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Oh cool, that looks like some good stuff to do on Friday while I'm flying solo-ish. Might try to hit up some record stores if my friend who's getting hitched has any suggestions, too.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:21 (seventeen years ago) link

Sounds like time for a Camel, Otto.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, I might break my own rule and have a smoke after lunch. I usually don't, at work, but I'm supah cooped up today.

Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:24 (seventeen years ago) link

i'm pretty much dying for a smoke since i was so congested this morning i didn't have my morning cigarette but the receptionist has been at lunch since noon and i have to watch the goddamn phones until she gets back.

i'm fucking starving over here too.

otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:26 (seventeen years ago) link

Records! Yes!

The Great Escape is on 21st Avenue (sort of parallel to Upper Broadway). TONS of used records/cds of all types. One of my now-coworkers took me there on my interview lunch and I decided then that I could happily live in Nashville.

Grimey's is on 8th Avenue. It's got vinyl and cds, but beware of the instore, that might block the funk/reggae/new releases record section.

Phonoluxe is over on Nolensville Road (next to an awesome Mexican restaurant -- La Hacienda), and it's all used stuff, and a bit pricey. But, if you're looking for Dolly Parton's entire oeuvre on vinyl, that is the place to find it.

molly (molly d), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:27 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm guessing that's where Tim went.

jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:32 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm sleep too, I went home for lunch and ate a bunch of crap and watched the last 15 min of Capote. I need coffee.

JordanC (JordanC), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:35 (seventeen years ago) link

At first I was happy that Bake for Me accidentally gave me a whole sandwich instead of a half one (I got the soup and half-sandwich special) -- but now I feel like a glutton, since I obv. still ate the entire thing, plus the soup.

jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Yup. We went to pretty much all of the aforementioned places. I had to give him another bag for all his vinyl to carry on the plane.

molly (molly d), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Bless Tim's little cotton socks.

Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:37 (seventeen years ago) link

I had to give him another bag for all his vinyl to carry on the plane.

after my trip to nyc this month i had to check my carry on because i suddenly had a messenger bag filled with a couple hundred dollars worth of records.

otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Bake for Me, girl / I wanna be your backdoor man / Hey! Oh! Hey! Oh! / OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH!

whoop de doodle (kenan), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:41 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't know why "Bake for Me" cracks me up every time.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Sadly, it was a giant orange library bag that I got at a conference which screamed "I'm a nerd. Beat me up."

molly (molly d), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, but see, only Tim could carry that bag WITH IMPUNITY.

Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:43 (seventeen years ago) link

OK, this sounds great for Friday activities. Thanks again!

This is going to be fun, I've never been to a "real" bachelor party before. Supposedly it's going to start with 40s and Wii games (4 player style, we're big nerds) and end with shooting shit with a 20 gauge. We're not really strip club types, but we want to find the most comically bad stripper possible just for lolz somewhere in there too. From the bride-to-be's assesment, that shouldn't be tough.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:43 (seventeen years ago) link

"Real" bachelor parties scare me.

jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:44 (seventeen years ago) link

Well, I say that more because this will be an actually party vs. the two other ones I have been to which were mostly sitting around hotel rooms drinking and dreading the inevitable. LAME

danno martinez (danno martinez), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:45 (seventeen years ago) link

I remember that our return from Bowlie was during the Brixton nail bombings and here's our Tim getting off the bus unshaven and perpetually hungover and extremely menacing, carrying a battered black weekender bag....

Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:46 (seventeen years ago) link

strippers at a bachelor party are lame. bachelor parties at strip clubs are classic. 40 ounces and firearms, eh dan? i hope jesse finds that suit before your funeral.

otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:47 (seventeen years ago) link

Have you cunts read 1984? I like it more than I thought I would.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:50 (seventeen years ago) link

i haven't read it since high school or maybe middle school. probably high school.

otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:50 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.lastnightoffreedom.co.uk/images/shop-bachelor-party.jpg

It's not a real bachelor party until somebody's hanging naked out the window on a sheet.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:50 (seventeen years ago) link

strippers at a bachelor party are lame. bachelor parties at strip clubs are classic.

Oh yeah, if it happens it'll definitely be the latter.

And I'm staying AWAY from the firearms as much as possible. That was the best man's idea. I actually hope people get drunk enough that someone comes to their senses about that shit -- but that ain't likely.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Tim carried that bag with authority and made it look tough. While he was in Nashville, he joined me on the radio after 2 hours of sleep and an night's full of beer, and pulled the whole thing off in an impressive fashion. I, unfortunately, was stupidly hungover and barely functional. I think it's archived on freaky trigger, but I have too much dignity to share the link.

