Biggest Check I Ever Got

Chicago Breaks Records for Snow and Cold

Kids all over Chicago are going CRAZY! Chicago is breaking decades old records for snow AND cold. The below zero temps are canceling recess and driving exhausted teachers MAD all over the city. Just yesterday I saw a very bundled-up 5 year old begin to cry when the wind stared to blow. He was just walking from the family van to his front door.
-7º temp - yes, NEGATIVE!
-29º wind chill - again, NEGATIVE

Let this be your proof that the Mid-West is NOT Affected by Global Warming.

Even MORE Snow!

It's about to get super cold. At least we have snow to soften the blow.

Tug-of-War

So, I'm watching my parents dog, Lulu (on the left), while they are out of town. Her and Clara's favorite game is tug-of-war. Here they are destroying the rope toy.
Here they are destroying Big Mean Kitty.

Hahahahaha. They are keeping me entertained during this frigid winter weather.

Snow Day

It's been lightly snowing for two days now.
Right after I decided to not dig out my car and cancel any driving plans, this yahoo asked me to move my car so he could get his out.

I told him "No."

Best Day Ever

Me and Clara had an awesome day! We won our court case against the crazy a**holes whose dogs attacked us a few months ago. They had to pay our vet bills and over $500 in fines. Haha jerks! They paid me in cash Before I went to the MCA and I was able to buy two awesome books and a magazine! A gift for me AND Clara. We got Robert Polidori's Metropolis, the Holzer catalogue in hard cover, and the new issue of Giant Robot. Also, even though my feet are bruised to shit. It wasn't that painful to wear my snow boots!

Protect Protect

Jenny Holzer's show, Protect Protect at the MCA, is AWESOME. The installations are beautiful. My photos don't do them any justice. Of course, I have to shoot on the DL and got yelled at anyhow. I didn't get a shot of the best installation, in the north exhibition gallery on the main floor. The LDEs are large and lay on the floor running into the wall. <3<3




Click here to see my sweet hat by her.

Protect Me From What I Want

Snowy day at the MCA. This sculpture outside the building is called Big Spirits XL, by Thomas Schutte.
I saw Jenny Holzer's awesome show, Protect Protect.

Love Sale

I saw this take on Robert Indiana's LOVE (above) on my way to the MCA today. It was at a Cole Haan store.

Below is a LOVE plaque in the Netherlands that belongs to my friend Joop.

Late Night After Party

The only thing I know for sure about 2009 is More Plaid.
It was a 4 person party after 3:30. Me, Jason, Steven and Jess.

This is when Steven spilled a drink on me. I think that was the beginning of the end. Then it turned into a dance party. Then the boys launched full semi-frozen cans of Miller Lite off the porch and into the alley. Then we called it a night.

NYE Cont....

Jess threw an awesome party!



Even my sister was there!

Happy New Year 2009!

This is a "Before" and "After" of Jess' kitchen table on NYE. The clock in "Before" (at left) reads 8:52 and the clock in "After" reads 3:25.