Ken pointed out that I've been slacking on this project; he points out that I was better at keeping up with it when I had Calculus... it's true. I'm still decomressing from being in class almost every day of the week, and even a short entry (which aren't as cool as the longer ones) still takes 10-20 minutes to write. My life is way too busy even now, and so I've been trying to avoid extra committments. Plus, I've been having a hard time coming up with things that I won't miss about Chicago.
Just now I've sat here for 5 minutes trying to come up with something I won't miss.
I won't miss parking tickets in Chicago. I don't know how it works in other cities, but I think that in Chicago they clean the streets only because they make a profit doing it. Cleaning the streets gives jobs to the sweepers and the sign putter-uppers, and all the suckers who don't see the signs or forget have to pay big bucks to the city. It's a racket.
I will miss so many people it's sick. Part of me wants to try and write a little bit about each person that I'll miss, but I know if I do that I will forget or leave out people and that's maybe worse than not writing about anybody.
One person I will miss is Joe Lill, the band/jazz/quintet/many other hats guy at NPU. He has definitely been my "father figure" at North Park through my musical career, which has extended into my work career thanks to my parents making me learn the Tuba in 6th grade. Joe is an amazing teacher, role model, musician and model Chicagoan, and frankly I can't imagine the NPU School of Music, my time as a student, or the city of Chicago without him. Thanks, Joe.
