I Am Chicagoist

My first article for Chicagoist.com is up. Chicagoist is a very popular local website that covers every nook and cranny of Chicago. I'm honored the editor accepted my submissions. Right now I'm a weekend writer because of my schedule, so check me out every Saturday and Sunday.

New Site Helps Those Jobless In Chicago

So Topical

I love Someecards, a website full of free sarcastic and witty e-cards. The snarky words mixed with the graphics of yesteryear make it all the more enjoyable.

Found It!

Found objects have seemingly become a big part of indie art and culture. FOUND magazine, which has its roots in Chicago, is dedicated to reprinting objects found by everyday people: birthday cards, drawings, photos, angrily scrawled notes left on windshield wipers. What I like most about this magazine and its website is that its about being alive and the trace materials we leave behind for other people to find. Our emotions, our thoughts, our daily lives can be picked up and glimpsed into by strangers who happen upon our to-do-lists scrawled on receipts.

Here are a few of my favorites on the website, from Chicago and beyond (click on the more link for info on how they were found and how it affected the person who found them):



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(Ed. note: This reminds me of the day before we moved to our new home in Kansas City. My parents made me mad and I hid underneath an exercise machine and blankets. I eventually fell asleep and my parents were frantic, thinking I ran away until I woke up hours later.)


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I could go on and on...

Pretty Hipsters

Voyeuristic to the max, I love the party photographer website. It's really an ethnographic study, friends. You get to bask in the pretentious and incredibly studied irony of hipsters across this great land of ours as they listen to music you've never heard of (gasp!), make out/show their boobies (double gasp!), and (wait for it) bring to mind the fashions and trends of Zach and the gang at ol' Bayside High/American Apparel's target audience (triple gasp!).

My favorites? Merlin Bronques infamous Last Night's Party...



...and Chicago's own Clayton Hauck at Everyone Is Famous. Sometimes normal folk slip in there. If you're lucky, you might see someone you know.