To Do

It's really happening, everybody. I'm moving to LA. Sometime around the 2nd week of October.

As of about a week from now, I will have lived in Chicago 11 years. In that time, I have never been in the Sears tower. Well, I've been in the lobby of it, but that doesn't really count. So my question to myself is whether I should hold on to that as a small claim to fame, or whether I need to get up there before I leave to consider my Chicago experience complete. I'm leaning towards going, since I don't really think anyone's going to be impressed by my willpower of not going to Chicago's major tourist attraction. If anything, they'll be impressed by my laziness. Unless I make up a good reason, like I'm won't go in the Sears tower because my Sears commercial never aired. And then they'll say that Sears doesn't even occupy that building anymore and that they never knew I even did a Sears commercial and why didn't it air, and then I'll have to try to replicate my ridiculous hairstyle and that's why I should probably just go up the tower.

Channeling Randy Newman

I was in LA last week, hangin' out, makin' the scene. Enjoying a constant, hacking cough. But all in all, it was a great trip. There is a remarkable amount of former Chicago people out there, which became most evident when I went to I.O. Monday night to play in Armando. I'd say 80% of the people playing were Chicago people I knew, and another 10 were Chicago people I didn't know (but knew of). It was also my second consecutive Armando with Tim Meadows (he had played in Chicago the week before), so I think he and I are well on our way to becoming a comedy team.

My celebrity sightings were minimal: The guy who plays Kevin on The Office, driving in his BMW, and Derrick from the Real World/Road Rules challenge shows, riding a bike while turning off the alarm on his Audi in Santa Monica.

LA reminds me a fair amount of my hometown of Dallas; they both have the same sense of sprawl that causes you to resign yourself to the fact that it will take you at least 25 minutes to get anywhere.

I'm now back in Kansas City for Sonic again. I feel like I've barely been in Chicago this summer, which is a little sad. And also not really true. But as my days in Chicago are most likely coming to a close, I feel like I want to hoard my time there. While I haven't officially said that I'm moving to LA, I think everyone who knows me at this point knows that it's my plan, even if the timeline isn't set in place yet. I think that's causing me some anxiety - knowing that I'm leaving but not officially saying that I am yet. So I'm going to use this time in KC (when I'm not shooting) to try to carve out a plan. Stay tuned.