What are you doing right now?

[Breeze54]

I'm just sitting here typing, listening to that PBS 'Washington Shout Fest'
with all the rethugs and one lone Dem. woman who gets shouted over/talked
over all the time. It's sad, really. :eyes:

I'm enjoying a cocktail too. A Friday night :toast: to you all!

I had Chinese food leftovers for dinner. My son went crazy buying takeout last night.
It was pretty good! He bought way to much food though. He was feeling better.
He's had a cough and cold all week. He's had the last 3 days off and slept all day,
each day until today. But he took off for the night.

We're ready for the monsoon coming after midnight. All small objects were brought into the house.
I'll be covering my car with a tarp in a few hours. My hard top convertible leaks. :(

So, anyway, just thought I'd say hello and see what you are up to tonight. ;)

[ghostsofgiants]

1. Being a nerd and doing shit to customize Windows.

[Breeze54]

5. I do that too! LOL!

I did that a lot with Windows ME. It worked too. ;)

But I haven't tweaked XP at all. I haven't had any problems with it, that I know of...

I did uninstall Spy Blaster today and downloaded and installed the new version, 4.0

I feel safer now. :P

:toast:

[ghostsofgiants]

13. I got boredI recently installed the LiteStep shell, a really nice interface for it and ObjectDock...

And made a new wallpaper.

[Breeze54]

17. You made that?

Nice but who is that guy? Is that bush?

I see you use Firefox. Good choice. ;)

[ghostsofgiants]

23. I've been using Firefox since before it was called Firefox, haha.

I remember when it was called Phoenix, and then Firebird. I have Opera, Internet Explorer and Safari installed too, which I use to test webpages when I'm doing design work.

The Wallpaper is a screencap from the film Videodrome, actually. It's Brian O'Blivion.

[CreekDog]

2. Calling whatshername a monster in GDP

:evilgrin:

jk

:pals:

[Breeze54]

9. You're so funny! LOL!

:P

That's one reason I'm not in there. :rofl:

The level of discourse is basement at best. :puke:

[BarenakedLady]

3. Just finished an hour-long game of Text Twist

Still haven't beaten my high score. :(

[Breeze54]

8. I never heard of that game.

Is it an online game?

[BarenakedLady]

10. Yes indeedy!

http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=texttwist

[Breeze54]

11. Thanks! I'll check it out!

:hi:

[DarkTirade]

4. Procrastinating.

I should be out grocery shopping. :P

[Breeze54]

12. Ugh! I hate going food shopping but my local store

got new grocery carts built for one person! I love them!!

They sort of look like 'walkers' with baskets but they're

smaller and easier to handle. I haven't tried them yet.

I need to get out more! :rofl:

[DarkTirade]

37. Yeah, this store has one or two of them floating around

and one of the nearby 24 hour (Not Walmart!) stores has a whole herd of 'em. Quite handy for those of us who aren't shopping for a family of 17.

[huskerlaw]

6. I'm still at work

but I'll be leaving in 6 minutes...not that I'm counting.

After that, I get to battle Los Angeles' rush hour traffic. I'll be home in about an hour.

The rest of the evening? I don't know!

[Breeze54]

14. You are probably gone already but hope your drive is uneventful.

I used to drive I-5 From Carlsbad to Laguna Beach, California

It sucked!!

[huskerlaw]

I'm home!

The drive was extremely uneventful. And very short! Only 30 minutes to get from downtown to the valley. At one point, I was going 70 mph. I'm astounded.

[Breeze54]

34. That's awesome! Sometimes the timing is just right!

Now you can relax!

Kick off your shoes and pour yourself a beverage and put your feet up!

It's Friday!! :hi:

[Inchworm]

7. Barbecuing on the porch in the rain

Looks like I shoulda started earlier. I'm starved! :9

:hi:

[Breeze54]

16. I hope it turns out ok!

I hate the rain... well; I hate cold rain, like we're getting here. :(

It's 34 degree's here and it's only just started drizzling.

The big storm is still moving in...

Have a good dinner! :hi:

[Bennyboy]

15. I am watching Les Claypool on the Langerado webcast!

Sickness! www.iclips.net.

[Breeze54]

21. Sounds like fun!

Although to be honest, I have no idea who Claypool is or what Langerado is! :P

:hi:

[Bennyboy]

39. Les Claypool is the bassist from Primus

and various other projects. (this is one of them). And Langerado is a music festval from the Big Cypress indian reservation in FLA. 3 day affair with the top talent around, all webcast this weekend. Later tonight the Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars (great band with a very interesting moving story), and then Mickey Hart (gratefuld dead) band.

