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I think DePaul sent me to that place to get vaccinated. Is it near the Art Institute?

I can't believe everyone's doctor is out for so long, presumably b/c of NATO.

Also, I'm worried about your ears.

It's at Michigan and Lake, so not quite.

They closed the office because of NATO and he opportunistically went on vacation. I could have gone to his practicemate's office in Hyde Park, but LSD is closed and it just seems like a massive hassle to get down there. It was my coworker's idea to go to the clinic, and it was probably the best idea she's ever had in her life.

I think my ears are behaving normally (for them), but the antibiotics I had just weren't the right ones. I am optimistic that I'll be better by Friday.

Doctor goes on opportunistic vacation instead of treating opportunistic infection. (not that yours is one, probably)

If it is, I've got bigger problems than a probably hole in my tympanic membrane.

taking notes in case I get a sinus infection from flying back to chicago in a couple weeks :)

I hope you don't! But if you do, MI Ave Immediate Care.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/251957_651388830179_77802115_32357679_1579581292_n.jpg

amazing pic. some hardcore punk or political rap group should use it for an album cover, putting their name where the judge mathis ad is

Seriously, that is a great pic.

Speaking of a strong police presence, my entire building is surrounded by cops standing about three feet apart from each other.

I saw a color, wider-angle version of it earlier where the bus to the left was included saying "CHICAGO IS", along with like 2-3 more cops.

Also not to make this thread Carl Agatha's Ear Infection Chronicles (worst memoir ever), but I can't hear low sounds, like I couldn't tell when the dryer was running yesterday and had to go put my hand on it to check, which means I can't hear stuff like HVAC noises or the trains going by or other rumbling building functions. And this place is emptier than I have ever seen it (and I've worked Christmas Eve) and it is uber creepy I basically feel like this:

http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/28-days-later.jpg

I want a print of that bigger color version of that photo.

Yeah, that photo's awesome -- even the Judge Mathis ad adds to it, IMO.

The "CHICAGO IS MY KIND OF TOWN" photo, not the 28 Days Later dude. xp

beautiful out today, esp. for you "i hate hot weather" people

I agree!

It messed up my hair.

I didn't go outside at lunch due to the ring-o-cops.

They're gone now, btw.

You need to make it a burning ring o' cops. xp

and yes, it's completely lovely out there

solar eclipse of cops

You need to make it a burning ring o' cops. xp

― Pita Malört (Je55e), Monday, May 21, 2012 7:16 PM (53 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Be careful. Per that Trib article I posted, that's probably enough to arrest you.

i went to tjs with a t-shirt on and was kind of cool but it felt great after being in my stuffy apartment. then i sat on the deck and ate a lime popsicle.

Posting this mostly for the picture, which I feel weird about linking to directly: http://www.shakesville.com/2012/05/chicago-nato-protests-open-thread.html

(because it's an alarming and awful image almost first-person victim POV of a cop about to punch someone, that is, and anybody who has ever been on the receiving end of something like that may not want to see it.)

saw that pic earlier today, also the "chicago police department -- 2012 red rover champions" meme pic of a row of cops in armor with weapons knocking the shit out of unarmed people

btw this is linked in the comments to that article

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/551626_10151748741975176_756845175_24528772_1018559969_n.jpg

(not the same pic I mentioned earlier though)

feelin kinda sad about the end of my long "weekend" (in quotes because i was theoretically working friday and today). going to go get out in the sun though.

I have a question I was hoping one of you might be able to answer. I have to go to traffic court tomorrow for a ticket I got last month and I was wondering what options you have to pay at the clerk's office. Do I need to bring enough cash to cover my ticket and whatever fees?

I don't really know anything about traffic court, but IME all clerks of Circuit Courts take checks, so bring your checkbook and your driver's license if you have it back (?? idk how that works). If you can't pay by check, there are Chase ATMs on the same level as traffic court.

Also, the clerk of court of Cook Co. takes credit cards, but there is a fee.

When I went to traffic court last year, you could pay by credit card but it involved some sort of ludicrous operation where you actually had to call your credit card company on a special phone or something.

Have you guys ever had someone come to your door from "an energy company" and offer to lower your rates? This happened yesterday, and it totally freaked me out at first.

basically this is what happened:

Somehow this dude got into the building and then came to our apt door and asked to see our electric bill. I didn't give it to him, and I asked him a thousand questions and he gave me a thousand shitty sheepish answers, like

me: What have the other people in the building said to this proposal?
him; I don't know, yours is the first door I knocked on

me: why do you seem like you don't know what you're talking about?
him: uh sorry it's my first day on the job

i didn't mean to give this guy an unnecessarily hard time, but wtf is he doing knocking on my door?!

i realize that i may overreact when strangers come to the door, but ime it has never been a good thing

Dude came to our door asking this crap. I told him if they want to provide me any information to mail it and to go away.

No patience for door to door shit. Legit or not.

I'm only ok with census takers.

So last Wednesday, I brought some carrots and a cheese stick to work and put them in the fridge. I left early that day, and called in on Thursday, and when I came in on Friday, they were gone! I figured my coworker cleaned out our office fridge, and I thought it kind of sucked that she threw out perfectly good snacks, but rather than make a big deal (or any deal) out of it, I just let it go. I like having a clean fridge and if the price is that I occasionally lose a perfectly good snack or two, fine.

Good thing I didn't mention it, because I found the cheese and the carrots in my purse this morning. I never actually put them in the fridge.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/ff/Poison_Help.svg/220px-Poison_Help.svg.png

oh no!

i guess i don't know for sure that those door-to-door energy company things are scams but i've always assumed they are. they certainly feel like scams. we've gotten them a few times.

they are! d looked it up.

so a friend of mine is on the left of this photo, the girl with the camera (which apparently belonged to a woman on the ground, who she was trying to help up): http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/us/two-held-on-terrorism-charges-at-nato-meeting.html?pagewanted=all

Ah, good to know. That's really ballsy to come right to somebody's face with a scam like that. xp

Wow! Is your friend okay?

yeah, she got arrested and there are some other crazy pictures on facebook, but she's ok.

Thanks for the heads up guys, just fyi, if you are ever in a similar situation, they do take credit cards but with a 4.75% fee.

Did you have to do anything weird to pay w/ plastic?