The problem
with staying in hotels is that every once in awhile you remember that someone,
many people have had sex on the bed upon which you rest your head while
watching Netflix. The truly awful thing about corporate apartments is that all
of those people have faces. Clear, wholesome, smiling faces. And while you
imagine them these faces tell corny jokes about healthy relationships and give
shitty
innuendos to their partners... whose faces I also recall in detail. Then I
consider that they probably did some trail running or rock dancing (offbeat)
just before they did it...probably in the middle of the day or at like 7 before
they went out for sushi or something involving Quinoa. It haunts me at night...
I'm so fucking tired.
I can completely understand that the reaction of many to what I have to say may make me sound like a turncoat, but "We need to talk about Kevin". But several facebook friends posted this and I had to get in on this. for those who haven't read this hilariously brave review (Chicagoans is crazy about Chicago!) see below. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/books/review/the-third-coast-by-thomas-dyja-and-more.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Interesting read. I wanted to comment on this because the jingoism associated with the "BLUE-COLLAR type of town" mentality is simply no longer true, belies our citizens' (righteous, in my opinion) own cries of inequality, and the evidence supported by the empirically measured migration rate and anecdotal listing as a city only less miserable than Flint, Detroit and Rockford (GODDAMN!) Chicago has a history of deep deep segregation, isolation, nepotism, cronyism and political/slanted rhetoric (where "Windy" comes...
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