later chicago, i’m going to spend the night in a fully heated house! with dogs and cats and food and beer. i don’t wanna go to work tomorrow already.
About 88% of my personality in high school was that I was the biggest Smashing Pumpkins fan everyone knew. Go ahead! Hate me! It just makes me stronger!
the voice sounded familiar but the song wasn’t.
Maybe it was ZWANN.
Heh, one of the dudes in my band started a rumor about another friend that he’s a really big Zwann fan, and got really upset when they broke up. You should try it with someone you know, it’s fun.
Malkmus wasn’t in Zwan.
Oh come on, EVERYONE was in Zwan!
It was like USA for Africa!
Ok I am off to STATE MANDATED ETHICS TRAINING.
Tootles.
Zwan = bald egomaniac, Asian dude from Slint/Tortoise, scuzzy Oldham pal that n/a worships and Kelsey has a crush on, bald egomaniac’s junkie buddy.
You forgot 3rd-string Hole bass player.
Oh, I read SM as SP. Whatever.
Btw, I’ve got my (non-dude) book club for Man with the Golden Arm tonight and we’re meeting at a bar, so I plan on drinking in the style of the novel.
i.e., with a golden arm?
No. With whiskey shots.
“The music wasn’t the big problem, it was more their attitude...Sex acts between band members in public. People carrying drugs across borders. Pajo sleeping with the producer’s girlfriend while we were making the record.” [1]
But the music was pretty bad, too.
Oh yeah, I thought Pajo and Paz were sleeping together...?
They might as well since they’re apparently the same person
Man, I’m gonna out myself as a huge, huge Pumpkins fan right now... they were very, very hit or miss live, but some of their shows were absolutely killer. BC is a huge douche, but an underrated guitar player.
(xxxxpost)
oh, Sarah, I knew I was going to end up being an asshole in bitching about Smashing Pumpkins. all of my favorite people in high school were huge SP fans!
OMGOMGOMGOMGOGMMGOMGMGMGMG! Comcast On Demand has a...
KARAOKE CHANNEL.
Fucking. Karaoke. Channel. On our tee vee.
Ahahahaha! Cannonball! “In the style of the Breeders.”
You know what else you can get ON DEMAND? Guitar lessons. There is a woman teaching Jeff how to play “Ironic” on TV right now.
There’s also “dating on demand” that I watched on day when I was bored, but it was kind of depressing.
Complaining about the Smashing Pumpkins = not allowed. (I am a bigot.)
NED RAGGETT do you want to come over and sing karaoke using our TV?
I am too tired and full of good food to move much.
You can sit on the couch.
Also on Comcast: “Rich Bitches”
Also on Comcast: Cosplay Confessions.
God help us all.
“What cosplay character would I like to hook up with? I would have to say Lulu from Final Fantasy X...”
Here there be rofflz.
I had to look up cosplay.
I’m sorry.
I actually think that cosplay is pretty neat. It’s pretty creative and some of these weirdos are really talented. Some of them are really um, perverted, too.
Now Jeff is watching Dating on Demand. God, Comcast Cable is like the most amazing thing ever.
Oh my god this woman just said that she wanted somebody “fair skinneded.”
And her dream man is one who can hit her spot without her having to tell him anything.
She does hate it when people hum while they chew, which I can totally get behind.
You are sisters under the skinned.
No, wait, that’s not right. It sounds...nevermind.
FEAR ME I AM WATCHING A HEROES MARATHON.
Uh oh. Retro Erotica time.
Porn seems positively charming when it’s in black and white and narrated by the same guy who narrated “Lunchroom Manners.”
Oh how I long for the days when granny panties were sexy enough for pornos...
I have never delve so deeply into On Demand. I have changed.
It’s an amazing place.
Take, for example, the Comcast Personals video of “airmandude”. He likes hanging out and drinking.
These are some of the most boring people in the world.
I got caught in the rain.
It fucking sucked.
brutal
wait. admittedly, I am a little drunk. but I don’t understand the karaoke channel. you watch people doing karaoke? or somehow you can do karaoke? if the latter: oh my god! I have Comcast On Demand. I am off to attempt karaoke on demand.
