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and of course i mean much much older.

― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 18:39 (seventeen years ago) link

My backpack mostly had thrash metal logos.

― Jordan, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 18:40 (seventeen years ago) link

I stopped by the tire place to drop off my car but it looks like I'll have one more day on the spare.

While I was there, a younger employee said to an older one "What's your password? I need to void this transaction." The older dude was very hesistant, and then he relented and said very quietly, "...1 2 3 4". lol.

― Jordan, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 18:47 (seventeen years ago) link

A quick aside: what the FUCK is with cyclists being vegans? I like boys, I like bikes, I like boys who like bikes WHO EAT DAIRY, MOTHERFUCKERS.

― Laurel, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 18:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Also feel free to sub "BACON" for "DAIRY".

― Laurel, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 18:52 (seventeen years ago) link

your first mistake is still being interested in "boys".

although since the "silk pajamas" scandal broke in springfield i've been jonesing to call someone a cougar.

― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 18:53 (seventeen years ago) link

It was mostly for the sake of alliteration.

― Laurel, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 18:55 (seventeen years ago) link

A quick aside: what the FUCK is with cyclists being vegans?

Fashion?

― dan m, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 18:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Wearing spandex and being vegan are two sides of the same coin.

― Jordan, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 18:56 (seventeen years ago) link

Or maybe it's "oooh, I'm going to choose an environmentally conscious mode of transportation, why don't I just reduce my consumption even more, fuck you!"

― Jordan, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 19:05 (seventeen years ago) link

the thing is, it's not like spandex is so fucking environmentally conscious. just like nonleather shoes aren't. the production of synthetic fabrics involves a lot of energy and creates a lot of pollution, and so vegans carrying on about "vegan shoes" and not wearing wool and shit really fucking irks me.

i will refrain from ranting further.

― JuliaA, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 19:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Good point.

I had, like, a clif bar and some thin mints for lunch, but after reading noize I am dying for Indian food. :(

― Jordan, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 19:31 (seventeen years ago) link

I had a dumb cold sandwich and dumb reduced fat cheez-its when I want something warm and hearty.

― n/a, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 19:33 (seventeen years ago) link

Wild Oats has vegan drawers for sale. Or hemp. Or something.

― Eazy, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 19:41 (seventeen years ago) link

I could go for a cappuccino.

― n/a, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 19:44 (seventeen years ago) link

HOVERBOARDS

― Jeff, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 19:52 (seventeen years ago) link

SELF LACING NEON NIKES

― dan m, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 19:53 (seventeen years ago) link

i had a raspberry iced tea and a bag of chips when i have like a pound and a half of bowtie pasta in a basil/red pepper tomato sauce and a ton of parmesian in the fridge downstairs. but work is conspiring against me. maybe i'll save it for dinner since i'll probably still be here.

― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 19:53 (seventeen years ago) link

:( are you being barred from your lunch by a meeting again, Kevin? bullshit.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 19:58 (seventeen years ago) link

no, my supervisor is on travel and the person immediately ahead of me on the food chain is at a doctor's appointment and i'm trying to cover both of their desks and still get the MOUNTAIN of work I have to do done. of course i'm still fucking around on the internets though. i am not managing my time effectively.

― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 19:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Shame on you.

― Laurel, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 20:05 (seventeen years ago) link

What's up, Chinamen?

Hey, did you know it's March 6th? And did you know that in Chicago, that means Jeniffer Hudson Day?

― Jesse, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 20:35 (seventeen years ago) link

aw Jennifer Hudson

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 20:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Update on the US Bank sign: apparently they let their employees take turns putting whatever they want on the front sign. When Osama's turn came, he decided on "walk like an egyptian." Perfectly reasonable.

― Jordan, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 20:40 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh, how about: What the FUCK is up with cyclists being dirty? You're in a job that can result in intense perspiration, so the way to deal with that is to just give up and not bathe? Then stink up my dinner at the Handlebar?

― Jesse, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 20:42 (seventeen years ago) link

They have an employee named Osama? That's gotta present some challenges.

― Jesse, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 20:43 (seventeen years ago) link

I work with a dude named Osama. I feel guilty for doubting the motivations behind their weird signage.

― Jordan, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 20:45 (seventeen years ago) link

There's a salon in HP called Ossama's Hair Design. I think it's at like Hyde Park Blvd and Cornell.

― dan m, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 20:53 (seventeen years ago) link

dan, there used to be one on the west side as well, i can't remember if it was damen or ashland or halsted but it was just off van buren and you could see it from 290. it did not fare well in this crazy post 9/11 world.

― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 21:01 (seventeen years ago) link

Ossama's Hair Design was at the corner of State and Randolph, next to the Chicago Theater and above a Walgreens, before that building got torn down.

