You know what Chicago is lacking... some "dojo wars". Turns out you didn't need to get your Samurai Sunday Showdown(tm) fix back in the day. You could get your fix out on the streets of Chicago, Chi-town Showdown style, back in the sixties and seventies.  There is a story in the Chicago Reader(tm) that talks about John Keehan aka Count Dante, a ( Read more... )

I need some $200 kenneth cole boots, now, and I mean now.
I want to kick people.
But I'll settle for some $168 male Ugg boots.

My left foot aches. I don't know why it's been aching. The shoes I wear might be causing the ache. I mainly wear gym shoes and a pair of boots. The pain is centered around the arch of my foot. So that got me thinking, are the shoes lacking arch support? I don't think so because if that was the case my right foot would also ache, that's not the case ( Read more... )

Last week, the day after the 4th of July, I went in for a job interview. It was with a consumer marketing firm. They basically buy consumer research data from other companies, analyze it and generate consumer profiles which they then sell to retail businesses.  The job I am applying for would have me working with the marketing department to keep ( Read more... )

omg, the ferrets are hooked on packing peanuts. They will not stop, they get their fix and hide in a corner eating it. Once they're done they come back for more. Now if I could just figure out how to use it to my advantage. You know, get them hustling on street corners for money to satisfy their fix.

I haven't posted in a while. Memorial Day weekend, Hilary and I went out to Baltimore for a women's baseball tournament. The Gems, didn't fare so well, we lost every game, but gained a ton of experience. We decided to drive out there. It took us about 12 hours to get to Baltimore. We drove all night to get there on Friday at noon. I had a great ( Read more... )

I come to realize that some of the people I thought of as friends were just “drug-friends”. My friend J who I’ve known since high school had become just that, a drug-friend. He’s into harder drugs than I am, and now I don’t think he wants to hangout with me because I don’t do that. I invited him over a few times, but he ends up hanging out with ( Read more... )

Haven't posted in a while, so here goes...

Things to be yay about:

I will start grad school at UIC in the fall.
Hil and I are going to see Conan O'Brien at the Chicago Theater.
White Sox are spanking the ass out of everyone.

Things to be boo about:
Gas prices in Chicago are way up.
401K managing companies taking a cut of the savings.
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For this coming weekend, Sunday and Monday actually, I am taking Hilary to Lake Geneva in Wisconsin. Specifically the Grand Geneva resort to celebrate our two year anniversary. The Grand Geneva resort has skiing and an indoor waterpark. So if it gets too warm we can have some fun in the waterpark, but if it's cold enough we will be skiing ( Read more... )

I feel bad, I haven't posted in a long time. I've been lazy about it. When I get home from work, I usually don't touch the computer. I spend so much time at work on it, that by the time I get home I unintentionally avoid it.
I plan on making more of an effort. I've been vegging out on the couch way too much.