back in the new neighborhood...

...well, i actually got a lot of unpacking done. all my clothes have been put away, and i've been able to disassemble a bunch of boxes and get them out of the way, as you can see in the picture on the left. ah, the floor i so love! i can actually see it now.

connolly accompanied me tonight as i explored the neighborhood on foot. we walked north on damen up past armitage, then down south on hoyne to wabansia back east to damen to north ave back east to ashland where we ended up at the hollywood grill, the local 24 hour establishment. it was great--the place was all decked out w/ stuff related to tv or the movies. we sat in a booth beneath a bunch of three stooges memorabilia. after stuffing ourselves full of fruit, we walked back to my place. it was nice to just wander around and look at all the different houses. there's so much diversity in the architecture of the older buildings. some of the little houses are just too cute for words!

tomorrow is good friday--holiday for me, but it seems that most of my friends are working. oh well. i'm gonna go visit my dad and get some errands done. it's supposed to rain all day but get nice by afternoon. i hope i can make it to schubas tomorrow night. there's gonna be like a half dozen bands or so playing. and i know exactly where to position myself for the pictures!

(the following was written this afternoon by the lake at 1700 in the afternoon)

i am writing this by the little beach next to the lighthouse by northwestern u. in evanston. it's late afternoon, the-day-before-a-holiday traffic on the road, and i have come here seeking temporary sanctuary. i really really love our lake michigan. something about those waters--they call to me when i'm not paying attention and then out of the blue, i get this urge to go to my little spot by the lake. this is where i go when my heart needs to be surrounded by the enourmous blue green that to me is almost an ocean. this is where i watch my sunrises. there's also easy free parking & no one's ever here. extra bonus.

...the cloud patterns this afternoon are being ruled by the contrail of the jets flying in and out of o'hare. i don't mind. the muted roar of the planes flying overhead echoes the backdrop of the rustling waves accented by the occassional seagull or two.

i wonder if traffic has let up...