WOO HOO!
Bye. I’m going to eat a fancy work lunch downtown followed by a fancy work dinner in Evnanston for Nick’s company this evening.
Update from last night: Marrakech v. good, go for “The Couscous”.
Last night I had a last-day-of-class bash with my students and
1) i made jambalaya with chicken andouille and shirmps instead of the soup, a good idea since i used stuff that was sitting in the fridge and didn’t have to buy anything extra
2) my ethiopian student brought food THANK YOU
3) i brought some music for the party, including several ethiopiques selections and my student, B, said that she likes that music, but
a. it’s popular among “old people”
b. “old people” like to dance to it at weddings
4) which leads me to believe that it’s a bit like our Motown — so the next time you feel all hip and worldly listening to your ethiopiques, realize that you are basically jamming to “My Girl”. i will try to remember this as well.
ethiopiques is the greatest lounge music of all time and i will never feel bad for grooving on that.
i’m not saying you should — i groove on it too, or else i wouldn’t have brought it to class — but i thought it was funny that she said it was “what old people dance to at weddings.”
you know, OLD PEOPLE.
like me.
I’M OLDER THAN YOU.
where’s my social security check?
Put your glasses on old man, it’s ON THE TABLE, next to the Geritol.
Yeah, totally. I know some dudes who play in a salsa band in town, it’s cool but apparently in the timeline of Latin music the style is what people’s grandparents and parents were hip to.
free crappy work coffee + free crappy work hot chocolate packet = ghetto mocha
i used to drink this daily.
Cocktails and/or beers before the Hawks/Wings game tonight @ 4-St@r Bar at Madison and Racine.
what time dan-o? i might be up for that.
Dunno exactly but the game is at 7:30. Say, 6ish? I’ve got to go home first and drop my shit off, then come back downtown. I’ll shoot you a txt.
ok, i’m totally not committing to this though.
whatevs dude
I think I’m going to Neo tonight with EZ and some other folks, if I feel okay — I’ve had a very low-level cold all week.
I’m going to watch the movie about jewish Homos tonight.
Fuck fuck fuck the CTA! Remember that last Thurs. I said that I had waited for my Chicago card to activate for over a week? And they said that I was supposed to have waited 3 business days before using it? Well it’s been 4+ and it’s still fucking inactive, but they sure as shit charged me $75.
I called and they said that the system was supposed to have reactivated it automatically, but there was a glitch. A real person would do it. But that will take 3 days. In the meantime I am welcome to walk 6 blocks down to the CTA place and pick up a 7 day pass to get me through, but I don’t have time.
Oh, and the story behind the 3 day waiting period: When I was in NO I wasn’t using my card, but when I came back to visit I saw that I had a small balance available so I used it. The card then tried to reload and could not, so they deactivated it. When I returned I reactivated it. Then I was supposed to wait 3 business days before reactivating it. I did not, so the balance went into the negative (despite my having been charged $75!) and it re-deactivated.
I could kill.
Chicago, should I quit my clerkship next semester so I can go back and volunteer for worker justice and give myself a little more breathing room for completing all the stuffnjunk necessary to finish school? I will be taking classes and externing at the EEOC plus ???
Pros: More time. Less stress. Good networking opportunities through worker justice endeavors.
Cons: Minuscule possibility that a miracle will occur and my current firm will decide to hire me after graduation. I will miss my coworkers.
Money is not an issue. What do I do????
shit, that reminds me, i need to cancel that chicago card that i lost.
JENNY — You crazy?!?! Quit and do more volunteer work. If you don’t need the money, you can see your coworkers anytime.
quitters never win, and winners never quit
But that’s bullshit. Yr firm obviously knows you’re awesome, maybe they’ll miss you enough to make room for a real job! I say do it.
another vote for QUIT QUIT QUIT.
chilxors if anyone cares to join me for cocktails, beer, and smart conversation i will be at the back bar of the holiday club from 10-ish until sometime later than 10.
Quitting sounds good unless there’s a much higher chance that you’ll be hired.
Does anyone know who originally wrote the song ‘Red Dress’ (aka ‘Hi-Heeled Sneakers’)?
later chicago.
They brought the laundry back! It wasn’t a scam to steal our clothes! I’m so happy I want to put everything on all at once.
i need a beer, but my bike is disassembled and i cant go buy some
delivery, plz
I thought you had a car, Evan. How can you possibly not have a car in Montana??
Jenny— look into how things are in worker justice land before you go. The new director of Chicago |interfaith (her name is Breez3r) is supposedly not very pleasant to work with. Have you thought about volunteering at National |WJ? I don’t know. It makes me sad that things always have to change. I liked how it was when we first started there and Jose was the head of the Chicago center.
