Day 5 - Linne

I spent the early morning scanning the Dominican University website for information on their PhD program. I wound up sending a bunch of emails to faculty members, hopefully they will respond on Monday. The late morning was spent weaving around the roommate and her boyfriend in the kitchen. If I wasn't so stingy, I would have went out to brunch, rather than excuse myself for every spoon and skillet that I reached for. After three episodes of Project Runway, I went out for a walk which turned into an unofficial tour of the University of Chicago. There are so many ivy strewn buildings, buildings of the Gothic variety. It is beautiful during the day, but I think that I would be running like Scooby Doo if I was there at night. I sat for awhile under the statue of Carl von Linné [Carolus Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist, inventor of system of biological classification of species on Midway Plaisance Park of University of Chicago]. I made my way to the bookstore and applied for a position there.I attempted to go to Harold's Chicken and Fish for dinner, but the menu and the clientele overwhelmed me, psychologically. I'll get over there one of these days. I got McDonald's and some RedBox movies, tonight life in Chicago is not that different from life in Tempe.