I am sitting in my pajamas under a blanket listening to Ari's banjo music. I just ate two pieces of homemade toast with raspberry jam that I made in our new toaster oven. Earlier today I went to a really fun craft fair in West Town with my friend Chelsea, and then on the way home we began laying plans to stay in Evanston next summer and sell fancy ( Read more... )

new blog for summer travel writing grant!

http://rustbelting.blogspot.com

i hope you're all doing well--i would write a real entry now but i am so behindddddd

So, I'ma finally done with school. I just got back from my cousin's graduation in Milwaukee. It was mildly uncomfortable, but I did have a really good brat + German potato salad + free Newcastle so it was probably worth it. Lisa and Susannah and I are going to Ames tomorrow, I think I'm gonna take them the pretty way on Highway 30. We're only ( Read more... )

Hey! I got into the Honors Writing Program for next year! And I got the travel writing grant! So I'm not a failure, and I get to spend this summer taking an all-expenses-paid (well, up to $2500) road trip around the country. To quote my own proposal (because I am a dick), I'm stopping in various "stubbornly local places around the U.S. (By ' ( Read more... )

Recent conversation between me and roommates:Me: (gesturing to broken chair) Don't worry about it, my dad will fix it ( Read more... )

Yesterday Lisa had to be in the Loop at 5am, so I drove her (the El line from Evanston doesn't run at that time). It was obviously pretty eerie to be driving through the city and down Lake Shore at 4 in the morning-everything was so quiet, although there was a surprising number of people out waiting for the bus or walking somewhere. In the future I ( Read more... )

Hello, former Livejournal readers. I write this entry from beyond the grave. Yesterday I was killed while crossing Sheridan Road, struck down violently by a yellow Hummer H2 with blood-diamond-encrusted rims and premium Bose sound package. They carried my mutilated body (wrapped in a Burberry trench) down to the beach, placed it on a birch raft ( Read more... )

In Ames for Spring Break because Florida plans of Sun&Glory fell through. I'm having a nice time. It's sorta weird to be home when no one else is, but eh. I like this Neruda bit, though ( Read more... )

Okay. Just stop what you're doing and go here: http://www.chakatsden.com/chakat/Visions.html. Please. I can't even say how amazing this is. I have never seen such density of greatness on a single website. (Tip: scroll down to the very bottom of the page and click on ( Read more... )

hmm hmm. i am typing this with one finger because i'm also eating a grapefruit (an expensive whole foods grapefruit which is not even that good). i can't believe that thursday is march. i have approximately 956billion things to do before march 14 which is my last day of finals. i have decided my classes for next quarter, however. they are ( Read more... )