If Glee wasn't enough, I had a busy schedule the rest of the week consisting of work shifts and fun events in the city!
Thursday night, I took the Metra downtown to visit Robin and Betty for a brief Phi Mu reunion and Sex and the City 2 night! The train broke down on the way there and I spent a lovely two hours on the unairconditioned train while the passengers waited for another train to push us all the way from Forest Glen to Union Station. I saw someone from church on my train cart and was able to chat with her and her coworkers after finishing two newspapers on the ride. Robin and Betty's apartment is by Columbia-Chicago's campus so I had the opportunity to see that area, explore Michigan Avenue with them, meet other people living in their building and even spot a Phi Mu lion!
On the way out of the second Sex and the City movie, Betty took the Jake Gyllenhaal cardboard cutout to furnish their apartment! It initiated comical reactions on the street as we walked two miles holding Jake.
As bad as reviews were for the movie, I thought it was hilarious. As an 'I resorted to watching Sex and the City last summer to watch a trashy tv show while being productive' kind of fan, the movie contained a lot of funny inside jokes that fans enjoyed but still dragged on as the girls ventured through Abu Dabhi. I would not exactly call myself a feminist, but there are definitely aspects of Sex and The City that anger me for how degrading they are toward women. I love the show and storylines, but Carrie's relationship where she is demeaned by her husband Mr. Big is just disappointing. He bailed on her perfect wedding because it was HIS 3rd and her 1st, calls her 'kid' and not in a cute way, in a condescending manner, and the second movie basically shows that in order to maintain a marital relationship, you have to come up with things to do to get your husband off the couch and away from the television, and if you can't do that, you don't only fail at marriage, but at life. So in conclusion, I think shows like Sex and the City are fun to watch but we can't let the media sink the messages they portray into their head and should instead, overcome them with our actions in relationships.
Friday night, I saw DePaul's campus for the first time for Fest with Irina! We heard Ludacris and Guster in the tight moshpit of mainly Luda fans and had the typical being-shoved-around concert experience, but both bands performed really well live which was great to see.
Getting to see Elizabeth around!
After Fest, we went to our first jazz party with some fellow DePaul friends and the hosts happened to not only be from Kansas City, the Kansas side, know a lot of people at Mizzou and KU (University of Kansas...our arch enemy), but they went to high school at Shawnee Mission Northwest with Laura!!! What a small world!
The next morning, after a long day at work, Hannah and I went to Northwestern to meet Becca for the school's "Dillo Day." What is Dillo Day exactly? I'm not too sure, but essentially it's a day for their campus to relax with free concerts in a carnival-type atmosphere on NU's field on campus by the beach. I didn't get to see Regina Spektor or Guster perform (yes, they played again haha), but we saw Super Smash Brothers (an excellent mash-up DJ like Girl Talk) and Nelly!
Not only did we see them, but basically every teenager on the North shore was at Dillo Day! Becca, Hannah and I saw a ton of GBN people and random other people we knew that didn't attend Northwestern around the crowd. And I'm sure they would all agree that Nelly is a horrible live performer and that it was a great thing this concert was free.
Molly, Emily, Leigh, Michelle, Hannah, Katelyn, me and Becca!
Nelly!
Four performances in four days was definitely exhausting, but it was quite nice to return to the the college-student lifestyle for a few days and enjoy time with students. The Junior Olympics followed the next day along with more fun plans. Hope you enjoy the concert photos!
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