what a difference a week makes…
what the fuck, oh faithful readers?
this is what i must say to you right now; because over the course of a week - perhaps even a couple of days - all of my plans have drastically changed:
1. i will remain in chicago indefinately, this having to do with no.’s two through five below…
2. my thesis is taking shape. it has focus, it will be interesting and new, and i will finish it by may of 2006, rather than march. since much of my research is archival work, i must have access to the art institute’s archives once or twice per week. hence above.
3. a new career opportunity has given me a back door to exhibition studies in the future while i get to do all kinds of super research: dramaturgy… and eventually set design. for this, i have to credit my fabulous friend, leah morrow, who will probably never read this but is responsible for this potential career shift.
4. i have just found out about a summer program at northwestern at their merril school of alternative journalism. it pays, and i will learn how to write in a more casual manner - magazine style, but more sophisticated than ym. so i will learn how to write in a more relatable way and therefore be able to work as a critic and a writer… i don’t want to say too much about it here because i haven’t even applied and don’t want to jinx myself! but, wish me luck! there are only 10 spots.
5. two small opportunities that will pay some extra money.
all right, and all of this just hit me this week. i am excited, and thrilled and nervous and just plain happy about it. i am definately moving off of halsted, though. this street is busy and i don’t like cabs and drunk people, even a little bit. maybe i’ll get a place off broadway or in wicker park. if you can think of anything, my chicagoan readers out there, i’m open to suggestions about which neighborhoods are quiet, green and beautiful but still convenient and have good restaurants, pubs, and movie theaters. also i would like to move into a place where my neighbors will actually talk to me. no high rises, perhaps a 6 or 8 apt complex would be nice… ok, but that’s like at the end of June so i have plenty of time to shop around.
…also i’m going to see isabelle next weekend. i’m happy about that too. i *heart* you isabelle. and i love madison, wi! yeah! happy 25th birthday sweet heart!!!
later, guys.
