Everything's Not Lost

louis!

2005-03-19T17:07:13Z

So i was just watching launch.com videos...and the Bright Eyes video for first day of my life came on... and they show random people on couches in it..welll.. being the observant person i am...I spotted a member of the polyphonic spree in the video (even though they only show him for about 4 seconds)! Louis Schwadron..my favorite member...the horn player... sooooo i went out on an online quest to see if i was correct ...and eventually by getting to the polyphonic spree forum page.. i found out that i was in fact correct... and i feel so good for some reason seeing that i was so observant... haha!

so many europeans..

2005-03-17T23:50:11Z

Well after the death of my computer i am back with a fantastic new one.

capoeira makes me so sore.....every practice they do something with a new muscle and for the next 4 days i'm in pain.

i love all the new friends i have made in the last few weeks. i am having a lot of fun. yay for the french and the british.

Concerts I am/was considering:

Decemberists -4/7 (there's still hope...anyone wanna go?)
Aqualung - 4/29 (don't worry.. i wont be goin to this one...its 21+ ..3 days before my 21 Bday!! GRRRRRRRR)
Old 97s - 5-7 (finals weekend studying...guess i wont be going to this one)
Keane - 5/19 (hmm... do i like them enough to see them.. and at the bigaragon? hmm...id have to think about that)
Rob Thomas - 4/24 (during the week...so.. probably not..and i also don't like the solo stuff of his i have heard..but i usually support the matchbox..)
Doves - 5/13 (at the vic...this could work...but im guessing no one would want to come with me..)

they always come in waves it seems...::sigh::

london urges

2005-02-25T06:52:14Z

Sometimes I feel my life is like this french movie with audrey tautou called "he loves me he loves me not." You'd have to see it to know exactly what i mean (also because it is amazing!). I see things one way...that i am almost sure of. It is mapped out perfectly from my perspective...from what I can see. If only I could see what it is like from the other perspectives...I could be and most likely am SO wrong! It all has to do with interpretation. wow i need to watch that movie again..even though it will make my expectations fall. oh well... i think they all already have anyway.

tomorrow scott is comin...and we are going to get to hang out with the british illini of 2005! how exciting... i hope it is as cool as last year's gang. that was great!

tuesday i am going to attempt my first Capoeira class. i need to limber up and get my muscles and endurance back..but i think i need this right now and it just looks like so much fun... plus hopefully i can meet new people and i could always use that too...

tomorrow i am going to clean the apartment..vacuum the place and clean the kitchen and floor. i cannot stand when there are crumbs and stuff everywhere. it drives me crazy... i cannot think about anything else until it is cleaned...and right now the counters and floors need some attention. i just hate when my hands get all pruney doin it. i realized i clean a lot.. not because i like cleaning..but because i like things clean!! i just cleaned the microwave out because it was so nasty inside and i couldnt sleep knowing that i could have cleaned it and didnt..so... i did. and now i feel better. words of advice for everyone: cover your food so it doesnt splatter!

k tomorrow i will watch i heart huckabees because i rented it but didnt have time tonight... i can't wait.. jude law... yay! again.. i have to say that jude law is the most beautiful form of man that i can comprehend. LOL there are just no comparisons...plus add a british accent and he gets big bonus points. k..well.. enough of that. ;)

k so it has been a while.

2005-02-22T20:28:45Z

so i seem to have neglected the livejournal... well.. i am back now. it's because for my stress management class i have to keep an ACTUAL journal..so.. i dont want to write crap for that.. AND write it again on here. so.. too bad you don't get to read my *secret* thoughts now.

i have been listening to elliott smith today. it reminds me of the beginning of last semester. i had fun then. not that i dont have fun now...just.. nice memories. well..so mike is gone now...i made him a nice dinner scrapbook. maybe it made him a little sad... i hope..(im so evil). the moving on process is going well though.. better than i thought despite my feelings before his departure.

gahh. i just want to be 21 already so i can go to a gourmet restaurant and order wine with my meal.. :(

i need to figure out how to stop getting fat..cuz i have the last three months. i need some physical activity in my life now. i hope capoeira is reasonable cuz i think i could use something like that in my life right now. funny how i just like stopped caring but now it is just getting uncomfortable. maybe id be more confident too.. or something.... ?