M@rikka’s email was all sunshine, lollipops, and roses and she actually said really good things about BZ. But then again, she’s dim so who knows. But if I volunteer, I’ll be doing it a couple afternoons/nights a week so it’s not like I really have to deal with anybody that much. I’m also checking into the Chicago W0rker’s L3gal Clinic at the Chicago W0rker’s C0llaborative—Jed works there so that could be cool. He’s nice.
I’ve pretty much made up my mind. The only thing that will change it is if my boss tells me that I can have a job after graduation if I stick around. Note: I really actually very much like my job, so this isn’t a frantic exit from a crappy situation. It’s just not working with my schedule.
I wish I spoke Spanish so I could work at the L@tino Union.
Go to the fucking Chicago AIDS/homo legal place and volunteer. And get me a fuckingg job there while you’re at it. It worked once.....
Detroit 3, Chicago 2. Suck on that, dudes down the row from me.
M@rikka’s email was all...
I’ve never heard of anyone named that except my friend T0mas’ sister, but it’s only with one “k”. Weird. Is this person Estonian?
are you blogging from a hockey game??
I wish I could play a sport. I’ve been talking to my little jailbird friend in NO who is telling me how great a way it is to meet a future ex-husband and they accept all skill levels, but the thought of engaging in any team sport makes me very, very nervous—like being in high school again.
Group activities I could see myself engaging in: darts, tennis, pool, bowling, jam band.
are you blogging from a hockey game??
Too nerdy even for me.
I’ll play tennis with you. Have I ever played you?
We have never played tennis. I haven’t played since ’97, so I don’t need no attitude about my knowledge or abilities.
Oh god team sports bring out some serious junior high gym nightmares for me.
Jesse, go volunteer yourself. Tell them you’re looking for a husband. They’ll like that.
I have no idea if M@rikka is Estonian.
Mornin’ pawdnuhs. I am a bit hungover today even though the last drink I had yesterday was around 4pm.
I just uploaded the 100 best 80s songs, according to ILM, and it’s making me happy.
Jenny, I also vote for quitting.
Morning. I tried to watch Trembling Before G-D last night (no shlomo) but the dvd was scratched to hell and unwatchable.
Shit, that’s too bad — it’s quite a thing. I like how they put subtitles in for any sentence with a Yiddish or Hebrew word in it, and some of them are just approximate translations, which is funny.
Yeah, and some of them are totally obvious. Like the guy will say “it’s not kosher” and the subtitle will say “it is not in accordance with Jewish dietary laws” or something.
Yeah! Hah. I can’t believe you just said “no schlomo”.
Oh no!
Everyone in the office got a big gift card to Nike from the boss. I just went on their site and apparently they even sell FEDORAS. ha ha
Ha, thx Laurel I made that joke last night and 4mma totally didn’t get it.
That’s because she’s not an interweb nerdsky.
True. :( She’s not a rap nerd either.
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.
no schlomo
Oh speaking of which, happy Chanukah y’all (though not for a few hours I guess).
Yeah, Julia, don’t forget to light one candle before sunset tonight. Remind yer roomie.
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.
weird spam of the day:
Hot married baby search for group anal sex!
Here is a completely legitimate keyword search I just did at work:
baby wizard sex
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.
Would I like Six Parts Seven, Dan?
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.
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.
CPR called it at close to 60 in their forecast this morning too, FWIW.
weather.com says 53 tomorrow. Either way, hello open windows.
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?
blink
Thanks guys.
that obscure tags page is pretty interesting, actually. I’ve never even heard of half of that stuff.
Haha, ditto for your link! The WebTV stuff is totally foreign to me.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Also I am listening to sad bastardess country music (Laura Cantrell) and it’s making me so bluuuuuuuue, why don’t I stay behind.
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.
damn, quintron is over now. boo ba la hoo.
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.
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!
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.
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...
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?
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.
hello? is this thing on?
Hi Jesse. I don’t know anything about suits.
You should call in sick to work and come party tonite
Men’s Warehouse, huh? Ask John.
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.
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.
Wage-claim case?
All I know is that plot summary is terrible.
This town was built on mud and stilts. Chicago thought for the day.
Ok, I’m off to a party.
three down. one big ass paper to go.
I watched people ice skating tonight and got all xmas squishy. Whee!
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.
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.
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.
Kenan, it’s OK. We figured as much.
And shit, how am I home so early from such a party?
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.
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.
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.