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kleinbl00  ·  2464 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: September 12, 2018

Greetings from Chicago. Let's go look at some machine tools.

American Airlines is an abomination. There were people nearly getting into fistfights with the flight attendant because they wanted to sit in better seats than the ones they were assigned and then as soon as the door closed he was all "sit wherever you want! THUNDERDOME BITCHEZ" and peaced out. There were like three people vaping close enough to me that I smelled it and fuckin' hell I work in LA and live in Seattle and Chicagoans are sparky.

My new favorite hobby is watching "epic" "amazing" "unforgettable" movies my cinematographer buddies recommend to me in the worst format possible, IE, the back of an airline seat because fuck them and their utter disregard for story, acting, or anything other than "look how neutral the halftones are." Wolf of Wall Street is a piece of shit, as is Dunkirk.





mk  ·  2464 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The Chicago Museum of Fine Art is running a John Singer Sargent exhibit atm. Very much worth it.

user-inactivated  ·  2461 days ago  ·  link  ·  

been meaning to go to that, saw something similar in houston a few years ago. sargent is pretty underrated. is it mostly portraits, or does it include his later stuff? i can't really get into portraits.

why can't i get into portraits? someone send me a cool portrait, not counting veen's d&d character

demure  ·  2461 days ago  ·  link  ·  

John Singer Sargent! Wonderful portraitist.

kleinbl00  ·  2464 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If I have time to buy a slice of deep-dish pizza I will declare victory.

I have been dealing with trade shows for 20 years. I can burn through NAMM, NAB, InfoCOMM, NSCA in a day, and then go back through for another day for cleanup. This monster? I spent 7 hours and barely got through one of five halls.

tacocat  ·  2464 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It takes like two weeks to bake a deep dish. Godspeed

kleinbl00  ·  2464 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I made it all the way downstairs for one of the saltiest cobb salads I've ever eaten.