Went to the Gayco show at Sketchfest with Laura. It was a really fun show. There were tons of people there. Judy, my improv teacher from last term, was in the show. The was very good and fun. It looked like a good time up there. Sketchfest is awesome. I don’t know if I will be able to make any more shows, but I will have to make it a priority to see more of the shows next year.

Had to get some food after that. Went to the Salt n Pepper Diner on Clark Street. I have seen that place for a long time. (I thought that it would make a good place for Video Diner when I was doing that show). Got a burger and it was good. Nice ambiance and good service. I’d go back.

After that I went over to my friend Jamie’s place. It was good to meet some of her friends. There are so many good people in this town. I am always meeting more fun people.

I am putting together a new web zine about the arts, music, and entertainment in Chicago. It won’t have to involve just local things, but definitely thing that will be of interest to Chicagoans.

If anyone has something that they would like to tell people and would be willing to write an article, let me know and I will let you know what needs to be done.

I am also going to have an advice column of sorts on the site, so if you have any questions (about anything) that need to be answered send them my way.

I mentioned before that my Improv class on Tuesdays got canceled because it didn’t have enough people. We were fortunate that the remaining students were about to move together to join the Thursday night class. It was great to see the old classmates, but it was a little awkward in the beginning with the new people. We were a tight group that was invading their tight group. We did get a chance to get to know each other a little tonight, and I think that we will bond in time.

What I do want to mention is how good this new class was. Some of them were down right amazing. There were a couple parts of games that were as good as anything I have seen on the stages at Second City. I was impressed, and it made me a little frightened. I will have to step it up a notch if I want to add to this ensemble. I was pretty tense today, so I wasn’t as good as I could have been. I think the best thing about working with good people is that it pushes you to go to levels that you hadn’t thought possible. The other good thing about the Second City approach is that if everyone if pulling their own weight, it makes everything just flow together and makes everything better.

I am looking forward to the next few classes.

I woke up really depressed this morning. I wasn’t sure that I even wanted to get up and get moving at all. Just laid in bed for an hour or so contemplating everything going on in my life.

I knew that I couldn’t give into such thoughts for too long, because I have so much to do (and not much time to waste). I forced myself up and got my day rolling with a little walk. Getting outside always seems to get me in a better mood.

Day turned out very productive. Got a lot of black outs written. I’ll have some more time to write tomorrow and then some re-writing this weekend.

Writing class was back in session tonight. Turns out that we will have Andy again (although he wasn’t there tonight). I am really excited to have him again. The sub tonight was Joe Janes. He was really good. I had a really good time tonight and laughed a lot. We had a couple of new students. They both seem to be pretty good, and fit right in with the rest of us. I am really excited to get back to sketch writing. We have to write ten black out for next week. It is a nice way to get back into things.

Went to Corcoran’s after, and then skipped the bus and walked a couple of miles to the Blue Line. It was a little cold tonight, but it was nice to walk again. I didn’t even get hit by any cars. I didn’t realize how out of shape I had gotten. In the summer I was walking 4 or 5 miles everyday, but now two days of two mile walks and I am pretty tired.

New Hampshire primaries tonight. Obama was up in the polls by 6 to 10 points, but in the end Hillary won by a couple of points. Obama was so confident in a win that he went in to prevent defense mode. He wasn’t trying to win, he was trying not to loose. He stopped giving interviews and wasn’t on the news channels. He also didn’t do very much on the debate. Nothing bad, but nothing to remember. Just like football teams that are ahead change their game and try not to loose. It turns out that they just prevent themselves from winning. Lets hope that this wakes Obama up and puts him back into his go for it mode.

If Hillary wins, I don’t think she will win the general election. Too many people hate her (I hate her). John McCain pulled out a good win 37% to Romney’s 32%. If McCain winds up winning and going against Hillary, I think that I would rather vote for him than for her.

It was great out today. It almost made it to 60 degrees. I got a chance to walk for a couple miles today. It was nice to get some physical activity today. It has been so cold lately that I haven’t been able to get out much.

I did get hit by a SUV while I was walking. That was kind of fun. I am glad that it was a big vehicle. I would have crushed a small car. It is amazing how freaked out drivers look when they hit a pedestrian. To be truthful, the SUV was going pretty slow, and I only got pushed a couple of feet before the driver stopped. No damage to me or the vehicle. It was just a fun little moment that got my adrenaline pumping a little.

Could this be the best music video ever? I know I love it. Great song too. Too bad there is a little distortion.

I have done a lot of reflective thinking this week. Not really what I wanted to be doing, because this was supposed to be a time of action. I guess that you can’t control everything. Sometime you just need to go with the flow.

The first thought that I have is that life is about relationships. Not just the love and marriage type, but all relationships. Friends, family, roommates, classmates, co-workers, your community, and the rest of the world. Your whole life is defined by how you interact with other people. We are an inherently social people. I have to keep that in mind a little more in life.

What really matters is what do you bring to these relationships. I have been thinking about what I bring to relationships that I have, and what others bring to their relationships with me. Problems always come about when there is an imbalance in this relationship. Remember that you have an obligation to bring something to your relationships. People have asked me lately why they don’t have the relationships that they want, and I look at them and see that they don’t bring much to the ticket. They need to bring something. I need to bring something.

Brilliant. Here it is, in case you missed it: