i switched companies, yes again, but hopefully it'll stick this time. i'm a proud full employee (finally!) of deadline. they've managed to still be busy, and finally having days filled with riding rather than completion of crossword puzzles and snacking is refreshing. working on open wave is a whole new experience and a lot of fun.
while the company is great, i've seemingly had more problems in buildings the past fews days than in the past few months. after almost getting kicked out of one building, and having a very upsetting runin at another, i'm trying to mellow. it's super difficult with newb security guards on power trips, intent on making you feel small and shitty, because they can.
tuesday. was. amazing. 73, awesome. shorts and a tshirt, oh fuck yeah. allison and i met for coffee after work and went to the harold washington for a story week feature on nelson algren, which was quite enjoyable with some really funny, intelligent readers. after, we hit up inner town pub to meet with kim, an awesome girl i had met at mike's the week before. it was somehow devoid of the st. patrick's day idiocy, which was exactly what i needed. i rode home in shorts at 11pm, i'm so giddy for summer.
wednesday i finally hit up the women's night at west town with emily and kim and some other nice ladies. tune up time and box wine made for a good night.
thursday night was messenger appreciation night at blue frog!
(hopefully chris dilts will put up some of his pictures from this soon...)
i know, duh, free beer and prizes are the key to any messenger's heart, but it was awesome to see so many kids come out, and everyone in such good spirits. big ups to augie for making this happen. there are still so many kids i see out everyday and rarely talk to, so it was awesome to have such a fun reason to finally kick it with a bunch of them. the downside was pbr drunk is never a good idea, and friday morning was rough for a variety of reasons.
friday night i saw marcello's band, new thrill parade play at ronny's, which was arguably the worst bar i've been to in chicago. i saw three different kids with acid washed jeans, honest. the show was fun though. goth resurgence? i hope so.
saturday was a late start, but upon trying to retrieve allison's balaclava from jeff perkins, i some how became involved in the skid test for the new gran compe colored tires for the next cog issue. saturday stuck it out in the high 60s, making it totally awesome to spend the day outdoors. lots of kids were out, the cuttin cruiser in full force. we laid down a rainbow of tracks, which i thought was the best part. i rarely skid nowadays, the novelty made it all the more entertaining.
caught up, i was late to meet marcello at the field museum. we took a walk instead and came back west for coffee. now both equipped with bikes, we hit up atomix and then after grabbing some bbq food, headed up to dumptruck and cooter's house. kicking it in the greenbelt on humbolt with good people felt like the best way to spend at spring saturday evening. a tipsy three on three soccer game developed and i proceeded to acquire a matching crack on the opposite side of my glasses, inevitable with me it seems. rowdy and awesome, indeed. we won(!) and wrapped it up, heading over to mike's for a bonfire. my night cap came early and marcello and i headed home rather than hit up jeff's prom party, bummer. bacci's pizza, less of a bummer.
today was a mellow day of coffee and cooking, yojimbo's and thrift store shopping, movies and naps and the smiths. our soccer game tonight we particularly intense, and i achieved the most brutal bruise
riding south on larabee a couple weeks ago into strong headwinds, i suddenly felt something hit my shoulder. i quickly looked around and up into the stupid face of some giggling 10 year old in a school bus. the little jerks proceeded to toss a couple more apple cores out the window until the bus pulled away. ha, i couldn't even believe it, pretty funny.
and some other things...
MMI next weekend!
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