Chicago MMXII

It's like the Shield, but in real life! Also just contraband cigarettes instead of Armenian mob profits - http://www.suntimes.com/news/11342219-418/cook-county-sheriffs-officer-son-nabbed-in-federal-sting.html

just when I thought I couldn't get more cynical about cops

It's worth being cynical about the things police are legally permitted to do, much less their extra legal shenanigans.

Speaking of, hey seriously if any of you are taken to a police station for questioning about anything ANYTHING, like the second you're in an interrogation room, the only thing you say is "I want a lawyer and I refuse to answer any questions without one." Like a broken record you say this and not another word.

Especially if you did nothing. The biggest lie you'll hear in that situation is "Why don't you tell me what happened so we can clear this all up."

http://www.trutv.com/shows/the-wieners-circle/index.html

I hope I can stream this.

JeppsonsMalort

High of 78 degrees on a Saturday St. Paddys day? Let's try not to scream-vomit in too many strollers today, shall we Chicago?

If I didn't know better sometimes I'd almost swear the Chicago Kevin was running @JeppsonsMalort.

Hahaha respond "r u ok wild man?" and see if he recognizes it.

heh, I've actually met the guy that runs it, it's not him :(

lol dan/jeppson's

I can't believe there's a Wiener's Circle reality show. Ugh.

I can't believe I'm going to watch it. ;_;

hey chilxors, me and ytth are gonna be in chicago april 12-17, would love to fap with some of you!! normally when we come out we're stuck in northbrook but ytth's parents have moved downtown, so we will be staying at the swiss hotel(?). we have a lot of family obligations plus a friend to see, but if some of you can squeeze in some free time to grab a drink that would be awesome! will post back here closer to the actual date to try and organise something if anyone is interested. <3

For sure!

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absolutely!

Swissotel (had to look that up) is convenient for many of us and not inconvenient for any of us, so yes. We will ALL be there.

it's inconvenient for me, but i will attend a fap assuming that i am not working at the time you are fapping

I considered you when declaring it not inconvenient for any of us.

It's convenient to where many of us work, but it's not like any of us live downtown or anything.

LL I really hope it didn't sound snippy! I meant that Swissotel is a good home base that would allow J to meet us at many wonderful places that would not be absurdly out of the way. It's not like we're going to be hanging out in her room. Probably.

Nah, not snippy. I just live way out there and have dogs. It's my lot in life.

excellent! so a weeknight would suit best, then?

jenny, i was serious about bringing you a small jar of new zealish marmite, btw (it is different-tasting to british marmite).

!!! Awesome! Thanks!

The walk from carl/Jeff's place was something. Highlights: having to wait for the proprietor of Brean and Milk to wash puke off the sidewalk w/ a bucket and the guy stumbling down the middle of the eastbound lane of Diversey, head slumped, arm up, trying to hail a cab. I actually stopped and watched him for a while b/c I was concerned that he was going to fall into traffic in the other lane.

Good job, Chicago, you managed to get real drunk.

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Amanda, I know where you live can be inconvenient for you sometimes but it's also really awesome up there. I was in RP a few weeks back and in Uptown a couple weeks later and I was thinking how comfortable and appealing those places are. If it weren't for the commute to my non-Loop office, I would love to live in Uptown, Edgewater, or RP. The vibe is so inviting.

Where I live now is really crazy convenient w/r/t stores and commuting and I love the big city feel, but it doesn't have the same neighborhoody feeling, and it doesn't have the same degree of ethnic diversity, which is cool.

I've come around to Logan Square, but when I'm at Katie or Courtney's houses I feel estranged from the lake. Even J/J's place is farther from the lake than I would want to live.

I love where I live -- it's just not v near where anyone hangs out.

Did any of you get Dark Lord Day tickets?

Didn't even try. Too inconvenient for me to get to.

idk what that is

i was confusing Swissotel w/ Sofitel. sorry.

courtney and i went to see the jellies at the shedd aqauartium. not worth the $41* (!!!) admission, but still cool and gross and it included a other shows, including the trained beluga whales, sea lion, and dolphins. it was the first time i'd seen a marine animal show and it was amazing.

i used some of the training techniques they explained in the show on courtney and she is a quick learner. now the sounds "eeeee" and "murp" make her flinch and duck without my having to take any further action. aja.

we walked a couple miles along the lake and it was just gorgeous and we saw scenic parts of downtown that we'd never seen before.

*ignore asterisk

is that 41 per person??

What parts of downtown?

Ugh, yes, $41 per person! That amount included admission to the whole place plus all shows plus Ticketmaster's crappy fees. It was a pretty obscene price!

Poor C. got the anxiety over the huge loud crowds and the screaming children. We were there on a huge huge perfect storm weekend, what w/ the weather and holiday.

Jeff: We walked around the highrise residences just east of the Loop - the "New East Side" I think they call it? By the cool Aqua condos and the Blue Cross Blue Shield building and Navy Pier. There were actual hills there! It was near the secret place where cars go when they're towed from the Loop (4 levels down from Upper Wacker).

Yeah, the Shedd is crazy expensive, particularly if you want to attend any of the special exhibits.

Je55e:
Dark Lord Day is the only day of the year to buy Three Floyds Dark Lord Russian Imperial stout. DLD is a festival where participants can meet other beer enthusiasts, sample beers from all over the world, buy Dark Lord, try Oak Aged Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout, eat BBQ, listen to live music, and generally have a great time.

I expected that maybe Jeff, of all the chilx regulars would be attending, but yeah, it is kind of a pain to get to I imagine. I've never been, but I got tickets this year and a friend is arranging a bus to get there.

DLD is also always on the day I'm coming back from my firm's yearly partner meeting, so I typically can't make it anyway. However I would take a bottle if anyone is giving me one.

Where is the partners' meeting? What does "partners' meeting" mean for a firm like yours?

All partners in the firm from across the world have a meeting in one place to talk about things. Last year it was in Florida, this year it is in NYC. It's no fun because it's long hours and I have zero time to do anything else while I'm there.

What are your duties at this meeting?

Set up equipment, provide support in the computer room, run around a lot and basically get everyone anything they need.

So basically I revert back to what my job was 4 years ago for a week.

there's an internet cafe on irving park that i noticed a while back because they had a "grand opening" sign up and i thought it was funny/sad that a new internet cafe was opening in 2011 (when i noticed it). today i realized that their name - "my little space" - is a myspace reference (their sign has the word "little" in a smaller font so it's more like MY little SPACE) and that just made it funnier/sadder

playing a show tomorrow night in logan square if you're looking for something to do

I love where I live -- it's just not v near where anyone hangs out.

It's near where I hang out. Just sayin'.

I voted this morning, but I kind of fucked it up. I don't recall ever having voted for judges beyond the Y/N retention question, so when I did my research, I only bothered noting the judges that were not qualified/recommended. I didn't realize I was expected to pick only one. So in a couple of cases I voted for a "qualified" candidate over a "highly qualified" candidate. Ah well.

I did vote for Jesse's dude, though.

The thing about "qualified" "highly qualified" is that the bar associations that issue those opinions are basing them partly on whether that candidate will be good for their ideology. So if the KKK Bar Association calls a candidate "not qualified" and the Puerto Rican Bar Association says "highly qualified," you probably want to go w/ the Boriquas' opinion.