Chicago: The Eponymous Thread

THAT WAS MY FIRST CIGARETTE, TOO. Srsly, I still get a nostalgic scent off of those. And erotic, even, because my first girlfriend smoked them.

I LUV that store. Cheap Srirachia sauce, fun stuff like Beef Blood, Pig Blood, and Beef Bile*, frozen pre-cooked sushi rice, and a lot of cheap everything Asian.

*http://farm1.static.flickr.com/38/103115901_ec0d953494_o.jpg

Highlights:
-Filet, med-rare, topped with blue cheese
-Mushrooms stuffed with spinach and manchego cheese
-Roasted bacon-wrapped dates with an apple cider vinaigrette OMG, GOOD! I'm going to make these at home.

Also, tapas-sized desserts are the perfect size.

Cocktail of note: Rebujito- Dry sherry with sprite and fresh lemon. Unusual.

-He can't let his employees sell Girl Scout Cookies because if he allows 1 outside agency in, it opens the door for solicitation by unions.

-He has to do super-thorough background checks because the unions are always trying to come in and "infect his employees."

-[i]Work at Will laws are not nearly strong enough[/i], and leave an employer virtually powerless to fire an employee after 90 days except for in cases of exceptionally bad work, and then only after tons of warnings. One time he accidentally hired a union mole, and fortunately caught him within the first 90 days and was able to fire him.

That work at will stuff is just nonsense and makes me want to smack him around a little.

Happy Mardi Gras!

I think this started yesterday, when my mom emailed me this sad story. She thought she'd finally made a friend in her new city (she's been there a year). She's been going to see movies with this woman. Anyway, she had such a great time this weekend with her and they talked for a really long time after the movie. Then my mom is like, Hey! We should just have a movie night once a week! What do you say? And the lady was positive about it. Then the next morning, my mom got an email from her basically saying, yeah, the thing is I'm really busy and don't have time to spend with you...

I hate that lady. How can anyone not want to spend time with my mom? :-(

Anyway, it sort of started a little kindling for sadness in me, which this morning has fired up into a decent sized ball of rage. Despite all my rage, I'm still just a rat... and so on.

xpost - oh yeah! Something to be glad about!

But Matt, if you're still on here, you can email me and I can send you some pointers on where/how to get shows (if you're not scared of me after my huge post just now).

Here is your feminist RAGE for the day. Do not read if you are already feeling overwhelmed with negative emotions about our big dumb world.

And mad hugglez to Sarah and her mom. I would go to the movies with your mom!

Supposedly there are photographs on CPR's site but I can't find them right now.

I don't see on anything on their website yet either but there is a photo of five dudes with sousaphones and blue tracksuits, so close enough.

I'm not sure that stops with, or even begins with, feminism. There are so many things wrong with that.

I hear that in Asian cities the wealthier women sometimes get surgery to make their eyes more round.

xp - no, there is lots of racism, classism, and capitalist manipulation in there, too. And that is true about eye surgery. And women in the US get their vadges tightened and lifted.

TEMP AGENCY: New Office Temps.

no, you're right.

I almost take this as a good sign, though. India is in the middle of some heavy social transition if the powers that be are being this heavy-handed about keeping the ladies down. And using capitalist means to do it! What a world.

O the dangly, gangly, mangly...

Bad call, bro.

two sided duct tape or maybe velcro could help?

My next band will be called The Dangly Labia.

there was one awesome band name from this weekend but i forget what the hell it was now. all i can remember was thinking of starting a rev. horton heat-esque psychobilly/gospel revival band called the crystal methodists.

I wonder if it's some kind of package deal. Eyes rounded, tits enlarged, labia tucked, and asshole bleached.