Hey all. I had to read the book Robinson Crusoe for another one of my classes and I was curious if anyone else had read it and if so, what did you think? I really liked it, but at the same time it was difficult for me to see the amount of racism and rampant consumerism in the book. Crusoe basically sets up his own colony on the island he lands ( Read more... )

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The first game I watch in like, ten or fifteen years, and that is how it goes?

Wow.  Maybe I'll wait another 10-15 years if that's how it's going to be.  Bleh.

It's a rainy day in Chicago.  How can I tell?  From looking out the window and seeing lots of umbrellas 33 stories below me ( Read more... )

I've fallen ill.  :C  Super-frowny face ( Read more... )

I have a job.  I'm hired to be a hostess at Cafe Ba-ba-reeba, a Tapas restaurant north of where I live in Lincoln Park, a trendy and budding area of Chicago.  Excited?  Not really, no.  Glad to have a job?  Yes.  Though it's disappointing to know that of the 40 other places that were better, office jobs, not a single one thought my application or ( Read more... )

Since I've moved to Chicago, I've decided to update my livejournal on a regular basis once again, so all you wonderful people I went to college with can keep in touch and know how it's going down here for me ( Read more... )

September ( Read more... )