Forgive the supercrap image quality. My brother is the photog, not I.
But, check these out. ChicagoNow buttons, my friends, are cool. This sampling, currently pinned to my workspace bulletin area includes Joe the Cop's Arresting Tales, I Fight Dragons, and, naturally, Chicago Subtext, by yours truly.
An unfortunately combination of that wreck from Pittsburgh last year, and generally just not being sedentary, has led to some shenanigans with my hip. Fret not, it'll pass, it'll pass. But, say I used a crutch thing and got on the train and clearly was having some sort of issue with my hip or leg or something.
You'd get up and offer me your seat right? Of course you would, because you, my readers dear, are well-mannered, unlike those complete savages with whom I have been riding the train. I promise you, it's an odd thing.
Maybe I am just old-fashioned when it comes to that sort of thing, but I generally pop up out of my seat on a train or bus at the slightest sign on need.
Now, there is one notable exception: Lately, it's been rather fashionable to wear blouses which are pleated just across the boobage area, and therefore, for the life of me, I cannot, cannot, cannot tell sometimes whether or not certain women are pregnant, slouching, or just wearing ill-advised tops. And far be it from me to guess when it comes to that. Can you imagine?
I love this so much, I want to cry in a teenage-girl-goes-Beatlemania sort of way.
I don't really know why i give a darn about Wikipedia. I don't use it as a source when I'm writing. I usually only use it as a jumping-off point when casually looking up something.
But, for whatever reason, I am hell-bent on getting a wikipedia page. A big ol' link-heavy one, too.
I tried, mind you, I did. After "Three Fallen Women" came out, I thought I would try. But, nay. Far too not-notable enoughedness going on for that to happen.
But, just this morning, it was brought to my attention that my name is finally appearing on Wikipedia, listed as writers who have appeared in the print edition of literary journal Monkeybicycle, for my very irreverent short comedic essay in Monkeybicycle #5, the dirty humor issue.
It's a start.
1. "Irish Drinking Song" by Flogging Molly
2. "Evil Hearted You" by Pixies
3. "Such a Little Thing Makes Such a Big Difference" by The Smiths
4. "Blue Caravan" by Vienna Teng
5. "Lift Me Up" by Moby
6. "Equipoise" by Roy Haynes
7. "Front Porch Blues" by Dick Dale
8. "Carolina Drama" by The Raconteurs
9. "Waiting for the Weekend" by The Vapors
10. "Take On Me" (Extended Remix) by A-ha*
*This is not the ideal version of the song, mind you, but dang if I didn't hear it and get it stuck in my head. Bah!
We should catch up. So, I started blogging at ChicagoNow on Chicago Subtext in May. Then, I came in as life & style community manager at ChicagoNow, wrote the Subtext blog and worked part-time as books digital coordinator for Chicago Tribune. As of last week, I'm in the books department full-time, and writing both the Subtext blog, and cowriting the new Tribune Printers Row literary blog.
And, I'm happy about all of that. Just wanted to update.
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