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Sunday, October 19th, 2008
1:50 pm	I always want to remember shows Me and Rita went to Milwaukee for Minus The Bear at the turner hall ballroom. The venue was actually a nicer venue. It was kind of funny it reminded me of an upscale logan square auditorium but much smaller in capacity. It also had small little tables in the back of the venue kind of house of blues has a few tables on the side but this place had lots of them. I think it was an 18 and over show but I am not really sure. 3 dollar tall boy Pbrs you can't go wrong. We missed the first band saw the second band I think was called annuals can't really remember to be honest I wasn't really paying attention. They did not blow me away. Instead me and Rita were catching up on stuff. We honestly had a great time it was like old times. Minus The Bear played a very eclectic set off of their various albums. I am really digging the first track on the new album I love the keyboards especially the end. They did play Panchua Sunrise my favorite track off of Menos El Oso but they played the acoustic version off the acoustic ep. I gotta admit I like the electric version better. MTB played stuff mainly off the last 2 albums however they did play a couple new songs one which was really amazing it had more aggressive feel. I wish I wrote down the set list on my phone or something, I think I might start doing that for shows and what not. The drive was well worth it and hilarious for several reasons such as mav mania/kodak momment and running into a tollway gate. I should add Minus The Bear played a fairly long set probably almost an hour and half set. After the show we said our goodbyes (kind of sad at times bc I missed the good times) and I went to the Castle got some to go and ate like a king. Good times were had by all and I can't wait to see MTB in the future. (Comment on this)
Friday, October 10th, 2008
10:33 am	What is the point in writing? So I might write things that are old but hey it is what it is. I decided to go to this because I actually wanted to delete my LJ and write on a different blog we will see though. Instead I chose to write. I like how I haven't written since May. I wrote Alexei needs to get some at bats at triple A Ozzie listened to me (or not) and decided to give alexei at bats at the big league level and what a year he had. Socks somehow made the playoffs although did not go far it was nice to see a team who wasn't supposed to do anything do something despite their injuries and "tough division" ha. Next year will be interesting. Greece was indeed awesome. Traveling to far away places and experiencing different things is far more important than anything in life. Forget about money (okay u do need it to travel) and work and all the stuff we are living for all the wrong reasons sometimes. Me my bro and sister had a blast. It was long over due and such a fantastic experience. So here I am unable to find a job despite having a masters degree in social work (don't ask). I have had 6 interviews in a span of three months with little success. Some jobs I wanted some I just did the interviews just to do them. It is indeed frustrating what can you do? I am used to working 60 plus hours a week and being busy all the time. That is how I have been since 2004. This is the first time in my life I am not working a ton and it is strange. ( i did find another job which i will explain later) Too much free time on my hands at times. Speaking of my degree I still question if I love social work. I don't necessarily regret going in to it but I do feel I should of thought about it more if social work is what I really wanted to do and if I knew enough about the profession itself. After having 6 interviews related to my degree I have grown agitated with the job market and the lack of "jobs" and how everyone is unemployed. I lack some faith in finding work now. I keep hearing new grads aren't finding work and lack experience, well how am i supposed to get experience if I can't find work? Maybe I suck at interviews maybe I need to volunteer and do a bunch of random jobs who knows??? Despite this I do thank God I do have my bartending gig at Anyways where I throw in 30 hours a week and the money is okay. I also just started at steakhouse in bolingbrook a few hours as well. I do enjoy the industry there is something about the hospitality industry which is great. We shall see how it goes eventhough I really don't want to work there. It is just to kill some time. It's strange life is great I have a great family, good friends (past and present), my health and so much more but not having a set career or job just frustrates me beyond belief. People who know what they want that is awesome good for them. I just wish I could feel the same way. All I want to do is figure it out. That is the story of my life. There are so many things that interest me music (okay music with integrity), art, sports radio (don't ask), counseling, bar/restaurant industry. I just can't decided what direction to go or what can I do realistically. It sucks I am 26 at home (not that I am embarrassed to be there I pay some rent but hey its for my family and trust me I have saved a significant amount of income living at home; how do you think I bought some shares in the property we have in bloomingdale? again another story for another