I'm graduating from the University of Chicago in June and need to start a month-to-month lease between June 15th and July 1st. Any ideas where I could start looking for specifically month-to-month stuff? I'm already looking and listed on Craigslist. Thanks!

in the course of a somewhat convoluted journey to chicago that involved my suitcase sitting overnight in newark airport, all my jewelry was stolen out of my bag. that is all pairs but three of a probably 40 pair collection of earrings and several necklaces. none of the earrings are sentimental except insofar as I loved them, but three of the ( Read more... )

My great-uncle died last night. He was 78, and the last of my grandmother and her ten siblings to go. He was also the youngest.

Albee was born in 1931, when my grandmother was 14 or 15. Born in 1916, she wasn't even the oldest - she in fact fell squarely in the middle. Her brother Joe was the oldest by several years. This is a family portrait. My ( Read more... )

in about a month I am babysitting two vegetarian teenagers for a week. I have no idea what to make them for dinner other than pasta primavera and quesadillas. that's two nights out of six, and even with ordering in that's not enough.

lj friends of mine, help me out. are you a vegetarian? do you love one? what the balls do these people eat?

found on the tag of my new jeans:

"Truck jeans is a product of the Original American ride denim jeans for everyone to enjoy. Bringing out the unique characteristic of it's texture and image of individual jeans. Simply by wearing the jean will bring love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control These are ( Read more... )

one giant step forward. (forty years ago king was assassinated, and fifty years ago there were places where obama couldn't vote. now we have a black president. who, incidentally, actually seems like he might be pretty good at his job ( Read more... )

Hey there NYC-area poor_skills-ers ( Read more... )

yesterday I got a new tattoo. it is between my shoulder blades.(pictures of both the new and the old forthcoming, hopefully today.)

today I learned about washing my hair in the shower without getting shampoo on my back.

oh, the joys of tattoo possession.

To the distinguished ladies and gentlemen who make up the Major Activities Board ( Read more... )

I decided not to go abroad ( Read more... )