still not dead

So, my posting frequency has definitely declined. Anyway, a few highlights from the past couple weeks:

• My intestines are now working normally
• I have a level 50 WoW character and passed me in the leveling. Considering he started 3 months after me, this is no minor feat. =)
• I am looking at apartments.
  • I’ve found one in an amazingly good location (just north of belmont on broadway). But the place is tiny, and the roommate doesn’t seem like a vast improvement on my already decent roomies. Rent is the same as here.
  • Another one is in wicker park. halfway between two blue line stops. The location itself is uninspiring, but it’s about a 20 minute walk from all sorts of cool stuff. Unfortunately, it’s not exactly easy to get from there to andersonville, the shore in lakeview, or anywhere else. Also, no really convenient gym (hello to working out downtown). The roommates seem great, though they labeled me more socially conservative than they (and I have to agree). Also, the straight one is H.O.T. (this is not good.) Rent would be $367/month.
  • Still checking out other places.
• I finished Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and I’m about halfway through Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
• I finished the first three books in Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series (Napoleonic wars with dragons. But not exactly what you might think. Not bad. Not sure if its approach to Chinese history/culture is any better than Memoirs of a Geisha was towards Japanese history/culture. It certainly has alot to say about such. Especially in book 2.)
• I want a Nintendo DS, but they were big christmas sellers and are not easy to find.

That’s about it.