time) I would like to move out. All I want is work, a house/condo where friends and good times can be had ya know? I just feel like I have worked hard and instead of progressing fast it has been small steps. I guess you expect your life to go a certain direction and I am finding out it doesn't always go as planned. Enough venting haha. Finally found a new drummer. New band name is Saltwater Language. I think our first show with the new drummer is november 6th at the mutiny. Such a great venue should be good times. I enjoy our music its energetic punk rock and I feel we don't really compromise our sound or lyrics to be like everyone else and such. I have been on such a music binge lately more of my older stuff late 90s early 2000s. Lots of Thursday and The Ghost as of late. I have really been into their lyrics and song writing lately. Those bands have always written honest and heartfelt lyrics and tell it how it is stories. From a relationship standpoint in my life I broke it off with Rita recently. Why to see what else is out there? Were we together for convenience? Did I still feel passion towards her? Will I attempt to get back with her? These are questions I have pondered and questions that have not been answered nor do I know if they will be. I feel bad for her but I had to do it for myself. She is a fantastic person which is what makes things more difficult. We will be going to I believe Minus the Bear in Wisconsin next week so we shall see how that goes. Relationships are rough (i am stating the obvious) because it so easy to hurt the people you care about. I have also met another person recently we have hung out and what not nothing serious. She is great but I am not ready to be with someone else. I don't want to damage that friendship either ya know. I hate hurting people so much it has to be one my biggest guilts. That and charleston chews and kumas corner guilty pleasures haha. To the past and present cheers to all of you those who who will or won't read this cheers. To the sincere and honest people to the people who bring me laughter and good times in my life cheers. To the past and present you are all important to me and I think about everyone and the great people in and out of my life randomly or everyday. Geeze i wrote way too much about my life that no one reads about except for me. Hey here is to friends and good times and how life could be way worse but it's really not. See yas. Current Mood: Thinking (Comment on this)
Friday, May 16th, 2008
3:57 pm	SO LONG I have written in ages this is gonna be quick. I finished school hooray a masters in school social work. Let's see if it will be put to good use. i hate applying for jobs especially for schools since so many things are needed cover letter, transcripts, recommendation letters (too many of them), letter of introduction, blah blah. The field is so competitive right now that kind of blows. Lets see how this Anyways thing goes down. I got to focus one day on all of these "fun things" and just do them and give it a chance. More school to be an academic counselor? We shall see about that as well. We found a new drummer I think. Hope we can practice and play a few shows here and there. Fantasy baseball is consuming my life it is indeed fun eventhough there are only 8 teams and there seems to be a handful of cubs tool fans in our league (apologies for the stereotype) Sox are playing .500 ball. They started out well but have cooled down considerably. The bats need to pick it up. I also feel our team is way too slow I would not mind seeing Jerry Owens up here. Alexei Ramirez needs to go to Triple A to get some at bats. I predicted the sox would go 82-80 this year. Let's hope they exceed these expectations. Oh yes I am going to Greece for three weeks. The homeland. Should be some interesting times, haven't been there in 11 years. Time to shower and go to work. See yas. (Comment on this)
Monday, February 4th, 2008
8:38 pm	Remedy Hot Water Music was awesome. I felt like I was 18 years old again. A real rock show. It's hard these days to find genuine band and a genuine show. Everything is a fashion show and about who is better than everyone else. It was nice to feel like the old days. They played my favorites off A Flight And A Crash, and probably one of my favorite HWM songs "God Deiciding". Good shows are hard to come by these days and I am glad I went. I am not gonna sound like a broken record in regards to life and school so it's not worth it. Maybe next entry. School is starting to be like school with work that needs to be done. At my internship I meet the most interesting kids in the world. I can only imagine what it is liked to be in their shoes. I feel blessed and humble everyday. When school ends I am definitely get into music way more whether that is playing bass, guitar, pretending to be a good singer, etc. I wouldn't mind making an acoustic project ala brian moss style. Who is joining? Current Mood: working (Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
