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I went to see Matisyahu yesterday yesssss
I finally went to Ravinia also, nice looking woods! (that's what ____ said).
Anyway, so after 2 weeks listening to Matis nonstop while running or cooking or driving, it was time, and so we went.
The concert started at 9pm and we had to be there early to find a nice spot (it was an outdoor thing), so after fighting Ravinia fauna and eating our gourmet sandwiches, we had some fun.
Sliding so much in bug spray that mosquitoes didn't even bother bothering anymore, lying on a towel listening to live reggae and alternating between that and looking at the stars, I remembered how much I missed being outside watching the sky... until 1030pm on the dot when the park decided to turn off the music [middle of the song and everything] because that's when they must stop the party, for peace of the neighbors. Thanks.
Either way I liked it, I think I'm going to start wearing Tzitzyot and legally change my name to Botisyahu :)
Oh, hilarious event: Jason peed in a parking lot at night on our way home hahaha
Psycho
It's Dog the Bounty Hunter!
The background ass picture
So i tried to learn how to bike again.
The last time i rode a bike my current butt weight was my total weight; I couldn't even remember how to find proper balance and I kept having all these cuts and bruises flash-backs associated with my last bike ride, 20 years ago. Awful, dear.
Five minutes into the "biking", my shoulders were shrimp red and i had had enough of Jason yelling at me.
Biking sucks; lazy people use you own legs and arms, do sports! I wish i didn't live in a flat State :(
In even sadder news, I read The Notebook in 4 days. Like, the novel... If you thought the movie was sad, read the book.
It's so perfect for PMS, it'll turn you into the sweetest child. Seriously.
And now the happy handsome news.
Friday I was trying to get on Jackson when Angela and I noticed closed streets, cameras, trailers and jumpy girls: Johnny Depp's movie was being filmed! Oh that's the dream.
I immediately called Jason and told him I was coming home instead of chasing Mr. Depp. Bold move, some have said.
Lastly, it's a miracle! I think God, Moses or someone either Jewish or Catholic sent me a book about Moses I didn't order. Spooky! Biblical picture attached.
Then pretty sunny yet B&W pictures:
Ok, new doctor time!
I had to update my vaccines and get tested for Boring-itis, but that came back negative.
The only bad thing was that I hate my doctor. What happened to my good old doctor that gives me free meds and advice?
The only reason why I didn't completely hate this guy was because he had cool handwriting. And there I go, always admiring people with cool handwriting.
So after paying over-priced first world medical services, and after watching David Blaine hold his breath for 16 mins. on Oprah, I decided to walk to Logan Square instead of taking the EL. What's 7 miles, right?
I had a chance to catch up with our true all-American, all-Latin American, all-Polish neighborhood while also giving me a reason not to work out today.
It backfired. That area where the lower back meets the beginning of the legs hurts like the mother... but I have pictures!! (of the neighborhood, not of the area)
My model child, the Logan Theater
I always wanted to share the slogan of the Sense B•O•U•T•I•Q•U•E: "For elegant ladies" jojojoj
The Big Smile Dental place with its Archangel Gabriel Tooth Fairy
The inspirational products nonsense
I also went to a Polish bakery and walked out with a free cookie after the Polish salesgirl winked at me hahahha. I got nervous. I mean, what do you do when a hot girl winks at you?
Did you get one? Did you? I did.
Did the CTA give you today the most awesome present?!
Even better than riding for a penny on New Year's Eve, today I found out that the CTA was giving away free rides on behalf of its blue baby, the Blue line. All because the trains were late.
Right.
Because they don't need money anymore. Right. Because all those "CTA Doomdays 2007" were not real. Right. Because the trains are aaalways on time. Right. Right!
Who cares, free rides are free rides. I'm totally having CTA fantasies right now.
How cool is this? Just when I thought having Monterrey on Google Maps was fame itself... what about having my very own CTA stuff featured on Google?!
Starting now, the troubled, loved and hated Chicago Transit Authority has teamed up with the Googlenator to get a full travel itinerary ready for us; so this time it includes directions by driving there or taking public transit; available buses and train stations all over the place; a mini calculator telling you how much you'd spend via CTA or car (like either is good, damn your expensiveness); as well as train and buses schedules.
The CTA already had this Travel Planner thing, but when Google now offers all these extra goodies, it all seems sweeter than ever.
Of course, as sweet as it can get riding creepy buses and trains with Joey Homeless, Dean Weed Jones, or Mario-Maria Gutierrez.
Look ak their "I'm totally Googlemapping Chicago on a Mac" video.
Cute, isn't it?
Oh CTA! We have such a meet-my-parents / give-me-my-stuff-back love story, but this just adds up to its many many sexy advantages. Now if I could just get over the fact that right now we hate each other.
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PS. The CTA website is ugly-baby ugly.
This Saturday was party night with Nicole and some of her friends. We went to see this band and it took us an hour to get there... even though it was in Wicker Park and Nicole and I live around Wicker Park. Here are the highlights.
1. I (confidently) saying we parked at Damen and Ebay
2. I wondering if Damen.com was available. (It isn't, I just checked.)
3. Dan No. 2 saying he liked Hermione. And that it was OK because she was 21 years old. She's really 17
4. I saying that there's actually a Hermione St. in Chicago (continuing with my "streets" subject of the night)
5. Ben being 75% [Chocolate] German cake
6. Wait, how can Damen.com be taken?
7. Nicole scoring free beer from "Bar Guy Mike"
8. We went into the boys bathroom because there was a huge line in the girl's one
9. We also saw a guy peeing there
10. And said bathroom smelled like a hamster cage.
Ahhh good times :)
