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jenny, i used to LOVE being in the middle of a bridge (out where it splits, not where the base is) when a bus would go past. especially the wabash st bridge, i always felt like it had more action to it.

― chicago kevin is back in a new york groove (chicago kevin), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 15:25 (seventeen years ago) link

I usually get a little thrill out of it because it's dizzying but I figure if nobody has fallen off yet, I'm not going to be the one. But all the snow made it slippery for real and I actually lost my balance this time. That made it less fun.

― Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 15:27 (seventeen years ago) link

if that happened to me it would the kind of unexpected thrill that might make my day. unless i actually fell down in which case i would probably take it as a sign that the universe is against me and contemplate jumping in front of a blue line train.

― chicago kevin is back in a new york groove (chicago kevin), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 15:29 (seventeen years ago) link

It would be more efficient to just jump off the bridge.

― Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 15:30 (seventeen years ago) link

Less of a mess, doesn't hold up other commuters -- better all around.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 15:35 (seventeen years ago) link

no, i wouldn't want to go that way. maybe if it were cement instead of a river below.

― chicago kevin is back in a new york groove (chicago kevin), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 15:35 (seventeen years ago) link

also, i'm wearing my jammies under my pants today because it is so cold and windy.

― chicago kevin is back in a new york groove (chicago kevin), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 15:37 (seventeen years ago) link

The river is frozen, that's gotta be pretty close to cement.

― Metrosexual Healing (crunkleJ), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 15:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Last night I got a rough cut of this indie movie called "G0ing Great Wh1te" on dvd, because the soundtrack is all 15 yr old Digd0wn tunes. Apparently it's a Guest-style mockumentary (hate that term) about a business & marketing convention.

Could be funny, could be horrible but I'm excited to see a movie that hasn't even been at a festival yet.

― JordanC (JordanC), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 15:42 (seventeen years ago) link

i dunno, i still think i could break the ice. and then i'd be paralyzed and drowning. i suppose i could go to wilmette and jump in front of a purple line train, that would only inconvenience the richie riches of the near northern suburbs. and i wouldn't mind doing that.

― chicago kevin is back in a new york groove (chicago kevin), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 15:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Jesse: if i attended loyola in NO or tulane i could probably get some kind of crazy scholarship since they're desperate for students
me: DO NOT LEAVE ME
Jesse: i'm not
me: okay.
good.
Jesse: though it is 65 degrees there..............
me: i'll kill you if you leave me.
KILL YOU
I WILL KILL YOU
Jesse: that will solve nothing
me: and then keep your head.
so i can talk to it.
i'll make a vest with tits out of you
and wear it while i talk to your head.

Sent at 10:43 AM on Tuesday
me: why aren't you responding?
Jesse: i'm reading the wikipedia article "Semen"

― Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 15:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Depending on how far the drop is, Kevin, you'd probably be knocked out by the impact even if the river WASN'T frozen; hitting the surface of water flat at the speed of falling in Earth gravity is basically like hitting cement.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 15:48 (seventeen years ago) link

I love the Tobo info.

I think I had a dream about Jenny, but I can't remember it.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 15:49 (seventeen years ago) link

THANKS FOR THIS, WIKIPEDIA

I linked from there.

― Metrosexual Healing (crunkleJ), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 15:49 (seventeen years ago) link

Haha. Yeah, our tuba player last night was here from New Orleans, he was not having this weather.

However he was having Al Pacino, on his sneakers.

― JordanC (JordanC), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 15:51 (seventeen years ago) link

(seriously, I can't find a pic but they were Nike Scarface, the toes were transparent w/pics of a little Pacino inside)

― JordanC (JordanC), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 15:53 (seventeen years ago) link

Depending on how far the drop is, Kevin, you'd probably be knocked out by the impact even if the river WASN'T frozen

it's not that far. going back to the thread on the noise board about trains and such, sometimes when the tourist boats are passing under the bridge i wonder if i can time my jump so that i land on deck. i'm about 72% positive i can do it.

