The Tempest and Second City

Being jobless allows for lots of time to peruse local newspapers and such. Yesterday, I was looking through the Red Eye and found an ad offering $20 tickets for The Tempest at Steppenwolf Theatre, so I jumped on the opportunity. I am so glad I did. It was an amazing production. The stage dressings were minimal, but the actions were brought to life by audio and visual efects. This was apparently the first time Steppenwolf has attempted Shakespeare, and it was truly enjoyable. I followed the plot pretty closely and was rarely confused. This is not to say that I understood every Shakespearean syllable uttered, but pretty damn near close, I would say. I stayed after for a meet and greet with the artistic director. I love hearing thoughts on the play and really dissecting scenes and ideas. So interesting!

I went to The Second City orientation today. It basically went over the program and what to expect from each level. I met a few people who had come from all over, like D.C. and Maryland, just so they could take classes there. Well, I guess I came from Florida so that's pretty far too. HAHA.

YAY.

Unemployed and lovin life

I am having a blast. So what if I don't have money rolling in at the moment. This town is gorgeous in the springtime and I have been enjoying every minute being here. Today I walked along lakeshore drive and into Lincoln Park. The flowers are amazing. There are tulips lining pretty much every street. :)

Enjoy some pics from todays stroll(mostly of Lincoln Park and surrounding area):

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Update

funny fish at the shedd aquarium

YAY!

I'm here in Chicago. The eagle has landed. :) I'm really having a great time. My dad was nice enough to come along for the 2 day moving trip, and it went pretty seemlessly. We stopped in Nashville just in time to see my brother perform with his band, which was cool. He played at this dig called the "Twin Kegs" in Nashville. His band, The Stateside Menace did awesome. I love their sound. I told him they reminded me of the counting crows.

We booked a hotel in Nashville for the night and were able to have a nice dinner with the bro before heading the rest of the way the next morning. Since, we didn't have any time constraints the next day, we decided to take our time and enjoy the drive. Since we were heading to Chicago and the high was 57, and my dad forgot to bring a jacket, we stopped at several stores to try to find him one. We ended up just going to goodwill and he found a pullover sweater thing there for like $4.00. I have to say it was the cleanest goodwill I've ever been in. My only complaint was the lime green walls that were near the bathrooms. I think I burned my retinas.

After being on the road for about 9 hours, we finally made it to the apartment and met the roommates(who are awesome!) and moved all of my stuff into my new room. It's amazing that it all fit. The room is a bit on the small side, which is the theme in these old chicago buildings, but I'm not complaining because, I'm close to everything and Johnny Depp filmed parts of a movie on our street last summer(details to follow) so I am ecstatic.

There are occasional loud obnoxious cubs fans wandering around the streets but they're pretty much harmless.

Ok, I'm stopping for now. I could probably write all night. I'll be starting my job-hunting ASAP so I'm sure that's what you will be reading about next.

Wish me luck!