@SPRINGTIME@
so it was a beautiful weekend! friday was awesome. Patty had her photo's showing at the flat iron building for their last friday gallery show. lots of fun, she was so proud of herself.. and rightly so. after.. patty, andy, sara and i all went to this other art/music show on the southside in bridgeport. the venue was an awesome converted old building and was literally 4 block away from where i grew up as a kid. Cool art and some cool bands, although others were not so much. one of the cooler ones was this choir of about 15 people all singing together and keeping beat with tambourines and drums etc. sorta like a glorified hippie drum circle but with hipsters replacing the hippies. We met this cool guy Noel from L.A. pretty funny guy, hopefully he'll come hang out sometime.
After the show we drove back to wicker, got some mexican food, went to pattys and jammed out a few songs and passed out to blade runner.
Saturday my roommates and i all met at our apartment and decided on rooms, made a list of repairs needed and just sorta had a little meet and greet for the other roommates who didn't really know each other.. sam and mike mostly. That said, THANKFULLY i didn't get the shitty room. honestly a big weight off my shoulders. Sam got the nicest. and i got the 2nd nicest, imho. Mike's room is cool but doesn't have a closet and his walls aren't completely enclosed (they dont go all the way up to the ceiling). Anyway after much rubbing the fact we didn't have the shitty room in Mat's face we called it a day and went our separate ways. Side note: are landlord seems kinda craptacular.. the set of keys i have don't open our front main door, the apt is VERY dirty, and it needs alot of repairs from the last tenants (dents/holes in wall, new pantjob, etc) so we are in the process of getting the ball rolling with that. if it doesn't happen then we might try and get out of our lease as the shit the landlord is pulling is un-acceptable.
So anyway, the rest of my saturday entailed hanging out with sam, ben and his roommate, drinking, grilling on the lake, watching the bulls game and driving home to pass out around 1am.
Sunday, we were finally supposed to meet our landlord and have him go thru the house with us. He didn't show... he said he was there and left a key for the front main door, but i couldn't find it. After dealing with that bullshit for an hour i had to run downtown to meetup with my friend mike for his iphone app photoshoot. it was my first photoshoot ever and i was kinda nervous. it turned out to be pretty fun, lot's of people from highschool who were a grade or 2 older than me that i haven't seen since. All really cool interesting people in general, mike's such a smart down to earth guy and i'm glad i could help him out.. although i don't think i took good pictures.. we'll have to see, as i didnt get to look at any of them.
on another good note, i mentioned to him how my roommates and i wanna start our own web design business and mike sounded very interested. he already started his own application/web development company based outta Champaign, IL and is interested in working with us! so awesome stuff once we get the ball rolling. afterward i made my way home, changed and headed over to patty's to hang out in the park and enjoy the rest of the day's beautiful weather. all i can say is that it was probably one of the most relaxing afternoons/evenings i've had in awhile. Jack happened to be randomly walking by with his guitar so he hung out for a little, just strumming some tunes randomly. my fav was the little beatles jam session we got going... Blackbird isn't that hard to play either! Irina showed up after and we all went to sultan's for some awesome middle-eastern cusine. i <3 falafal!!!
after, we went back to patty's to chill on the porch and people-watch some more.. went and got some ice cream, and got locked out of her house, lol. luckily one of her other roommates was on her way home and was able to let us in. Kevin came over, we jammed out some more. Then jack wanted to go to gallery cabaret to sign up for open mic night. i really wanted to go, but was really tired and it was getting late, so i regretfully declined and headed home to pass out.
long story short. FUN WEEKEND! I <3 chicago in the summer!!!
After the show we drove back to wicker, got some mexican food, went to pattys and jammed out a few songs and passed out to blade runner.
Saturday my roommates and i all met at our apartment and decided on rooms, made a list of repairs needed and just sorta had a little meet and greet for the other roommates who didn't really know each other.. sam and mike mostly. That said, THANKFULLY i didn't get the shitty room. honestly a big weight off my shoulders. Sam got the nicest. and i got the 2nd nicest, imho. Mike's room is cool but doesn't have a closet and his walls aren't completely enclosed (they dont go all the way up to the ceiling). Anyway after much rubbing the fact we didn't have the shitty room in Mat's face we called it a day and went our separate ways. Side note: are landlord seems kinda craptacular.. the set of keys i have don't open our front main door, the apt is VERY dirty, and it needs alot of repairs from the last tenants (dents/holes in wall, new pantjob, etc) so we are in the process of getting the ball rolling with that. if it doesn't happen then we might try and get out of our lease as the shit the landlord is pulling is un-acceptable.
So anyway, the rest of my saturday entailed hanging out with sam, ben and his roommate, drinking, grilling on the lake, watching the bulls game and driving home to pass out around 1am.
Sunday, we were finally supposed to meet our landlord and have him go thru the house with us. He didn't show... he said he was there and left a key for the front main door, but i couldn't find it. After dealing with that bullshit for an hour i had to run downtown to meetup with my friend mike for his iphone app photoshoot. it was my first photoshoot ever and i was kinda nervous. it turned out to be pretty fun, lot's of people from highschool who were a grade or 2 older than me that i haven't seen since. All really cool interesting people in general, mike's such a smart down to earth guy and i'm glad i could help him out.. although i don't think i took good pictures.. we'll have to see, as i didnt get to look at any of them.
on another good note, i mentioned to him how my roommates and i wanna start our own web design business and mike sounded very interested. he already started his own application/web development company based outta Champaign, IL and is interested in working with us! so awesome stuff once we get the ball rolling. afterward i made my way home, changed and headed over to patty's to hang out in the park and enjoy the rest of the day's beautiful weather. all i can say is that it was probably one of the most relaxing afternoons/evenings i've had in awhile. Jack happened to be randomly walking by with his guitar so he hung out for a little, just strumming some tunes randomly. my fav was the little beatles jam session we got going... Blackbird isn't that hard to play either! Irina showed up after and we all went to sultan's for some awesome middle-eastern cusine. i <3 falafal!!!
after, we went back to patty's to chill on the porch and people-watch some more.. went and got some ice cream, and got locked out of her house, lol. luckily one of her other roommates was on her way home and was able to let us in. Kevin came over, we jammed out some more. Then jack wanted to go to gallery cabaret to sign up for open mic night. i really wanted to go, but was really tired and it was getting late, so i regretfully declined and headed home to pass out.
long story short. FUN WEEKEND! I <3 chicago in the summer!!!