so i don't mean to sound ungrateful but right now im just getting stuff i dont want and not getting what i want...if that makes sense...maybe it sounds selfish and bratty. but ohwell. but it is weird cuz i am content. and normal jenny would be really pissed off about it.. maybe i dont even know what i want.

on another topic.. i am *considering* the possibility of maybe getting a new screen name on AIM... but i have no real clue what id want it to have to do with..hmm... i realized how much i like dusk..well i always have known but.. really.. i love it.. and i was reading a story that referred to it as "the blue hour".. and that was the first time i have heard that.. i dont know if it is a common way to refer to it.but.. it's new to me and i really like it. maybe something having to do with that... or maybe food... or.. wilco lyrics.. i dunno. i cant decide.

maybe scott will come and visit me friday. (visit me!) that would make me happy. :)

upcoming concerts i must attend: EISLEY (apr 9 @ HOB) and Of Montreal (Apr 27 @ high dive)

that was quite a random post.

you gotta be 2,000 places at once

2005-01-11T23:25:41Z

SO i just got an email from the polyphonic spree mailing list and they are looking for a new trumpet player!. now...if i didn't have this whole school thing goin on... do you know how bad i want to be in the polyphonic spree?????? when i saw them.. all i could think about was how much i wanted to be one cuz they are sooo awesome. but.. you also have to be in the dallas area and be able to tour full time and stuff.. but.....oh man.. i'd want to be one. :( guess i have to get a real job and stuff like that :(

i am ready to go back to school...even though it will be a busy semester.

sorry for the lame post.

Happy Christmas

2004-12-25T22:21:04Z

I AM SOO FULL. Today is the last day i will let myself go crazy with food. i have gained like 10 pounds since october..blah!!! i'm glad I was amidala this last halloween cuz i don't know if i could bare that much again in public. ha. well I can rundown what I got for xmas... dvds: eternal sunshine, amelie, the office (1st and 2nd season), and harry potter (3). and cds: elliott smith-from a basement..., arcade fire-funeral, rufus wainwright-want two, and interpol-antics. then my mom got me this awesome sewing machine that fits in your hand! wooeee.. im so excited. i want to make pillows or something. i need to finish my mosaic first though (have to grout 3/4ths more of it..)then some gift cards and of course more cookbooks. last night my aunt,uncle, and 4 cousins came over. they keep having kids.. it's nutso. my dog loved the lil 1 year old Morgan.. she was so gentle to her. it was cute. my sis got that kareoke revolution for playstation.and already this morning i was singing along to the Darkness.. haha. I really want to get the trivial pursuit "90's edition".. maybe playing it would actually result in someone winning (instead of playing the other versions for HOURS and having to settle with 3 or 4 pieces as the winner!) i think tonight my mom wants to go with the family to see meet the fockers. i read 100 something pages in harry potter before going to sleep last night. i really want to finish this book (that'd be #4) so i can catch up to everyone for #6 this summer. I figured if I am going to be in London... I can buy the brit version there.. woooo. I'm still not sure of my NYE plans.. hmm..i kind of want to make use of my apartment and have lil appetizers, etc... but i dont know if anyone else wants to do this :( welll i have some music to listen to...

he's just not that into you if...

2004-12-11T16:01:05Z

Well i was going to do this last night and forgot...and scott was harassing me to the other day so. ok. im updating. ugh. i don't even feel like recapping the last 2 months or whatever it has been. yes, we had more dinner parties, they were good. school=ok. thanksgiving break=alright...yeah ok, that's that. yeah im smad and depressed. always am around finals. it kind of hits me like a brick. while i am mad about school and having to study i take the opportunity to get smad and depressed about various other aspects of life and it makes me feel FANTASTIC! For example last night i was thinking how certain people are graduating and moving away after this semester....that i might never see again. it's so sad. people keep leaving on me..and, i hate goodbyes, really i do. i was the kid who cried on the last day of school every year till i dunno when because, maybe i just don't like change, don't like that things could be gone, that they will never be like that again. so that got me thinkin and all sad last night. Oh, a lil off track, the other night at legends, someone's very drunk drunk friend said to me "you are very cute and attractive in your black glasses." (well they are brown but, it was dark so, that's ok i guess..)... now.. yes i know.. this was a guy wearing some thick beer goggles, but like.. it's weird how a compliment makes you feel all happy and a lil better about yourself for a second (till you realize this guy shouldn't even be walking...). But like..not to be all whiny or anything (too late..) i can't even remember the last time i was complimented about something in that way.....then i was thinkin how i probably took things like that for granted a couple years ago. im in that place where i was i dunno junior year of high school bein all whiny about it but i don't care. i can be if i want to. I'm sure the PMS'ng isnt helping (sorry if that's too much info..) but isn't it a nice feeling, though ..i mean maybe, for someone to miss you. i'm always missing and never being missed. why is that? oh yeah, if you happened to see that oprah with the guy who wrote that book "he's just not that into you"...well i read parts of it. what a load of crap. don't read it and feel all crappy about yourself. how is that a self-help book ... unless it is referring to helping you feel like crap! Jenny...cool it.. there are other things in life. yes.. i know.. but, why do these always cut in line in front of all the other things i am supposed to be thinking. kind of like when you feel like you are going to throw up and your mind just starts thinkin about all the crap you ate and of other times in your life when you were throwing up just to make you feel worse. (how's that for an analogy.....right..) final's week, i hate you. you bring out the worst in me.

