Chicago MMXII

when we were talking about music interview podcasts, i forgot about this relatively new one. it's not super in-depth but they do have some interesting interviewees - not the same people you always see (0wen from my current band was interviewed in the first episode): http://www.lowtimespodcast.com/category/podcast/

When I stood up to get off the train a few minutes ago, some people quickly alerted me to a cell phone that was on the seat. I glanced at it, said "Not mine," and left. I'm kicking myself now because I actually know whose it was. The guy who had been sitting next to me (and had gotten off before me) I had recognized as Tom Geoghegan. Had I picked it up, I probably could've gotten it back to him somehow.

I thought about contacting him, anyway, but I'm not sure it would do any good. Presumably he's realized by now that he left his phone on the train.

I've met that guy. I wish you'd given his phone back to him, too, and then mentioned you have a friend who needs a (better) job (me).

I'm about to eat grapes with a fork. LOOK OUT.

forks clove grapes

I just ate my grapes the old fashioned way

Straight off the vine, hands free?

Being fed to you by scantily clad servants?

With your prehensile tail?

My hands were covered in cuticle cream that I did not want to eat.

pretty sure you're only supposed to put cuticle cream on your cuticles, not your hands, fyi

Whatever it takes.

I only wish it were servants, sigh. One of these days...

hey this is pretty

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7254/6875102716_2e6e94c99d_c.jpg

http://gawker.com/5897117/rep-bobby-rush-ejected-from-house-floor-for-wearing-a-hoodie

Being fed grapes is one of those things that everyone should experience before they expire.

And after, too.

good point! but i would prefer to experience it before. in the afterlife i hope to have a prehensile tail.

Before the grapes expire?

Before The Grapes Expire: A Romance

i listened to a podcast about the donner party today. it wasn't very good but it will make me read more about the donner party at least.

I used to live walking distance from the Donner Party memorial!

Wow you guys, the IL Sec. of State's website has changed. It's all up-to-date looking.

I'm glad none of you were here to witness my way too enthusiastic response to that news. (It included calling out to my coworkers, who also responded enthusiastically.)

There's an interactive vanity plate selection page and guess what? DINGUS 6 is available. (Which means five other Illinoisans have license plates that say "DINGUS" on them.)

I'm glad none of you were here to witness my way too enthusiastic response to that news. (It included calling out to my coworkers, who also responded enthusiastically.)

Are you serious? Ha. I actually am pretty excited too, but then I thought you might tease me about my excitement. But it's nice that we are both so equally extremely lame.

D reviewed this book, but i doubt it is to your liking

http://i43.tower.com/images/mm111954295/whats-so-great-about-donner-party-susan-harkins-hardcover-cover-art.jpg

i read the wikipedia entry and that might have been enough for me, it's not really a fun story

the title is what's funny
there is nothing great about the donner party

oh lol

It's a great story. Sad but great.

They are cleaning out the sewer trap in the mechanical room next to our office suite and I sincerely think I am about to puke everywhere. This is the foulest stench ever.

That happened at my work once and it was worse than the day the culinary dept made what has been dubbed "hospital soup."

sorry

jesse and i are talking about pub quiz for this coming week. if other people want to come, we will do pub quiz.

what has been dubbed "hospital soup."

I don't think I want to know.

I may be able to do pub quiz next week.

Oh jon, I am sympathetic.

I've been following the comedy poll results thread for some weird reason and it's making me feel like I am an alien who developed a sense of humor on a planet with a completely different set of neurophysics than we have here.

tell me about it. there are some awful awful people on that thread.

Also a lot of movies that aren't funny (and I don't mean Network).

i voted in it and thought it would be fun but there are just so many wrong opinions and aggro people on there. i should just put my top 5 or 10 here and then stop reading it. but i probably won't.

man i haven't even clicked once on either the voting thread or the results thread because i knew it would annoy me to no end

I laughed till I died at Something With Regard To Mary.

Nick mentioned getting a drink and I'm lazy and sleepy and for about a full minute I was trying to figure out how to ask one of the partners if he minded if I drank beer at my desk. But then I was like WTF am I thinking?

But yeh, there are a couple shitballz on that thread.

i don't care about people voting for bad movies, i just hate the people who get all aggro about other people's choices

just saw this on fb

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/526217_3259471399517_1049107064_3150585_211817982_n.jpg

That's what I meant. Really I've only noticed one person dragging down the conversation - as usual - the rest are fairly good natured with the occasional overstated outrage or whatever.

xp !! Yes!! awesome dan!

I would be up for pub quiz on Tues...

Ha! That picture is aces, Dan. I haven't seen that old asshole in forever. I wonder if he died and finally found out whether homosexuals get to go to heaven? I hope his heaven is like Clark's in Clark at 3 am on a busy Saturday.

I'll be honest. I felt p aggro about some of the choices (and a couple of ppl endlessly defending terrible movies that have no defense beyond "I saw it when I was a kid and have happy nostalgia feelings for it") BUT I'm not posting I that thread bc I get no joy out of pooping on other ppl's opinions. To their faces anyway.

Also the mean posts are a bummer.

However, there are quite a few old films on the list so far that I am excited to see.

I can't think of anything I'd rather do less on ILX than read/post in a film thread tbh

Haha true but again - the final list has some pretty intriguing movies on it that I wouldn't think to see otherwise. But if it is like the action movie poll, there will be a separate results only thread.

I guess I'm just bored.

talking about
- dental work/dental problems
- pronunciation

happy to talk about my favorite songs all day long though