Holy shit the Sun-Times profiled my trip to the Twin Cities with @bibliogrrl.bsky.social!
Shout out to @mostlybree.kitrocha.com and @courtneymilan.com and @hankscorpio.bsky.social and @dansinker.com and all the incredible folks printing whistles and spreading the word.
Yo, health insurance gurus! Give me all your HMO tips & tricks. 🤡 Priced out of ACA PPOs, didn’t bother with POS plans, BCBS HMO Gold won this round.
I truly don’t know how HMOs work beyond needing a ref for everything. How do I milk this shit?
Need a new PCP & therapist, not happy about that 😞
Chicago has had one 9/11 worth of people disappeared since the attacks began in September. Los Angeles has had two 9/11s since June.
Gifted a ticket to the Faint. Walk into Big Star down the street for a snack. They’re playing the Faint. Perf. Followed by other early aughts indie classics. Great. 20 mins later the Faint comes on again. Must be artist radio? Thx Big Star!
Got home and randomly tuned into XRT for background music, getting ready for tomorrow morning before bed. Well, 45 minutes later… Neko, old REM, and now fuckin’ Sinead… and Bowie… I’ve been sitting here just listening. Damn you and these bangers, @93xrtchicago.bsky.social.
@chicagocta.bsky.social failing after Riot Fest. 40 minutes and no pink line downtown. Moved from Kedzie to Pulaski and we’ve gotten passed by Express and “not in service” trains. #riotfest certainly does suck when the train can’t keep up.
@chicritmass.bsky.social jonesin’ for the route intel, friends. Hoping that pops up somewhere soon 🙏
There’s this really brutal, bizarrely negative rescue “networker” FB page called It Takes a Village to Save a Life.
They finally blocked me. Who knows why. I was always trying to gently educate their keyboard warriors.
But yeah, please follow them and call out their bullshit on my behalf. TIA!
Something like that. (Likely not real, hah.)
Figured it was!
Was about to say “lucky us, getting to watch Walton Goggins on two shows every week” and then BOOF there’s his wang. No comment. 🥴
Anyways, so stoked for the new Gemstones season. And extra intrigued by his character (and Sam Rockwell!?) after that last ep.
Yay, TV!
The one I’ve been thinking about for 20 years. Urban planning and policy at UIC. Need to give it the ol’ college try 😅 and if it’s not meant to be, then at least I won’t spend another 20 yrs wondering what could have been.
Starting to tell random people about this potential masters program plan to 1) manifest its success and 2) hold myself accountable.
Adult Jess loves the idea of being the overachieving, focused student that passionate, unmedicated, neurodivergent young Jess had no chance of ever being.
This weather! What I wouldn’t give for a Flywheel on the Metro Brewing patio. 😩
Thank you. Say it in plain language. More of this from everybody, please.
Booberry’s heading to One Tail at a Time!
Saran, the dreamiest tricolor. We sat in the sun and closed our eyes, it was glorious.
Sabra with the best forehead wrinkles and softest brindle coat. Just moved into gen pop this afternoon.
Garnet! Ive met this babe a few times. Theyre adopt-pending, I hope it doesn’t fall through. Love this baby.
Back at CACC after 2 weeks away (I’d go everyday if I could) & it feels so heavy there. Intake has skyrocketed, lovely dogs disappear everyday.
But I met some amazing new pups, cried over losing one the vols tried so hard to free, & gave another a rescue ride to OTAT. ❤️🩹
Hug your furbabies, y’all.
Working on writing silent auction package descriptions for One Tail’s Houndstooth Ball and, hooboy, there are so so many awesome things! If I had disposable income, they’d be getting so much of it.
Auction launches online next Monday!
“Items” tab on the Tickets page: e.givesmart.com/events/Gsn/
@chicagodpd.bsky.social Will the recording of today’s CCL meeting that’s eventually shared include visual aids? There’s nothing in the live feed.
Spent all day yesterday judging a history fair (5.5 hours IRL + 4 prep & post) and all day today working on a project for OTAT’s big deal annual fundraiser. And tomorrow is my first ever 12-hour day on set. With Tues & Wed being the same. I don’t think I’m going to make it to Thursday. Halp. 💩😵💫💩
Like a fucking lizard in this goddamn sun spot waiting for Landowner to start.
Music Frozen Dancing today outside @theemptybottle.bsky.social! Fave Chicago Winter tradition. So happy it’s warm (almost above freezing) and sunny!
Discovery phase for grad school commence! Ive been thinking about this for 20 years (getting a MUPP from UIC), I’m in-between careers, now’s the time to srsly explore.
Mainly need to chat w working adults who started w very little savings & no financial support from a spouse, partner, or family 😂
So, Yelle is playing Chicago October 8 and now I really need Best Friends Forever Fest to at the very least announce the 2025 dates because I have a feeling it’ll be 10/10-10/12 and tacking on a Wednesday night show to the start of 5-6 days of PTO feels excessive right now. 💸
At Cole’s for @missspoken.bsky.social! (Its new home in case you literally missed it, the show.)
Additionally, this $7 Apex Predator is probably the best bang for your buck in Logan Square. (Being 6.5% and not an a IPA.)
When a heavily perfumed person sits down next to you at the (brewery taproom)… nope. Thanks for making me nauseous and so glad I’m not trying to actually taste this last beer (lager).
Reason #438 working for breweries and being in beer for so long ruined me for normie life.
THIS IS AMAZING NEWS!
I almost called them that in my RT, lol.
“Also” as in “reminds me of this meme I saw yesterday.” Corporate interests, private equity, all that shit ruins culture.
To Letherbee mälort & keeping my lil bottle for so, so long & wondering where the hell that piece of ephemera went. Did I toss it in a delirious purge?
And in the end, after observing the insane rise & mainstreaming of Jeppson’s mälort, I’m happy George & Pat’s story is immortalized in print.
/fin
To so, so many mälort faces captured on the reg at Metro Brewing in the early, breakneck days.
To the perfect, anonymous Jeppson’s Twitter account.
To it being mother fucking Sam Mechling. He was a delight and I miss him. The book did a great job capturing him, IMHO. I hope he agrees.
3/
From being tricked into my first shot of mälort at the Blue Note before my 1st Violet Hour visit on a rando Sunday night in Winter 2007.
To Bar Deville opening and visiting @boozybeggarchi.bsky.social in the back.
To always taking delight in the shared experience of this wretched liquid. /2