Yeah I took a limo home

from the bars tonight. I can honestly say that's a first for me in Chicagoland. I mean, in Vegas hiring limos while drunk was a thing of normalcy, but never in the Chi. As I left the bar tonight a ginormous stretch limo pulled up alongside me and asked where I was going. After repeating 'Oak and Rush' and asking how much the ride would be, the driver said "Whatever you got" and "don't even worry about it". SWEET?????

As I got driven home in this stretch limo I got to thinking about a bunch of things. First off how ridiculous it was that I was riding in a luxury limo by myself in Chicago for as much money as I felt like paying. I love being a girl sometimes.

But in terms of reason and the way I think about things, I have a few comments if you will.

1) Tonight just officially finalized something for me: If I go to a bar or club and decide to really get down and dance, I have the power to cause a minor disturbance. I don't know what it is, I don't even consider myself a good dancer, but once I started dancing tonight the phone numbers started flowing, the kisses started coming, and when I walked across the room guys stopped me to comment on my dancing and ask where I was going to be later. A large part of me doesn't even want to know what I looked like if men from across the room noticed and decided to say something to me. It reminded me of being in college again. The main guy from tonight was some fratboy who is the president of some fraternity at IIT - whateves. All I know is I had a fun time tonight, but then again The Apartment is ALWAYS a good time.

2) I'm also thinking about what some girls were talking about in the bathroom of Rock Bottom Brewery last night. As I used the facilities two girls were washing their hands/ aka gossiping at the sinks. One kept saying "But you are on hiatus aren't you? Didn't you swear off guys?" and the other said "yes I did until I met that guy last week and then it was all off".

First girl: "Well you swore you wouldn't break your guy hiatus and you did, so this guy must have been pretty fabulous."

Second girl: "Well whatever, I got bored and so what else was I supposed to do other than break my man fast?"

I reminded me of a conversation my girlfriends and I would have. I totally creeped on these two in silence and listened to their entire conversation in order to report about it later, when in fact I just wanted to chime in.

3) Okay tell me right now- is it "ch-ahhh!" or "shhhh-ahh!" or either one? People keep writing 'chaaa!' to me and I have no idea which one they mean. It obviously makes a huge difference.

4) Girls who wear checkered pants just end up looking stupid, or like an elderly person who just wants to go to sleep. I saw a girl today during rush hour crossing a major intersection wearing plaid-ish checkered pants that looked identical to my grandparent's stuff. On girls that kind of stuff just looks stupid or like pajamas. I'm not against the jammies though, don't get me wrong. I'm a huge jammies person, but come on ladies, let's actually get dressed before coming outside. On the flip side checkered pants on guys look rather vintage or P.I.M.P. and no, I'm not just saying that. My guy cousin in-laws "borrow" my grandfather's 1970's era plaid pants at our lakehouse all the time and that looks ok. Seriously, I don't know what it is but guys just look better in those types of pants, and can pull it off.

5) I get really irritated when people make assumptions about me and others. Come on. Assumptions make an ass out of you and me. You all should know that by now. I'm not mad or anything, but I get majorly irritated when people assume that they can predict my actions or thoughts when in fact they can't. We're all guilty of doing this at one point or another, and I'm talking to everyone, including myself. That's the whole point- we as humans are all unpredictable. Just when you think you have one figured out you realize you really don't. Don't ever forget that. Plus give people the benefit of the doubt to figure out what's really going on and act how they want regardless. People will just do whatever they want, but that doesn't mean that they haven't realized the obvious.

6) I L-O-V-E Shakira and Beyonce. Just love them. I love the way they look, sing, dance, dress, you name it. I'm obsessed. I can't think of anything better other than them singing together. Following that train of thought, tonight Cari, Rhamie, Elle, Allie and I all decided to watch the Shakira/Beyonce video of "Beautiful Liar." We all were rooted to our seats and utterly transfixed. Download it. It's just mesmerizing and of course, hot. As we sipped our wine and watched the video someone acknowledged how it was slightly awkward and weird that a bunch of girls were sitting around a computer salivating over a female music video. I guess it was a little strange but not really. Those two women have got it going on, and I think it's healthy that I can admit that.

7) I think Fridays should be kept a fun day. No one does anything of real consequence at work on Fridays let's be honest. Today I almost bought my first pack of cigarettes but as I inquired about them at the bar people started giving me a ton so I decided to graciously accept and go on with my night. However maybe tomorrow I will. I can sense it will happen soon.

8) I can't wait for tomorrow? It's going to be full of ridiculousness and mayhaps contribute to my soap opera life but would I have my weekend any other way? I think not.