FYI

I don’t really write here anymore. I’m pretty obsessed with my tumblr blog. There, I mostly bitch about local news and politics.
Not to say I won’t ever write here. I mean, I am right now. I drank a bunch of wine at my mom’s house. I’m sitting on her couch watching television. Aside from watching [...]

Last night while working the bar, I talked to my coworkers and my favorite regular about writing. I told them I felt that, while I write for one of my two jobs and do a column, I feel completely uninspired and ready to work on something that I really care about. I made excuses as [...]

summer (over)nights

I cannot stop bitching about the fact that I have to work three overnight shifts this weekend. I am in the midst of my second one now, and I hate it more than words can adequately describe. The biggest problem is the fact that I cannot sleep during the day—especially when it’s sunny, 75 degrees [...]

A.D.D.

I have it!
http://newsandbooze.tumblr.com/

come on, city council!

UPDATE: Promoters law passes committee
After a more than four-hour session Wednesday, the City Council Committee on License and Consumer Protection passed the proposed promoters law written about at length in the preceding post. The ordinance now goes to the full City Council on May 14, and if approved there, the Chicago music scene will once [...]

yum

I decided I don’t like my blog. I’m starting a food blog, basically to amuse myself. It’s going to be delicious. I’m not deleting this one, even though I want to.

man shot on south side

There is a very good chance that by the end of my shift tonight I will have devoured an entire box of “matzoh crunch” and will feel pretty damn bad about it.
I’m so bored that there also a chance that my head is going to explode.
The past few weeks have been pretty terrible. I could [...]

it’s march.

I’m a blog neglector. Basically because all I talk about lately is my girlfriend (amazing) and my jobs (boring dot com). But today I read some rad stuff because it’s super slow at work:
The New York Times Magazine ran a nice piece on transgender students.
The Trib had some really great stories today as well. One [...]

zig a zig ahh

I’m officially over winter. I am ready for sunshine, baseball games, drinking outdoors and not having to trudge through snow…always. The dreary weather is the least of my problems. In the last two weeks, I lost my wallet (along with hundreds of dollars), my car broke down, I’ve had the flu, missed work twice, alienated [...]

the look on your face yanks my neck on the chain

Turns out, nobody wants to commit a crime when it is below zero. Maybe we should create an ice chamber for gang bangers and let them run wild. It might not be so wild after all.
Yesterday at work, I cried. That’s right. After months of reporting on violent crimes and tragic deaths, I finally expressed [...]