Chicago: Where have all the serial killers gone?

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Okay. Off to buy a couch!

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We got it in sage, which is roughly the color of all the cats' hair when you roll it up in a ball.

I watched Melinda and Melinda tonight. I enjoyed it. I have to say though, that now when I watch Woody Allen movies, I hear Jenny's voice in the back of my mind going, "misogynyyyyyyyy....." Even so, I thought it was a fine movie, and I detected no particularly misogynistic notes.

Google has not helped me since I can't remember the name of the company and there are too many gurus on the internet.

I'm not proud.

still, i have learned to like wings.

but eating skin is gross.

My clothes reek of Quenchers, I can smell them from across the room. Man that place stinks.

My clothes reek of Quenchers

Ha! Jeff and I both showered as soon as we walked in the door Friday night. There's little worse than waking up hung over and smelling like you slept in a dirty ashtray. Plus I'd just changed the sheets.

I hear Jenny's voice in the back of my mind going, "misogynyyyyyyyy....."

HAHAHA! I win!

We played the wedding reception, then had to go hit our bar gig right away. However, we weren't allowed to go to our van because of a nearby FOREST FIRE. The only other car we had was a pick-up truck, so we piled five dudes + instruments + open containers in the back, illegal immigrant-style.

Of course we got pulled over within two minutes. The cop, and this is the part that makes me love Tahoe, was CRACKING UP. He was like "Aw hell no. This is wildly illegal, but I'm busy...have fun, guys. You didn't see me, and if highway patrol catches you then you're toast." He was seriously laughing as he went back to his car. We went on our merry way and sang gospel tunes in the back to stay warm, it was totally ridiculous.

Reviews of movies I have seen this weekend:

The Illusionist: Pretty mediocre. Giamatti and Sewell are pretty great, the rest of the movie is blah.
Candyman: Awesome, less cheesy than I expected, some pretty scary parts and good Cabrini footage.
The Inside Man: Fun. Snappy dialogue.

I watched a Mamet movie last night, actually, or at leastan early screenwriting credit of his -- The Verdict with Paul Newman. Powerhouse acting from everybody (James Mason, Charlotte Rampling), nice dialogue, pretty subtle as far as Mamet goes. And then the courtroom scenes are PREPOSTEROUS. He didn't even both to check if the things that happen in the courtroom would in any way be allowed in any courtroom ever. The whole third act just goes completely to shit. Grrr.

Also, it's my Birthday Eve.

Also, I need to drink alcohol.

I had enough alcohol and food over the weekend to last me all winter.

Nick said we're going to eat nothing but celery the rest of the week. I put a plug in for ants on a log to mix things up a bit.

I'm looking at the character and fitness questionnaire for the bar... Can any of YOU list every address, permanent and temporary, where you have lived for the past ten years or since age 18, whichever is longer? Because I sure as shit can't.

2x

I could name all the streets I've lived on, but I'd be guessing at a couple of the address numbers.

What if you forget one? What do your addresses have to do with anything? I know that shady people take the bar; do they just slip through? Lie?

I heart Fellini.

1. 422 L@ngf0rd Drive, B0lingbr00k, IL
(Sept. 1986-Sept. 1996, Jun. 1997-Sept. 1997, Jun. 1998-Sept. 1998, Aug. 2000-Sept. 2000)

2. S3v3rn Hall, Kalamaz00 Coll3ge*, Kalamaz00, MI
(Sept. 1996-Jun. 1997)

3. Criss3y Hall, Kalamaz00 Coll3ge, Kalamaz00, MI
(Sept. 1997-Jun. 1998, Jun. 1999-Jun. 2000)

4. C0unty C0llege, Lancast3r Univ3rsity, Lancaster, UK
(Sept. 1998-Mar. 1999)

5. DeWat3rs Hall, Kalamaz00 Coll3ge, Kalamaz00, MI
(Apr. 1999-Jun. 1999)

6. 715 Dav1s, Kalamaz00 Coll3ge, Kalamaz00, MI
(Jun. 2000-Aug. 2000)

7. 2335 W. B@rry, Chicago, IL
(Oct. 2000-Apr. 2001)

8. 1530 W. Edg3wat3r, Chicago, IL
(May 2001-Nov. 2005)

9. CURRENT RESIDENCE
(Nov. 2005-present)

*Mailing address: 1200 Acad3my St. (Although I don't remember my box number...)

I also have to put down my father's name and address and I don't know if that means my deadbeat dad with whom I have spoken with once in the last 15 years outside of an occasional email and who is somewhat of an embarassment to me if they check up on his background ("somewhat" being a little bit of an understatement but we can talk about that offline some day) or if I can put down my stepfather who is the man I consider my father and who has a sterling reputation in his community and beyond.

This whole thing is making me nuts because they will actually write you a letter demanding an explanation of they find an inconsistency. I shouldn't have a problem being admitted because, somehow, given my shady past and many near-misses with the law, I'm totally clean. But I feel like they'll look at my application and see my filthy dirtbag past and use that to frustrate my attempts to pursue an honest, clean-cut future.

I just checked - jobs only go back for ten years. THANK FUCKING GOD.

I'm thinking about having myself skip traced. Seriously.

Yeah, I can't find that on Google and don't want to search through ILX because then ILX will break again.

Also: Kr just flew to O-ho-ho and won't be back until Sunday. Wah.

!!!!

All it entailed was some friends grilling calimari and discovering that the squid's body was basically a tube once it was cleaned... A tube that (when cooked) was roughly the same diameter as the kielbasa I had brought. One thing led to another, and the squid got penetrated. Then it was passed around. Quite tasty with a green chile marinade!

One thing led to another, and the squid got penetrated.
One thing led to another, and the squid got penetrated.
One thing led to another, and the squid got penetrated.
One thing led to another, and the squid got penetrated.
One thing led to another, and the squid got penetrated.

today in court the docket included the following names

donald duk
steven king
donna reed
jodie foster

donna reed was the only one present.

I think it all sounds a little suspicious on the part of the NO cops, but what do I know. NOT MUCH THAT'S WHAT.

the cop (tyr0n3 m1lls) said he would have just given me a ticket, but it's illegal to go around without ID in the state of LA. and they said that i would have to produce ID before i could get out, even if I posted bond and blew the whole department.

i met a young man who works in the campus rec marketing dept. at a local university. he is about 3 inches shorter than me, a soccer player and cute as a button. he and i have been emailing. he was charged with dui and driving the wrong way down a 1-way street (which was not marked at his turn because the storm blew down the signs, but whatever).

