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I wonder if Cha Cha Cha or any Taqueria's are open. I know the 24th in Latino culture tends to be the more important day during Christmas. Maybe I'll just have to wait?

cha cha cha=shut :(

burrito dreams= killed

Hey DP I need your help :)

I'm looking to join like some of like book club or chocheting club or any other sort of fun club. Hopefully with weekly or semi-weekly meetings and cool people in their 20's? And would it be too much to hope such a thing exists in Vancouver?

Also open to any other ideas for not-so-expensive yet fun and involving chatting and socialization?

TIA!

NORAD trackiing Santa tonight http://www.noradsanta.org/en/index.html

Here are the listings through the OR employment office posted in the last 3 days for the Portland Metro area, and a couple of other listings for you to peruse on your own, good luck!

http://www.emp.state.or.us/jobs/index.cfm?cat=00&loc=002%2C003%2C005%2C032%2C033%2C037%2C051%2C194&keyword=&keytype=Both&since=20091220&hrs=00&show=20&calling_pg=adv&agency_menu=N&location_content=joblist.cfm&showcounts=Y&system=WIOA&type=N&lang=E&start=1

http://www.careeronestop.org/JobSearch/COS_jobsites.aspx

http://www.dice.com/

Hey DPers -

I just got a $100 Bed, Bath, and Beyond GC as a holiday gift. I don't need it - anyone interested in a cash trade? I'd love to get $100 for it if possible, but would be willing to entertain offers as well.

Thanks!

Hey DP. I'm sellin some nerdy stuff. Post-Xmas gifts to yourself maybe?

- Munchkin card game w/ three expansions. $40. 
- Super Smash Bros. brawl for Wii. $25. 
- Resident Evil 4 for Wii. $10.

I'm also sellin a third generation 8GB iPod nano. Functions perfectly but a corner of the screen's protective layer got ripped off. The screen itself is fine, just a corner of the thin plastic coating is missing. Oh, and it's one of the blue models, and comes with earbuds and USB cable. $30. 

And last up, the Buddha graphic novel by Osamu Tezuka. Vol 1 and 4 in hardcover, and vol 2 and 3 in paperback. $10 each or $30 total. Oh yeah, I just remembered I wrote my name on the inside of the front covers. It's small and discreet, though.  

I might not have Internet access for most of the day, so don't worry if I'm slow. I'll get back to ya. Happy holidays DP! <3

All I want for Xmas is to reclaim a few cubic feet of storage space!  We've given away all our 0-3 month stuff, but we've got lots of 3-6, 6mo and 6-9mo stuff.

Some of it has gone through 2-3 hand-me-down cycles; some of it was never worn (they grow so fast!).  Rather than selling the stuff we paid for and is still in great condition, I figure I'd rather just go with the spirit of the season and give it to someone who needs it!

The catch?  Well, there's two of them.

1- You have to be be willing to come to pick it up, and unless you live real close (I'm just on the north side of Reed College) I'd recommend bringing a vehicle.  It's a lot of clothes, and it'd be unwieldy to carry for any distance at all.

2- Since I'm giving it away, I'd ask that, when you're done, you do the same.  If you're going to sell them, well, I coulda done that!

Send me a PM if you're interested!!

I'm in the funny ("funny") predicament of being unemployed and unqualified for unemployment/ebt... I'm not exactly homelessly impoverished, but it's definitely looming. To save my goldpieces, which almost exclusively go to the procurement of groceries (and an occasional coffee) I'd like to take advantage of free food about the city. Portland is effing rad in that Food Not Bombs serves here 5 nights a week, so I know about that already, and the Sikhs tend to make food for anyone who wants some, right? What else is there? (vegan only: I may be poor, but I've got my principles [and my dignity, you filthy barbarians.])

The National Union of Jewish LGBTQQI Students's 14th annual conference will take place January 15th to the 17th at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. As usual the conference will be held over a weekend, and co-hosted by a campus Hillel, the NUJLS leadership conference features workshops, services, community building, and social time. This year's keynotes are Rabbi Bradley Artsen, Dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies and comedian Dana Goldberg!

