shower scene in spite of the rest of the movie" - arguably reasonable.

"I watch Carrie because I like the boobs in the shower scene" - ummmmm...

― Jenny, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:29 (eighteen years ago)

My only memory of Carrie is where the guys buy suits and the film speeds up.

[i]Dressed to Kill[i] opens with a sexy shower scene too.

― Eazy, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:32 (eighteen years ago)

Don't forget those three minutes also contain some sweet, sweet bush.

― Cassius Wiener, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:33 (eighteen years ago)

70's bush! Oh, where have you gone?

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:33 (eighteen years ago)

Giggle moment: the evil bitch character in the car with Travolta, and her head goes down into his lap, and she keeps saying his name over and over. What are you doing, talking to it?

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:35 (eighteen years ago)

A few years back I predicted that full bush and low-rise jeans would be the new fashion thing, that someone like Britney would do it. Just the natural evolution of things, the way that grunge gave way to swing dancing. And it almost happened a year or two ago, a few ads for Dolce & Gabanna used pubic hair that way.

― Eazy, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:36 (eighteen years ago)

A little moustache on the waistline, you know?

― Eazy, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:38 (eighteen years ago)

What are you doing, talking to it?

Oh, Billy. Billy. Oh, Billy. Oh, Billy. I hate Carrie White!

― Jenny, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:39 (eighteen years ago)

Who?

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:41 (eighteen years ago)

Oh, and you know what else I'm thinking? Kurt Russell film festival. The Thing b/w Escape From New York, maybe?

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:46 (eighteen years ago)

Don't forget Big Trouble in Little China.

― dan m, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:52 (eighteen years ago)

Oh! Replace The Thing with that one.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:53 (eighteen years ago)

nooooooooooooooooo

― Jordan, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:53 (eighteen years ago)

You know what Jack Burton always says...

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:56 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.carbuyersnotebook.com/archives/Used_Cars_Moviecover.jpg

― Eazy, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:56 (eighteen years ago)

Never seen that one. But this one is pretty darn funny, iirc:

http://www.lovefilm.com/lovefilm/images/products/6/3306-large.jpg

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:00 (eighteen years ago)

Stargate :>

― Jordan, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:00 (eighteen years ago)

If Kurt Russell had been in the series, it wouldn't have sucked so much balls.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:05 (eighteen years ago)

I've never really watched the series, and it was weird to realize that all of a sudden it had been on for years and had spin-offs and shit. The movie is great, I think I actually saw it in the theater first.

― Jordan, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:11 (eighteen years ago)

My mother loved Overboard. I think I've watched it with her about ten times.

I'd lobby for The Thing b/w Big Trouble in Little China. Although for pure yelling at the screen stupidness, Escape from NY is pretty sweet.

― Jenny, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:13 (eighteen years ago)

but... but... ISAAC HAYES

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:14 (eighteen years ago)

Never saw Tango & Cash.

― Eazy, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:15 (eighteen years ago)

And I'm not complaining, except that I am, but I drug my fanny into the center because I'm freaking DEDICATED and I am THE ONLY ONE HERE. Oy.

xp - and I would argue, Eric, that you never have to.

― Jenny, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:16 (eighteen years ago)

Uh, be careful -- if I've understood you correctly, you're moving the actual file to the new folder, removing it from the original place. Or at least that's what has happened to me when I've forgotten to hit the copy key. Check and make sure.

No, that never happens to me. After all, the file in the iTunes interface is not the original file: the original file is on the hard drive.

I watched Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? last night. Whoa. My upstairs neighbors are always yelling at each other and making noise, so I turned the volume up a little bit as revenge.

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:17 (eighteen years ago)

fuck tango and cash. turner and hooch is where it's at. :)

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:17 (eighteen years ago)

xpost Liz Taylor and Richard Burton, I assume. I saw that at Borders the other day and allllmost bought it. But then thought... what would the re-watchability factor of this really be?

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:19 (eighteen years ago)

I've never seen any of this early-'80s pop culture hits. And now I don't think I really want to...? Not my kind of humor. :/

Oh, Jay, I understand now. Using the command-R opens the ORIGINAL hard-drive location, so in that case you deffo have to copy, not just drag. But if yr dragging straight from iTunes listing it must be different.

― Laurel, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:19 (eighteen years ago)

Did you like the movie, John?

xp - oh man, endless rewatchability, especially if you aspire to memorize the movie and perform spontaneous scenes with Jesse at parties.

― Jenny, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:20 (eighteen years ago)

Turner & Hooch lol

― Jordan, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:20 (eighteen years ago)

Gotcha.