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The squid sausage doesn't look as god as I had hoped.

OMG YOU ARE THE FIRST PERSON EVAR TO SAY THAT!!!`1

Yeah, it was kind of a spur of the moment thing. It tasted okay.

But enough about that.

The folks at work didn't know, but I did wake up to Nick singing Happy Birthday to me. :-D

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That's wild blueberry. :)

Who the hell is PZ?

That was a picture of a birthday squid.

Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

happy birthday sarah.

In a stunning display of procrastination, I wrote a Chicago-specific myspace survey so every body go take it now.

I am answering the questions and posting them as a bulletin. SOON...SO SOON....

I just had lunch from the noodle joint up on 57th. Ginger salad with tofu and crunchy noodles YUM.

xpost: Cricket is boooooorrrrrring. I went to an Australia v. India match once, it took 6 fucking hours. And that was a short game.

McDonald's just opened up down the street from my office. I think that may be today's lunch. 99 cent menu, here I come.

I guess they run New Orleans restaurants and convenience stores though, not Vietnamese ones.

I wrote this!

1. What's your closest CTA stop?
Bus - Broadway and Cornelia. El - Addison red line

2. Which do you take more often: buses or trains?
Probably about equal.

3. Have you ever walked between cars on a CTA train?
I do it all the time!

4. Do you own a car? How often do you use it?
No car.

5. Own or rent?
Rent.

6. What neighborhood do you live in right now?
Lake View East, aka Boystown

7. If you could live in any neighborhood, housing costs be damned, where would you live?
Old Town

8. Are you *from* Chicago?
No.

9. Did you go to high school here?
No.

10. What's your favorite local band? (Other than the one you're in...)
I love the Fake Fictions and Canasta equally but in different ways.

11. What's the best Chicago music venue?
I think I like Schuba's best maybe.

12. What's your favorite bar and why?
Simon's - divey but not too divey, clean bathrooms, surly bartenders, awesome jukebox, Malort

13. Mayor Daley: Will he die in office or what?
God, probably.

14. Who, besides Rich, would you like to see in the mayor's office?
If Dorothy Brown runs in the next election I will probably vote for her.

15. Big Box Living Wage Ordinance: Good or bad for Chicago?
GOOD. Don't veto it, Mayor Daley!

16. Wal-Mart: Disaster waiting to happen or good way to revitalize the south-side economy?
I probably don't even have to answer this one.

17. Ever been further south than 95th St.?
Yes!

19. Ever been further north than Jarvis?
Yes!

20. Did you go to college in Chicago? If so, where?
Not undergrad but law school at DePaul

21. Who is your favorite CTA busker?
There are some awesome drummers in the Jackson red line that I've only seen twice but they rocked.

22. Weirdest panhandler story...
Some guy was beating on a newspaper box with a big foam bat and asked Ryann and me for money. I called him crazy and he hit Ryann with the bat and stepped on her foot because he thought she said it.

23. Macy's: Retail vampire sucking the life out of State St. or a the wave of the future?
MARSHAL FIELD'S FOREVA!

24. What's your favorite shopping district?
Clark and Diversey

25. Chicago dogs or deep dish pizza?
Pizzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. But I like hot dogs, too.

26. Smoking ban: Mike Ditka or the American Lung Association?
Fuck Mike Ditka in his cigar hole.

27. Kanye or Common?
I like Common's hat.

28. One place you always take first-time visitors.
Top o' the Cock

29. Have you ever called your Alderperson?
Yes, often.

30. Have you ever called the mayor's office?
Yes, once to express my support for the Big Box Living Wage Ordinance.

31. What's your favorite place to eat breakfast?
Tweet Let's Eat

Add questions and pass it on....
I wrote all these so now it's your turn.

2. Which do you take more often: buses or trains?
Train.

3. Have you ever walked between cars on a CTA train?
I do it all the time. Usually to escape a smell.

4. Do you own a car? How often do you use it?
Nope, but I have been using a rental in New Orleans for the past 3 months. Use it every day.

5. Own or rent?
Rent.

6. What neighborhood do you live in right now?
Chicago-Uptown, but living in New Orleans....ALSO UPTOWN!!

7. If you could live in any neighborhood, housing costs be damned, where would you live?
Lakeview, or Old Town.

8. Are you *from* Chicago?
No.

9. Did you go to high school here?
No.

10. What's your favorite local band? (Other than the one you're in...)
I only know Fake Fictions and Canasta, and I’m not about to choose a favorite between those two.

11. What's the best Chicago music venue?
ONE WITH A/C.

12. What's your favorite bar and why?
(downtown)Rossi’s- Kevin is a great bartender, I like dives,
(gay bar) Big Chicks- the crowd is tolerable,
(local) Green Mill- atmosphere

13. Mayor Daley: Will he die in office or what?
Why? What have you heard?

14. Who, besides Rich, would you like to see in the mayor's office?
?

15. Big Box Living Wage Ordinance: Good or bad for Chicago?
Good.

16. Wal-Mart: Disaster waiting to happen or good way to revitalize the south-side economy?
Wal-Mart bad.

17. Ever been further south than 95th St.?
Yes, but just passing through.

19. Ever been further north than Jarvis?
Yes.

20. Did you go to college in Chicago? If so, where?
No.

21. Who is your favorite CTA busker?
A couple of hippies, one playing a saw. Are you allowed to have a saw on a subway platform???

22. Weirdest panhandler story...
“Ladies and gentlemen on the train, I do not mean to disturb anyone on the train. I am totally blind and feel my way around the train by counting steps. Please, as you ride the train, help me out today.” That’s always kind of weird.

23. Macy's: Retail vampire sucking the life out of State St. or a the wave of the future?
L I’m gonna miss Marshal Fields’ name.

24. What's your favorite shopping district?
Mag Mile around H&M and Filene’s Basement.

25. Chicago dogs or deep dish pizza?
Dogs.

26. Smoking ban: Mike Ditka or the American Lung Association?
Fuck them both.

27. Kanye or Common?
No clue.

28. One place you always take first-time visitors.
Top o' the Cock

29. Have you ever called your Alderperson?
No.

30. Have you ever called the mayor's office?
No.

31. What's your favorite place to eat breakfast?
Victory’s Banner (AKA Heaven’s Gate)

2. Which do you take more often: buses or trains?
Trains

3. Have you ever walked between cars on a CTA train?
Actually, no!

4. Do you own a car? How often do you use it?
Yes. I use it about 2 times a week.

5. Own or rent?
Rent.

6. What neighborhood do you live in right now?
Logan Square

7. If you could live in any neighborhood, housing costs be damned, where would you live?
Honestly... I think I'd stay about where I am, just in a nicer place. On the Boulevard would be really nice.