― chicago kevin is back in a new york groove (chicago kevin), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 15:53 (seventeen years ago) link

Mornin', pawwwdnuhs. No jumping off bridges for research or otherwise, please.

I'm having a good hair day, just so you know.

― Calico (calico), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 15:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh, I didn't realise it was like that, I was thinking of a much higher bridge span!

i'm about 72% positive i can do it.
I like to think you arrived at this percentage through long and meticulous mathematical calculation and many, many diagrams.

Sarah: congratulations! I'm having...a hair day.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:00 (seventeen years ago) link

my moustache is back, just so you know. and it's better than before.

― chicago kevin is back in a new york groove (chicago kevin), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:01 (seventeen years ago) link

DON'T DO IT KEVIN

GO BACK

― JordanC (JordanC), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:02 (seventeen years ago) link

(fair warning in case I see any of you this weekend, my winter grizzly beard is in full effect)

― JordanC (JordanC), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:04 (seventeen years ago) link

i'll be shaving soon, it's just that due to sinus congestion and the required amount of nose-blowing my nose/upper lip area is a little raw so i didn't want to drag a razor blade across it.

― chicago kevin is back in a new york groove (chicago kevin), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Facial hair is great.

Jordan, what is your planned itinerary so I can see whether I can jump on the JC Party Train?

― Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:07 (seventeen years ago) link

When it's icy, I always have an irrational fear of slipping walking across the Michigan Ave. bridge. Is it that the railings are low on the Loop bridges? It freaks me out a little. I imagine a gust of wind and whoosh, into the river.

The buildings in Vegas look stunning in the desert light, especially the neon ones like the Monte Carlo. I went there a few years ago (was supposed to go with a group of people, and the one person I knew in the group couldn't go at the last minute, so I decided to be on my own instead of with strangers), spent the days driving to places like Zion National Park in Utah and other neat places in the desert. I woke up early one Sunday morning and had a big beautiful desert highway going around Lake Mead all to myself - listened to NPR, stopped and put my feet in some natural hot springs. And then played poker at night.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:07 (seventeen years ago) link

As I've mentioned, my work paid for my trip to Vegas. I had to go with them though. ha ha Anyway, we stayed at the fancy pants place, had free fancy meals, drank alot, and spent time by the pool. That's also where I tried pot.

― Calico (calico), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:12 (seventeen years ago) link

Getting in on Friday night, playing GM 9:00 - 1:00, getting shrimp

Waking up on Saturday, maybe going to Ashkenaz, going to Hot Doug's, hanging out??, playing GM 8:00 - 12:00 (or whatever it is), getting shrimp

― JordanC (JordanC), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:13 (seventeen years ago) link

eazy, i ALWAYS have a fear of falling off the michigan ave bridge but that's probably because of all the clueless tourists taking pictures instead of watching where they're walking. plus the railing hits about mid-thigh so i'm sure i'd just topple on over.

― chicago kevin is back in a new york groove (chicago kevin), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:13 (seventeen years ago) link

Man, I got busy allasudden when I wasn't paying attention. I really wanted to do TT this week but I forgot I have to work at 8 am on Friday. That's not conducive to our normal TT results.

― Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:15 (seventeen years ago) link

ihttp://www.honeyleveen.com/hleveen/ZION%20NATIONAL%20PARK.jpg
Zion National Park

ihttp://mishilo.image.pbase.com/u47/pjd22/large/30571491.lakemeadin45cheat.jpg
Lake Mead (somebody's random photo, but that's what it looks like)

(not Monte Carlo - MGM Grand I meant)

ihttp://www.lasvegastourism.com/gifs/hyatt_lake_lasvegas.gif
Oh! And I Pricelined a hotel room at and stayed at the Hyatt Lake Las Vegas resort for about $70.

ihttp://www.allvegaspoker.com/photos/41453996c47af.jpg
Played poker there.

