Chicago and bondage

What a great weekend!

Saturday, I decided to drive out and meet Kirk and Heather at Brynn and Casey's in Chicago. I hadn't seen them since the Pirate Party nearly 9 months ago and I was well overdue for a road trip, so why not? It was perfect driving weather too - blue skies and warm sun, with plenty of CDs and a Red Bull for good measure. Somehow I actually managed to conquer the city traffic, pick up Heather, Brynn, and Kirk from downtown, and find FREE parking in the city on a beautiful Sat. afternoon. I knew right then that it was going to be a fine weekend. We met up with Steve H in "boystown" and walked down the rainbow-laden street and stopped in every bondage shop in town, tried on drag-queen-sized (runs larger than normal - go figure) corsets, gawked at dildos bigger than the size of my arm (hi mom! pretend you didn't read that) and dreamed of the day when we can afford to be hot. Apparently it's expensive to be hot; I saw thongs with less material than a wallet going for over $100.  I personally don't want to pay that much money to have a cow product wedged up my ass. I didn't come home empty handed, but hopefully I'll have a good pic to post of what I bought soon. ;)

The Chinese-Vietnamese food place in boystown was great. Have to remember to go back there! Before Kirk had a chance to pass out, we went back to Brynn and Casey's. I love their apartment - anyone with orange walls in their bedroom is awesome in my book. We ended up staying up until the wee hours of the morning sharing ghost stories, hauntings, lucid dreaming, and well anything else in those categories. It's great to know I'm not the only one that used to be able to control my dreams 100%, and I'm not the only one that just lost it one day. In honor of that conversation, I am adding a lucid dreaming link to my page. I need to work on getting that skill back... But I suppose you need to SLEEP to dream, and I've never been good at that part. ;)

Casey made strudle in the morning and Brynn whipped out her fiddle. I had such a great time, and I never realized how cool Chicago is. I've only always been to the touristy expensive parts, but I would love to live in some of those northern areas. The houses and lofts are so great... I don't think I'll ever make up my mind where I want to live though, so that's my whim of the week.

I had a hockey game this evening, so I specifically left early Sunday just so I could make it. I missed last week, and we only have 3 more games, so I really wanted to play! But stupid me got stuck in traffic and got home too late. I was really really pissed at myself; the only reason I left was for that game, otherwise I could have spent another evening visiting them. Grrr. I messed up. At least I got to watch the Wings game and the Sopranos. And during the drive home, the Columbus Fire Crew was playing "tag" with me in the stop and go traffic. Hot firefighter pulls up and checks me out; they get stopped; I smile and pull forward. Repeat.

Tomorrow I am going to get Mark Mowers (Red Wings player) autograph for my brother. Supposedly he's young and hot so I agreed to go again for my bro. Oh darn, please don't make me see an attractive hockey player, I hate those guys! (woops, was that sarcasm??) Tues I get to go to the Wings game, Wednesday is my favorite holiday of the year (and yes, I am Irish so I have to make my kinsfolk proud), hopefully Thurs I am going out with city boys to celebrate my newfound employment, then Friday I will take off on another roadtrip. This time, somewhere warm and sunny. We were thinking North Carolina but I guess there isn't much hiking to do in the Outer Banks... not sure where to go! We didn't want to drive too far but maybe we should try the Gulf Coast of Florida?

If I had a bedtime, I'm sure it would be well past it right now. Woops. I finally got my freelance writing "how-to" book, so I guess I'm feeling inspired to keep the words coming. But I suppose I should go to sleep and practice dreaming some more.