It's allright, cause it's saturday night.

• Studied all day. Still studying. The aggregate could have substantial effect on interstate commerce.
• A lot of the Lake is frozen-at least as far as I can see when it's dark. It's strange-frozen and covered in snow. But there are areas that I guess are moving-so they kind of carve out little rivers in the ice. If you look out my window right now, it looks like I live in Antartica but with rivers. Well, unless you look the other way and see the skyscrapers-then it just looks like I live in a really fucking cold city.
• Okay, so I was thinking-as soon as I wake up, whether it's 630am or 1100am, I put on music. If my roommates are awake, it's on the speakers, if they aren't, my ipod is in my ears before my hair is combed or my teeth are brushed. So the other day, when I was taking my final, I put ear plugs in-and hated it. Silence was so foreign-my life is never silent. It's either the sounds of the city, the sounds of a teacher, the sounds of my friends, a bar, or my ipod. I hated it-i just wanted something to listen to. It's weird to see if the Ipod will have any long term effect on peoples hearing-or on their psyche. It's a strange phenomenom-to never have silence. I feel like I learned something in psychology or sociology about how silence isn't just important to babies' ability to sleep but is also important in their mental development. I wonder what the absence of silence will do to adults. Haven't thought about it too much, but somebody should do a study.
• Speaking of studies-if anyone ever wants to do a study of the effects of caffeine on the human body-i got a great group. I have a friend that drinks 2-2liter bottles of diet coke a day-that's 4 total liters a day. The other day-i chain drank coffee. I had to take a step back and look at myself. I was like-you just finished a grande regular, and now you're getting another-back to back. What are you thinking? I mean it's a weird feeling, the need for caffeine. I'm not really sure what it is. I mean, I'm tired until I get the first dose-and I can feel myself getting sleepy around 2pm, when I get another. But now it's like I just always have to have a diet coke/coke zero/starbucks reg grande/dunkin donuts french vanilla by my side at all times. Maybe it's just some comfort thing. It's like having a cigarette but different.
• God I'm wired-i need to get back to riding the bike for 30-45 minutes. I can't stop moving my legs, but have no outlet for my energy, besides studying I suppose. I walked all the way home from school (about 30 minute brisk walk) in the snow and in the cold, just cause i needed to get some exercise. By the way-the hating tourist thing is magnified right now. Here's the thing-tourists that are like families or kids or old people-they're endearing, i like 'em. They're clueless but they're fun. However, people my age that are taking PICTURES IN FRONT OF THE VIRGIN STORE-that is not a landmark! Virgin Megastore is NOT A CHICAGO LANDMARK. For Christ sakes there is 50 places i can think of within 3 blocks of that store more scenic, interesting and photo worthy. Go to Virgin to buy CD's, not to take pictures. 3 dudes and 2 hot girls, and the girls were rolling their eyes when the guys wanted to take pictures-sometimes I wonder how girls like that end up with such fucking losers.
• Speaking of tourists-i was asked 4 times today for directions. That makes me happy for some reason. I've talked about this before. It's nice to know that you look like you know what's up but not to the point where you look unapproachable or like an asshole. Three times, the directions were just in the building, asking where to find a certain room or floor, but still it was cool. The fourth was money though-they asked where a particular store was and I knew down to the block, cross street, everything. It was cool, but than again, I'm a dork. Seriously though, I love getting to know a place-like really know it. I kind of feel like I might really enjoy getting to know a place, but when i do, i want to move on. That's how it was in Athens-hopefully Chi is big enough to hold my interest. Then again, i'll never know this whole city.
• Soju soon.

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"He makes a rusty trumpet sound like the music angels make."

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