Kid in a Candy Store
Not much is new. Just got back from a week in Fargo. Fargo! Gone are my exotic travelin’ days I guess. But Fargo was actually quite fun. I was there for my company’s annual meeting of database engineers. A nice gathering of about 30 nerds from around the globe (mostly Europeans), of which there are only three females, including me (chick power!) Had a good time, went bowling, ate lots of walleye and drank a few Leinenkugels. Everyone complained about the lack of quality coffee. Apparently Caribou Coffee doesn’t quite compare to an Italian café. But they enjoyed the bison steak, and wild rice soup which Fargo had to offer. Fargo’s really not a bad food town. You can actually get excellent Indian and Mexican food if you know where to look. But anyway, now I’m back in Chicago, trying to continue my diet. I’ve lost 10 pounds since July, slowly but surely. Seems to be staying off too. The only bad thing about losing weight is it reveals all the other things that are wrong with your body. Like I noticed my waist is freakishly short, and I’ve got a really bony chest, (where really voluptuous cleavage should be). Oh well.
Anyway, Rob is totally stressed out from school. His mean professors are making him write three huge papers this semester. His autumn weekends are spent staring at his laptop buried in a pile of books on postmodern architecture. I always volunteer to proofread his stuff. It was easier when he was an undergraduate-now I’m not sure what the hell he’s talking about half the time.
I really don’t know who I’m going to vote for. I went so far as to do a big self-analysis and write down all my political beliefs and then try to compare them to the candidates. It seems exactly half of mine are democratic ideals and the other half tend to fall into the Republican category. Don’t know. Leaning toward Hillary.
Otherwise, just been watching TV. Liked the premier of Boston Legal. (Of course Brad Chase is the D.A! Brilliant. Brilliant) Liked John Laroquette more than I expected. Otherwise, still addicted to the movie channel. As we speak I’m enjoying a film called “David and Lisa.” Pretty intense. Okay. Completely engrossed now . . .