Thinking of grad school?

Masters in Home Land Security

Education is taking an interesting turn for...um, you decide.

"This is an emerging field"

Sunday...That is today

I didn't join the festivities of Chicago's Gay Pride Parade as I wanted to this year...with family, friends and a happenin corner...due the the boards coming up in a few weeks and my supportive role in a special someone's legal aspirations.

However, I did get to capture some of the moments of the Parade. No signs of Wilson Cruz (RICKY!!) though. Lucky me...I saw him at the Pride 10K on Sat.

Lots of Pride on the block. Not as action packed as Halstead and Belmont, but the Wellington to Diversey section ain't too far behind.

Note the picture below of the Couch On The Sidewalk (COTS) and the people sitting in the COTS. My favorite shot of the day.

"Where's the BEEF!" 

Tame part of Pride Parade 

Doggies have pride too! 

CPD!!! Vroom vroom 

Bring your living room to the Pride Parade 2005 

You know you're cool when...

YOUR DAD READS YOUR BLOG!

3 Reasons Why I Love Chicago

All this in under 2 hours:

1. Saw a man steal printer ink cartridges at Kinko's
2. Had a woman (a crazy lady) spit in my direction...miss me by 1 foot...hey, good aim
3. Walked by a black man with a blond wig

read me

I'm reading Nick Hornby's new book: A Long Way Down

Like it
Won't read Slate.com's review until I'm done
Will finish it soon
Half-way there (...living on a prayer...take my hand...shit, now it will be in my head all day long..it's my own fault)

Tuckpoint

Tuckpointers have decended outside my window. It's loud...the building seems to shake...you can't open the window.

What are tuckpointers?
What is tuckpointing?
Why do I care?
Why do you care?

Here's Merriam-Webster definition: Pronunciation: 't&k-"pointFunction: transitive verb: to finish (the mortar joints between bricks or stones) with a narrow ridge of
putty or fine lime mortar

Here's a better answer with visuals: click me

Notice the fire fighters on the roof of the building to the right. This is a shot of the northside of Domick's 

7:30PM...Taken from the alley  

Flames...CFD trying to contain the fire from many angles 

5:31PM...Glass shatters 

5:30PM...on my way home from getting a cup of coffee 

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-sweetyellowcorn

Conflagration

The community speaks...local grocery store goes up in smoke.
The grocery store we all thought sucked but had to shop at for there was no other place to go. So all criticism, all valid and honest, were followed up with expressions of guilt.

They needed to renovate...
Maybe they'll build something better...

The produce there sucked...
I hope no one was hurt...

I stood in line for 45 minutes. My ice cream melted.
Uh, did everyone get out ok?

Gasp! Clothing for pups...off the rack! How ghetto

Why I can't stand the brand Juicy

Ohhhhh SHIT!

sometimes shit doesn't roll downhill

Ubiquitous Hot Transgender

On my corner (in a non-prostitute way), I stood behind the Ubiquitous Hot Transgender (UHT). She had a ghetto booty and big boobs. A car with 2 men noticed her and proceeded to honk and stop and tell her that she's hot. In her low cut, scoop neck halter-top she bent over and shook her boobs at them as she blew kisses...If those men couldn't tell, hopefully they will find out in a dark booth at Hydrate (know formerly as the Man Hole).

No Pudge Brownie Mix

not that great...like thick chocolate pudding. i tried the indv serving.

regression analysis

I'm totally regressing...I'm watching TRL on MTV.

done and DONE

i'm officially done with my second bachelors and can continue my career change outside of the classroom. strange feeling. good feeling. but it seems as if i have a lot more time on my hands. it's really kinda disgusting that i'm watching so much TV today. I mean, under my breath i said "YES!" when I saw that Two Weeks Notice (with Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant) is on Next. Sad. Next I'll practice my Britney Spears moves. Sigh...more later

Crying While Eating is Good

Open Rear Window

Open windows are great...you get fresh air, hear the personality of the neighborhood, and save $$. What is so distracting is the BBQ grills. I smell sweet yellow corn roasting.

you're tellin me?!

I never really "lay out" on account of my perma-tan, however yesterday, I decided to join my friends in a study session by the lake. About an hour and a half into the session, dark clouds started to come toward us. So we packed up our stuff and headed in doors. Que the 60 mile/hr winds...we had to seek shelter in a hotel about 2 blocks from my friend's place...I felt like Dorothy only my ruby red shoes were green flip flops.

We had to run through the rain...liberating and fun.

Storms down trees, bring hail, outages

Published June 5, 2005

CHICAGO AREA -- A series of thunderstorms rolling through the Chicago area Saturday knocked down trees and power lines and damaged roofs with nickel-size hail and winds reaching 60 m.p.h., the National Weather Service said.