The Drum...the drum....the drum

Well,

It's been awhile since I posted lets see...

I met a few people from Florida within the past week...thats when I feel like i hit my stride here. That night was pretty ridiculous...met some native chicago peeps and now they are like my real good friends here, but we went bar hopping that night *from what I can remember* haha can't really go into too much detail from that but I always wonder how I found my way home. I remember I was walking back from IHOP at 4 in the morning and some guy came up to me and grabbed my arm and said he was cold...I was like whatevs. I remember coming upon Roscoes and was like ok I know where I am at. A night to remember for sure.

The next day i met everyone back in downtown (hangover or not) and we went to the modern wing which was the new addition to the art institute museum. Ummm it was cool but SO MANY PEOPLE, I felt like i was in the WALMART of museums cause you could barely move in the exhibits....will def have to go back but BUT i did see a jackson pollock and I am not really a fan but it was incredible to finally see one of those in person. Ill post a pic of it.

After that museum visit we walked around millenium park and up and down michigan avenue which is the shopping district...o how I wanted to shop. But Justin and I went to this really cool place to eat. It's called foodlife. They have like 10 restaurants in the area. They give you a plastic card (almost like a credit card) and you get anything you want and just charge it to that card then at the end after you are done you pay....so kind of a cool concept. Not much happened after that, Justin and I walked around and my feet had HUGE blisters on them and I just couldn't walk anymore.

The next day I met back up with them in downtown and we went to the MCA (museum of contemporary art). I do have to say this was my favorite thus far. I love contemporary art and how interactive it is. Like for example, when you walk in there is this hall to the right. ITS BRIGHT YELLOW. As you walk down the hall, you lose color and everyone basically turns black and white. I felt like i was in pleasantville or the wizard of oz it was AMAZING. A lot of the other stuff was really cool in that museum.

That night we went to NAVY PIER....not really a fan, reminded me of the beach so I won't really talk about that too much.

After all that fun I was really considering going home cause this job hunt was just getting unbearable, but things started to lift up. I now have friends to hang out with here...I got my ticket to see Patrick Wolf on June 15th (totally excited he is like on my top 5 to see in concert). And to make this week even better I got a job.

Yes you heard it, I got a job. This job is at this place called BEATNIKS...its like this thrift shop with vintage clothing, undies, theater makeup, costumes, wigs, jewelry, lets just say its super GAY, but its great cause its right in boystown and ill get to really be around the area especially during PRIDE, its going to be ridiculous.

So lastnight I celebrated for this recent employment. Mike and I went out to eat (a friend I met while I was here) and then we went to Juana's (another girl I met while I have been here). We pregammed then we went to this 80's place but it totally was a bust. So we all decided to go to this really cool place up near where I live called club BERLIN. AHHH i wish we had a club like this back at home...totally my scene. Great music (Bjork, great electronica) great drinks, cool people and its open till 4AM!!!!! Clubs in SC stay open till like 2 haha. I danced my ass off (for lack of a better word). It was a great night.

so Now I am just relaxing today. I am updating my music, writing this blog, I may go over to the girls place later to learn how to embroider and make things. I start work tomorrow at noon so I better cherish this free time while i can....actually I am over having free time. Sorry for the long post but it was indeed time for an update. Until then, this is Ian signing out.