spent half the weekend in lisle, half the weekend here. the sun was peeking through the horizon this morning when i finally went to bed, after a beautiful dinner of salmon, vegetables and rice by asian aaron. conversation ensued after dinner, with micah and i enthralled in discussion about the future of science and faith, with touches upon war and ( Read more... )

i've spent the better part of the day searching through different countries death rates for suicide by jumping in front of public trains. seoul, korea so far has the hightest death rate, with 98 people last year and 37 so far this year. a man just commited suicide on the blue line the other day here in chicago, just by jumping in front of a train ( Read more... )

a very last minute special engagement at the ( Read more... )

i feel as if my stomach is trying to rot out of my mouth, my pores, my fingertips. everything makes me feel ill and my head is pounding, tick tock, that incessent, repetative drone that starts from the very moment my eyes open ( Read more... )

i trained with LOUIS ALVEREZ yesterday at my work. it took everything in my body to not give him googly eyes and practically bow down in front of him, kissing his feet (alright, that sounded dramatic, but i really do admire him). the man is so amazing and such an inspiring speaker, i really enjoyed the short two hours he was here ( Read more... )

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another chapter of my life is being written ( Read more... )

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i woke up in the middle of the night to my phone ringing and my heart pounding. i don't know what dream i was having so that i was so breathless, but i was nearly drenched in sweat and my heartbeat was echoing through my ears. i don't even remember who called ( Read more... )

i received a text message from "allan" last night, informing me of his number change. thus proceeded a strange night of texting back and forth to find out who this mysterious "allan" is .. apparently, he owns the loft on odgen avenue, but i have no recollection of ever meeting him ( Read more... )