-Last name starts with W
-Well-known association with Chicago
-I have not won the Grammy for Best Album
-I suspect that George Bush doesn't care about black people
-I take great pleasure in the couplet "like Katrina with no FEMA/like Martin with no Gina" and its contrast of recent political events and a mid-90s FOX sitcom
-I enjoy Daft Punk
-We share a ( Read more... )

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Monday: Hung out at Intelly all day, slouching over books and studying. I got a lot of free coffee while I was there; afterwards, I went out for drinks with Mr. Smith, who pointed out that my shirt was very very VERY low cut. Hmmm, might be related ( Read more... )

1. I just pried my mailbox door open with my bare hands (because one of my roommates keeps forgetting to leave the mail key where any of the us can get it). I must admit I take some grim satisfaction in that, even though the piece of mail I'm waiting for didn't arrive.

2. iPod touch as PDA--thoughts? And no, I am not going to get an iPhone. But I ( Read more... )

So Chicago is officially in the nasty post-snow warmup phase. Over a foot of snow came down on Friday and Saturday. With the warm up and the rain yesterday and today, Chicagoans are now going through some of least pleasurable experiences the city offers including ( Read more... )

You know what can keep you from posting to your lj? 50-hour workweeks. Egads. Moving on.

My friend Jules: bad for business, bad for Chicago

So my friend Jules was in from MYC last Monday-Wednesday to interview for a derm residency, and stayed at my apartment. I met up with him at Intelligentsia* after I got off work, around 4:40.

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Me:
and my lawyer roommate helps women with abusive partners get away from them. if anything, the bad economy is helping that endeavor.

My lawyer friend in NYC:
that's good.
he's doing good work.  I am proud to have him as a colleague.

Me:
I say the same about him with regards to our mutual pursuit of the dudes.

Busy busy buzz buzz buzz.

While I am busy, read this short article about my cousin and his friend campaigning for John Edwards. Then read the comments.

Yes, this is the part of the world I come from. I think my favorite quote is "This educational failure has allowed them to be duped by John Edwards into believing that his Liberal socialist " ( Read more... )

If you could just imagine me singing "Happy Anniversary" to the William Tell Overture as the background to this post, that'd be great.

Happy second anniversary, Mr. Z! It's like the six years before we were dating, only awesomer.

Celebrations today will be minimal, but we're going to Alinea on Thursday, which is not minimal at all.

I just woke up from my lovely cot-sleep in Terminal D at DFW airport.  Incidentally, if you ever overnight at DFW, I do recommend Terminal D--it's just got the best aesthetics.

Original time I was supposed to get to Oklahoma City: 11:05 yesterday morning.
Revised estimate: 11:05 this morning.

I could complain more (and I have, to selected friends over ( Read more... )