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Northbound Loop Red Line Service Interrupted -- Update 4:24 p.m.
Due to defective rail equipment at the Jackson Red Line subway station, northbound Red Line trains are being rerouted onto the elevated structure between the Roosevelt and Fullerton stations. Northbound Red Line trains will make station stops as follows:

Roosevelt (elevated/Green, Orange lines);

All stations along Wabash and Lake; and

Merchandise Mart (Brown Line), then trains will run express to Fullerton (Red/Brown lines) to resume regular northbound routing to Howard (Red/Purple/Yellow lines).

Customers are encouraged to use alternate service in the area. Please allow extra travel time.

Southbound Red Line service is not affected.

I'm coming to Chicago between XMAS and New Year's.

Jon Williams, I'll hang out with you.

My cat is locked in the bedroom, and Jessa's cat has suddenly decided to eat, shit, and let me pet her for the first time since she got here. This does not bode well for the next month. UNLESS, maybe, Jessa's cat can mark enough territory while my cat is locked away that they'll have some equal ground. I'm going to leave her in there until bed tonight and see if this helps the situation any.

Kenan, you should let Brenda come over for a while and see what that yields.

Really, thanks, but I can't imagine that would help.

Oh shit you have to hook me up.

ok, bed.

last year i went to a party with a bunch of early 20 somethings in suits and wound up leaving before midnight when my date's sinus meds made her loopy after her 3rd drink. the year before that me and jen sat in our apartment in bitter silence as we'd broken up days before but were still living together. i'd like to have fun this year for a change.

Honestly, kinda disturbing.

Nick and I were watching Big Love last night on dvd, and there's this scene where a little girl is in her living room at night and turns on the porch light and a creepy dude is standing RIGHT THERE. Anyway, of course that gave me nightmares because everything does. So I had one in which people kept breaking in the windows to our apartment like zombies, except really tall and strong zombies. It was not fun. I didn't shoot anyone, but I think I tried to punch them to no avail.

Nickelbags & I will be out of town 12/22-12/30, but ready to party after that.

Otto, I don't have any plans for New Years yet. Last year, we played a show at the Icefac0rial which was a blast, but we haven't been invited to play any new years shows this go-round. What to do? What to do? I like getting dressed up but don't have much mula for party cover charges.

more manifestations of unattainable goals.

On a promo kick...
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Good NYEs of the past: GBV show, drinking wine and playing trivial pursuit and watching Cirque du Soleil on TV w/ Jeff and my old roommie in Atlanta, and 1999/2000 wherein a bunch of my friends rented two houses in the Pocono Mtns and partied like it was, well, you know.

xpost - That's exciting, Amanda! Will you be going there for any other reason than vacation?

Next we start saving up for Mexico - I want to see AZTEC RUINS.

Amanda, I am SO EXCITED about your trip! You inspire me to believe that we, too, can live the dream of going somewhere on a real vacation on day. Also for some reason I love that you got married on Dec. 29.

I'm all flemmy today. :-(

Zombie wedding photo, taken on Dec. 29 2003
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