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Da Brat - In Love Wit You
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New York

JPennant: hey little brother, how tings.
lilbro: i'm aight . u?
JPennant: doin fine pa.
JPennant: worn out, eh
lilbro: yeh.
lilbro: MOVIN IS HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lilbro: LOL
JPennant: heheh
JPennant: thas why its bettah to travel light ;-)
JPennant: but you dont know nuttin bout dat :-D
JPennant: you still got more stuff to move, eh
lilbro: YEH SON
lilbro: GOT MADD STUFF TO MOVE
JPennant: where you movin to?
lilbro: *******, N.J.
JPennant: heheh
JPennant: well, good luck wit dat :-)
lilbro: gotta move my fridge and sand down the floors
JPennant: renting a house eh
lilbro: nah
lilbro: bought
lilbro: not renting to buy
JPennant: oh, right on. congrats :-)
lilbro: thx black man
JPennant: you get the lawnmower for that suburban feel yet? :-)
JPennant: heheh
lilbro: nah not yet
JPennant: how does it feel?
lilbro: lonely
JPennant: eh, that'll change
JPennant: you aint exactly the hermit type
JPennant: good to hear it tho
JPennant: I did my show, went well
JPennant: sold some prints
lilbro: glad to hear it son.
JPennant: City of Berkeley is buying one to put in City Hall :-)
lilbro: and u right i aint a hermit, but women have let me down so very much lately
lilbro: WOW!!!!!!!!!!
JPennant: :-)
lilbro: dats big
JPennant: it is
lilbro: they spent a grip?
JPennant: nah
JPennant: *** bux
lilbro: f*ck
lilbro: dat aint bad. u can get some batteries
JPennant: LoL
JPennant: I decided that Im gonna put down some roots out here
lilbro: why out there?
JPennant: Good place as any
JPennant: as expensive and as cold it is out here
JPennant: bungalows out here go for around half a mill to start
JPennant: I'll still be travelling tho
lilbro: where u livin at?
JPennant: Im still in Berkeley, looking for a place in Oakland
lilbro: u got enough for downpayment?
JPennant: nah, I dont want to buy a house
JPennant: not here
lilbro: nah talkin bout a apartment
JPennant: nope, not yet
JPennant: no rush, Im just looking for a room right now
JPennant: Im still a starving artist, and no matter how much money I have, Im gonna live like one
JPennant: Plus, the prices for places have dropped about a third since I first got here
JPennant: apartments that were swinging for 1300 are now around 750 -950
lilbro: why did they drop down?
JPennant: they went up in the first place because of all the dot-com shit
JPennant: the economy has collapsed out here
JPennant: so a lot of people have left
lilbro: true.
lilbro: can u still afford it on a permanent basis freelancing like u do?
JPennant: barely
JPennant: I got a lot of work and hustle ahead of me
lilbro: den get a perm job and do this on the side
JPennant: yup
JPennant: until Im ready for the business to go full bore
lilbro: filled out applications yet?
JPennant: of course. :-)
JPennant: I dont have much time
lilbro: take one hustle at a time, get the j o b first
JPennant: yup yup

JPennant: we'll see how it goes. first things first. get a place
lilbro: nooooooooooooo
lilbro: get a j o b
lilbro: focus
JPennant: :-)
JPennant: right on
JPennant: its actually.. get money :-)
JPennant: and spend as little as I can
JPennant: the job is to provide a consistent cash flow
JPennant: As I said, the economy is rough out here, so a j o b isnt a sure thing
lilbro: ?
JPennant: yeah
JPennant: Lotta folk sleepin in their RV's out here
lilbro: yeh no doubt
lilbro: tryin to buy one?
JPennant: nah, I decided I couldnt live in one
JPennant: Id use one if I were out shooting, but thas it
JPennant: Id rather have a minivan, volvo or chevy suburban :-)
JPennant: its gotta support the business, otherwise it aint worth it
lilbro: hmm sounds like car insurance
JPennant: that too
lilbro: yo son gotta roll and finish up the movin. oy
lilbro: talk latah?
JPennant: absolutely
JPennant: stay safe and congrats :-)
lilbro: thx bro, luv yah
JPennant: ditto little brother

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Chicago

McClint: hey
McClint: i rode out to wrigley
McClint: WOW
JPennant: :-)
McClint: you'd think it was a playoff game or something
JPennant: what was it like? :-)
McClint: sold out
JPennant: thats the Cubs for ya
McClint: and i think all the rooftop bleachers were sold out too
JPennant: pity you werent able to go into the park
McClint: i ALMOST got a foul ball though
JPennant: oh yeah? :-)
JPennant: mmm, actually - that was *prolly* a home run ball
McClint: i was walking around the outside of the park and a ball just falls from the sky and bounces 10 feet away from me and these guys ran over and grabbed it before i could think
JPennant: heee
McClint: no it was a foul. i was over by the 3rd base line i think
JPennant: yeah, it was a home run ball
JPennant: foul balls rarely leave the park
McClint: hmm i dunno. coulda been
JPennant: cool
JPennant: then you were PROBABLY on TV :-)
McClint: i dunno about that. hehehe
JPennant: seriously, they have cameras trained on the sreets to catch people getting the balls that leave the park
JPennant: sometimes they crash thru windows
McClint: it bounced away from me and hit the front of a truck that was driving down the street. then bounced toward the guys who got it. a woman got out of the truck a little way down and looked for tha ball and was sad when i told her these guys already got it
JPennant: so, at least you got a taste of the Wrigley Exprience :-)

McClint: oh.. i took a picture of teh harry carrey statue in front of the park. tacky tacky tacky. but the fans sure loved the guy :-)
JPennant: he's a CHicago institution
McClint: yeah
JPennant: He was a White SOx announcer for 13 years before that
McClint: yeah i thought i had heard that before
JPennant: yup
JPennant: yeah. did you go to the Billy Goat?
McClint: i couldnt find it

JPennant: Next time you go, go to a game. You wont regret it
JPennant: If youre gonna go to the lakefront, go now
JPennant: take a light jjacket
McClint: why is that?
McClint: yeah it's been chilly all day
JPennant: you wanna be there just before sunset
McClint: oh i got a couple hours
JPennant: before the sky starts turning gold
JPennant: youve got about an hour :-)
McClint: when i went to white castle it was about 8:30 and there was still plenty of daylight
JPennant: go out there anyway
JPennant: relax, enjoy the lakefront
McClint: :-)
JPennant: the waterfont at this time of year is about 10 degrees cooler, specially with the wind
McClint: yeah when i went to the navy pier i felt the nip in the air
JPennant: the water about now is 58 degrees
JPennant: I figure
JPennant: prolly a little warmer
McClint: i had no intention of taking a dip in the frigid waters of lake michigan ehhehe
JPennant: its not for the faint of heart, but its surprisingly refreshing swimming in the lake
JPennant: specially when your heart starts beating again. ;-)
JPennant: it feels like jumping into the ocean, and expecting the salt water, but its clean and fresh. But COLD.
McClint: hehehe
JPennant: aight gottsta go. enjoy the rest o chicago :-)
McClint: okie