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

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jenny, i'm all for volunteering but i would personally choose whatever would enable me to have a larger variety of choices/opportunities down the road. that's essentially why leaf went with a big firm for next summer . . . and they'll give him a "scholarship" if he does a clerkship.

sweet tater (sweet tater), Friday, 15 December 2006 16:57 (seventeen years ago) link

no schlomo

Oh speaking of which, happy Chanukah y'all (though not for a few hours I guess).

JordanC (JordanC), Friday, 15 December 2006 17:14 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, Julia, don't forget to light one candle before sunset tonight. Remind yer roomie.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Friday, 15 December 2006 17:23 (seventeen years ago) link

There is a custom to have Hanukkah parties and to eat foods fried or baked in oil.

menorahs are pretty and oooo fire and yay fried foods. i like this holiday.

JuliaA (JuliaA), Friday, 15 December 2006 17:34 (seventeen years ago) link

weird spam of the day:

Hot married baby search for group anal sex!

otto midnight, that 'tofu makes you gay' ding dong (otto midnight), Friday, 15 December 2006 17:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Here is a completely legitimate keyword search I just did at work:

baby wizard sex

JordanC (JordanC), Friday, 15 December 2006 17:38 (seventeen years ago) link

Back on the post rock tip for just a sec: I found the new Expl0s|ons in the 5ky record on the internets and even though some say "it sounds just like all their other records", their other records sound like AWESOME and I like the new one too.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Friday, 15 December 2006 19:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Would I like Six Parts Seven, Dan?

JordanC (JordanC), Friday, 15 December 2006 19:26 (seventeen years ago) link

Maybe, I'm not sure. I'm always wary of reccomending bands like them to Tortoise fans because, well, they kind of sound like Tortoise! I like it mainly 'cause it was something new when I was starting my latest phase of music listening at work.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Friday, 15 December 2006 19:32 (seventeen years ago) link

tom skilling is predicting a 60 degree day tomorrow. if he weren't from a family of degenerate liars i would be psyched about this.

otto midnight, that 'tofu makes you gay' ding dong (otto midnight), Friday, 15 December 2006 19:38 (seventeen years ago) link

CPR called it at close to 60 in their forecast this morning too, FWIW.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Friday, 15 December 2006 19:39 (seventeen years ago) link

weather.com says 53 tomorrow. Either way, hello open windows.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Friday, 15 December 2006 19:49 (seventeen years ago) link

Hey guys, I need suggestions for crazy html tags that might break stuff (i.e. that any good software should block the use of). Kenan, Dan?

JordanC (JordanC), Friday, 15 December 2006 20:07 (seventeen years ago) link

blink

whoop de doodle (kenan), Friday, 15 December 2006 20:11 (seventeen years ago) link

http://obscuretags.com/

danno martinez (danno martinez), Friday, 15 December 2006 20:15 (seventeen years ago) link

Thanks guys.

JordanC (JordanC), Friday, 15 December 2006 20:21 (seventeen years ago) link

that obscure tags page is pretty interesting, actually. I've never even heard of half of that stuff.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Friday, 15 December 2006 20:28 (seventeen years ago) link

Haha, ditto for your link! The WebTV stuff is totally foreign to me.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Friday, 15 December 2006 20:39 (seventeen years ago) link

ok, parents xmas gifts bought, i'll get my sister/bro in-law/nephew's stuff tomorrow afternoon, just need to find a place to order a bottle of jameson for my younger sister and the family is done.

the ex's stuff is en route, just need to pick something up for the dog. then i need to remember to get to the ups store on monday. this will be the first year i'm not wrapping gifts on xmas eve in forever. maybe the first time ever.

otto midnight, that 'tofu makes you gay' ding dong (otto midnight), Friday, 15 December 2006 20:56 (seventeen years ago) link

oh, and on my cab ride home last night we drove by the music box and they were filming something in front of the marquee. it featured one of the most stunning women i've ever laid eyes on trying to look bored and blase as she was getting out of/getting into/otherwise leaning against the door of a taxi in a red evening dress.

it was kind of surreal.

otto midnight, that 'tofu makes you gay' ding dong (otto midnight), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:00 (seventeen years ago) link

oh and i forgot my cigarettes in the jacket i was wearing last night and right now i'm ready to punch everyone i work with in the face.

otto midnight, that 'tofu makes you gay' ding dong (otto midnight), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:03 (seventeen years ago) link

I smoked way too much last night at some crazy-face art party in an apartment that might be bigger than my childhood home (a 4-bedroom 3-story Victorian). Urgh, champagne.