I can’t tell you just how hard an evening it was. Ct and I were on the 151 bus when another bus broke down on Chicago, crossing Michigan, blocking all of the N. Bound traffic. We waited forever. Then we went to the book signing
and
waited...
for....
f...i...v...e.....
h...o...u...r...s....
Amy S3daris was funny and she signed our books, but shit, that was a long fucking night.
Also, we went to a place that Ct and I would like to propose as a TT location. It was Devon Seafood on Chicago and Rush (I think). It’s ritzy-glitzy, but their happy hour is pretty damn great, especially the cheap-ass seafood apps. 1 Lb crab legs= $10. 1 Lb Maine lobster = $11.
i just read “notes from underground” today because of that 1001 books thread. i really liked it a lot.
Does Devon Seafood have $6.00 PBR buckets?
Devon Seafood could be good for when it’s time to have fancy drinks.
Kenan, I like the cut of yr glower.
there will be no TT for me tonight as i will still be in western ‘burbs watching house and spastic dog and one of the cuddliest cats i’ve ever met.
Otto! How long was yr commute this morning?!
it was HALF the time, only 45 minutes. and 23 minutes of that was the walk from N’s house to the oak park blue line stop. if i had access to a bike i could’ve biked to the train in probably 7 or 8 minutes or biked to work in about 25.
it’s about 25 degrees colder than it was yesterday though and raining so that 23 minute walk seemed to take forever. it kind of made me blue walking through oak park last night and this morning, lots of good memories in that village. saturday i’m going to do some xmas shopping and walk through the old neighborhood and spy on the old apartments. let the self-flagellation begin!
Think of the extra sleep! Yay.
Devon Seafood sounds nice, though I worry it might SMELL like seafood. Hmmm...
Why did you have to wait so long for the signing, Jesse? Were you early or was Sedaris late or was it just a long line??
I made pumpkin walnut bread to have for breakfast this morning, but I’m waiting for the coffee to finish brewing first.
Just so you know, that pumpkin bread is fuckin delish—perfectly fluffy, moist, and flavorful. If only I had packed more!
Hee hee. I’d seen that first one, but not the second.
Oh man, I am supa jazzed. I just got the syllabus for my feminist jurisprudence class and I’ve already read half the books she assigned for it. Sweet!
ugh, i’m feeling a headache coming on. it feels like something is boring it’s way through my left eye and out the back of my head.
I feel super calm and un-surpriseable today...maybe I finally got enough sleep?? I don’t even know what that feels like.
Maybe you have an earwig like Chekhov in Wrath of Kahn.
xpost to Kevin, but you know, maybe Laurel has one, too.
Can I just tell you that the Danes know how to make a god damn shoe? These clogs are the most comfortable shoes I’ve ever owned.
They also write FANTASTIC fairy tales.
I would have paid $20 this morning to stay in the car listening to the reggae radio show and fall back asleep.
Fall back asleep in the car?
Why not?
Kr is forever fantasizing about being paid to stay in bed all day.
i didn’t get a great amount of sleep last night, i was in a strange bed that isn’t as long as i am tall and i had an 80 pound dog sleeping next to me. and a kitty, we were all in one bed. i probably won’t be getting much sleep tonight either but thank god tomorrow is the last day of work for the week.
saturday i’m hitting all my old oak park haunts, gonna go to breakfast at the maple tree (or if that’s too crowded, to eric’s), go to a movie at the lake theatre, lunch at new pot, do some shopping on oak park ave and lake street, do some people watching in scoville park, walk around my old neighborhood(s), maybe hit the pawn shops on north avenue then get a pizza at edwardo’s.
oh, and of course go look at the f.l. wright houses north of chicago ave (which kind of ties into walking around my old ‘hood). they always look so nice at xmas. rich people with good taste are a great combination for home decor.
I need to go check out Oak Park again. I bet it’s very pretty all decorated.
Now that they are saying freezing plastic creates carcinogens, how edgy is that I’m currently consuming a half-frozen bottle of water?
I love being in bed. I used to think it would be awesome to be paid for sleep studies.
Someone recommend me a great starter site for crosswords. I never do them, but I want to start.
