8/19/12
A: OH: "I'm so ready to get off this train, I'm claustrophobic!" I'm on the bus.
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8/27/12
Z: I just walked past a truck with a 'Waterfowl Mafia' sticker on it. I was gonna take a picture of the logo (a duck with a fedora and a tommy gun), and then I saw an NRA sticker and changed my mind. I don't wanna die in a Subway parking lot.
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8/28/12
A: Your gansta swagger and pants under your butt cred is slightly reduced by the TEXAS on your jersey.
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Today:
A: I'm not entirely sure parking your motor scooter in the dining room of your restaurant is within the health code.
Z: There's a kid on the bus, 13 at most, wearing one of those Lance Armstrong-type bracelets. His says: "boobies!"
A: Is it pink? I think that's an actual breast cancer campaign, something like "save the boobies!"
Z: Oh. It's gold lettering on white. Maybe I've got him all wrong, but this kid looks like he just loves boobies.
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Monday, August 27, 2012
Busy day in Chi Town
A, 8:16am: A guy with one leg on crutches is keeping pace with my bus. I don't know whether to pat him on the back or scowl at my bus driver.
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Overheard 6:20pm-ish: "If you can look at it and tell what it is, I'm not a fan."
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A, 6:23pm: Just seen: old man parked in an suv outside Steamworks listening to very loud Hindi music smoking a hooka
Z: I think I might work with that guy.
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Overheard 6:20pm-ish: "If you can look at it and tell what it is, I'm not a fan."
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A, 6:23pm: Just seen: old man parked in an suv outside Steamworks listening to very loud Hindi music smoking a hooka
Z: I think I might work with that guy.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
How hard is it to press the spellcheck button?
I wonder, did the sign maker see the proof missing an E and ignore it, or was the E there and the sign maker messed up?
Little bit of landscaping from the neighborhood. There's no word to describe my feelings toward this other than "confused."
Great pizza. Excellent placemats.
Little bit of landscaping from the neighborhood. There's no word to describe my feelings toward this other than "confused."
Great pizza. Excellent placemats.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Panties in a bunch
On the sidewalk, random elastic underwear band (hanes, if you're curious):
A few feet later, the rest of it:
A few feet later, the rest of it:
Monday, August 20, 2012
Blast from the Past
More from the archives:
June 2009
2/12/10 - we have purple rock salt sometimes to brighten up the winter
4/11/10 - yes, that entire bag is full of what you see peeking out of it there. Click the pic for a bigger view.
6/9/10 - what looks on the surface to be a harbinger of the end times is really just a Blackhawks celebration
2/5/11 - after the snowstorm that shut down the city for a couple days
6/26/11
7/4/12 - not Chicago specific but I couldn't not share.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Today's Adventures
Today's adventures:
A beta fish on a bus,
A shark head on a store,
and a sorry plate on a door.
I'm sure you've noticed, my phone's camera is horrible. Sorry for the suckage.
A beta fish on a bus,
A shark head on a store,
and a sorry plate on a door.
I'm sure you've noticed, my phone's camera is horrible. Sorry for the suckage.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
More from the archives
7/28/12
(the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsiDukXIeVY)
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6/24/12
A: I think the new schitzophrenic homeless person on my block is actually just high. They screamed "OH MY GOD I LOVE YOUR DOG!" to a passing dog walker and when I walked by, "Hey! Girl! Do you have change?!"
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7/20/12
A: I know I'm not a parent and I shouldn't judge, but I'm not sure having your two under-four children brush their teeth on the city bus (and then reprimanding them when they don't brush them well enough) is the best parenting choice.
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3/10/12
A: Ah, March in Chicago. When no one knows what the hell to wear so they just pick one extreme and go with it. Flip flops and shorts or wool coat and uggs.
