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I'm having a field day with it and I think Freud was a nitwit.

― Jenny, Friday, 23 February 2007 20:03 (seventeen years ago) link

I know, but oral, anal, and Oedipal all at once!

― jaymc, Friday, 23 February 2007 20:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Did I tell you guys about my annoying coworker and the forks?

WELL we all share desks/computers and different people sit in different places on different days, just depending on who comes in and when so there's no set workspaces. So one day I'm at a desk and I'm looking for a paperclip or something and I come across a box of plastic flatware and I think, "Oh, hey, cool, plastic flatware, it must be for the office since we don't have set work stations and there is a bunch of other random crap in this drawer that is general use like pens and post its" because I am always forgetting to bring a fork or something and having to go downstairs and steal one from a food court restaurant. So the other day I make my horrible frozen dinner and open up the drawer to get a fork and the annoying coworker says, "You know, those are mine." And I had no idea! And I said so, and then said, "I guess I owe you a few forks because I've take a couple out of there already." And she said no biggie and I ate and that was the end.

Well, Wednesday I forgot a fork again and since I find her annoying, I decided to steal another fork from her. WELL DID U KNOW that she had put a piece of tape over the box lid! I don't know if that was a test or a warning or what, but I opened the damn box and took a fork. So today, I bought lunch and grabbed like five forks with the intention of putting them in her box of forks to replace the ones I have taken and not only was the box taped, but it was wrapped up in a plastic bag with a rubber band around it. CRAZY. So I put the forks on top of the box and went about my day.

And all the pens and post its are "hers" to, in that she got them out of the supply closet and made a little hoard in a desk where she sits about half a day out of the week.

― Jenny, Friday, 23 February 2007 20:18 (seventeen years ago) link

WAIT. I don't know if the box was taped because I didn't remove the rubber band/plastic bag. So she might not have taped the box back up again.

If Kevin were here, he would retell that story from the POV of the annoying coworker who doesn't understand why her bitchy coworker keeps taking her forks and it would be hilarious.

― Jenny, Friday, 23 February 2007 20:20 (seventeen years ago) link

That is nutso.

― jaymc, Friday, 23 February 2007 20:21 (seventeen years ago) link

If Kevin were here

RIP

― jaymc, Friday, 23 February 2007 20:21 (seventeen years ago) link

"My Kevin is dead."

― kenan, Friday, 23 February 2007 20:24 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm glad you think it's nutso because I do and I wonder if it's just me being kind of nonchalant about owning things. I mean, if I bought I box of forks, I would say, "Hey I bought some forks so grab one if you need it" and put it on a shelf or something.

― Jenny, Friday, 23 February 2007 20:25 (seventeen years ago) link

I am full of stories today.

― Jenny, Friday, 23 February 2007 20:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Okay, I just opened up an old Chicago thread, clicked on View All Messages

Where is the view all messages link? How many does it hide?

[i hate brackets]

― Jordan, Friday, 23 February 2007 20:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Once this puppy gets past 50 posts, it will show the first 50 and the last 50 and then in the middle there will be a link to show all.

― jaymc, Friday, 23 February 2007 20:27 (seventeen years ago) link

ohhhh

weird

― Jordan, Friday, 23 February 2007 20:35 (seventeen years ago) link

we do not need to see the first 50 posts any more than we need a "clear" button.

― kenan, Friday, 23 February 2007 20:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, first 50 is dumb. What is a "clear" button?

― jaymc, Friday, 23 February 2007 20:38 (seventeen years ago) link

underneath the response field. "submit response" = yes. "clear" = wtf use could this possibly be

― kenan, Friday, 23 February 2007 20:41 (seventeen years ago) link

"delete my post please, i do not like it and i don't know how to use a delete key!"

alternately: "submit response OH D'OH POST GONE FUCK YOU STUPID CLEAR BUTTON"

― kenan, Friday, 23 February 2007 20:42 (seventeen years ago) link

maybe... mayyyyybe... it would be useful if it displayed xposts.

― kenan, Friday, 23 February 2007 20:46 (seventeen years ago) link

GREAT SCOTT.

So anyway, I posted to the other thread too but I'll put it here: Kevin is fine. He's on his way home right now, didn't go to work today because he was too busy prepping for his WALK OF SHAME AT 2.30 PM. Yes. Sans underwear. And he's letting me post this whole explanation/debacle for your amusement so I hope you appreciate it.

― Laurel, Friday, 23 February 2007 20:48 (seventeen years ago) link

we do not need to see the first 50 posts any more than we need a "clear" button.

The thinking behind that is because we can't set it per-user, we need something that works both for logged in users, people coming to thread for the first time and googlers and that. So they see the first 50 posts and most recent 50, and if they're interested can see them all. The other choice was just last 50, which would mean much more clicking through for all posts as new comers tried to see the start of a thread.