[Breeze54]

42. Sounds awesome! I knew I'd heard that name before

but I couldn't place it.

Primus played a fest in Wisconsin with The Flaming Lips.

My son's band opened for them!!

Sounds like you are having a great time! :P

:woohoo: :woohoo:

Thanks for all the info. too! :hi:

[Bennyboy]

54. The lineup for the whole fest....

Beastie Boys • R.E.M. • Phil Lesh & Friends • 311 • Matisyahu • Thievery Corporation • The Roots • Gov't Mule • Ani DiFranco • Ben Folds • G. Love & Special Sauce • Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood • Built to Spill • The National • Les Claypool • Umphrey's McGee • The Disco Biscuits • Keller Williams • Mickey Hart Band • STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9) • of Montreal • The Wailers • funky Meters • Citizen Cope • Antibalas • !!! • Dark Star Orchestra • Ozomatli • Sam Bush • Minus the Bear • Ghostland Observatory • Arrested Development • Blind Melon • Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars • The New Deal • Benevento Russo Duo • Perpetual Groove • Railroad Earth • Martin Sexton • The Avett Brothers • Grace Potter and the Nocturnals • The Walkmen • Dr. Dog • Indigenous • State Radio • The Bad Plus • The Felice Brothers • Pelican • Yard Dogs Road Show • Brett Dennen • Earl Greyhound • The New Mastersounds • Dan Deacon • Josh Ritter • Pete Francis • Chris Harford and the Band of Changes • Blitzen Trapper • matt pond PA • The Dynamites feat. Charles Walker • Bassnectar • The Lee Boys • Shout Out Louds • Golem • The Wood Brothers • Busdriver • RAQ • Will Hoge • Spam Allstars • Phix • American Babies • Dead Confederate • The Heavy Pets • Backyard Tire Fire • The Postmarks • Steel Train • Hoots and Hellmouth • Jonah Smith • Pnuma Trio • Awesome New Republic • That 1 Guy • Trevor Hall • American Bang • School of Rock All-Stars • Ben Jelen • Palominos • Live Painting by LEBO •

[Breeze54]

55. WoW! That's a lot of bands and music!!

Just awesome! Thanks for posting all that! :hi:

[supernova]

18. Posting on DU and watching Coupling on BBC america

Also letting a glass of red wine breathe before I drink it.

Happy weekend, everybody!

:grouphug:

:toast:

[Breeze54]

20. I'm watching NOW now... I watch BBC late at night

You sound like you're doing what I'm doing! ;)

:toast:

[ScreamingMeemie]

19. Fending off an infection from a wayward dental procedure.

Hello.

[Breeze54]

22. Ewe! That doesn't sound very good.

:(

Are you taking antibiotics for it, I hope?!

I have dental issues myself. I'll be having dental surgery soon. :(

I'm not looking forward to it but I'll be glad when it's over.

:hug: to you MrsGrumpy. I hope you feel better soon. :hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

25. It was a tooth removal gone bad. The original plan was simple...

It got infected, into the jaw bone. But it's my fault for not asking for steroids with the antibiotics. I am on Clindamycin now. We'll see what happens. Good luck with your dental work. :hug:

[Breeze54]

30. That sounds painful; you poor kid.

I have a similar situation. One of my eye teeth lost it's cap and now, I think, it might
be infected. It hurts sometimes and I was told last time I saw a dentist, that it would
have to be removed by a surgeon. :( I'm sure I'll be on the antibiotics as well.

Hoping you feel better soon!! :hug:

[LeftyMom]

24. I'm trying to think of a good excuse for not making dinner.

But I can't, so I think I'm going to go make dinner before my stomach gives up on growling threats and just rips out my spinal column and beats me with it.

[Breeze54]

28. I hear that!

I hated those nights... couldn't think of a damn thing to make for dinner and it was up to me
to always try to come up with something. Ugh... I usually would opt for soup & tuna sandwiches
or something simple those nights. I cooked steak & baked potaoes the other night and I baked a
chicken breast with rice the night before that. I'm glad when it was my son's turn he went and
got Chinese Take Out! :P I hope you think of something satisfying for you! :hi:

[IronLionZion]

26. running performance tests on software (oh yes, I'm at work on a Friday night)

my girlfriend is not too happy with the situation, but at least I get to check in on DU now and again. I have a busy weekend ahead of me.

[Breeze54]

32. Are you working overtime?

I hope you're geting paid extra for it! I had a job once, testing software but I just couldn't
stand the 'little Hitler' I worked for. He was just awful! Hopefully, your GF will understand.
It's nice you have internet access while you're there! Try to get some rest this weekend anyway. ;)

[flvegan]

27. Wondering how much worse the weather is going to get tonight.

At the same time, pondering how much douchebaggery runs rampant on DU in the evening hours of a fine Friday.

