i hope that made sense
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Thursday, 23 February 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
It makes sense. I'll watch it and see.
These students enjoyed graphic photos of brutal drug cartel murder scenes so I am not too concerned about their ability to deal with bleakness.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 23 February 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
Yup, Interrupters is good.
― Ascot Fitzgerald (jaymc), Thursday, 23 February 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
tonight is the siam rice dinner. i had like 15 people rsvp.pumped for road trip/mini tour this weekend. i like wandering around college towns/campuses.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
lemme know if you need any food/hangout recommendations.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
go for it.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
oh, well, if you're just walking around i guess you'll end up on state street. i don't go down there much anymore, but B-Side Records is still there. for food there's a million college-y places (more chains than there used to be), but i like Nick's Restaurant (up by the Orpheum) for some real old-school madison vibe. there's always ian's too, and some great places on the capitol square (like Graze - the pro move is to get the soft pretzel, which is cheap and comes with really good cheese and mustards. also the mac & cheese).
my favorite stuff is on the near east side, where we live. the weary traveler is the greatest, and alchemy has really good food + changes out their whole beer list every week.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
also sophia's cafe on johnson, they only do dinner thurs & fri but it's awesome (good veggie food too). we're probably going to eat there tomorrow night.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:06 (twelve years ago) link
She spends a lot of time in the bathroom (singing hymns) and she was standing in the bathroom talking on the phone, and I was washing my hands and she walked out ahead of me, and then stopped short, turned around and went back into the bathroom saying, "Oh! I forgot to wash my keys!"
IIRC, this is the same lady who washes her bags of Cheetos!
Tonight guess what?
Tonight carl agatha and I are going to see Diamanda Galosh!
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
thanks.
kind of a longshot but i have an hour to kill between work and this dinner tonight if anyone wants to get a quick beer on the west side of the loop around 5ish.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
nick, carl and i might be up for meeting you. let's ask her.
carl?
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
No can do. I have to be at work until around 6. Sorry, bro!
― carl agatha, Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
Darling Nicki - may I call you that? - let's go get liquored up in carl's office.
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
ok
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
That works.
There's a jazz ensemble downstairs playing popular soul and R&B songs in honor of Black History Month.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
You guys seriously live in some parallel universe downtown.
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
Especially Jenny's building.
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
And I rode in the elevator with J3ss3 Wh1t3 and his entourage today.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
He got on, smiled at everybody, and said "How's everybody's driver's license?"
― carl agatha, Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
Is there a name for that thing that politicians do when they imagine that everyone in the world is paying attention to who they are, so they need to address the "elephant in the room" by making a self-referential joke?
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
Solipsism?
― carl agatha, Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
Whenever he rides in the elevator with my SE Asian coworker, he asks her where she's from, to which she invariably responds, "Mudenlein."
― carl agatha, Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
He once followed that up by guessing various southeast Asian countries.
wow
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, he's a tool. I've never seen him without at least two secret service body guard types. Probably because he's about 5'4".
― carl agatha, Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
xp
L gets that question a lot, and she says she's from atlanta. she gets lots of followup about no, where are your people from, because she looks arab/south asian/latina/whatev, and she smiles sweetly and says that her family lives in georgia. and then she gets the fuck away from the person.
seems that it's an incredibly common question from rude strangers if you look 'ethnic' or something.
― JuliaA, Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
I went to the DMV today. It was the best DMV experience I can remember having.
― Wild Flag Post (dan m), Thursday, 23 February 2012 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
I'll tell JW next time I run into him.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 23 February 2012 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
i've always had pretty positive experiences with the chicago dmv! i have to go sometime before my birthday to renew my license.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 23 February 2012 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
The dmv in the loop is really great, it was so quick and easy. The dmv offices out in the suburbs are hell on earth and miserable, soul-sucking pits of doom.
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 23 February 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
yes but the real question is how was your commute
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Thursday, 23 February 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
I went to the "express" office in a strip mall on Diversey out by Cicero. All I was doing was renewing my license so it wasn't too hard, but still, like half an hour in-and-out is A+ imo.
― Wild Flag Post (dan m), Thursday, 23 February 2012 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
(Cicero Ave, nb)
― Wild Flag Post (dan m), Thursday, 23 February 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
The commute was no problem because I went at like 10AM. The only wtf moment was them accepting all credit cards *except* Visa, but I had enough cash.
― Wild Flag Post (dan m), Thursday, 23 February 2012 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think I've ever had a pretty positive experience at a DMV. Maybe when I got my CA drivers' license. I had to take a written test, which I failed. They gave me a "study guide" (aka copy of the test) and I went across the street to Taco Bell, memorized it, then came back and got 100%.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 23 February 2012 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
btw have I told you about my soccer-supporting friend who traveled (with a large group of other Fire fans) to Canada for a game and was mis-identified by some kind of authority figure there as "J3ss3 Whit3" because the authority figure mis-read his ID? he is forever known as "J3ss3 Whit3 in Canada" now.
― Wild Flag Post (dan m), Thursday, 23 February 2012 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
Okay, for real, I haven't talked about a commute in a long time. I get that this is the chicago group's lol way of making fun of me, but its kind of old.
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 23 February 2012 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
can you still get vanity plates for like free in Illinois? I remember when I lived in northern Indiana & went to Chicago that I'd see more vanity plates than anywhere else in the country, & figured they must be free, or free-ish. Is that right?
if so I am going to be delighted
however, the normal Illinois plates now are kind of a drag, dumb font on top, dumb blue fade on the bottom.
― Euler, Thursday, 23 February 2012 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/vehicles/license_plate_guide/vanity.html
― Wild Flag Post (dan m), Thursday, 23 February 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
huh, a biggish initial surcharge, but after that nbd. nice!
― Euler, Thursday, 23 February 2012 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
omg i wasn't making fun of you specifically! everyone talks about their commute! jon i thought you knew me better than that.
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Thursday, 23 February 2012 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
otm
― Ascot Fitzgerald (jaymc), Thursday, 23 February 2012 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
it was easier to get a state ID than it was to get a replacement library card
― tanuki, Thursday, 23 February 2012 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
I can't recall ever having DMV trouble.
― Jeff, Thursday, 23 February 2012 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
In Chicago, I mean. Elsewhere for sure.
― Jeff, Thursday, 23 February 2012 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
i thought the commute joke was targeted at all the loop workers since we're always talking about train delays and whatnot.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 23 February 2012 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
Anybody want a beer tonight? I'll be at Goose Island Clybourn. Lincoln Park Lager tapped at 6 PM.
― Jeff, Thursday, 23 February 2012 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
As tempting as that sounds, I have a date w/Kr to watch P&R.
Ha, I just stumbled upon this thread:Chicagoans! Meet me at the Hop Leaf!
― Ascot Fitzgerald (jaymc), Thursday, 23 February 2012 22:48 (twelve years ago) link
huh i didn't realize Christine 'Green Leafy Dragon' Indigo was posting that long ago
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 23 February 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
She was definitely around when I started posting and then took something like a 5-year hiatus.
― Ascot Fitzgerald (jaymc), Thursday, 23 February 2012 22:56 (twelve years ago) link