10:58 am	Final 551 paper It is Christmas. For some reason I am one who does not get super excited about holidays. I have never been a big fan. I highly doubt that will ever change. I always say my favorite holiday is day lights savings time due to staying up an extra hour or getting an extra hour of sleep. I am on break for school. I hope it goes well and I see lots of people and relax. At the same time I did pick up several work shifts (I know it is my choice) and I do need to study for the licensing exam which is I am going to take January 26th. School ends in 6 months. And so it begins that people ask what are you going to do after school ends? I really can't see myself being a social worker at times, its not in my heart but I guess I gotta give it a chance. Who knows? I am ready to move out regardless of what I do after school ends. I just wanna go on my own do my own thing. Who knows where that could be , I do want to go towards the city hell even move out of Chicago and go to some random state? The older we get the harder we relate to the people we know, the more people change the less we know about them. I guess that is how life is supposed to work? Chicago sports have been miserable this year for all teams (The cubs don't count). The whitesox best acquisition this offseason? Getting steve stone to do a handful of games for them this year. How can I have faith in a team with the tremendous acquistions Detroit has made and Cleveland who will most likely play like playoff contenders again? Then again it is the sox so of course I will always follow and support them regardless of who is on the team. Is anyone else sick of the mitchell reports? I miss listening to lots of music I still do, but i don't discover bands like i used to back in the day, maybe the frustration of the music industry contributes to it or possiblity because so much insincere music is being made these days? I have been jamming my myself a lot the last 2 days though. Gosh this entry was kind of depressing. Till we meet again. Cheers. Current Mood: distressed (Comment on this)
Sunday, October 14th, 2007
10:46 pm	Baby I deserve to burn For everything that sucks in life man, you hear about other things and you realize how great your life really is and is so much better than you think. It's hard to think that way but everyone should try it. I worked all weekend 10 to 12 hour days it was all right. As much as I like Anyways I have been kind of sick of it lately. I am nervous about graduating in Social Work. My heart is honestly not sure if social work is for me. I wish I could say otherwise. I look forward to every Thursday night for two reasons: I get to go out every thursday or have band practice and plus I don't have to get up super early for work or school. I am officially obsessed with Kuma's corner. Great menu great atmosphere great beers great food. Burgers are so good and so amazing. Bacon bbq pork and angus beef equals awesomeness. It was nice to see Mega F and Sara and come out with us. I miss them. Their kid Briscoe is so cute. I miss Mega F so much and jammming with the Poseidon guys. Kishi's wedding was quality saturday night. Lots of dancing and lots of good times. It was nice to see Northerners. Genuine and honest people are rare, let's go find them. I have been playing lots of guitar lately as well. I owe lots of people mix cds / mix dvds. See ya guys cheers Nikos Current Mood: tired (Comment on this)
Friday, September 7th, 2007
1:06 pm	Player School has started the internship has started. No breaks anymore all well just one year of this and then it will be all over. I'm still in constant debate with myself is social work for me, I'm definitely gonna finish and hell I mind as well as get my certification but is this what I see myself doing. We shall see. The internship is okay so far and so is school. Same stuff reading, projects, papers etc. The readings are uninsipiring. Small Brown Bike is tomorrow, I'm pretty pumped. I still have two extra tickets, anyone looking to go to the late show? There are several good shows coming up which I plan on going to as well. I think I'm gonna make a castle trip after the show, I'm long over due. The Bloody Review played last saturday we played well but after we played we got blacklisted from play at the elbo room anytime soon due to some boneheaded irresponsibility in our band. I'm quite and all of us were pretty pissed life goes on whatever. I think we are changing our name as well. I was so disgusted I left and met up with turtle and tim to Rose's. Good times. Rose rules. The epitome of a basement. I went to Whites tavern last night with Manolis and Tim. Such a good dive and probably the only bar worthing going to in Naperville its not in the downtown area which makes it so much better. Maz I found an alcohol there pretty disgusting called MLORTS have you had it? it's not equivalent to the tuse however. I've been playing some videogames as of late, I go through phases. In addition I have been still going to xsport several times a week despite my busy schedule. My ipod is broken this sucks. i gotta get it fixed soon. Minnesota with Rita was fantastic. Although I would probably never live there it's worth going to. I'm glad I went to the Metrodome before it closes down. We also went to the triple rock which indeed a great place to see a show or hang out. A good but short trip although I did get tired of the bus ride on the way home. Price wise however the megabus is worth it. To everyone that does or doesn't read this hope u are all well. Steen Yia Mas, Cheers. Current Mood: busy (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, July 28th, 2007
