I'm slightly unsure about this. . .

So, here goes nothing. I have too much time on my hands, and I'm really far away from all my friends (yeah, you guys). I need something to feel like I'm keeping in touch because gchat, surprisingly enough, is not cutting it. I'm not particularly great at writing, thus the title of the blog (also I just watched I Heart Huckabees again and this reminded me of the very beginning, greatest thing ever). I feel like I'm in foreign territory, and yes that sentiment goes for both this writing thing and Chicago. By the way, I'm in Chicago. How fucking weird is that? I still kinda expect to be flying home with my mom tomorrow. But no, she's leaving me here.

The flight in sucked pretty hardcore (see, not good at writing). The flight was delayed for over an hour and it took over half an hour to get my bags. I then went straight to my apartment to sign the lease and check everything over. By this time it was 10:30pm Chicago time, I was tired and hungry, which meant I was also rather cranky. The apartment gave me the first impression of being a shithole. One of the lamps fell off the wall when I went to turn it on (it turned on though), the bathtub had hair in it, the apartment was less furnished than I imagined and the toilet was somewhat broken. This made me more cranky.

Things took a turn for the better though (cliches left and right). After checking in to the hotel, my mom and I went to a 24-hour diner down the street, which sucked, but I saw John Cusack there. Yeah that's right, a real celebrity at a second-rate diner. At that point, though, I was so tired that I just kinda stared and then went to the hotel to sleep. He wears a man-headband (man-band?). It's slightly unexpected because he doesn't seem like the man-band type. Oh well.

The rest of the days were filled with much walking, shopping, being caught in a downpour, more walking, some eating, and very little not walking. I'm basically all settled in now and have discovered that my apartment is in fact rather nice and comfortable. I also thought that I would share some pictures taken with my cell phone, because I don't have a real camera.

This is the view of the Hancock building from my apartment. I live a grand total of 2 blocks from it. Fancy, I know.

This is the view of the building across from my apartment, and the grass belongs to the back of the Museum of Contemporary Art. Yup, fancy.


This is a picture of the new Northwestern women's hospital that opens soonish. I will probably be working there at some point. This was also taken from my apartment.

And this is the incredibly unattractive alley right in the middle of my view. Not so fancy. Not at all. Stupid alley.

Ok, that's all for now. There are more pictures coming soonish. I check out of the hotel tomorrow and don't get my internet service until Wednesday. . .so we'll see how this goes.