Chicago: Fake Meat Is Almost As Good

Hey, I saw Bug tonight. Being only one of two people in the theater made it creepier. Great actors, all five of 'em. Harry Connick is fantastic

Oh, I should see this. I'm not a fan of, uh, bugs, but I do like Harry and one-room movies.

I am listening to Curtis Mayfield, and I think he is some kind of nu god. "Sweet Exorcist" is my favorite right now.

Chicago: Textured Vegetable Protein

I'm going to have a soy bacon & avocado sandwich today in honor of this thread.

Hi Dan.

I misread the title as Chicago: Fake Meth Is Almost As Good.

I really have no idea what this thread title is supposed to be about, but I like it.

Hi.

I don't get it either.

my friend matt said he had a sandwich in chicago with 4 kinds of vegan meat and 4 kinds of vegan cheese. mmmmm...

It's like a vegan dagwood.

http://www.pr.com/upload/pressrelease_8775_1147278234.jpg

Best vegan meal I've had was vegan lasagna -- that must've been a medley.

Julia's frequent houseguest is vegan, and she had some vegan carrot cake which I sneaked a piece of without permission. And then, as if instant karma got me, it was TERRIBLE.

maybe that's what it is to have your cake and eat it too? I dunno.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fuzzy/535211215/

ok, how far west is this "west wicker park" listing?

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/apa/346778233.html

sacramento? kedzie?

Iowa?

lol real estate agents are liars

What should I do today? I have the day off work, and I've spent the morning online, downloading music. (PS If someone wants to hook me up with the new Amerie album, I won't refuse.)

2x Amerie

Nice day for going out to Arlington and playing the ponies, John.

If I had the day off I would go for a run, find a recipe online for something good, go to the grocery store, and then make it.

Or you could go to a bar and try to get a free drink. :>

Heh. City of God has been sitting on top of my DVD player for at least a month, so that's tempting, but it's such a nice day out.

I am thinking of going to visit my friends at the LP zoo next week. It would be a nice bike ride and I would also maybe be able to see baby animals.

Your animal friends?

"Sure, stop by on Wednesday or Thursday...I'm free pretty much all next week."
http://yochicago.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/LincParkGorillahdr.jpg

"Oh, hi. Want me to put a pot of coffee on?"
http://www.african-safari-pictures.com/image-files/baby-chimpanzee-picture.jpg

I have no human friends there.

penguin friends are the best

http://www.stuffedark.com/images/penguinft.jpg

^^^ this is what I want for my birthday. I will name him Poogus and he will be my bedtime best friend.

weird

Have you no sense of cute?

My pengwine friend looks like this:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e66/LimitedLiabilityGirl/Pengwine.jpg

Yes, but that is a stuffed animal.

(xp)

I just realized that that's a cat in a penguin costume. WHY U BRAKE BRAIN?

kekeekeekekee

Haha. Lying is the lifeblood of real estate agents. I once looked at an apartment in "West Andersonville" that was 2 blocks north of Foster at Rockwell . We knew that no such neighborhood existed, but thought we'd give the place a look. Place was pretty crappy and not very far from the Dominick's that is easily the most depressing supermarket in the chicagoland area.

Isn't that Albany Park? Or is AP further north?

I actually don't know the answer to that. Although, I think Albany Park is farther west. I usually refer to that area as the "Netherworld of Northwest Chicago."

http://www.dreamtown.com/images/maps/map-north-central.gif

interesting

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19099975/site/newsweek/

My ex is a huge horror movie fan. She can hardly be called a feminist, however.

My ex = also a huge horror movie fan, and I would say she is a feminist.

slightly lolzy astrophysics manuscript title: "THE HOT INNER DISK OF FU ORI

"

physics pr0n

Wow, the reasoning in that article is weak.

Unique New York unique New York unique New York unique New York

(that's a response to both Sarah and Jordan)

Hey guys can we do something next weekend?

Like karaoke and/or insane partying?

I feel like I haven't seen anyone since the wedding

I am helping with a wedding that Sunday (the 7th), which means I should go party the night before so as not to outshine the bride.

Unique New York unique New York unique New York unique New York
That's too hard. :-(

ooneekeenork

I'm sorry Jordan, didn't get anywhere near where you were playing.

That's what my attempts keep devolving into. xpost

<i>I feel like I haven't seen anyone since the wedding</i>

Wife not lettin' you out of the house, eh?

Alternative vocal warmup: Mike Ditka Dick Butkus, Mike Ditka Dick Butkus.

Nice use of "eh" there.

Red leather yellow leather, red leather yellow leather.

Ha, I've never heard that one! xxp

No worries, Morbs.

I was really tempted to by a durian fruit in Chinatown before we left, but figured that would probably be the worst possible food to eat in a van. :(

Man, it's warm out! I just walked 4 blocks away and back and had broken a sweat by the time I returned.

It's more than warm, it's soupy-muggy.

Yeah usually down here you can count on some nice lake air moving around but today it's all thick and heavy.

Still waiting to hear from job...sent thank you email last night, maybe that will be a prompt and help my ball of nerves. I just had acupuncture for the first time, and my congestion is better. Now it's burrito/library time. I try to do the most nothing on my day off.

I tried to change up my usual sandwich at the nearby bakery by getting honey mustard instead of mayo, but it tastes all kinds of wrong.

Also just witnessed a trio of women at a sidewalk Thai restaurant about to erupt into a catfight over whose turn it was to pay. Like as in serious tug-of-war with the leather check holder.

my spaghetti and meatballs frozen lunch is really surprisingly good.

I had a boring lunch. Best part was some smoked gouda I sliced up to eat on its own. Like I said, boring.

I will eat this again. It's a shitload of pasta for that all-important burst of energy, and a shitload of meatballs for the long haul. And it's $1.98. I mean, I've had and even made much better meatballs, but at lunch I'm just looking for sustenance.

"Nuh-uh bitch, it's my turn!"

turkey, pesto, + asiago panini w/lots of plants on the side

Every time I have ever eaten anything with my grandmother, she does that. A reach for the check is polite, but past a certain point of objecting "no no, I got this," it becomes kind of aggressive, and jumps from polite to VERY rude.

"Nuh-uh bitch, it's my turn!"

Basically.

oh my god i hate moving and work crises and singing and pianos and moving

moving pianos?

No, just massive massive bookcases.

if you love a bookcase set it free

The bookcase in my bedroom is full of clothes. I has storage issews.

Katie, if you've gotten a piano since the last time I was at your house we might have to rework this "helping you move" agreement :)

no piano, just keyboard.

bookshelves can't be set free, my dad built them in the 70s and i love them. like pets. but not as furry.

My mom says that cats have telepathic abilities, and not to tell anyone she told me this.

http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,835467,00.jpg

OK, images off

Uh... NSFW. Thanks Jesse.

Blow job: "Only 0.003 mm latex lie between life and death."

OH shit, sorry!

Maybe a new thread is in order anyway?

I wasn't thinking!

Wow, talk about actually killing a thread!

German AIDS ad kills thread... :(

Thanks for giving our thread German AIDS

It's only just gotten over German Measles

LOL. It's worse than German measles.

xpost!

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