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Friday, August 12, 2005

Part III: Hangin' Around in Chi-town

Another leg of my Quest To Find Myself is drawing to a close. I'll set off from Chicago on Route 90 around 2 PM Central time today. Chicago has been the home of catching up with ppl in a less threatening atmosphere (Wheaton/suburbs). Driving around the city has been uneventful (as the rental car place would like to know). Well, except for John parallel parking for me--he was great, I was not. Also, Pad Thai for dinner 2 days in a row. Yay, city life!

Oh, AND I saw Millions (in Wheaton). SUCKED beyond belief. BUT, saw Sky High yesterday and it BLEW MY MIND. (I don't even care if I'm made fun of for this. That's how great I thought it was.)

Peace.
Out.

Thursday, August 11, 2005

Part II: After Wheaton

Closure feels phenomenal on this end of things. Really. Everything I hoped and wished for came true. Must have been that shooting star I saw in North East the other day.
The stop in Wheaton was "Just What I Needed" (by The Cars), bc all that was left of the school was--well--summer run-off, I'll call it. Seeing the harvard of Xn institutions in its dog days put everything in good perspective. Plus, there was the magic of the Pita House in Lombard that I had totally missed in my 4 years there.
In other news, me and a friend were harping on the idea that greeting card companies should make a line of cards to let ppl know when the sender has stopped believing in God. (It would have to be published by Tyndale, don't you think?) There could be different "types" of these cards, one could be the fire-and-brimstone category (i.e. I'll see you in Hell!). Here are some of our best ideas for specific cards:
1. Front: To Do List, including items such as Clean out basement, Groceries, Shower, Water plants, Stop believing in God
Inside: Blank
(Then, a slight variation of this could be a list of Goals After Graduation, including items such as Move out of parents' house, Get a dog, Get a good job, Buy Trivial pursuit 90's edition, Stop believing in God.)
2. A parody of the Footsteps poem, which would remain the same until after the narrator asks God why there's only one set of Footprints, instead of God answering that was when he carried the narrator, God could say something like "That's when I had to get a beer out of the fridge." or "That's when I was busy in the bathroom."
3. Front: A tombstone with 2 dates. The first is labeled "Reborn" with the person's conversion date, the 2nd is labeled "Deceased" and it's the date where person has--obviously--stopped believing.
Inside: Happy Anniversery
And the best one:
4. Front: YHWH?
Inside: No way!
Enjoy. Stay strong.

In other news, the trailed for Everything Is Illuminated can be found here. Looks like Liev Schreiber is doing some great things with it. The jury's still out on Wood, however.

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Sunday, August 07, 2005

Part I: My Trip to the Great Midwest

For those of you unaware. I am currently on my Great Midwest Trip, otherwise known as Last Big Hurrah with a raison d'etre of "finding myself" so to speak. Currently in Indiana. Plan on hitting Wheaton tomorrow and Chicago on Wed/Thurs. Won't be home till NEXT Monday! Boo-yah!

Dane-isms of the day:
"I don't like it when juice wears tights."

"This is everyone here 3 hrs into Monopoly: I QUIT!"

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