2:26 pm	Blueberry sticks I sit here in my room ready to go to work for a few hours. They are having a band play at Anyways it should be hilarious. Hopefully it will be an interesting saturday and a good night of bartending. School ended last week which is great so I have plenty of time to chill before school and my internship starts. Work was fun yesterday, i'm gonna stop calling it work on the good days. I'm going to Minnesota for kicks in 2 weeks for 3 days. Gonna hopefully go to the triplerock and metrodome to catch a twins/indians game. Going with Rita. I'm pretty excited. I bought 4 small brown bike tickets if anybody needs a ticket let me know. 14 bucks can't go wrong. That indeed will be a great reunion show in September. The Bloody Review played a solid show on tuesday at the Elbo Room. Indeed a great place to play with great sound. We had a good time and it was probably our best show to date. The new songs are very good. Went to the tigers/sox game wednesday. Contreras needs to be sold for a sack of peanuts or a game of monopoly. How do you get so bad in such a short period of time? So many tigers fans at the games. Let me tell you I'm gonna root for the tigers if they make the playoffs. They have good fans and Curtis Granderson is a king. He is from UIC so I have to give him some love. This season has been miserable with very few bright spots. I am indifferent on the Iguchi trade yesterday I feel like we could have gotten something else as well. Ran five miles today it felt good, and then did a quick but efficient workout at the legendary xsport. There are good people in my life who I don't see often enough. Nick Current Mood: content (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
4:39 pm	So long This entry is long overdue let me start of by saying the Poseidon show was indeed good times. It was loud and chaotic like rock shows should be. We brought lots of people it was nice to talk to everyone. I did not even have a chance to talk to people in detail that I haven't seen. I felt our performance was allright. It could have been tighter but it was definitely entertaining. MAY made his grand appearance indeed. We covered some Grade and I felt it was quite good. it was cool that even my manager went from Anyways went props to Nick A No complaints such a good night. All reunion shows are a good time. Summer school is boring and tedious I can't wait for it to be done. I started observation hours its going allright. I'm ready to be lazy for a month and do nothing over the summer except work. I actually do want to pick up more shifts just to save more money and such. In the jukebox I have been listening to a variety of stuff: Hanalei (moss's acoustic stuff), Comeback Kid, At The Drive In, Jawbreaker, LTJ Bukem, Rancid, and Amos Lee. I went and saw Smoking Popes at some Chicago Festival, they were actually quite good to hear outside. My good friend Jeff got married last week. It was lots of fun, it was at the morton aborotum (sp?) Jeff and Laura are great people. Andrew was hilarious as well and did a great speech as the best man. Good times. I saw Doug on the train yesterday which made the ride more bearable just to talk. Bloody Review has been stagnant lately, I'm kind of bummed. I gotta start jamming for my own sake. Had some tall PBRs and a beam at the brauer with sam, kappos and surprise guest Skarp. THe Anyways 4th of July soccer game is wednesday. It might even be a 4 team tournament we shall see. Sox are breaking my heart words can't explain it. I feel terrible for them. I'm due for a game, I still pay attention everyday to see how they are doing (don't ask why) It's time to revamp the outfield, bullpen except for Jenks, get rid of uribe and keep everyone else (give or take a few starting pitchers. Garland and Buehrle should stay everyone else get rid of. All right I'm done see ya sometime in my life. Cheers to the important people in my life. Current Mood: busy (Comment on this)
Friday, May 25th, 2007
10:17 am	Tonight we dine.... Summer school starts tuesday. These 2 weeks of "break" have been allright, its been going way too fast. I wish I didn't have to take these 2 classes, well I don't have to but I feel like I should. Had a Poseidon practice a few days ago followed by a Castle Run. Went to the Sox/Oakland team tuesday. 10-4 victory quality stuff. Lets hope they play some consistent baseball. My brother's friend Dean is in from California, a nice guy, we had a good time yesterday. Another long work day start at 12 in afternoon and probably ending who knows when. Thursday is the Poseidon show at the Brauer. It should be good times probably start @ 10ish at night. I'm definitely looking forward to it and epecially seeing a bunch of people. Expect power violence and chaos whatever that means. I have been watching at the drive in videos on you tube recently they pump me up. So quality live. I have to admit i'm picky when it comes to buying shoes. this entry was mediocore at best. Currently we are reciting 300 lines because they rock. THIS IS SPARTA. See ya guys. Current Mood: full (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
