February 2012
Chicago: looking for a roommate?
I was just talking to a friend who works at the Obama campaign. They have about 30 new staffers every week coming to town in need of somewhere to live. If you’re looking for a roommate or someone to rent out your condo (and you’re willing to do a 6 month lease in case they leave town), then this might work for you.
I AM MOVING
to a loft in Greektown.
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1337
In my effort to move to a new neighborhood, I put in an application for the first (and only) apartment that I looked at.
Today I raced to the realtor to beat any other applicants and I think I won. I’m also feeling pretty good that the realtor’s street address is 1337.
If all goes well, I’m be moving from Edgewater to Greektown/UIC Halsted. Changing up my commute from 9 miles...
komen outrage
There isn’t a lot left that leaves me outraged, but I find myself outraged by the total cluster that is Komen pulling funding from Planned Parenthood.
I grew up to an activist, but after managing a sexual assault and child abuse prevention hotline… I gave up. When the cops let a rapist go because they don’t believe the 13 year old victim… you lose steam. I lost steam. I...
Amadi Talks: Planned Parenthood, Komen & Moving... →
amaditalks:
So Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure today announced that they will no longer give any funding to Planned Parenthood.
This funding allowed Planned Parenthood to provide breast examinations and referrals for mammography and ultrasound to patients at their health centers, patients who were able to…
I’m someone who participated in two of the Komen 3-Day walks and raised...
January 2012
"It's legal in New York now."
I’m watching the famous abortion episodes of Maude. So far they’ve talked about it without using the word. “You have other options. It’s legal now in New York.”
The episodes are called Maude’s Dilemma, make some time to watch them.
poobah asked: Got it linked now. Thanks for the oversight. 2029dickens-dot-com
“Your new front-runner is one of your old front runners, Newt Gingrich. I would...”
– Carville to GOP: You have a disaster on your hands - CNN.com
“He asked the one question that is my benchmark for a chivalrous date: he asked...”
– http://baseball-prose.com/
“I’m always counseling against love,” she said. “I tell them not to invest time...”
– Leslie Hawke and David Weiss — Vows - NYTimes.com
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"so... when did you fall in love with hip-hop?"
GIRLS ARE PRETTY: That Was Your Last Relationship... →
girlsareprettyforever:
You’re only 36 but the 14-month romantic relationship you ended yesterday is going to be the last one you’ll ever be party to. While you are feeling optimistic about playing the field and finding “the one,” you shouldn’t. You’ll date many people and you’ll often be the one who decides it’s not right. Either owing to your confidence in yourself or your constantly finding...
We're totally selling a camera, can't you tell?
sexistads:
Kaitlyn - first I thought it was just typically sexist - “oh look hot girls, use our camera to take pictures of hot girls.” Then I actually looked closer and oh I need to take a shower.
This is like those magic eyes posters. I looked at it last week, saw the hand around the camera and thought it was creepy. Like older man hands on the camera. Then today I looked at it and noticed...
QUESTION!
8bitian:
girlsack:
My partner and I are in charge of “snack break” next week for our acting class and I don’t know what to do.
It doesn’t have to be gluten free. I don’t want to be boring and bake cookies/cupcakes : /
What would you want your classmate to bring?
Pie
Fruit and cheese!
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peer pressure
After some positive peer pressure (in the form of online dating IM chats with men who are cyclists), I committed to riding this week. Put my bike on the front of the 136 this morning and I’ll ride home tonight.
“After a lifetime of dating bad boys and not really knowing what she was looking...”
– Jenna Miranda and Mitch Meyers - Vows - NYTimes.com
Sorry NYTimes, but if a couple meets during undergrad and dates for seven years and then marries - she didn’t have a lifetime of dating bad boys. It’s called high school and freshman year.
Thank god, that’s not a lifetime.
“All the while they corresponded almost entirely through letters, which both...”
– Jenna Miranda and Mitch Meyers - Vows - NYTimes.com
Louis CK's Shameful Dirty Comedy
viafrank:
I’ve been thinking about Louis CK lately. I’m a fan of his show on FX, and I’m so happy his recent adventure in distributing his newest comedy special himself has been a rousing success. But my thoughts are going elsewhere to wonder why he has blown up in popularity in the past couple years, and why his comedy seems to resonate with these times. It always feels like there’s a...
my date is over
I am free to chase my hollywood crush* around Chicago.
*Jason Segel
my hollywood crush is in Chicago
And I didn’t cancel my date to go stalk him. This must mean I’m a grown-up.
Woman Raped by Paramedic —in Ambulance: Cops -... →
8bitian:
iggyjack:
(NEWSER) – Yet another truly horrific Christmas Day story: A Connecticut woman was raped in the wee hours of Dec. 25, say police—by the paramedic who was dispatched to help her after she fell at a holiday party. Police say the 22-year-old woman suffered a head injury and lost consciousness around 3am; an American Medical Response ambulance arrived to take her Yale-New Haven...
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three little resolutions
1. start bike commuting again
2. wear more accessories
3. go on more dates. A lot more dates.
“When did voluntarily becoming a single mom become a gauge of how deeply a woman...”
– Melanie Notkin: Fertility: Should You Have A Baby On Your Own?
“This is kind of my thing. I don’t get my hair done. I don’t go for designer...”
– Winners Wear Yellow: Race$ Co$t Money
And it’s not a terrible thing in the least. (She has an AWESOME racing year lined up and I can’t wait to follow it.)
I didn’t bulk buy admissions, but I did register for a big race — in Euro, which helps with the denial of how much it actually costs. Super...
“Torch was no doctor, but he knew he wanted a life of quality, not just quantity....”
– How Doctors Die « Zócalo Public Square