i has a flavr?

LOVE.

expensive gas. sweet.

this blog has been devoid of original content lately, i know. it has been full of comics and youtube videos and other procrastinatory aids. but, really...wouldn't you rather just see me share funny stuff i find elsewhere, instead of listening to me complain over and over and over again about how much studying for the bar sucks and about how little i care about stuff like consideration and security agreements and apparent authority?

in that spirit, have some diesel sweeties. metal steve is making a point that i've been trying to make for years upon years...and red robot is being a misanthropic asshat, as normal. :)

that's my stop!

i was slacking off...reading the redeye while waiting for the el to come this afternoon, instead of flipping through bar flash cards. in the CTA column today, it talked about who could possibly be the most awesome shirt vendor ever:

that's my stop.

you can order shirts for every single stop on every single line of the el. it's a fabulous idea. there are only two reasons i haven't ordered one already. firstly...i'm moving in two weeks, so i should not be ordering anything by mail until after the move.

secondly...what stop do i get? there are so many possibilities for this one...if they weren't renovating the Grand Red Line stop, that would be a slam-dunk. it was my favourite stop, so dark and dingy and old-school. but now that they're tiling it and brightening it up, i just don't get the same feeling from it anymore as i used to, and i haven't found another stop that i love with the fierceness with which i loved the Red Line's Grand stop. so, the candidates...

• i could get Garfield Red Line, which was my stop from 2000-2005. i didn't live right off the stop, there was a bus transfer, but i sure have spent many late nights hanging around 55th and Dan Ryan waiting for CTA vehicles.
  
• i could get Sox-35th, the stop for the Sox. i love the Sox, but that would be totally unoriginal, and i can sport my Sox love with my hat. my Sox love and my CTA love aren't quite so intertwined as to make that the right shirt to get.
  
• i could get Thorndale Red Line, where i lived last summer. it's an out-of-the-way el stop, and i took a certain perverse pride in living so far from downtown last summer. i liked the neighbourhood quite a bit, too...lots of cute local places, and it was refreshingly close to Andersonville. however, my apartment was a hellhole, my landlord was a jackass, and i'll always have those bad associations very close to the front of my head when i think of the area.
• i could get Montrose Brown Line or Damen Brown Line--the two stops i live near now. it would be a little absurd in the sense that i just moved here in May, and won't be living here anymore after the end of this month. but, i love the area. if i decide to go with this idea, i'd probably get Damen instead of Montrose. sure, Damen is currently closed and Montrose is currently open, so technically i only will have ever used the Damen stop when coming up to visit friends before November of 2007. but, i've always loved the sound of the name Damen.
• i could get Southport Brown Line or Addison Red Line--the two stops i'll be living between come August 1. that would probably be the most truthful representation: the stop for my neighbourhood at the time i got the shirt. Southport Brown Line is tempting because i'm growing rather attached to the Brown Line...it's what i take now, and i love it. it also goes closer to work than the Red Line does, so i'll probably use that stop regularly to get to work. as for Addison Red Line, i'm torn. it is the stop to go to The Metro, and i've loved that place for years. however, it's also the stop for That Other Baseball Park, and i don't want my el shirt to fool people into thinking that i root for the wrong baseball team.
  
• i could get Washington and Wells Brown Line--the stop where my workplace as of September is located. but, that would be associated with work, and i don't think i want my CTA shirt to refer to something so mundane and obligation-oriented.

the most likely candidates are the Southport Brown Line stop or the Damen Brown Line stop. if you can think of any others that would suit me, or have a good argument as to why even Southport or Damen would be More Awesome for me, let me know. i'll probably be ordering my shirt soon after the move, but this is a serious undertaking that requires careful thought and an inspection of all possible angles.