I did homework for the first time in 4 months today. Now, granted, I had to read part of “The Almanac of Improvisation” and write a response comparing 2 Second City revues, but it was still homework. The whole thing was somewhat idyllic actually. I went to this tiny park a few blocks away from my apartment, got something from the local coffee shop, and did my work there. The weather was gorgeous, and there dogs, so many dogs, everywhere. It was like something out of a movie where the main character is enjoying life in the big city, and the director wants to show how peaceful an urban area can be. Also, it would be a movie about dogs. Like, it could be the sequel to Must Love Dogs. I didn’t see that movie though, so I have no idea if that reference makes sense.

The weekend was alternatively split between doing city things (exploring Lincoln Square, walking all the way up State St. from the Columbia College, hot tub on a friend’s roof in the loop) and errands (buying groceries, doing laundry, and taking in a tin Astrodome full of coins to Bank of America so they can turn it into real money.) The point is, I’m definitely starting to get the hang of this Chicago thing.

I bought/started reading this book yesterday called, What’s the Matter with Kansas. I had read a selection from it in Prof. Litvak’s Un-American Activities and the Popular Left class, and I remembered really liking it. I found it in this indie book/record store in Lincoln Square (I was there for the semi-disappointing German festival) so I picked it up. It’s about this general derangement that is happening with Republican voters in the sense that it examines the question as to why so many people will actually vote against there own economic interests when they vote for the GOP. Furthermore, it talks about how the GOP uses social issues to get elected, but rarely (if ever) acts on them, instead, promoting programs that actually hurt the very voters that elected them. It’s like the Twilight Zone out there.

I also just saw Adventureland. I very much liked it. I’m a big Jesse Eisenberg fan because 1. We have the same hair, 2. He’s like Michael Cera, but in a Jewier way, 3. He’s in Zombieland which looks amazing. I’m gonna watch that movie so hard when it comes out.