michael jackson killed himself

or, one of the best april fool's jokes i've been gotten on in a long time. YinBoss was in rare performance mode today and got me all wound up by first telling me that the illini had been been disqualified out of the final four (this wasn't crushing news, but i was a little confused because i knew Mole had plans to watch a game tomorrow). he then went on to state, "and you know what else? michael jackson killed himself!" not that i have a serious love or concern for the gloved wondah, but that was the last thing i was expecting to hear and it really shocked me. i'm told that my reaction to this breaking news was the best of all. i kept walking around saying, "i just can't believe that. no way!" while YinBoss and HammahTime informed me that he'd done it as a drug overdose last night. apparantly, HT really believes this will happen and is utterly convinced it will be the case if he gets convicted and sent to the pen. all i know is that michael best be fearing for his life if he gets dropped in that tank of darkness. have to say it was a great stunt though, because i believed every word until YinBoss told me i'd find the story on the tribune site under the april fools section.

Mole and i have been popping out of our winter wraps this week and it feels incredibly good to be out and about. we're on the cusp of the best time of year in the chi and i'm ready to soak up every second. winter's numb will be back in our faces in a blink so i'm not wasting any moments. last night he was planning to go to a poetry reading within a stroll of our crib on ashland, but his work hoochies took too long to get to our place, and the next thing i know, i overhear him telling one on the phone, "listen, i think we've missed too much of that reading to go now, and well, we've been smoking alot of dope, so now we really want to go somewhere for some ice cream. is that cool with you?" thus we headed out to earwax and settled into one of the game tables for fries and vegan desserts (carrot cake and german chocolate, respectively). we'll be able to hang on their patio soon enough and that will be a good thing. think i'll take my niece here while she's visiting this summer.

so there's a production of the "hair" just opening here that i think i need to see. it's an actual tribe that organized themselves into a little theatre company after they performed the show in 2002. they're all pretty young and either in college still or just out, so i know they'll have alot of enthusiasm to bring to the material. i'm currently unsure how i'll react to watch this again. bound to bring back a heap of memories, that's for sure.