i finally managed to sell that brand new kindle i've been trying to sell on craigslist for like a month now. in related news, we got new phones.
― n/a, Sunday, 4 December 2011 23:33 (twelve years ago) link
Which phone?
― Jeff, Monday, 5 December 2011 00:10 (twelve years ago) link
8g iphone 4
― n/a, Monday, 5 December 2011 00:34 (twelve years ago) link
excited to be able to listen to music on my commute again.
― n/a, Monday, 5 December 2011 00:35 (twelve years ago) link
BTW --I don't know if anyone could possibly care about this, but Video Adventure in Evanston is selling all of their VHS for $0.10-$0.50. It was pretty picked through but I got two Derek Jarman movies (The Angelic Conversation and The Last of England) and Return to Two Moon Junction (which is clearly horrible but you know how I feel about terrible movies). Dan got 2 horror movies and I forget what they are. We spent $0.95.
Wow, kind of cool to hear VA's still around. Used to rent from there all the time. If you appeared to be underage and renting an R-rated movie, they'd call your house (ostensibly to speak with your parents) to make sure it was OK. When I was in high school, I always had friends over who answered the phone pretending to be "mom" or "dad," approving my rental.
― Tarfumes the Escape Goat, Monday, 5 December 2011 00:40 (twelve years ago) link
Still there! The sun still blasts in the window at a certain hour and makes the whole place hot and smelly, just like in days of yore.
― recently deposed application inspector for the (league of women voters), Monday, 5 December 2011 00:44 (twelve years ago) link
Weird. My post from earlier about that POS lawyer disappeared. I know it posted b/c I saw it on the page.
― Sandbox Jesse, Monday, 5 December 2011 00:45 (twelve years ago) link
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dETyCYtynx8/SbvbbjFppAI/AAAAAAAAAPM/cRTybXGQPLo/s400/Mystery+LOGO.jpg
― tumblr whineys (Cuauhtemoc Blanco), Monday, 5 December 2011 02:51 (twelve years ago) link
Well anyway, there is a pretty awesome commenter putting a lot of words toward defending that jackass lawyer b/c he probably just didn't know that it's not OK to try to recruit a sexcretary. Probably b/c he was broke but everyone thought lawyers are rich.
― Sandbox Jesse, Monday, 5 December 2011 03:48 (twelve years ago) link
hi guys!!!
― n/a, Monday, 5 December 2011 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
sup
― tumblr whineys (Cuauhtemoc Blanco), Monday, 5 December 2011 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
1) find sexy people2) tell them hey3) profit
― recently deposed application inspector for the (league of women voters), Monday, 5 December 2011 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
Kr has returned. Hurrah!
― dyao think i'm sexy (jaymc), Monday, 5 December 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
yay!
― recently deposed application inspector for the (league of women voters), Monday, 5 December 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
woop
― n/a, Monday, 5 December 2011 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
Aw, yay! Welcome home, Kr!
― thejenny, Monday, 5 December 2011 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
Hooray for Uptown.
Broadway Closed Between Wilson & Leland. Red And Purple lines closed, too.
Per the cops, stay away from windows if you're in the area. There's a barricade situation, we hear, and the SWAT team is moving in. We would recommend staying off the streets as well.
― Sandbox Jesse, Monday, 5 December 2011 23:58 (twelve years ago) link
Made for an annoying commute.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 00:31 (twelve years ago) link
I'm going to not stay away just to piss them off.
i got a call from the troom telling people to enter campus from the west because of police barricades(i don't work there anymore but of course they continue to send me all-employee phone messages)
― recently deposed application inspector for the (league of women voters), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 00:32 (twelve years ago) link
I just got that call, too, and was coming here to see if anybody knew what was up!
― thejenny, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 00:50 (twelve years ago) link
There is a "heavily armed fugitive" in the building with Uptown Bikes.
― Sandbox Jesse, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 01:11 (twelve years ago) link
Oh no! I hope the Uptown Bikes folks are okay!
― thejenny, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 01:26 (twelve years ago) link
Huh, I didn't know about "reverse 911"
Uptown Update We get a recorded "reverse 911 call" from emergency services about a half hour ago warning us to stay inside and away from windows. Several others neighbors did too.
― Sandbox Jesse, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 04:17 (twelve years ago) link
lots of details:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-police-activity-in-uptown-shuts-down-parts-of-red-purple-lines-20111205,0,861663.story
Sara was in Uptown while a lot of this was going down, and saw closed streets, cop cars, etc. Which is really freaky. Though she was able to just grab a Lawrence bus home.
