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nicky

1.21 gigawatts!

About Me



i love all animals but i also like to eat some of them on occasion. my favorite word right now is "BOOM !!"

My Interests

h.r. geiger, edward gorey, beer, staring at the wall, laying in bed, being productive, not being productive. cheap domestic beers. unix, chess.

I'd like to meet:

the elderly woman in the 1980's "wheres the beef?" commercials.

Music:



the kind that moves me.

Movies:

lonesome dove

Television:

GONG SHOW, sopranos, six feet under, deadwood. hill street blues, st. elsewhere. discovery channel, history channel, ifc.

Books:

philip k dick, frederick forsythe, larry mcmurtry, vonnegut, lovecraft, chrichton, alexandre dumas, jean m auel, dickens, a.a. milne, maurice sendak.

Heroes:

peter murphy, john titor , james dean, rozz williams. the man in the photo above.

My Blog

kickball

i miss it. i went the whole summer without getting in a game.  well at least there are a few leagues up here - next year i will be back in full force. until then my excerice will be getting out o...
Posted by nicky on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:12:00 PST

storm!

about time i get to see a decent storm! i was at work today on the 17th floor in a south loop building (next door to the board of trade) and to my south there is a skyscraper under construction. the w...
Posted by nicky on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:17:00 PST

interpol

just bought two tickets for interpol. i wish it was october already.
Posted by nicky on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:28:00 PST

new job opportunity

zero taxes, beautiful location, great ambience, and I am pretty sure they supply the gun. If only my AJAX skills were a little more sharp.six feet up the ladder (or under)...
Posted by nicky on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:31:00 PST

small world

just ran into some lawrence kids at 7-11 on my street corner.  small world!
Posted by nicky on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:44:00 PST

another love lost

my aunt passed away, fittingly enough on the fourth of july. devastating, but relieving at the same time, she was ill for a very long time. 
Posted by nicky on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:18:00 PST

tonight

i just saw interpol tonight. it kicked ass. wow, carlos d cut his hair and grew a 'stache, and, i noticed they added another member. i went to my new favorite bar afterwards and met a human beat-box, ...
Posted by nicky on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:20:00 PST

memorial day weekend

friday night: it was my birthday, i worked it then went out with my roommate and allison, and met bud at a place called quenchers. it has 30 different beers from around the world, i think i only had p...
Posted by nicky on Thu, 31 May 2007 06:38:00 PST

i made it

to 30. impressive. they say this is where life really begins. we shall see.
Posted by nicky on Fri, 25 May 2007 01:52:00 PST

ME

this year i plan on-going to:kansas, las vegas, LA.yeah, no where i've never been before, but you know, i look forward to it.quitting:smoking, quitting, drinking.quitting quitting is hard, quitting sm...
Posted by nicky on Fri, 18 May 2007 12:19:00 PST