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There are items in my house that I don't even want to think about moving. Like our couch, and the sideboard (or to me, the thing our TV sits on).

― n/a, Monday, 5 March 2007 19:28 (seventeen years ago) link

Really? Singing aloud in public is NOT COOL. I thought everyone knew that.

I KNOW!! And people do this at the library all the time. Kind of missing the point of headphones, if you're simply relaying what you're hearing from your ears through your mouth!

― Jesse, Monday, 5 March 2007 19:29 (seventeen years ago) link

I figure the arrangement with headphones is, "Don't bother me, I won't bother you."

― kenan, Monday, 5 March 2007 19:32 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah i have a sleeper sofa that weighs roughly 85,000 lbs. and the king sized bed is a bitch to move. in the previous apartment, we had a cast iron bed frame from the 1880's, the siderails alone were hernia inducing and the headboard and the footboard (is that what it's called?) were so awkward and heavy to move.

hire movers.

― chicago kevin, Monday, 5 March 2007 19:32 (seventeen years ago) link

[Removed Illegal Link] the B96-related project I mentioned when we were originally talking about EZ's singing-with-an-iPod idea:

LUCKY PIERRE SPEAKS URBAN FORMAT RADIO
(2002) Lucky Pierre and over 40 guest performers, artists, friends, and colleagues gathered at a sound studio where radio station B-96 (96.3 FM) “Chicago’s Dance Beat,” was re-recorded live for 24 hours. Listening through headphones, guest performers repeated/interpreted the radio station’s words, music, commercials and DJ banter – all of which were recorded onto CD. At the end of the 24 hours, a 24-volume CD set had accumulated. Portions of this piece have been re-broadcast throughout the United States and Europe.

― jaymc, Monday, 5 March 2007 19:37 (seventeen years ago) link

What Kevin said. HIRE MOVERS. Even if you just hire day laborers (much cheaper--Jenny can tell you how to find them) you're gonna be glad you did.

― Jesse, Monday, 5 March 2007 19:38 (seventeen years ago) link

I think that link was illegal because it had an apostrophe in it. At any rate, Here IS that project.

― jaymc, Monday, 5 March 2007 19:38 (seventeen years ago) link

i've had more luck with hiring movers through craigslist than i have with moving companies. they were cheaper and faster.

― chicago kevin, Monday, 5 March 2007 19:40 (seventeen years ago) link

Annoying boob-job bleach-blonde way-too-old-to-be-wearing-that woman just spotted my pumpkin seeds and said, "Ooh, can I have some?" "Of course!" "Wait a minute... are these fattening?" Picks up the bag. "Oh, they are!" Waffles for a moment. "Well I'll just have a few."

Eating disorder, anyone?

― kenan, Monday, 5 March 2007 19:43 (seventeen years ago) link

We probably won't be moving now.
However:
Do you all think I should question why our landlord is raising our rent? They haven't updated the apartment at all in the three years we've been there, and even refused to install a dishwasher even though the other units in our building have dishwashers. And the other units have an incredibly high turnover rate (I don't think anyone has stayed more than a year in any of the other apts in the time we've been there), meaning we're their only steady residents. It's not so much about the rent increase as it is that I would like them to do some stuff to make the rent increase worth it (like installing a dishwasher).
This will probably just start trouble though.

― n/a, Monday, 5 March 2007 19:46 (seventeen years ago) link

They don't have to have a reason, I believe. Every landlord can raise it a certain percentage by law. Inflation and all that crap.

― Jeff, Monday, 5 March 2007 19:48 (seventeen years ago) link

Nick, do it. These are not unreasonable things. Asking for more money without providing any additional services is. It seems kind of obvious that they are doing it because they see other people in your neighborhood paying more money for places. If they want to make more money that way, they should sell their building.

― dan m, Monday, 5 March 2007 19:48 (seventeen years ago) link

landlord will just say it's to cover an increase in property tax or whatever. are any of the utilities your landlord's responsibility? my current landlady keeps making noise about the increase in the cost of water and our rents. fuck that, i'll move before i pay more here. i'm getting EXACTLY what i pay for.

