No time for blogging

This whole working thing is reallllly cutting into the time I’d otherwise be spending blogging about not having a job. *Gosh.* Saturday and Sunday I didn’t have to work, meaning I have an actual weekend. I’m pretty sure this is the only time this will happen between now and January, so I tried to make [...]

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The department store

I started work at the department store Sunday and worked four days in a row. By the end of the fourth day, my feet were blistered and felt like they’d been beaten to a bloody pulp. Standing for eight hours straight with a lunch break somewhere in the middle is no easy task. I am [...]

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My Early Chicago

Winter comes early to Chicago, and I’m told this has been a very forgiving November. It’s not even Thanksgiving and already my hands are drying up to the point of almost cracking. My eyes water involuntarily when I walk to work. “Stick around,” Christina insists. “There’s nothing like Chicago in the summer.” If I can [...]

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In five to seven business days

How this conversation… …led to this showing up on my doorstep: I stand by my claims about one Nathan Bright. Best. Thing. Ever.

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Going to see the judge

On Friday I got to sit in on the taping of a Judge Judy-type show. I found it via Craigslist when I was looking for jobs and got a call about it several days later. I was told women were needed for an episode of something that would be dealing with women’s issues, but I’m [...]

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The third year

As it so often is these days, Nov. 11 was the anniversary of the day my mom died. She’s been gone for three years now, and that number is only going to get bigger despite my best efforts. I’m getting further and further away from her, and sometimes I’m afraid of the things I might [...]

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You can’t blog about that

I spent the weekend getting to know my roommates a little better and setting up my new room. Christina took me to a couple stores to get some things for my room as well as bedding and towels to use until I can get my stuff from back home. She loaned me some shelves to [...]

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I would like some health insurance, please

My health insurance through work ran out on Halloween. Before and since then, I have found myself plagued by phantom symptoms, sympathy pains, feigned medical maladies and a cavity that apparently “went away” after a day. Or at least after I forgot about it. Being legitimately ill this past week has not helped this paranoia. [...]

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Moving to Avondale

Tomorrow I move out of my aunt’s mom’s house and into my new roommate’s home/my new home. I’m really excited, even though “moving” is going to consist of putting my clothes and shoes BACK in my car and taking a drive down to Roscoe Village/Avondale. The rest of my stuff remains in Caldwell and my [...]

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Getting better all the time

This time last week, I was driving away from Ohio in my Cavalier with two duffle bags and a winter coat. It was a surreal day, although nothing compared to the week that would follow. So ended the weirdest week of my life, just yesterday. And today, I feel a lot better than I did, [...]

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