November 2011 – Open Door Art Collective

Here’s The Beef

The people who own my apartment building absolutely hate me. It’s fine, though, because I’m about to make their lives a living hell. I’ve been withholding large chunks of rent since early this summer in an effort to have the very basic things (like safe light fixtures and working plumbing) that are expected to beContinue reading “Here’s The Beef”

What if I die.

Have you ever had an unexplainable ailment and wondered if you were dying? Of course you have, we all have. For me, that’s a daily occurence, and I’m sort of grateful for it. I know, it sounds crazy, but let me explain. I live with an almost-constant, lingering realization that, at any point, I could go.Continue reading “What if I die.”

The Internet Is Back and other things

The cable guy came today. I haven’t had cable since I moved to Chicago. I moved to Chicago in 2008. I don’t know who I’m becoming. I do know that I’ve watched two movies already, and the cable guy left at 9:30. It’s not even 1. Pootie Tang is on and I can’t remember a timeContinue reading “The Internet Is Back and other things”

Yuck, Chicago.

It’s a rainy and disgusting day in Chicago. Every year I go through this: every year I want to move, and every year I don’t do anything. I complain for four months, until one day I’m euphoric that the rain is warm and the clocks have sprung forward. I am a masochist. I will getContinue reading “Yuck, Chicago.”

I Have Scrambled Brains

So much is happening in my brain/life right now: it’s hard to write. I’m going to get meta here and talk/write about how hard it is to write. Try to stick with me. I miss my friends who live far away (I’m looking at you, Trails). I miss my parents, who don’t live that farContinue reading “I Have Scrambled Brains”