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.
I recommend this video for most of you ILXors. http://youtube.com/watch?v=pHFC6rlGsH8
I think Jenny, Julia, Laurel, Jordan and Sarah will like it. Jeff and Kenan probably won’t.
For anyone who is watching it and not finding it amusing, hold on until 2:50.
I came upon this video in an odd way: through the Chicago Diner’s website.
I can’t believe an Eluvium album is in the top 10 on oink. Did he get popular without me noticing?
Hmmm. A strange interview with Robert Smith. http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ki-U8RF5xjs
I want to be an oinker.
Did you know that David Bowie’s pupils are of unequal sizes?
I thought that video was amusing. How come I’m the only dude you thought would like it though, huh Jesse?
Also that drumming video that Dan posted upthread is brilliant.
Tonight I am seeing country artist Dale Watson, because a friend’s band is opening up.
Sarah and I went to the Tower on Clark today. All cds that are left are 70 percent off. It took some digging but I ended up with the new Lansing-Dreiden, “Shine a Light” by the Constantines and “Griller” by Ut for like $14. Sarah got the newer Pretty Girls Make Graves, the Figurines album, “Anniemal” (for 50 cents!), a fourth cd I can’t remember and a book about 1930’s crooners by Lenny Kaye for $20. Basically, if you have some time to kill and feel like searching for good stuff, it might be worth heading over there in the next 6 days before they close completely.
my brother went to the one in schaumburg the other night, i guess it was pretty much cleaned out. he found ‘thrills’ by ellen allien, though.
Jordan- I forgot about Dan. I mostly thought Jeff wouldn’t like it. I have no idea what Kevin would think of it.
I can’t stop watching it. The “Oh” gets me every time.
Tonight at work, the unthinkable happened. It was something straight out of a serving nightmare, though I have never experienced this particular scenario in an actual waiter nightmare. Anyway, I gave a guest another guest’s credit card. And he left with it. I have never done anything like that before. Earlier in the week a bartender did the same thing. It was AWFUL and I was rattled for the rest of the night.
Hey. Go contribute to my fucking thread.
I have seen that shoes video already and I thought, “I should send this to Jesse; I bet he would like it” and then I did other things instead.
Also—what consequences, if any, do you face for giving away your guest’s credit card? Do you think you are screwing up on purpose so you’ll get fired and have to find a new job because you are afraid to quit even though you hate it?
this weekend = total blur. whoo.
I’ve barely left the couch.
early christmas! my parents came over since they’re going away for the holiday. i got boring stuff, and pretty white gold hoop earrings, and MANGO JUICE. i don’t think that was an xmas present, but DUDE. my parents shop at costco where everything is in massive containers, so i have a lifetime supply of this magnificent nectar. or a few days’ worth, anyway. IT’S SO GOOD.
Also—what consequences, if any, do you face for giving away your guest’s credit card? Do you think you are screwing up on purpose so you’ll get fired and have to find a new job because you are afraid to quit even though you hate it?
None. The guy was the father of a regular bar guest—a really nice girl from from the building, Le0 Burne77 I think. On one hand a mitigating factor, on the other hand something that made it so much worse! He called and cancelled his card. The manager slapped his forhead and I made myself scarce.
And then tonight was so. fuuucking. bad. We had a gross “Detroit ghetto” party of 25 who insisted on seperate checks— which we simply never ever ever do. They told the manager that I had agreed to this and he fucking capitulated. I had to ignore stop taking tables, and spend 45 minutes processing their checks (for a fucking lousy $800 for 25 people) while one guy kept interrupting and harping because their limo had been waiting outside the whole time.
Anyway, I felt like I was back at Ganache and I had a very shitty night, with even shittier money.
I no longer want to be a waiter at all, but for fuck’s sake, if I am, I’m supposed to be in a “professional” setting here and I would like to have some of the perks.
The fun part came when some fucking guy who talked like Chris Farley in his “Da Bears” SNL sketch corrected my handshake. He introduced himself, we shook hands and he said, “No. You gotta grip like this,” and pulled my index finger out so it extended down the inside of his wrist.
Who the fuck does this?
When will Oscar De La Hoya EVERREWRRERERER come and rescue me from this? I have been waiting for about...10 years or more for him, and I’m afraid it might not happen.
Hey does anybody want to straight copy edit (no content changes, just typos/spelling and grammar) a 30 page paper on solidarity unionism?
Oh Jesse, he’d probably just beat you up a lot. And if not, he’ll be dumb as hell before too long. The human head just isn’t meant to take that kind of abuse.