We welcome students from all sorts of backgrounds (religious, not, newly out, not, liberal to conservative, and more). Workshops, speakers, and text studies address such topics as Judaism and homosexuality, activism, relationships, ethics, coming out, and politics. Last year more than one hundred students came from across the United States and Canada to participate, and we anticipate a similar turnout this year! Registration ($80) includes meals (all kosher), housing, and all conference events. Travel and registrations subsidies are available upon request (in the registration form). View past schedules and register at http://www.nujlsonline.org/conferenceinfo.html

Anyone headed  to Portland from Seattle or the Olympic Peninsula between the 28th and the 31st? I can chip in for gas and help drive if you want. Email me at lawrence@reed.

So, I want to query the pulpy mass that is the DP mass mind.

Regardless of what you thought of Avatar ... Unobtainium? WTF was that about!?

Reminder: I don't care what you thought of the movie (white guilt/zomg I found a flaw in the science/etc), I want to know why the fuck he named the unobtainable mineral Unobtainium.

...aka the-coming-of-age-story? I've had 3 different professors pronounce it very different and I'd like to know what is the most common way of pronouncing it.

My birthday is coming up, and I've invited a bunch of friends to join me for dinner. I live in Sellwood and have my favorite restaurants in my 'hood: Iron Horse, Limelight, The Delta Cafe.

But I'd like to try someplace new! And so I turn to the Damned.

What's a good place that's casual, not too spendy, good for a decent-sized group of people (say, around 8-10 folks), and isn't loud enough to crush conversation?

None of my friends are vegetarian or vegan, nor have any other foody restrictions.

Thanks in advance, as they say.

Yes this is kinda super last minute -- but anyone know where I can still get a half dozen to a dozen Christmas tamales for some Christmas Eve festivities?

I'm in NoPo without a car so the closer the better!

Is there a good, fun bar/brewpub type place that will be open (and maybe doing fun activities) on Christmas Eve? My brother and I are the only two non-Christians in the family, and we are looking to go out and do something fun while the rest of the family is at services in the evening.

So today is my birthday, and my roommate's Mom is taking me out for a free meal. She wants to know where I go, but my usual haunts are just not all that thrilling to me right now. Now before you ready your responses, I should say that No, I am not looking for a place that gives birthday freebies. What I am looking for is a decent-to-moderately-expensive place that has a wide and delicious variety of healthier fare on its menu. Alcohol is not at all necessary, vegan options are a plus, and few to no stairs are even more of a(n admittedly side bonus) plus, as the mom has a hard time with stairs. Every year I gorge myself on delicious rich foods on my BDay, and this year I figure I'll change the pattern and eat something as non-belly-exanding as possible.

So, any suggestions?

I've heard this rumor about free trees on Christmas eve--basically, that the tree lots will just give them away because who's going to buy a tree after that, anyway?

I've never paid much attention to tree lots on 12/24 because I've never been in the market for a tree then, but since we just moved last week, our new place is totally devoid of any holiday decorations, and I think it'd be fun to get a tree to decorate tomorrow night. 

So...anyone know if this free-tree business is fact or fiction?  Even better, know a lot that might do this (in NE out by 82nd would be awesome, but we have a vehicle so location isn't huge)? 

Happy Festivus!

Hello, all-knowing, small-animal-loving members of DP!

We're looking at getting a couple of little boy rats over the next couple months, and were wondering if anyone had any recommendations for reputable rat breeders in the area.  

To head off one of the obvious questions - no, not interested in going to PetCo or PetSmart or the like - I'd really like to know that my ratties are not prone to defects and slightly crazy, which can happen with the chain stores. 

Thanks, and snark away.

Consider this a thread for your "airing of grievances."

Who or what has pissed you off over the past year?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus

Oh wise DP, can anyone tell me good places to go to find geeky toddler clothing of the old school video game variety? Bonus points for Pacman or Atari! I'd like to be able to find something extra rad for my nephew for Christmas, since he is already spoiled with toys.