Oh, and Smackdown is on.

[Breeze54]

33. Aren't you up my way?

In Mass? :shrug: I thought you were. It's only drizzling here right now but it's supposed to get really bad tomorrow morning.
The weather people were suggesting it would be a 3 movie day tomorrow. I'm not near any bad flooding area's but there
are many in MA & NH that are bracing with sandbags for this event.

[flvegan]

38. Nah, I USED to live in MA.

I'm a Florida boy for the last many. The "fl" in flvegan is for Florida.

[Breeze54]

45. OK....

Than I must have read you mentioning MA. and that's here I got that idea.

'FL' vegan --DOH! :P

I think you are getting the same storm as us tonight and tomorrow.

Be safe! :hi:

[flvegan]

47. I'm all about MA.

Born there, grew up there, love it there. Sox fan, Pats fan. I'm the guy that goes critical mass when Papelbon is pitching. I talk MA quite a bit. I could see making that connection.

[Breeze54]

49. Gotcha! and Papelbon re signed!! Signed back up!

:P

:woohoo: :woohoo:

I hear you! I grew up here too and then moved away for 12 yrs. or more
then moved back when my youngest was 5 yrs. old. I miss the SW though.

[flvegan]

53. Beckett/Papelbon go nowhere!

I might go postal if that changed.

I've been in Florida for going on 19 years. Glad my bro still lives in Bridgewater, giving me mucho excuso to go back.

[TK421]

29. Waiting for my ride to get here...gonna have me some beer

:toast: I'll have a couple for you

[Breeze54]

35. LOL! I hadn't drank any beer since last summer but

I bought a six pack two weeks ago and it wasn't half bad. :P

But I don't miss my beer belly! :rofl:

Thanks! I'll cheer you with a drink too! :toast:

[seemunkee]

31. Waiting to pick up my daughter at the airport

[Breeze54]

36. That's awesome! Has it been a long time since you saw her?

A :toast: to happy reunions!

:hi:

[blueknight]

40. hi breeze

:hi: we are sitting here in northern ky about to get hit with the second wave of a blizzard that is suppose to dump 10-15 inches of snow on us
:scared: mean while, im SUPPOSED to take my oldest girl to the airport in the morning for her spring break trip. if it snows like they say, i dont know how we will get there:shrug:

[Breeze54]

46. over a foot of snow? They're already saying flights WILL be cancelled.

You had better check with your airport. :(

I doubt you'll be going to the airport in the AM.

That's a lot of snow for Kentucky, isn't it?

We're supposed to get up to 4" of rain.

I'm glad it's not snow! :scared: That would be a LOT of snow!

[seemunkee]

43. Hasn't been home since the start of the semester

Too long. We miss her

[Breeze54]

48. I'm glad you will be seeing her soon.

:hug: I miss my two oldest too. They live in another state from me.

Phone calls are great but seeing them in person would be better! ;)

Have a great time visiting with her! :hug:

[kwassa]

41. watching my old neighborhood get blown up by a volcano

the volcano is erupting in the park between the Los Angeles County Museums of Art and the Page Museum, in the tar pits, about 6 blocks from where I lived.

Tommy Lee Jones is carrying his daughter down the street in his arms. Lava is flowing down Wilshire. The Asian doctor is going to take the daughter to Cedars Sinai.

Fireballs, rocks, ashes flying everywhere. Tommy's Suburban got melted.

and I thought the Northridge earthquake was tough.

[Breeze54]

50. lmao! I saw that movie!

:rofl:

I watched '40 year old virgin' today! It's still funny! :P

Enjoy your movie! :toast:

[tekisui]

44. Finishing a beer at home, getting ready to walk to the bar!

:toast:

[Breeze54]

51. Glad you're walking! Good job!

I thought about going to the AMVETS private club but it's pretty dull there unless I cause a rukus! :P

I'm just going to stay in. It's cold and rainy out. Ugh.

Have fun! Stay out of trouble but have a drink for me and play a R&R song! ;)

[tekisui]

52. I will have a drink for ya, and rock it!

[Generic Brad]

56. Mentally preparing for the Olive Garden

I'm really going in tomorrow.

[Breeze54]

58. Do you work there?

I've never stepped foot in an Olive Garden.

I don't even know if there is one near me.

If you're going for dinner.. enjoy!

If you're going to work? Hang in there! :P

:hi:

[Generic Brad]

62. I'm going there for lunch by request of my wife

She only had to ask me once, not a Brazillion times.

