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Friday, March 24, 2006
Background Noise: Blower's Daughter
Random Thought: TGIF
Mood:I repeat, TGIF
CHICAGO, IL AP: As the trial of the century winds down, Defense Counsel Flynn walked the jury through the day of March 16, 2005. Here's a timeline, culled from the testimony:
10:00 am: Betsy calls to ask how to fix the TV--she's broken it.
10:15 am: Autumn calls to see if Barb wants to see V for Vendetta at midnight on IMAX (Natalie said it would be really cool, and that way they wouldn't have to interrupt St. Patty's Day drinking to see the movie). Barb declines, as she has to work the next
day and can't be out until 3 am.
12:00 pm: Autumn calls to say they fell asleep and can't meet Barb at work at noon.
1:00 pm: Barb arrives home to find guest still getting ready, and now needing to go to Navy Pier to pick up tickets.
2:00 pm: Barb and guests leave apartment, in the snow.
2:30 pm: Guest are shocked that it is really damn cold in Chicago, in March, when it is snowing, at Navy Pier, which jutts into Lake Michigan.
2:45 pm: Autumn and Betsy have gotten tickets, and now must wait for Natalie, who says that there are really great places to eat around Navy Pier.
3:15 pm: Seeing as how there really aren't places to eat around Navy Pier, the four eat at Navy Pier where they are over charged because its a fricking tourist destination. Fudge from Reba's mollifies Barb only slightly.
4:30 pm: In a cab headed to the Art Institute of Chicago, Barb realizes she wasted her comp time in leaving at lunch, since they're ending up at the museum when she would have gotten there after a full day of work anyway.
4:45 pm: Autumn, Betsy and Natalie are impatient while Barb signs up to become a member, despite the fact that it will enable Betsy to get in for free and save everyone 10% in the gift shop.
4:50 pm: Autumn and Natalie raise their hackles at checking their coats, because it's too expensive ($1).
5:00 pm: Barb enjoys the musem's Girodet exhibit, as well as some of the regular collection because the group has gotten separated and museums are for quite time.
7:00 pm: Antsy and bored, the guests decide it is time to leave, graciously [insert saracasm here] telling Barb they can go get fondue now, just like she wanted to do on Tuesday (and which they vetoed because it would be too expensive).
8:00 pm: Guests are talked out of the $46/per person selection because Barb knows it will be too much food, and into the cheese and dessert courses. Autumn, Betsy, and Natalie also select a salad. Barb selects a bottle of wine, and despite the complaints that no one likes wine, it all ends up gone from their glasses.
8:45 pm: Barb is embarassed that her companions errupt into giggling fits over their waiter's lisp. Loud ones. For about 20 minutes.
9:30 pm: Companions try to split the bill 4 ways, despite the fact that not everyone ordered a salad or got a mojito to go along with their wine. Barb delineates what people owe, wondering about people who try to get their bill cheaper and complain about paying a dollar to check a coat.
10:00 pm: Despite the fact that the guest have decided that they need to be at Navy Pier at 10:30, they all head back to Barb's apartment, where they proceed to lay about for half an hour and then catch a cab.
10:31 pm: With guests gone, Barb goes to bed, so that when they come home at 3:00, she'll have had about 4 hours of solid sleep before having to fall back asleep again to get up at 6:30 am.
Random Thought: TGIF
Mood:I repeat, TGIF
CHICAGO, IL AP: As the trial of the century winds down, Defense Counsel Flynn walked the jury through the day of March 16, 2005. Here's a timeline, culled from the testimony:
10:00 am: Betsy calls to ask how to fix the TV--she's broken it.
10:15 am: Autumn calls to see if Barb wants to see V for Vendetta at midnight on IMAX (Natalie said it would be really cool, and that way they wouldn't have to interrupt St. Patty's Day drinking to see the movie). Barb declines, as she has to work the next
day and can't be out until 3 am.
12:00 pm: Autumn calls to say they fell asleep and can't meet Barb at work at noon.
1:00 pm: Barb arrives home to find guest still getting ready, and now needing to go to Navy Pier to pick up tickets.
2:00 pm: Barb and guests leave apartment, in the snow.
2:30 pm: Guest are shocked that it is really damn cold in Chicago, in March, when it is snowing, at Navy Pier, which jutts into Lake Michigan.
2:45 pm: Autumn and Betsy have gotten tickets, and now must wait for Natalie, who says that there are really great places to eat around Navy Pier.
3:15 pm: Seeing as how there really aren't places to eat around Navy Pier, the four eat at Navy Pier where they are over charged because its a fricking tourist destination. Fudge from Reba's mollifies Barb only slightly.
4:30 pm: In a cab headed to the Art Institute of Chicago, Barb realizes she wasted her comp time in leaving at lunch, since they're ending up at the museum when she would have gotten there after a full day of work anyway.
4:45 pm: Autumn, Betsy and Natalie are impatient while Barb signs up to become a member, despite the fact that it will enable Betsy to get in for free and save everyone 10% in the gift shop.
4:50 pm: Autumn and Natalie raise their hackles at checking their coats, because it's too expensive ($1).
5:00 pm: Barb enjoys the musem's Girodet exhibit, as well as some of the regular collection because the group has gotten separated and museums are for quite time.
7:00 pm: Antsy and bored, the guests decide it is time to leave, graciously [insert saracasm here] telling Barb they can go get fondue now, just like she wanted to do on Tuesday (and which they vetoed because it would be too expensive).
8:00 pm: Guests are talked out of the $46/per person selection because Barb knows it will be too much food, and into the cheese and dessert courses. Autumn, Betsy, and Natalie also select a salad. Barb selects a bottle of wine, and despite the complaints that no one likes wine, it all ends up gone from their glasses.
8:45 pm: Barb is embarassed that her companions errupt into giggling fits over their waiter's lisp. Loud ones. For about 20 minutes.
9:30 pm: Companions try to split the bill 4 ways, despite the fact that not everyone ordered a salad or got a mojito to go along with their wine. Barb delineates what people owe, wondering about people who try to get their bill cheaper and complain about paying a dollar to check a coat.
10:00 pm: Despite the fact that the guest have decided that they need to be at Navy Pier at 10:30, they all head back to Barb's apartment, where they proceed to lay about for half an hour and then catch a cab.
10:31 pm: With guests gone, Barb goes to bed, so that when they come home at 3:00, she'll have had about 4 hours of solid sleep before having to fall back asleep again to get up at 6:30 am.
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