I'm Late!
I'm almost a tenday late on my current tenday-posting policy. For shame. I have become almost as unreliable as the Sun-Times. I blame this lousy Smarch weather. Except for that bit where it was 60 degrees for three days.

-Productive relations between insomnia and poetry-writing continues. Have a couple new poems, but they still need cleanup; works of 4 AM tend towards surreal jumps and dense metaphor.

-Something useful? Okay. Bars/clubs I've been to this month:
Delilah's: 2771 N Lincoln Ave. This place is pretty fantastic. Two floors, cheap drinks, friendly bartenders, and an absurdly well-stocked bar that glows with an inner light. All the drinks are pretty reasonably priced, but they also have rotating specials basically everyday on beer and whiskey. $2 Maker's Mark, seriously. Quality and variety of DJs as well. Plus there's a guy who wanders around selling tamales in plastic bags. Downside: They have Malort.

Small Bar: 2049 W Division St. Also a fairly nice place. Chief advantages include a table that was formerly a door and a row of throne-like chairs in the back. Also an excellent beer selection. As you might have guessed, it is a fairly small bar. For those of you who are into football(soccer), it is also a soccer(football) bar.

Sonotheque: 1444 W Chicago Ave. The cover here is pricey (up to $12), but it is a good place to see a DJ you know you like. Seating in the form of leather couches and an array of TV/projector screens help the atmosphere. Tendency of crowd to dance appears sub-optimal, though I am usually part of the problem in these matters.

Molly Malone's: 7652 Madison St, Forest Park. If you happen to be in Forest Park, need to find a place whose kitchen is open late, and don't mind a considerably older demographic, this is your place. Comfortable pub/restaurant, and certainly better than the place down the street that was having karaoke night. If you're looking for hip, however, well, I have been there with my grandmother.

- You should probably see There Will Be Blood.

- Going-out-of-business sales are fun. Thanks to the closing of the Hyde Park Co-op, and more specifically their liquor store, Zach and I acquired 8 handles of pre-mixed drinks for $25. We now have a rainbow array of the cheapest 26-proof Margaritas, Mojitos, and Long Islands available to man. The margarita is basically kool-aid and tequila, but the other two aren't bad.