Friday: pretty good job interview at a the Tribeca PAC. The place seems like a mini Krannert, which I think will be on the good side. After I started scoping midtown for a happy hour. Jason found a place that ended up having a pretty good beer special and free food. Awesome.
Saturday: We got our asses kicked by navigating Queens again, then by our apartment. A lot of what we bought ended up not working. Oh well...to make the day better, the Cubs lost......
Sunday: Free dance in Battery Park. Most of it was good...didn't really care for the hour of Indian dances that all started to look the same after a while. But the closing act, Spinnin Ronin was really good. From there we went to a bar on the east side to watch the Cubs game....which they lost....but oh well.....
Today I got some work booked for later in the week which makes me feel a lot better.
Monday, August 27, 2007
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
it's starting to feel like home
yesterday was a mostly stressful day of being on the phone for hours trying to find work. it went well except for the fact that it's august and there is no work. i'll be fine for a few more weeks though.
last night i ventured back to the gael pub with jason and eventually dan. that's the bar where i watched the bears win the ncf championship in january. it wasn't as rowdy, but still a good time. plenty of chicago beer and chicago hot dogs...and the bears won :-)
anyway....things are proving to be pretty good, and only look to be getting better. i've had my doubts lately, but i think i made a good choice
last night i ventured back to the gael pub with jason and eventually dan. that's the bar where i watched the bears win the ncf championship in january. it wasn't as rowdy, but still a good time. plenty of chicago beer and chicago hot dogs...and the bears won :-)
anyway....things are proving to be pretty good, and only look to be getting better. i've had my doubts lately, but i think i made a good choice
Monday, August 20, 2007
holy crap i live in ny now
yeah....again it's been a while, but i've been busy, so hush.
my last week in chicago was definitely a strange one. not all in a bad way. that last weekend was pretty awesome. went to the cubby bear in wrigleyville to see les zeppelin. no, that's not a typo, LES zeppelin. a lesbian led zeppelin cover band. i thought they were pretty good. they were followed by an 80's cover band who's lead singer looked way too much like ron jeremy. that is when i learned that dancing in flip flops is a bad idea. when we realized we had way too much to drink it was time to go. we went to mcdonalds across the street. i don't really remember going in, but i remember eating a cheeseburger.
next day, no hangover. score! the fam and friends came over for swimming and grilling and jello shots. it was a pretty awesome day. just as the day was ending and everyone was going home, there was a loud noise and the sky turned orange. a power line across the street snapped and was now draped across a few garages. the police and fire trucks came, and finally one com ed guy showed up, and realized he couldn't fix anything. in true ep fashion, we all got more beer and sat on the sidewalk watching.
the next day i drove to ny. then i moved in. i don't really want to relive it all right now, but it's good.
my last week in chicago was definitely a strange one. not all in a bad way. that last weekend was pretty awesome. went to the cubby bear in wrigleyville to see les zeppelin. no, that's not a typo, LES zeppelin. a lesbian led zeppelin cover band. i thought they were pretty good. they were followed by an 80's cover band who's lead singer looked way too much like ron jeremy. that is when i learned that dancing in flip flops is a bad idea. when we realized we had way too much to drink it was time to go. we went to mcdonalds across the street. i don't really remember going in, but i remember eating a cheeseburger.
next day, no hangover. score! the fam and friends came over for swimming and grilling and jello shots. it was a pretty awesome day. just as the day was ending and everyone was going home, there was a loud noise and the sky turned orange. a power line across the street snapped and was now draped across a few garages. the police and fire trucks came, and finally one com ed guy showed up, and realized he couldn't fix anything. in true ep fashion, we all got more beer and sat on the sidewalk watching.
the next day i drove to ny. then i moved in. i don't really want to relive it all right now, but it's good.
Thursday, August 2, 2007
"a fork stuck in the road"
Yeah. It's from that Green Day song. The one that comes on the radio every time my life changes in some way. It was my 8th grade graduation song. It was on the radio on the way to high school graduation and on the way to U of I for the first year. It was the song that was playing when my radio alarm clock went off on graduation day from U of I. It was on the radio on the way to the airport when I left for Ringling, and on my way home from my last load out with them. And again just this week, it came on the radio as Jason and I were on our way out to celebrate (this time not too early) our new apartment.
I know it sounds cheesy, but eh. Everything has been wonderful, so I would take it as a bad sign if the song didn't pop up.
A little more than 11 days to go. So far plans include a Cubs game, a tattoo, a backyard BBQ, and possibly a roller rink. Oh, and a lot of packing. I hate packing. Especially when it's to move in mid August. You'd think I would have learned by now, but oh well, at least our place comes with A/C.
I know it sounds cheesy, but eh. Everything has been wonderful, so I would take it as a bad sign if the song didn't pop up.
A little more than 11 days to go. So far plans include a Cubs game, a tattoo, a backyard BBQ, and possibly a roller rink. Oh, and a lot of packing. I hate packing. Especially when it's to move in mid August. You'd think I would have learned by now, but oh well, at least our place comes with A/C.
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