where there's smoke...

The past few days have been pretty busy, but mostly in a good way. Tuesday I ran, chilled out, then met up with Christy and Jennifer for dinner at Sultan's and drinks at Rodan. We had a good time and talked about anything from all having dude trouble to opening multiplexes to how to crush capitalism.

The next morning I had to wake up early to meet new Edward to uh..go see R Kelly enter the Cook County Courthouse. I've toyed with this idea for a few weeks because I want to see how ridiculous it all is. I haven't been yet because it would interfere with work, and because the spectacle isn't as massive since the judge has a gag order on every aspect of the trial it seems.

We didn't know when he was going to get there so we met at 7, took the California bus down there and hung out. For over two hours. During that time we got coffee from a street vendor, talked to members of the press, people watched other citizens going to court to get sentenced, and talked about why Wes Anderson is good at what he does but how the Darjeeling Ltd wasn't good.

Finally at 10, R Kelly and his entourage showed up. His fans, all women oddly enough, started shouting R KELLY R KELLY!! One threw out her phone number! We got so excited that I started running along the path he was taking so Edward could take photos of us in the same place. You can see these in my flickr photos. After about 30 seconds it was all over. It was pretty exhausting - all that anticipation, then this burst of insanity, then it being all over. Maybe like having sex? Ew.

After the pandemonium we took the California bus north only to find out that it stops running much further south than we needed it to in order to get to brunch. So we ended up walking forever. We walked a lot that morning. I came home, tried to nap but was all worked up, then had to turn right around and go to the Sox game with Soup. I finally saw a winning game this season, putting me at 1-3. By the end of the day I realized I had been outside for almost 11 hours. Oy.

This morning I slept in even though I really shouldn't have. I met Nate at his office and got lunch. That was pretty cool to see where he sits all day. Then I finally spent my Anthropologie gift certificate on a sweetass pair of summer jeans that are a size smaller! Running rules! I also got a cute shirt. Now I just need the weather to cooperate so I can actually wear summer clothes.

Next I went to therapy. I hadn't been in two weeks and holy shit did I have a lot to tell her about. In the end she hinted politely at me being totally pathetic, which I am and am aware of, but still doesn't feel good to hear someone basically say "well no duh things aren't going where you want them to when you do xyz" The one good thing I got out of therapy was cancelling a really Bad Idea Date I had scheduled for tonight. It would have made me feel horrible and not helped me accomplish what I want, so fuck it. Turns out I don't really want to be dating. It took me to actually have a date to realize that.

Now here I am at home. I forgot I was cooking rice for burritos until I thought I smelled burnt popcorn. Whoops, I had burnt my rice. I have never ever burnt rice. So now I'm doing Rice Round 2, meaning another 30 minutes until dinner. I may go to Club Foot tonight for a few drinks, but depends on if someone wants to drive me. I'm feeling lazy.

Tomorrow I'm getting lunch with a friend then hopefully just relaxing. I haven't read as much as I had wanted to during this vacation and I also haven't been watching movies. I've had a good week off and its been enjoyable, but I wish I would have stuck to the "do nothing all week" plan a bit more.