Good One, Chicago

off to work, then summer school starts today

FTK Mag

I got another photo run this month, and it couldn't be better for you, the reader. Why? Because not only did I shoot the photo, but it is of my good buddy Ely, and it accompanies a short interview with him regarding the wild world of skateboard photography.
You can view the magazine online, just by clicking the cover below then again on the FTK site, or pick up a FREE copy at any fine skateboard retailer.

Big Week

So much going on this week.
Got out shooting skating for the first time in...months..over the weekend. Shot with ELY and got one that may run in FTK.
Last week I came out of class to this:
so that sucked real bad, but I replaced the stolen wheel with a slight upgrade:


I've been putting the new wheel to good use at work. Monday I kept very busy and as a bonus got hooked up with some excellent car-rate runs as well

and for my final run of the day my dispatcher offered a sunny ride way up northwest; I graciously accepted

(Click)

So this week I had 1 Research Paper for History of the American City, 1 Ad recreation for Studio Lighting 2, a sculptural piece due in 3D Deisgn, and a group presentation in History of Photography with an accompanying response paper, all along with 3 full days of work. Needless to say I'll be glad when I can close the book on this week.
But I did get a new bike...

My Hero...

I need a dog

Earthquake in Chicago?

I was awake on my couch late last night/early this morning working on a paper and around 4:40 the room seemed to be shaking, but I brushed it off as some adverse effect of my lack of sleep. I only just realized it wasn't a creation of my sleep-deprived mind when I just saw on the news that a 5.4 earthquake shook Chicago.

Time You Enjoy Wasting is not Wasted Time

The past few weeks have been busy to say the least. Since the trip to Canada it's back to the routine, Monday work 8-6. Tuesday class 1030-5. Wednesday, the killer, work 8-6, class 6-10. Thursday class 1030-4. Friday work 8-7. Any "free time" on weekdays is generally spent working on papers/projects for school and weekends I just try to get enough sleep to make it through the next week. I love my job and I like my classes, but through all this its difficult to find time to see my friends and not lose my mind, and both of these things will get increasingly difficult with more projects and papers and tax season at work all coming up this next month. SO this weekend, with the first 2 consecutive days of 60+ degree weather I pushed all this nonsense aside and just enjoyed God's beautiful earth.
Yesterday I went to the zoo and visited some aminals, and today I checked out a new church with Kate, and before riding around aimlessly in the sunshine I ordered a new bike frame, which while exciting to me, would bum Brian Anderson way out.


One thing weighing heavily on me this semester is the workload from my Studio Lighting 2 class. At least 3 significant projects still lie ahead this next month for this class alone. My midterm was the cause of this face, but it finally got done and while I'm not extremely excited about how it came out I am hugely thankful to Jeannette, Kate, Bob and Geoff for helping me out. So before I get to the point of hating these pictures I will post them up
The assignment was "Hollywood Portraits"









It's the freakin weekend baby, and I had me some fun

Maiden and the Great White North!

For all my years listening to Maiden I have said that if they ever toured with Bruce Dickinson anywhere near me I would pay any amount to see them. I was finally presented with that oppurtunity when they announced their Somewhere Back In Time World Tour, and as a bonus they would only be playing songs from Powerslave and Somewhere In Time(plus a little Killers and fear of the Dark), the golden age of Maiden.

So with my ticket and a mapquest map to "Toronto, Ontario, Canada" in hand, and no further plans me and tucker loaded up the car and hit the road.







Tucker took dat one, and these next 2







After another night sleepin at the Honda Civic Hotel we jammed around the city some more, explored queen st west, and saw a gnarly bum fight, it was time for the most epic show of my life

Beyond worth it all.
Right after the show I met a buzzed Tucker at a cafe and once he finished his Canadian brew we hit the road for our 500 mile drive back to Chicago through the night to get Tucker back to his 10AM class

A sunrise as cool as they come welcomed us to Indiana
9 hours, 500 miles later, we were back in Chicago, and with midterms this week my day had just begun,

but it was all worth it