[margotb822]

57. Watching TV

Friday is my tv time. It's CSI now, but I've been through a whole bunch of shows. And, of course, I'm here :) I just started working out with a trainer, so I'm a) too sore to go out and b) cutting back. So, I've got netflix (An Inconvenient Truth is tonight).

Nevermind, I just got a call from a friend, so I guess I'll go over there for a bit. Al Gore will have to wait another day...

[Breeze54]

61. Sounds like going to you're friend's place is a better plan.

I've not been able to watch "An Inconvenient Truth" without falling asleep. :P

I've tried, I have but it makes me sleepy.

So does, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy".

I tried that one the other night and I slept soundly! :P

Have fun!

[Fox Mulder]

59. Watching "Home Alone" on FX.

Sigh. I remember when I used to do things on a Friday night...

[Breeze54]

63. What a bummer!

:P

That movie which I've been forced to watch with my son
at least 20 times, annoys the crap out of me now!! :rofl:

Our local Hollywood Video is going out of business, so
my son's been buying up DVD's this week. He got some good one's.

[Jamastiene]

60. Uhm, I can't say specifically except to say it is a

very unsuitable substitute for what I really want to be doing tonight. How do you channel horniness except by listening to Nirvana? God, I need some privacy for about 15 minutes so I can "channel" it better...I can't help myself.

[Breeze54]

65. I never 'channel' it!

Just take charge head on! :rofl:

I hear you on being horney though! :P

They say one peaks at 29 but I think they lied!! ;)

[Jamastiene]

68. I KNOW they lied.

If I could get my aunt to quit creeping around on her scooter, I would have had a really really good one earlier. I was right there then, I heard her scooter right in the kitchen and bye bye grand finale, ya know? I need a hotel room and some toys and well, that'd do. That's really all I need. If I could only have like 15 minutes without "interruptions." *sigh*

[Omphaloskepsis]

64. Having a smoke and a beer and posting on..

www.fluther.com

[Breeze54]

66. LOL! That looks like a beer drinking/ask questions/ have fun website!

:rofl:

I'm having a drink too and posting on DU and two other sites. ;)

My 3rd graders got a collection letter....what will happen???

I'm having potty training problems... HELP!!!

Who thinks there should be a revolution , to promote free global wifi?

What is it with young people shaving or waxing every hair south of the neck?

:rofl:

Have fun! :toast: I might join you! :P

[GOPBasher]

67. Doing Calculus problems and chatting on DU. Family's asleep. n/t

[Breeze54]

69. Better you than me doing Calculus problems !

:P

I took Trigonometry years ago and it wasn't that bad and I did well

but that was years ago. *sigh* I barely remember any of it now.

Why is your family asleep so early? They must be very young.

More power to your peaceful, studious, night. ;)

[GOPBasher]

71. Yeah, kids are young, wife is just very tired. :-) n/t

[KeepItReal]

70. Just finished a Caipirinha... in hotel in Chicago

:-)

[Breeze54]

73. I had to look that up!

:P

So you're in Chi-town in a hotel. On business or pleasure? :P

Hope you are enjoying your stay! Say hi to my son's if you see them! ;)

:hi:


Brazilian Drinks: Caipirinha
Traditional Brazilian drink prepared with cachaça. Vodka or rum can be used instead.
www.maria-brazil.org/caipirinha.htm

[KeepItReal]

79. Business and pleasure!

Have an interview in the AM...so I have to be a good boy tonight.

CHI is wonderful. Nice change from Los Angeles.

If I see your sons, 1st round's on me!

[Breeze54]

80. You should check out "Old Town' while you're there!

Old Town (sometimes called Old Town Triangle) is a neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, bounded by Armitage Avenue on the north, Division Street on the south, Larrabee Street on the west, and Clark Street on the east.<2> It sits inside the community areas of Lincoln Park and the Near North Side, and is part of Chicago's 43rd ward.

History of Old Town

Old Town is in the upper right portion of this map of Chicago from 1875. Note how 'Sedgwick' is misspelled 'Sedgewick'

German population density in the United States, 1872.

Early History

The land known as Old Town originally served as a home and trade center to many Nations including Potawatomi, Miami and Illinois.<3> Following the Treaty of Chicago in 1833, most of the indigenous people were forcibly removed, and the land was then settled in the 1850's by German-Catholic immigrants in the mid to late 19th century. Clark Street is a leftover of the culture, it being an old road which followed the high point next to Lake Michigan.

Old Town is today considered an affluent and historic neighborhood, home to many of Chicago's older, Victorian-era buildings. The neighborhood is also home to St. Michael's Church, originally a Bavarian-built church, and one of 7 to survive the path of the Great Chicago Fire<4>. Many of the streets and alleys, particularly in the Old Town Triangle section, predate the Great Chicago Fire and do not all adhere to a typical Chicago grid pattern.