10:47 am	You say Bulls have looked terrible in this second round of the playoffs. I still have some faith that they can pull off a few wins. Next game is mandatory to win or they are done. Joined xsport yesterday. I want to go as much as I can. This is my last week of my internship, finally. I'm working wednesday at Anyways make a few extra dollars here and there in the summer. Pretty Girls Make Graves is saturday looking forward to that after work. It's official Wake Of Posedion reunion at the Brauerhouse May 31st a thursday. Probably start @ 10. Yeah I know its a thursday and people have work, but sometimes you go to suck it up. Should be good times like the chofli reunion. I am looking forward to these few weeks to take it easy before summer school starts. Current Mood: pleased (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
5:51 pm	Kilgore Trout 2 more weeks school is over internship is over god bless. I went to Lifetime with manolis last sunday. It was at the Subterrenean. That place is okay. Good times. Had a bbq downtown walked a bit, went to the show, then went to rainbo club. I like the band but I totally think they are way hyped. I enjoyed it more than I thought. I miss punk shows I miss the energy and fun of singing to my favorite bands. Good shows are few and far to come by these days (probably because most bands suck and my favorite bands all broke up). I am going to Saves The Day tomorrow. Still a sucker for that band. I do feel amongst the pop punk genre whatever it is they are still the best at pulling it off. Can't go wrong with All Star Vandal or Sell My Old Clothes I'm Off to Heaven. I'm also going to my first sox game tonight of the year. It's gonna be cold but all well. They are playing solid right now in such a difficult division. Every game counts. Lou Pinella is a king and the cubs are still the laughing stock of the league. At least Lou provides entertainment. The Cubs on paper look so much better than last year we will see what they do in a few weeks. Bulls have looked good in the playoffs. I'm excited to see what they do. Bloody Review is okay. We need to set up some more shows and finish these new songs. I am truly enjoying them. Wake of Poseidon reunion sometime late may early june. Mark your calenders canadians. CMT will likely play. Can Lemon Party be the special guest? may we might have to fly you in benefit for may. I also bought some pretty girls make graves tickets (its their last tour) so whoever else wants to go they are welcome to join us may 12th. I'm looking forward to the summer but not summer school. I feel indifferent about school this year and my classmates. They were nice for the most part and sensible at times but I still feel I can't relate to many of them besides our school work. For being grad students I still found some people insensitive, incoherent, and very judgemental. Overall though smart and I hope good hearted grad students who are looking to make an impact in the social work field. Hopefully I will too. Kurt Vonnegut who wrote my favorite book slaughter house 5 recently passed away. He is where I got my line and so it goes... from Thats about it, I'll pick up a few shifts this summer concentrate on summer school (bah 2 classes) hopefully write some music (maybe buy an acoustic guitar), jam with my friends, softball, pbr/jameson/newcastle/effen, sox games, shows, read some though provoking books, workout, and hopefully make one trip this summer. F this was long. See you all sometimes in my life. Current Mood: hopeful (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
5:13 pm	Send me an angel The semester is almost done about 6 or 7 weeks. I ready for all of it to be done. This semester has been much more difficult and stressful. My culture class is amazing whereas the policy and community class have been mediocore at best. I'm hoping my second year internship is better next year, I believe it is going to be at willowbrook highschool. We will see how that goes. Bloody Review is supposed to be playing a show march 28th a wednesday. We will see it is supposed to be at north beach. Vamos Haber. I think we are lined up to play a few other shows as well. Also I believe Wake of Poseidon will be doing a reunion show sometime in late may or the first week of june details will be given shortly. The thought of a Wake show pumps me up. I am probably going to do summer school booo. I enjoyed 300. There was some cool effects some quality Spartans and some quality kills. People can say what they want that it was a pro bush movie blah blah blah anti iraq movie more power to the director to get people to talk about a movie and its "political symbolism". I enjoyed the Spartans being a bunch of hardasses. The action was cool the effects were cool. My mom is from sparta a little village called Koniditsa. I am a fan of sword and sandal movies like gladiator. Again I enjoyed 300. I do plan on seeing TMNT (I have low expectations however) It looks lame. Nothing can compare to the original turtles. I'm going to the blackhawks game tonight (the worst organization in sports). Tickets were free so why not go? Hockey games are pretty fun I guess eventhough I don't really follow it anymore. I had engaging conversation with Stephanie and Mary after class today. I liked it especially since it has to do with so much on what we are studying and its relation to life. Cheers to those who read this, cheers to those who don't. Current Mood: hungry (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 13th, 2007
