ugly

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/18/australia.ugly.women.ap/index.html

Outside Lands

http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/schedule/

WHO SHOULD I SEE?

http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/artists/

ESPANA!!!

Coffee

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/05/health/05brod.html?em

Coffee is good!

tax bullshit

I think it is bullshit that I pay tax on a fucking gift card!  So what, you get charged tax AGAIN when you use the card???Anthropologie...no more gift card purchase from me.

Ikea Name

SYEETIELLÖUKÖRNDÖRD

http://www.blogadilla.com/swedishFurniture/swedishFurniture.html

Lolla Day 3

NIN

Nine Inch Nails.  Total downer group but awesome show.  Trent Reznor is hotter with meat on him.  

The Machine Rages On

Buckingham Fountain made it easier to meet up with people.  AT&T sucks so much.  They sponsored the biggest stage there but couldn't give good cellular service.  I didn't have it as bad as others with AT&T, but I have to bitch.  Austin CIty Limits Festival last year was plagued with the same thing.  Soo...you had to make prearrangements.  Can't deny that the Chicago skyline as a backdrop to music made the music even better.

Rage Against the Machine was fiery.  We stood deeper in the crowd than Radiohead.  A little scary for this old girl but the crowd stayed in check where we stood.  Almost 2 hours of angst and powerful words and music.  It was by far the best show the entire weekend.

Lolla Day 2

I wanted to see MGMT, but the opportunity to see Perry Farrell (born Peretz Bernstein) and his rumored special guest Slash. Well, we waited for almost 30 minutes and got nothing. Then they announced the special guest was Samantha Ronson...fucking Lindsey Lohan's girlfriend. We had to tell the people around us who she was. We left for food. Apparently, the show was pretty uneventful chock full of sound problems. Perry slammed a bottle of champagne at the very beginning. Slash made it out to the last 20 minutes of the set.

Afterward, I saw all of Lupe Fiasco from the Lolla Balloon on the South end of Grant Park. My bladder full of wine made me miss Superstar.

RATM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratm

"Sleep Now in the Fire" video shoot

On January 26, 2000, filming of the music video for "Sleep Now in the Fire", which was directed by Michael Moore, caused the doors of the New York Stock Exchange to be closed and the band to be escorted from the site by security,^[53] after band members attempted to gain entry into the Exchange^[54]. Trading on the Exchange floor, however, continued uninterrupted^[55].

Footage of enthusiastic Wall Street employees headbanging to Rage's music was used in the final video. "We decided to shoot this video in the belly of the beast", said Moore, who was threatened with arrest during the shooting of the video because Moore failed to get a permit.^[53]

Lollapolooza Day 1 - Friday.

Mate of State - they were ok.  Good way to start the festival

The Raconteurs - the guy with the blond curly hair could double as Justin Timberlake.  Enjoyed the show.  Nice that the sun started to go down at this point

RADIOHEAD - Fucking great.  Sat kinda in the back away from the insanity.  The fireworks display with Fake Plastic Trees...PERFECT.

Rage Against Dirty Hands

This was a sensible music festival.  Toilet paper, relatively short porta potty lines and hand sanitizer to boot!

Drum Corner

Last night I met up with some Austinites in WP.  Told them to tell the cabbie North Ave, Milwaukee, & Damen and to meet by the Bank of America (formerly known as Filter).  Couldn't really meet on the corner b/c of the drum circle with patchouli and all.  And it wasn't just a drum they were beating on.  The performance also included the sounds of sticks hitting an OLD TV.  By 3AM, they were definitely gone.

Harbor Light Triathlon in Waukegan

Well it was a true Tri.  The plan was to run with 2 friends who were going to do the swim and bike legs of the Tri.  However, we got there at 6:45AM.  The bike was suppose to be at the transition place at 6:45AM.  The person swimming wanted to try and make it to the start of the race (it was a mile walk from the  parking lot) by hopping on the bike and ditching it by the water.  There wasn't any talk of where to find the bike but hell, it was worth a shot...However, the bike had a flat.  Oh well we tried!

Storm

Last night pin point Doppler was right.  A storm from the west did come in.  Good thing the we didn't hit Movies in the Park at Grant Park.  Blues Brothers according to my BF is something I HAVE to watch.  This is coming from someone who hasn't been to a movie theatre since the first of the Star Wars Prequel.  If I were standing when the storm front came in, I would have been knocked over.  It made doors slam, wall art fall, papers fly.   

Granite Counter Tops!!!

Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking and is considered especially dangerous to smokers, whose lungs are already compromised. Children and developing fetuses are vulnerable to radiation, which can cause other forms of cancer. Mr. Witt said the E.P.A. is not studying health risks associated with granite countertops because of a “lack of resources.”

Wow...I had no idea. Anyway, I'm sure I get exposed to things worse than this.

Twin Tuition

Check this out. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/education/edlife/27twins.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Thought this was interesting especially since 2 of my first cousins have a set of twins.

Wicker Park Fest

Spent some at Wicker Park Fest today with the BF and my sister and Homey. Very different from the Wells Street Art Fest. At Wells Street, you get your typical drunk young people walking their dogs and pushing their $800 strollers. You will find the same at Wicker Park Fest except on the small dog leash you have an iguana. Her name was Percy. She climbed the trunk of a tree in the grounds of Wicker Park. It's not a chick magnet like a lab puppy! It got a lot of attention though. Too bad I didn't have an iPhone to capture the moment. But there was an emo guy who could have passed for a homeless dude who whip his iPhone out to snap a pic.

Oh yes, I did. I wikipediaed Wicker Park: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Town%2C_Chicago#Wicker_Park

Shirts BACK ON!!!

There's a store not far from me called Shirt Off Sheffield.  It's a side store to the original Shirts On Sheffield that is actually on a street called Sheffield.  Well, it looks like Shirts OFF Sheffield is going...going...gone.  I saw a SHIRTLESS fat man in the window of the store...DUDE...put your shirt BACK on!

Risks with Leftovers

I love Joy's Noodles.  Esp the Pad Woon Sen with tofu.  When I go, I peruse the menu, but this is my usual.  And I take half of it home.  Well, I really wanted to eat it last night (Sunday) but it's been in my fridge since last Wednesday around lunch.  Hmmm...4 days of fertile grounds for bacteria.  It was sweeter than usual so it's just as good as a petri dish. Not the best thing to eat...I wanted it so badly. 

 

Instead I ate the following:  a 2-egg (whites only), with kale, salt, garlic powder on a fat-free Central Market flour tortilla.  It was sufficient.