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:20 (eighteen years ago)

Yes, I did like the movie. I'm trying to re-evaluate Sandy Dennis's performance. At first I thought she was the weak link in the cast, but I just learned that she won an Oscar for it.

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:21 (eighteen years ago)

I think Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn could do a kick-ass Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.

Honey is a tough part because it's not as fleshed out as the others. It's the weak link in the writing, I think.

― Eazy, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:22 (eighteen years ago)

I think I agree. She's not given much to do.

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:22 (eighteen years ago)

I think Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn could do a kick-ass Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

No no... Tom Waits and Lily Tomlin.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:28 (eighteen years ago)

Eric, what did you think of the Honey in the production we saw? I liked her. I actually felt like she had a little more substance than Sandy Dennis did in the movie. I don't know if that was her acting or what, but I had a lot more empathy for Honey during the play that in the movie.

― Jenny, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:28 (eighteen years ago)

i woke up yesterday and realized i didn't have any actual food in my house but i did have baker's chocolate, sugar, eggs, and flour so i made brownies. i had soup and brownies for dinner last night and am polishing off the rest of the batch right now with my horrible bus station coffee.

― chicago kevin, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:29 (eighteen years ago)

that's kind of awesome.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:31 (eighteen years ago)

Skipping 2789 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

http://www.thepetcare.net/images/dogs/43/tb_main.jpg

I like springer spaniels most of all. I took care of one for a month once and it ran like crazy. My uncle had one, and you could throw a stick out into the middle of a lake and she would go get it.

The first page of google image search for springer spaniels links both to the White House and Susan Orlean's personal page.

― Eazy, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:55 (eighteen years ago)

in the mean time, who else wants a drink?

Damn it, I do! But I'm not s'posed toooo...

Also I have Singles Going Steady on vinyl, if ya wanna borrow it or something. I haven't listened to it in a long time.

― dan m, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:56 (eighteen years ago)

I kilt thred ded ;_;

― dan m, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:08 (eighteen years ago)

Still want beers tho.

― dan m, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:08 (eighteen years ago)

no, i'm just trying to figure out how i can afford both cigarettes and beer without incurring any overdraft fees.

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:09 (eighteen years ago)

er, xpost.

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:10 (eighteen years ago)

I realized I've had some serious overdrafts on my checking account recently, I'd just been going along my merry way. Somebody's gotta tighten up.

― Jordan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:10 (eighteen years ago)

xpost Dude, I have totally smoked a pack of your cigs, I will get you some.

― dan m, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:10 (eighteen years ago)

And don't give me any back-talk.

― dan m, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:11 (eighteen years ago)

save yr money dan, i ran out a while ago and i need nicotine asap. i'm taking the train to division, going to the chase at milwaukee & ashland then hitting the slashie just east of paulina for smokes.

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:12 (eighteen years ago)

i wonder how long it takes to process an atm withdrawal? i mean, i get paid at midnight, if i took the $$$ out after business hours would they process it immediately and would i incur a fee?

i really don't think i'm willing to find out but i am curious.

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:14 (eighteen years ago)

I think you would be ok.

― Jordan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:14 (eighteen years ago)

now that i think about it, there should be like a quarter pack of smokes somewhere in my apartment. i forgot to bring mine to work the other day.

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:14 (eighteen years ago)

Very good question... I know mine is only instantaneous if I use one of my bank's ATMs, so that might be something to consider.

― dan m, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:15 (eighteen years ago)

julia has my smokes, i know she is enjoying them. :(

― kenan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:15 (eighteen years ago)

yeah but i'm not gonna chance it. if i had plans maybe i would but just so i can stop off and have a couple of beers is definitely not worth the risk.

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:16 (eighteen years ago)

― dan m, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:17 (eighteen years ago)

you guys i have a crush on wanda jackson circa 1965

http://www.actionpackedevents.com/Wanda%20sings%20for%20capitol.jpg

― kenan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:18 (eighteen years ago)

I don't think it's gonna work out.

― KitCat, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:22 (eighteen years ago)

i'll bet the microphone has aged better than she has.

xp

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:23 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.lauralevine.com/biography/large/wanda.jpg

― Jordan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:24 (eighteen years ago)

That's one hell of a shirt.

― dan m, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:25 (eighteen years ago)

It's one hell of a helmet.

― Jordan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:26 (eighteen years ago)

what a drag it is getting old

― kenan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:27 (eighteen years ago)

Haha, you guys, so I'm feeling all nostalgic today, and I found a review of my high school metal band still online:

http://www.stormbringerwebzine.co.uk/Reviews/D/DemoTapes.html

scroll down to 'Waiting for Dawn' lol

― Jordan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:33 (eighteen years ago)

There's a good heavy guitar riff.