Laurel (Laurel), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Also I am listening to sad bastardess country music (Laura Cantrell) and it's making me so bluuuuuuuue, why don't I stay behind.

Laurel (Laurel), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:10 (seventeen years ago) link

man i love a good champagne buzz. so effervescent. if i'm up early enough i think i'll have a mimosa on sunday.

xpost- i'm listening to quintron and ms. pussycat and it's making me happy for the first time in a while. we seem to be in sync, just polar opposites.

otto midnight, that 'tofu makes you gay' ding dong (otto midnight), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:12 (seventeen years ago) link

damn, quintron is over now. boo ba la hoo.

otto midnight, that 'tofu makes you gay' ding dong (otto midnight), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:21 (seventeen years ago) link

I am considering purchasing a 3' x 5' Red Wings flag to just annoy the shit out of some Hawks fans next time they come to town. I'm wondering if they'd even let me in the door with something like that.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:23 (seventeen years ago) link

ooh, champagne. can't get enough of it.

friend of mine, though, has the same reaction to champagne that i have to tequila. i mean, tequila already seemed gross to me before the night in question...but champagne? unless something truly happened, i can't see ever hating it.

xp shove it down yr pants!

baby wizard sex (gbx), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:24 (seventeen years ago) link

I am considering purchasing a 3' x 5' Red Wings flag to just annoy the shit out of some Hawks fans next time they come to town. I'm wondering if they'd even let me in the door with something like that.

getting in isn't the problem, it's getting home where it gets dicey.

otto midnight, that 'tofu makes you gay' ding dong (otto midnight), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:27 (seventeen years ago) link

xp shove it down yr pants!

That's what I was thinking, or possibly just under my coat. Also thinking of getting a cane to use as a flagpole once I'm inside. Given Kev's comment it might have to be a sword cane...

danno martinez (danno martinez), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:28 (seventeen years ago) link

So my first foray into suit shopping was at Men's Warehouse. They were nice and helpful but the prices were as much as a some suits I saw at Marshall Field's. They start at $199 for a really ugly sport coat. Suits start at around $300, except for this really gross one for about $250.

Where are these magical < $250 suits I hear so much about?

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:31 (seventeen years ago) link

The man did have a wonderful idea. My primary reason for getting a suit is to wear to an interview. Since I would need one for a 1st interview and another for a second, he recommended buying a suit with a second pair of pants and then getting a sport coat that I could mix and match. This trimmed about $80 off the bill.

Also, alterations cost extra.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:34 (seventeen years ago) link

hello? is this thing on?

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Friday, 15 December 2006 22:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Hi Jesse. I don't know anything about suits.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Friday, 15 December 2006 22:04 (seventeen years ago) link

You should call in sick to work and come party tonite

danno martinez (danno martinez), Friday, 15 December 2006 22:05 (seventeen years ago) link

Men's Warehouse, huh? Ask John.

baby wizard sex (gbx), Friday, 15 December 2006 22:11 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't know anything about partying. Just kidding. I totally do.

Hey. My appetite is gone. It's amazing. A miracle. I can NOT believe it. I am simply not hungry, and when I am and I eat, I barely get started before I'm stuffed. This is the fucking best thing that's ever happened to me.

Some of you may remember that I used to eat a 1/2 lb. burger and fries and still go foraging from other people's plates. Now I can barely eat 1/2 of the burger and a few fries. This has been going on for more than a week. Today I was hungry and ate a small piece of bread at work and it ruined my appetite for lunch. And I had only had an apple for breakfast, and that only b/c I thought I should.

I think it's stress because of my dad's health, etc, but normally that would make me pig out. Let's hope this continues.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Friday, 15 December 2006 22:13 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2310903/

So here's the story about how Sayjal and the movie.

