Posts tagged "illinois"

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Jun 09

Eye of the Storm

3:34am. Crack of thunder. What is this?! Another wave of death trying to come and get me?! Seriously!!! Flip on the TV. No weather. Alright. Must not be about to die. Roll over.

4:29am. Crack of thunder. SERIOUSLY!!! Flip on the TV. No weather. Alright. Must not be anything. Roll over.

5:16am. Crack of thunder. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!??!?! Flip on the TV. No weather. Alright. Try to get a little more sleep. Roll over

6:30am. Crack of thunder. Fine! I’m up! I’m up! Click on the news. Check out the internet. More is on it’s way, but it looks to be slowly moving south, so if I leave now, maybe I can make it home.

Excellent. Made it out of Iowa without dying……

…..even if I did cross the Mississippi River a couple times before figuring out the interchange. Sign makers: fix this area. 

Ok, seriously? This is getting ridiculous. 

I am in the eye of the storm, aren’t I?

HOPE! There is still light in the world!!

And I made it out of Illinois without dying……

And finally it no longer looks like death is hovering around me. Overcast. This I can handle.

I enjoy how I set out to make it home in two days. Then I decided to go to Vegas. But I was only going to stay in Vegas one day. But then I decided to stay for a second day. So, we were up to four days of getting myself home. And then the tornadoes hit. Ok, fine. Five days. Reminiscent of when I was planning on taking five days to get myself to Phoenix and ended stretching it out to seven…. 


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Jul 05
[188/365] Chicago O’Hare

[188/365] Chicago O’Hare


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Jul 27
[210/365] Sydney Bristow, Cat Spaz

[210/365] Sydney Bristow, Cat Spaz


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Jul 28
[211/365] Caution - Cuidado

[211/365] Caution - Cuidado


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Jul 29
[212/365] Binny’s Skyline

[212/365] Binny’s Skyline


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Jul 30
[213/365] Marilyn

[213/365] Marilyn


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Jul 31
[214/365] Urban Beach

[214/365] Urban Beach


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Sep 06

Crashing Paul McCartney

There are some events in life you just don’t miss. Because it’s like practically a sin. And one is the opportunity to hear Paul McCartney. LIVE. ((The other would be listening to Our Lady Peace beneath lightning flashes with 30 other people at Summerfest. I don’t care what the weather is like. You do not miss OLP!))

Of course, I’m poor-slash-broke-slash-unemployed. Like I can afford tickets. 

Hallelujah. Open air venue: Wrigley Field. 

AKA, I’m crashing Paul McCartney.

Pretty sure that’s better than actually having a ticket. 

For starters, you get to actually say that you crashed Paul McCartney. 

And then, you have various locations to add to the memory. For example, rather than sitting in one location for the entire concert, I heard Back in the USSR as I was walking along Waveland leaving Murphy’s Bleachers. 

I stood along Clark St listening to Hello Goodbye. 

I was by the infamous Wrigley sign when All My Loving started, and finished listening to it along Addison where Paul launched into Drive My Car. 

Of course, I then discovered that the truly best place to crash Paul McCartney was along Sheffield where the sounds of Call Me Back Again and Blackbird swirled around us. 

Crashing Paul McCartney. We weren’t alone, but it was one of the most memorable concert experiences I’ve ever had.

And I think that I should make crashing concerts a new hobby. Much more cost effective.