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also i have no clue who i'm voting for in any of these races besides US Senator...

gonna have to vote in the illinois 9th even though i'm a patriot of the 5th 😔

wait wtf they moved my polling site all the way to another congressional district wtf. it used to be 2 blocks away now it's 4 blocks away how could they do this to me

‪kinda crazy that jacob was in two movies this past year that are both fanfiction retellings of a difficult story to make it more palatable to the filmmaker‬

well i don't hate it as much as some people but i definitely don't think it was one of the best movies of the year idk. a lot of it is pure brilliance, but the writing is often really clunky, the supporting characters are kinda nothing, and victors motivations are confused

i swear to g-d last passover was like a month ago wtf

it was built in 2017 to replace two dilapidated stations

mandel hall is so beautiful i can't believe i didn't go to more shows here in undergrad. also, this weekend i learned not only that chicagoland has an opera company dedicated exclusively to the production of gilbert and sullivan's complete works, it has multiple

this is a red line train to 95th/dan ryan via the loop elevated. the next stop is adams/wabash

buses currently rerouted in the loop because of an anti-war protest on wacker, of course the cta has no alerts saying where the buses are detouring

doing shots of slivovitz (technically rakija od šliva) out of an 8 oz deli container

happy saturday

solti with the vienna phil

found these beautiful box sets of the ring of the nibelung at the thrift store that came with three introductory disks running through the leitmotifs and illustrated librettos, but there was no gotterdammerung box and two of the das rheingold disks are missing 😭😭

lmk if you need help drying off

love this sign so so so so much

crazy that wagner was an antisemite because this is just how jewish parents talk to their children

just watched if i had legs i'd kick you and idk what an intense stressful depressing horrifying movie. rose byrne is incredible of course, but i kinda wish i hadn't seen it

old buildings have such good parking garages

when did people start saying "hi welcome in" i swear there must've been a memo that went around a few years ago

oh my god the writing of this show is electric my heart is racing i have got to see more ibsen

basically, the rice and meat filling is spread out in layers between layers of vine leaves, like a lasagna

yeah overlapping vine leaves, easier than stuffing them

sometimes i make things on weeknights that are objectively insane to make on weeknights

Ald. Hopkins prioritizes businesses over cyclists' safety The lives of pedestrians and cyclists apparently aren't worth the cost of doing business. Also, letters about the U. of C., EPA endangerment finding, Olympics and Bears. And how about renaming Midway ...

Don't miss my letter to the editor in the @chicago.suntimes.com :

When 2nd Ward Ald. Brian Hopkins asks, “Am I supposed to close all of the restaurants?” [to enforce road safety rules] he’s presenting a false choice.

chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-t...

obsessed with this diploma from pizza consulting

finally made it to spacca napoli last night, it's so good

i love living in boystown it's such a friendly neighborhood

shockingly our factory of cheesecake mostly produces savory foods

drinking leftover hurricane from a mardi gras party last week, fitting with the cajun theme