procrastination entry

2004-10-06T03:30:54Z

doop de doo...i have to study so... i'll write one of these.

It is fall. I love the fall. It is the only season that so distinctly captures all of my senses. It is beautiful, warm....and tasty. I become so contemplative in the fall. I think that i think more in the fall than in any other season if that is possible...For example, simple walks to class seem so much more meaningful in the fall. I start thinking about crazy things, why things are the way they are.....it is quite inspiring, I must say. Speaking of fall, it is almost time for "Coldplay Rarities" (right Scott?)... but not quite.

I cannot stop drinking coffee and eating ice cream. Really.... it's an addiction that needs to stop. There are 5 types of ice cream (and a sorbet) in my freezer right now.

my dinner party is sunday... don't worry.... you will hear ALL about it I'm sure.... especially with my big mouth.

well.. here is a little piece of happiness

Hello? Is this thing on?

2004-09-21T22:20:22Z

This weekend was interesting. Jennifer's best friend from home came over and brought over her little cat...it was so cute. sooo.. here are pictures of it.

and my angel would be sooo jealous of this one...

Also.. sunday was our big dinner party. If you haven't heard... Emily's boyfriend's friend Mike and I talked about cooking a meal together because we are both really into food. He, though... is going to culinary school....which is really cool. So, sunday was the big event. Mike basically thought of the menu.. I was more of an assistant.. though.. i did make the coffee for dessert. Since they work for catering at the union.. he borrowed table cloths, dishes, silverware, napkins, etc...all really fancy stuff. Here are the four courses that were served... there were 8 people that were served.

....pretty gourmet, huh? Quickly going clockwise starting from the top left. Creamy tomatoe soup (everything was homemade by the way) with a grilled crimini mushroom/fontina cheese sandwich. Then, roasted red peppers with goat cheese served with watercress in a dijon/lemon dressing and a homemade chive oil. Main course: strip steak on a bed of roasted beets/sweet potatoes/carrots and asparagus with a red wine/rosemary/thyme sauce. For dessert a cheesecake served with a chocolate gnochhe (spelling?) and white chocolate and raspberries sauces with hand-whipped whipped cream and mint.

impressive enough? cooking is fun...

oh yeah... here is the emily and i pic for this event .. awww.. hehe.. fancy.

Next up on the agenda is a concert ... this band The Decemberists tomorrow @ high dive. very, very excited about that. I have more homework than i do time this week to do it.. but oh well. Oh yes... last night i did decide what I was going to be for halloween.....drum roll.......... convicted martha stewart! yes i hope to be sporting an orange prison suit, apron, kitchen utensils and craft supplies.... cookies perhaps....i can't wait because the last two years i didnt have the chance to dress up for halloween. this costume though is SUCH a good thing... don't you think?

If the answer's no.....can I change your mind?

2004-09-13T00:42:44Z

Yesterday was the Killers concert @ the metro... it was fun. The opening band, Ambulance Ltd. I saw also at the metro when they opened for Placebo in july of 03 (why does that seem like years ago?). I had their EP then and liked them but I don't think the Placebo crowd was into it as much as last night's. It seemed like the Killers didn't play for very long.. but other than that I had a good time with Kristen and her friend Alexis. Also this weekend I decided to come home and eat like a college student...as in...I eat too healthy here..so I go home and eat pizza and mcdonalds....you'd think it'd be the other way around...
I also picked up some necessitiesfrom home... like my espresso cups from Spain (thank you sara) and my kitchen torch (for creme brulees and meringues of course).

oh yes! big news... I was informed by Emily that MUSE is coming to chicago again (no broken arms this time let's hope..) on November 13th at the Riv. It is on a Saturday and is not 21+ which means I am going. How exciting. well I need to make myself some food now and read/relax.

