Chicago MMXII

I figured that getting in would require advance notice, so I added lampo on fb so I can join the elite squad that actually gets into events like this.

Today so far at work: some of the lights went out, all of the lights went out, the Internet went out, all of the lights came back on, the Internet came back, some of the lights went out again.

Also there is a rally in support of Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday if anybohahahahahahaha I can even finish that sentence.

today so far at work: our marketing person sent out a word document of all of the tweets about an event we had last week, instead of just providing the hashtag and a link to twitter.com (i would guess at the request of some less tech-savvy management staff)

Anyone seen The Chicagoan? Sounds promising:

http://convozine.com/hiawathareview/29781

Yeah, I actually went to Unabridged Books to buy a copy but then I realized it was $20 and so I bought a book instead

It looks pretty cool, but I don't know if I'm ready to shell out $20 for it.

$20 an issue?!

is there still potentially interest for pub quiz tomorrow?

Ja wohl.

yes it is $20 an issue
and
yes, I'm still interested in pub quiz. Sara might come too.

I flipped through The Chicagoan at the Art Institute a couple weeks ago, and yeah, it looks v. cool, but I can't justify the price tag. I have to say: I admire their journalistic purity or whatever is responsible for their unwillingness to accept ads, but if that's the difference between a $20 magazine and a $10 magazine, I'll take the ads, thanks. Maybe something less glossy, too? The Believer is ad-free and ~$10, iirc.

Apparently there will be a lengthy story on my company in the second issue of the magazine.

Hey assholes, guess what?

I just accidentally signed an email to the DOJ like this:

Bery Truly Yours,
Carl Agatha

But with my real name. But I wrote "Bery" instead of "Very," and sent it before I noticed.

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

On my way to work today I saw a blue 80s Chrystler LeBaron crammed with teenagers getting down to this song (it was playing on Power 92). The car had a sticker on the rear bumper that read "FIRE NANCY PELOSI". Springtime in the city!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tayjKvVh3YU

I was really hoping you'd signed it "carl agatha."

You sent it from your work email, right? I assume you - like all sane people - have enabled "undo" on your Gmail.

Wha, there's an undo?

!

Yesterday, M@tt and Je55e and I ate pupusas in the neighborhood. Then my downstairs neighbor texted to say that everyone in the building smelled gas, and they were going to call Peoples and possibly our gas supply would be cut off. I sprinted home (belly full of pupusas), because I feared that we'd left beans boiling on the stove. Thankfully, that was not the case. As I walked back toward the pupusa restaurant I ran into a very bold skunk. J & M insisted it was a cat, and thankfully were proven wrong before being sprayed. The evening ended when, while driving J to the Belmont bus, I spotted a gentleman sprawled out, not moving, on the grass. Not being roused by J's boisterous yells, we called 911. When I got back from the bus stop, there were 2 cop cars, a firetruck and an ambulance. The. End.

favorite part
As I walked back toward the pupusa restaurant I ran into a very bold skunk.

xp From my school work email, yes. I enabled undo on Gmail after I sent a resume to an attorney attached to an email in which I misspelled the position title in the subject line.

I need a pupusas.

Wha, there's an undo?

Go to Settings and the 6th one down is:

Undo Send:
Enable Undo Send
Send cancellation period: ___ seconds

xp - the skunk was cute.

I said it was a cat but then I saw the small sprig of white hairs on its tail. As I said on 77, I chased it for a little bit and it was adorable. I threw a stick at it to see if it would spray (I was not within its range) but then I realized it would be spraying someone's house, which would suck. But then I remembered that God took my sense of smell, so I used it like an atomizer to spray all the Catholics.

I broke down at lunch and picked up the first issue of The Chicagoan, since I saw it in the window of a bookstore I walked by on Printer's Row. Haven't had much of a chance to dig in yet, but it does look pretty nice. It was the history of Siskel & Ebert and the talk with Jeanne Gang that sold me. I'll see if looks like it'll be worth spending $20 on every issue.

huh i was walking in printer's row on my lunch break too, at around 2. maybe we passed by each other. a missed connection.

i've been going on lunch break walks since the weather's been nicer and i'm tired of just walking around in the loop so today i cut south to the weird river view apartment building then east to printer's row then back up into the loop.

I was there about 1:30, so probably not. Yeah, I've been taking increasingly longer lunch walks with the nice weather. Sometimes it makes all the difference in surviving a hectic day.

It's true. I always vow to get outside at least a little bit every day, but I always forget. Then I feel like a mole person when I finally get off work and face the outside world.

it cuts into my reading time but adds to my podcast listening time. though today i listened to the mastered version of the adv@nce b@se album.

Well it helps that I don't have any options for food within my building and I don't bring my lunch, pretty much forcing me out into the wider world if I want to eat.

I access the many options available via pedway like a real mole person.

No grubs and termites for lunch, no mole person cred.

Are we doing trivia tomorrow y/n?

Y, I think

Yes

I seem to have become suddenly violent ill tonight, so I may be out. But don't let that stop the rest of you.

Oh no, j! Hope you're feeling better this morning.

and I don't just mean that bcz you our pub quiz maestro

i'm hyped AND i'm amped about trivia tonight
do we need to know anything about categories? i'm not much help outside of identifying D-level actresses, songs, or true crime stories.

These are this week's rounds, I haven't deciphered the anagrams yet.
1) Evade Gismo 11 pts
2) Yes, Not Logic 10 pts
3) Finish The Lyrics 15 pts
4) Chemical States Round 16 pts
5) Dead Or Canadian 11 pts
6) Pictures 15 pts
7) General Knowledge 22 pts

video games?

sittin in the globe pub
talkin bout a spice rub
video games

sorry

irl lol, no need to apologize

I've been driving my wife crazy because I keep singing that to our son.

sittin' in the high chair
feedin' you some pureed pears
video games

Think the second round is scientology

huh decent categories for me

weird, I'm listening to the new Action Bronson tape and he just referenced Scientology

so we have video games and scientology?
i hope you guys are ready for me to prematurely shout out BARRY PEPPER if he is the correct answer to any question

so we've got me, amanda, askance johnson and possibly mrs. askance johnson? anyone else? i'll aim to be there around 7:30.

i'm not an expert on video games or scientology but i know a little about each. i like playing video games and i've read a few books about scientology.

our team name can be barry pepper.

I'll be at the Hawks game, good luck yall.

I'm OUT.

I am in. I have an appt until 745 so I will just make it in time. Hopefully my Scientology studies in college will pay off!
Xp