8. Are you *from* Chicago?
No.

9. Did you go to high school here?
No.

10. What's your favorite local band? (Other than the one you're in...)
That's really tough. I'm going to have to go with Shellac, if they count.

11. What's the best Chicago music venue?
The Empty Bottle

12. What's your favorite bar and why?
The duality of the Hungry Brain and the Underbar, for nice atmosphere(s), good beers, the HB's jukebox and the UB's late nite hours.

13. Mayor Daley: Will he die in office or what?
No, I predict he will die at a large table after consuming much sausage, ribs, and other Vienna Beef® meat products.

14. Who, besides Rich, would you like to see in the mayor's office?
I don't really know enough about local politics to say, so... me.

15. Big Box Living Wage Ordinance: Good or bad for Chicago?
Good. It should also be applied to temporary employment agencies.

16. Wal-Mart: Disaster waiting to happen or good way to revitalize the south-side economy?
If that was all it would take to fix things I think it would have happened already.

17. Ever been further south than 95th St.?
Yes

19. Ever been further north than Jarvis?
Yes

20. Did you go to college in Chicago? If so, where?
No

21. Who is your favorite CTA busker?
I don't know that I have one, there really aren't many on the Blue Line. I'm going to have to go with the guy who came up to me at the N. Damen stop, beatboxed and did some kind of robut-esque hand/arm dance for about a minute, and then said "Tell me that ain't worth a dollar!" I didn't have a dollar.

22. Weirdest panhandler story...
He wasn't pandhandling, but I saw a guy making the sign of the cross and muttering over a cup in the gutter on like my second day here. He looked to be giving it the last rites.

23. Macy's: Retail vampire sucking the life out of State St. or a the wave of the future?
I don't know, I feel about the same way about these places as I do about Wal-Mart, Target, etc.

24. What's your favorite shopping district?
The internet. Or possibly Milwaukee/Damen/North, because I don't shop much.

25. Chicago dogs or deep dish pizza?
Rib Tips

26. Smoking ban: Mike Ditka or the American Lung Association?
Smoking stinks, yuuuuuuuuck. It's fine with me if it's outdoors though.

27. Kanye or Common?
WU TANG. Chicago hip hop is kind of weak IMHO.

28. One place you always take first-time visitors.
A taqueria.

29. Have you ever called your Alderperson?
I have not called him, but I have been to his office once.

30. Have you ever called the mayor's office?
No

31. What's your favorite place to eat breakfast?
Red Beans & Rice at Wishbone

2. Which do you take more often: buses or trains?
Train (every day to and from work)

3. Have you ever walked between cars on a CTA train?
Never! I'm neither a hobo nor Jenny.

4. Do you own a car? How often do you use it?
Yes. At least every other day.

5. Own or rent?
Rent.

6. What neighborhood do you live in right now?
Ravenswood. (Or South Andersonville, or West Uptown, or East Lincoln Square.)

7. If you could live in any neighborhood, housing costs be damned, where would you live?
Wicker Park.

8. Are you *from* Chicago?
Yes! Well, the suburbs.

9. Did you go to high school here?
Again, in the 'burbs.

10. What's your favorite local band? (Other than the one you're in...)
The Fake Ficciones.

11. What's the best Chicago music venue?
I like Schubas, Empty Bottle, Subterranean, Hideout, and the Ice Factory all for different reasons. I generally don't like anything bigger than the Metro.

12. What's your favorite bar and why?
There's no perfect bar, but I like Simon's for the neighborhood camaraderie; Hopleaf for the unusual high-alcohol beers, Belgian morsels, and New York Review of Books; and K's Dugout for the cheap pitchers and Internet jukebox. I used to go to Leadway all the time, especially when Brian was bartending, but now they play like Europop satellite radio in there.

13. Mayor Daley: Will he die in office or what?
Seems like it.

14. Who, besides Rich, would you like to see in the mayor's office?
Tom Tunney: Free cinnamon buns for all Chicagoans!

15. Big Box Living Wage Ordinance: Good or bad for Chicago?
Good, because Jenny says so. (Even though my mom says "bad.")

16. Wal-Mart: Disaster waiting to happen or good way to revitalize the south-side economy?
Whatever.

17. Ever been further south than 95th St.?
Yes. I ate at a vegetarian restaurant on, like, 111th St. once.

19. Ever been further north than Jarvis?
Yes. Kelsey lived north of Jarvis once. And I did a one-man show at a theater on the north side of Jarvis.

20. Did you go to college in Chicago? If so, where?
Nope.

21. Who is your favorite CTA busker?
Oh, there was a guy in the Jackson subway who was awesome, but I forget what he did. But I stood there for a long time and didn't want him to stop.

22. Weirdest panhandler story...
None come to mind.

23. Macy's: Retail vampire sucking the life out of State St. or a the wave of the future?
Whatever. I dress in rags.

24. What's your favorite shopping district?
Wicker Park: Reckless + Myopic + Quimby's = yes.

25. Chicago dogs or deep dish pizza?
Pizza.

26. Smoking ban: Mike Ditka or the American Lung Association?
Used to be against the ban, but now I'm for it. Easier to quit smoking when no one else is smoking.

27. Kanye or Common?
Kanye. I don't find Common all that interesting.

28. One place you always take first-time visitors.
Used to be Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. Hopleaf's a good choice; so are wacky vegetarian restaurants like Alice and Friends.

29. Have you ever called your Alderperson?
No.

30. Have you ever called the mayor's office?
No.

31. What's your favorite place to eat breakfast?
Victory's Banner

You're all supposed to add more questions...

- Have you ever been swimming at a city beach?
No

- Where is your favorite place to order delivery pizza of any style?
Father & Son's

2. Which do you take more often: buses or trains?
Bus (every day to work)

3. Have you ever walked between cars on a CTA train?
no! I have never felt to be in immediate danger in my CTA train car.