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12/20/11
OH MY GOD. I just got back from Jewel. I decided to go down the makeup aisle to look at some nail polish and a drag queen/trans girl stops me and says "can you help me find my shade? I need to cover this (points to a ton of acne? bumps and stubble on her jaw line)." Asking me, a girl who has worn foundation maybe 10 times in my life, was the first of only one of many, many mistakes:
1) she's black, in a predominantly white store that doesn't seem to carry foundation for black skin tones.
2) bright pink too tight shirt
3) false eyelashes, one of which was falling off
4) black leggings as pants that were so thin they were see through
5) Elmo underwear
6) apparently needed the makeup RIGHTNOW and therefore couldn't go to Ulta to get professional (i.e. not me) help
Honestly, if she hadn't pointed it out, I never would have even noticed the bumps, she was such a train wreck. egads.
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8/1/121) she's black, in a predominantly white store that doesn't seem to carry foundation for black skin tones.
2) bright pink too tight shirt
3) false eyelashes, one of which was falling off
4) black leggings as pants that were so thin they were see through
5) Elmo underwear
6) apparently needed the makeup RIGHTNOW and therefore couldn't go to Ulta to get professional (i.e. not me) help
Honestly, if she hadn't pointed it out, I never would have even noticed the bumps, she was such a train wreck. egads.
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Z: I just walked past a guy with a real live snake around his wrist!
A: Did you get a pic? A few years ago there was a guy with a cockatoo outside my jewel. Failed on the pic front with that one.
Z: Sadly, no. I only realized what it was at the last minute, and though I’ve liked reptiles all my life I only had time for a quick ‘Holy Fuck that’s a snake!’
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4/21/12
A: Speaking of songs that don’t rhyme, this cabbie has on a christian station. It’s like garth brooks hijacked the messiah.
Z: So many responses sparking in my brain: "How could even the most devoted cabbie do their job on a Friday night in Chicago by listening to this!?"; "This sounds like it came from a universe where the Protestant Reformation took place at Opryland."; "I can't believe Jesus and I used to get along so well."
Z: So many responses sparking in my brain: "How could even the most devoted cabbie do their job on a Friday night in Chicago by listening to this!?"; "This sounds like it came from a universe where the Protestant Reformation took place at Opryland."; "I can't believe Jesus and I used to get along so well."
(the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsiDukXIeVY)
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6/24/12
Z: I just very nearly crushed a small child. What is your day like that you bring a stroller to the Pride Parade?
A: I know! It’s nowhere near family friendly. Do they not realize it’s all butts and boobs?
Z: Also in ‘Do You Realize What Parade You’re At?’ News: I just got hemmed in by a bunch of guys chanting: “Show we where dem titties at!”
A: hahahaha. A couple years ago I got propositioned for sex by a guy at the parade. Um? Lol.
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A: I think the new schitzophrenic homeless person on my block is actually just high. They screamed "OH MY GOD I LOVE YOUR DOG!" to a passing dog walker and when I walked by, "Hey! Girl! Do you have change?!"
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7/20/12
A: I know I'm not a parent and I shouldn't judge, but I'm not sure having your two under-four children brush their teeth on the city bus (and then reprimanding them when they don't brush them well enough) is the best parenting choice.
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3/10/12
A: Ah, March in Chicago. When no one knows what the hell to wear so they just pick one extreme and go with it. Flip flops and shorts or wool coat and uggs.
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12/20/11
A: This Tiffany's ad is on my bus stop shelter. Did they not think we wouldn't notice her impossible 6" heels with the 2" platform and her clinging to the guy for her life?
Friday, August 17, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Around town
A collection of fun photos from around town. As you can see, I'm playing catch up on past events. There won't be multiple posts per day like this ever again, I swear.
3/8/12
6/5/12
6/10/12
6/14/12
7/3/12
7/16/12
8/11/12 (feather boas and leather pants, it must be Market Days!)
Oh, Loyola
Dear Loyola HR: I would like to apply for a position as lead on your Marketing Team. I don't have a Marketing degree, but this seems to suggest the person currently in the position doesn't have one either.
