Minimal labor

I had a great weekend. On Friday, after a fun time out with co-workers after school, I met up with a friend from NIU who just moved nearby. I checked out several fun nightspots in my neighborhood, and I am getting a good feel for what places I like. Top spots so far: Danny's and The Debonair Social Club.

On Saturday, I did some unpacking and apartment arranging and relaxed most of the day. In the evening, my landlord and his wife had a little party out on the patio with some other tenants, so I met a lot of people from the neighborhood. It was very nice and communal.

On Sunday, I investigated my neighborhood a bit more. I rode my bike down to the Wicker Park Farmers' Market, which was very nice, and I picked up some tasty veggies. Then, as I blogged yesterday, I saw the beautiful film Once and then had a nice quiet night.

Today, I got up and went for a long bike ride, going up and down the streets of Bucktown and Wicker Park, enjoying a beautiful day and a beautiful neighborhood.

Then I saw another powerful movie, the documentary No End in Sight. This is a very important movie, and it was both enlightening and maddening. It basically reveals the incompetence with which the administration undertook the war, and the fact that the chaos and the mess did not have to be this way. As my dad said, it should be required viewing for anyone who votes.



Finally, this evening I grilled up some of my Farmers' Market veggies, and now I am going to relax before my second week of school starts.