That's the theory anyway.

God, I feel like a total intruder here. Hi Chicagoans! (is that the term?)

― .stet., Friday, 23 February 2007 20:48 (seventeen years ago) link

hi stet.

Yeah, it slipped my mind that we don't have per-user settings. No offense, mind you. Thanks for popping in! You're never an intruder.

― kenan, Friday, 23 February 2007 20:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Chicagonians

― Jordan, Friday, 23 February 2007 20:53 (seventeen years ago) link

And yes, we are Chicagoans.

― kenan, Friday, 23 February 2007 20:54 (seventeen years ago) link

I had a weird dream last night that my mom wanted to sleep with me, and she thought she was being secretive about her desire, except it was really obvious, and I was like, "Mom, just admit it!" Then I threw up a huge reddish log of poop.

I can't decide whether to excelsior this or be incredibly ooked out by it.

― kenan, Friday, 23 February 2007 20:58 (seventeen years ago) link

I never ever want to read it or think about it again, so can you maybe not quote it anywhere else? Thanks.

― Laurel, Friday, 23 February 2007 20:58 (seventeen years ago) link

that's one vote for "ooked".

― kenan, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:01 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, don't excelsior it. I don't want a reputation.

― jaymc, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:04 (seventeen years ago) link

The correct term is "ooged."

― La Lechera, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:05 (seventeen years ago) link

As in, "That dream made me feel really oogy."

― La Lechera, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:05 (seventeen years ago) link

seconded.

― JuliaA, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Some things I learned today:
1) LOTS OF PEOPLE enjoy nacho cheese slopped over their red hot cheetos. I saw > 3 students enjoying this treat at breaktime today.

2) Students enjoy hiring STRIPPERS for their parties, or so I was told in the paragraph I edited for one student named N0rma.

3) My students do not respect me, or so I was told after I was (basically) bullied into letting class out early by a tiny little gangbanger-lookin' dude.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANYO. Your birthday is my half birthday which means you are [x] years and 6 months younger than I am.

-- Armando Grouse (showdown@wormtown.net), February 23rd, 2007. (later)

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4) One more thing: TJ's frozen soba noodles are totally vile when prepared according to directions, but super yum when you add chili-sesame oil and some soy sauce.
-- Armando Grouse (showdown@wormtown.net), February 23rd, 2007. (later)

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Am I the onliest one here?
-- Armando Grouse (showdown@wormtown.net), February 23rd, 2007. (later)

― La Lechera, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:06 (seventeen years ago) link

TJ's frozen soba noodles

Frozen, huh. I was looking for soba noodles at TJs the other day, and they said they had been discontinued from the store. I was looking in the pasta/ethnic aisle, though.

LOTS OF PEOPLE

And by "people" you mean "black people," right?

― jaymc, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Let me say that again: I SAW SEVERAL PEOPLE LADLING HOT CHEESE INTO THEIR RED HOT CHEETO BAGS AND EATING THEM WITH FORKS.

― La Lechera, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:09 (seventeen years ago) link

that is a new low, even for Americans.

― kenan, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:12 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm not sure how many of them are "Americans."

― La Lechera, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:13 (seventeen years ago) link

Okay, so not black people.

― jaymc, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:14 (seventeen years ago) link

1. Not "black people" -- students of mine,only one of whom are "black people" and none of whom were in the class I had today. Jesus.

2. I ate the frozen ones. Also you can get soba noodles cheaper at Golden Pacific.

― La Lechera, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:14 (seventeen years ago) link

one of whom IS

pardon me

― La Lechera, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:15 (seventeen years ago) link

I would just like to say to lurking admin people that my hatred of the clear button is inspired by real events. I now have an irrational hatred of it.

― kenan, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:15 (seventeen years ago) link

On the east coast, the kids like to buy a bag of Fritos corn chips and then ladle terrible 7-11 hot dog chili and cheese into the bag, thus creating chili cheese Fritos. I am thus not totally amazed by the nacho cheese on hot cheetos thing. I am a little grossed out by it, though.

How did the little gang banger dude bully you, Amanda? What are you going to do?

― Jenny, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:16 (seventeen years ago) link

Also you can get soba noodles cheaper at Golden Pacific.

Will remember for later, as I've never been there.

I apologize if I sound racially insensitive, I've just never seen non-black people eating red-hot Cheetos before.

― jaymc, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:17 (seventeen years ago) link

Is your fear also ripped from the headlines, Kenan?

Hi, Amanda.

― KitCat, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:17 (seventeen years ago) link

Thus thus thus thus thus

My biggest beef of this here board is being whisked out to new answers against my will. I also don't understand why keeping people logged in is a server issue and not a browser cookie issue.

