the everyday adventures of sabrina

• Man. The Hash House a-Go-Go serves tasty food in vast, absurd amounts. We all left like 2/3 on all our plates at breakfast. Ridonkulous. #
• @shadow What did you do?? in reply to shadow #
• You know what I love? Random $10 on black… And it hits. #
• I like this lovely nice video poker machine!!! #
• You can tell i’ve hit free booze critical mass when I start singing along to “bohemian rhapsody” in the casino. Oh yes! #

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• Walgreens was out of travel contact solution. I shall live dangerously, and try to smuggle 3oz of Boston Advance home. #
• Oh, dude. Was thinking of running with Vegas hashers today, but they meet at 10am. Tooooooo freaking early! #

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• Am a little bit in love with the Bellagio. #
• @WestWingReport sadly, I have not yet won enough in Vegas this trip to pay that off. Still trying though! in reply to WestWingReport #
• Conservatory at the Bellagio. http://twitpic.com/10eu7x #
• @smokes70 oh, it happened. I have like 800 witnesses, some of whom you pirouetted around! in reply to smokes70 #
• I seriously want a piece of pie for breakfast. #
• Vegas memories 2010: @smokes70 dancing down the Strip, circling random pedestrians, singing to “My Heart Will Go On.” #
• Like Paris, only with less really tasty wine. http://twitpic.com/109a2x #
• @writchrd yeah, sunny and, what, 4 degrees? :p in reply to writchrd #

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• You know what else is better in Vegas than Chicago? AT&T 3G. Fuck you, ATT. #
• View from my room of gorgeous, warm, sunny Vegas! http://twitpic.com/106zm6 #
• @cloudlover Vegas, baby!! in reply to cloudlover #
• @Ipstenu @hubbit what happens in Vegas gets tweeted only when interesting. :) in reply to Ipstenu #
• The weather here is … Gorgeous. GORGEOUS. <3 #
• VEGAS!!!!!! #
• @hubbit There is nothing I can do, but go along for the ride. Lease should be attached to any sale. Sigh. in reply to hubbit #
• “Boarding will begin in about five minutes”! Vegas ahoy! #
• Crap. I so do not want to deal with a new landlord. I like the one I have! #
• At least crappy apt news didn’t spoil my Good Day yesterday. And I still have ~16 mos on lease left. #
• Crapmuffins. My (fab) landlady just notified me–ddivorce judge is forcing her to sell my condo. Listing in 7 days or less. :( #
• T-minus, like, five hours or something…I dunno, I’m tired; I got up at 4:45. Can has moar coffee? #
• @hubbit if I were in the air, I’d be off Twitter :). Takeoff is 8:30…killing time at ORD now. in reply to hubbit #
• I love Wikipedia. I just learned what a winglet is, while wondering why our plane’s wings were different from neighbor plane’s. #
• @chicagostyle Say what? Seriously? in reply to chicagostyle #
• Just read the transcript. I have nothing to complain about. Today was, indeed, a Good Day. #
• Glad that, since I had to miss the SOTU, I had y’all tweeps’ remarks to come back to and summarize. Thanks, guys. #

