give us a best thing and a worst thing so far??
― jergins, Friday, 30 April 2010 05:08 (fourteen years ago) link
best: jobworst: commute
― tehresa, Friday, 30 April 2010 05:09 (fourteen years ago) link
-most interesting random fact about a person from the best category-modes of transportation in the worst category
if u would plz
― jergins, Friday, 30 April 2010 05:11 (fourteen years ago) link
runner up for worst (only because i have only witnessed this once and commute is 5 or more times/wk): douchey guys on metro on saturday night talking about how they get away with drunk driving, booty calls, and being generally obnoxious and wearing awful clothing/hairstyles (soul patch, gel in hair, acid wash faux distressed ironic 80s jeans, purple button down over t-shirt, etc.).
― tehresa, Friday, 30 April 2010 05:11 (fourteen years ago) link
-i heard a pretty juicy rumor from best but it's not professionally responsible to share ;) random fact: lots of people in office are from buffalo or have western ny connections. spooky!-bussux (only runs every 30 min; randomly skips one route btw 7-8pm which is when i usually get to bus stop, so if i miss 7:16 bus, i have to call for ride or take cab; 30 min cycle also means i get to work 20 min early every day bc that's the only way to get there not late based on bus + metro scheduling). the skinny: it takes me 90 min to get home most nights.
i am going to move soon.
― tehresa, Friday, 30 April 2010 05:18 (fourteen years ago) link
oops i misread i thought you asked for worst mode of transport. anyway my modes are: foot, bus, metro.
― tehresa, Friday, 30 April 2010 05:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Today I have to work. It is also ROLLING THUNDER day: memorial biker rally. Gonna be a noisy 7 hrs!!
― tehresa, Sunday, 30 May 2010 15:51 (thirteen years ago) link
so yeah, anyone at War on Drugs tonight? probably not. it'll just be me and the band, hanging out, a little bit of me consoling them that no one else showed up for the show, but mainly just learning a lot about one another.
― Z S, Monday, 5 December 2011 01:22 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry. Saw North African guitarist Bombino Friday night and yesterday saw actor John Hurt in the overrated one man drama from Samuel Beckett-- “Krapp's Last Tape,”
― Another Suburbanite, Monday, 5 December 2011 06:16 (twelve years ago) link
How was the War on Drugs r n r hotel gig ZS?
― Another Suburbanite, Monday, 5 December 2011 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
it was great! i haven't been to a show all by myself in years, but i actually really enjoyed myself. although, unfortunately they ended the set with a cover of the dead's "touch of grey" (i like the dead, but...not that song), which was a bummer.
i felt so sorry for the opener, though (Cat Martino, who apparently has played keyboards for Sharon Van Etten, and also happens to look exactly like Sharron Van Etten, and who made me feel really guilty because of course she had to be really hot and i had to spend the whole set being a guy thinking about she was really hot). the whole set ran way late because of ambiguous "technical problems". when she took the stage, she said that she only had a 1-minute soundcheck, and sure enough, about 30 seconds into her first song her loopstation pedalboard *POPPED* and then went dead. since all of her songs are based around loops that she gradually adds to and subtracts from, she was unable to improvise around the problem. after a few minutes of painfully awkward stage banter (i felt so sorry for her, it's like a performer's worst nightmare), they fixed it and she started again. unfortunately, though, the disaster repeated itself 3-4 times over her short set, cutting her song off halfway each time. just to cap things off, on the final song, the pickup on her guitar broke. she turned around and grabbed a guitar from War on Drugs and started to play again, but it turned out it was in a wildly different tuning.
anyway, to sum up, it was the most technical difficulties-riddled set i've ever seen in my life, and i've seen a fair share i think!
― Z S, Monday, 5 December 2011 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
(sound for War on Drugs was excellent, btw)
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp3vzr3eOz1qzsw0b_1311961553_cover.jpg
sigh
― Z S, Monday, 5 December 2011 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
That's rough.
― Another Suburbanite, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
For those into seeing 2 small rooms worth of photos of DC punk circa 1979 and hearing a discussion of it--this is going on Saturday December 10th at 6 at the Civilian Arts Project gallery near the Convention Center;
Please join the crew that put together this project: Lucian Perkins, Alec MacKaye, Lely Constantinople, and Jayme McLellan for a candid casual discussion on the origin of the work, the inspiration for the writing, the forthcoming book, and the traveling exhibition that is HARD ART DC 1979
― Another Suburbanite, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
Etete gave my friend and I a lot less veggies than when I was there with the ILX/ILE crew (was that over a year ago?)...I think I like Meazza out on Colombia Pike in Arlington more
― Another Suburbanite, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
they also raised they're prices about a year or so ago
― Crowell, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
I noticed that too. I got more food for less money at Meazza. I still have not tried Ethiopic on H St NE.
― Another Suburbanite, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
hey DC - meetup Friday, featured guest, Stevie D!
