broadcast outcast

After all the buildup and all the babbling…I’ve finally moved. To tell the truth, I hadn’t been thinking about moving much at all in the weeks leading up to actually shoving off.  Perhaps it was the whole, “out of mind, out of sight” way of thinking, but I managed to enjoy every last minute of [...]

It’s Monday night and I move on Friday.  I wouldn’t recommend anyone do what I’m doing in terms of packing…which is essentially nothing. I’ve done very little in that realm.  I’ve done laundry and am finishing up painting my dresser a different color.  I’m using google maps to figure out where my essentials are near [...]

Well, without going too far and being too sentimental, I have one week left before I move.  168 hours from now, I will be sweating and rearranging things in my new apartment in Chicago. It’s interesting, as this date has approached, how nostalgia creeps in.  I will miss my parents.  I will miss my brother [...]

Brief and to the point: I’ve mailed in my security deposit, and I will be living with a girl next year.  My living situation is settled.  Chicago cometh in 3 weeks.

It’s somewhat disconcerting to see the tab I’m to run up in the following twelve months of my life.  Granted, I’ve had my financial aid package before me at a previous date, but it wasn’t until I was approved for all my loans that the crushing weight of debt snuck up on me.  That said, [...]

Well, given the timing of everything, I’ve begun my search for a place to live in Chicago.  It’s not time-intensive, nor is it very serious at this juncture…but it has begun. With classes beginning September 20, I figure I’d like to move into a place somewhere around Sep. 1.  That would give me about two [...]