And that's the slideshow of my Vegas trip, based on found photos.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:16 (seventeen years ago) link

Wow. Eric manages to put a happy face on nearly everything.

I'm not being sarcastic.

― Metrosexual Healing (crunkleJ), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:21 (seventeen years ago) link

I really wish I could have gotten out to see nature.

― Calico (calico), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Hey, I wish I'd hung out at the Bellagio pool. We'll switch itineraries next time.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Free cocktails, baby. Free cocktails.

By the way, I loved that Big in Japan video.

― Calico (calico), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:41 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm taking Friday off this week!

To go to the DMV!!!

Which one is least horrible?

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:48 (seventeen years ago) link

I kind of can't believe I've lived here more than 2 years and used a Michigan ID the whole time and never once gotten hassled for it.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:49 (seventeen years ago) link

I need to change the address on my license so I can vote. I think I'm too late for the adlerman/mayor elections. :(

― Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:54 (seventeen years ago) link

dan, i went to the DMV on central and lexington because it was the only one open on a saturday. i would avoid it if at all possible. if i were you i would seriously go to the one at the thompson center. it's usually very well staffed.

also, this comes out just in time for my birthday. oh, wait, no it doesn't.

― chicago kevin is back in a new york groove (chicago kevin), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Nick and I were pulled over shortly after we moved here. We hadn't done anything wrong, IIRC. The cop noticed we had Virginia plates and wanted to make sure we weren't current IL residents with out-of-state plates. Then I think my license wasn't updated either..? Anyway, we got a fine. Welcome to Chicago!

― Calico (calico), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:56 (seventeen years ago) link

KEYS. LOCKED IN CAR.

― JordanC (JordanC), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:56 (seventeen years ago) link

Well that kind of sucks.

― Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:56 (seventeen years ago) link

The engine isn't running, is it?

― Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:57 (seventeen years ago) link

KENAN SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE OPINIONS THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN YOURS AND YOU NEED TO JUST FUCKING RELAX ABOUT IT.
-- Handgun O. Mendocino (rabbitrabbi...) (webmail), February 13th, 2007 2:27 PM. (pullapartgirl) (later) (link)
You're right, though. The Dell kid is a total douche.

-- Handgun O. Mendocino (rabbitrabbi...) (webmail), February 13th, 2007 2:28 PM. (pullapartgirl) (later) (link)

Is it ok if I love you? You have achieved a very Kenan kind of balance.

― there to preserve disorder (kenan), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:57 (seventeen years ago) link

I like that the adjective form of alderman is "aldermanic."

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:58 (seventeen years ago) link

aldermaniacs

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 17:00 (seventeen years ago) link

http://images.google.com/url?q=http://www.ilovewavs.com/TV/Cartoons/animaniacs.gif&usg=__N1YcVhLkfx-kg8OjyMnfNLGpRJY=

― there to preserve disorder (kenan), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 17:01 (seventeen years ago) link

xpost haha

too obvious, i guess

― there to preserve disorder (kenan), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 17:01 (seventeen years ago) link

if i were you i would seriously go to the one at the thompson center. it's usually very well staffed.

Yeah, I went there before work to renew my license. Wait wasn't too long, no hassles at all.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 17:03 (seventeen years ago) link

I once stopped to put air in my tire and locked my keys in the car with the engine running but I was only two blocks from my apartment and I kept a spare key in my mailbox because I shared the driveway with my upstairs neighbors and we often had to move each other's cars to get in and out so I just ran home and got it, with the car locked and running in the gas station parking lot.

But even if I wasn't, you could break in that car by looking at it funny so it wouldn't have mattered much any.

― Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 17:04 (seventeen years ago) link

I wouldn't mind seeing cartoon caricatures of alderpeople. I'm sure it's been done before.

http://www.extranews.net/uploaded_pictures/907_1.jpg

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 17:06 (seventeen years ago) link

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