Christmas alone is not quite as depressing as it is advertised. I would definitely trade it for being able to celebrate with family, but since my parents are 2000 miles away, and even if I did have plane tickets, i'd still be sitting at O'hare with throngs of unhappy travelers, I'll take this as an alternative ( Read more... )

one of the main reasons i've been lax in writing here and anywhere for quite a while is that for months my right wrist has ben in severe pain. Alternating between a dull pain to a severe burning... sometimes with numbness. I know I need to get more medical treatment for it. Before I left I got an appointment with my doctor in riverside and he gave ( Read more... )

3 things I've watched ( Read more... )

Watching the states turn blue and the relief wash over the nation was momentous. Being in Chicago during the news was also historic ( Read more... )

lots of thunder, loud booming thunder tonight.

SARAH VOWELL THIS THURSDAY.... really, you should come. I don't care if you don't live in Chicago, fly in.

Carpenter's Halloween sometime this week...

Reading of 'So Many Ways To Sleep Badly' next week...

Halsted's Halloween parade very soon, as well as our neighborhoods Howl-o-ween dog parade...

Costume contest at work... what should I be?

....

i have now been offered two jobs?

YAY?

I hate to turn down anyone... there are pros to both. But I know which one I will take.

Why did it have to take so long? So much energy put into this...

So far in Chicago I have

• Seen Andrew Bird in Millennium Park under the stars with a bottle of wine and adorable dancing toddlers and senior citizens randomly dropped in among the throngs of hipsters. 
• Seen Sandra Tsing Loh read for free at Women and Children First, a wonderful local bookstore and historical feminist landmark.
• Attended "Too Much ( Read more... )

things to do...

* start writing
* finish blog post
* laundry
* dishes
* vacuum

I know there was more...

"it's always a fucked up power dynamic in sex."- billy chenowith

I had a great interview yesterday.
Am excited about the possibilities in the upcoming weeks...
Justin is coming to visit soon.
I adore my neighborhood.

Come visit.

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Rachel Maddow got her own show on MSNBC.