Hi. Fellow Chicagoan here. Grew up near O'Hare. The joke in the neighborhood was that all of our conversations were interrupted mid-stream by the roar of airplane engines. Beyond geography, I can absolutely relate. But as littlebirdie says, unhappiness is tempered by age. Where I'm at now, pushing thirty, has narrowed and intensified my focus on what brings me happiness. Making people laugh is high on that list, and it's easily attained regardless of where I'm at physically/geographically, so long as there are other people around. When I'm alone, it's sound that brings me happiness. The ripples of delay out of a guitar amplifier or looping sounds in Ableton. Again, I can be anywhere to do this so long as the tools are available. Drilling down beyond the presence of amplifiers or other people, I am content with my thoughts and my memories, especially those that I've built with my girlfriend of many years. It's taken time to get here, and I hope it only gets better.
My freshman roommate grew up near there. Glen View I think was the name of his town. I do enjoy making others laugh as well. But something that I've only recently noticed, is that I try too hard to make others laugh, and in the end, push them away. Its definitely awesome to make others laugh, but I've learned it must be done tastefully.
Haha well I'm not too familiar with the northern suburbs. That's awesome that you do stand up! Do you have any shows lined up in the city sometime soon?
No worries, neither was I until I started working there :\. Grew up in 708, firmly entrenched in the 630 now. Jan. 12 @ Township, I'm told I'm hosting a comedy show there. Not sure if that's true as it doesn't exactly match what they have on their live schedule, but I've never been and so they could have more than one live space(?).