Hi!

So the internet works in my room now, finally.
The times have been fun. Getting around in the subway is the best thing ever.  I can't stop looking up at the Willis Tower, that whore.
So yeah, the fire alarm went off at 3 a.m. today.  I woke up, but I was too tired to interpret it as a fire alarm.  I lay there for like ten minutes. My phone rings.  It's kyle, "Hey!  The fire alarm went off..."  So I get dressed (because I sleep in my underwear [sexy, I know] ) and I take the stairs all the way down (I'm on the fifth floor btw)  and it's fucking raining.  Oh well.  We wait like twenty minutes, and then we can go back in. fun!
We had orientation yesterday and it was long, boring, and awesome.
We walked there and we were there at 9:45.  Then we attended a "presentation"  for each one of our majors.  Funny thing, film and audio had the same 'head of department' person thing, so Kyle and I were together most of the time. We got split eventually.  I went to get my ID, and he... I have no idea.  The line to get my picture taken was so damn long.  I made it though, and I got it! (I gave them a creepy smile.)  Then I went to get my train pass, and a lady with white dreadlocks took my picture (she was cool.)  It won't be activated till Monday though, so I'll have to either pay or walk everywhere.  I also got my supply kit, and it is awesome!  It was literally a suitcase (no, a "portfolio"... with wheels) and I had to roll it all the way back home.  We took a subway though, so I just had to roll it to the station (which Kyle almost missed again.)  In the kit there were some pretty cool things.  I got new headphones (Sony MDR-7506 *cough* suck it) and a 500 gig hard drive.  Those were the coolest things.  I also got paint, colored pencils, markers.. pretty much a mini Dick Blick.  Oh, and books.  I got Grammar of a Shot, Final Cut Pro 7, Rules of a writer,  A History of Film... and that's it.  (keep in mind that all of this was only $70.  I love you, Ai!) Oh, I got tapes and dvds too.  Katherine should consider this school or something.
Speaking of Katherine:  Hi.  I guess I miss you? Everyone here dresses so well, you'd be in love or something.  They are also really nice.  So many white people get financial aid, you would not have a hard time getting it.  Stop freaking out.

So yeah, those are the highlights so far.  My other roommate, Alex, moves in on Monday.  That's gonna be interesting.  Speaking of things, I'm trying to become friends with the people at the security desk.  Oh, and speaking of people at the security desk.. I walked into a door yesterday morning, and the lady laughed :( That's ok though, I would have too.

Ahem.. hi Jake. You are welcome to come, just tell me two or three weeks in advance.  and you can only stay the night for three days.  Katherine, you have to be 18+ to stay the night, but you can come during the day.

Ok, that's all so far.  We might go to Millennium Park later, and not take any pictures by the bean (Cloud Gate) because we are not tourists.

ta!

-Ricardo