CHICAGO: If Hepatitis C Were Attacking Your Face Instead of Your Liver You'd Be Doing Something About It

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Is it good? I haven't seen it yet (just popped it on netflix) but I got the Zorn soundtrack a long time ago.

JordanC (JordanC), Friday, 8 December 2006 21:04 (seventeen years ago) link

None of you take Metra, do you? Apparently there was a shooting at Ogilvie this afternoon, and all trains have been delayed until further notice.

jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 8 December 2006 22:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Ooooh I do. All lines? I ride the Electric.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Friday, 8 December 2006 22:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Ah, looks like only ones that come in and out of that part of the Loop.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Friday, 8 December 2006 22:25 (seventeen years ago) link

"ones" GOD DAMN IT I'M RETARDED

danno martinez (danno martinez), Friday, 8 December 2006 22:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh yeah I forgot about you, Dan!

jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 8 December 2006 22:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Hi, Chicago. Bye, Chicago.

I rented a car today and it is such a color as to maybe earn me some extra $$ as a gypsy cab. Weird that they would make a rental of a compact car in Taxi-Cab/OSHA Yellow.

I leave for the Great Lakes state tomorrow AM.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Friday, 8 December 2006 22:28 (seventeen years ago) link

I think I'm okay, but I'm going to go to the station early just to be sure.

And yes, I am v. selfish to be concerned with my commute when someone may have lost their life. :(

danno martinez (danno martinez), Friday, 8 December 2006 22:29 (seventeen years ago) link

And yes, I am v. selfish to be concerned with my commute when someone may have lost their life. :(

No no, I think this is the distilled essence of city living.

JordanC (JordanC), Friday, 8 December 2006 22:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh yeh. The reason I was talking about the rental car is that it has no CD player, but it does have an "Audio In" jack. Hooray! This saves me time and effort of burning CDs.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Friday, 8 December 2006 22:34 (seventeen years ago) link

Shooting think looks like someone went postal on the 38th floor?

whoop de doodle (kenan), Friday, 8 December 2006 22:35 (seventeen years ago) link

There is nothing wrong or even wrong-sounding (to me) about "ones." You could change it to "Only those trains that I take..." but I think "ones" is probably preferable in casual conv.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Friday, 8 December 2006 22:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Just talked to Jenny. Apparently things are all kinds of fucked up downtown. She was wondering why, after getting out of her exam, she could not get home.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Friday, 8 December 2006 22:43 (seventeen years ago) link

And yes, I am v. selfish to be concerned with my commute when someone may have lost their life. :(

This was pretty much Jenny's reaction. Though I do have to say that I don't think she knows the extent of what's up.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Friday, 8 December 2006 22:44 (seventeen years ago) link

She was wondering why, after getting out of her exam, she could not get home.

Uh oh. I didn't think this had an impact on CTA, though. In fact, CTA is supposedly honoring Metra tickets tonight.

jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 8 December 2006 22:46 (seventeen years ago) link

HELP!

hello chicago ILX people! i'm not in chicago. i'm in toronto. i haven't read any of this thread so i have no idea what i'm interrupting... but anyhoo...

i just found out i'm going to chicago tomorrow! so i need knee-jerk, off-the-cuff, top-of-your-head suggestions for what i should do tomorrow (saturday) night. i'm staying at the hilton downtown (michigan ave), so i assume i'm fairly central, but probably all the cool stuff is further away. i'm not afraid of cabs. i won't be heading out until 10-11ish, and would prefer a cool bar/spot rather than a gig.

ideas?

Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 8 December 2006 22:50 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh wait. Apparently it was all just wacky activity on the street. She said CTA is fine.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Friday, 8 December 2006 22:56 (seventeen years ago) link

the offender was armed with a snub-nosed revolver, a knife, and a hammer. he was shot to death by the cops. he may also have shot himself.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Friday, 8 December 2006 23:08 (seventeen years ago) link

Also, Metra is working again.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Friday, 8 December 2006 23:08 (seventeen years ago) link

Rumors kill thread.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Friday, 8 December 2006 23:24 (seventeen years ago) link

going home kills thread.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Friday, 8 December 2006 23:30 (seventeen years ago) link

Enough filth/hilarity for one day -- I'm going home! Actually that's a lie, I'm going to eat pork dumplings with Carly. See you popsicles later!

Laurel (Laurel), Friday, 8 December 2006 23:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Hi Rob.

There isn't much to do downtown. I'm not feeling particularly inspired so I'm just going to state the sort-of-obvious and say go to Wicker Park (northside Damen stop on the Blue Line). There's lots to do there. The Damen/Division area has bars, but it'll also be clogged with hipsters. There are a few good spots, like Small Bar, Rainbo, and Gold Star. Others will probably dispute my choices (and rightly so) but that's what springs to mind at the moment.

Keep us updated, maybe some of us will come out?

danno martinez (danno martinez), Friday, 8 December 2006 23:48 (seventeen years ago) link

What's the name of that bar where we went with Pete Smith where Jeff got Kravitzed? That's a pretty good bar for the location.

Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Saturday, 9 December 2006 02:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Or SHIT, go to Old Timers! Lake and Michigan.

Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Saturday, 9 December 2006 02:40 (seventeen years ago) link

none of you know how to speak gibberish.

nuhthugun othuhguv yuhthugoo nuhthuhgoh huhthuhgow tuhthuhgoo spuhthuhgeek jithuguhbuhthuhgerrithuhgish

grbchv! (gbx), Saturday, 9 December 2006 02:46 (seventeen years ago) link

That's Schiavo, not gibberish.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Saturday, 9 December 2006 03:54 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm revisiting my childhood by watching Letterman clips on YouTube. The best is when he obviously hates the whole idea of the bit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns-NBzraXqI&mode=related&search=

whoop de doodle (kenan), Saturday, 9 December 2006 03:57 (seventeen years ago) link

Saw Clerks II tonight. It was good. Goodbye Horses was kind of great.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Saturday, 9 December 2006 06:23 (seventeen years ago) link

Aw hell. Here's the clip itself. I love the "Oooh!"

