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I went to the local Aids Service Org to explore some employment/education/volunteering opportunities today. The guy who I spoke with exacerbated the sour mood that the CTA started. He was completely unconfident and wet-noodly. On the phone I thought he might have been a 15 year old with low self-esteem. When he greeted me in person he said, "Good afternoon--uh--good mor---good morning---uh, Jes--Mr. Kehr--uh, Jesse?" He went on to say such things as, "There are a lot--um.... There are a lot of--um.... We have a lot of--there are lots of opportuni--opportunities...um....here. Um...wow, you write fast."

Later there was a loud noise outside and he yipped and grabbed my arm for safety.

As it turns out he is way experienced in HIV/AIDS and GLBT shit, but he's just kind of a noodle-boy.

Anyway, the upshot of all this for me is that I should be able to make a little career shiftaroo some(hopefully soon)day.

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 21:57 (seventeen years ago) link

I love the 147 because it's sometimes only 15 min from Foster and Sheridan to Downtown.

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 21:57 (seventeen years ago) link

i used to take the 147 all the time...

― sweet tater (sweet tater), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 22:02 (seventeen years ago) link

Noodle boys are for stomping on on your way to the top, baby. Greed is good.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 22:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Dan: oh man, we're like sisters
me: you're a fucking dyke

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 22:07 (seventeen years ago) link

It's going to be funny when you start ovulating together.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 22:09 (seventeen years ago) link

And smooching each other's hoo hoos.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 22:17 (seventeen years ago) link

He neglected to mention that we were both simultaneously typing "as the Germans say" about the word "drinkenurge" that Jesse had just coined.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 22:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Also, you weren't supposed to tell them I'm a lesbian, Jesse.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 22:21 (seventeen years ago) link

Regarding spooning: I can sleep that way all night. Even when I'm alone I have to have a body pillow in front of me most of the time. (and I almost never sleep on my back.)

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 22:35 (seventeen years ago) link

Holy crap, a building blew up in Milwaukee today.

― JordanC (JordanC), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 22:49 (seventeen years ago) link

Goddamn!

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 22:53 (seventeen years ago) link

the opposite of a christmas miracle.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 22:54 (seventeen years ago) link

really, that's awful. and the story of how the supervisors assure them the gas was off and told them to go back to work is especially messed up.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 22:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Just goes to show: You think your boss is an idiot? You're probably right.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 23:07 (seventeen years ago) link

Ikea is great because they have cheap energy-saving light bulbs. 3-pack for 3.99. Have I already said this?

I replaced my stairwell bulb with that.

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 23:13 (seventeen years ago) link

That's a big fuckign explosion.

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 23:18 (seventeen years ago) link

(Sorry Jeff)

Nine! Nine degrees! Wow.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 7 December 2006 14:01 (seventeen years ago) link

I felt like I was wearing ice pants this morning instead of jeans. I should have worn some legwarmers under those. YOWZERS!

― Calico (calico), Thursday, 7 December 2006 14:56 (seventeen years ago) link

It's 4 degrees here.

― JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 7 December 2006 15:15 (seventeen years ago) link

Dudes, I had an intense Thai experience last night. It may have been the spiciest food I had ever eaten, and you know it's not like I ain't eating spicy food. I pounded two beers like they were shot glasses of water and I could only finish just over half a bowl. It was seafood curry. At one point the blood flow to my head was such that I literally, seriously felt high.

― JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 7 December 2006 15:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Jordan wins. (EEP!)

So, I'm assuming TT is at Old Timers today, huh? Maybe we could find somewhere just a little cozier? If not, that's ok. I mean, Old Timers IS cheap. It would just require being out in the cold a little longer than I'd like. (How far is it from the el?)

― Calico (calico), Thursday, 7 December 2006 15:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Ice pants! The mind boggles.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 7 December 2006 15:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, I'm really putting off taking a shower because there are going to be moments of extreme coldness involved, I just know it.

I'll bet Kenan and Jesse's apartments are nice and toasty, though.

xp - Old Timer's is just under two blocks east of the State/Lake brown orange green purple pink line station.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 7 December 2006 15:20 (seventeen years ago) link

I bet my apartment is toasty, too, though I wasn't in it this morning. I was going to go buy a wrench this afternoon to turn the heat off in my bedroom, but I think that can wait another day. WOOF it's cold today.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 7 December 2006 15:47 (seventeen years ago) link

So, I'm assuming TT is at Old Timers today, huh? Maybe we could find somewhere just a little cozier?

I'm up for going anywhere, I've got a full compliment of Carhartts today and am pretty much impervious to the cold.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 7 December 2006 15:49 (seventeen years ago) link

(Though I am going to the new location of Leve| 0ptica| to pick out frames today and that'd be v. convenient to Old Timerz.)

