Last night I was sitting in my chair, seemingly unable to move my head or any other part of my body. The next thing I know I'm pedaling my bike down Diversey, intent on standing along the lakeshore for the first time since I moved here. Along the way I had the chance once again to see the hideousness of Chicago up close. The scenery went from ( Read more... )

It's amazing and completely sucky how things can change so rapidly in the course of a week or so. I'm left standing here wondering what the fuck just happened amidst pools of deep regret and confusion ( Read more... )

One benefit of it getting up over 100 degrees today: the air conditioner went out at work, so the waitstaff and the customers got a little uncomfortable and decided to close down the restaurant. It's regularly 105 back in the kitchen, so today was nothing new for us. It's feels like a freaking snow day and I don't have to go to school, so I'm ( Read more... )

I love that whenever I come home from work now I reek from a new odor. Tonight's eau de toilette: ham and some pretentious cheese that they sell on a plate with some cherries, balsamic & panforte and sell for at least 7 or 8 bucks. Actual cost to restaurant? I'm guessing something like $3 tops. Ridiculous ( Read more... )

I love the rain, especially when I'm not out biking or walking in it. Today was the first heavy rain we've had in Chicago since I've officially lived here, which is something like 2 months. I sat in a mystified stupor for quite some time in my bedroom watching the rain before I remembered the windows in the front room were wide open exposing ( Read more... )

Reason #873 why I need a different job: my attitude has been in the shitter lately and it's taking it's toll on my close friends. Last night it sort of came to a head when I became that drunk guy that ruins everything. The guy that pisses in the punch. The scary thing is I didn't even realize I was being so assy until I saw it on the face of ( Read more... )

Today is Tuesday, or as I'm sure Tuesdays will soon be known, Gary Buseday! From now on you can expect to learn something new and fascinating about the American screen icon and erudite sage Gary Busey each and every Gary Buseday until I run out of facts and have to turn to Nick Nolte. By the way, they're two different people.


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It's late Sunday night and I'm starting my weekend off right. My wacky schedule at Lula has me work Thursday through Sunday, and then I'm off for three days straight. Realizing none of my friends would be down with kicking it at 1:00am on a Sunday night, I stopped by the 24-hour joint on Diversey and Milwaukee to pick up some Bling Bling Mad Dog ( Read more... )

It was somewhere between the 3rd and 4th burn to my hands, but after I sliced a chunk of my fingernail and knuckle last night that I realized "shit, I've got a job!" Actually, I didn't officially have the job at that point but realized it was a forgone conclusion. Standing for 10+ hours straight with no breaks in 100 degree heat is...I don't know ( Read more... )

It's getting closer, I can sense it! After a month and a half of searching for a job, I wanna say it like Phil Collins 'I can feel it coming in the air tonight'. That's about all I'm going to say on the matter since I'm a little superstitious and would feel like a total knob if I don't get this job ( Read more... )