6:09 pm	Summer Shudder I shouldn't of came to my internship today, its quite cold and snowy. I'm writing at the internship as we speak. So far one client has cancelled lets see if the other 2 will. I hope classes are cancelled tomorrow that would rule. I am gonna try to leave early. Classes are way harder this semester. I feel overwhelmed a ton. Lots more reading and big projects which seem quite challenging. All well. I bought the new Alkaline Trio "remains" which has a dvd and a bunch of bsides. I pretty much have heard every song buts its still worth picking up. There are indeed some solid songs on there. My only complaint is I wish they put on halloween 7 in songs and there and their smoking popes cover which I have yet to hear. I went out last saturday after work around midnight with turtle, tim and doug. Had to man its been such a long time. Good times at spring inn. I am seriously so sick of working and being busy. I feel bad though I barely go to the gym now or workout/run. Plus my xsport membership has expired, im debating if I should buy some weights and wait till the summer to rejoin b/c I know I will barely go b/c of my busy schedule of work and school. I feel like every person I talk to lately I have an indepth conversation with them on what to do with life, goals, dreams, expectations in the workforce fun stuff like that. It is discouraging at times but all I can do is make decisions see the consequences and then possibly make more descisions to see what truly makes me happy/inspired or satisifed with life. I still question this whole social work thing at times. It is what it is. (Comment on this)
Monday, January 15th, 2007
1:56 pm	Last day off I randomly decided to write since this is my last day off. First off the Chofli reunion was amazing. it was way better than anticipated and it was nice to see everyone. This could have been one of the best chofli shows ever. All the bands were fun. Brauerhouse is a fun place to play. By the way my other band the bloodyreview is playing there this saturday January 20th with some other bands. It should be a fun old time. PBR will be drank. Break has been good but busy. I have seen plenty of people and gone out too much. Every day or night there is something going on whether its work/internship or just seeing people I haven't seen in a while. Last night was the anyways christmas party it was indeed a good time. Honestly I really enjoy working with most of the people at Anyways and I am really lucky to be able to say that. Literally it is friends and good times. there. School starts wednesday which of course I'm not looking forward to but it is what it is. I watched the Bears game at Jeff's yesterday. BEARS. A very exciting game. I'm looking forward to the game sunday against the Saints. I honestly felt the Bears were going to beat the seahawks and that rex was going to have a good game. However I feel the Saints will be a challenge with all of those weapons they have on offense. Should be a good game. My brother left today Booo. All well he will be back in a month or so. Saturday we went to this amazing hotdog place called HOT DOUGS in chicago. So good so worth it. With the chofli boys. You gotta love the independent unique places. And all I want is honesty from the people I care about in my life. See you all sometimes in my life. JUKEBOX: Saetia- A retrospective Rise Against: Pretty much all of their records H20: Go Current Mood: lazy (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
11:21 am	Reunion The unexpected is happing Reunion show friday, december 29th Stale Chofli Starstruck Pechanios Cacahuates Uphill Ski Team @ Brauerhouse pub in Hillside probably starts @ 8 We are gonna party again like its 2002. Come everyone this is gonna rule. Whitecastles must be had by all. School is done now all I have to do is go to my lousy internship during break. Holidays are coming up really soon, I really haven't thought about them till today. I don't feel like going to my internship. Go Bears. If they don't advance to the NFC conference championship this season is a failure. Lets hope and pray to no more significant injuries the rest of the year. I told Mark from work if Rex Grossman throws at least two passes to Desmond Clark the Bears will play well. Low and behold he had two catches thus the bears are successful. At the same time the Rams defense is not very good. I guess we will wait and see who they play in the playoffs to see if the Bears are who we thought they were see ya guys. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
10:23 am	CHAWALALENG I dont write anymore. Small update with fragmented sentences, school is allrigh the internship at times has been a dissapointment. Playing in the bloody review with my cousin has been fun. I still miss the Wake of course. Work at anyways is always fun. FRIENDS AND GOOD TIMES. Tonight big party for black wednesday. You guys can drink for me tonight so I don't (can't) have to. I saw Borat last week it was quality. I have been watching lots of seinfeld lately i'm not sure why at least like 3 times a week. Most importantly Stale Chofli will hopefully be doing a reunion January 7th hopefully will all the bands from pre 2000 that existed. jake im looking towards your direction. Have a good thanksgiving everyone see you all sometimes in my life. In the jukebox: Headautomatica: Decadence Velvet Teen: CumLaude Chiodos: All's well that ends well. Time for school. Hope all the people in my past and present life are well. CHEERS. nikos Current Mood: okay (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, September 18th, 2006