― well in (advance johnson), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 04:23 (twelve years ago) link
This feels kind of redneck-ish, but I've been listening to the CPD and CTA's radio feeds. Not really b/c of the emergency, but b/c I like radio chatter. Some US Airways flights I've taken had a station where you could listen to the cockpit's radio transmissions. That was really cool. Much more than these.
CTA: http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?feedId=10128
CPD: http://tunein.com/tuner/?StationId=131307
― Sandbox Jesse, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 04:34 (twelve years ago) link
I used the possible train repercussions (plus the fact that I didn't leave work until 7) as a nice excuse to take a cab home.
― thejenny, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 04:34 (twelve years ago) link
This struck me as really cute
[FB friend who lives at Wilson and Racine]:I am worried about Vincent [kitty] looking out the window. He loves SWAT team action!
― Sandbox Jesse, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 04:39 (twelve years ago) link
I ended up taking a cab too, but man last night was annoying. I actually started out waiting for the purple line and at that point they were making no announcements, so I waited 30 minutes for a (canceled) train before my wife called to let me know what was going on.
― I left my login in El Sandboxo, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
although I wasn't personally affected by the standoff, I do think that it was one of those times where twitter would be essential -- I probably read about a half dozen separate accounts of what was going on in the space of about 5 minutes after it started, before anything was on WBEZ or other internet newsfeeds
― tumblr whineys (Cuauhtemoc Blanco), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
I'm just annoyed by the lack of information transmitted to the actual CTA workers at the stations. After I got the call from my wife I asked two different employees how far north I could get on the redline and I got shrugs and "I don't know". If only I'd thought to check my phone sooner, because very clear information was available on the CTA's mobile site.
― I left my login in El Sandboxo, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
yeah our brown line train driver kept saying there was an "issue" with the purple line which to me implies a technical problem, not a police problem. anyways, my commute was unaffected, hooray for me!
― n/a, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
My purple line driver specified that there was police activity at Wilson and that the train would only go as far as Belmont.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
But yeah, I knew everything that was happening anyway via twitter.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
The CTA's radio feed last night indicated a lack of centralized info. At one point, there were transmissions saying that the CPD had okayed normal service of this or that individual bus or train run (like "#36 Bus #1234, you can use the normal route"), but that led to a jam-up of other drivers and conductors going "What about me?"
Unrelated, they kept talking about "a runaway" and I couldn't tell what they meant. A runaway train?? Surely not b/c they were talking about it for an extended time.
― Sandbox Jesse, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
They were talking about Soul Asylum.
― thejenny, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
You make me puke.
― Sandbox Jesse, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
hi chicago. i'm coming to yr city tomorrow!please to make there be no standoffs.
― tehresa, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 03:14 (twelve years ago) link
Don't worry you prob won't be heading that far north anyway! We need to hop to planning this btw.
― league of women voters, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 03:38 (twelve years ago) link
Oh neat. FAP?
― thejenny, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 04:07 (twelve years ago) link
fap seems like such a strong word! haha. but i would be super thrilled to meet up with some chicago ilxors! saturday evening is probably best for me.
― tehresa, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 04:14 (twelve years ago) link
also i am so scared of the cold!
eh, don't be. just wear a hat and a scarf and you'll be ok. that's my solution to everything.
― league of women voters, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 04:15 (twelve years ago) link
I am recommending a book! It is called Fingersmith by Sarah Waters and it has Victorian ladies and ladies' maids and intrigue and villains and diabolical plots and forbidden sex and hair styling tips for base-born London girls.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ee/Fingersmithcover.jpg/200px-Fingersmithcover.jpg
― thejenny, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 13:12 (twelve years ago) link
Oh shit, there is a British TV series based on the book! Bless the BBC.
― thejenny, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 13:15 (twelve years ago) link
Hi tehresa. I don't know you but I'm down for a fap or whatever else you want to call it.
― Sandbox Jesse, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
i was thinking maybe we should take her to fountainhead? they have special whisky and fancy beer and foods and it is also reasonably centrally located.
― league of women voters, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
should we put this somewhere else? i really want to go rollerskating. also there is a huge knot in my neck and i don't know what it is.
― league of women voters, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 14:50 (twelve years ago) link
I vote for the Fountainhead. I was just saying I haven't been there in awhile and I miss it.
― thejenny, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
I really hated Fountainhead the first time I went there, but I would be willing to give it another try. It seems like forevers since I've seen some of you guys.
In other news I had a good meeting with the director of a grad program at IIT yesterday afternoon. Still not sure if it's something I truly want to pursue but it answered some nagging questions/thoughts I had about going back to school.
― tumblr whineys (Cuauhtemoc Blanco), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 15:48 (twelve years ago) link