wacky1980

i dunno...melvin p thorpe shut her down pretty hard

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i hate showering in this house. everything's old. rust and lime scales off and ends up in the bottom of the tub. the water heater is 2 stories away and takes forever to push hot water all the way upstairs. i'm in and out as fast as humanly possible. and even then, there's rarely enough hot water for two back-to-back showers.

only for a minute. you get over it pretty quick.

listen, i agree on all of this thread and whatnot, but you done fucked one thing up. i think by volume she's at least 1/3 fake.

oh, there's plenty of reasons. i just missed you face, that's all! what's a little light-hearted ribbing between old buds?

...oh yeah HEY you're THAT guy! i remember you! man! yeah. how's it been, you? yeah, i totally remember you. you're ... the, the, the guy, who did that thing! oh, man. that was such an awesome thing you did. wow. blast from the past, amirite? dude....man. so cool. anyways, i gotta run, man. WOW i can't believe it, it's been SO long! we should really hang out sometime. huh, cool... wow. good to see you again man! *runs*

finally a little good news. this afternoon, i received notice that we're being awarded one of the grants i applied for. it's the smaller, lottery-based grant, but every little chunk helps. at least now we should be able to catch up on all our outstanding bills. the need-based one still hasn't popped. i did find someone inside that particular office who was willing to discuss the situation. she said we missed the cutoff for round 2 consideration (even though we submitted while round 1 was still open), so our application is still technically "under review" and we still have a chance at getting it, as long as the fund doesn't deplete before our application gets a decision. i sure hope the receipt of the small grant doesn't affect our eligibility for the bigger one...

some rolls come battered and fried...

20% tax rate? seems legit.

we went out for sushi last night. first time since probably february. we also took the boys but they were not impressed, so they had noodles and hibachi chicken.

spoken like a true chicagoan.

you've tried malort more than once, i see.

malort and old style the end result is pretty much the same...

i can't imagine a worse way to spend $5 exists in the entire state.

Some gets pushed off to Missouri though, which isn't really an improvement tbh.

And when (if) madigan goes to prison, he'll just be the next in a long line of IL heads to roll directly from their executive office into an 8x8. And someone else will pick up the torch. Rinse. Repeat.

didn't get a pic last night, so i'm lifting this one from elsewhere. drank a sex and candy from 18th st brewery last night. not bad. i feel like discole needs one of these.

really, clay county is more kentucky than illinois.

i'm going with 3. shit's gonna run down the outside of the straw and into #3 rather than taking a lemming run off the edge and falling into #2. surface tension > inertia on that scale. ...unless there's something going on with the oil being dumped out of the lipton-branded infuser. not really sure wtf is going on there...

the number 5...but not all the time. only when i'm ill and unconscious. that's when it haunts me.

it's nice and cool out, so i have the windows open. only now, i have to listen to the bro rider neighbors getting drunk on fucking mich ultra and pinnacle raspberry vodka, like the pile of cringe they are.

...it doesn't? i mean, are you picking up new certs or just changing jobs a lot?

is that @1938 Packard trying to get in on a lady again?

i accidentally tap shit all the time. no worries. *quietly judges from a safe distance*