midwest journey
if I was crying in the van, with my friend it was for freedom from myself and from the land — sufjan stevens, chicago for some reason, sufjian stevens' music go together very well with this blog. probably because sufjan is from michigan himself, and michigan is right next to illinois. this is the kind of music that almost got me to apply to colleges in illinois, like uchicago and uiuc. last fall break, I unlocked two more states in my american journey: illinois and michigan. I went to illinois because that's where my friend's home is. we've been cooking up ideas for this trip on our philly trip since before spring break last year, but as I already have plans with friends in spring break, we pushed it back to this fall break. I didn't plan a lot of things, we mostly just let the trip unfold by itself. this was good for soul because I am an overplanner. O. the recipe for a fun trip, you'll need - one friend that knows a place very well (molly for local chicago/il...