As Far As I Can Tell

Tomorrow I leave for Michigan, and won’t be back until after Christmas, so today is my Chicago Christmas. Meredith is at work right now, but when she gets home there will be present giving and food eating. Tonight we plan on ice skating in Millennium Park downtown, and then seeing Small Brown Bike at the Fireside Bowl.

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Although I generally loathe holiday music, I just got two Christmas albums. One is a John Peel Christmas party with Belle and Sebastian, recorded just two days ago. The other is the new Bright Eyes album. I haven’t listened to them much, but they seem to be all traditional songs. I’ll give a small review after I’ve listened to them fully.

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I’m a little concerned about leaving Birdie alone for the four days that I’ll be in Michigan. Technically it’s even longer than that, I’m just not counting Saturday and Thursday since those are the days I’m leaving and coming. This worrying make me officially a cat person, but to hell with it, Birdie’s great.

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I’m excited that Josh and Bill are going to be back in The States for New Years. Josh is already back actually, and I’m hoping to see him next week. I have a great idea! Attention all of my friends: why don’t you move to Chicago and live in the same neighborhood as me?