lincoln park is the new old town
wicker park is the new lincoln park
logan square is the new wicker park
humbolt park is the new logan square

so if you're not:
super rich
not doin so bad for yourself but still being hip
your average middle class income while being very hip, or
so hip you might be poor,

then you're fucking nobody.

and i'm fucking

"damn it dad, you're just not paying enough attention to me right now" he seems to say almost all the time ( Read more... )

http://www.thenewatlantis.com/archive/13/crawford.htm

Read this (most of you are on break, so you have the time!)

Then maybe you'll understand why I do what I do.

No, I'm not saving the world through the trades I learn.

Tallbikes don't save the world, just

So tomorrow is the first official day that I will entrust Newton to someone else's care. Work charges $20 a night holiday for employees to board their dogs, and since I'm going to be gone for about 10 days, that's not financially feasible. Also flying him is out of the question because it's anywhere from $50 - $90 each way for a ticket for him. ( Read more... )

Weekend nights mean nothing to me. I pretty much always have to be up at 6 am no matter what day it is. I'm not complaining so much as explaining to myself why I usually stay out no later then 12:00 ( Read more... )

so I saw Kid Koala last wednesday. a little late on the draw, I know. but it ruled. If you don't know him, he's a turntablist \ performance artist \ just amazing. Ask me some time and I'll show you the Graphic Novel (now out of print) that he wrote. I'm not one to ususally go out for a DJ, but he's just different (or if he's not, I just need to ( Read more... )

I think George Thorogood is a way overlooked artist. Don't get me wrong, the music isn't good. It's horrible cheesy lame saxaphone "blues rock," but I think his music emobodies what it means to be a broke drunk working class piece of shit. He represents the guy the Boss is singing about. Maybe this is just because I grew up around these people ( Read more... )

today i ( Read more... )

bad news turns into worse news.

My life over the last few months:


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