Maybe Kr can find a sleep study that pays.
xpost!!
dunno but the guy who drives the water truck said temps have fallen about 10 degrees since he started work at 7 am, he said he has ice on his windows now. :(
Kr and I have been talking about going out to Oak Park on a weekend. She’s never been. Which at first I thought was weird, but I’ve only been there so often because a) I have family there, and b) we used to rehearse out there.
best times of my life were spent there. haven’t been back in a while.
Oh but what I was going to ask: Is there a Fr Ll Wright tour of some sort? I’m sure there is. Someone tell me about it.
Spooning dogs in bed may not be classy, but it’s CLASSIC. Especially when it’s this cooooooooooooooooold.
In other news, I think I may have an injured wrist! I can barely write a sentence, though typing does not seem to be a problem.
I’m thinking about doing this THING where I obsess about one topic for an entire month and do as much as I can to drown myself in information about that subject. Then the next month I would pick something new. I need a new hobby of sorts. This way, I might actually learn something. Also, it will up my quirkiness quotient.
I was going to wait and do it in 2007, but I might as well get a jump start since December starts tomorrow. Any ideas on what my first topic should be?
xpost—YES! I went on it with my Dad. Well, we did a house tour anyway. It was very interesting. I’ll find you a site. Then we just walked around together on our own around the neighborhood.
yes there is, jen was a docent at the flw home & studio when we first met. it’s pretty interesting it’s a guided tour of the flw homes around his home and studio on chicago ave. depending on the guide it can be pretty informative. i’d recommend going in the spring, as walking for 30–45 minutes in the cold can be pretty brutal plus if there’s snow on the ground you won’t get to see some of the details of the houses.
once a year there’s a fundraiser for the flw home & studio where the owners of the houses will let the tour come INTO the house so you can see the interior details but that’s big $$$ (relatively) and i’ve never gone.
but the tour is fun, if the weather is crappy you can always take the tour of the home and studio, it’s interesting, indoors, and gives you some insight into flw.
xpost to john.
I’m thinking about doing this THING where I obsess about one topic for an entire month and do as much as I can to drown myself in information about that subject.
Sounds like you already have a hobby right there.
Opium
Communes
Stem cell research
Tuberculosis
Lady scientists
Greenland
You can’t even go INSIDE the houses on the tour? That’s bullshit. I could drive around the outside of ’em myself.
The history of indoor plumbing
Rats and their habits
Gypsies and their lifetstyle
Sudan
Alexander Graham Bell
Prehistoric man
yes but you wouldn’t know the stories behind the houses. would you know which was the house where he met his mistress? and that she left her husband and he left his wife and kids and ran off together? or which houses got him fired from the employ of louis sullivan because he was doing side work when he still owed sullivan money (they are now known as “the bootleg houses”)? or which houses were built before his trip to japan and which were post?
xpost to laurel.
Sarah’s first project: Learn everything you can about the former owners of the now defunct K3mp M1ll Records.
Btw, has anyone read The Omnivore’s Dilemma? It’s the next book club book (not my pick).
I could look all of those things up on the internet, or in books about FLW of which there are more than a few. But okay, to get the info pre-compiled for you I guess the exterior tour’s all right.
Jordan, no, but it’s on my reading list.
Those homes are privately owned, but the house/studio is more of a museum.
I know, Jordan. I meant I’m thinking of doing that as my new hobby.
Thanks for the ideas, Amanda! I like the Opium suggestion especially because I was fascinated by the Opium dens during my Colette obsession.
luckily i used to live with someone who gave the tour so i got the info gratis anyway. though we did pay for the tour when her parents came to town once.
whenever our folks would visit we’d treat them like we were baby sitting 4 year olds, walk them until they’re exhausted, feed them constantly, and take lots of naps.
xxpost Ooh! I’ve been meaning to read that! Michael Pollan is awesome.
Interview with him here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5336252
Also, NYT review
Second project: Uncover my address in Truckee, CA in early 1995.
Ha ha, Jenny.
One idea I had was Orchids. I’ve always liked them, but know nothing about them. Plus, my curriculum could include reading the Orchid Thief, which I’ve been meaning to do.
Maybe I should only study subjects that begin with the letter O, just to be as weird as possible.
Oreos
Orange Juice (the band)
Orangutans
Opthamology
Orang Juice (the juice)
Orenthal James Simpson
Origami
Orchards, Apple
Orchards, Pear
Optical Illusions
Original Sin
I could study O magazine!