I recently turned 30. To avoid thinking about this milestone too much I decided to take a trip to Chicago. Spent the day driving and after checking into our hotel, we went to see WBEZ (home of This American Life and Sound Opinions). Later that night, we went for drinks with my college roommate who randomly happened to be on vacation in Chicago as well. I had celebrated my 20th birthday with him at a hardcore show in Toronto while we were both undergrads and he was still underage. This time we went to a jazz show and drank cocktails. Now he's working on his doctorate in Austin. It was great seeing him. Excellent way to spend a birthday.
Went to C2E2 on Saturday. Meet Garth Ennis, writer of Preacher and, in my opinion, the definitive run on the Punisher. I hadn't really been to a comic book convention in years and they've really changed. Wearing costumes, or cosplay, didn't really exist back then (iFanboy has a pretty good gallery from the convention). It was mostly just dealers selling their back issues and artists selling their original art work. Now it's a huge deal. Probably going to go to the Toronto convention in August.
After getting home, I've decided to go vegan for a week. Didn't realize that Oprah had already done this. Either way, it's day four into the week and I'm doing well. Don't know what the health benefits have been for me yet but still... I know lots of people who are vegans so they've been telling me what's good and giving me lots of ideas. And I'll be honest, there's this bakery that makes fantastic vegan cupcakes and I've had a couple already.
Overall it's been an exciting couple of days. I'm listening to a Bikini Kills record and it's awesome.
Went to C2E2 on Saturday. Meet Garth Ennis, writer of Preacher and, in my opinion, the definitive run on the Punisher. I hadn't really been to a comic book convention in years and they've really changed. Wearing costumes, or cosplay, didn't really exist back then (iFanboy has a pretty good gallery from the convention). It was mostly just dealers selling their back issues and artists selling their original art work. Now it's a huge deal. Probably going to go to the Toronto convention in August.
After getting home, I've decided to go vegan for a week. Didn't realize that Oprah had already done this. Either way, it's day four into the week and I'm doing well. Don't know what the health benefits have been for me yet but still... I know lots of people who are vegans so they've been telling me what's good and giving me lots of ideas. And I'll be honest, there's this bakery that makes fantastic vegan cupcakes and I've had a couple already.
Overall it's been an exciting couple of days. I'm listening to a Bikini Kills record and it's awesome.
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