in which I am sitting in that toddlin town

oh, so I moved to chicago. okay.


sooo that's been pretty cool thus far. I have this amazing three bedroom flat in a really sweet ginormous southside neighborhood. basically I just ride around on public transportation, furiously applying for jobs & waiting for grad school to start. sometimes I pay some bills or cry about money. sometimes I take a bath. sometimes I bake apple cake. sometimes I do some oh um writing.

I've been getting this obnoxious writer's block. at first I thought it was spine numbing work. then I thought it was lack of stimulation. then I realized... I'm just friggin lazy. no but seriously, I've been doing better. just the thought of grad school is getting me pumped. I mean I never thought I'd be excited for school, but here I am.... excited for school...... (lamelamelame.)

oh yeah, grad school? yeah, it's pretty great...ish. I stood in line for 1/2 hr. at orientation waiting to get my photo id taken... then the digital camera broke, so I got a little card and handwrote my id number on that; sehr classy. then I went to a welcome to school thing, heard six people say the same thing, met a few new people, drank a cup of lukewarm lemonade, and got right back on the next subway home.

but seriously, I'm excited for classes to start.



it's getting colder & colder. new neighbors moved in upstairs and oh wait by neighbors I mean some 600+ pound people that wear tap shoes & drop marbles on the floor at inconvenient hours of the night.


I think.... life is pretty good.