Holidays

BTW, I also had a pretty great Holiday this year, especially since I got to spend it with my bestest friend in the entire world, Amanda! :) Here's a picture:

Peace,

Sam

Guess What I Did?

I changed my hair! Yay! After letting it grow out almost all school year, I desperately needed a change. I have had it trimmed a few times, and once shaped into something cute because it was not growing evenly, and dyed it many times to give myself the feeling of change. I wanted it to be a bit longer, but I said to heck with it and decided to do the edgy cut I've been wanting to do for a long time. :) So here it is. It's only day 1 but I am liking it so far.

Oh and by the way, I did it myself so it feels even more satisfying that it came out nicely! So glad for the change!

St. Patricks Day!

Yeah Yeah I know it's a little late but I just had to share some of these pictures! I had so much fun in the city that day! It was unbelievably warm out and sunny and made for an amazing day of green fun! And boy were there a lot of people! It makes you think about how many people are actually in one city!

They dyed the Chicago River green! This is something I've always heard about but never actually seen in person!

They also dyed the fountain green! Chicago takes there Irish Pride seriously! I really thought this fountain was cool when I first saw it and very artistically inspirational!

Clearly, we take things so seriously that we needed Power Rangers in our St. Patty's Day Parade. I didn't understand this one.

More stuff to come soon. Peace.

To Milenium, and Beyond!

So on this lovely Sunday I actually managed to scrounger up the energy for two adventures! :o I know it's shocking. But in a place like this you just have to make time for everything. And as tired as I am right now, and no matter how bad my knees hurt, it was all worth it. In recent years, Millennium Park has been the highlight of Chicago, or the newest big thing. Did you know it's actually considered a rooftop garden? Yup, since there are parking structures and other things underneath, it was Chicago's way of getting funding for the project, since apparently we didn't need another park. Who doesn't need another Park? Well maybe the people in charge of money were right in some sense, Chicago is known to be might I say, VERY VERY VERY COLD, for about half the year, making parks less attractive. Since Millennium Park was built anyways, to combat this problem of a more than slow tourist season during these late winter months, They came up with a plan to get us Chicogoans outside again and enjoying the park. It's called Luminous Field, and in my opinion its a very clever and quite enjoyable art display of video and sound created by a Chicago artist all surrounding the Famous "Bean". It was pretty cool and I enjoyed seeing the different angles, but it's only good to keep your attention for about a few minutes. It is definitely something suited towards kids, who were running the the lights and stepping on the the ever changing colors with pure smiles and enjoyment and it seems they could do that endlessly. Tomorrow is the shows last night, so I took the opportunity to see it when I could. My pictures arent the best because my camera does not agree with darkness very well, but some turned out pretty cool:

Peace

Logan Squared

Chicago is an amazing city none the less, but Logan Square is an even more amazing neighborhood as I am slowly discovering. Besides the good Mexican food joints I see scattered everywhere on a daily basis, I was not seeing any other types of food around, until today that is. I knew that there are many different and amazing places to get food here, I just haven't really seeked any of them out. However, in the midst of gathering photo's for an art project I have to do, I found a strip of four restaurants, all that looked unique and intriguing, and none of them to my knowledge serve Mexican food! I was almost saddened that I had not brought my wallet, only my camera and notebook, so that I could have stopped for a late lunch. However my face lit up just as I turned the corner and saw not only the blue line station a block away (hey, I was tired from walking all over the place gathering pictures!) but the gorgeous "square" that i see as the heart of Logan Square. Its more oval shaped to say the least, and the streets function in sort of a roundabout fashion. As cold and tired as I was I decided to stop and take a few picture in this small beautiful outdoor stretch of green:

Peace

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures!

I realized I never posted pics of my new apartment so here are a few for anyone not in ACM to see! There is a massive amount of food here with six people! Also a few of us had to take a trip to Chinatown for orientation and there is a pic of that too. Had a blast. good food in Chinatown. Peace.

By the way, I dyed my hair and got a well needed haircut. My old picture was blonde and I've been light brown for a while, but just dyed it really brunette a few days ago. I also hadn't cut it since probably September so it was really scruffy. I'm also in the process of growing it out just a bit, but the cut I had was a-symmetrical so she cut a bit off to even it out. Its cute and short and I will continue to let it grow, but I new it needed to be healthy to do that. :)Peace.