4. Do you own a car? How often do you use it?
Yes. About every other day.

5. Own or rent?
Rent.

6. What neighborhood do you live in right now?
Wicker Park

7. If you could live in any neighborhood, housing costs be damned, where would you live?
Roscoe Village

8. Are you *from* Chicago?
Nope

9. Did you go to high school here?
Nope

10. What's your favorite local band? (Other than the one you're in...)
Nasta

11. What's the best Chicago music venue?
The Hideout

12. What's your favorite bar and why?
Club Foot, but I don't know why

13. Mayor Daley: Will he die in office or what?
Seems like it.

14. Who, besides Rich, would you like to see in the mayor's office?
Dunno

15. Big Box Living Wage Ordinance: Good or bad for Chicago?
Good.

16. Wal-Mart: Disaster waiting to happen or good way to revitalize the south-side economy?
Makes me sad.

17. Ever been further south than 95th St.?
Yes. I got completely and horribly lost down there when my dad was visiting this past weekend. I was trying to drive us to Beverly's historic district. We most definitely didn't find it.

19. Ever been further north than Jarvis?
I don't know where that is, but probably. Is Evanston further?

20. Did you go to college in Chicago? If so, where?
Nope.

21. Who is your favorite CTA busker?
Don't have one

22. Weirdest panhandler story...
None come to mind.

23. Macy's: Retail vampire sucking the life out of State St. or a the wave of the future?
I visited it this weekend. Fields was better. I was sad when I had to explain to my dad that is USED to be Marshall Fields.

24. What's your favorite shopping district?
Mag Mile because I'm a sellout

25. Chicago dogs or deep dish pizza?
GROSS and DOUBLE GROSS

26. Smoking ban: Mike Ditka or the American Lung Association?
Smoking = also GROSS

27. Kanye or Common?
Both bore me. I used to like Common.

28. One place you always take first-time visitors.
Lincoln Park conservatory

29. Have you ever called your Alderperson?
No.

30. Have you ever called the mayor's office?
No.

31. What's your favorite place to eat breakfast?
Victory's Banner

Bonus Questions:
- Have you ever ridden a Metra train and where to?
Never

- Have you ever been swimming at a city beach?
No

- Where is your favorite place to order delivery pizza of any style?
Dunno. I prefer TOMBSTONE thin crust cheese.

My questions:
- How many places have you lived in Chicago?
just the one

- What are you most embarassed by in the city when guests visit?
the trash on the ground EVERYWHERE

- How often do you go to the Harrold Washington Library?
about once a month

Description:Dave's stories
mp3s:http://www.temporaryservices.org/track_listings.html

It's basically the musings of a homeless man in Chicago, recorded on a tape player given to him by some guys who ran art exhibits downtown. I found it incredibly interesting.

- Have you ever been swimming at a city beach?
Yes, but the pollution grossed me out so much I can't bear the thought of it now. I need to find me a swimming pool in the summer.

- Where is your favorite place to order delivery pizza of any style?
Laurie's.

- How many places have you lived in Chicago?
I'm on my third.

- What are you most embarassed by in the city when guests visit?
I've never been embarrassed.

- How often do you go to the Harrold Washington Library?
Probably four or five times in the past year. More often when I worked in the Loop. Occasionally I go to Sulzer.

- What are you most embarassed by in the city when guests visit?
Usually the state of my apartment.

- How often do you go to the Harrold Washington Library?
I have only been to the Washington Library once, but I have made multiple trips to the Logan Square Branch and have also visited the Bucktown/Wicker Park branch.

I don't know what would embarrass me. New Yorkers mocking the Midwesternness of the place kind of stings.

Hi, lurker Allie!

2. Which do you take more often: buses or trains?
i take both everywhere so i'm guessing it's probably equal.

3. Have you ever walked between cars on a CTA train?
sure.

4. Do you own a car? How often do you use it?
no. n/a.

5. Own or rent?
rent.

6. What neighborhood do you live in right now?
ukrainian village.

7. If you could live in any neighborhood, housing costs be damned, where would you live?
i'd own one of the gigantic greystones in ukrainian village. i like my neighborhood.

8. Are you *from* Chicago?
nope.

9. Did you go to high school here?
nope.

10. What's your favorite local band? (Other than the one you're in...)
c0c0c0ma, he4d4che c1ty, v33 d33, bu5y 51gnals.

11. What's the best Chicago music venue?
bottle.

12. What's your favorite bar and why?
club foot or goldstar. i like club foot better if it's not crowded but it usually is. i was at goldstar on sunday and there was an overabundance of baseball hats in there. bad sign.

13. Mayor Daley: Will he die in office or what?
what?

14. Who, besides Rich, would you like to see in the mayor's office?
jim belushi, if he promises to stop making films and tv shows.

15. Big Box Living Wage Ordinance: Good or bad for Chicago?
bad bad bad (i like pushing jenny's buttons).

16. Wal-Mart: Disaster waiting to happen or good way to revitalize the south-side economy?
there should be wal-marts in every vacant lot in the city. or, if said lots are too small for wal-mart, they should be paved and used as satellite parking lots for wal-mart. and the city should subsidize the cost of the shuttle for wal-mart.

17. Ever been further south than 95th St.?
sure have.

19. Ever been further north than Jarvis?
sure have.

20. Did you go to college in Chicago? If so, where?
nope.

21. Who is your favorite CTA busker?
i hate them all equally. wait, that's not true. there's the guy at the end of the tunnel at o'hare (which i think may still be cta property, i'm not sure) who is horrendously, horrendously bad. but he's always there, that kind of dedication in the face of an utter and completely obvious lack of talent is inspiring. kudos, talentless hack, kudos to you and your beatles songs.

22. Weirdest panhandler story...
i've never panhandled and i resent you asking me that question.

23. Macy's: Retail vampire sucking the life out of State St. or a the wave of the future?
who cares? will it honestly affect you one way or another? will it honestly affect you three years from now?

24. What's your favorite shopping district?
i don't shop that often and when i do it's usually at resale/pawn shops in the area. milwaukee from damen to ashland is good for that.

25. Chicago dogs or deep dish pizza?
hate deep dish so gimme a dog and don't forget the sport peppers.

26. Smoking ban: Mike Ditka or the American Lung Association?
NO WIN SITUATION.

27. Kanye or Common?
how would I know about kanye or common?

28. One place you always take first-time visitors.
my apartment.

29. Have you ever called your Alderperson?
nope.

30. Have you ever called the mayor's office?
nope.

31. What's your favorite place to eat breakfast?
my old apartment at 2340 w augusta.

32. Have you ever ridden a Metra train and where to?
took it out to deerfield because my ex had a job interview out there and was nervous and didn't want to go alone. i called in sick to work and walked around for the four hours while she was at her interview. it was about 10 degrees outside. it was my 29th birthday. she got the job.

