Chicago MMXII

It's really nice out, btw. I just went across the street and sat on a bench in the shade for about 45 minutes while reading some stuff for work (i.e., I am going to count it as on-the-clock).

I got free Jimmy Johns for lunch today from some sales dude. It was awesome.

i'd like to see people. maybe we could do pub quiz next week or something?

sounds good! consider me tentatively in.

I just took a 2.5 hour nap. I'm discombobulated.

I am actually going to a Global Affairs Pub Quiz on Tuesday with Kr and two of her coworkers. Which means I need to flip through some back issues of The Economist this weekend to study up.

Did y'all see this? :D

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-06-15/news/ct-met-gay-marriage-lawsuit-20120615a_1_gay-marriage-camilla-taylor-marriage-laws

I'm going to the Green Music thing w/ Courtney and LL . Nick, LL, let me know if you're going to a show tomorrow night. I'll probably be in.

I was trying to get to NYC to escape Pride but plane tickets never got cheap enough, so I'm going to evacuate to Courtney's place.

Xp - yes! And Lisa Madigan won't defend the law either and David Orr agrees with the lawsuit against his own office. A third party is trying to become a defendant so that it won't go completely undefended.

Oh! Lol, what I said was in that story. I thought it ended at the mesothelioma ad.

so anyone have any interest in pub quiz tomorrow other than LL (expressed interest) and jaymc (busy)?

FYI i am teetering on the fence because i might pick d up from the aeropuerto

Going to the Cubs game. I don't know if they are worse at baseball than I am at pub trivia. It's a toss up.

I could possibly do that. But don't put be down in pen yet. I could have a hellish day tomorrow at work, and end up hating life. I'm half-expecting it, actually.

alright, doesn't seem like it'll happen

God help me but I'm still not feeling well enough for weeknight socializing. I am at the ENT right now waiting for the doc to look inside my head however and he asked me if I had taken any antibiotics lately so I think he's going to FIX EVERYTHING. Then I'm goin to eat so much p--- I mean, attend so much pub quiz.

I'd like to go sometime. I invited Courtney's Irish co-worker and her Irish friend who met at the Gl0be while watching an Irish sport b/c they like that pub and they like pub quiz and they are fun folks and Irish.

Did you all hear that Jesse Jackson Jr. is really sleepy?

I hear that he's exhausted.

I would Globe it up any time I'm free. Btw, you may have seen this on social media, but Kr and I and her coworker Kate totally came in first of 35 teams at the global affairs pub quiz last night. The five rounds actually ended in a tie, but our team was closer to the official population of Greenland than the other team (though still quite a ways off). Also one of the questions had to do with how long my employer has been in business.

congratulations

Nice going, jaymc!

Speaking of Kr, I saw her on the train this morning and announced my presence by touching her wrist for some reason and she didn't recognize me right away and thought somebody was trying to pickpocket her.

hi5 smarties

I don't know why I didn't just say hi. Or like, tap her shoulder. Or text her.

Nice work jaymc! A friend of mine participated in that, she said her group didn't do very well and that it was pretty tough.

good job jaymc and kr!

was tempted to wait and post this at 4:20 but i'd probably forget (because i'm so high)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-chicago-city-council-passes-pot-ticket-ordinance-20120627,0,7253062.story

SWED

Thanks!

A friend of mine participated in that, she said her group didn't do very well and that it was pretty tough.

Yeah, it was definitely tough, but we were nerds about it and studied current events beforehand.

Hey, that's good news about the pot! How much is 15 grams? Like, what common household item is 15 grams of pot the same size as?

it's a little over half an ounce

which is, like, quite a bit of weed imo

Wow, yeah! That's really great.

a+ chicago aldermans

Pot's decriminalized, we might get a city-wide bike share program... We're like one vegan cafe away from being Portland.

there's a vegan cafe like a block away from my house

We'd have to stop vaccinating so much to get to Portland level.

our metal scene is healthy, but we're still no portland

We'd have to stop vaccinating so much to get to Portland level.

Maybe I have whooping cough after all.

lol

lot higher larper % of population out there too afaict

HOT ENOUGH OUT THERE FOR YOU?

But seriously, I had another song dream last night. This time I actually got up and went to the bathroom and sang the song out loud so I wouldn't forget it when I woke up and sure enough, it's gone.

It was kind of Modest Mouse-esque with a call and response verse that switched back and forth between falsetto and regular singing. It was something about moving to LA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl9vGHVT_Xs

^^^ the kind of drums I imagine myself playing in my imaginary band

my org had our annual luncheon today and t0ni pr3ckwinkle was there, with a security guy wearing an earpiece

I love her.

i finished the hood and closure of my cape this afternoon! it's almost done.

What? Cape? Are you a super hero (I know the answer to that question is "Yes").

I am a druid. Imma put up a picture soon, hold on...

!!

Funnily enough, I am actually dressing up like the mighty Thor tomorrow for a children's program at the library.

but a druid is more impressive. Perhaps I should have insisted that I dress up as http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20050405044761/marveldatabase/images/0/03/Anthony_Druid_(Earth-616).jpg