adventure in Chicago

My typical adventure in Chicago used to be pretty formulaic. Go to the bar, get smashed, go to another bar, get more smashed, wake up in some stranger's apartment. Or a variation on that would be to wake up at Steamworks. The second of the two is actually sometimes preferable because then you know what side of town you're on, that your wallet and cellphone got locked up in their safe deposit box, and you don't have to snoop around for the odd piece of mail and hope you're not calling Mr. Right Now by his roommate's name - in a joint like Steamworks you just don't need to exchange names, y'all just get busy.

I made some new friends very quickly here - I will be deliberately vague about how this came to pass - and we wound up watching a DVD compilation of Family Guy episodes and eating pizza in one of their VERY high-buck super-decorated loft condo apartments up in Andersonville. We shared a couple of youtube videos we each liked - funny how everyone busts out a laptop these days... And in this particular gathering we all laughed like hell and remained clothed. Seriously. Not even any dry-humping.

These are the ones I liked the best.

This one is not safe for work.


This one is not very PC (but little on this blog IS). It's a clip from a Helen Keller play. Watch the woman in the middle overdoing her role as HK.