I was just thinking, has he ever taken a hit to that beautiful face? I used to have an enormous crush on him when I was around 20, and he is just as cute now as then. I’d play rope-a-dope with him anytime. What a fucking hot man.
Did you know he has been a recording artist? I’m afraid to investigate this.
You’re better off just pretending that all his songs are love ballads to you, I am almost sure of it.
http://members.tripod.com/miguelburgos_1/oscar_de_la_hoya.jpg
Oscar talks. He is actually more articulate that I thought he would be.
He says, “Image hosted by Tripod.”
Jesse, stop threatening me over email. If you have something to say, you just say it right here to my virtual face.
Motherfuckga;glkjds
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YoyNxoyhms0
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I have been reading Prep. I don’t ever want this book to end.
This is one of those books that make me feel anxious after I get halfway through if I don’t have another sure thing lined up.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1180471.stm
Goddammit. Old news, but this makes me mad because it slightly dissapates my disgust towards Madonna.
If you missed JT on SNL, you missed the vocal performance of the year.
i finally finished my xmas mix this weekend and it’s pretty goddamn good. too bad i waited so long i can’t send it to anyone in time for christmas.
sendspace
Seriously, post that thing on the blog.
where do i upload stuff to blog?
sendspace
I have been reading Prep. I don’t ever want this book to end.
This is one of Kr’s favorite books. I gave her the follow-up (The Man of My Dreams) for her birthday, but I don’t think she liked it as much.
PS Hi everyone. I was in Chesterton, Indiana, all weekend with the band on a songwriting retreat. We have several new songs now, in various stages of completion. And arguing was at a minimum, although not entirely absent, as yesterday afternoon will indicate. I also got really stoned on Saturday night, like top five ever, like curled up in a ball on the floor giggling.
Has Amanda seen the ILM thread on Pentangle yet?
I just quit my clerk job! I said, “I’m really sorry. I love working here!” and my boss said, “Obviously not enough!”
Ouch.
ILM? I thought it did not exist.
Man, I miss the days of getting so stoned all I can do is giggle. The last time I tried that all I could do was cower in abject terror of... well, pretty much everything.
No, she hasn’t.
I had the worst nightmare last night, y’all. I can’t shake it.
I second Jenny on giggling. I don’t miss being paranoid though.
holiday mix is on the blog.
what was the nightmare about?
I could not fall asleep until approximately 4 A.M., two and one half hours before I had to get up. Needless to say, I am tired.
I had dreams last weekend that I stole books from the library and then gave them back as a donation. I was haunted all day by a sense of being a complete asshole. Kind of like how I feel when I smoke pot!
i was getting drunk txt msgs at quarter of three this morning but luckily i couldn’t sleep and was awake to answer them. i think i slept about two hours last night.
AND THEY WEREN’T FROM ME, FOR A CHANGE!
true.
the dream was about this total creep i dated in high school (irl) and it was horrible and lurid. let me just say that i was publicly humiliated at a grocery store, in the parking lot, and he was responsible. then he asked me how to “write a good paragraph” because apparently he was going to immortalize my public humilation and publish it. it was a real, honest-to-goodness nightmare.
not that i mind drunk txts, they are probably my favorite part of owning a phone. sending, receiving, it’s all so much fun.
er, xpost. that sounds really really horrible amanda.
usually i’m relieved to wake up from nightmares, but this is spooking me good.
I hate that feeling. And that dream sounds truly awful.
Fortunately, it was not real.
Where are these magical less than $250 suits I hear so much about?
My friend got a vintage suit for his wedding over the weekend, at a place up here. It’s from 1928 (seriously, it has a little inscription with the last guy it was tailored for and the date) and it only cost, like, $175.
OH oh oh I saw a TV commercial for TWO suits for $150 at some discount men’s store. They are probably made from craft felt, but when the first one disintegrates in the rain, you’ll have a back up.
ooh ooh and then you can pull my favorite old man joke:
Person 1 touches the shoulder of Person 2
Person 1: “Is that felt?”
Person 2: “I dunno..”
Person 1: “Now it is.”
Except it works better when the garment is NOT made of felt.
Hey word nerds, check out this book I’m getting for my dad for Xmas.
(OK, maybe not word nerdery, but ...interesting applications of words)
I just got an Amazon gift certificate over e-mail from “Pappy Cunn1ngh4m.” I’m guessing it’s a Christmas gift from my dad. I wonder if he realizes he sent it to me.
