i love my new apartment. it is beautiful, the cats are awesome, and my roommate is my friend already. i moved everything on Saturday and then spent the evening down in the city with friends! at their film festival - Student Films Across America - if it comes to a city near you, you should see it because the movies are good but attendance is not (i think that Chicago is a tough city to attract a crowd in, though - too much going on, like the Blues Festival this weekend).
Then i went to church with my roommate (Emily) on Sunday morning. She goes to this crazy liberal Mennonite church a couple of blocks from our place, where everyone loves Jesus and sings and dances to show their love. It was a long emotional service, and the pastor gave a great sermon that was down-to-earth and surprisingly unreligious (i guess in his former life he was a computer programmer, so he's very worldly). then i got to join my roommate and her church friends at a picnic on the beach - they were all very happy, environmentalist, laid-back people, and it was great to get to know some folks in the same life situation that i'm in.
all in all, it was a full weekend - quite tiring, what with all the hauling up and down stairs, and praising jesus and whatnot.
now i'm back at work, learning about fire regimes on prairies. what a fantastic job!
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thanks for the plug. I think it helped. Attendance is up. We hit the road again tomorrow for Columbus. I am also officially only shaving half things from now on.
ben
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