This was on a bus going to Navy Pier. I highly doubt mothers want to spend their vacations explaining damnation to their six year olds.
This was on a bus going to Navy Pier. I highly doubt mothers want to spend their vacations explaining damnation to their six year olds.When Life Hands You Lemons
8/14/12:
A: Guy next to me on the bus: grocery bag with national geographic & two little lemon shaped lemon juice containers. That's it.
Z: 'Now do you need me to write a list, or do you think you can remember?'
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8/15/12:
A: I admire you getting a job, but I'm not going to buy Streetwise from you just because you opened a door for me with a horse puppet.
Z: Hey - he's got two mouths to feed.
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8/6/12:
A: ohhh, poor little cute girl on the bus, your fiance is gayer than a rainbow flamingo.
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8/10/12
A: Strip club got ahold of my bus.
A: Guy next to me on the bus: grocery bag with national geographic & two little lemon shaped lemon juice containers. That's it.
Z: 'Now do you need me to write a list, or do you think you can remember?'
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8/15/12:
A: I admire you getting a job, but I'm not going to buy Streetwise from you just because you opened a door for me with a horse puppet.
Z: Hey - he's got two mouths to feed.
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8/6/12:
A: ohhh, poor little cute girl on the bus, your fiance is gayer than a rainbow flamingo.
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8/10/12
A: Strip club got ahold of my bus.
Louis Vuitton
7/18/12
A: Louis Vutton’s new window display: tenticles. It’s too early in the morning for this shit.
Zack took this creepy pic in front of Louis Vuitton's summer window display. They're tentacles. Lots of tentacles. Anyone who knows anything about anime knows what we're both thinking here and why this window seems so....inappropriate.
And one crappy cell pic in the daylight:
ETA 8/24/12: Information has come to light about the designer in This Article from Edge Chicago. The article and designer are EPIC. My favorite quote from the article:
A: Louis Vutton’s new window display: tenticles. It’s too early in the morning for this shit.
Zack took this creepy pic in front of Louis Vuitton's summer window display. They're tentacles. Lots of tentacles. Anyone who knows anything about anime knows what we're both thinking here and why this window seems so....inappropriate.
And one crappy cell pic in the daylight:
ETA 8/24/12: Information has come to light about the designer in This Article from Edge Chicago. The article and designer are EPIC. My favorite quote from the article:
Over the years, Kusama has made quirky but stunning works like "Macaroni Girl," a female figure plastered with macaroni, which expresses the fear of food; "The Visionary Flowers," giant sculptures of twisting tulips, and "Mirrored Corridor," a room with mirrors that delivers an illusion of a field of phallic protrusions speckled with dots.I think I love this woman.
Alien Abductions at the Bus Stop
It seems aliens have started targeting commuters for abduction.
At my bus stop, 7/9/12 (sweat pants and sweat shirt):
At my bus stop, 8/2/12 (two suit jackets):
At my bus stop, 7/9/12 (sweat pants and sweat shirt):
At my bus stop, 8/2/12 (two suit jackets):
Welcome!
Hi! I'm Amanda, I'll be 29 forever, and I'm living in the great city of Chicago. I don't have a car, so I take the CTA or walk wherever I go. For the past few months, my friend Zack and I have been texting each other when something ridiculously off-beat happens when out and about. This has turned into a daily occurrence, and with my propensity to delete my texts without saving important information, I decided to start recording these observations for posterity. Enjoy!
ETA: I'd like to make clear, I'm all for people being themselves no matter what. I'm a weirdo myself. Let your geek flag fly, whatever your passion may be. The blog isn't meant to denigrate anyone for anything, it's all meant in good fun pointing out the oddness of daily life in Chicago and just how random people can really be.
ETA: I'd like to make clear, I'm all for people being themselves no matter what. I'm a weirdo myself. Let your geek flag fly, whatever your passion may be. The blog isn't meant to denigrate anyone for anything, it's all meant in good fun pointing out the oddness of daily life in Chicago and just how random people can really be.
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