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― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 30 November 2006 22:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Truly, Richard Marx deserves to be our National Poet Laureate.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 30 November 2006 22:01 (seventeen years ago) link

i don't want to go back to work because i hate my job so much

― jesse here (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 30 November 2006 22:01 (seventeen years ago) link

and work makes me want to be dead

― jesse (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 30 November 2006 22:02 (seventeen years ago) link

there was some beef between him and chicagoist or gapersblock a month or so back. i guess the guy still lives in the area and makes tons of $$$ as a song doctor.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 30 November 2006 22:02 (seventeen years ago) link

WELCOME TO MY WORLD JESSE.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 30 November 2006 22:02 (seventeen years ago) link

or jenny, whichever.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 30 November 2006 22:03 (seventeen years ago) link

i guess the guy still lives in the area and makes tons of $$$ as a song doctor.

Yup, he's written a bunch of pop-country songs, actually.

Some theatre professor at my college who retired before I had the pleasure of taking a class from him was apparently good friends with Richard Marx -- as in RM was the guy he called when he was visiting Chicago and looking for a place to stay.

"Hazard" is pretty good.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 30 November 2006 22:08 (seventeen years ago) link

His wiki entry lists an assload of people he's worked with. He's been busier than you'd guess.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 30 November 2006 22:11 (seventeen years ago) link

later chicago.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 30 November 2006 22:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Would I like Richard Marx?

― Jeff... (Jeff...), Thursday, 30 November 2006 22:23 (seventeen years ago) link

I think I'm going to do some serious booze restocking after work. I'm talking beer, prosecco, irish cream, that starbucks liquor business, vodka...

― JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 30 November 2006 22:47 (seventeen years ago) link

Would I like Richard Marx?

LOLZ

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Friday, 1 December 2006 01:18 (seventeen years ago) link

prosecco

Isn't that just a fancy word for ham?

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Friday, 1 December 2006 01:21 (seventeen years ago) link

All those Jesse posts were Jesse.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Friday, 1 December 2006 02:10 (seventeen years ago) link

I just shoplifted again. I didn't even set out to. They made it too easy. I went to one register, and they said, "Closed. Go to the register over there." Well, over there was a long-ass way away, and in between was an exit. So I just left. Like they watch for that shit. Please. Saved myself a good $20.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Friday, 1 December 2006 03:11 (seventeen years ago) link

I got a horrifying phone call this afternoon from ComEd (the electric company). They said they're going to turn my electricity off on the 6th unless I pay them $180 right now. I know for a stone-cold fact that I do not owe ComEd $180. So this afternoon I called them. Seems that my electric account is all paid up and totally on time, which was almost as much a surprise to me as anything else. It's Jessa's account that's horribly overdue, and subject to be turned off, and somehow that's still in my name. I explained that this is my ex, and acted extra surprised, and begged them to please not turn her electricity off, that I would talk to her. They gave her an extra month and took the account out of my name. Nice.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Friday, 1 December 2006 03:18 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't know why I LOLed at "so I just left." But it is making me laugh still.

"prosecco"

Isn't that just a fancy word for ham?

Are you joking? (In case you're not--Italian sparkling wine = prosecco; prosciutto = ham.)

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Friday, 1 December 2006 05:23 (seventeen years ago) link

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Courtney sent me this and asked me to diseminate it. I don't quite get it.

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Friday, 1 December 2006 05:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh. Wait. Star Trek.

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Friday, 1 December 2006 05:24 (seventeen years ago) link

In case you're not--Italian sparkling wine = prosecco; prosciutto = ham

I was joking.

Holy crap is it snowing.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Friday, 1 December 2006 06:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Greetings, People of the Great Lake! It is late at night, and I haven't gone to sleep yet and this thread came to the top of New Answers and I clicked on it and it seems to already be approaching browser-busting length and I don't have time to read all of it, and i can't figure any of it out but it seems there are a lot of pictures of a kind of cute woman named Saywhat? who is most often photographed eating potato salad or something like that, but I just wanted to tell you that I really enjoyed meeting those of you who came to NYC for CMJ- jaymc, nick and sarah (nabisco was already here and doesn't seem to post to these threads anyway) and i guess i see ailsa posted as well so i don't feel so bad bumrushing your thread and i'll stop now k-thx stop.

― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Friday, 1 December 2006 06:33 (seventeen years ago) link

haha You're fluttery! Like snow!

That was an awesomely messy post. Welcome very much.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Friday, 1 December 2006 07:03 (seventeen years ago) link

I seem to vaguely recollect an It's Snowing thread from late at night two years ago where the only ILX0rs still awake were you, me, jaymc and teeny.

― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Friday, 1 December 2006 07:28 (seventeen years ago) link

Hello!

The bus was SO crazy this morning. It was the most packed I've ever seen it. An old czech lady was smushed between a bookbag and the door. A huge jerkoff refused to move out of the way for people and kept saying, "I'm from east LA! You best not mess with me! Stop shoving! I'm for real!" Every time we stopped, I had to jump back off the bus and into a pile of slush to let people out. It was all very dramatic.

Anyway, now I'm at my desk listening to Wilco.