Half of the time we're gone but we dont know where, and we don't know where....

2004-09-06T04:25:44Z

Last night I saw Garden State. Great movie, great soundtrack. I have listened to it 4 or 5 times since last night. My apartment is great. We have been cooking some gourmet-y stuff. I started Kaplan to prepare for the DAT... it is gonna be a lot of work but hopefully by next semester it will be taken and I won't have to worry about it.

On the 11th i'm seeing the killers.... kinda sad because after that i don't know when my next concert is going to be .. oh no! though.. wilco is going to be in chicago oct 29th and 30th...maybe ill be going to one of those. Oct 14th, death cab is going to be in chicago as well.. but it is a thursday and i have one class at 9 on friday.. hmmmm. ill think about it.

other than that.. i have been somewhat bored on this long weekend. alone most of the time :-\
weird thing is there are so many times i like being alone... when i want to get away from things.. but when it's the default, not so much...

Hey now it's the sun, and it makes me smile...

2004-08-17T07:31:49Z

though you don't realize it.. i just wrote an entire journal entry that got deleted when i switched journal "modes" so im really pissed off now..... i talked about how if muse didnt get cancelled at curiosa, i would have never run into my old friend Andy and i would have then never gone to the polyphonic spree concerts which were the best concerts ever...then i mentioned how great i felt at the two polyphonic spree shows i went to friday and saturday and how its just amazing to see them live.... next i said i was looking forward to move in but not looking forward to leaving my dog :( well thats all i want to say cuz its 2:30am and im really tired now... oh yeah.. one more thing I wanted to bring up...

anyone else agree with me?

Here's to the new color scheme..

2004-07-23T05:09:45Z

woooo... my livejournal got a makeover. Now it is comprised of my favorite earthy colors...oh yeah... the icon is Big Ben my axolotl (if you haven't seen him already). Hes growing really fast! On a different topic.... my crazy-obsessive lifestyle is leading me to the record store and ticketmaster a lot lately...and i'm spending a heck of a lot of money on cds and concert tickets. Music is amazing. Lately I have been totally caught up in so many bands and songs. I had to chain down Scott today and play him a song off of The Elected's album that gave me this weird "i cant breathe" kind of feeling it was so good. (didn't do it for him though.. oh well) Similarly, the song "hell is chrome" off of the new Wilco album did the same kind of thing. Sorry if you ever become the victim of my forceful "YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO THIS!" routine. but.. while im on the subject... there is this band called "!!!" ("chk chk chk" is how you say it)... really awesome dance-y type music (similar to hot hot heat or the faint). I recommend it ;) ... oh yeah.. 2 more weeks of history. phew.

once upon a thai

2004-06-28T02:57:57Z

...yeah so it's been a while.. well i just had some thai with the family somewhere on the northside of chicago...it was good stuff. So i got my wisdom teeth out thursday.. im in a lil pain and that is no fun. Tomorrow morning at 8 i start my new history class at JJC..bLAHHHh. Not looking forward to that at all but it will get a gen ed out of the way at least. Um.. what else is new......I bought the new wilco cd, after hearing a review about it on XRT (what a good station by the way)..it is really good. Why didn't I listen to Paul Doucette years ago when he was talkin about wilco? i have been a workout-aholic lately... except... im not so much losing weight as I am gaining muscle. i dont want to look like the hulk when i go back to school. I broke out my scarf and started knitting again... because before i know it it will be fall/winter and i'll want to wear it but it wont be done..soooo.. im gonna try to finish it over the summer. there ya are folks, my updates.. nothin much. i cant wait to move in. its all i think about (except last night when i dreamed i was in a tap dance competition judged by Mr. T. Clifton Smith(where'd that come from??))

blah blah blah..

