As Seen Around London 3

Well, as seen around London last July:


Outside the National Gallery along the edge of Trafalgar Square.

Weekend Update

Weekend Arty Movie: I Am a Sex Addict
-A funny, sincere and satisfying psuedo-documentary.

Weekend Low-Brow Movie: Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
-I don't think this requires further explanation

Weekend Music:
-"Walking on the Sunshine," Katrina and the Waves
-"Between Us and Them," Moving Units
-"Wonderwall," Oasis
-"Disco Inferno," 50 Cent
-"The Fallen," Franz Ferdinand
-"Why Can't This Be Love," Van Halen

As Seen Around London (well, Oxford) 2

Stupid Americans in Paris, Part I

Overheard in the treasury of Notre Dame de Paris:

Lady 1: Did you know that? These cloaks were worn by Napoleon.
Lady 2: Was he the pope too?

As Seen Around London 1

I fear for my children's future, and I don't even have children

"They shrink -- yes, like 'girly men' -- from making the counter-argument. 'How can we explain climate change in the 30-second campaign ad?' Oh, I don't know -- how about this? 'The Republicans want your children to die!' There, I did it, and I have 28 seconds left." -- Bill Maher on the Democrats inability to take control of critical issues on this week's Real Time

And Now, For Something Completely Different

...mostly for the lawyers in the crowd.

So I work right by the fabulous "New York Street" set at the Fox lot, which, as you might imagine, is a big fake New York street, and they shoot all sorts of stuff (How I Met Your Mother, Bones, and assorted commercials are always out there).

Every time a new production comes in, they change the names of all the fake stores so it looks like a different place.

The last production in there (I'm not entirely sure who, but I think CSI: NY) had a great name for a fake coffee shop: Insufficient Grounds.

If I ever open a coffeeshop near a courthouse, that's what I'm naming it.

Glory Days

One of my coworkers, who leads our marketing department, stopped me in the hallway today. Suddenly we were talking about college and sharing memories of Medill and NU. I find out he used to live in ISRC back in the '80s.

Him: "You lived in Bobb, right?"
Me: "God no! CRC!"
Him: "Oh, you're totally a CRCer. You guys were always so much cooler than us. You always partied harder than we did. ISRC sucked. It kept me straight for too long."

We had this exchange after this same coworker shared that the person he's dating did a cartwheel after getting out of bed this morning.

I also found out from my boss (another Wildcat) that he worked as a waiter at Bennigan's after undergrad, which used to be in the location where Pete Miller's currently cooks its succulent steaks.

Fun with Money III

Late Night Walgreens Edition

$0.99 -- 1 Tic Tac BOLD!
$1.29* -- 1 Diet Mt. Dew
$4.49 -- 1 nine roll pack of toilet paper
$4.98 -- 2 bottles of Odwalla smoothies
$2.99 -- 1 six-count package of chicken corn dogs

*Why was my Mt. Dew subject to a 12% tax?

Fun with Money II

Getting Through the Week Edition

$10.78 -- 1 copy of Found II : More of the Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World
$2.00 -- 1 CTA fare with transfer
$40.00 -- 2 tickets to Northwestern Day at Wrigley Field (April 25)
$45.00 -- 1 Stella McCartney Absolute Rose Perfume
$28.00 -- 3 martinis with tip at Shine on Monday night

Why I hate school

Finals.

To the Chicago peeps: Sorry for not returning any calls this weekend.

Fun with Money I

Getting Stuff Done Around the House Edition

$24.95 -- 1 H&R Block Illinois State Tax Program
$15.95 -- 1 H&R Block Electronic Filing for Federal Income Tax Return
$15.95 -- 1 H&R Block Electronic Filing for Illinois State Tax Return
$883 -- 1 Payment to the IRS
$8 -- 1 Payment to the Illinois Tax Whatever-Its-Called
$3.99 -- 1 Pint of Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey
$18.95 -- 1 Bottle of Effen Black Cherry Vodka

No depth, all coolness

Coworker and company groupies partying at the Museum of Contemporary Art, April 2006. 

I think we may have found where a certain UFGer's wardrobe went

The Kevin F. Sherry Sweater Project

Oh yeah, The Daily wrote about it.

Perhps he is a member of that very special 5%?

There was a thirtysomething guy riding the elevator in my building this afternoon wearing a t-shirt that read, "I (heart) my penis."

I wanted to ask what makes it so special, but that somehow seemed inappropriate.

Life Just Got Easier!

Tonight, we attended the Found Footage Festival, and it was probably one of the funniest things I've ever seen. One of our favorites was a promotional video for the EZ Catch Chicken Harvester. For your viewing pleasure, here it is:

Fuck You, NU Cameron

Edit: Damn you, Cameron! At least you had the decency to confess your April Fools' prank.

I have to admit, you did a nice job setting up the fake blog, complete with collegiate misspellings and references to a food-poisoning incident at Hinman, rendering your work much more believable.

You also had the unwitting help of the eternally incompetent Northwestern University leadership, whose monumental stupidity also lent credence to your fiendish plot.

I will, however, get you for this. Until that time, I'm off to get the word "sucker" tattooed on my forehead.


Okay, I admit, at first I thought it might be an April Fools' prank because of the date on this post by Cameron over Dave Wecsler Doesn't Exist.

Then I followed the link she posted, realized it was way too early and sincere for a prank, and recoiled in horror.

The kid who posted that says nothing's been offically decided yet, but I think if they're warning the students already, it's about as close to official as it's going to get.

Hail to alma mater...fuckers.