i am supposed to be writing a paper about urban growth machines and underclass ideology and gentrification and neoliberalism and political economy blah blah blah. it's really interesting and exciting to learn about, but i hate writing about structural stuff like this because i can't organize ideas properly. aside from the paper, though, i love that ( Read more... )

Opening scene of next big romantic comedy: http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/mis/270520386.html

So, haven't really done much work lately, but I have been having fun. OKAY?? I have also been doing a lot of counter-hegemonic work, so LAY OFF ALREADY. I HAVE ALSO ( Read more... )

First up, best Craigslist post ever (hurry before the link expires!): http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/zip/261146139.htmlRead more... )

Today was epic. It began with me babysitting two boys (8 and 4) for 7 hours. For 1 1/2 of those hours we threw pieces of ice at a birdbath to watch them shatter. Woo. But at least now I have a wad of cash to spend on drinkkkz tomorrow night in Iowa City ( Read more... )

I am done with finals! My 3 papers were very good, I think, and my logic exam today was eh. But I don't even care. Next quarter is going to be way different than this one, lots more to do and hopefully this means more excitement. I had my volunteer interview and orientation today and yesterday for 826 CHI (writing tutoring place) and it seems like ( Read more... )

Life Update Things are going fine, it's reading week so I don't have any class but I need to start writing some papers/essays pretty soon. A couple weeks ago I got to hang out with Meg in the city and listen to Gary Trudeau speak, who was awesome even though he didn't look like Zonker. Then I got to see Common last week with Neil, which was a cool ( Read more... )

Because I am an elitist asshole, I've come to the conclusion that this "NaNoWriMo" thing is the stupidest idea ever. What is the point of writing a novel if it sucks? It's like doing a marathon without any training--you look like shit as you're doing it, you resort to crawling at mile 20, and then you puke all over everything after crossing the ( Read more... )

On Sunday I discovered that my car was missing. This was awesome. It turned out that it had been towed Friday because of the Homecoming parade (which I did not attend, although I sort of wish I had because I could have seen Grand Marshall Stephen Colbert). Anyway, so I went to the towing lot to retrieve it, where I paid a very unfriendly guy $200 ( Read more... )

my favorite is either the plastic slide that i think counts for "adventures" or the creepy picture of rabid animals. as well as the juxtaposition of the hammer and sickel with the holy grail. also, why do guys in basketball jerseys count as "expatriates"?

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