― Eazy, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 21:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Hair == teh dull

I need a cut. What should I do? I think I have had the same cut pretty much my entire life.

― dan m, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 21:56 (seventeen years ago) link

Dye it? No, don't do that.

That's what you get when you already have the perfect hairstyle, Dan.

― KitCat, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 22:23 (seventeen years ago) link

There's an Osama Hair Design on Dearborn, south of Jackson.

Speaking of gross things bike messengers do, I saw a dude MOUNTAIN BLOW all over the sidewalk in front of me and I was like, "Whoa, dude, gross" and then I saw the Chrome bag and then I realized he had just locked up a bike and I was like "Ohhhhh... bike messenger" and I was no longer surprised or particularly offended since, you know, they are filthy vegans, generally.

Julia, you should rant MORE, just generally.

― Jenny, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 22:28 (seventeen years ago) link

Hi, have you READ this thread?

― Laurel, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 22:33 (seventeen years ago) link

Also: there's a kind of vegan that doesn't wear WOOL??

― Laurel, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 22:33 (seventeen years ago) link

"I'm a level 5 vegan. I won't eat anything that casts a shadow."

― dan m, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 22:37 (seventeen years ago) link

the sandman is sending me a special gift
a sleepy dream memory of our first kiss
cast a shadow in my direction
cast a shadow in my dierction

― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 22:40 (seventeen years ago) link

I think that if you have a haircut that works for you, you should just stick with it. I will probably keep this hairstyle forever since it's the only one I've ever had taht looks better the longer I go between haircuts.

― Jenny, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 22:47 (seventeen years ago) link

of all the millions and millions of things i think about, from the life-altering to the trivial, what my hair looks like is rarely, if ever, one of them.

― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 22:48 (seventeen years ago) link

OBV! :D

― dan m, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 22:53 (seventeen years ago) link

it's 10 past 5 and it's still light out. not too shabby.

― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 23:12 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah! That's cool. I noticed that yesterday, I think. Of course it's also 23 degrees out but whatever. I'll take what I can get.

― Jenny, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 23:20 (seventeen years ago) link

: (

later this week, 40s. i saw on the 10 day that there's supposed to be a 50 degree day soon.
plus, as mentioned upthread, I SAW MY FIRST ROBIN OF THE SPRING!

things are gonna get better from here on out, i can feel it.

― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 23:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Peace Chicago, don't hate.

― Jordan, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 23:22 (seventeen years ago) link

later stretch.

― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 23:23 (seventeen years ago) link

I hope it never goes above 74 all summer.

― Jenny, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 23:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Heh, I've always heard the "mountain blow" called the "farmer's blow".

― Eazy, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 00:03 (seventeen years ago) link

OMG, I just got invited to a wedding.

― Jeff, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 00:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Also: there's a kind of vegan that doesn't wear WOOL??

yup.

Veganism, as defined by the Vegan Society, is "a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude — as far as is possible and practical — all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose."

(that's from wiki)

i was kind of stunned to learn that not only do vegans stay away from dairy and eggs, they don't eat honey (OH THINK OF THE BEES OMG), and don't wear any sort of leather or wool or anything that has ever come from an animal. there was a new york times article on how veganism is becoming trendy, talking about expensive "vegan purses" and "vegan shoes". it went on and on about blahblah eco-consciousness when VEGAN SHOES ARE ACTUALLY WORSE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT WTF. polyurethane and PVC and the like--not so earth-friendly. i suppose if you wear nothing but cotton sneakers, that's one thing, but there's all this fake leather bullshit that will never biodegrade and is a bitch to the environment to produce...and that's what's the supposedly ethical choice?

i'm all for consideration of animal rights, but people should use their brains when they're trying to make social statements through consumer choices. srsly.

― JuliaA, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 00:11 (seventeen years ago) link

i have a couple of vegan cookbooks because my roommate's close friend (an avid cook and recommender of cookbooks) is a vegan. (there was bacon in the fridge when she last visited, which she kept commenting on. i was amused.)

there's some decent stuff in the cookbooks, when they're not using weirdass mystery ingredients and promoting fake meats. some really good food is naturally vegan. hummus, for example. i love me some hummus.

but i got to reading the beginning of one of the cookbooks one day, looking for some sort of conversion or something--and instead of helpful info, there was all this proselytizing about IDEALS. it went on and on about how it was sometimes difficult to stick to veganism, but think of the social importance of how you're eating and living and blahblah.

but i have a serious problem with people buying vegan shoes and refusing to wear wool and thinking they're making a difference in the world.

and honey! i love honey! i do not worry about the suffering of the bees! though eschewing honey doesn't do any harm, i suppose. so it's mainly the shoes.

― JuliaA, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 00:21 (seventeen years ago) link

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