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• Errands done. Bag packed. Cats shipped off to Siberia (feels like it, anyway). So ready for Vegas (not so much for class tonight). #
• @sanityknit Oh wait, I thought you meant an external usb disk for some reason. Let me see if I can rustle anything up (next wk)… in reply to sanityknit #
• @sanityknit I have something I can send, if you don’t mind waiting a week or so for me to mail it post-vegas. in reply to sanityknit #
• @beth825 I approve of this plan! in reply to beth825 #
• 8 fine reasons that I am completely unimpressed by the iPad, and the list doesn’t even include the name. http://i.gizmodo.com/5458382/ #
• @Ipstenu Yeah. in reply to Ipstenu #
• @beth825 I like the polka dots, but the French maid one is not without charms. in reply to beth825 #
• @Ipstenu @hubbit @smokes70 Once you have a pasty, you’ll understand. Mmmm, meat pie. (NO SWEENEY TODD PASTIES, @hubbit!) in reply to Ipstenu #
• Currently laughing at http://unhappyhipsters.tumblr.com/ (via @chowbok). #
• I don’t like taking large carry-ons, prefer just a small bag & no stress abt overheads, but don’t much care for $20/checked bag either. #
• Civil servants: MPs bad bc rely overly on advisors, not enough on civ srvnts. Sounds like ep of “Yes Minister” minus wit. http://is.gd/79RJ3 #
• @smokes70 Will his tweets mostly consist of “Are you my friend? You’re my friend! Ear scritchies! I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU!”? in reply to smokes70 #
• @Ipstenu A. Goes by the sound — a yooser. Like a yooper, but less armed with delicious pasties. in reply to Ipstenu #
• @Ipstenu @smokes70 I will be on your support crew. I will help supply glitter! Ooooh, sparkly!! in reply to Ipstenu #
• @smokes70 The hungry kind on the overnight shift, I guess! in reply to smokes70 #
• @hubbit Can’t watch SOTU, Mr. CapsLock – got to go to class. Boooooooooo! :( in reply to hubbit #
• Just found out, yrs ago, someone at my employer called 911 bc someone stole his sandwich out of the fridge. Police showed up, too! Ha! #
• Okay. To-do list for today: Work, laundry, packing, dishes, ATM, class, ridiculously over-the-top excited squeeing about vacation. #
• @Ipstenu Yeeah. Article calling other people stupid and lazy is easily dismissed when they can’t even get their links right. in reply to Ipstenu #
• @Ipstenu Whaaaaa? How frigging stupid do you have to be to not realize that demoting someone hurts their feelings? in reply to Ipstenu #
• IT IS DONE. Attention world: @writchrd and I have both decided today will be a good day. Act accordingly. #
• @hubbit I agree! in reply to hubbit #
• @smokes70 Yes! It will be sweet. (And warmer than the L.) in reply to smokes70 #
• I have decided. Today will be a good day. #
• @hubbit Schaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadenfreude! in reply to hubbit #
• @smokes70 Woooooooooooooo! This time tomorrow, will be at the airport! So excited! in reply to smokes70 #
• Interactive map of aid to Haiti: http://is.gd/79hyM #
• @Casinotank You will stop hating yourself once you get to start whacking them on the head! Yay bobbleheads! in reply to Casinotank #
• @talkchibaseball No. We traded him first. Big Jim is still our guy. in reply to talkchibaseball #
• Good morning! Let’s all sing “Schadenfreude” together to celebrate Prop 8’s expert witnesses on the stand. http://is.gd/79c2B #

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• Woo! Taxes mostly done, except for waiting for proper forms. Nearly got it right this year, too – small refund. Hooray! #
• Oh my God, this weather can BITE MY SHINY METAL ASS. Which is FROZEN. #
• @sanityknit Get him a magic 8-ball and have him use that to eliminate/choose brainstorming topics. :) in reply to sanityknit #
• RT @pastINprint Shocking! ~ 1/3rd of Women in US Military Raped http://bit.ly/bc7yFO #
• @Ipstenu Awww! Such a good photo of her on that article too. in reply to Ipstenu #
• @Ipstenu I shall think of you when I pull the lever, then. :-) in reply to Ipstenu #
• @Ipstenu Oh, the budgeted expense part is not in question. It’s the WIN WIN WIN part that needs encouraging :-) in reply to Ipstenu #
• @Ipstenu No, no, no… Now is the time for the positive pep talks about how I am in the zone, baby, in the *zone*! :-) in reply to Ipstenu #
• By this time Thursday, I will be laughing, drinking, winning and/or losing money, enjoying nicer weather, and surrounded by friends. #
• Seriously, why is it that all Linkin Park songs sound the same (and not any good)? #
• Another great post linked by @kjo85’s site: The ferryman to hell drives us on the #22 bus. http://is.gd/74YHP #
• So tired, like I didn’t even go to sleep at all last night. Argh. #
• @StevenGlassman Yup… and on the slim chance it’s not, I choose to believe it is anyways. in reply to StevenGlassman #

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1. Dream road trip: Breakfast at Lou Mitchell’s, follow old Rt. 66 to Los Angeles, stopping at any roadside attraction that looks amusing. Drive up the coast along Highway 1 and then Rt. 101 to Seattle. Turn right, take I-90 back home. Breakfast at Lou Mitchell’s again, and this time, eat more beignets. Total length: about 7k miles. Best done in a rented convertible with really good speakers.
2. Go to White Sox spring training. Scheduled for this March! Woohoo!
3. See the Grand Canyon.
4. Go to the Du Sable museum, which I never got around to visiting despite living two blocks away from it for two years, and I feel pretty bad about that.
5. Spend some time up north. O Canada! VIA Rail across the country. See the northern lights in Manitoba. Eat poutine and go ice skating.
6. Throw a big party so all my friends can drink up my booze collection. There will be cupcakes. And confetti. OH YES THERE WILL.
7. Oh yeah, get accepted to grad school.

