spinning: italian shoes by patty griffith
mood: cheerfully tipsy.
it's late. i tried to go out shopping, but it was dark and in the middle of a blizzard. so i just went to ch's instead. perhaps i'll go shopping tomorrow. it was crazy out, me all bundled up, great big foggy blasts of snow blowing all over. i had to wait like 1/2 an hour for the bus. i said i'd listen to 2 more songs on pearl and if there wasn't a bus i was just going back home. but the 2nd one was christopher columbus by the nields, and it's short, so i let myself have one more, and then the bus came. lake shore drive was closed, i was completely disoriented on the bus. the windows were so foggy and snowy you couldn't see anything, and we kept turning right then left... it was a wild adventure. the el pulled into the subway and the front was plastered with snow, with little icicles hanging down the front of it like a mustache. by the time i got up to ch's stop, it had stopped snowing. the walk was nice, instead of torturous. not windy or snowy, and not really cold, the 20s i'd guess. nicely shoveled walks. i love snow. that's why i live here. it had gotten rather high, there are these houses with little patches of grass between the sidewalk and the street, with chains around them to keep dogs and children off, and the snow came all the way up to the tops of the chains. i think we got the 12-18 inches predicted. had a really lovely time with ch. this is how life should be in chicago. this is what i expect to do with friends on the weekend. this is what i want my life to look like. i just want more variety. ch and others. maybe even others who don't live quite so far away (it's better than the s'west side, though!) we just hung out, chatted, listened to music, drank, watched music videos. not like vh1, like boxes of vhs under his bed. joni's come in from the cold. frente!'s bizzare love triangle. she's SO cute! also have a crush on the murmurs. and shakespeares sisters. and the winner of the night, katell's franklin! she got on that train! i've never seen a clear picture of her. it was fun to see her sing! and hit those high notes at the end on the beach! i love franklin. "i am tired of all my money disapearing up your nose... being spent on your slick clothes" left WAY too late (don't you hate, when you look at the clock at 10.30 and say one more video and one more drink, then i'm leaving and the next time you look at the clock it's 12.30?) and was worried. i'm kind of upset about this. why am i suddenly afraid to walk after dark anymore? this is my city. i'm not afraid to go anywhere. i think pearl makes me feel less aware. i just kept remembering ch saying the el stop was kinda shady. but once i was on the train i felt fine, and i didn't have any problems of course. anyway, all was fine, and i imerged from the subway downtown at 1.01 according to the clock on marshal field's. the sign said the #6 runs till 1. i felt certain the last one left wacker at 1.15 or so... at 1.04 the #6 pulls up! horray! i asked the driver, he said he's the last one. i just made it! i am so glad i didn't have to take the train, wait in the middle of the dan ryan. it started to snow again on my commute home. this is the lake effect from the storm that passed by earlier, i guess. we'll see what the world looks like in the morning.
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I'm not exactly sure how much more jealous you can make me. You watched Katell Keineg sing live (on video, yes, but still). Why can't I? Oh, why can't I?
not to rub it in or anything, but i was recently sad because the video on high july didn't have one shot of her singing. so i was so glad that this was a bit more like a traditional video (although there still was alot of footage of her feet...)
Now, how pathetic is that?! I rant about not being able to watch Katell Keing sing and I totally forgot that there's a video on the Hugh July CD. Thanks for reminding me. I will have forgotten by the time I get home, I guess, cause that's how it works.
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