oh crap

So: you remember the last post? Well, now I went and made out with him - in public (!) last night. Great. Not sure what is happening now but I can tell that things are going to be interesting. And probably frustrating.

I got home super late, and was kept up by a freaking-out dog because of a storm at about 4am, and it's raining now for 3 days and I have a hangover, so I am sure I will mope and fret about it all day everyday...great. Oh and I have 2 doc appts. today, so I can't swim and get my mind off it.

Interestingly, I joined match.com a week or so ago and that is somewhat equally pathetic - though there have been some decent-seeming guys "interested" in me - I just can't bring myself to contact them. Then there are creepy guys or really old guys (WHY do the old guys like me?!) and it makes the whole thing even more daunting.

In other news, I was walking my dog about a block from my apartment and noticed a "For Rent" sign for a 3-bedroom apt. with laundry in the building on a 2nd floor for $700, which would be low enough for me to pay by myself (though I would be poorer than usual because right now I pay about 600ish) and I could finally at age 39 be roommate-free. I went to see it yesterday and met the landlady. It was really old and crusty but I could see it being GREAT with my lovin touch! And there's a great back yard and porch. Anyway, we'll see - I know she had a lot of interest. In Chicago, that rent, even with tenant-paid utilities, is outrageously cheap!

Film/music, food, etc.

Not much to report, but I forgot to post pics of a fabulous thing I attended last Wednesday with friends S, M, and M. It was at Millennium Park, where they were showing "A Throw of Dice"


- an amazing 1929 silent film from India. It was the U.S. premier of the film's new soundtrack by British/Indian Dj Nitin Sawhney, performed by Sawhney on keyboards, a male and female vocalist and tabla player, PLUS the entire Grant Park Symphony Orchestra. It was awesome.


Here's a lawn shot from behind where we were sitting - not as packed as I've seen for pop music shows, but still crowded nonetheless. Lovely night, too!


In other news I have been craving two things lately: random foods (see delicious tempura chicken, above, with farmer's market broccoli and brown rice) and - well - a man.

I call it being "boy-crazy," but you can call it what you will. I hope I'm not getting desperate - I think with the 6-month mark since my last - um - contact (?) fast approaching, I will get very brave, though. I'll keep you posted. With my training-limited alcohol intake of late, it should be interesting...

Now, I think I'm heading downtown for another open-water swim. Can't decide if I should ride my somewhat busted bike (bottom bracket trouble for you gearheads) or take a train...