― Jenny, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:18 (seventeen years ago) link

I have never seen anybody eat red hot Cheetos before, except me when I bought them by accident.

― Jenny, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:19 (seventeen years ago) link

I hope Kevin's walk of shame was a happy one.

― KitCat, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:19 (seventeen years ago) link

I did, in fact, ask whether he was happy. He said, "I'd be a lot happier if I had my underwear, it's cold out today."

― Laurel, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Well, first he and his friend always come late. No reason, just late. Then in the middle of explaining the meaning of various coordinating conjunctions, he raised his hand and said, "I gotta go, do we have homework?" Taken aback, I paused and wrote the hw on the board. Then I realized that there were only 10 min. left in class and we might as well just give up trying to start something new, so whatever. Then a bunch of ladies came up afterwards totally pissed at this dude because 1) he's always late 2) he chortles at less proficient students (I've never heard, but I believe them) and he's rude.

So I think that I'm going to give a smackdown lecture next week to remind them that I already lost my temper once about cellphones and I'm not afraid to tell the administration if someone isn't cooperating in class. Basically I have to act like a g-d high school teacher, which blows.

― La Lechera, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:21 (seventeen years ago) link

Is your fear also ripped from the headlines, Kenan?

THIS JUST IN: Kenan loses rambly 400 word post with single click! And is narcissistic enough to believe that people would have read it, anyway!

― kenan, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:21 (seventeen years ago) link

I suggest you start snorting coke in the girls' bathroom after basketball practice.

― jaymc, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:22 (seventeen years ago) link

[i]I have never seen anybody eat red hot Cheetos before, except me when I bought them by accident. [/]
for real? i see people eating them literally ALL the time. way more than any other snack food, really.

― La Lechera, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:23 (seventeen years ago) link

goddammit

― La Lechera, Friday, 23 February 2007 21:23 (seventeen years ago) link

Skipping 3046 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

Apparently there was a guy throwing hard-boiled eggs at the ceiling on the train.

Also
RIP Jesse's iPod
Fall 2004-March 2007

:( Can't afford new player. Maybe I'll take it to the Genius Bar. If that doesn't work, I will start saving my pennies and thinking about next steps.

Maybe this guy.
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/sc/31632697-2-300-overview-1.gif

― Jesse, Sunday, 11 March 2007 15:13 (seventeen years ago) link

did you try this?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61705

Take it to the apple store and tell them it sucks.

― Jeff, Sunday, 11 March 2007 17:04 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000AOMAT0/ref=nosim/?tag=jc0c-20

― Jeff, Sunday, 11 March 2007 17:26 (seventeen years ago) link

So I have to go to a birthday party late afternoon, so I think I'll show up instrument-less today and try to do something with what's there. I'm guessing if we're tracking and not just playing a song together live I could use whatever's there.

― Eazy, Sunday, 11 March 2007 17:29 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm going to bring a mini keyboard, kazoo, slide whistle, recorder, clarinet, melodica, etc. -- so there will be stuff for you to play with.

― jaymc, Sunday, 11 March 2007 18:14 (seventeen years ago) link

I love living close to the lake. Our walk today.

― Jeff, Monday, 12 March 2007 00:36 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000AOMAT0/ref=nosim/?tag=jc0c-20

Thanks. This did the trick.

― Jesse, Monday, 12 March 2007 05:11 (seventeen years ago) link

Jenny-- I love you. Thank you. Youtube how we know God loves us.

There is a link on this page to a guy doing a comparative tasting of Thunderbird, Boone's Strawberry Hill, Riunite Lambrusco, and Franzia box wine.

― Jesse, Monday, 12 March 2007 05:15 (seventeen years ago) link

Boone's rated highest (least lowest). Then T-bird, Franzia, and a distant 4th least-worst: Riunite Lambrusco.

He made a mistake though--it's Riunite ON ICE that is so nice.

― Jesse, Monday, 12 March 2007 05:19 (seventeen years ago) link

I listened to the results of CHILX All-Star Jam #1 last night and they sounded a lot better than they thought they would. The recording sounds kind of fucked up but in a cool way - the drums and the keyboard are distorted but nice and fuzzy and analog. The take of the actual song is good, but I'm also pretty happy with the two "jams" I recorded. I'll put them online this afternoon/evening so people can hear what we've got going so far.

― n/a, Monday, 12 March 2007 12:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Can we have a new thread?

― Jesse, Monday, 12 March 2007 12:38 (seventeen years ago) link

Chicago: Will There Be Food on the Southside?

― Jesse, Monday, 12 March 2007 12:41 (seventeen years ago) link

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