I’m back in Chicago for a few days on a quest for books. As I mentioned I struck out in Rochester and so I decided to take a road trip. Tomorrow I return to the Reg and to $1 Latte’s. Woo Hoo. And hopefully find the references that I’ve been looking for!

That’s the theme of my life. I’ve been trying to track down a couple books that I need for my thesis. So far I haven’t had a lot of luck. While some are held by the U of R, I can’t currently get at them. So now I’m checking the libraries of other local colleges. It’s a brave new world we live in, and most card catalogs are online. I do get jealous of today’s teens who have far more immediate access to information than I ever did. I think that, at least from the access to information standpoint and that’s help in learning, it’s a great time to be growing up.

I’ve put in for a couple temp jobs a google that a friend hipp’d me too. And I’ve submitted for a few more jobs. As Tom Petty sings, the waiting is the hardest part. Starry Nites jsut posted for more jobs, if I don’t get something within the next week or so, I’m probably going to go for that.

Before anything else, a big thanks to my brother Paul for pointing me to this phenominal blog entry. I’m sure that it’s either already huge or about to be huge.

A direct English translation of the the Chinese translation of Revenge of the Sith. It reminds me of a running futurist idea from Phillip K. Dick’s Intergalactic Pot Healer.

I also managed to make it into the local 20/30something paper: The Insider, there’s a shot of myself and Damir from Auragen at a Digital Rochester networking event.

Speaking of photos, yesterday I went for tacos with the kodak.com folks. LJC and I decided to take pictures of each other as our cameras are similiar models. What can I say, once the Kodak yellow gets into your blood, it doesn’t get out. Either way, here’s my half of the pair:

Ok enough with the posting and back to the social sciences work.

Things are falling a little more into place. One of the major things is that I finally tracked down my Palm Pilot’s travel USB cable. This seems like such a trivial thing, but it makes a huge difference. Since I don’t have a permanent workspace yet, a fixed cradle is inconvenient. That means with out the cable I can’t sync the Palm or charge it. Which means that I stop using it. And those who know me best know that without it, I’m lost. While my memory can store gigabytes of useless pop culture info, I just don’t do well at remembering practical things like phone numbers and appointments. That’s where the palm comes in. Suddenly I feel so much more organized and ready to face the world.

I’ve got a job fair this afternoon and the possibility of some freelance work. I’m making a lot of headspace progress on the thesis. So today’s an “up day” as far as I’m concerned.

things are progressing, I guess. I’m writing, or at least plotting my writing. i’m also close to wrapping up on McKinsey application. all that remains is a cover letter, but that’s going to take a day or so. i’m currently trying to figure out how to address the darn thing, as I haven’t been given a specific name and I don’t want to fall back on “dear sir-or-madam.”

drea’s doing better. which is all good.

and that’s about it. not too much to report.