Say Hello To My Little Friend!

Update Again:
It’s been brough to my attention that I screwed up the area code on our new numbers. It’s 773 not 733 as I had typed. So I will correct this, but at least I got the address right so there is no excuse for those of you not to send cookies and other home warming treats our way!

UPDATE: Sorry about the mass email notifications sent from me. The server went a bit nutty whenever I sent it out. It’ll never happen again, er hopefully anyways. Please forgive me!

Sara and I ponied up for some new cell phones and decided to ditch the evil empire that is SBC(the monopoly of land utility phone service in the midwest and western United States). So far we’ve been having plenty of fun with them. But they are lacking much needed names to go with them. So instead of saying, “Hey Ben, can I borrow your cell phone?” You could say, “Hey Ben, can I borrow Gina for a second?” My cell phone is a sleek black Sony Ericsson, and I’d prefer a mysterious-sexy female name if possible. Sara’s is a silver Nokia, and I’m sure she’d rather have a name like Sherman and Hank for her phone 😉 (Just kidding, she wants a cool name too, like Sven or Austin.) So if you’d like to help us name our phones please leave us a comment.

The numbers:
Sara’s Cell: 773-490-6651 (She’s has this number for the past two years, so no changes there.)
Ben’s Cell: 773-294-4943 (I’m 24 and this is my first ever cell phone, I think when you become a teenager these days you are issued a phone by your parents or something. I feel like an out of date old fart.)
Our Home phone number is going the way of the dinosaur so please delete it out of your PDAs, cell phones, Outlook Contacts, Calendars, Day Planners, Scrap Pieces of Paper, sidewalk chalk, etc.

New Address as of Aug 1st 2004:
4828 N Seeley St.
Apt #1
Chicago, IL 60625

News:
Sara and I have been packing all weekend for the big move only three blocks away. It’s always nice to move at least once a year to keep the clutter and junk level down to a minimum. There was a wise toad that once told me that you fill the space you are alotted with goods/junk kinda like an aquarium. Well our new place won’t be quite as big as the lap of luxury we spent this past year, but it’s still roomy enough for us.

Super bonus awesome news!!
Much thanks to Gma&Gpap Brown for the much needed hook up that helped to ease our debt sufferings a little bit! And also to enjoy our selves a bit and buy an Xbox to have some fun with on those bitter cold Chicago nights. Since the new place won’t have a roaring fireplace we’ll have to warm ourselves up everynight by playing some dual action Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix!

Pandimonium

Wow we’ve been so busy for the past four weeks it’s completely insane. I had my friend Matt Antoline out here for a weekend, then Sara’s parents and Grandparents were out visiting, then we flew home for an extended July 4th weekend, and then Sara’s sorority sister and college roommate flew out here this weekend. Talk about fun all around, but we need a vaca from all the hustle and bustle!

Last night Jim and I went to a double header at the new Soldier Field. It was US Men’s Soccer vs. Poland and then the MLS Chicago Fire vs. New England Revolution. Wow what awesome games! I never realized how large the Polish population is in Chicago until last night. The fans were rabid and diehard to say the least. Three nutty Polska’s (Polska is Poland in Polishese), ran out onto the field like maniacs after Poland scored. They were then cuffed and hauled off. Then after US scored very late in the game to tie it up some crazy dude sitting near us ran down to a bunch of rowdy Polish fans and dropped his pants baring what Jim’s said to be a tribute to the red, white, and blue in some sort of bikini fashion. Well take that you rabid Polish fans, we have crazy fans too, albeit disgusting.

All this just to say, that it was quite the experience. American League Football has nothing on the rivalries that come between two countries and their love of the most popular sport on earth.

The only downer was that I got really sick by the time Chicago Fire started playing and we had to leave a bit early, but the night was not a wash. We got to see two great games and plenty of lunacy from the fans. Oh, and also it was the largest crowd ever to witness a Chicago Fire game. It’d have to be attributed to the Us vs. Poland game though with the Polish fans dominating the attendance. An amazing time.