A few updates

Greetings everyone! I've made it through yet another day in the windy city. In the spirit of keeping things interesting and fresh, here are a few updates:

1. Blogs now importing to Facebook - I debated doing this for a while because generally I don't like aggregation of the things I read (sorry, Jeff), preferring to read them in their original presentation. Therefore, it should make sense that I have always desired others to read my posts as I displayed them. However selfish this might be, it was probably the reason why my rss feed was set up to only give previews of my posts rather than the full thing. Its a trade off though as now more people will probably have the opportunity to read what I have to say. The only thing I think I won't like though is that comments on the blogs I import will remain on facebook and will not go back on my website with the original posts...unless my admiring fans all click to the original post at the bottom of the note and then leave a comment ;-)

2. Walking - I have to say that I enjoy walking around my neighborhood and down to the lake. I am trying to enjoy the nice weather while it lasts, as I am sure this winter walking will be less appealing. Today I have probably walked around 4 miles. over half of that was deliberate exercise this morning. Yesterday I don't think I walked quite 4 miles, but at least there has been exercise. You can see more pictures from my morning walk on facebook.

3. Aldi's - I am not sure I like this place, but it does have some cheap, generic shit.

4. Gigio's Pizza in Uptown - This establishment located between wilson and leland on broadway intimidated me the first time I walked past, despite the glowing reviews I read on google. I have since visited there twice, once yesterday before going to Aldi's and once this evening with Darrell.

I may have just found my favorite NY Style pizza restaurant. The pizza is wide flat and with a tasty crust. The place itself is certainly unassuming, but the pizza is superb. I found this review on centerstage to be almost exactly in line with how I feel about the place. I wish I could pronounce the name, I keep wanting to say Gigolo's. Two people eating for less than 8 bucks, not bad.


5. Twilight - A novel by Stephenie Meyer. I have never been into Vampires or Vampire stories, but this was a book like few others that I have read. Truly captivating. It inspires me to want to write fiction, again, or pretty much anything really. The book itself was interesting to me because it is told from the point of view of a woman, something I am not accustomed to. But more than that I guess is the fact it is a love story told from the point of view of a woman.

I breezed through it, which isn't uncommon for me when I find a book I like. If you haven't read it and can find it at the library, go to the library and read it. If you can't find it at the library, ask to borrow it from me or go get it at Borders.