update:

got the bike back! I ended up calling a locksmith. I paid him a very reasonable $55 and he cut it off with a battery-powered angle-grinder. Took about five minutes.

All in all the bike sat outside for two days and no one messed with it. I have it locked down pretty nicely

For all of you worried guys...I found the ulock to be a pretty good deterrent. You have to understand the risk/reward calculus. Any thief will be nervous that he'll be stopped by the police or that the owner will return and give him hell. Furthermore, my bike is dinged up and it might be worth $300. To get that $300 they have to store it at their house and then sell it on Craigslist or something, and there's still a risk of discovery.

So if I were a bike thief, there are so many bikes out there with the stupid cable locks that can be stolen in like 30 seconds flat. And even then, really, the only ones worth stealing IMO are the carbon frame ones that are over 1k. That's just my opinion.