33. Have you ever been swimming at a city beach?
nope.

34. Where is your favorite place to order delivery pizza of any style?
barcello's (pepperoni & pineapple).

35. How many places have you lived in Chicago?
I'm on my third as well.

36. What are you most embarassed by in the city when guests visit?
are you kidding?

37. How often do you go to the Harrold Washington Library?
never been.

38. What do you like best about living here? Like least?

EXTRA BONUS- Where's question 18?

This made me chuckle. :D

lolz

32. Have you ever ridden a Metra train and where to?
took it out to deerfield because my ex had a job interview out there and was nervous and didn't want to go alone. i called in sick to work and walked around for the four hours while she was at her interview. it was about 10 degrees outside. it was my 29th birthday. she got the job.

33. Have you ever been swimming at a city beach?
Yes, somewhere on the far noth side with Jesse. There was trash in the water. I haven't been since.

34. Where is your favorite place to order delivery pizza of any style?
We always ordered from Gordano's, the place famously characterized by Jonah as looking like it was run by rats. I don't have a favorite place in our new neighborhood yet.

35. How many places have you lived in Chicago?
Two

36. What are you most embarassed by in the city when guests visit?
I was a wee bit embarassed when Jeff's parents came to visit for the first time and someone stole his mom's wallet on the train.

37. How often do you go to the Harrold Washington Library?
Monthly, roughly.

38. What do you like best about living here? Like least?
Best - there is always something entertaining going on, and nine times out of ten, I can walk to it. Also, public transportation.
Least - sometimes it's a little too noisy. Chicago, slow down!

EXTRA BONUS- Where's question 18?
In the gimp room.

xpost- dang.

Do you drink Chicago tap water?
(yes)

I was on my way down to ask you about this. I missed the she part, but still wondered what was up since you and Jeff were a couple on your 29th b-day as far as I know.

Here are Jeff's survey responses:

1. What's your closest CTA stop?
Addison redline el stop and #32 Broadway bus

2. Which do you take more often: buses or trains?
Trains

3. Have you ever walked between cars on a CTA train?
Yes

4. Do you own a car? How often do you use it?
No, I iGo.

5. Own or rent?
rent

6. What neighborhood do you live in right now?
Lake View East

7. If you could live in any neighborhood, housing costs be damned,
where would you live?
I don't know, I want to live in many neighborhoods. A different one
every two years.

8. Are you *from* Chicago?
No

9. Did you go to high school here?
No

10. What's your favorite local band? (Other than the one you're in...)
Bloodyminded

11. What's the best Chicago music venue?
Empty Bottle

12. What's your favorite bar and why?
Simon's

13. Mayor Daley: Will he die in office or what?
Die in office

14. Who, besides Rich, would you like to see in the mayor's office?
No one else. Daley sucks. Sucks at a lot of things. The thing is that
he does things. He's always doing things, both good and bad. He's
Action Mayor.

15. Big Box Living Wage Ordinance: Good or bad for Chicago?
Good

16. Wal-Mart: Disaster waiting to happen or good way to revitalize the
south-side economy?
There's kerosene around, something to do.

17. Ever been further south than 95th St.?
Yeah, when we moved here, we came all the way from NC. So I've been
from NC to 95th.

19. Ever been further north than Jarvis?
Yes

20. Did you go to college in Chicago? If so, where?
DePaul, currently.

21. Who is your favorite CTA busker?
All bad.

22. Weirdest panhandler story...
None really

23. Macy's: Retail vampire sucking the life out of State St. or a the
wave of the future?
I don't really care.

24. What's your favorite shopping district?
Rush st maybe? I don't know. I shop at sears.

25. Chicago dogs or deep dish pizza?
hot dog

26. Smoking ban: Mike Ditka or the American Lung Association?
ALA

27. Kanye or Common?
neither, really

28. One place you always take first-time visitors.
Redline

29. Have you ever called your Alderperson?
No

30. Have you ever called the mayor's office?
No

31. What's your favorite place to eat breakfast?
Sam and George's

32. Have you ever ridden a Metra train and where to?
Yes, from downtown to ravenswood, just on a whim

33. Have you ever been swimming at a city beach?
No.

34. Where is your favorite place to order delivery pizza of any style?
Gigio's

35. How many places have you lived in Chicago?
2

36. What are you most embarassed by in the city when guests visit?
White people

37. How often do you go to the Harrold Washington Library?
once a month

38. What do you like best about living here? Like least?
Public transit
Proximity to suburbs, the rest of illinois, other cities, other states
and other countries. Chicago should be an island in the middle of the
ocean.

My new favorite Hannah's Bretzel Sandwich:

It's called the Sergio's special. It's got French ham, gruyere cheese, mango chutney, avocado and slightly sweet jalapeno peppers. The mellowness and creaminess of the avocado and chutney balance out the jalapeno's perfectly. A++++++++++++

I am going out with my little jailbird buddy tomorrow. I don't know that it's a date, but we are going out at 8:00 for food and a beer.

Man oh man, I wish I worked in the West Loop...

"Roast chicken, peanut butter, cilantro, and special sauce."

Sounds a lot less appetizing now, doesn't it?

(gah. especially the peanut butter.)

Also, I think I tend to get embarassed or prideful about different aspects of the city because I have to defend living so far away from the relatives.

Jenny, tell me about this Tweet Lets Eat place.

I am excited about seeing Chicago.

SARAH! We MUST go to Tweet Let's Eat. It's up north on Sheridan and Argyle/Carmen and it's a wee bit pricey and there can be a wait, so it's not an every weekend kind of place bust sister, their brunch rocks socks. Plus if there is a wait, you can sit at the bar in Big Chicks (it's owned by the Big Chicks lady and is right next door) and drink delicious free coffee (no, seriously, it's wonderful) or not free but also wonderful bloody marys. Then you eat awesome food.

I have heard such wholesale ringing endorsements of Jerry's Sandwiches that I trust their secret sauces are wonderful.

Today looks to be a busy one.

Maybe. What time and where? I have to clean the bathroom, but it's small and shouldn't take very long.

