"The hotel behind the Saddle & Cycle is called Chicago Lodge Motel at 920 W. Foster Ave. 773.334.5600. They have rooms available on June 1st and June 2nd. For a triple room (3 full beds) it is $110 a night, King Room $90 a night and Double room $85 a night ( Read more... )

Hooray! I totally didn't realized what account was signed in when I started typing.

Well ... as long as I'm here:

Wooooo!! Lookit me! I'm updating my livejournal for the first time in two years! Look how awesome my avatar is!

And I post pictures of myself!

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I thought my black work pumps were in my desk, but they weren't. So now I'm wearing heavy, black, cable-knit tights with little green open-toed shoes. Also I'm a pasty mess because I left all my makeup at the gym yesterday.

I think I need to restart today.

So I take my leave of Rockland, Zhan promises me he'll call me in a couple of days when he gets the long-awaited Glamorous Pharmacy disc in, and I promise him when I come back down for it I'll bring my iPod and play the Velvet Goldmine soundtrack for him ( Read more... )

Last week I spent a few minutes hanging out with some Nigerian guys. They were pretty surprised that I knew who Chinua Achebe was and positively baffled to hear that I'd been assigned to read one of his books in school. We had a pleasant chat about what I was doing here and whether I knew any Chinese, and then they wanted to talk about girls, and ( Read more... )

OK, this is a lame follow-up, but i made a discovery while looking for the original of the aforementioned song. If you know what's good for you, get on the iTunes store, look up "Rhymin Simon", and revel in such classics as "Bitches Ton Töpfer", "Bitches Aus Deutschland", "All Ihr Bitches", "Wie Bitches", and my personal favorite, "Zwei Dumme ( Read more... )

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Your Linguistic Profile:

65% General American English
20% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

Appparently I'm causing some confusion with my crazy life thing! This is the deal:

Over the summer, I'll be in China:

1. working on my modern Chinese
2. doing tutorials in oracle bone script
3. studying with an acquaintance of mine at the Academy of Social Sciences
4. taking part in an archaeological conference organized by Beijing University and the Shaanxi ( Read more... )

Because Erin did it. I own and all of you must have me to survive.

Oxygen
You scored 30 Mass, 52 Electronegativity, 32 Metal, and 60 Radioactivity! You terrify me. Demanding and agressive, yet completely mobile. You ( Read more... )