― chicago kevin, Monday, 5 March 2007 19:49 (seventeen years ago) link

We pay all utilities except water.

Personally, I think they can raise the rent all they want. That doesn't mean I can afford to stay there though.

― KitCat, Monday, 5 March 2007 19:57 (seventeen years ago) link

Back to that pic... That was the day that it was CRAZY OUT THE ASS INSANE cold. When I first left the apartment, I imagined I'd be throwing off my coat for the photo shoot, like a true Top Model. Instead I froze my ass off, even all bundled up.

― KitCat, Monday, 5 March 2007 19:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Ugh. Paying for heat suuucks. I am so glad I don't pay for heat, water, or hot water. I only pay for cooking gas (just the stove, no other gas) and electricity. Pretty sweet.

― kenan, Monday, 5 March 2007 19:59 (seventeen years ago) link

That was the day that it was CRAZY OUT THE ASS INSANE cold

It was that cold for like two weeks, iirc.

― kenan, Monday, 5 March 2007 19:59 (seventeen years ago) link

jeff's right, they can raise it on a percentage basis in chicago every year. and they don't need a reason. but if you guys have been the only steady tenants then maybe something could be worked out.

also, those two new condo developments on the northeast and southeast side of the division/leavitt intersection are bumming me the hell out now that they are taking shape and are obviously new construction pieces of shit.

― chicago kevin, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Eric - that's one of the photos that Nolan took, BTW.

― n/a, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:00 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm just saying, it's like buying a car or anything else. The person sets their price, you can counter. Maybe it goes nowhere, maybe not, but if you don't try they will always take the higher dollar amount.

When my friend Andrew moved to the city he offered every landlord $75 less than they were asking, and half of them took it with little hesitation. He ended up getting a really nice place in the Square for just over $600.

― dan m, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link

Buster: I’m so hungry.

Lindsay: Would you like to try some of this?

Buster: It’s so watery. And yet there’s a smack of ham to it.

Lindsay: It’s hot ham water.

― n/a, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link

Did you know that on Firefox you can the "?" key and it does the same thing as hitting Ctrl+F?

― Jesse, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:04 (seventeen years ago) link

i talked down my place on augusta blvd $50 and the guy accepted it so fast that i felt like a sucker not asking for a larger amount. we also talked the dude down on our 3 bedroom on austin but then gave it all back when he found out we had a dog.

― chicago kevin, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:04 (seventeen years ago) link

xpost Because having someone living there paying rent is a lot better in most landlord's books than having it empty while trying to find someone new.

― dan m, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Good to know that's Nolan's photo - I have to see if any of the ones he took of me last summer turned out.

John - funny, I just read about that B96 show (for my work) in the past month - it's very much the same idea.

Yesterday i was trying to sing along with Otis Redding's "Tramp" and it must've seemed nuts. Someone said, "What was that rap song?"

― Eazy, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Did you know that on Firefox you can the "?" key and it does the same thing as hitting Ctrl+F?

I did not know that! Very cool. You r a power user!

― kenan, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:06 (seventeen years ago) link

I just the "?" key and all it did was make a question mark. Whut r I doing wrong???

― dan m, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:08 (seventeen years ago) link

Seymour Skinner: Superintendent, I hope you're ready for mouth-watering hamburgers.
Superintendent Chalmers: I thought we were having steamed clams.
Seymour Skinner: Oh, no, I said steamed hams. That's what I call hamburgers.
Superintendent Chalmers: You call hamburgers steamed hams?
Seymour Skinner: Yes, it's a regional dialect.
Superintendent Chalmers: Uh-huh. What region?
Seymour Skinner: Uhh ... Upstate New York.
Superintendent Chalmers: Really? Well, I'm from Utica, and I've never heard anyone use the phrase 'steamed hams.'
Seymour Skinner: Oh, not in Utica. No, it's an Albany expression.
Superintendent Chalmers: I see.

[Chalmers bites into a steamed ham.]