― Jordan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:33 (eighteen years ago)

i'll bet she could still show you a thing or two kenan. don't knock it 'til you try it.

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:34 (eighteen years ago)

i'm not sure anyone got my pun about "drag"

― kenan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:34 (eighteen years ago)

lay off the old ladies, whippersnappers! jesus. you're gonna get old and wrinkly some day too. at least she's WANDA JACKSON.

― La Lechera, Thursday, 19 April 2007 22:04 (eighteen years ago)

Hey, I think she'd look alright if it wasn't for that hair.

― Jordan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 22:04 (eighteen years ago)

holy shit wanda jackson is a treat

― river wolf, Thursday, 19 April 2007 22:05 (eighteen years ago)

and sorry, kenan, for being rude on the gun thread. i was cranky and tired.

― river wolf, Thursday, 19 April 2007 22:05 (eighteen years ago)

omg kenan your college photo

― La Lechera, Thursday, 19 April 2007 22:10 (eighteen years ago)

i have never been so glad that there were no digital cameras when i was in college.

― La Lechera, Thursday, 19 April 2007 22:15 (eighteen years ago)

When did digital cameras become omnipresent anyway?

― Jordan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 22:19 (eighteen years ago)

i dunno, 5 years ago? i mean, if we're talking omnipresence. they existed before that but not eeeeeveryone had one. now everyone has one or they're getting one for their birthday this year.

― La Lechera, Thursday, 19 April 2007 22:30 (eighteen years ago)

this is an obvious "what the fart do i know about when anything became omnipresent" answer, since i honestly have no idea. i just know when they seemed to become omnipresent for me.

― La Lechera, Thursday, 19 April 2007 22:35 (eighteen years ago)

I bought a digital camera in 1998 in an attempt to cure a broken heart with gadget-retail therapy. It was $259 and like one megapixel or something and ran on regular batteries and when I brought it out to bars, it was still pretty novel.

― Jenny, Thursday, 19 April 2007 22:43 (eighteen years ago)

If that helps at all. I think that was pre-omnipresence.

― Jenny, Thursday, 19 April 2007 22:43 (eighteen years ago)

Jenny gave me that camera. I used it for about 2 days, but it died soon after that.

Can someone make a new thread? I'm really sick of this one.

― Jesse, Thursday, 19 April 2007 22:47 (eighteen years ago)

And I'm not feeling very clever.

― Jesse, Thursday, 19 April 2007 22:47 (eighteen years ago)

Also in the course of dealing with my debit card theft nonsense I learned that all the fees for using non-bank-owned ATMs come out in one lump sum at the end of the month, which I thought was kind of strange.

There was that one from the Green Mill that showed up about 6 weeks after I made the withdrawal.

― Jesse, Thursday, 19 April 2007 22:53 (eighteen years ago)

Attn: Jenny
Re: jam bands

:D

_E

― river wolf, Friday, 20 April 2007 01:10 (eighteen years ago)

How can you be sick of a thread?

― Jeff, Friday, 20 April 2007 02:00 (eighteen years ago)

I don't have a single picture of me when I was in college.

― Jeff, Friday, 20 April 2007 02:49 (eighteen years ago)

I wasn't there for very long.

― Jeff, Friday, 20 April 2007 02:49 (eighteen years ago)

I've dredged a few up, but I'm not a picture person. They all come from other people and I remember seeing them, then ask for them later.

― dan m, Friday, 20 April 2007 02:55 (eighteen years ago)

you're gonna get old and wrinkly some day too.

And when I do, I will probably happily have sex with old women who have so much makeup on they are are starting to look like drag queens, but why rush things?

omg kenan your college photo

an old ID photo. I wish I had a shot of me with a long goatee and a do-rag! (PS I am not kidding.)

When did digital cameras become omnipresent anyway?

Depends on the college, but I guess total saturation was acheived about three or four years ago, even in the filthiest state schools.

― kenan, Friday, 20 April 2007 03:11 (eighteen years ago)

I don't have a single picture of me when I was in college.

You're in college now. Do what Evan does--post pics of yourself as you are now.

― Jesse, Friday, 20 April 2007 04:27 (eighteen years ago)

I was sick of this thread because if I missed over 50 messages, the conversation here is consistantly compelling enough for me to load ALL unread messages, and with all the images, that was taking way too long. But really, more importantly, when I loaded all the messages it all in italics after a certain point.

Let's not let that happen HERE.

― Jesse, Friday, 20 April 2007 04:35 (eighteen years ago)

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