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

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I want more of the one I want on
Yo soy loco from too much coffee this morning.

Calico (calico), Thursday, 21 December 2006 15:59 (seventeen years ago) link

I keep it singing it

You know what other song I'm loving right now? Here it Goes Again by Ok Go.

Calico (calico), Thursday, 21 December 2006 16:01 (seventeen years ago) link

testing

Calico (calico), Thursday, 21 December 2006 16:24 (seventeen years ago) link

FOUR DAY WEEKEEEEENNNNNND

It starts with a rock show tonight and I'm going to keep the drink, food, and tunes rolling until Tuesday.

JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 21 December 2006 16:30 (seventeen years ago) link

Niiicceee.

I think maybe I'll drink around my family this Christmas, just to mix things up a bit.

Calico (calico), Thursday, 21 December 2006 16:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Ok, I'm not complaining about a lack of presents any more. Two vendors have given me bottles of wine, one gave me chocolates, and one coworker gave me the wine & champagne out of one of her gift baskets. Then just now one of my coworkers, this guy who is NEVER in the office, gave me a $50 gift certificate to Aldo! Plus, I've got that $150 gift card for Nike. I'm feeling pretty set.

Calico (calico), Thursday, 21 December 2006 16:45 (seventeen years ago) link

Whoa. There are no presents here, no Secret Santa, no Chsistmas bonuses, nothing. I've gotten free lunch all week, though.

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 21 December 2006 16:49 (seventeen years ago) link

towga sent me something so i'd have something to open on xmas day. and she also screwed up on the shipping so the toaster she ordered for work is also coming to me. she said she got amazon to send her one for free so i could keep the toaster but i don't need it. anyone need a toaster?

otto midnight, that 'tofu makes you gay' ding dong (otto midnight), Thursday, 21 December 2006 16:50 (seventeen years ago) link

Yes, I've been training classes most of the week and have been grubbling on free pastries and lots of Thanksgiving-style free lunch food.

Btw it looks like we've graduated from the Heart o' Chicago motel and are staying at the Embassy Suites on State & Ohio. Walking distance to Ashkenaz?!

JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 21 December 2006 16:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Sarah! I have Queen of Hearts and I don't like it very much - too sweet. I will give it to you if you like it.

To continue a related email convo w/ Amanda on ILX - I tried wearing it to see if it worked magic with my body chemistry but no go. I seem to do best with spicy, foody smells or things that other people say smell like old lady perfume (my favorite mass market perfume EVER is Cinnabar by Este Lauder). Superduper florals might smell fine but they give me a headache. Super sweet smells just smell like I spilled something on myself.

The White Rabbit oil, without a doubt, is my favorite smell. It smells like food and spice and powdery old ladies all at once.

In summation, I also want to buy samples. Then we can have a smellin' party!

Also: Amanda, I am glad you stopped your migraine. I cannot even imagine how dreadful that would be, especially when you have to do other things like talk to people or breathe.

Also: HS, we're flying today and will heed your warning! Like I need any prompting to leave work early.

Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 21 December 2006 16:53 (seventeen years ago) link

Free lunch sounds wonderful too. Niiiice.

Check this out. Nick tracked his present for my mom, and it was delivered to our house back on Dec 8th, which means it was stolen. :-(

Yeah, horseshoe. That sucks being stuck at the airport!

Jenny & Amanda, we DEF need a smelling party. Also we could switch out less favorite smells perhaps.

Calico (calico), Thursday, 21 December 2006 16:56 (seventeen years ago) link

So, do you people know about Robin Thicke, Allen Thicke's son? He is soulful. We are listening to his album at work right now and it's pretty good.

Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 21 December 2006 17:05 (seventeen years ago) link

i do not know about robin thicke. but i do know where i'll be tonight and if anyone is still in town, come on out and join me for the snow angels at the bob inn.

otto midnight, that 'tofu makes you gay' ding dong (otto midnight), Thursday, 21 December 2006 17:07 (seventeen years ago) link

i thought this would be a pullapartgirl thread

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 21 December 2006 17:11 (seventeen years ago) link

I love Robin Thicke!! I need to buy his new-ish record.

Haha I also thought that would be a Jenny thread, I don't even have to click the link to know which one it is.

JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 21 December 2006 17:17 (seventeen years ago) link

So in reading about orchids, it seems like just about every orchid fanatic/collector/seller is also into bromeliads, at least to some extent. So I've been wondering what those were and I just discovered on flickr that I have one on my desk at work that belongs to a coworker! It looks like one of these.

Calico (calico), Thursday, 21 December 2006 17:19 (seventeen years ago) link

I am loving this newish record, too.

Well I guess it's flattering that you think of me when you hear "social justice."

Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 21 December 2006 17:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Sarah - pretty! I've enjoyed your orchid posts on your LJ, too. When are you going to try and grow orchids yourself?

Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 21 December 2006 17:30 (seventeen years ago) link

Kevin, maybe you could go to a tanning salon or something. Does that work for SAD? If you become too depressed to finish biting through your toast, call one of us and we'll come pull it off your teeth.

I'm like Jesse. I get reverse SAD and get more depressed during the hot, stupid, horrible summer. I'm okay with spring on its own except that it means that hot, stupid, horrible summer is just around the corner.

Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 21 December 2006 17:35 (seventeen years ago) link

I was thinking of getting a cheapie one some time after the holidays. I'm kind of scared because I tend to kill plants, but most of my houseplants have been doing ok for a few years now, so maybe not all hope is lost. I might have to keep it at work so Toons won't eat it, unless I build some sort of shelf in the back window where she can't get to it.

I don't mind sweating a few months out of the year. It feels cleansing. Also, it's nice to get a little dirty sometimes. You appreciate showers more, for starters.

Calico (calico), Thursday, 21 December 2006 17:38 (seventeen years ago) link

fuck, i just realized i forgot to get somone their xmas gift and now i have to go to CRATE AND FUCKING BARREL ON MICHIGAN AVE AT 5:45 THIS EVENING TO GET IT.

fuck me in the goat ass.

otto midnight, that 'tofu makes you gay' ding dong (otto midnight), Thursday, 21 December 2006 17:39 (seventeen years ago) link

I went to Crate and Barrel last night to see if I was inspired by anything there as a potential gift idea but came up empty, since I have no idea if people have glass pitchers already or if they even want them. Then I went to Borders and found presents for everyone in my immediate family.

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 21 December 2006 17:43 (seventeen years ago) link

This Robin Thicke business sounds like the time I tried to convince everyone I knew in college that Jimmy Smits had a Latin rock album and that it was "actually kinda good." I smell prank.

Why do you have to go to crate and barrel?

Armando Grouse (Armando ), Thursday, 21 December 2006 17:44 (seventeen years ago) link

the time I tried to convince everyone I knew in college that Jimmy Smits had a Latin rock album and that it was "actually kinda good."

hahahaha!

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 21 December 2006 17:47 (seventeen years ago) link

Why do you have to go to crate and barrel?

that's where the gift i was planning to get her are. which originally were going to be house warming gifts then birthday presents but i wound up getting something else for both of those. anyway, it's actually a somewhat thoughtful gift that i know she wants, needs, and will use. and since she's leaving for north carolina tomorrow we're exchanging presents tonight pre-show.

otto midnight, that 'tofu makes you gay' ding dong (otto midnight), Thursday, 21 December 2006 17:49 (seventeen years ago) link

I thought the Robin Thicke thing was a joke, too, but it's not! He even opened for John Legend recently.

Hey, so we went to Chicago Diner last night. The service was fine (I think we got lucky) and the food was good. We ordered chips and guac as an app but it was RAW chips and guac - they made the chips by dolloping corn goo onto a tray and dehydrating it. They tasted fine, but then we finished those so she brought us some regular fried corn chips and it was like, "OH that's what this is supposed to taste like!"

Anyway, I think being a raw foodist would be very depressing.

Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 21 December 2006 17:51 (seventeen years ago) link

The coworker who gave me the Aldo card just handed me a glass of wine. If everyone in the office is drinking, this could make for an interesting afternoon.

Those chips sound weird.

Nick and I ate at the Handlebar the other night and I was wondering why we don't go there more often. We both got the three sides plate, and I got us chips & dips for an app.

Calico (calico), Thursday, 21 December 2006 17:53 (seventeen years ago) link

"Shooter" was my summer jam last year

JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 21 December 2006 17:53 (seventeen years ago) link

HI KIDS I WAS IN CHICAGO FOR ONE HOUR YESTERDAY. Now I am on le other side of le lake. Getting in trouble for stuff not-done at work. HAAAAAAY.

Sarah, enjoy yr presents! We get lots of edible stuff in my dept but everyone's on a diet so we try to spread the sugary, buttery cheer around the offices. The champagne's all mine, tho.

Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 21 December 2006 17:55 (seventeen years ago) link

I thought you would appreciate that, John. It was a very successful prank. Unfortch, Meloy-as-Horshack has not had legs.

Laurel! SOrry I missed your txt. I was at the goddamned grocery store when i finally saw it.

Armando Grouse (Armando ), Thursday, 21 December 2006 18:00 (seventeen years ago) link

The chips were kind of sweet and not very crunchy and they stuck in my teeth like craaaazy but the taste was okay. If those were the only chips I could ever eat, I would sit at home in the dark eating dehydrated corn chips and crying.

Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 21 December 2006 18:02 (seventeen years ago) link

i like handlebar too, i'm not sure why i don't go there more often as well now that i think about it.

otto midnight, that 'tofu makes you gay' ding dong (otto midnight), Thursday, 21 December 2006 18:04 (seventeen years ago) link

BEGIN RANT
When I went to UBS for my tutoring dude I overheard some people actually COMPLAINING that there was a mountain of chocolate in their office. They said some shit about it being Carb Mountain and I wanted to remind them that there are plenty of people in the world -- and one in that elevator -- who would enjoy a piece of that mountain. People complaining about the hardship of sweets/treats in their office can zip it the fuck up.
/RANT

Armando Grouse (Armando ), Thursday, 21 December 2006 18:06 (seventeen years ago) link

It is kind of annoying though, like I'm trying to stay in shape but I have absolutely no self-control when it comes to food placed it front of me.

JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 21 December 2006 18:08 (seventeen years ago) link

Boo hoo.

Hey how much is the cover for your band?

Armando Grouse (Armando ), Thursday, 21 December 2006 18:08 (seventeen years ago) link

I'd prefer to have the starving third world get most of the food that gets placed in front of me! I don't need that much food to live!

It's ten bucks. I wish I could put you on the list but we only get one slot per person, and I gave mine up because some dudes have lots of out-of-town family coming to the show.

JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 21 December 2006 18:10 (seventeen years ago) link

I've actually always been mildly disappointed whenever I go to Handlebar. Like it's decent enough but never outstanding.

I haven't been to Chicago Diner in a coon's age. I generally think other veggie restaurants do the fake-meat thing better, but their gazpacho is the best I've ever had.

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 21 December 2006 18:10 (seventeen years ago) link

carb mountain=happiest mountain evah!

I am feeling much better about being stuck at the airport after 2 bloody marys (consumed at 10am, special airport rules).

horseshoe (horseshoe), Thursday, 21 December 2006 18:12 (seventeen years ago) link

re: food
there is a time of year when you give in to The Plenty and this is it.

re: cover
oh, that's fine! i'm glad to support you and am very thankful that you will provide entertainment for my parents, because i had no idea what to do with them. they're excited!

Armando Grouse (Armando ), Thursday, 21 December 2006 18:13 (seventeen years ago) link

I am going to drink on that motherfucking plane tonight. Yes indeedy!

My sudden, sharp rise in incidental alcohol consumption (like, oh I will watch some TV. And drink a beer! or I've got to pack, I think I'll drink a beer!) since I finished finals suggests that I might actually end up being one of those proverbial alcoholic attorneys.

GOD THAT COVER.

Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 21 December 2006 18:15 (seventeen years ago) link

Another rumor I like to perpetuate:
Kenny Loggins got married in the nude

(although I swear that I actually read this in Parade magazine at some point)

Armando Grouse (Armando ), Thursday, 21 December 2006 18:16 (seventeen years ago) link

Jenny, I think any kind of graduate school drives you to alcoholism. I've even convinced myself that 1 gin and tonic "helps me read."

horseshoe (horseshoe), Thursday, 21 December 2006 18:19 (seventeen years ago) link

I love how he's looking the opposite direction of all of the hands clamoring to touch his cockles. And smiling idiotically.

Armando Grouse (Armando ), Thursday, 21 December 2006 18:20 (seventeen years ago) link

OH KENNY
They know that they are considered bizarre. After all, their 1992 wedding began with the wedding party in the nude. "I saw it as a statement that [everyone] had nothing to hide," Kenny says. Julia says she follows only "far-out'' healers and therapists, and advises Kenny to do the same. He wonders: "Is that incredible wisdom or is she a New Age Gracie Allen?" She even inspired Kenny, who wore a beard for 25 years, to shave. "I was afraid Julia would say, 'Oh, I didn't know you looked like that!' " Instead, "she discovered a new erogenous zone."

Both had first marriages where their goal was "to get along." But introspection and angst pay off, Julia says: "The rough spots always lead us to a closer place."

Armando Grouse (Armando ), Thursday, 21 December 2006 18:22 (seventeen years ago) link

amanda, you made me snort.

whoa crazy xposting.

has anyone ever done ebay sniping? i'm kind of tempted to.

JuliaA (JuliaA), Thursday, 21 December 2006 18:23 (seventeen years ago) link

I like how KENNY HAS NO EYES.

LOL @ one gin and tonic to help you read. Shamefully, I can identify.

Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 21 December 2006 18:27 (seventeen years ago) link

That cover is a perfect example of guitar-as-phallus.

Armando Grouse (Armando ), Thursday, 21 December 2006 18:28 (seventeen years ago) link

I have, Julia! I got tired of being sniped, so I sniped back. It works.

One of my coworkers just complained about all the alcohol she is getting from the subcontractors. 'I mean, COME ON! I HARDLY EVEN DRINK!' Give it here, lady.

Calico (calico), Thursday, 21 December 2006 18:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Waaaaaaay xpost: The Bob in is having a show? WTF

danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 21 December 2006 18:50 (seventeen years ago) link


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