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 7 December 2006 15:50 (seventeen years ago) link

EZ on WBEZ now.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 7 December 2006 15:54 (seventeen years ago) link

Two quotes about smoking from all-time masters of the aphorism:

1. A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want? (Oscar Wilde)

2. To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know because I’ve done it a thousand times. (Mark Twain)

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 7 December 2006 15:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Heard it! When he said he couldn't play guitar "like a normal person" I had to larf.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:01 (seventeen years ago) link

I got in to work literally JUST IN TIME to hear the piece. Whew.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:01 (seventeen years ago) link

DAMMIT I just missed Eric. Fudge.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:07 (seventeen years ago) link

What could be more convenient, cozy or loving than Old Timer's? I have been looking forward to a greeled cheese and beerz since I woke up. Also, I brought cookies. For everyone.

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:10 (seventeen years ago) link

At least I hope there are enough for everyone. There should be enough for everyone to have at least one. That should distribute the poison evenly.

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:12 (seventeen years ago) link

I have been looking forward to a greeled cheese and beerz since I woke up. Also, I brought cookies. For everyone.

Damn that sounds like a lovely evening.

― JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:13 (seventeen years ago) link

I've got a full compliment of Carhartts today

Moi aussi. Another big shout-out to the kind folks who gave me this big-ass coat and these crazy warm gloves. You know who you are. :)

A couple days ago I was leaving work wearing this coat, and one of the girls said, "Carhartt? Way to go, farmboy." And I was like, "Laugh if you want to, but one day I'm going to be warm and you're not." I think today is that day. (She was wearing Uggs at the time, and I thought about making a joke about Trixies, but thought better of it. Besides, they do look warm.)

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:15 (seventeen years ago) link

Cf also "But in the morning, I'll be sober..."?

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:16 (seventeen years ago) link

I think dry, 16 degree days (hey! It's warmed up!) are the perfect days for Uggs. I don't even get irritated at their existence on days like today - they DO look warm! Plus nobody who can afford Uggs and isn't crazy would wear them with shorts or a miniskirt on a day like today.

You hear that, Ugg-wearing people of the world? You have my blessing!

(Similarly, I saw a young woman working at Intelligentsia on Jackson wearing black Crocs (sans holes) and they seemed like a logical and nice-looking choice for her situation. Am I getting soft???)

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:19 (seventeen years ago) link

they DO look warm!

That's what I'm talking about!!

What are Carhartts? I thought it was a coat, based on context clues, but then I don't get what "I've got a full compliment of Carhartts today" means...?

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:22 (seventeen years ago) link

It's a brand of hearty outerwear. Think Dickies.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.workinggear.com/gc/customer/cartt_go.html?ROITrakid=1

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link

Think Dickies.

You know that's not going to help him any.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link

You know what's funny, Kenan? One of my coworkers asked me why I was wearing such a "light jacket" today. It's the heaviest, warmest coat I've ever had! Also, the toughest.

xpost: They do make coats, but they also make jeans (a flannel-lined pair of which I am wearing today) and hats (somehow I have three of the and) as well as other "work" clothing. So: hat, coat, jeans = full compliment. I wish they made boots, they'd be unstoppable.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link

They kick Dickies' ass up and down the street. Or the construction site, whatever.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Dry is better for Uggs, def, but they still get dirty and I find that people still tend to shuffle around in them w/o picking up feets. Plus let's face it: I like drinking the haterade. I am pro Crocs, tho!

XP: They also make one-piece work/snowsuits! Good for snowmobiling, sitting in deer blinds, and lying on the frozen ground to fix cars.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:24 (seventeen years ago) link

(somehow I have three of the and)

fixed: (somehow I have three of these and wore one today)

xpost: My dad got one for Xmas the other year, he wears it to blow snow and chop wood and stuff. It's the baddest-ass snowsuit ever.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:26 (seventeen years ago) link

I wish they made boots, they'd be unstoppable.

That site Jenny linked to looked like it has socks that would make boots almost superfluous.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:26 (seventeen years ago) link

Ok. Old Timers it is. I forgot about the grilled cheese (!). Also, I'm excited about cookies.

― Calico (calico), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:27 (seventeen years ago) link

True about the shuffling and the dirty. I guess I'm just all about situationally appropriate clothing. I'm also more forgiving when weather extremes demand drastic wardrobe measures. I would be more scornful of someone wearing sling back pumps today than someone wearing Uggs.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:28 (seventeen years ago) link

There's something to the farmboy = warm thing, I think. One of the warmest pieces of clothing I ever had was a hoodie I bought for $20 in the middle of bumfuck Kansas. It was, like, triple lined. It was as warm as a coat. I loved that thing. Someone stole it out of my laundry.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:29 (seventeen years ago) link

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