it is vacation time! yesterday i took a flight to o'hare and then took a bus to bloomington, illinois. day one in the midwest. i got into bloomington just in time for a tornado watch... very exciting. i didn't see any tornadoes, myself, but that's probably a good thing. then after dinner, i went to super wal-mart. i'm going to sound like a true wackoid left-coaster, but there's definitely something different in the air here. at any rate, besides the lack of ocean breeze. will try to pin this down over the next several days. it will have to be before sunday, though, which is when i leave. today, i'm seeing an amish town. tomorrow, windy city ho!