1. What's your closest CTA stop?
Paulina

2. Which do you take more often: buses or trains?
Combo

3. Have you ever walked between cars on a CTA train?
Yes

4. Do you own a car? How often do you use it?
No.

5. Own or rent?
Rent.

6. What neighborhood do you live in right now?
Roscoe Village

7. If you could live in any neighborhood, housing costs be damned,
where would you live?
Can't decide. Nice house in Oak Park? Nice house in Wilmette? Roscoe is fine for now.

8. Are you *from* Chicago?
No

9. Did you go to high school here?
No

10. What's your favorite local band? (Other than the one you're in...)
Patricia Barber

11. What's the best Chicago music venue?
HotHouse, South Union, Old Town School, Ice Fac

12. What's your favorite bar and why?
Hopleaf at 5 p.m. - good beer, good natural light, wide array of periodicals

13. Mayor Daley: Will he die in office or what?
Sure

14. Who, besides Rich, would you like to see in the mayor's office?
Albini

15. Big Box Living Wage Ordinance: Good or bad for Chicago?
Good

16. Wal-Mart: Disaster waiting to happen or good way to revitalize the
south-side economy?
$1.50 for a tube of toothpaste would be better for the health and economy of the South Side than the same tube for $3.95 at a corner store.

17. Ever been further south than 95th St.?
Been on 95th Street, in Beverly, a few times.

19. Ever been further north than Jarvis?
Sure. Mostly visiting friends who've bought their first home/condo.

20. Did you go to college in Chicago? If so, where?
No. Kind of wish I had.

21. Who is your favorite CTA busker?
Japanese lady. And 3-4 years ago I saw three amazing freestyle rappers at the Jackson stop.

22. Weirdest [non-]panhandler story...
Walking down State St. just south of Division. 1 a.m. on a Sunday morning. Guy starts to approach me; I give a gesture of "I don't have anything" - and he says "Naw, man, I'm not asking for money, I'm sellin' shit."

23. Macy's: Retail vampire sucking the life out of State St. or a the
wave of the future?
Sad.

24. What's your favorite shopping district?
Maybe Quimby's/Myopic, though I like all the mall stuff too.

25. Chicago dogs or deep dish pizza?
Both sparingly.

26. Smoking ban: Mike Ditka or the American Lung Association?
ALA

27. Kanye or Common?
I like the Kanye video where he's driving around the department store. I like the Common video where he's in outer space. I've never gotten a song by either stuck in my head. Rhymefest put out a great mixtape last year, but the great songs didn't end up on the album.

28. One place you always take first-time visitors.
Oak Park, Green Mill, out for Thai food.

29. Have you ever called your Alderperson?
No

30. Have you ever called the mayor's office?
No

31. What's your favorite place to eat breakfast?
Orange (on Printer's Row)

32. Have you ever ridden a Metra train and where to?
To Lake Forest to visit a friend at a writer's colony; to Downers Grove to interview someone for my job; to Ravinia; to Arlington Heights...

33. Have you ever been swimming at a city beach?
No.

34. Where is your favorite place to order delivery pizza of any style?
Art of Pizza

35. How many places have you lived in Chicago?
3

36. What are you most embarassed by in the city when guests visit?
My clutter

37. How often do you go to the Harrold Washington Library?
Goes in binges

38. What do you like best about living here? Like least?
Best: Culture; cultural criticism; how people who are both progessive and geniuses in their field live here (in art, food, etc.); how there are always new subcultures to discover and get immersed in.

Least: I really want some hills. And maybe a mountain or two on the horizon.

the lube?

Jeff and I are hosting out-of-town visitors that we know from... THE INTERNET. And not ILX! We're cheating on you all. But we have discussed the possibility of going to brunch, and going to brunch at Tweet would be marvy-loose. So I will get back to you!

As for a drink after work downtown... How about Old Timer's? I get done work at 5.

My legal ethics prof just said, "I'm not your god, and I don't pretend to be." Kind of funny.

Nastassja Kinski, then?

john got the little bottle of lube, and kenan got the biggie.

There is a co-worker's farewell lunch today, which means INDIAN BUFFET.

"Yes. Now eat it out of my ass."

OOOPS. They didn't giggle, but I did, secretly.

Independently of each other. Two different signs of intellectual laziness: 1) cursing; 2) expressing yourself via badly drawn cartoon that relies on absurdism for the funny.

When the union folks have their meetings next door to my office it is a curse-fest. Cursing is not even used for emphasis, just randomly. "On today's agenda we've got the fucking minutes from the last meeting." "One great way the Laborers can recruit is by stripping other worksites of their best goddamn workers."

These meetings include males as well as females.

They do tend to tone it way down when they have meetings that include community and faith-based organizations.

Naptime, Jordan. Wish I'd been there.

When I spent two semesters working in the Writing Center at my college, I often wondered the same thing. Then some Chinese grad student would come in with an Electrical Engineering paper and I would long for those lonesome times...

Anyway, this is infinitely better than where I used to work. No complaining here.

I will be at Old Timer's on 75 East Lake Street at approximately 5:45 pm today. Tell me that you will be there, too. Don't make me clean the bathroom sober, okay?

Note: If someone has a strong preference for a different bar, I am totally down with it. I like Old Timer's because it's cheap, there's a saucy big-breasted bartender, and a ton of cursing union dudes. Also, I think they serve beer in plastic buckets instead of pitchers.

named arman.

I feel like I've probably mentioned this before.

NEVER FORGET

--My Tortoise rarities comp never showed up. The post office says it was delivered, but I never got it and the apartment office says they don't have it.

--My bass drum case was a victim of the war on terror. After the TSA got through with it it had two broken straps (out of three) and one side completely dented in. I'll have to buy a new one. On the plus side, the drum is fine and the case was pretty old and rickety anyway.

Jordan, you totally deserve some T(ortoise)LC. [slapping knee like old person]

Amanda: Nice work, Dan. When can we plebes see it? (Also who is JH? Assuming the rest are Parker, Vandermark, and McBride.)

The plebes can see it...hmm, well. I dunno. We're having all SORTS of computer probs lately, namely making DVD copies, so who knows. But I will keep you apprised of developments. Also we can make copies of Sheriff now too, if anyone cares.

JH = John Herndon.

xpost

Kevin? Dan Martin? Amanda?

xpost

Yes, PS is in it! It's called Musician. Like Sheriff. Tentatively scheduled for 2007 is Truck Driver No joke.

