1. Part of the #predicate gang. 2. I think you and I have nearly identical taste in music, but for some reason you remind me of a lot of Spoon songs. I can't pick a particular one. 3. You're very personable and agreeable, but you're also unhesitant to say if someone is being a dick, which I think is pretty admirable. 4. I posted the Operation Kitten Calendar video in the channel and you said "I love you." Though I think you were drunk at the time. 5. This is a hard question! I'll come back to it. 6. How did you end up living in Chicago? 7. The one on this post, one-eared Alina.
6. I came to Chicago from Austin one year for a conference. Some of my friends from undergrad lived here, so I hung out with them as well. It was a beautiful unseasonably warm bright sunshiny March weekend, and I was staying in a hotel on Michigan Ave. And the conference was in a hotel down at the other end of Michigan. So I just fell in love with the beautiful city and it was exactly what I was looking for in terms of where to live - a big city but relatively affordable and I knew some people here and I could keep my car if I wanted to.
So after graduating from grad school, I moved up here without having a job lined up or anything. Still very glad I did.
1. #predicate and its environs. 2. I most associate you with the soothing sounds of Industrial Music. 3. You always put up with our stupid requests for mulebot features. 4. The puns. Always the puns. 5. uh...Dan Aykroyd from Sneakers? Maybe. 6. having kids: slightly terrifying or extremely terrifying? 7. I think you've only got the one.
4. Well, have to see in Chicago how I did. Last time around, Amanda was the only one that made any, if I recall correctly.
5. Thanks, I love Aykroyd.
6. Actually, only slightly terrifying. I babysat a lot as a teen, and in many ways I was told I was their favorite (largely because I engaged them and didn't ignore them). Maybe this helped prepare me, I don't know. I love pets, and in some ways I find kids analogous. I guess in some ways I'm luck as my kids seem pretty easy compared to some.
1. See above. 2. Metal. Metal and lolcats. 3. Actually, I appreciate your steadfast belief in your aesthetic taste. Though I still do not appreciate being called a square. 4. That evening we all hung out in collier's living room. I believe you were wearing her leather jacket. 5. Brian Posehn. 6. All else being equal, Austin or Chicago? 7. The baseball cap-icon pic. Was that keet's work?
That's a toughie because all else is decidedly not equal. But assuming parity of job, living situation, and friends, I guess I'd pick Austin for the weather and the nightlife. And the cheaper doobage. :)
Oh, and the baseball cap icon came from an icon generator link that was making the rounds way back when I first started my journal. It's the second-oldest one in my collection, I think, after the "lost souls" one I used for this comment. Which I found by doing a Google search for "skulls."
1. See above. 2. I most associate you with taking the fun out of our favorite vices of consumption. Oh, for the days when Camels were endorsed by doctors. 3. Well, I guess you're saving our lives. So, thanks. 4. A number of surprise your mom jokes you've told. 5. Colby from the Upright Citizens Brigade TV series. 6. Why Detroit? 7. Insane Cake Lady.
1. See above. 2. I most associate you with your mom jokes. And your actual mom, who I've had sex with. 3. Your ability to shout "NERDS" at just the right time. Also you own bees. 4. Wigs. 5. Gob Bluth. 6. why are you so mean to me
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1. Part of the #predicate gang.
2. I think you and I have nearly identical taste in music, but for some reason you remind me of a lot of Spoon songs. I can't pick a particular one.
3. You're very personable and agreeable, but you're also unhesitant to say if someone is being a dick, which I think is pretty admirable.
4. I posted the Operation Kitten Calendar video in the channel and you said "I love you." Though I think you were drunk at the time.
5. This is a hard question! I'll come back to it.
6. How did you end up living in Chicago?
7. The one on this post, one-eared Alina.
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So after graduating from grad school, I moved up here without having a job lined up or anything. Still very glad I did.
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2. I most associate you with the soothing sounds of Industrial Music.
3. You always put up with our stupid requests for mulebot features.
4. The puns. Always the puns.
5. uh...Dan Aykroyd from Sneakers? Maybe.
6. having kids: slightly terrifying or extremely terrifying?
7. I think you've only got the one.
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4. Well, have to see in Chicago how I did. Last time around, Amanda was the only one that made any, if I recall correctly.
5. Thanks, I love Aykroyd.
6. Actually, only slightly terrifying. I babysat a lot as a teen, and in many ways I was told I was their favorite (largely because I engaged them and didn't ignore them). Maybe this helped prepare me, I don't know. I love pets, and in some ways I find kids analogous. I guess in some ways I'm luck as my kids seem pretty easy compared to some.
7. Actually, I have four.
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2. Metal. Metal and lolcats.
3. Actually, I appreciate your steadfast belief in your aesthetic taste. Though I still do not appreciate being called a square.
4. That evening we all hung out in collier's living room. I believe you were wearing her leather jacket.
5. Brian Posehn.
6. All else being equal, Austin or Chicago?
7. The baseball cap-icon pic. Was that keet's work?
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That's a toughie because all else is decidedly not equal. But assuming parity of job, living situation, and friends, I guess I'd pick Austin for the weather and the nightlife. And the cheaper doobage. :)
--- Ajax.
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--- Ajax.
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2. I most associate you with taking the fun out of our favorite vices of consumption. Oh, for the days when Camels were endorsed by doctors.
3. Well, I guess you're saving our lives. So, thanks.
4. A number of surprise your mom jokes you've told.
5. Colby from the Upright Citizens Brigade TV series.
6. Why Detroit?
7. Insane Cake Lady.
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Well, that and all my non-intarweb friends and family live in Michigan, so Detroit being our big urban area, the job opps are here.
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2. I most associate you with your mom jokes. And your actual mom, who I've had sex with.
3. Your ability to shout "NERDS" at just the right time. Also you own bees.
4. Wigs.
5. Gob Bluth.
6. why are you so mean to me
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