Today, I decided to go to Thai Urban Kitchen, in the Ogilvie center, for noms. They have good lunch specials, and there is a place where you can play with a 3DS there, which is fun. So I hoofed the three blocks, and about a block away heard about a bajillion sirens. About 300 fire trucks roll up, including a CFD "mobile command center" and a bunch ( Read more... )

It's Pulaski Day! Hooray ( Read more... )

I tried for a while, I really did. But then I stopped, because I suppose I'm more concerned about sharing all my dang business with the internets these days.

That said, I *cannot get this song out of my head*:

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Let's get the rhythm of the hot dog.

Yesterday, from a window near my office at work, I saw the CTA Holiday Train. It was kind of exciting, and it is on the Blue Line today, so I decided to take it. The schedule said it'd be at my stop at 6.01PM today. I got there at like 5.45 and waited, along with another woman approximately my age ( Read more... )

...and I got it fixed at "my mechanic," Saabtech ( Read more... )

Today, being black Friday and all, I went out shopping with my mom. I got some totally dope deals, as it were. One of the "totally dope deals" I got was a new computer, on which I am typing this post. It's an HP Pavilion 6620, and it is pretty rad. It is much much much faster and more awesome than my old computer, some of whose parts were 11 years ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I did something I have not done since January 31, 2004.

I got a new cell phone. It's a G2! Honestly, this is way too exciting. Unfortunately, though I paid for it, it's in the shipping right now. I should get it next week sometime.

Happy Thanksgiving, y'alls.

So yesterday I was at Chicago's French Market at the Metra station. It is an awesome place, and it is near to work. I go there frequently. It is a primarily food-focused place, though some stalls sell bricabrac of various types. Some of the food is prepared, a smaller portion is not ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I went roller skating and to a roller skating "quad speed class." It was fun, but I fell frequently and epically... and always in the same spot on my left butt cheek and left wrist. Also it turns out that I am an extremely fast learner with this stuff, but it is highly difficult to get people to teach a 29-year-old lady basic skate shit ( Read more... )

I was just the recipient of perhaps the worst telemarketing call ever. It went something like this ( Read more... )