So once upon a time Heidi told me about these auditions for this indy movie she was helping cast and so I went and they thought I was funny and cast me and I shot it last summer. The director was kind of weird and they kind of swindled me since she (the director) told me I was going to get paid but I ain't seen no check yet... I've never seen the finished product but I think Heidi is planning on trying to go to the premiere in LA in Feb, apparently it got accepted to some sort of big deal (but not so big deal that I can remember the name) film festival...I'm not sure the details. I'm only in it for like 5 minutes but it's the funniest 5 minutes of the movie I'm sure.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Friday, 15 December 2006 23:16 (seventeen years ago) link

Wage-claim case?

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Friday, 15 December 2006 23:20 (seventeen years ago) link

All I know is that plot summary is terrible.

Laurel (Laurel), Saturday, 16 December 2006 00:29 (seventeen years ago) link

This town was built on mud and stilts. Chicago thought for the day.

Ok, I'm off to a party.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Saturday, 16 December 2006 04:36 (seventeen years ago) link

three down. one big ass paper to go.

I watched people ice skating tonight and got all xmas squishy. Whee!

Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Saturday, 16 December 2006 05:15 (seventeen years ago) link

Sorry, otto and dan. I bolted without telling you. I went out for a cigarette, and liked being outside so much I thought I might go look for a store to buy some food, and on the way I kinda caught a cab. I didn't mean to. I think maybe I just wanted to be home all along.

Jesus, I'm old. Or else I'm curmudgeonly. Nice people and free booze are no longer enough to keep me from going home. Maybe I need a good DJ? I don't know.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Saturday, 16 December 2006 06:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Really, I think I have reverted back to being a teenager. I have no social skills -- in fact NEGATIVE social skills, because all I'm really good at is pissing people off, and then I play that up and start TRYING to piss people off, which is high school all over again. What am I saying... "all over." I never LEFT high school.

Anyway, yeah. I'm no good at parties. I used to say that I was ok at smaller gatherings with just close friends, but even then I apparently end up yelling at people. Truth be told, I'm really bad with with people. People, as a rule, cannot stand me. And so... I leave parties before I do things like start talking to people I don't know. That won't end well.

Grr. I don't want this to sound like self pity. It's all so ugly.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Saturday, 16 December 2006 06:49 (seventeen years ago) link

You could always text them from the cab, you know. They might see that sooner than your POST, which they won't find until they GET HOME, at the soonest.

Laurel (Laurel), Saturday, 16 December 2006 08:50 (seventeen years ago) link

Kenan, it's OK. We figured as much.

And shit, how am I home so early from such a party?

danno martinez (danno martinez), Saturday, 16 December 2006 09:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Last night I was getting ready for bed and I realized I was engaging in some unusually elaborate sleepy time preparations, like I was getting ready to go on a trip or something, and then I realized that I kind of was and then I slept for twelve god damn hours.

I need to do that about ten more times and I should be back to normal.

I feel like when I'm done with law school I'm going to be a totally different, relaxed, normal person and then I'll have to make friends with everybody all over again.

Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Saturday, 16 December 2006 17:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Kenan, STFU. You're actually fun to talk to at parties and out drinking, etc. You're only really insufferable online. And really, that's not such a bad thing. For you. For the rest of us, it sucks.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Saturday, 16 December 2006 18:03 (seventeen years ago) link

roommate had birthday.

roommate has pseudo-girlfriend who is professional chef. this morn she has gone away for xmas. so i have half a lovely boozy bday cake to eat for breakfast because roomie's pseudo-gf is totally in LUV with her and does stuff like making nice cakes.

i don't handle booze well but it seems baked enough that it's not totally doing me in. joy to the world.

damn, i'm sleepy though.

JuliaA (JuliaA), Saturday, 16 December 2006 18:04 (seventeen years ago) link

So I have been lying/sitting around the house wishing I had some milk to go with my berry Rice Krispies. I decided to eat my guacamole instead since that would not involve me going to the store, which is a whole half of a block away. But I didn't want guac, I wanted rice krispies. But I changed my thinking and got enthused about guacamole which I opened up and found had turned brown.

Now I'm hungry for guacamole, have no milk, and am writing about it on the fucking internet. It's not really a good way to spend a weekend morning.

crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Saturday, 16 December 2006 18:06 (seventeen years ago) link


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