What else? There are other things on the list, I’m just drawing a blank at the moment. Will add to this if I remember them.

(You know what’s not on the list? Freaking Disneyworld.)

• Oh, UIC… am somehow not surprised that you’re going to make me phone in a simple question that could easily be emailed. #
• (P.S. Am pretty sure Glee article site is satirical. But it’s very funny. Esp the article on how the Golden Girls made a generation gay.) #
• Ha! “How many middle-aged men will find themselves in a dead-end Glee-based lifestyle?” http://is.gd/71RzP keeps getting funnier as I read! #
• Seriously, being indicted by the Parents Television Council for obscenity is pretty much the stamp of approval in my house. #
• “The PTC warns that #Glee contains, ‘gratuitous sex, explicit dialogue, violent content, and obscene language.’” THIS MAKES IT AWESOME++. #
• @beth825 Live in blissful Snooki ignorance, for those of us who no longer can. in reply to beth825 #
• @chicagosymphony The show Saturday was fantastic! in reply to chicagosymphony #
• @smokes70 @Ipstenu @scottkleinberg NICE. Somewhere, I still have my Duke Nukem 3D cd… and HOPE. in reply to smokes70 #
• I find it sad that I could pick out Snooki in a lineup despite having never seen the show and no interest in ever, EVER doing so. #
• @tzikeh @Ipstenu Yeah, the reality tv thing is both universal and inexplicable. I never saw the point of TV to make ppl feel bad (Am Idol). in reply to tzikeh #
• Cranky that I have to miss the SOTU for Organizational (Mis)Communications class. #
• @tzikeh @Ipstenu Well, in fairness, I usually don’t know much about my new coworkers either. :) in reply to tzikeh #
• @Ipstenu @tzikeh NBC really does need a Doctor to save them (and I don’t mean Mercy. Har, har, har.) in reply to Ipstenu #
• @hubbit Okay, that’s creepy. in reply to hubbit #
• @chowbok The duty of the Court is to interpret the Constitution, not enforce it. in reply to chowbok #
• @chowbok The inequity of the power of an individual and a moneyed corp is worrisome. Is Court’s duty to protect minorities (here, ppl). in reply to chowbok #
• @smokes70 @lizg640 @seanware Mere days ’til VEGAS! Current forecast says mid-50s and cloudy, 100% chance of poker. #
• @Ipstenu *snicker* Nice! in reply to Ipstenu #
• @chowbok Not sure why you say that’s analogous. Besides, media orgs are still restricted by, e.g., libel law. Not truly “free.” in reply to chowbok #
• @Ipstenu Ha! Nice. in reply to Ipstenu #
• @chowbok Well, corporations aren’t people. The people in them are still free to speak even if the construct is bound. in reply to chowbok #
• @Ipstenu @tzikeh Oh, I’m not saying CBS can’t fail. I’m just saying it would take them some concerted effort to approach NBC right now. in reply to Ipstenu #
• Crap. Running late(r than normal). #
• @Ipstenu @tzikeh To be fair, CBS would have to dedicate a lot of sustained effort to failure to attain NBC’s current flail. in reply to Ipstenu #
• @Ipstenu @tzikeh Do you ever get the feeling that it’s a conspiracy to run a network so badly that the parent company divests them? in reply to Ipstenu #
• Italian couple on hunger strike, after bashing incident, for gay marriage equality. http://is.gd/70b8W #
• @tzikeh Grrrr. Figures. in reply to tzikeh #
• @lordofmisrule Why not try candying them yourself? http://is.gd/6ZWHq in reply to lordofmisrule #

