another distraction/aid in helping me move to chicago: housingmaps.com. works in any city in the united states (that has craigslist). i have an appointment to see a nice little studio apartment when i go to chicago in a couple of weeks (cross your fingers for me that it doesn't get rented until i see it and charm the owner into letting me lease it!).

in other chi-news, i got a northwestern email address! firstname.lastname@northwestern.edu. i am all official and shit now. except for the 2 billion other things i have to do to attend the school (dr's appointments for health insurance, reading lists, finding out about financial aid, figuring out where the fuck i go the first day of class) - you know, the little things.