second city feels
sitting (alone) at a chick-fil-a for a late dinner tonight after seeing a free play at goodman theatre (also alone), looking out the window at the people on the sidewalk, thinking about how strange it is that i'm in a t-shirt and a thin leather jacket tonight, and by wednesday i'm probably going to have to be bundled up in a padded winter coat with heattech tights and more than one layer on on top, and how, with this kind of weather, i'm not going to have to worry about going from air conditioned rooms to blazing hot weather outside when i'm back in singapore--
and it just hit me that this is actually happening. i'm really doing this. i'm here.
attending a school in a city that's going to dip below freezing in the next couple of days, that houses hundreds of theatres and has enough talent in it to have over 100 playwrights show up at a last minute event to try to churn out a play about monsters, radical transformations and a deck of cards in 23 hours, and actually have 8 amazing scripts to show under 48 hours after that. for free. and i'm comfortable enough here to take the l on my own and get lost on my own and see a show on my own. comfortable enough here to be building a little bit of a life.
i really like it. and i can't reiterate enough how much i love chicago. it's everything i think a city should be. and i can't imagine a city i'd like living in better (except home, but i think i've settled into the knowledge that i won't ever like living in a place better than i do singapore). so--if i have to be away from home, i'm glad away is here.
and it just hit me that this is actually happening. i'm really doing this. i'm here.
attending a school in a city that's going to dip below freezing in the next couple of days, that houses hundreds of theatres and has enough talent in it to have over 100 playwrights show up at a last minute event to try to churn out a play about monsters, radical transformations and a deck of cards in 23 hours, and actually have 8 amazing scripts to show under 48 hours after that. for free. and i'm comfortable enough here to take the l on my own and get lost on my own and see a show on my own. comfortable enough here to be building a little bit of a life.
i really like it. and i can't reiterate enough how much i love chicago. it's everything i think a city should be. and i can't imagine a city i'd like living in better (except home, but i think i've settled into the knowledge that i won't ever like living in a place better than i do singapore). so--if i have to be away from home, i'm glad away is here.