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I confess to liking "King of Wishful Thinking" too. I was obsessed with it for a period of time right when it came out.

ha! me, too. it's heartening that that was common.

xpost omg of course I remember "She Ain't Worth It" and the video. furthermore, it's now in my head. also: "Unskinny Bop"!

― horseshoe (horseshoe), Monday, 19 February 2007 17:41 (seventeen years ago) link

1990 was the first year that I paid attention to pop music. Suddenly getting flashbacks to all those Wilson Phillips song and "Close to You" by Maxi Priest and Phil Collins's "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven."

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 19 February 2007 17:45 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't remember "She Ain't Worth It." But I do remember being too scared to ask Amy Gunnett to dance to "Back to Life" by Soul II Soul at a school dance and being really sad after I got home, probably circa 1990.

― n/a (n/a), Monday, 19 February 2007 17:48 (seventeen years ago) link

Enh, she wasn't worth it, Nick.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 19 February 2007 17:49 (seventeen years ago) link

Probably not. She moved to another school and some kids from my school went to a track meet or something there and said she turned into a real beeotch.

― n/a (n/a), Monday, 19 February 2007 17:51 (seventeen years ago) link

BUT THAT SONG IS SUCH A CLASSIC! Any missed opportunity to dance to it is sad.

― teasing your poultry (kenan), Monday, 19 February 2007 17:51 (seventeen years ago) link

I will dance to it at my wedding and cry sweet tears of revenge.

― n/a (n/a), Monday, 19 February 2007 17:53 (seventeen years ago) link

Though not really deserved revenge, since she didn't turn me down or anything, since I just wussed out.

― n/a (n/a), Monday, 19 February 2007 17:54 (seventeen years ago) link

It really is pissing me off that YouTube is removing copyrighted material! That was where I would go when I wanted to listen to music!!

Also, they deleted Rich/FourFour's account permanently -- without warning -- for putting up copyrighted material. And he had some fun stuff on there.

A picture of Rich, because he's adorable.

http://fourfour.typepad.com/rj_fade.jpg

― Metrosexual Healing (crunkleJ), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:07 (seventeen years ago) link

Read all about it here.

― Metrosexual Healing (crunkleJ), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:08 (seventeen years ago) link

Wow, I opened Juzwiak's blog, and my computer didn't freeze.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:15 (seventeen years ago) link

Why would it?

― Metrosexual Healing (crunkleJ), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:17 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cruz/06.02.04/gifs/sloths-0423.jpg

― Metrosexual Healing (crunkleJ), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:22 (seventeen years ago) link

http://hello.typepad.com/hello/sloth.jpg

― Metrosexual Healing (crunkleJ), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:23 (seventeen years ago) link

OMFG!

http://www.cultofdegan.com/images/costarica/sloths/r.jpg

― Metrosexual Healing (crunkleJ), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:23 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.slothmud.org/themes/SlothIII/images/slothIII_header980.jpg

― teasing your poultry (kenan), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:32 (seventeen years ago) link

It used to always freeze because he put up tons of images that took forever to load.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:39 (seventeen years ago) link

happy lundi gras btw

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:43 (seventeen years ago) link

Backatcha.

I'm sooooo sleeepppy right now.

Must. Not. Fall. Asleep. At. Desk.

― Calico (calico), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:45 (seventeen years ago) link

i'm having tv dinner for lunch. it is not that bad, even while i know it's bad food. IT'S SO CHEAP.

― teasing your poultry (kenan), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:47 (seventeen years ago) link

how else can you get 820 calories for 2 dollars?

― teasing your poultry (kenan), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:49 (seventeen years ago) link

What are the contents of the tv lunch?

It's nappytime in Jordanland too. Good thing I get to leave in 2.5 hours.

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:08 (seventeen years ago) link

swedish meatballs, mystery meat patty, mashed potatoes, corn, green beans

HOORAY! SOMEONE JUST HANDED ME A CONTAINER OF FRUIT!

― teasing your poultry (kenan), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:15 (seventeen years ago) link

I went to Whole Foods for salad bar and it ended up costing $10! Mainly because it was a lot of heavy things like tofu and olives and whatnot. So then I said I was going to save half of it for tomorrow, but then I ate all of it today. :(

Have any of you ever used the Peapod grocery delivery thingy? We might try it out. I think Jewel has raised its prices and Dominicks ends up being pricy too. I miss Cub.

― n/a (n/a), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:21 (seventeen years ago) link

I miss Cub.

2000x

I haven't tried Peapod. I don't like the concept of not being able to pick out my produce...

Also, there is a rumor that the Dominick's at Belmont/Kimball is closing down. Which, if true, will severely piss me off, though not as much as the loss of Cub.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:27 (seventeen years ago) link

I miss Texas grocery prices, period.

― teasing your poultry (kenan), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:29 (seventeen years ago) link

I mostly shop at Trader Joe's and Harvestime and then stop at Whole Foods every once in a while for a few things I can't get elsewhere (Roastaroma tea, tea-tree-oil face soap).

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:32 (seventeen years ago) link

My groceries are cheap as hell, dudes (Woodman's). Still haven't been to the Trader Joe's that opened up here.

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:35 (seventeen years ago) link

xp As a consequence, Jewel and Dominick's always seem really huge and weird and Middle American to me.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:35 (seventeen years ago) link

Has anyone else tried the little asian grocery that's on broadway right by my place? Golden Palace, I think? It's really cool. They have good fruit.

― teasing your poultry (kenan), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:39 (seventeen years ago) link

I last went to Trader Joe's two weeks ago. It was full to the rafters with yuppies who were moving soooooo sloooooowly, mouths agape, through the place. Then there were the employees stocking shelves with huge boxes of stuff blocking the aisles (or rather, not stocking, but standing around bulshitting). I made it through the first aisle, put my few items back on the shelf, turned around, and got the hell out of there. I cannot deal with an IKEA/Target/Water Tower Place department store on Christmas Eve environment when I'm trying to get my food on.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Plus, I've said it before and I will say it again, their produce is shitty and overpriced in my experience. Go to one Stanley's/Belmont Produce for orgo stuff, it's cheaper, faster, better all 'round.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:47 (seventeen years ago) link

Dan, totally with you. Trader Joe's here, at least, specializes in "value-added" foods, which are semi-prepared so they can be taxed (unlike "raw" groceries). Favorite example: they had over a dozen kinds of fancy pasta sauce and zero kinds of canned tomatoes. So you can, like, MAKE YOUR OWN. Pre-prep stuff is good for tired nights and dinner parties when you need 10 hand-stuffed fish fillets, I guess? But way too expensive for all the time.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:51 (seventeen years ago) link

What on earth are you guys talking about? Nobody goes to Trader Joe's for produce. And everything is CHEAP AS HELL.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:56 (seventeen years ago) link

xp As a consequence, Jewel and Dominick's always seem really huge and weird and Middle American to me.

I had that same feeling going to Dominicks after a few months at Trader Joe's. It was fun to be in a gigantic store with a whole different array of brands.

At Trader Joe's I pretty much get: nuts, carrot juice, pre-prepared chicken breasts w/ lemon, Clif bars, Go Lean. NOT MUCH OF A COOK.

― Eazy (Eazy), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:59 (seventeen years ago) link

That surprises me, Eazy.

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:00 (seventeen years ago) link

I mean, here's what I get when I go to Trader Joe's: tortilla chips, salsa, hummus, cheese, orange juice, soy milk, veggie burgers, frozen pizza, soy nuggets, frozen burritos, pasta, pasta sauce, soup, wine, bread, applesauce, baby carrots, maybe some apples or bananas if I'm not planning on going to Harvestime any time soon. These are all pretty much staples for me.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Will wait for Amanda to get here so I have back-up.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:01 (seventeen years ago) link

I'd like to cook, but popping a handful of nuts or a Clif Bar and some orange juice always seems to win out.

― Eazy (Eazy), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Or happetizers, of course.

― Eazy (Eazy), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:05 (seventeen years ago) link

Also, my mom made some salmon from Trader Joe's last night for dinner, and it was pretty great.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:06 (seventeen years ago) link

True that. I like cooking, but lately heating up a veggie burger is way easier.

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:08 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't buy any frozen/premade stuff (hummus, salsa, etc), I guess that's the major difference. Well, except for stuff like bread, I can't bake for shit.

I dunno. First and foremost, it's too far away. I don't have to drive to Dominick's if I don't need to, the train goes right there. Second, I don't like the co-op(heh)t-ing of local grocery/health food/etc stores' ethea into some kind of national chain. It is what it is, stop pretending. Third, and semi-related, I like supporting local business. Hence Belmont and/or Stanley's produce markets. Hell, even Dominick's is based here, even if it is in with Safeway or whatever.

And, as I mentioned before, the atmosphere/clientele all moving at 1/4 speed, gabbing on phones and blocking already narrow aisles, makes me want to kill. Grocery rage!

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:11 (seventeen years ago) link

I like Trader Joe's every once in a while, but I can't imagine doing all of my grocery shopping there. I like it for its weird options. They do not, however, have things like cheap paper towels, Meow Mix original cat food, and light bulbs. Also, I agree that their produce section is really limited, and since I've been trying to cook healthier, I aim to buy less prepared foods. That said, they are great for superquick bring-to-work-&-microwave foods, parties, and the occasional try-something-new meal.

I love Stanleys, but I'm usually lazy and just go to a big store because I want to get all my shopping done at once.

― Calico (calico), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:18 (seventeen years ago) link

I would actually have gotten some things at TJ's that looked good, but considering that I was still going to have to go to a regular grocery store for my staples, it wasn't worth waiting in a line that went all the way around the store and spiraled past the entrance again. Plus people in aisles being MORONS. But I work days -- I think it would be radder if you cd go at like 10am on a Wednesday.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Trader Joes has some excellent stuff. Like the Triple Ginger Cookies, which I think I may owe Julia a whole container of by now.

― teasing your poultry (kenan), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:19 (seventeen years ago) link

True, Laurel.

Oh, I forgot to comment that the employees at TJ's always seem super friendly (and, um, a little high).

Today seems to be going superfast for me, even though I don't have any work to do... weird...

― Calico (calico), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:20 (seventeen years ago) link

OMG, Kenan, you are so right on there.

― Calico (calico), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:21 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm not trying to say there aren't worthwhile things there, don't get me wrong. I've driven myself nuts looking for specific items/spices/preserved vegetables (grape leaves spring to mind at the moment) at big stores and specialty shops, and then there's a whole damn shelf of them at TJ's or Whole Foods.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:22 (seventeen years ago) link

I wish I could afford to only shop at Whole Foods for now on. One of my coworkers does and insists it's no more expensive, but then again she is a richie rich and eats salad EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR BOTH LUNCH AND DINNER.

― Calico (calico), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:27 (seventeen years ago) link

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