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• Some day, I will learn not to make a yummy rare steak for dinner, then sit down for an episode of CSI. That day was not today. #
• Hooray! Homework: nearly done. For now. #
• Doing laundry and homework. Think laundry actually wins this war. #
• How gleeful am I that “Don’t Stop Believin’” charted at #7 (Journey) and #3 (Glee) in Radio 1 Chart show? RIDICULOUSLY, OTT GLEEFUL. #
• @smokes70 @seanware BECAUSE I COULD! (I went to the CSO and wanted to dress up my jeans.) Also because being 5′9″ is SUPER FUN. in reply to smokes70 #
• Hey, @Ipstenu, is it Flatmate who wants to make soap? Poke me when you get a chance. #
• Need to do homework, not browse for grad school programs. Booo. #
• @christensen Wait, really? It’s not just, like, someone cracking a bad joke like I would? in reply to christensen #

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• Heading out to add liquor. This should be fun. (…for everyone watching me try to walk.) #
• 5 Jokes About the Eagerness of Spineless Democrats to Cave on Health Care in light of Scott Brown’s Electoral Victory. http://is.gd/6TRA8 #
• The only way to enhance the spectacle of me tottering around in 4″ heels tonight would be if I add liquor. #
• @beth825 Detour? Ah, come now — Scully’s singing isn’t that bad, surely! in reply to beth825 #
• Seriously, the fresh organic strawberries I splurged on at the shop last wknd were a great choice. These are insanely delicious. #
• Doing homework readings and listening to @WFMTclassical – waiting for them to quit talking about Barber’s “Vanessa” & actually play it. #
• Sometimes the food on http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/ is entertaining (Cherpumple Pie?) but often it’s just sort of disturbing. #
• Here’s a first: coming home from training feeling sort of unfinished, and doing more workout at home. #
• If you liked the Tribune’s Good News page, you may also like the (Toronto) Star’s Acts of Kindness page: http://is.gd/6St3S #
• The thing about Saturday morning workout appointments is, I know I’ll be happy after, but dragging myself there can be pretty rough. #
• I just read Address to a Haggis aloud to myself in a Scots accent. I couldn’t fool an actual Scot, but pretty sure I could most Americans. #
• Currently obsessed with this notion of doing grad school in the UK. Not least bc moving to Scotland to do it might be cheaper than staying. #

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• @tzikeh Wait. JT did Hallelujah? I’m vaguely terrified now. in reply to tzikeh #
• @ebertchicago Never do that again! in reply to ebertchicago #
• Well, that flirtation with gnucash was … brief. Guys, the goal is to crash *less* than Quicken. #
• Today’s first: emailed a request for a prospectus for grad school. Eep. #
• You know, I really thought that after Evony was so soundly mocked for their “Look! Boobies!” ad campaign, the ads would go away. Not s’much. #
• @cst_sox Images I didn’t need! in reply to cst_sox #
• @Ipstenu Well, you’re also an Indians fan. Not much love there for him, I’m given to understand. in reply to Ipstenu #
• Noooooooooo, Thome, don’t do it!!! We still love you! #
• @Ipstenu Yeah. I can’t do anything about it at work, though. This poor laptop is going to have a very short lifespan from all the zaps. in reply to Ipstenu #
• @smokes70 Knoppix cd? in reply to smokes70 #
• Office is very hot. Everyone complains. I open a window. #
• I am so unspeakably, incalculably tired of static electricity zapping the shit out of me whenever I touch anything this winter. #
• @BrentDPayne Oh, it’s super cool! I went on a job interview there once, years back, the art displays were fantastic. in reply to BrentDPayne #
• @tzikeh Oy. A world of WTF on that one. in reply to tzikeh #
• I need a palm tree and an umbrella drink if I’m going to marooned here on this lonely desert island by myself. #
• @jkknorr I don’t care, as long as he takes the Bugatti Veyron Mouse down it! in reply to jkknorr #
• Happy Friday! #
• Two hours playing practice poker with T. We are both locked and loaded (for really low stakes games)! #

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• Off to school, to have a committee meeting! And correct my absurdly ambitious schedule plan. #
• @StevenGlassman You and @writchrd are the only ones who did catch it, apparently. :) in reply to StevenGlassman #
• @smokes70 Just now! in reply to smokes70 #
• All your verifone are belong to broken cabs. http://twitpic.com/z3kmx #
• My world-view is shattered by the number of people who fail to pick up on Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy references. *Shattered,* people. #
• @mizmoose Seriously, though. It was HHGttG. Duuuuuude. :) in reply to mizmoose #
• @mizmoose Your pop cultural reference-fu disappoints me! in reply to mizmoose #
• Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they ask me to install Windows packages for you. Call that job satisfaction, ’cause I don’t. #
• Thursday! Only a week til VEGAS, @seanware, @smokes70, @lizg640! Eeeeeeeeee! #

