Stephen Lopez
A planetarium with a view.
For anyone who doesn’t know, the Adler Planetarium has the best (not-from-a-boat-on-the-lake) view of the Chicago skyline. *My view was even better because I had my partner in crime with me.
My man, my brother from another mother, and the beautiful and awesome human who makes my bro so happy. So many happy couples who genuinely like each other in our tribe; nope, that’s not coincidence. Like attracts like. So many friendships among us that travel many of those same roads. Except instead of making with the sex, we text about pooping. I may be projecting here.
Yes, I’m still going through photos. No, I’m not done yet. At least I’m not writing about race training! That starts again next weekend.
This picture makes me happy.
Errrr, this was the one I meant to post earlier. This’ll do, too.
That’ll do, Chicago. That’ll do.
On our way!
From Ontario to Superior, the Great Lakes in mid-March, as-seen from Earth orbit.
I can see myself and so many of the friends who live in my phone in this picture. Hello, everyone!
CHSH!
Yes! We’re coming! Flights and hotel booked! Hooray!
We’re looking forward to finally lobbying with you all!
So… I think this is happening.
Stay tuned…
I was just watching How It’s Made with Steve Albini…
Yup.
This is still fucking surreal.
I want to go back to the first week of 2011.
And then we watched Iron Chef Super Chef Battle until 2am.
I don’t even.
One year ago, in Chicago, with Rick and Steve Albini.
I’m not sure I’ll ever get over how surreal those few nights were.
(by Steelopus)
GPOYW
Toni, I wish I could be their teacher. I’d open early, never be late, and you could all stay as long as you wanted as we’d pass around the Poopy and argue about shitty art.
Trump Tower from Adams/Wabash.
This photo is over a month old but I keep coming back to look at it.
It’s so good. Excellent work, G.
No steelopus at CHSH
halfbakedidea replied to your photo: GPOYW It’s been a day.
Why am I not meeting you this weekend at CHSH. This makes me sad.
Two official reasons:
- Airfare from Rochester to Chicago never dipped below $300 in the 4 months that I searched.
- I only have 4 vacation days left to last me until July 1st.
One very real reason:
- I don’t really have any desire to meet people in largely impersonal group gatherings like this. 5 people or less, please. That’s my limit. More than that and I don’t learn enough about everyone else and everyone else doesn’t learn enough about me.
Reasons that weren’t originally reasons but have since become reasons:
- I still have eleven 40 in 40 songs remaining.
- My friend Brian’s Cake cover band has their first gig on Saturday night.
- It’s playoff hockey season.
- I’m currently investigating options for either a mid-atlantic road trip or a southern california jaunt in June to catch some David Bazan shows and that will likely use up my vacation time and spare change.
- Work has become insanely busy within the past two weeks and there is no end in sight.
Anyway. I’ll meet all of you someday. Until then, you’ll just have to trust me when I tell you how awesome I am and how great I am in bed.
Neotek (by steelopus)
This one time I went to Chicago and it was awesome.
