Tomorrow we have an all-day lecture from a well-respected gnathologist. Or, as Schneider calls them, Goddamn gnathologists! So I plan on bringing some research reading to do. Or something. I figure I'll get sick of this guy's BS rather quickly.
I decided to go on the Oak Park-Evanston Meet-Up Mass tomorrow night. Which means a 7.5-mile bike ride out to OP and then a rambling 15-mile ride back to downtown Chi and then out to the Billy Goat a mile from my house. Cheezborger, Pepsi No Coke!
After my evening lecture and clean-up and then dinner tonight, I was too worn out to do anything. I really have trouble getting back into that work groove. I slept 8 hours last night and it was wonderful!...I still fell asleep in my 8am lecture today. Tonight I'm going to crash out early as soon as I'm done writing this. Well, I'll shower and clean myself a bit first.
Riding around the city I've seen many many beautiful sights. Or photogenic ones, anyway. I wished I had my camera. Sometimes I think I've been influenced too much by commercial images, though. Well, I still think my photos are cool, and I've gotten good feedback on some of my stuff that I think is hackneyed.
Some good spots, for when I find the time to carry a camera and tripod on the bike:
- Halsted crossing the north branch: great view of the downtown skyline with old steel bridge and industrial areas in the foreground. At night.
- Division on the Goose Island crossing: another great industrial foreground with famous skyline backdrop, just look down any cross-street. At dusk.
- Off my front porch at night. I was sitting out there tonight after my ride home and it was lit so serenely. It was great. It would take some playing with the camera settings to capture it, but it was so clear and oddly contrasted it was beautiful.