― Z S, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 04:22 (twelve years ago) link
Let me know the where and when and I will endeavor to get out the burbs in time to join!
― quincie, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
Seconded!
― j.lu, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
what would be a good place, do you think? something close to metro, i'm assuming, but feel free to suggest something, because i've only lived here a couple years and most of those were spent stranded out in Takoma Park.
― Z S, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
i have thai x-ing reservations friday (on the early side) but i could come out afterwards - no particular preference in terms of where
― screwy lobsters and mice blights (govern yourself accordingly), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
ok, location tbd, but can we can go ahead and set the time? say, 7 pm?
― Z S, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
i am down w/ this
― the lubbock babes, Thursday, 8 December 2011 01:39 (twelve years ago) link
lubbock babes, i have no idea who you are, but it would be cool to meet you! :)
― Z S, Thursday, 8 December 2011 03:57 (twelve years ago) link
also, i'm assuming that since no one was for or against my proposal of 7pm, it was received with awed silence. "7pm...BRILLIANT"
actually my thai x-ing reservation is at 7, but go ahead w/o me and i'll try to catch up after?
― screwy lobsters and mice blights (govern yourself accordingly), Thursday, 8 December 2011 04:33 (twelve years ago) link
omg thai x-ing
― ilmor, Thursday, 8 December 2011 05:09 (twelve years ago) link
had pumpkin curry when i was there last
AMAZING
Other nominations welcome, but if we're looking for Metro accessibility, in Silver Spring there's Mandalay or Quarry House Tavern.
― j.lu, Thursday, 8 December 2011 13:22 (twelve years ago) link
U street of course, but it gets almost too crowded later in the night at every location seemingly there on Friday nights
― Another Suburbanite, Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:17 (twelve years ago) link
Arg, normally I'd be all about Mandalay/Quarry House, but that's right by where i used to live and there's a decent possibility of running into my ex there. sorry to bring that kind of bs into this but that would really ruin my night. U st does sound good...I think if we started a little earlier in the night (7 or 8 maybe), we might be able to get around the crowd issue.
― Z S, Thursday, 8 December 2011 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
z_s, I posted on tru-ilx as "los blue jeans", not that I really established much of an internet persona or anything
― the lubbock babes, Friday, 9 December 2011 01:44 (twelve years ago) link
oh, cool! and of course i've seen your posts! :)
well i'm not in any condition to make any sort of statement about anything right now, and especially not a suggestion for a decision, and certainly not a decision at all. but tomorrow, by high noon, it would be good if we had a location nailed down.
― Z S, Friday, 9 December 2011 01:46 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.games-fun.eu/news_images/20101220/1292832692_68.jpgeverything about this is absurd
the attention to detail is thrilling, from "HEMP LASSO" to "sheriff" sign
― the lubbock babes, Friday, 9 December 2011 01:53 (twelve years ago) link
RUNLisa has an itchy trigger fingerFIGHT in 8 secondsHEMP LASSOUS NAVY REVOLVER
― Z S, Friday, 9 December 2011 01:56 (twelve years ago) link
sheriff
*happylatte presents
HIGH*RELOADED*NOON
― Z S, Friday, 9 December 2011 01:57 (twelve years ago) link
HEMP LASSO
― HOOS aka driver of steen, Friday, 9 December 2011 03:36 (twelve years ago) link
LASSO!
Oh god I have to go to bed.
from 77 thread some may know that my own HIGH NOON mega job thing was postponed, but was revived on the fly with big boss inviting me to drinks after work?? Anyway drinks were had, things went well (I think?), and now I am up waaaay past my bedtime :(
― quincie, Friday, 9 December 2011 05:44 (twelve years ago) link
*HIGH NOON FIVE* awesome!!
― Z S, Friday, 9 December 2011 05:44 (twelve years ago) link
ok, it's long past HIGH NOON, so:
How about Matchbox at 7:30?
713 H St NW, Washington DC 20001Chinatown location, block away from metro
It has food in case people are hungry, also plenty of drinks (http://www.matchboxchinatown.com/index.php/menu/drinks)
Anyone have any objections? I could also make a reservation for a table, although I'm not sure how many are coming. Quincie, los blue jeans, govern yourself accordingly, and j.lu., me, stevie d... So I'll make a reservation for 6-7 people at 7:30?
― Z S, Friday, 9 December 2011 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
Sounds good! Guys what should I do today?
― Stevie :-D, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
no reservations for matchbox on a Friday :-/
but i'll be there a little before 7:30, so i'll try to snag us a spot. i'll probably be wearing either a green coat or, if the coat is off, a grey longsleeve shirt that says MIDIMIDIMIDI
on it. also i'll be the really skinny guy who looks like he's 14.
― Z S, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
you came you saw you synthd
― HOOS aka driver of steen, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
damn i really want
venimidivici
on a shirt
― HOOS aka driver of steen, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
wish you could be here, hoos :-/
― Z S, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link