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• I had an emotional epiphany on my break! Ha. #
• When it comes to any forecast involving the words “ice pellets,” I think my dissatisfaction is pretty well guaranteed. #
• What? http://digg.com/d31GAvR Noooo, Apple, Bing *sucks*! Don’t make me jailbreak or whatever just to keep a functioning search tool. #
• @chowbok Have you tried duct taping it in place? Perhaps a big sign in 36 point type? in reply to chowbok #
• Uno’s is bankrupt. Ha, ha. http://is.gd/6FSy2 (I’ve been bitter ever since they went to being a stupid, plastic chain.) #
• I need a flask so I can bring in some of the Scotch @lorenzodeleon bought me, for him to try. #
• Indeed. RT @ESPNChicago Carlton Fisk rips Mark McGwire, calls his defense of his home run totals ‘a crock’ http://bit.ly/7JwzZt #
• Just get through one more day, then new Burn Notice tomorrow and it’s only a week til VEGAS! #
• Quit being failwhaley! #
• @mgfarrelly Indeed. in reply to mgfarrelly #
• Multitasking: doing your reading while soaking in a bath full of Epsom salts. #

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• @hubbit This is why I deserve a sticker on my calendar every day I go! Stickers make the pain fade faster. Truefax. :) in reply to hubbit #
• Dammit. All that and I still have homework. Can’t I get time off for good behavior? #
• @hubbit This, http://is.gd/6DdOP without the toe-hold INSANITY. in reply to hubbit #
• Ow. *whimper* Niqui no likey one-armed planks. #
• No wanna go to the gym in 37 minutes for weight training. … What does not kill me, just makes me write snarky tweets about it. #
• BOOM! RT @redeyechicago Drink it, chug it, sniff it, critique it – but whatever you do – don’t microwave it! http://bit.ly/5ZqRqa #
• @Ipstenu He and RTD would have epic fights arguing over who got to kill off which characters first. in reply to Ipstenu #
• @Ipstenu Christ, it’s doomed. in reply to Ipstenu #
• Wow, this Taylor Swift song “Love Story” has all the charm of cardboard, and the repeat listening appeal of public radio pledge drive pleas. #
• Eeee! #Glee music on @Radio1 to start my day! #
• @EXAMPLEyoutwit Any idea if US iTunes will get your tunes any time soon? Am dying over here! in reply to EXAMPLEyoutwit #
• Frustrated and giving srs thought to switching back to new Quicken from iBank, tho Intuit-incompetence related ire does give me pause. #

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• Monday. Hmm. #
• And also, who fucking cares about Avatar winning. Y’all, it is Dances With Pocahontas. #
• Love. http://is.gd/6uhsf Ricky Gervais was such an absolutely brilliant host, of course he’ll never be asked back. #

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• @Suntimes Love him! He’ll never be asked back, though. in reply to Suntimes #
• @smokes70 YOU TAKE THAT BACK. in reply to smokes70 #
• Am I the only one who loved Juliana Margulies’ dress? I thought she looked fantastic! #
• @sweatshopoflove I was just wondering about that! But who wouldn’t want to date a Mac? in reply to sweatshopoflove #
• Where we’re liveblogging the GGs: http://beta.erinyes.org/2010/01/17/live-blogging-2010-golden-globe-awards/ #
• Liveblogging the Golden Globes with @smokes70, @lizg640, Mr. and Mrs. @seanware. And drinking tasty Scotch. Nice. #
• Dear server: The deal is this. You crap out, I reboot you, you get better. Stop still being broken, you jerk. </3, –s. #
• Ow. Doing weight training exercises to muscle failure is hard work. #
• Sent thesis topic to prof. Think I’m mostly going to work with effects on air quality. Everyone loves smog-free air, right? Right. #
• Have 17 articles to read through, and settle on a proper thesis topic. Good start. #
• Re: homework, I do feel good ATM: 5 of 9 ppl supposed to post things by Thurs *still* have not posted. I am totally on time, relative! #
• In between writing up citations, staring at these shoes: http://is.gd/6skLM Want! #
• Starting to dive into research for term paper for urban growth class. Looking at how transport options can affect oil dependency. Whee! #
• Got knocked out in 6th place of poker tourney! But @smokes70 finished second! #

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