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John

About Me

Most days, I can hardly believe that my life is actually my life.

I have mostly been using facebook lately, so find me there. :)

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Chicagoans, especially the open-minded variety.
Anyone with a beard, even if it's a lady beard.

My Blog

I made it to my new home, Chicago.

Number of miles travelled: 796Number of states driven through: 5Number of pit stops made: 3Number of sleep breaks taken: 1 for 30 minutesHours in the car: 13+ I lost count, honestly.Number of Venti Ic...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:34:00 GMT

London 4

We've done a fair share of sightseeing and whatnot over the last few days.  Eaten really expensive food that would never be so expensive in the states, and seen lots and lots of cute dogs.  ...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:31:00 GMT

London III

So far Ian has seen two people get hurt by double decker busses.  The first woman got her arm caught in the doors as they were closing.  Then, while we were eating at GBK, a woman FELL OFF t...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:05:00 GMT

London!!! 2.0

Today we went to The Tower of London and took the Yoeman tour. It was a lot of fun.  We woke up pretty late, so that took up a good portion of our day.  Jolene's flat was only a week re...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:05:00 GMT

London

We nearly didn't make it through Immigration.  I didn't know Jolene's address, which they asked for on our landing card.  The chip in my passport didn't work.  We didn't have our return...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:59:00 GMT

Terrified of 23.

I don't know what I expected my life to be like at this point when I was, say, 18 or 19 years old. I guess I thought that I would be on the verge of graduating from college, easing my way gracefully ...
Posted by on Mon, 21 May 2007 22:28:00 GMT

becoming an adult

A little over a year ago, I lost my license. There were a few unpaid tickets from my time in New York that caused a gigantic mess on my driving record both in NY and NJ. In the midst of trying to reso...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:34:00 GMT

You don't want a French Vanilla Cappuccino, trust me.

This one goes out to those of you who like to come into Barnes & Noble [or Starbucks] and order a French Vanilla Cappuccino and then yell at me for not getting what you wanted:What you really want is ...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 19:02:00 GMT

25th hour rant.

My mother's death has left me dangerously empowered. It's been four days now and I feel... relieved and peaceful for the first time in ages. It feels nice. That sounds terrible; it feels nice that ...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:49:00 GMT