Of course I remember Mark E! I'll go see what's happening. He is a delight.
― game of crones (La Lechera), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
I've been on the Lincoln bus for an hour and am just at Fullerton. Got a seat though.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 23:15 (eleven years ago) link
Well I missed my shrinkpoinent bc of this mess. The mayhem! It's like Independence Day on this bus route :-/
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 23:18 (eleven years ago) link
It seems improbable but it looks like i can see smoke all the way down at Fullerton.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 23:31 (eleven years ago) link
Almost sure of it.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 23:32 (eleven years ago) link
My plan B (36/22) was a bust. Plan C (13-something, 15-something) was fucked. Like, you couldn't walk by on the sidewalk for all of the people waiting. So I decide to walk north on Clark until the cab competition thinned out. Made it to Clark St Ale House. Having a beer.
…to be continued
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 23:33 (eleven years ago) link
i just realized that i have a condo meeting tonight5 hour fac mtg + condo meeting in one day is a spelunking expedition into the pits of hell
― game of crones (La Lechera), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 23:36 (eleven years ago) link
I made it home before 5 PM, ran 6 miles in less than stellar air quality, and then ate a peach pop.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 23:54 (eleven years ago) link
Get an I Go and come pick me up? :D
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 23:57 (eleven years ago) link
Also stop gloating. Your wife is trapped in River North or wherever the hell I am.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 23:58 (eleven years ago) link
But you're having beer and I am not.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 23:59 (eleven years ago) link
You might as well eat dinner there because I forgot to take out chicken. But by the time you get back it may be defrosted anyway.
People by my house said you could smell smoke in the air.
I ran, too. To my doc's office. Sucked. But he gave me a Diet Coke.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
The only food here is pretzel rods. ;_;
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:02 (eleven years ago) link
I'm going back out to try and get a cab in about 15 min. Hopefully northbound 22 buses are okay by now. I'm buzzed enough to not be too miserable if I end up standing with my face in a stranger's armpit.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:04 (eleven years ago) link
They're playing Bad Religion.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:06 (eleven years ago) link
Now Better Than Ezra "Good." I'm totally going to sing to the dude next to me talking about his PC setup and making dick jokes. Y'all know how much I like to sing this song.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:09 (eleven years ago) link
WahhhawwwawwwwawwwawwWAHawwww
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:10 (eleven years ago) link
STAND DOWN RED ALERT. I walked out of the bar and into a cab. I repeat: stand down red alert.
We're stuck in traffic now, though, and "I Did It All For The Nookie" is on the radio. Lolllllll at me forever.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:33 (eleven years ago) link
I can't believe it's actually 80 degrees out here! The dew point must be insanely low b/c it feels AMAZING out here. I got a chill a minute ago when the wind hit my sweaty neck. Dry heat, yo!
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 01:00 (eleven years ago) link
Dew Point: 36 °F
That's awesome.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 01:02 (eleven years ago) link
This is Je55e J3ndra with traffic and weather on the eights.
Ah! Turns out that I never knew where Roy's was. I thought it was at Lincoln, Irving, and Damen. No wonder there was smoke in Lincoln Park.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 03:02 (eleven years ago) link
Boy was today a horrible day to have to drive. 2.5 hours to get home. LSD was a parking lot, 1.5 of those hours were simply getting from Balbo to Fullerton. I considered leaving my car overnight and taking a cab, but my boss called and said he abandoned his cab because it was just sitting and not moving anywhere.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 03:06 (eleven years ago) link
Looks like Roy's is pretty much screwed, they're going to tear down the whole building now.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 12:00 (eleven years ago) link
I hope it was an intentional insurance fraud fire and they wanted to lose the whole business and they don't get caught.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 12:26 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-man-injured-in-stabbing-inside-uptown-bar-20120530,0,2901475.story
I wonder which bar?
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 12:30 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-teen-dies-after-early-morning-uptown-neighborhood-shooting-20120529,0,6503948.story
Good grief!
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 12:32 (eleven years ago) link
Okay, one more - http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-brown-red-purple-lines-shut-down-due-to-extraalarm-fire-20120529,0,328774.story
Not only did Roy's burn down, a Metra train killed somebody, and a fire near Rockwell muffed up Brown Line trains up thataway.
I'm glad to know I'm not the only weirdo who felt a bond with Roy's, though.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 12:36 (eleven years ago) link
Luckily, everything was copacetic for me when I left work at 8. Kr was stranded in Evanston for a while, though.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 12:45 (eleven years ago) link
The stabbing was on the 5000 block of N Clark and the only bar I'm aware of on that block is T's.
Man, Roy's was apparently an institution. I feel like I'm back in Wilkesboro the way people are eulogizing it. My barber said she sent a lot of her customers there and said how cheap and cluttered but nice it was.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 13:21 (eleven years ago) link
Whoa that's right by my work!
― game of crones (La Lechera), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 13:23 (eleven years ago) link
Oh shit, the shooting was at Laurie's Pizza. Huh.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 13:27 (eleven years ago) link
Both are right by your work and right by my old apartment.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 13:28 (eleven years ago) link
What is going on Chicago? Calm down with the shooting and stabbings, eh?
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 13:49 (eleven years ago) link
just get the fires and violence over by July 3.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 14:06 (eleven years ago) link
Oh man I'm going to be out of town when you visit. But don't worry Morbs, we'll be all calmed down and the Cubs will be in first place by the time you arrive. Wait, I don't even think that last part is mathematically possible even.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
None of this is my fault.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
The comments on the Trib's report of the fire are as sweet as anyone could hope for. Couple of folks said Chicago is like a "third world city" b/c of shit like the fire, train delays, and broken glass on the lakeshore path.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
This was funny though: Just rioting Cub fans celebrating a two-game winning streak.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
ok you guys, want to waste time making loops? http://www.sembeo.com/media/Matrix.swf
been having a lot of fun with this the past 15 min or so
― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
oh god, that is super fun and amazing.
― deploying a sewer otter unit (askance johnson), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
1. Planes collided at O'Hare?
2. Is there a thread about that poor dude who ate that other poor dude's face? I'm interested in the drug angle and figure ILX could do a good job with that. (Also realized I'm really out of the loop, drugwise, when someone told me about "spice" and "bath salts" and I realized I had no idea what those things are.) (like, I had heard of bath salts but thought it was idiots actually ingesting bath additives, which is not the case?)
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:31 (eleven years ago) link
there's some discussion of the face-eating on the o_O 3 thread
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:33 (eleven years ago) link
I've seen that Matrix thing before. It's pretty fun. Everything sounds like Steve Reich.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:43 (eleven years ago) link
I'm interested in the drug angle and figure ILX could do a good job with that.
"plant food"
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:44 (eleven years ago) link
Thanking u both
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:46 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-747-cargo-plane-clips-commuter-plane-at-ohare-20120530,0,1105366.story
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 21:32 (eleven years ago) link
never forget "cheese"
― game of crones (La Lechera), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 22:32 (eleven years ago) link
kumail has a pretty classic bit about "cheese"
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 31 May 2012 00:28 (eleven years ago) link