― Calico (calico), Friday, 1 December 2006 14:23 (seventeen years ago) link

By the way, I did decide on ORCHIDS for my December topic, so please feel free to email me recommendations, including but not limited to: any songs by bands with the word Orchid in their name or songs with the word Orchid in the title, books you'd recommend, personal stories involving orchids, movies about orchids, places to see orchids...

― Calico (calico), Friday, 1 December 2006 14:47 (seventeen years ago) link

i had to wait 40 minutes for a bus today. it's extra freaking awful out there today. plus i get to go back to the place i'm staying and shovel the sidewalks, which sucks because the house is on a corner lot.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Friday, 1 December 2006 14:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Bands: The Orchids
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orchids

― Laurel (Laurel), Friday, 1 December 2006 15:12 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm 15 minutes late to work, and I'm still home. I called in late. REALLY late. Fuck this shit.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Friday, 1 December 2006 15:14 (seventeen years ago) link

looks like we're closing down early, i may be out of here at noon. if so i'm heading to oak park for lunch at flat top and borat at the lake.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Friday, 1 December 2006 15:19 (seventeen years ago) link

can we discuss something that doesn't revolve around breasts, please?

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Friday, 1 December 2006 15:25 (seventeen years ago) link

all tits all day, huh?

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Friday, 1 December 2006 15:32 (seventeen years ago) link

get one sense of humor

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Friday, 1 December 2006 15:40 (seventeen years ago) link

would prefer two breasts.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Friday, 1 December 2006 15:42 (seventeen years ago) link

weh

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Friday, 1 December 2006 15:47 (seventeen years ago) link

ok, so in front of the desk i'm sitting at today is a window. out this window is a grass area about 50 yards by 50 yards surrounded on 3 sides by a series of buildings. it tends to create a weird circular wind thing in the field. so just a moment ago there was a strong gust that pulled up snow from the ground and blew it into the air. the gust was so strong and lasted so long that it looked like snow was falling in reverse, going from the ground into the sky.

this is the end of days, isn't it. c'mon, you can tell me.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Friday, 1 December 2006 15:49 (seventeen years ago) link

I am working from home today, on the futon, under a comforter, a cat sleeping on my lap. It's nice.

― n/a (n/a), Friday, 1 December 2006 15:55 (seventeen years ago) link

my friend has the most affectionate cat ever but her dog chases him away whenever kitty tries to get my attention. the dog doesn't realize he weighs roughly 70 lbs more than the kitty.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Friday, 1 December 2006 15:56 (seventeen years ago) link

xpost I think I may make an argument for doing the same.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Friday, 1 December 2006 15:57 (seventeen years ago) link

Did any of you get stuck around the red line chicago stop fire?!?!?! Dan almost had to be evacuated! I was worried.

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Friday, 1 December 2006 16:01 (seventeen years ago) link

Orchids sounds like a good topic, Sarah!

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― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 1 December 2006 16:15 (seventeen years ago) link

Ugh. I had to drive Emm4 downtown this morning, and the roads were completely horrible and it took like AN HOUR. Then I tried to call in sick but it didn't take, so here I am at work (and I'll have to make up a couple hours tonight or this weekend), and I have a headache from putting off coffee for too long.

― JordanC (JordanC), Friday, 1 December 2006 16:15 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, this morning was ridiculous. I just got to work a few minutes ago because I had to a) scrape off my car, b) drive to Kr's place to pick up the gift certificate to Redhead Piano Bar, where we're going tonight, and c) wait for the Brown Line, all while d) stomping through wet snow with e) more snow blowing into my hair and face and f) carrying a box of 40 CDs.

Then I tried to call in sick but it didn't take

Haha. How so?

I shouldn't post too much today because I am hoping to finish editing this gigantic 18-page article about The Year in Computers.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 1 December 2006 16:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Red line fire? Amanda, Dan is okay, I take it?

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Friday, 1 December 2006 16:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Then I tried to call in sick but it didn't take

I did the same thing. I'm resentfully going to work.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Friday, 1 December 2006 16:21 (seventeen years ago) link

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― JordanC (JordanC), Friday, 1 December 2006 16:22 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm confused. I thought that snow didn't faze Chicago? Why is it such a cluster fuck out there? I feel like I'm back in NC.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Friday, 1 December 2006 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah -- he's alright. Apparently he was on the last train that made it to Chicago before things got all messed up, but he was trapped underground for the better part of an hour. Scary.

In other news, I think I have some sort of wrist problem! It has hurt severely for days now. I made doc appt. I feel old and creaky.

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Friday, 1 December 2006 16:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Haha. How so?

I said I was calling in sick for the morning, but then I hedged and mumbled something about car trouble. I should know by now that my boss is a nice guy but he's strictly by the book, and you must be SICK to take a sick day. He was all "well, accounting doesn't allow you to use that time for anything other than being sick, so...".

Basically I'm forced to lie so he has plausible deniability, I guess, not that anyone would ever question it.

― JordanC (JordanC), Friday, 1 December 2006 16:28 (seventeen years ago) link

Like that time I couldn't use a sick day when I missed my flight out of New Orleans, but if I had been SICK and missed my flight it would've been cool.

― JordanC (JordanC), Friday, 1 December 2006 16:29 (seventeen years ago) link

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