In 1927, sculptors Sol Kogen and Edgar Miller purchased and subsequently rehabilited a house on Burton Place, near Wells Street, into the Carl Street Studios. Through the 1930s, an art colony emerged in the neighborhood as artists moved from the "Towertown" neighborhood near Washington Square Park.

Hippie Years

During the 1960s the neighborhood was the center of the yippie and hippie counter culture in the midwestern United States. This was mostly due to the fact that by the 1950s and 1960s many of the original families that had settled in the neighborhood had moved to the suburbs during white flight, leaving older, victorian buildings with storefronts available to rent for cheap. This dense storefront-laden area (Wells & North Ave.) became the nexus of hippie culture, (as well as the newly emerging out-homosexual culture) and gave rise to the boutiques (Crate and Barrel for example) in the neighborhood today. Seed Magazine was a literary staple of the neighborhood at the time.

“There is a little piece of Chicago Real Estate, west of Lincoln Park, that is the pride of urban conservationists and the despair of bulldozers. It is a community widely known as Old Town...Old Town is full of conflict, full of life; a sometimes maddening but always exciting place to live...It is important to stress that there is no such legal entity as Old Town. Old Town is where you make it. ”

— Richard Atcheson, Holiday Magazine March 1967
<2>

The violent events that took place during the 1968 Democratic National Convention transpired around the convention center, Grant Park, Old Town, and Lincoln Park, adjacent to Old Town.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Town,_Chicago

---------------------------------------------------

Welcome to Old Town Chicago
http://www.oldtownchicago.org/map.htm

Old Town is one of Chicago's most unique and inviting neighborhoods

Known for its diverse and exciting collection of restaurants, shops, and entertainment venues, the Old Town boundaries are as follows:

Eugenie Street to the north
Division Street to the south
Halsted to the west
Clark Street to the east

Tree lined streets, accented with historical streetlights and assorted outdoor cafes encourage visitors to take in the flavor of all that Old Town has to offer its neighbors and visitors to the area.

;)

[AlCzervik]

72. i got home a little while ago from taking my daughter shopping--i hate shopping so fucking much.

but she really needed some jeans and draws so off we went, then some dinner and now i'm loading up my ipod with Edith Piaf.

[Breeze54]

74. I hope you went to Kohl's!

They're having a huge sale tonight and tomorrow morning.

I hear ya. I hate shopping too. My son's hated it and made
me miserable when I took them with me. I stopped taking them.
I'd guess the size, take it home and if it fit, fine.
If not? I'd exchange it without them being with me! :P

But I even hate shopping for me now.

Hope you can now relax, have a good meal, a cocktail and relax!

You've earned it! :toast:

[AlCzervik]

77. i did! And as much as i detest shopping we got great deal. 4 pairs of jeans

and nice ones, 8 draws and 4 bras for her, 6 draws for all for $146.

[Breeze54]

78. Sounds like you did good!

I told my son to head there tonight for work clothes or in the AM.

He needs white dress shirts for his job and black dress pants.

I need undergarments and socks. I may go there myself in the morning! ;)

Good job, Mom!(?)! I hope you have your feet up now! :D

[leeroysphitz]

75. Twirling. n/t

[Breeze54]

76. Go for it! Spin it higher!

;)

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

81. Watching "Jodhaa Akbar" with a cup of tea and a cat on my foot

You know - the usual.

[Breeze54]

83. Sounds like just the right thing to be doing!

;)

Enjoy! :hi:

PS. My son just got home from his date, all exuberant and all that!

He's in love!!! :D

[LadyoftheRabbits]

82. Sounds good

I'm nursing a drink right now, alone. Kind of depressing, actually. x(

[Breeze54]

84. Me too but we aren't alone....

We have each other! ;) ... :hug:

My son just got home from his date (dinner & a movie) but he's not a talker... much.

I have to ask the questions to get a conversation... lately. I'm not that ambitious! :P

Hey? We can have a drink and keep each other company! :toast:

[LadyoftheRabbits]

85. Aww, that's true...

:D Thank you. :hug:

[TrogL]

86. Sulking

I avoided a car accident and Craftygal's mad at me.

[Breeze54]

87. Avoiding car accidents is a good thing!

Why would anyone be mad at you for that? :shrug:

Were you drinking and driving?

I hope you guys work it out.

I'm hungry again! :rofl:

Must be that damn Chinese food!

Eat it and be hungry again an hour later! :P
In my case, it's been six hours.