I hope that it gets accepted to some festivals and/or we score a plum Chicago screening. Maybe with q/a?

http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/showthread.php?t=16060
http://freejazz.org/stories.php?story=06/08/08/5646018

And boards! I'll have to tell the mister!!

John, could you take it to the Holiday Club?

Thanks EZ -- I'll tell the mister.

I feel bad for taking Kevin's drink offer and hijacking it to a different bar. I totally didn't mean to do that - I forgot he'd mentioned the HC.

Jordan - we have company coming tomorrow afternoon and I have to spend the morning doing laundry and homework. So the bathroom needs to be cleaned tonight.

Also, this is the Production Department; I probably curse more than any of my colleagues but no one looks askance...WE UNDER STRESS, YO.

Last weekend I finished my book before the plane ride home, so I bought a New Yorker, and thought of John.

Fuck yeah. At least the one they chose was MARGINALLY better than the other two lame ones. (And sorry to hear about the breakup, L.)

I'm on an emotional roller coaster here, but not the kind that do loops; just the kind where you sit in it and go up and down hills. Probably the metal variety, though occasionally I think it might be the wooden kind, since I feel rattled and jarred at times. I'd say it's a fairly tight wooden emotional roller coaster. There are no tunnels either. As far as the theme of the roller coaster, I guess it would be "Flood-Ravaged Railway Ride" at Six Flags Great Deluvia. Each car only seats one.

I saw my alderman on Check Please recently. Go Manny! He picked HUE. I think it might have been a rerun.

I will be at Old Timer's this even. Possibly even early, as our database server has crashed.

My talk in front of the editors went well, until it was screwed up by said server crash. But I got a brownie and some laughs out of it.

"Spurious" is one of my favorite words of late, ever since I saw it used by an astronomer to describe the reviews of his work.

seriously, wouldn't you love to be known as the a-hole who made everyone go to white castle? not the loftiest thing to aspire to, i'll grant you but then again ambition killed ceaser so there you go.

Nah, I was tired. I was just kind of waiting around for Renee when you guys left, since I was giving her a ride home.

Bathroom is clean. Rugs are vacuumed. Random dusty looking things are dusted. Kitchen surfaces are wiped. This wee apartment is supah dupah easy to clean! Even though that was only a half-assed cleaning.

Because our new place is small, we are only using one litter box. Thus, we clean it twice a day because nobody wants to sit in a small apartment with a box full of cat shit. I thought the cats would grouse about it, but they are crapping as happily as ever.

If our out of town guests are up for it, which I will know by early this afternoon, we're going to have some brunch at Tweet Let's Eat tomorrow. If anyone is interested in joining us, let me know. You can meet two honest to god Columbus, Ohioans.

Semantic saturation is a cognitive neuroscience phenomenon where intense repetition causes a word or phrase to temporarily lose meaning for the listener, who can only process the speech as repeated meaningless sounds.

I was reminded of this by the word "linguist."

I'd like to see that dude. Good comedians are hard to find.

Crew still has those, but they are gay, and many of them are in "steakhead" drag (meaning, the frat-boy look is more a costume than a default look).

Thirsty Thursday was way fun - I'd never been in Old Timers before and had always been curious.

Jordan, thanks - guess I'd better build an argument for P. Barber. I agree with you that she's more outstanding as a pianist than a vocalist.

At first I thought you were recommending him a haircut place, which would be incredible.

http://www.rowbust.com/images/chix/chixSportsbra.jpg

I need a hair cut too. I may just have my friend K@tie do it, although she butchered the hair of the last person she tried that on.

Barber shop. $12. Good cuts.

I recommend either Kathy or the young guy with the buzzed hair whose name starts with an R...(Ringo? Rocco? Roscoe? Rimbaud? Ricardo Montevon? Ricky Lake???)

On Clark Street, about 3 blocks north of Diversey, on the West side of the street.

Feeling Shaggy?
Go see Gabby!!!!!

(so reads their door).

I would Love to have a night of pizza and garlic fries and beers with you all at the Candlelite sometime.

There's a guy's salon in Minneapolis called Tommy's - used to be called Schmidty's - that is kind of an Entourage/Swingers-type place, with espresso and a pool table.

There are two places in Chicago that have try to do the same thing - State Street Barbers (in Old Town and on Armitage in Lincoln Park - I went there once, and a pretty lady put a hot towel on my face) - and Belmont Barbershop: http://www.belmontbarbershop.com/

I couldn't remember the name, and in looking it up I came across this diverting Minneapolis blog:
http://girlfriday.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/03/reader_mailbag_.html

not a freudian slip, it's what me and my ex-old lady used to call them. it's still with me even if she's not.

This Stylus article on songs with surprise endings really should have included D'Angelo's "untitled". Or it should have been called "Top 10 Indie Rock Songs with Weird Endings".

Bah.

Was it because you don't listen to Led Zep?

Yeah, dude said as much in the e-mail. I just feel so cut off now. Password no longer works on the staff board.

When is Todd going to figure out that he's not hot shit?

Anyway, I wasn't "fired." I'm just not part of the staff anymore. He said I can still pitch articles on a one-off basis. And I can still do singles reviews, presumably, since that feature relies on contributors that aren't technically on staff. But I still feel pretty shitty.

Roman-a-clef!

(you work until 7:00?)

Tell them you have diarrhea. No one wants to hear about that.

I can hear someone having loud sex right now.

I can hear someone having loud sex right now

Is it you?

"Holy shit guys, guess what I'm doing!"

d) woman washing hair

hahaha

I like the way you think, Mister.

Uh, hate to break it to you, but this is impossible. You have obviously never engaged in hot coitus before.

Well, we do know that he's the makeout king.

my boss's daughter just got out of the hospital due to meningitis. have you been in lake county recently?

And I think I'm catching a ride over to the Hopleaf to meet some people in a while, so if you see this come by/give a call/whatever.

This city is fucked because this country is fucked. I hate to be a doommonger, but could I interest you in some really particularly delectable, premium quality doom?

To wrap up, we're all fucked.

We're playing in Evanston in a couple hours.

Does anyone want to see Girl Talk at the Bottle tonight, or are you all Touch-and-Go'ing it?

I do not like the smell of boiled cabbage.