10:40 pm	Im long over due It has been a long long long time. I will write sometime I guess. Maybe tomorrow. Current Mood: tired (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006
10:24 pm	We are leaving for Grade tomorrow morning. First we are going to detroit to watch sox play. It should be quality. Then to Canada to see the best band ever Grade. It should be good times. I will write about it when I come back. Here are just some quick random things: School ends next week. Im doing good in it so far which makes me pretty happy. My final is monday I won't be studying much I'll be in Canada. 4th of July Anyways Restaurant played Papagus Restaurant in soccer. Our team got smoked. We were terrible, however bear in mind the other team practices twice a week and we never practice. We also have the spanish guys that don't play sports they play videogames and smoke. We also had a bunch of older guys too. We plan on having a rematch in a month or so. Starting next week I'll have a decent amount of time to get stuff done that I want to do. Monday night I saw Alex and Mr. D. We went this awesome pub restaurant pub called Stacy's good times. Last night we went out for Turtle's birthday it was good times. I saw pirates 2 it was pretty good the first one was better. I watched Memento today for the hell of it. What a quality film. Here is my story: Last saturday at Gateway one of the girls had a seizure. It most likely happened because we were in the scorching. All of us knew we should of not been out in that weather but what can you do? It was quite scary and very sad experience. She was flailing her arms while I was driving home Nancy and Tim were containing her. While they were watching her I was watch the other 5 participants. We must of called 5 contact numbers for her. No one would answer. These people who we called their phones are supposed to on at ALL times when programs are going on. So eventually we called 911 after not getting ahold of anyone. I think the worst part for me is the participant she kept telling us how she is sorry and how she wishes she wasn't having the seizures. When they put her in the bench she told me Nick come here. I went towards her. She is like come closer. Okay I did. She gave me a kiss on the cheek and told me Im sorry. I never felt so humbled so saddened my entire life. A part of me wanted to cry a part of me felt blessed. It was a situation which I hope we are never in again. Working in the special needs field is under appreciated. I find out on monday that golf was cancelled for gateway it was from 4pm till 7 pm. I don't know golf but what I don't get is why golf was cancelled and how come our program wasn't or at least not be placed outside. Yeah what can you? There are lots of loopholes and lots of things that shouldn't be happening for the company I work for. I'm not fond of the people in charge but good thing I have met some awesome people at work to hang out with and to relate to. And of course get me into Jameson. Anyways the work we do the amount we get paid is just not right in our society. Will it change ? probably not. Should it change? absolutely. Do some people appreciate and respect we do? I hope so. Honestly if I ever have time in the future in my life I could see myself volunteering and helping out with such organazations when I'm older. I'm always gonna do it for the less fortunate its worth it. See ya in a few days sometime in my life. Current Mood: excited (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006
12:53 am	Here we go again I had my first test for school today. It was okay I guess the difficulty of it was so so. I want summer school to be over. I did get an A on my first paper. We were supposed to play tomorrow a show at north beach (yeah you can make fun of us) but it got cancelled. I'm kind of bummed because we practiced a lot for our second show and I requested off work tomorrow night. Maybe I will still work my double we shall see. The band is called the bloody review the name is okay I didn't think of it. The band is allright. Its fun to play music again but its no wake of poseidon for sure. The guys in the band are cool so its all good. Los Burritos is quality hands down. Grade/Canada is gonna be awesome. Frank comes back wednesday so I need to see him a couple times while he is here back in Chicago. A trip to hawkeyes must be made. I still need to do a couple things for grad school. Movies I have seen recently in the last month or so include sixth sense, Catch me if you can, Bringing out the dead, and nacho libre all of them are older films with the excpetion of nacho libre and all of them were pretty good movies I suppose. The World Cup has been awesome with the exception of the way the U.S. has played. Seriously soccer is a brilliant sport and doesn't get the credit it deserves. If you want action you should have watched the Nertherlands/Portugal game. Total brutality. I wish that the World Cup was every 2 years instead of every 4 years. I actually bought a nice soccer ball and plan on playing once or twice a week kick it around with friends and what not. ( I did play today as well.) George came back for a few days he is already in Greece its kind of a bummer his stay here was so short. Boo. Current Mood: satisfied (1 Comment |Comment on this)