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Saturday, 9 December 2006 06:23 (seventeen years ago) link

Whaaat?

"Goodbye Horses" was released as a single in 1991 together with the b-side song "White Lines"

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Saturday, 9 December 2006 06:28 (seventeen years ago) link

I think we're having two different conversations.

PaternalCrunkleJ (crunkleJ), Saturday, 9 December 2006 06:30 (seventeen years ago) link

Aw hell. Here's the clip itself.

Where?

whoop de doodle (kenan), Saturday, 9 December 2006 07:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Oops.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Np3sPFPJgXY

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Saturday, 9 December 2006 13:32 (seventeen years ago) link

I sure wish this tea was coffee.

Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Saturday, 9 December 2006 17:56 (seventeen years ago) link

haha

Coffee is plentiful in these parts. Go get some.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Saturday, 9 December 2006 18:19 (seventeen years ago) link

I just made vodka pasta for lunch. I don't think there's anything that smells quite as good as onions and garlic being fried in a little oil.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Saturday, 9 December 2006 18:29 (seventeen years ago) link

In-building laundry is a whole new way to do laundry. I realize now that the main reason I always let my dirty clothes stack up to the sky was because it was a giant pain in the ass to wash them. I thought it was because I was inherently lazy or something. No. It really IS a pain in the ass. It's not just me.

So anyway, now that I don't have to go down the street or (yikes) six blocks away like I did at my last place, laundry is no longer an event. It's just a couple of dollars that you spend during a time that you'd be hanging around at home anyway. This is the way it should be.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Saturday, 9 December 2006 18:34 (seventeen years ago) link

Dan, you are so right. And I don't even LIKE onions! I made a 3-egg scram with tomato, havarti, and scallions, and then went to the farmers' market and bought like 15 lbs of apples??? WTF? Guess I'm making pies tomorrow.

Laurel (Laurel), Saturday, 9 December 2006 19:12 (seventeen years ago) link

If any of youse live in the 60657 area code, you can get free laundry - pick up and delivery - from Mud Room until 1/31. http://www.mud-room.com/

I got one of those stupid money saver junk mails last week and actually opened because it was either that or study and LO. Free laundry. They are coming next Thursday at 9 AM to pick up our dirties. They are dropping it off clean at 5:30 that evening. For free.

Couldn't have come at a better time, either!

Generally, I really like doing laundry. I even like going to the laundromat. But exam time ruins everything, so I used the Spin Cycle's drop off service last week and this free thing next week.

Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Saturday, 9 December 2006 19:57 (seventeen years ago) link

You'd think that two cats would mean twice as much litterbox to clean, right? But it's more like three times as much. With one cat, I clean the box every other day and it's no worry. I'm cleaning the box every day now, and there's enough pee an poop to put my one little kitty to shame. This a pee-stravaganza. A poop-tacular.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Saturday, 9 December 2006 20:55 (seventeen years ago) link

You know what's awesome? Cranberry juice.

You know what else is awesome? Pulp-free orange juice mixed with lemon-flavored sparkling mineral water. Cocktails in the afternoon, yo.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Saturday, 9 December 2006 21:09 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.yousendit.com/download/qBVxUTk%2BbWx5TA%3D%3D

JordanC (JordanC), Saturday, 9 December 2006 21:43 (seventeen years ago) link

Hi. This is probably a longshot, but is anyone interested in going to see the Chicago Blackhawks v. Detroit Red Wings ice hockey contest on Thursday evening? I am considering it.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Sunday, 10 December 2006 23:58 (seventeen years ago) link

How much are tickets?

Jeff... (Jeff...), Monday, 11 December 2006 00:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Last time I went we got the cheap seats, day of the game. They were $10.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 11 December 2006 01:07 (seventeen years ago) link

Tonight I did something that will enormously impact my life. I turned the radiator off in my bedroom. Oh, I know it sounds silly, but you just don't know. That thing was a monster. It made my nights hell, and there was no knob on it. It woke me up in the early morning, incredibly hot but unable to sweat, parched, gasping. Well, today I got a wrench, and everything will be better from now on. Tonight I will sleep. Tonight will be totally different. I will remember this night better than my wedding night.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 11 December 2006 06:46 (seventeen years ago) link

I did this hours ago, the turning off, but at the time I did it, it worried me. I felt the radiator getting cooler, but then I walked around and felt that all of the other radiators were also getting cooler. Had I done it wrong? Had I turned the gas valve in the wrong direction? Of course, the heat was off all over the building at the time. I did not know that for sure then.

It wasn't until about half an hour ago that I really had confirmation. The radiator in my bathroom was hot as a curling iron, and the one in my living room was hot as all bleeding hell. BUT... the one in my bedroom remained room temperature. YES! YESSSSSSSS! WOO BLOODY FUCKING HOO! I will not wake up at five in the morning unable to breathe because my room is ridiculously, punishingly hot!

You can't imagine how happy I am.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 11 December 2006 06:55 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm so happy I could fuck a pumpkin.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 11 December 2006 06:57 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm still walking into my bedroom every few minutes to put my hands all over the radiator and feel its coolness, as if I can't quite believe it. Oh, so cool. Oh, so totally off. Oh.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 11 December 2006 07:16 (seventeen years ago) link


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