These are thoughts throughout the weekend I never said aloud:

It's weird how gentrification has made the city look better- and this is not a good thing...
Imagine where the worst neighborhoods are. Think about where, geographically, Chicago is located; the MidWest, with a large percentage of the country South and West. Take a look at a map. The I-90 and I-94 intersect and make a straight shot towards the city past those neighborhoods before making a left around the city. There's practically no way of going North past Chicago without taking this route, especially with most of the traffic coming from the South, West, and even East, without first looking at the worst neighborhoods and then being exposed to the magnificence of skyscrapers and glorious nature of the place compared to the slums you passed minutes ago. Do you think this actually resonates with people? I'm not saying it's a conspiracy, but it's pretty interesting.

Oct. 2nd, 2010, wedged in-between Program Planning and Mafia/Improv/Laughing, there will always be a moment.

The Sears/Willis Tower has two spires. It reminds me of that game with the folded-up paper football. The one where your friend would make an end zone post with their hands and you would try and flick the football through the posts. It'd be crazy if anyone could do it that well to kick it through the Sears/Willis Tower's spires from ground level.

I didn't want to come back to DePaul.

One day when I own an apartment, I imagine the worst part about said apartment will be the hot water bills. I mean, I only use hot water for showers and cleaning the dishes. I'll have to start cleaning the dishes in the shower because in the shower I have too much free time.

I don't think the ball could be any further in your court. Your serve.

There are some cards that shouldn't exist in Apples to Apples. I can't ever see winning a round with Ernest Hemingway or Carl Sagan. For the record too, I'd rather not associate the green cards I amount to my personality traits, for a few dumb reasons it's not worth getting into.

The mirror image of it raining was really heavy.

Thanks everyone who came to the RHC retreat- it was a blast for me and I'm glad we had a lot of bonding time even amidst the grind of the training. We made it and we're closer than I bet you expected we would be. I didn't think I'd be as close to the people (physically (during the laughing game) and mentally) as I am now. It truly was an amazing experience to get to know the new people and it only reaffirms my belief that this executive board is one of the best I've seen since I've started in RHC three years ago; this isn't a jab at e-boards of the past, but we truly do have something special this time around.

I told you I'd blog about it.