2004-05-26T00:50:15Z

let's fill you in on stuff you don't really care about. Well sunday i got to see my cousins for Madison's 4th birthday/Morgan's Baptism....I wish i had good pics.. Jack who is 2 is SO cute... except when i asked him to give me a hug and he slapped me in the face. (ouch...) Last night Nikki and i saw "Show" (mb20 live from Atlanta) on the big screen which was cool cuz they were only showing it in theatres for one night across the country. On the way home we were messin around with my camera phone and badly wanted a picture of this taxi that was driving in front of us to O'Hare. The number on the license plate of it and on the top of it was 666. Now, WHO'D want to drive that taxi to the airport where they would then get on a plane? It was coincidental because earlier in the car we were listening to Death Cab for Cutie..hehehe. Tomorrow I'm going apartment shopping with Jen. I'm SO excited! Then Thursday I'm goin down to champaign to spend a fun 4 nights over at Emily's. Then somewhere in there before Tuesday I need to write a 1.5 page "sociological analysis" of the movie SHREK which we are watching in class. well lemme leave you with a fun picture of David and I from our uncle's house on Sunday. It's a good pic i think of us.. and its not too often we are in the same place at the same time anymore where someone has a camera.

Sitting on a Cornflake

2004-05-21T02:30:11Z

It's strange that there once was a time I did not indulge myself in caffeinated bliss. My coffee count for the last 6 days is at 7.

Since I have been home I have started another wonderful Joliet Junior College class: Sociology 101. I also now have DSL in my bedroom at home which is a first.. so.. I have sat on my butt a lot so far. I need to work out.

Tonight I did Naperville with Sara and I bought these really cute lights @ pottery barn for my balcony next year. How fun. I can't wait to move in.

I am also excited i get to sleep in tomorrow... early class is no fun.

On another topic.. i am getting into so many bands right now. It is so overwhelming. There is so much I want to listen to.. and I can't all at once and it is so frustrating. RIght now though I am listening to the radio.. which i never do.. but it's only because there is a new station and they decided to play beatles ALL DAY! I'm so mad I didn't find out until now... I can't wait till Beatlefest... this is definitely getting me in the mood. (maybe this year those stupid girls won't be there, right nikki?) ok.. its really hot in my room.. but.. of course im gonna still sit here and listen to music.

The last month in review...

2004-05-13T01:27:48Z

emily took her time to do this....

correction...Amanda gets one more filled in heart with "Brett" next to filled in Joe heart.. ow ow.. two in one night... go Amanda!

haha...ha......hahaha...ha

2004-05-07T03:02:52Z

last night-->IB Barcrawl... so much fun! my arms are covered in permanent marker from shirt signing...because some people decided they were gonna write all over my arms...then other people decided to do the same. Umm.. my dearest friends know what happened...yeah.. they probably know more than me...
Emily had fun too even though she isnt IB... though i bet now she wishes she was, right?

ok thats all im sharing with you.

OK Briish Illini Pics for real this time

2004-05-04T18:03:51Z

it seems as though the last time i posted pics they didnt work.. so im trying again!

^^kristen, some guy from NY, cynthia, brett from england, and me

^^ emily and I at murphy's

^^emily, kristen, me and Cynthia

the pics are kind of distorted from when i tried resizing them..so.. sorry

Milkshake malfunction..

2004-05-01T21:41:13Z

yay last night was so fun! Some people had more fun that others....me not being one of them..but.. it was still really great. Pub Golfing is a really fun and creative idea. I'm gonna miss the brits. I made so many friends in the last week and they are all really great people. Something must be wrong with my milkshake though.. cuz it sure ain't bringin the boys to the yard. how sad, right? ahh well i have been SO NOT productive today.. did nothing! dont want to do anything! i have a paper due tuesday and a spanish oral on monday .. i might be writing all day sunday and monday i think. today nothing is gonna get done. just reminiscing and gossiping about the awesome night. hopefully ill have pictures soon.. i need to finish up the roll and find a way to scan them. well..here's to my last day as a teen. cheers

...Had to let that all sink in..

2004-04-27T20:35:53Z

Yeah.. muse was this weekend.. oohhh my god was that one of the best concert experiences ever. Scott and I got there and met Dom (the tiny cute drummer!) and Chris (bassist) before the show. We waited in line for a while....then got into the Metro. we had front row on the left side. Muse got on at around 12:30. They are amazing..you listen to the cds and dont think they can do what they do live.. but they can. Matt the lead singer is just amazingly talented on guitar and piano. just.. wow. So then after we met the lead singer.. got autographs and personal pics and everything.. it was just great.

