Was originally named Operation-Meet-A-Woman but shopping is usually a trial for me. By the time I'm in it; sweaty, disheveled, looking for the right size, meeting a woman is long out of my mind.
I'd planned to make a quick stop in Wrigleyville then head to the Loop to some of the bigger stores and find some more clothes for work but I never made it downtown. For about an hour and a half I ran around Wrigleyville and had a very successful operation.
No women met but the other objectives more than cleared.

All in all I ended up with:
-5 shirts for work
-2 new jeans
-1 cool t shirt
-1 pair hiking/snow boots
-3 ties
-1 cool new sweatshirt
-1 cool ass leather jacket, the type I've been meaning to get for years.

I've become quite the clothes horse since my wardrobe burned up. I'm making a pretty impressive little collection. It's really changing my image. No more clothes that are a little too tight, too worn, too stained or too outdated. Everything I have now is what I want to wear. Some of the stuff before I've had since high school. That made it vintage and I loved it but now everything fits today's style and though I've never much cared about that, it's kind of cool how I look like a little fashion plate, studded belt and all. I'm going hipster a bit, what do you expect when the Alley is your favorite clothing store? I've made it a point to not go too far into it, I think it's too conformist and I miss my old style (military surplus issue) but it does fit me a bit. If I really was honest and made my tastes and fashion choices match I'd probably have really cheap tattoos and a mullet.

I need to be more active so that's what I'm going to do. I'm considering taking another job waiting tables at that place in Wicker Park where I met that guy that talked to me about that stuff that time. You remember that don't you? He talked about his brother that was in some band and he took photos of some people some time ago?

That would be real Chicago hipster, having a responsible but creative full time job and something more tedious and street like being a waiter as a second job. It would go with my sideburns.

I also ordered some tickets for some shows coming up; Tenacious D in November and Twisted Sister in December. Should be great. I'd love to see either of those bands. Now it's a good evening, I can smell the wet air from the lake and it's not too cold. Life is good.