My 5 Favorite Places

OK, so I've been thinking about what I'm going to put for this blog ever since we received or second sheet of assignments. And I've come up with this:

1) My dormroom
2) The El
3) The lakefront--between North Ave. and Chicago Ave.
4) My friend's grandma's house in Hyde Park
5) My highschool--St. Ignatius (Roosevelt and Blue Island)

And here are my reasons:

1) I absolutely love being in my dormroom because it's my room. As a matter of fact, I just love being in the building. The view is absolutely amazing. Especially from the top floor lounge in my building. It looks straight at the skyline...it's gorgeous. Sometimes, I'll go sit and just gaze out the window for what seems like forever.

2) I love being in public spaces; I'm a people-watcher. I love taking the CTA and just thinking things over, watching the way people interact. It's interesting to me. But more than anything, it's the best way for me to work through things. I'll just sit on a train for a prolonged period of time--sometimes even hours--and just think about things, work them out in my mind. So, in a way, it's a win-win situation for me. If I'm not working things out for myself, I get to watch people interact.

3) Well, this one really only works in the summer, but I have to admit, I'll go out there in the dead of winter, too. The sound of the waves crashing, especially like they were last night, just puts me at ease. Everytime I go to the lakefront, it feels like I'm escaping in a sense.

4) First of all, my friend's grandma is like my grandma. I love her to death. And when I'm at that house, I feel like I actually have a grandma (all of my grandparents died by the time I was three). She'll start cooking up dinner and we'll all sit in the kitchen--which is so reminiscent of the 70s--and talk and tell stories and just have so much fun. And then the neighborhood itself is so calming and just so nice. I go over there every chance I get, even if my friend isn't over there.

5) Yes, I like to go back to my highschool. Preferably with friends who I graduated with, but I'll go by myself, too. There's just so many memories there, I like going back because it's easier to reminisce that way. I mean, yea, it's strange tha there's all kinds of new kids there, but I still like being at the actually school. And then it's right down the street, so it's easy to go back. A lot of people say that they don't like going back to highschool--that once they're done, they're done. And I was like that at first, too. But I can't lie--I like going back.