recently i've been branching out, stepping out of my comfort zone and doing things i don't usually do. i'm crocheting a hat for myself and it's cute. i made orange marmelade and it's awesome. and i've had this idea and i think i'm just gonna do it. because why the hell not? this city's pretty smelly, certain areas are defined by smell, some more ( Read more... )

So I just came back from the jason payne lecture which was awesome. True to his last name, jason was just as much - if not more - of a badass as kelsey payne. i'm glad i went ( Read more... )

I'm guessing this is something that my mother, my sister and I all have in common. I'm not sure where it originated, but it's the pits ( Read more... )

 In regards to dreams ( Read more... )

last night was one of those nights where you scrape yourself off of the sidewalk, crawl headfirst into the first cab and ask the nervous cab driver to take you home without giving an address ( Read more... )

Thursday : Jean Harlow in Lakeview - "now that's how a lady walks" "what? arms all akimbo?

Friday : Maya Angelou in the South Loop - "I'm feeling weepy, I'm gonna buy this book" "peace my brother" "shut up"

Saturday : Paris in Berlin - "wanna go out?" "eh. I've already got my sweatpants on." "Imma take that as a yes. Go put your hooker boots on and ( Read more... )

paps are outside, every local news van is stationed in front of our building, and a cold wind's a blowin' : this can only mean one thing -

Blago's in the building!!!

visiting his lawyer.

So I went to this exhibit/lecture/review tonight at the Northwest Arts Center. Purdue University's Landscape program were having a sort of presentation, as their semester's project was about the revitilization of the Bloomingdale line - an abandoned arm close to the Blue Line that runs along Bloomindale (blvd?) Right now it's overgrone, some of the ( Read more... )

i never would've thought making a christmas wreath would be this stressful ( Read more... )

chris : I don't care who has to sleep with what, none of us are getting laid off!
sabine : we've got an office of six, take your pick!