Today is our 8th day here. It’s been quite a week, everyday taking care of business. Lots of errands. It feels nice though to be getting stuff done. Today we painted our bedroom “Java Float”… It’s more of a warm grey 10U but I like it. Yesterday I got a job at SAIC as a chemist in the photo lab which I’m very happy about, get to mix chemicals and look after the kreonite processor.
Today was Quinns birthday, we went and found a bitchin orange miyata road bike for her, I’m very jealous. It has a late 70s Japanese design sensibilty that I’m quite fond of. Riding a bike here in Chicago seems like much more of a practical decision than it did back in LA. There’s a bike shop on every block and the land is all perfectly level. Today when we bought the bike the owner of the shop insisted on taking us next door to tour his country western bar. They had wall installations made of Mad dog 2020 and thunderbird bottles. The DJ booth was a giant horseshoe. Pretty rad. He was a nice guy.
This past sunday I had the opportunity to march in the “Bud Billiken Parade” in south Chicago with the local SGI members. That was a wonderful experience, we had a float promoting the victory over violence movement with dancers and a couple of guys mcing. It was something I will never forget.
Hopefully tomorrow we’ll get some Internet here. Blogging on the phone is not quite what I would like it to be.
As always,
Casey