Hey, no problem! Enjoy Nashville. It's a fun town and full of strip clubs. You won't have a hard time finding some awful ones, I'm sure.

molly (molly d), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:52 (seventeen years ago) link

I read some post-apocolyptic book that Jenny lent me and hated it. (Parable of the Sower??) 1984 is like a good version of that book.

I like Newspeak and the how the methods of deception by the Party are at once really over the top and plausible. Also I like that Orwell can write about feelings as well as ideas in a way that so so so many sci-fi writers can't.

I think here is as good a place as any to say that BSG lost me for good when the characters said "Frack." That was too egregious to ever forgive.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:55 (seventeen years ago) link

my favorite bachelor parties were the last two i went to, started with 9 holes of golf then we piled into a rented bus/winnebago (the 2nd one was a smaller party) went to a red sox afternoon game. post game got on the highway and headed south to the strip clubs in rhode island. stayed there for an hour or so then pile back onto the busses and hit foxwoods. we'd stay there until the majority of us had lost money and we'd go back to the bus to pass out.

and oh, yes, there was always plenty of alcohol at least at all times.

otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:56 (seventeen years ago) link

I've never actually been to a strip bar before, so I wouldn't really know an "awful" one from a "good" one. I'm guessing we might rely more on the more experienced bachelor partiers and also on how horrified the groom is of any particular place. That'll narrow it down.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:56 (seventeen years ago) link

Jeff has one suit and it is from MW. It was everything we wanted and more - it was cheap, fast, made him look sharp, and gave him something to wear on interviews. Three years later, it's starting to pill and look a little cheap but it doesn't fit him anymore anyway so whatever.

So, my opinion on MW suits: Great for people on a budget or people like Jeff or John who just need a damn suit without a lot of flufferall or mess, or discerning people like Jesse looking for a suit to have on hand but who one day want a nicer, suit-for-life suit.

Also John re: suits upthread: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:56 (seventeen years ago) link

I think here is as good a place as any to say that BSG lost me for good when the characters said "Frack." That was too egregious to ever forgive.

It didn't lose me, but that annoys the shit out of me.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:57 (seventeen years ago) link

I have been to strip clubs ranging from "last stop for crack whores" to supposedly "classy" places and have come to the conclusion that they are all horrible.

Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:58 (seventeen years ago) link

Also John re: suits upthread: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Now why didn't I think to try that?

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:01 (seventeen years ago) link

One of my biggest peeves about sci-fi is the language! "I GROCK you." My blood BOILS.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:01 (seventeen years ago) link

LOL GROK

Man, that takes me back to 10th grade.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link

HBO shows about strippers >>>>>>>>>>>> live in-person strippers

Just like violent TV >>>>>>>>>>>>>> actual violence

whoop de doodle (kenan), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link

Didn't that happen in one of the first episodes?

Calico (calico), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:03 (seventeen years ago) link

Strip clubs can be fun with the right people/amount of alcohol, I think.

frack vs. frell (from Farscape)

JordanC (JordanC), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:03 (seventeen years ago) link

I got used to "frack" AND even found myself using it occasionally. But I am a dork, no question.

Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:05 (seventeen years ago) link

I've never been to a strip club.

I use FRACK all the FRACKIN time.

Boy oh boy am I ever bored this afternoon. *sigh*

Calico (calico), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:05 (seventeen years ago) link

I love "grok". In fact, I use it frequently. It's a useful sort of word.

Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:06 (seventeen years ago) link

I actually prefer female strip clubs (with friends) to boy strip clubs with or without friends. Male strip clubs are big frustration joints for me.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:06 (seventeen years ago) link

(xpost) 1. Because it's "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH."

2. This technique will become much less effective if everyone starts using it! Also, it's the bizarre/surprise element that makes it work. And the fact that I'm not involved in the argument at all. If the two of us were arguing, and I started to just go "AAAAAAA," it would not end the argument.

jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:07 (seventeen years ago) link

xpost JESSE YOU ARE NOT HELPING ME.

Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:07 (seventeen years ago) link

"frag"

JordanC (JordanC), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:08 (seventeen years ago) link

I think frak is kind of annoying, but I try to mentally translate it to "fuck", and every now and then someone will deliver it with the right amount of venom or slurring to make it work.

JordanC (JordanC), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:09 (seventeen years ago) link

I thought "frag" originated during WWII or something.

TS: Frack v. cursing in Chinese

Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh I get that one. LOL FRAGGED U NUBS

danno martinez (danno martinez), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:09 (seventeen years ago) link

It's the sound of the words that bothers me most of all.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:09 (seventeen years ago) link

I prefer the Chinese. It sounds more angry, and not just made-up. It could be made up for all I know, but at least I'm not sure it is.

xpost EXACTLY

danno martinez (danno martinez), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:10 (seventeen years ago) link

The Chinese gambit was the worst choice ever. Never ONCE did anyone sound convincing doing that.

XP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:10 (seventeen years ago) link


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