The Weight On Your Shoulders is Breakin' Your Back

Oh, Lawdy Lawdy, has it ever been awhile.

I just finished a first-draft of my MA thesis, which is due tomorrow afternoon. It's nice to be able to say, "I'm revising a draft of my thesis," as opposed to, "I'm writing my thesis." I don't have much to say about the draft itself except that it has an intro, a conclusion, and a bunch of stuff in the middle that seems to make some sort of vague sense. More interesting stuff has been happening that I should probably make you aware of.

As the picture above indicates, I've been going to some baseball games in recent weeks. I hit up Wrigley for Cubs vs. 'Stros on 04/04 and Twins vs. Sox at Comiskey (I refuse to call it the Cell) on the 9th. I was impressed with Comiskey...for the most part. Problem #1: if you buy tickets for the upper deck (as I did), you're not allowed to wander the concourse on the lower levels, which means you can't walk around and view the stadium from, say, the outfield. Problem #2: Sightlines are ok, but not ideal. From where we were sitting, you couldn't see the right field corner. Problem #3: Because the upper concourse is so open, the wind is free to go where it pleases. This means that on nights that are windy and cold, as the night I was there was like, are miserable. Otherwise good times are had...oh, the pretzels are stale. I guess that's Problem #4.

Some minor things that I'm too tired to elaborate on, but want to point out:
- I saw the film Once last weekend and thought it was fantastic.
- I went to an open mic last night and played in front of people for the first time in two years. Three country songs. I don't think the audience really knew what to do.
- Ryan introduced me to Yehuda Moon & The Kickstand Cyclery. I think it really only speaks to people who are really into cycling, but I think its hilarious.

OK, that's it. Time to continue relaxing.