Chicago: The Eponymous Thread

i don't have much of a hard time going to shows alone. i even sat (stood) through two opening bands to see cave and it never really even reached a noticeable level of discomfort. if i can't sit somewhere, it helps to find a place where i can put my back against a wall though. but that would be true with or without a companion.

usually bring phone and emergency book.

I downloaded that Cave album, btw. Good stuff, esp. the opening track, which is super-derivative but also right in my wheelhouse.

xps someone posted it on facebook, and yeah I was figuring halloween

oh i don't mind going to shows alone, but i'd rather give my ticket to someone if they're going to use it than just waste it. also i don't want to be bored in between bands.

just give it to someone outside if no one you know is a taker

i kind of want to take the opportunity of the sandbox to just be a total dick to everyone and then when real ilx comes back, claim that someone else registered my name and that i didn't even know about the sandbox.

You realize you just ruined your own plan…

because i knew i wouldn't actually do it lol

Here are some door hangers you can print out for use over the next 6 months:

http://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/cdot/pedestrian/sidewalksnowremoval/Hanger_11_1_2011.pdf

I think it was easier to go to shows alone back when I smoked. I could just stand in the corner chain-smoking and looking surly.

xp oh shit I am printing 10,000 of those

that door hanger is an ink-suck.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3972007/Worlds-biggest-ever-insect-found-called-the-Weta-Bug.html

I recommend you all read that URL and make an informed decision as to whether you want to click that link.

foul pole

i saw those pics earlier today, pretty gross

the pics of jesse's foul pole that is

(I fuck chickens)

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While I was in the elevator just now I thought about your saying this, and that reminded me of this clip. If somehow you haven't already seen it, definitely watch it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss8LDBNcsWc

Watching the other anchor's reaction in slo-mo is awesome.

Anyway, back to the elevator to think about you fucking chickens. Ta!

Lakeshore buses are the best. Such great views.

i was thinking about how even though i've been in this city for almost eight years, i still always look up from my book when the el goes over the river - it's such an amazing sight each time for me

^^^
I still do this too.

I love that view.

I haven't looked out a window in years.

That's probably not true.

When I used to live off the Red Line, I would sometimes take a Brown Line from the Loop to Fullerton/Belmont and then switch, just so I could enjoy watching the skyline recede from view.

Now that I take the Brown Line every day, I don't pay attention as much. But it still beats the subway.

Thats why I try to take the purple line home at night rather than the red, even though it means walking further out of my way to get there.

Who are you?

jon/via/chi

happy friday, chicago! love, minneapolis

xp (I'd assumed as much when I did a search on the login a few minutes ago and saw that he'd posted about metal, Smashing Pumpkins, and Community, but the Purple Line ref confirmed it.)

Good day, Minneapolis!

kelsey my sis in law just is about to have a baby (first) and i have to get her a xmas AND bday gift

tell me what to get her (please)

are you looking for baby specific gifts or gifts for her as a new mom or ...?

gifts for her as a new mom or just gifts for her
i have NO IDEA what to give this person

I was going to say, if baby-specific I can speak from experience that gift cards for places that sell baby stuff and diapers while not always the most thrilling of gifts, are HUGELY appreciated by busy new parents.

And jaymc with the quality detective work.

Is she planning to breastfeed? Because what I loved was having just a big pile o' magazines. Reading a book was too much at first and the magazines were a lifesaver when Rowan would nurse for a LONG time. So I'd just grab a magazine & feel indulgent. So you could get her that.
I think anything cozy is nice because in the winter you're just hunkered down being all nesty with the baby. So maybe a nice wrap cardigan or some slippers?
My best friend bought me some yoga pants & a hood-less hoodie after I gave birth because she (rightly) assumed I was tired of all my clothes. They were great casual clothes, but I could also venture out in them if need be. She got those at Old Navy.
Is she girly? Other nice things would be a gift certificate to get a pedicure and/or manicure, maybe a little satchel with some hair ties, a lip gloss, a nail polish, etc. so she can feel put together. I honestly started wearing make up WAY more after I had Rowan. My academic brain thinks this is because while my body was (and is) changing so much (and has changed so much) it was this thing that could still be under my control. Plus, it has helped me feel more put together when everything else feels very chaotic.

I like your login, jon. Also hello!

me too.

You could also get her a bottle of wine and some advil. Those were two things I couldn't have while pregnant that I was excited to have back in my life.

Also nice - gift cards to restaurants that deliver.

Thanks.

The gift cert for a mani/pedi is also an awesome idea. I know my wife was thrilled to feel more "human" (her word actually, lol) when she got to get out of the house and feel pretty when she was home on maternity leave.

I don't know if you live close enough to do this or would even be willing to do this, but if you just gave her a 'coupon' to come by after the baby arrives so that she can take a shower or have a nap or whatever, that is an amazing gift at that time. Or do dishes.

job interview went well, decent odds that i'll be in chicago later this month for a final interview.

nice

She lives in VA -- good ideas w/ the restaurants that deliver even though I don't know if they have any? Decent comf loungewear sounds like a best idea.

no, restaurant delivery has been banned in virginia as sinful and godless since 1874

It's a rural area, smartass.

this is kind of awesome:

http://chicago.eater.com/archives/2011/12/02/jayz-beyonce-hit-vincent-while-waiting-for-great-lake.php

Wow. The idea of Jay-Z and Beyonce hanging out in Andersonville is kind of blowing my mind.