I had a really good weekend. Lots of chillin, movie watching (Life Aquatic and Burden of Dreams), productive rehearsals and a good gig. All of a sudden D1gd0wn has like seven new songs.
OMG so tired...
I have to do a considerable amount of work on my paper tonight. I can’t decide if I should take a nap for a couple hours in the hopes of being more productive or just power through until bedtime and go for volume production.
OMG, Hot Doug’s is going to be open this weekend. There is no way that I am not going this Saturday.
I don’t suppose anyone wants to get dinner or something on Friday? I have the day off so I might drive in early-ish.
Jordan, do you play Friday night?
Friday and Saturday
Hey! Maybe I’ll take my parents to come see you!!
I have often hoped that MDD and my parents would be in Chicago at the same time so I could take everybody to the Green Mill to rock out to a brass band. The only foreseeable problem would be if the set start time was later than my parents’ bedtime.
Great! I bet a lot of people there will have their parents with them.
I think we start at 9:00 on Fri and 8:00 on Saturday.
Jordan, I may drag my little sister and some friends to the show, depending on their level of interest. I want to go, though!
I would come if I were in town!
Ok. Emergency question: Do any of you know of a language translation site (I need French to English) that works better than babblefish? IT IS URGENT! Thanks.
Awesome, Dan. It will be a family-friendly show, we will have songs about Xmas and changing diapers.
Thanks, Dan. It seems like that page only does a word at a time. I have a huge f’n email to translate. I got the gist of the message via babbelfish, but wanted to find something better.
I don’t have much hope for my youngest sis’s marriage. :-(
“family-friendly” lol
(I should say that “little” = 25... so no need to keep it PG for her.)
xpost: Oh, sorry! I had just heard about that through the grapevine here at the U.
Did your sister send you a whole e-mail in French?
I don’t suppose anyone wants to get dinner or something on Friday? I have the day off so I might drive in early-ish.
Do you want to come to dinner with me at Glenn’s Diner, for breakfast cereal and seafood specials?
(It would be at 7 PM — don’t know what time you have to be at the Green Mill. I think I’m coming to the Saturday show, though.)
She forwarded an email from her husband to my other sis who forwarded it to me asking for a translation.
John, that might work out pretty well, actually (I should be at the GM at 8:15ish).
Hey word nerds, check out this book I’m getting for my dad for Xmas.
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/169948.ctl
I am 100% sure that I saw the name “Bloody Dick Point” on a map of Montana when I was in my teens. It was in the SW part of the state. I can’t find it now.
I wonder if it is one of those intentional “mistakes” that cartographers use to protect their maps from plagiarism?
BTW, I love maps and I love words, so this book looks like fun.
Kevin: I love this Christmas mix.
cool, you were able to unzip it ok?
Works great.
BTW, I love maps and I love words, so this book looks like fun.
2x.
(Am I using that correctly?)
cool, thought there might have been a problem for macs.
i would seriously marry darlene love’s voice.
I AM AT OLD TIMERS
JESSE YOU SUCK I WANT TO BE AT THE BAR
(Am I using that correctly?)
Yes — “Two times”.
I am not drinking. I just ate a Reuben and a Diet Coke. I’m in the dining room.
cool, thought there might have been a problem for macs.
We can do zip files. It’s not the stone age, man!
I couldn’t open it. :(
I am downloading the mix as I type this. Our internet seems really slow today.
Even if you’re not drinking at the bar Jesse, you’re still closer to it than I am. This has already been a long day and I’m probably going to be here late :(
Yes — “Two times”.
I saw one of you say “4x” once. Is that like “me four”?
Yeah, or “^^^^^^^^cosign” or whatever. Basically: “I agree with the above and want to repeat it to signify my agreeance.”
John, did you read Prep ? It is really good. It’s full of very reassuring, outcast-affirming Truths without trying to be lofty. I really like that Lee seems to be growing and learning without having big giant moments when everything changes. Her losing her virginity was great b/c while it was pushed on her, it was what she wanted the whole time.
That sounds really terrible.... But that’s what’s great about the book is that it really captures how something can be really positive and kind of wrong at the same time.
DUDES DID YOU KNOW THAT WILL OLDHAM IS DOING STANDUP AT THE EMPTY BOTTLE??!?!? WTF. SOMEONE GO, AND REPORT BACK, PLZ. ALSO: TAPE IT>
Why is he doing that at 3:30 in the afternoon on a Monday?
Standup comedy?