the getaway

We escaped the horrid cold just in time. We're relaxing in A.'s lovely parent's house in N.C. where I can turn off my brain for a while and attempt to de-stress. The only difficult thing, is that I'm finding it so hard to get any work done here. I just want to forget about work for a while and veg out, watch TV, eat lots of food, and enjoy the environs.

it's about time

How has it taken 8 years for someone to chuck their shoes at president Bush? I imagine the impulse must be irresistible when he's standing right in front of you.

snake stick

I found this snake stick while walking on the beach at Bolinas, CA with my good friend Jessica. I thought it was a snake at first, but it was just a snake stick. I smuggled it back to Chicago. The winter, which has only just begun, makes time move like molasses. Walking on a California beach seems like a memory from a lifetime ago, or maybe a dream, the snake stick reminds me that it was real.

what a day!

CHICAGO – Federal authorities arrested Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich Tuesday on charges that he brazenly conspired to sell or trade the Senate seat left vacant by President-elect Barack Obama to the highest bidder.

Full story here.

if only you knew how cold it gets here

joy

This morning, we spent a good 20 minutes scraping ice off the car with a broken kitchen spatula.

A neighbor looked upon us with pity and disbelief, then got an ice-scraper out of his trunk for us to borrow.

o.m.g.

get me out of this city.