As you can imagine from such a pretentious blog title, I’m about to spend several paragraphs making this T.S. Eliot title relate to my mundane everyday life. Grab some java and pin those eyelids up A Clockwork Orange-style.
This actually isn’t going well at all. There’s a beautiful woman manning (or womaning?) the counter at Barnes & Noble at the moment. She’s single-handedly threatening to derail this entire entry. Don’t I need to buy something? Anything? I did just acquire my first blue-ray player not so long ago, so maybe I should load up a shopping cart full of overpriced discs. She’s staring RIGHT AT ME from 50 feet away. Wait, can you tell the direction of a gaze from 50 feet away?
Well, this is unfortunate. Due to the expensive costs of electronic ink, this will have to be cut short. I traveled to Chicago in early July, not for my usual urban meandering, but to meet an old friend I’ve known for 8 years yet have never met. And since this blog was at one time the official diarist of my life, I feel a sense of duty to document the occurrence. With a 10mm fisheye lens.
Of course, she also documented our touristy adventures. The Bean was not to be missed (and really, still draws me after dozens of visits.) And a simple quest for self-rising flour capped a rather lovely day.
My father, upon seeing her photos, send me an email remarking on my rolled-up pant legs (due to fountain-splashing.) And that’s how we get to the excerpt from “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” below.
Nice to finally meet you, Laura.
Favorite author! ohoh! also, dear sir, if you’re busy all week, then a saturday morning brunch? you can pick the place (i’ll even trek out to east peoria, if you are hosting it in your place. see? not so prudish) ahh, hope you’re getting some rest!
Hey…….wait a minute………is that the Journal Star’s 10mm fisheye?????? I was looking for that TO DO SOME WORK.
Hey buddy, I put my hangtag up in the equipment locker! I follow rules.
That is one of my all time favorite poems 🙂
Haha, busted by Big Daddy Zalaznik!
As always, Adam, your photos are flippin’ sweet. And I’ve eaten at that Chinese restaurant you shot. The Phoenix House in China Town, right? Good dim sum if i remember correctly.