pop-u-u-lar...

i have no friends in chicago...
which is understandable... it'll take me time to get buddy-buddy with the folks here...
since my life is void of any kind of live, in-person, social activity, i feel popular when i get three separate requests to update my little blog.

my job search is still fruitless. i've planted a bunch of seeds, i just have to water it and wait. i sort of find comfort in the fact that i met a guy that moved here at around the same time i did and was sitting in the same boat. he came by way of l.a. and was looking for the same kind of work as me (but he wasn't my competition, he's much more senior-level, won an emmy for some show open he did a couple years back). we were commiserating a little, what-the-hecking about the chicago motion graphics scene. anyways, i just found out he gave up and took a job back in l.a. i find comfort in this because it validates my argument that it's not me... it's this place. this anecdotal, weightless story at least restores some of my confidence.

soon... i can feel it...