NEXT BIG ITEM OF INFO...Jenny may be studying abroad in.. you guessed it...germany!..hahahaha.. fooled you.. why would i say im going to germany?????? For those that DONT know me.. the real answer is london...yes.. so the parents finally gave into my begging and it seems that in the Summer of 2005 i will be doing a 7 week session! I went to the study abroad office yesterday and got the info.. and on the way out saw a british illini on the street (friday night... british illini barcrawl! can't wait)..then i went to panera and saw ANOTHER one and had lunch with him. His name is Max and he actually lives in the city of london which is cool because if he knows who i am in a year he can show me around the cool non-touristy parts. what a crazy british month or so this has been.. Jamie oliver, muse, british illini, studyin abroad info...wow.. craziness. You all know this makes me really happy though.. i wonder if and when this british high will wear off....hmmm

Bad Teeth, Good Times!

2004-04-23T13:18:05Z

Ahh so last night i met my end of the year goal: Hunt Down the "British Illini". Everyone went to Tonic and it was a good time. I never actually danced before here in champaign but ...i did last night! I danced mainly with myself and other girls (sad face)...and there were some cute british guys but...they all had girls it seemed (again..sad face). SO it seems right now i dont really attract british guys, ..... that could put a damper on things maybe..well it could be cuz they have spent a year in the states and american-ness has rubbed off on them and i dont attract those guys either sooo...yeah, thats it.. so anyway they were so fun last night..all the guys were dancing, unlike guys here who seem to not ever want to dance. One kid, Ed, looked like a way cuter Jamie Oliver! It was really funny! Well.. moral of the story after last night: I NEED TO GO TO ENGLAND AND I NEED TO GO SOON!!!

next piece of information...TONIGHT (at midnight..) IM SEEING MUSE IN CONCERT!!!!!!!! this may not be as exciting for some people but...for me... BIG DEAL... been waiting a long time. the show is at midnight so it will be a long day but i am so pumped. from what i heard last night from one of the girls who saw them live in england, they are amazing. Well..i do have lab at 9.. gotta run. (btw...went to sleep last night at a good ol' 3am)

cheerio!

yayy!!!!

2004-04-12T19:39:50Z

So after not seeing her for a year, tiffany's coming to champaign tonight!! I'm so excited....we have so much to catch up on! The only thing that stinks is i have an exam tonight that will cut into our plans slightly but after that we will get to hang out like old times (awww)..so i better study now!!

Sometimes I freak myself out...

2004-04-09T21:20:56Z

SO lately i have been having these little psychic happenings... ok well maybe not that far.. just little things that are kind of coincidental...for example..

1) the other day in a bio lecture i drew this top picture just doodling for no reason...... then a few minutes later the professor draws that bottom picture on the board.......i know it isnt exact.. but... the idea is.. and it kinda freaked me out...

2) Today walking home from class i was contemplating whether or not to get just a small vanilla latte...it has been my coffee drink of choice lately and...i was like hey, its sunny...nice day.. why not treat myself to one... then i walked some more and figured maybe id just not get one because i dont need to be spending this extra money...yup i wasnt gonna get one.. then i walk past green street coffeehouse.. what do i see? a giant sign--"Today's Special: Small Vanilla Latte".. yeah.. so i got one :)

3) i got online and decided to greet scott with a cool "yo yo yo"...then i go and check someone's away message.. and what does it say "yo yo yo".... hmmm

So lately it has been weird being me..oh well. I guess i should be studying for an exam i have on monday

Summary: Spring Break and beyond...

2004-03-31T03:50:30Z

ok so i havent posted in a while. Spring break was good.. i kept myself busy every day and at the end felt quite satisfied. I started off the break friday night in chicago meeting JAMIE OLIVER at a cookbook signing!!!!!!! (a lot of people tend to not know who he is...shame on you!) I then shadowed a dentist for 3 days.. it was good. hmm.. i watched this great movie "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not".. it's in french but it was really good with that girl from Amelie. I spent a fun day in chicago with Ameena and Craig. We were very cultural and went to the art institute..then ate some pizza and went to a funky little dessert bar that was much too expensive but an experience nonetheless! hmmm so today and last night i have been extremely nauseous with some kind of stomach flu but right now i feel so much better than earlier today and so .. i am happy..right now though im gonna go look for some bread because i think i am ready for solid foods!