Favorite Places in Chicago

• Northerly Island Park
• Navy Pier Crystal Gardens (demolished)
• Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool
• North Pond
• Lincoln Park Conservatory
• Garfield Park Conservatory
• Chicago Cultural Center (Preston Bradley Hall)
• Art Institute of Chicago (Ando Gallery or Modern Wing)
• St Charles Air Line Bridge
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial
• Museum of Contemporary Art
• Judy Istock Butterfly Haven
• Bahai House of Worship
• AIDS Garden Chicago
• Bill Jarvis Migratory Bird Sanctuary
• Harold Washington Library (top floor)

Favorite Video Game Moments

(in order that I experienced them)

• Decorating The Land of Great Discovery in Blue's Treasure Hunt
• Battling Red in Pokemon Gold
• Crossing the frozen lake in Harvest Moon More Friends of Mineral Town
• Reaching the Battle Frontier in Pokemon Emerald
• Unlocking Omnimon in Digimon Rumble Arena
• Stealing a Krimzon Guard patrol bike in Jak II
• Dancing to Butterfly in Dance Dance Revolution
• Visiting the Insomniac Museum in Rachet & Clank Going Commando
• Using Mind Control in Starcraft Brood War
• Walking through walls to Flower Paradise in Pokemon Platinum
• Evolving to the Space Stage in Spore
• Building student dorms in The Sims 2 University
• Playing as a novelist in The Sims 3
• Getting the happy ending in Pikmin
• Joining the Dark Brotherhood in The Elders Scrolls V Skyrim
• Growing hybrid flowers in Animal Crossing New Leaf
• Seeing myself through a portal in Portal
• Jumping into the Underworld in Don't Look Back
• Sightseeing through Coconut Mall in Mario Kart Wii
• Sharing a farm with my best friend in Stardew Valley
• Earning Arch Demon Horns in Final Fantasy XIV
• Swimming with a Dolichorhynchops in ABZU

Favorite Music

(click for my top track)

• Daft Punk
• SOPHIE
• Machine Girl
• ABRA
• Aphex Twin
• Parcels
• Vegyn
• Tennis
• Jai Paul
• Azealia Banks
• Cowgirl Clue
• Arca
• PinkPantheress
• Lewis OfMan