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Nicko

I did my time

About Me

I'm a 23 year-old Melbourne boy. Just started a new job working in IT, so if you don't hear from me much on Myspace, that explains why!

My Interests

Having a laugh, getting out and having fun with my mates, big nights and big weekends, gigs, sporting events, the beach, drinking. Love my family, my city and my country. My main passions are music, sport, and travelling, in no particular order.

Music

-Playing
-Writing
-Recording
-Listening
-Watching live shows

Sport

-AFL: Collingwood
-Football: Australia / Melbourne Victory / Manchester United / Ireland / Celtic
-Cricket
-Motor Racing: F1/V8
-Boxing
-Bodyboarding (no better feeling than catching a good wave)
-Inline skating
-Indoor soccer (AA United!)

Travelling

-I've been everywhere, man: Ireland (lived & worked there in 2003), Germany (World Cup 2006), England, Italy, France, Spain, USA, etc. Plenty more on the horizon.

I'd like to meet:

People who enjoy life.

Music:

Mainly heavy shit - metal, nu-metal, hard rock, Aussie rock and some rap/hip hop.

-Korn
-Slipknot
-Deftones
-Fear Factory
-Machine Head
-Chimaira
-36 Crazyfists
-30 Seconds To Mars
-Superheist
-Full Scale
-Karnivool
-The Butterfly Effect
-Heavy Weight Champ
-Metallica
-Nirvana
-Will Haven
-Sevendust
-Skinlab
-Soulfly
-Slayer
-Limp Bizkit
-Rage Against The Machine
-Mudvayne
-Staind
-Hatebreed
-Taproot
-Silverchair
-Pantera
-Dry Kill Logic
-40 Below Summer
-Incubus
-downthesun
-Meshuggah
-Tool
-Coal Chamber
-Stone Sour
-Glassjaw
-Poison The Well
-U2
-Coldplay
-Foo Fighters
-Muse
-Red Hot Chili Peppers
-The Prodigy
-John Farnham
-Jimmy Barnes
-The Streets
-Snoop Dogg

Movies:

Comedy, something that will scare the shit out of me, gangster films, action.

Television:

-Any sport
-Ali G
-South Park
-Little Britain
-Chappelle's Show
-Billy Connolly
-The Simpsons
-Pizza
-The Footy Show
-Comedy Inc
-American Dad
-Family Guy
-Ronnie Johns Half Hour
-The Chaser's War on Everything

Books:

I read a range of stuff, not a big fan of sci-fi or unrealistic fiction though. I read biographies, stories of hardship or success, humour, sporting books/magazines, the newspaper...

Heroes:

I wouldn't call them heroes, but these are my favourite people in their respective fields.

-Sporting: Nathan Buckley, Peter Daicos, Eddie McGuire, Shane Warne, Tim Cahill, Mark Viduka, Harry Kewell, Guus Hiddink, Alex Ferguson, Roy Keane, Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, Archie Thompson, Kevin Muscat, Kostya Tszyu, Peter Brock, Mark Skaife

-Music: James "Munky" Shaffer, Jonathan Davis, Stephen Carpenter, Christian Olde Wolbers, Burton C. Bell, Max Cavalera, Corey Taylor, Brock Lindow, Jared Leto, D.W. Norton, The Edge

-Comedy: Billy Connolly, Guido Hatzis, Billy Birmingham, Sacha Baron Cohen, Dave Chappelle, Bas Rutten, Tourette's Guy

My Blog

Back from Germany

Well I'm back from Germany, currently at work while I'm typing this, and thoroughly depressed! I got home Monday morning and while it was great to see my family again, I've been miserable ever since. ...
Posted by Nicko on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 07:24:00 PST

World Cup 2006

I can't fucking believe I'm going to the World Cup. I leave on Wednesday June 14 and come back around July 3... or later if I'm having too much fun! I first applied many months ago with my mate Aidan...
Posted by Nicko on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:57:00 PST