My brother has the flu. He texted me on Saturday asking if I could bring him over drugs and soup and I brought him more food last night. He's a teaching assistant for a Medill class and as he put it probably caught it from all the "disgusting sick freshmen." He's never really believed in TMI so I've been getting lots of updates on his sweat as his ( Read more... )

So we got a new awesome house right before the wedding but in the flurry of our wedding and then our honeymoon and two other weddings we didn't have time to have a house warming party until October and which point we decided to have it double as a Halloween party. Kevin and I both love Halloween and have spent the last two years going to Madison, ( Read more... )

So the condo neighbors were actually worse. We brought over a bottle of wine which they carried away and did not open. They also shut away their really sweet and rambunctious dog that just wanted to lick us and be pet and we had to listen to him whimpering desperately throughout the entire meeting. Both a friendly dog and wine would have definitely ( Read more... )

So Dan is out of town for two weeks in Atlanta for a Magic tournament and then Costa Rica visiting a friend. While he lives in Madison, flights are more plentiful and cheaper in Chicago so he drove in last week, parked his car across the street and left me his keys so I could move it for the weekly street cleaning. Of course I forgot to do that ( Read more... )

The awful thing about not posting for so long is that so much happens it's impossible to play catch up and I don't even know where to start. The last few months were particularly insane which is why I've been too busy to post. Since I last wrote here I:

• Got a new full time job
• Closed on and moved into a house
• Got married
• Went on an amazing honeymoon to ( Read more... )

Anyone interested in catching some local theater. I've got a gig reviewing Chicago shows for Stage & Cinema. They'll basically let me review and get me tickets for anything I'm interested in that someone else hasn't already reviewed. Kevin's not all that into it and is out of town Friday when I'm going to see Chicago Dramatists I Am Going to Change ( Read more... )

In "Dark Harvest," one of the most disturbing episodes of the very disturbing "kids" show Invader Zim, the title character is an alien disguised as a human student. When he finds out that health screenings are coming up, he panics knowing he'll be busted and starts stealing the organs of his fellow students for himself with the motto "More organs ( Read more... )

Considering 2012 is a quarter over, this post is way overdue. But I've been distracted. So here's everything I read and watched last year.

Books:
1. The Mistress of Nothing, Kate Pullinger
2. The 4 Percent Universe, Richard Panek
3. Reality is Broken, Jane McGonigal
4. The Tell-Tale Brain, V.S. Ramachdran
5. The Last Greatest Magician in the World, Jim ( Read more... )

Normally I associate spring with a lot of cold rain and admiring the budding plants from the safety of indoors. But this year spring feels a lot like summer. It's 80 degrees, plants are popping up everywhere and everyone just seems to be embracing the weather and talking nonstop about how nice it is and how easy we got off this year since the ( Read more... )

I went down to Florida this weekend to see my grandma, show her and my dad my wedding dress and shop for a dress for my engagement party with my mom and sister. I have decided I am never going to see my family again without Kevin accompanying me. While my parents wouldn't make the comments they do with him around, when it's just family they feel ( Read more... )