It’s definitively freezing, here in Chicago. Winds got up to 32MPH and the temperature dropped to 29°F, which makes it feel like 19°F. I went around the apartment and closed every crack in every window. I , now, sleep with my space heater on at night, and I dont even notice how cold it gets in my room.
I paid a visit to the CPL (Chicago Public Library), yesterday. They told me that I hadn’t returned a book, but I assured them that I did. They gave me a serial number of the book and I went to it’s section in the aisles to check. Sure enough, it was on the shelf, so I took it down to the counter for proof. I think they took care of it, but I guess I cant blame them. They must check over a thousand books everyday, so maybe they would miss-scan one.
Before, I’d been attempting to read Slaughterhouse-Five. The first chapter just wasn’t enthralling. It forshadowed maybe 10 different events that would happen and there was no cohesiveness between them as it jumped around. But I had time to kill at the library and I willed myself to get past it. The second chapter is really where the story begins, and it gets interesting. You get use to the jumpyness as you understand that the narrator is “time traveling” through his life. It gets stranger as you learn that he is abducted by an alien race, the Tralfamadorians. They have something to do with understanding life and his “time travel” experience, as in this quote
“Welcome aboard, Mr. Pilgrim,” said the loudspeaker. “Any questions?”
Billy licked his lips, thought a while, inquired at last: “Why me?”
“That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Wy us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simlply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber?”
“Yes.” Billy, in fact, had a paperweight in his office which was a a blob of polished amber with three ladybugs embedded in it.
“Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why.”
So, there is some message in here, and I dont want to make any assuptions til I’m done. I’m also going to go back and read that first chapter, again. 