Superintendent Chalmers: You know, these hamburgers are quite similar to the ones they have at Krusty Burger.
Seymour Skinner: Oh ho ho, no. Patented Skinner burgers. Old family recipe.
Superintendent Chalmers: For steamed hams ...
Seymour Skinner: Yes ...
Superintendent Chalmers: Yes, and you call them steamed hams despite the fact that they are obviously grilled.
Seymour Skinner: You know I— One thing I sh— Excuse me for one second.

― jaymc, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:10 (seventeen years ago) link

You can't have your cursor in the response box.

― KitCat, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:10 (seventeen years ago) link

That would have been better as

"I just the "?" key and happened. Whut r I doing wrong???

― dan m, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:10 (seventeen years ago) link

I tried it with my cursor out of the response back, and it still didn't open up Find. But the great thing about Find on Firefox is that once you open it, it's always there at the bottom of your screen, and it's so unobtrusive you don't ever need to close it.

― jaymc, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:14 (seventeen years ago) link

I watched a new episode of the Simpsons last night. It was sooooooooooooo bad. :( Even the animation is worse.

― n/a, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:15 (seventeen years ago) link

I watched that episode, too! In fact, I even got a few chuckles from it. Not peak-level but certainly not terrible.

― jaymc, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:17 (seventeen years ago) link

Jesse's post is a little misleading. What you want to hit is forward slash. Same key, no shift.

― kenan, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh yeh, you're right. You can see why I might think it is the ? mark though, I guess. Or maybe not. I don't know.

― Jesse, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:26 (seventeen years ago) link

No Simpsons arguments, PLEASE!

― Jesse, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:29 (seventeen years ago) link

Yay! Boo! Yay, yay! Boo!

― Jesse, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:29 (seventeen years ago) link

I wasn't actually confused, I was just shittly making fun of Jesse's typos.

― dan m, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:32 (seventeen years ago) link

I love how you're being all "don't talk about X!" today when you were the one who goaded me into a conversation that nobody actually wanted to have on Saturday morning.

― jaymc, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Let's talk about X, baby.

― KitCat, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:36 (seventeen years ago) link

You know what? It sucks that there aren't any great apartments in Lincoln Square because I love that little 'hood.

What did we discover is the name for that neighborhood just to the south of Roscoe Village? Where Hamlin Park is?

― KitCat, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:38 (seventeen years ago) link

We saw some pretty good ones in lincoln square. ~$800 a month.

― Jeff, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:40 (seventeen years ago) link

I would actually still call that Roscoe Village. It's too far north to be Bucktown.

― jaymc, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:41 (seventeen years ago) link

hamlin park is up on damen around addison or belmont, i like it up there but dear god i hate the traffic flow up there. it's nice sarah, if you're looking for roscoe village-y it should be agreeable.

― chicago kevin, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Hamlin Park is actually on Damen between Wellington and Barry.

― jaymc, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:47 (seventeen years ago) link

sorry sarah, i was off two blocks in my belmont estimate.

― chicago kevin, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:49 (seventeen years ago) link

Although I once told a passerby that it was at Damen and Belmont, but I was thinking of that other little park there. Actually, I didn't even say Damen and Belmont, I said "a couple blocks up, a couple blocks over" because I was caught off-guard. When people ask me for directions, I have to act quick, and so sometimes I later realize that I could have been more specific, and I beat myself up over it. Like "No you dummy, from here Devon is two miles, not a mile and a half."

― jaymc, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Kevin, I only corrected you because a) I wanted to make sure you weren't thinking of the same little park that I was thinking of, which is not Hamlin Park, and b) if it were somewhere between Belmont and Addison, then it *definitely* would be considered Roscoe Village. Sarah wasn't asking where Hamlin Park is, she was asking what the area was called. If it's at Wellington, then I should think there would still be some debate about that.

― jaymc, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:55 (seventeen years ago) link

The one at Belmont/Damen is Fellger Playlot Park.

― jaymc, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:57 (seventeen years ago) link

I live in Logan Square. If I lived on the other side of Diversey I would live in Avondale. I don't think about this a lot, though.

Hey, you know what I discovered last night? The chinese/sushi place Papajin delivers all the way from Wicker Park to my house, and even farther north and west! I am going to abuse the shit out of this, I have a feeling.

― dan m, Monday, 5 March 2007 20:58 (seventeen years ago) link

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