Kansas Crimson

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 6:26 am Todays's edition of If the thunder don't get ya then the lightning will....

Two nights ago. Stabbing at the beach basically across the street from me. Shooting by Northwestern Hospital 2 blocks from me.
This morning... 1:45 am. LOUD construction(?) noises woke me up. Drilling and banging. Couldn't tell if it was on my floor or the apartment above me. Perhaps a maintenance emergency? Seemed to be both above me and down the hall. Well, it was both. Construction(?) above me and some assholes on my floor going in and out of an apartment basically slamming the door.
I fell back asleep around 2:30am.
3:50am. My phone rings and wakes me up. It's the person at the front desk calling. I ask what's up. She asks me what the problem is. I ask what problem. She again asks me what the problem is. I was unsure if she was referencing the construction(?) noise and/or the door/s slamming - so I asked her. She didn't answer but she did ask me what apartment I am in. I told her and she said - "wrong number". I asked her "wrong number" as in apartment number or phone number? She said, "bof". Silence. No apology. I hung up.

twocoach wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:36 am

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 6:26 am Todays's edition of If the thunder don't get ya then the lightning will....

Two nights ago. Stabbing at the beach basically across the street from me. Shooting by Northwestern Hospital 2 blocks from me.
This morning... 1:45 am. LOUD construction(?) noises woke me up. Drilling and banging. Couldn't tell if it was on my floor or the apartment above me. Perhaps a maintenance emergency? Seemed to be both above me and down the hall. Well, it was both. Construction(?) above me and some assholes on my floor going in and out of an apartment basically slamming the door.
I fell back asleep around 2:30am.
3:50am. My phone rings and wakes me up. It's the person at the front desk calling. I ask what's up. She asks me what the problem is. I ask what problem. She again asks me what the problem is. I was unsure if she was referencing the construction(?) noise and/or the door/s slamming - so I asked her. She didn't answer but she did ask me what apartment I am in. I told her and she said - "wrong number". I asked her "wrong number" as in apartment number or phone number? She said, "bof". Silence. No apology. I hung up.

Sounds exactly like what I have always assumed living in a high rise building downtown in one of the largest cities in the country would be like.

Storms woke me up this morning. It's so quiet here that you notice when it's not. And I have a neighbor who for some reason thinks it's OK to pipe easy listening jazz to an outdoor speaker in their backyard. Not loud, but loud enough that you notice it when you're in the back yard. That's the extent of my issues in the suburbs (outside of the murder a few weeks ago). But I don't have any pro sports nearby and very few of the big city shows and concerts come here so there's things you get that I don't. Life is full of give and take, I suppose.

jhawks99 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 12:09 pm I slept until 11:30. I never sleep past 6. WTF.

KUTradition wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 5:52 pm ate at a vegan palestinian restaurant last night…absolutely delicious; blew my expectations out of the water

jhawks99 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 6:07 pm

KUTradition wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 5:52 pm ate at a vegan palestinian restaurant last night…absolutely delicious; blew my expectations out of the water

Sounds good. What'd'ya have?

jhawks99 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 8:23 am Yikes, good luck.

japhy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 8:57 am And moving sucks and it's expensive.

japhy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 8:57 am My oldest daughter is moving out of Chicago in a couple of months. We have deep family roots up there so I have visited the city a lot over the years. I love the place. Chicago is where I learned to love architecture and time spent there as a kid was one of the determinants for my future career.

May daughter wants me to come up and spend one last weekend before she leaves in the city. We will have a meal at Miller's Pub, cuz it is a decades old family hangout. We will go to Millennium Park to see the orchestra play. I was one of the principal engineers on the Pritzker Pavilion bandshell so it is a career milestone for me, my mark on the Chicago landscape. We will probably spend some time in the Art Institute and maybe go check out Nick Cave's Facility. I need to get a poppy seed cake also.

My daughter had talked about moving back to Denver. I figured when she moved on from Chicago that is where she would end up. But she decided she is moving to San Francisco instead. She was there as a kid when I had a project out there and has gone back visiting college friends. She loves the place. I asked her "why not Denver?". Her response surprised me. She told me that she wants to live "someplace more diverse". She thinks Denver is too monoculture. She can practically be in 5 different countries over the course of a weekend in Chicago. She loves the weather and the mountains in CO, but she needs that diversity of culture to feed her soul.

You might love Santa Fe NM for the weather, Gutter. It is damn near perfect all year round. I love Colorado Springs for that reason as well. Even in the dead of winter I can get outside and hike. But there are only a few cities in the world with the culture of Chicago. You might miss that more than you do "good" weather.

We all gotta pick our poison. Very few places have everything.

I like spending the bulk of my time in a place that is quieter and easier to live than the big cities. But I can get on a plane and spend a week in Chicago or Los Angeles or New York City when I "need" it. I like the sensory overload of those places, the cultural attractions and the people. I find it rejuvenating in short bursts.

My daughter wants that stuff every day. And she can come to Colorado and get her fix of quiet empty mountains and desert when she needs it.

It's all about figuring out what makes you tick. And realizing that may change over time. And moving sucks and it's expensive. So choose wisely.

TDub wrote: ↑Mon Aug 14, 2023 8:48 am she is high as fuck there. Also she is a complete mess. I wouldn't touch her with that pole, some might even say she's Toxic.