dude you really have the worst luck
― flexidisc, Thursday, 22 December 2011 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
Me? I don't think I do generally speaking. :(
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Thursday, 22 December 2011 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
No remy, not you.
― flexidisc, Thursday, 22 December 2011 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
Those weren't things Remy got stolen though - he was quoting the article about what the people took from others in general.
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Thursday, 22 December 2011 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
O
― flexidisc, Thursday, 22 December 2011 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
I
C
that probably would have sent me over the edge, tbh.
on the happy side of things, I am getting my car back today – after $1900 of work. damned if i know how i'm gonna pay.
― remy bean in exile, Thursday, 22 December 2011 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
Yay car! Booo having to pay :(
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Thursday, 22 December 2011 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
I took my car in the other day for a check-up, since the engine light on my dash had been on for a few weeks. I was hoping they'd take a quick look and say there was nothing to worry about, but I guess you can't take a 12-year-old car into the shop and expect there to be nothing whatsoever wrong with it. Mechanic wanted to do approx. $1100 worth of repairs; I agreed to about half of that, since I can't afford to pay much more and the car drives fine for now.
But jeez, every time I take this car in, it makes me want to try living car-free. I hardly ever drive during the week -- it's mostly just to run errands on weekends -- so I think it's doable.
― jaymc, Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:03 (twelve years ago) link
Today:
*office Glögg party at 3*post-work happy hour at 5*FAP with Z_S at 7
Gonna have to pace myself.
― jaymc, Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
i'm in chicago! downtown! just ordered room service like a total fucking jerk, but it's necessary imo because i'm bunkering in my room for the next 2.75 hours to do final preparations for interview.
feeling relatively calm and collected. the cab ride into chicago from o'hare was actually really nice, watching the city draw closer, driving past old neighborhoods, thinking "i'm gonna do this thang"
― Z S, Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
Z, have you been here b4?
― jaymc, Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
Yep, I lived in Wicker Park from Sept 2006 - Aug 2007, kinda killing time between living in Shanghai and applying/attending grad school.
― Z S, Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
have been trying to get back ever since tbh
John! Get rid of the car! It is super doable. Just get an I-Go membership for the times when you have to drive somewhere.
Also, glad you made it, Z!
― wore glasses and said things (thejenny), Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
Also good luck in 2.75 hours!
― wore glasses and said things (thejenny), Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
gl indeed!
― your voice of treason, Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
good luck
i care enough about you ZS that I wrote both words out
― flexidisc, Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
ood uck
― flexidisc, Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
good luck dude
you lived in wicker park within the same time that i did (was there roughly 2004-2008). were you not on ilx at the time?
― n/a, Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
please stop preparing for your interview and answer my question
― n/a, Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
you lived in chicago in the exact window of time that i didn't, weird
― river wolf, Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
He was your ... replacement.
― jaymc, Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
haha
― HOOS aka driver of steen, Thursday, 22 December 2011 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
Where is your hotel? Why did you take a cab? Good luck!
John - Did they tell you what was wrong w/ your car? I want to know if it was the CV joint, as I thought. I heard the unmistakable sound of a worn out CV joint when I was in your car.
― Sandbox Jesse, Thursday, 22 December 2011 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
downtown. hotel allegro, on randolph. took a cab because i had a DEBACLE last night with my flight (it was cancelled after a 3-hour delay, and then rescheduled to 6:30am) and i wanted to get to my room as soon as possible to have extra preparation time. (which i'm now partially spending on ilx, d'oh!)
― Z S, Thursday, 22 December 2011 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
also, i'm keeping the cab receipt and i'm hoping to get reimbursed if i get the job.
― Z S, Thursday, 22 December 2011 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
along with the likely $800-1000+ u-haul bill i would incur to move my shit from dc to chicago.
Good luck, Z. I'm glad you're getting your car back, Remy.
16 hours of charging and our car battery still isn't charged enough to use. My husband's charging another battery that we have to see if we can use it to give it a jump.
