I’m realizing that I’m really in desperate need of a vacation. Whenever you leave home, you get into that traveler mentality where you just seize whatever the moment provides, you take pictures, and you seem to just breathe in life a little deeper and little more meaningfully. Routines are meaningless. So with that in mind, …
NFL First Guessing – Week 11
Dangit, I dropped the ball on this column again, and now I’m leaving for Florida today. So I don’t really have time to post all my thoughts, so I’ll just be real quick. Patriots aren’t going to lose, which sucks because they’re all cocky bastards, but at least I don’t have to hear about the …
NFL First Guessing – Week 10
Sheesh, I have not been coming through on these columns with my usual gusto, and for that I apologize. Is it because I’m too busy wondering if the Bears last year were just a fluke? Is it because I’m wondering if Lovie Smith is not the coach I thought he was? Is it because I’m …
The Exploding Apartment
So this was actually like my first Chicago moving story, in that it happened when looking for apartments, I just haven’t posted it until now. So when Zach and I were first looking at places, we figured we’d go through an apartment finder of sorts. We’re both quite busy, and did not want to go …
Second set of Chicago Observations
So a couple more here. – Riding the train is FUN. However, since I live two brown line stops away from Lincoln Square, I feel kind of dumb paying $2 everytime I get on the train, to just get off approximately 2 and half minutes later. It would cost the same if I rode it …
First Few Observations from the New City
So I’ve been in Chicago for almost a whole week now, and I haven’t had any observations. Wait a minute, that’s ridiculous, of course I have. Here they are: – I found a Thai food place within about 10 minutes of being here. I knew this was meant to be. So needless to say, I …
NFL First Guessing – Week 9
Well I don’t have time again to post many of my thoughts this week, and since the Bears are off, I’ll just say they stink and call it good. I’m in the midst of setting up my new apartment as well, so it’s hard to find much time at the moment, but here are my …
Some interesting TV content
By the way, I’ll be posting lots about Chicago stuff soon, however, I just wanted to quick mention something. So I already have cable and internet installed (Comcast). And when flipping through the channels there was a program called “Totally Nude Divorcees.” What an oddly specific show. Unfortunately I apparently have to pay to watch …
Goodbye Grand Rapids
(I did write this on Wednesday night October 31st, but couldn’t post it until now) I’m sitting here in my almost completely empty apartment, with my whole life in a truck outside, trying desperately to figure out how to say goodbye to this place. And I really don’t know how. The entire person that I …
NFL First Guessing – Week 8
So I did not post my picks last week, and I’ve been in the midst of moving and packing, so I don’t really have time this week to post many thoughts either, so I’m just going to post my picks. For all 3 of you that actually read these, I apologize. I should be back …