Notes
Chapter 1
1 Lollapalooza is an annual music festival in Chicago featuring popular alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock, hip hop, and electronic music bands and artists, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths.
2 Latin School of Chicago is a selective private elementary, middle, and high school located in the Gold Coast neighborhood on the near north side of Chicago. The school was founded in 1888 and is the oldest independent day school in the city.
3 Ketamine, a popular date-rape drug, is legal in the United States for use as an anesthetic for humans and animals. Veterinary clinics are often robbed for their ketamine supplies.
Chapter 9
1 “Something old” is the first line of a traditional rhyme dated from 1883. It details what a bride should wear at the wedding for good luck: Something old, something new, something borrowed something blue, and a silver sixpence in her shoe.
TWELVE DAYS ~ A Regency Short Story
1 The best known version of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” was first printed in English in 1780 without music and was recited as a chant or rhyme. It appeared in a little book for children called, Mirth without Mischief, as a Twelfth Night memories-and-forfeits game. The standard tune now associated with this poem, is derived from a 1909 arrangement by English composer Frederic Austin. There are twelve cumulative verses, each describing a gift given by “my true love,” starting on December 25th. The gifts not only have a playful meaning but symbolize religious events pertaining to the life of Christ.
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