This is set to a loud backdrop of Rebirth Brass Band played on someone's car stereo. (Ain't no party like a Rebirth party, etc).

http://image.maps.yahoo.com/mapimage?MAPData=4M4Zkfhyzy0HSGREBCVWeWxUx27IylDFL.AAM53i86ozZftgIKLv1ZzB14ybaKTblb_4ynA9dk3CcHt1tlW5VIsVcSxujIMc0OJGFZw-

Here.

Does anyone else ever feel guilty for staying home and being lazy instead of going out and taking advantage of what the city has to offer? I do.

-going for a jog (thought I was goinng 1.5 miles, but I accidentally went 3! (about half of it running))
-reading Achewood comics
-watching Venture Bros.
-watching Chumscrubber
-hunting the GIgantic roach that I have found on my potato the past 3 times I went into the pantry. It ate a hole in my potato!!!

Today I played a decent gig in Milwaukee, went to a friend's house to see his new baby, started watching The Winslow Boy, turned it off and watched the copy of Under the Cherry Moon that I bought for ten bucks. It's terrible/funny.

This is one of the main reasons why I may never actually live in New Orleans.

Under the Cherry Moon is so terrifunny it's not even funny.

Now I want to do something but I am at home. Shit.

I was in the bathroom, at my most vulnerable when what should catch my eye but a spider with a tiny body and GIgantic legs that spread from the hardwood floor, across the molding and onto the baseboards.

***as i was typing this my phone rang (773 area cod) and latino man answered saying "who ees thees?" which i hate, so i said "you called me, who are you?"

"fuck jew! who ees thees? is thees marteen?"

"no, this isn't martin"

"fuck jew! jew suck my deek! motherfucker, fuckeeng fuck jew! jew fucking asshole! jew suck my deek! who ees dees!?"

Anyway, fuck warm climates because there are bugs and Mexicans calling from Chicago!!

And now, shitting you not, for the last 10 minutes there has been scratching on my ceiling/wall. It's probably squirrels or tarantulas, but I do not want to deal with living things at 3 AM.

This is what I get for being up and sober at 3 AM.

I'm leaning towards not going today, if anyone wants a ticket.

fucking in the rain
by Google, September 10, 2006

making out
making out in the rain
fucking rain rocks
fucking in the rain rocks
not being in love
being in love
hot bath and no one around and

This weekend there will be alot of fucking in the rain if you know what i mean.

I love men (esp my husband)
women
children (esp. my own)
Chinese food
Thai food
birthday parties
fucking in the rain
biwomen
Feng Shui
the BMW Z3

fucking in the rain
std “white blotches”
pubescent nude gymnasts
And my favorite,
dangers of eating pussy.

... over to bush.. at like.. midnight.. then the other's went back to James' house, while me and Kris were still at bush... fucking in the rain... anyways! ...

Coca Cola advertising and cocaine.
Fucking in the rain.

he said something about fucking in the rain somewhere in another thread
rain + fucking + rain = holy shit.
*flirts*

It was fucking in the rain that got me, but I'm that kind of guy.
And ok, "fucking in the rain" just makes me want to like...
go fuck in the rain.
GAH!

A dog fucking in the rain...
at least the mess gets washed away.
It smells like hoochyparaiengae in here.

The South is full of creepy crawly things. Did I ever mention that time I lived in a converted one car garage in Louisiana with my mom and two sisters? and it was FULL of fucking roaches the size of kittens? and how at night we would zip ourselves up in our sleeping bags, including our heads, because otherwise you would wake up with ROACHES ON YOUR FACE. During the night, we'd feel them dropping from the ceiling and hitting our blankets.

I have lots of gross out bug stories, blood sucking bug stories, rodent stories, stepping on slugs in your socks stories, birds trapped in walls stories, snake stories...

ROACHES ON YOUR FACE

I've never been more thankful for freezing winters than I am right now.

Also, good morning. My feet and knees hurt from standing in a parking lot for hours on end the last two days.

Also, there was a dead roach in the foyer outside our apartment door this morning. Awesome.

Note: Knowing full well I would be completely unable to stand for two days without much pain and whining, I did not even pretend to want to go to the T&G thing. The wife of a friend and I decided that we are quite over shows with no seating available.

I'm thinking of Kill Bill...

Things appear a little clearer now, and it seems I will be occupying a smallish slice of your town from Wednesday the 20th, until I fly back to London very early in the morning of Saturday 23rd.

If any of you fancy a pint during that period, that would be aces. Maybe on the Wednesday or Thursday night? I'm housetrained. Relatively.

Is TT at a regular venue?

Whereas not all participants work in the Loop; and
Whereas maximum participation is a desirable goal of the Thirsty Thursday Association; and
Whereas we should aspire to uphold the democratic principles on which our great nation was founded; I hereby propose the following:

1. We rotate suggestions of meeting places to best accomodate the diverse locations and tastes of our members; and
2. Old Timer's on 75 E. Lake be named the default location for all future meetings should members be unwilling or unable to propose an alternative location; and
3. Members propose location suggestions as they feel moved rather than confine the location suggestions to any order because we're all adults here.

Did I see the sign on The Mutiny correctly? Do they have afternoon karaoke from 3-6 p.m. on a weekday?

I met some people who are part of the open mic night at Quenchers, and I like these people. You, you are Quenchers people - do you know anything about this?

xpost: I had seen a sign advertising the Quenchers open mic, but until I met up with J.B., J.H., J.C. and Kr. there the other weekend I hadn't been in the place for a long time. I expect it's a pretty good time. Also, Quenchers' sign lost its "s," I noticed yesterday. It did not look intentional.

I want a copy.

Oh! Maybe I can download it.

It's grey, rainy and hot here. Before that it was SUNNY and warm, lower humidity. I prefer the grey. As The Swans said, God damn the sun.

They Found You In Spain
Face Down In The Street
With A Bottle In Your Hand
And A Wild Smile On Your Face
And A Knife In Your Back
You Died In A Foreign Land

And They Found My Letter
Rolled Up In Your Pocket
Where I Said I'd Kill Myself
If She Left Me Again

So Now She's Gone
And You're Both In My Mind
I've Got One Thing To Say
Before I Am Drunk Again:
God Damn The Sun
God Damn The Sun
God Damn Anyone
That Says A Kind Word

God Damn The Sun
God Damn The Sun
God Damn The Light It Shines
And This World It Shows

God Damn The Sun

I feel like I'm 20 again!

All the people are dancing
and they're having such fun
I wish it could happen to me