Memorial Day Weekend

Ah, the kickoff to summer has begun meaning we can wear white pants without it being a fashion faux pas. Overall, I had a pretty good and relaxing weekend, a weekend that I really needed. I didn't go anywhere, but it felt like a mini-vacay. Friday night my friend and I went to a concert. She is obsessed with the band the Redwalls so we went to see and meet them. They are probably the skinniest guys I've ever seen. No men should be that skinny. But, at least their music is good. For a couple of days over the weekend, I stayed at my friend's place downtown. He was out of town and I really wanted to be a lone for a couple of days, so I crashed there. It was nice "living alone" because I could do whatever I wanted. Plus he has a spectacular view of the city. It was good for my mental health to be able to look out and see the Sears Tower and a partial view of the lake. I really want to live in a place with a nice view and a place that gets a lot of light. Saturday night my friend took me out for a nice dinner. There's always a lot of nice restaurants I want to go to in the city, but I'm so damn picky it's probably not worth it. This restaurant served homemade pasta (yum) but also rabbit and baby octopus (ick). Sunday I didn't do to much and yesterday I went to a bbq on my friend's rooftop. It was a rather chill and fun afternoon. Also over the weekend, I tuned in to WOXY.com's top 500 Modern Rock countdown. They play some of the best indie music in the past 20 years. It's a good way to discover new old music. The weather was nice yesterday, albeit humid, but Friday it was freezing. Like 40 degrees. I think the entire summer is going to be hot/cold.

Today, it's back to the grind. I'm working a Sex and the City movie after party tonight. Thursday I'm attempting to go to two concerts in one night, Friday I have yet another concert, and this weekend there's a cool music fest in my 'hood. I feel like I have so much to do yet I don't know when I'm going to do it all. I'm still fuzzy from the weekend and don't feel like doing much, but I have to get back into the routine of things. My friend gave me a new (much needed) cell phone so now I have to figure out how to activate it and transfer my numbers and work the damn thing. I also found out I didn't get that PR job. That's okay. There would've been some downfalls to it. Now I need to find something else, anything else to throw more stable money my way. I'll have to figure this out soon.

I have officially lived here in Chicago for four years now. A lot of my friends want to move away which is understandable, but now I'm thinking I don't think I'll ever leave. Why would I? I mean, the weather sucks and so does the CTA but every city has issues. Yeah, NYC would be cool, but I don't want to start over. It's taking me four years to establish myself as a writer and to be a part of the music scene here. I don't think I'd be able to get into free shows in NYC as easily. And my family is only a five hour car ride away. I'd only leave if I had a job opportunity I couldn't turn down. Never say never, but honestly, Chicago has grown on me.

Well, here's to getting things accomplished and to the rather shortened week. And to the best summer ever!