Change your mind

It's Thursday night, the night before Lollapalooza starts and I find myself with a few major dilemmas.  Coldplay or Muse, Bright Eyes or A Perfect Circle? What should I wear? what should I be Packing?  Hell who am I actually going with?  I just had to do my 14 mile run mid week instead of on Saturday so I can enjoy the full 3 days of Lolla.  Right now I am listening to the Killers who I saw the last time I went to Lolla in 2009.  My ringtone has been Smile Like you Mean it ever sense and currently I am listening to Change Your Mind.  Great song!  Wouldn't it be nice if people actually told you if you stood a chance.  That was such a great experience!  I had no idea what to expect from Lolla and by day 3 I was so worn out and yet the Killers came out and played a kick ass show that I am still thinking of two years later.  They had a crazy stage set all done up in lights spelling out Killers and they had a firework curtain that came down all around them with sparks.  Just a very well put together act.  I made some really good friends that year and just had a blast.  

I have come along ways since then.  I no longer live in a high rise in the South Loop and I no longer work in the far South suburbs. Though I don't work in the city yet I atleast get to take the train everyday. That alone has helped me feel like I truly live in Chicago.  My car now just mostly sits parked on the street out in front of the brownstone I live in.  Some other things that have changed are the fact that the last Lolla I went to I probably weighed 210ish and now I weigh around 175 so I think moving to the North side has been a great idea.

The 3 Dayers, Tim, Myself, and Katie in 2009!

The last lolla I went to I had just moved here and didn't really know anyone yet and the people I did know were not going so I had to make friends. I went with a girl I had met once through her roommate and her neighbor Tim who lived up stairs who I had never met before.  Two years later Katie is one of my go to friends when ever I want to go do things. One of the best things we did was our urban hike.  We walked 6.5 miles in 22 inches of snow all over Chicago on snowpocalypse.  This year I will be going with Katie and Tim again that is assuming Katie gets a 3 day pass before tomorrow at noon.  I will also be going with Nicki as well as possibly a few others.  First of all I have to get through a half day of work in the morning before any of this fun can really begin.  See you all at Lolla

Hike during Snowpocalypse in Feb 2011