My Plan is Working

I spoke with Sadia yesterday. She is contemplating moving from San Francisco to Chicago. We both agree that buying a house is damn near impossible in California, even if a major earthquake were to occur, and Sadia really wants to own a house. So Chicago may be her best bet.

Other benefits to moving here are:
1) her folks live here (which, at times, could also be a negative to moving here)
2) her friends live here
3) Dustin lives here (and after 5 years of flirting, they should just be together already)

It’s my goal to get all of my friends to move to Chicago (or at least the Midwest). Here is how the plan is working so far:

1) Tim turned down a job on Everybody Loves Raymond to join the dual masters program at Northwestern. So he is in Chicago now.
2) Alida stopped recruiting for reality shows and moved to Chicago with her boy, whom she recruited for Amish in the City. She is now in Chicago.
3) Ben stopped editing for Grounded for Life and is now directing television shows in Ohio. He is in the Midwest now.
4) Sadia is on her way, or at least will end up here eventually.
5) Josh’s heart belongs in Chicago, but his job is wherever Will is shooting his films. But it’s just a matter of time before Will starts shooting in Chicago again. And the Starbucks in Chicago also allow you to sit for hours and type out hilarious screenplays.
6) Karla and Aaron are a little more difficult. But I do hope that once Aaron has a little more pull in the film industry, they can live in Minneapolis and he can just fly to shoots from there.
7) Laine – She says she is staying in Houston, but I don’t think she can stay away from the Cubs for that long. And besides, I live here now and it’s about time we live in the same state.

So let’s all keep our fingers crossed that Sadia migrates to Chicago. She is one of my best friends and I would love to live in the same city with her, again