― Christine 'Green Leafy Dragon' Indigo, Thursday, 22 December 2011 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
Jesse - the spark plugs were improperly installed -- which is what I had fixed -- and the sway bar was worn. I'm guessing you heard the latter?
― jaymc, Thursday, 22 December 2011 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
Z S i hope your interview goes super well!
- huge russian lunch w/ friend i haven't seen for six months, then toddling along towards home eating ice cream (it's ten degrees c right now: after the past few weeks, that feels like spring). - got to go out and buy presents! do not want to leave comfy seat.- going to go and listen to some radio four comedy being recorded tonight w/ librarian friend, am rocking heavy glasses and argyle cardigan, feeling pretty damn twee right now.
― paid, famous and sad (c sharp major), Thursday, 22 December 2011 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, I guess so. I don't know anything about sway bars really, but according to the internet, a worn out one makes a rumbling like a bad CV joint.
Sometimes it's hard to believe that I used to be able to afford to have a car, even though I make way more money now than I ever did when I had cars.
xp
― Sandbox Jesse, Thursday, 22 December 2011 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
woke up way early - decided that this was providence telling me to do christmas shopping today before workregretting waking up early
― sarahel, Thursday, 22 December 2011 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
ZS I am directly across the street from you. When you walk past the giant turquoise, cream-of-tomato-soup, and silver building shaped like an upside down toilet bowl - that is the building where I work.
GUESS WHAT my boss retracted our day off. HAIL SATAN, MOTHERFUCKER.
― wore glasses and said things (thejenny), Thursday, 22 December 2011 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
But then he gave us each a Christmas card with a $50 bill inside.
Today is so fucking confusing.
― wore glasses and said things (thejenny), Thursday, 22 December 2011 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
What?? Why? xpThis guy. Isn't he stepping into some religious discrimination territory with his mandatory Merry Christmas rhetoric, and other religious Catholic crap he's foisting on you? Not enough to make a good legal claim, but certainly beyond what is appropriate, and probably beyond your workplace's policies.
― Sandbox Jesse, Thursday, 22 December 2011 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
Probably. But he gave me $50 so whaddya gonna do? \(〇_o)/
― wore glasses and said things (thejenny), Thursday, 22 December 2011 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
Praise Jesus?
― Sandbox Jesse, Thursday, 22 December 2011 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
\(O‡o)/
― wore glasses and said things (thejenny), Thursday, 22 December 2011 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
That's supposed to be an upside down cross on my forehead but I don't think it worked out.
There goes my plan to pursue a new career as an emoticon developer.
― wore glasses and said things (thejenny), Thursday, 22 December 2011 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
Son of a bitch... I ran this cross through 3 upside down text generators † and it didn't change at all. e.g.:
†˙ǝɹǝɥ ʇxǝʇ ɹnoʎ ǝdʎʇ
― Sandbox Jesse, Thursday, 22 December 2011 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
I deeply appreciate your efforts on my behalf.
― wore glasses and said things (thejenny), Thursday, 22 December 2011 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
Ha - someone on a black metal (?) forum asked for an ascii inverted cross and got the reply "but if its upside down jesus will slide off!!!!"
― Sandbox Jesse, Thursday, 22 December 2011 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
\(O┼o)/
― Sandbox Jesse, Thursday, 22 December 2011 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
F
interview over
PHEW!
― Z S, Thursday, 22 December 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
how'd it go pls analyse in great depth
― twice banned gabbage is death (p much resigned to deems), Thursday, 22 December 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
well, now i'm coming off the immediate post-interview high and i'm drifting toward second guessing. however, that's what i did after the first round interview and i ended up getting selected to move to this final stage, so whatever.
i will analyse in too much depth, but first, this thread is de-indexed, right?
― Z S, Thursday, 22 December 2011 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
i think so but
― twice banned gabbage is death (p much resigned to deems), Thursday, 22 December 2011 20:21 (twelve years ago) link