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John....in progress

the monkeys are keeping me sane

About Me

Well, What can I say? I'm a guy who is at a defining time in my life, Still don't know where I am headed in the eventuality of my life, and I'm still finding out who I am supposed to be. but I'm doing my best in the meantime to figure that out. I've got a small, but amazing cluster of friends that I rely on to keep me sane, and to get me through the days and nights of my crazy life. I'm still a comic book geek,and I revel in the fact that I am a New York Yankee season ticket holder and full fleged "Bleacher Creature" These things about me will never change...other things have.. I recently gave up my job as bartender at a place that I had worked at for two years, that really was my New York City home, to take a position as bar manager of a very large, and ambitous comedy club/ Piano bar in the heart of Times Square. The center of the friggin universe. I've never worked harder in my life, but I've also never been so fulfilled. Maybe it'll work out, maybe it wont...but it's time to try new things, and become someone else....I guess I'm finally becoming a grown up... well, as much of a grown up as someone who wears Superman underwear can be.

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My Interests

Like I mentioned before, I'm a huge comic book geek. So I spend a lot of time looking for artwork, and memoribelia. I also like "real" art, so I spend a lot of time at the museaum. probably the best place to spend a rainy Saturday afternoon in all of Manhatten.
Myspace LayoutsSince I spend a lot of time on the train, I do a lot of reading. I also enjoy movies. good ones as well as the bad. Manhatten has some fine bars, (as well as dives) and I intend to visit as many as I can. I am a partaker in fine beer ( budweiser will just not do) so I try to find places that either brew their own, or feature micro brews. Imagine a wine snob, but with beer, and that's me. Whenever I get the chance, I love to get on a horse and go riding. Western, not that english stuff..that is for peole who are not me. I'm a cowboy at heart. . So, I'm a busy person. Thats ok though, because the one thing In life I can't stand is being bored.

I'd like to meet:

interesting people who don't piss me off .

Music:

Music is life. I say that all the time. You have to have music in your life, and you have to have a wide variety of music. I hate when people say " I hate that" when refering to any style or Genre of music. Anything from Classical, to Metal, to country, love music in all forms. I can say that my favorite bands and performers include Aerosmith ( seen them 11 times and counting) Social Distortion, Johnny Cash and a whole lot more . I don't have enough space to talk about it. I also love to catch up on some unsigned acts, you see a lot of them in the city, and more often then not, I'll either have a friend, or a friend of a friend that is playing somewhere in some bar.. the inde scene is great. 13th Alibi, you don't know them yet, but you will. A couple of great places to catch acts are Kennys' Castaway and The Bitter End in the Village.

Movies:

Wayyyyy to many to list here. I love to watch film and actors. I can say that my favorite actor is John Cussack, one of the best ways to spend a evening is just sitting back and watching a old classic movie. A lot of local theartres show one classic film a month , and that's a cool way to appreciate a film. I don't go to the movies that often, just because of lack of time and they are just so damn expensive now. If I have a day off in the middle of the week, and I have a few hours to kill, I love to go see a movie.

Television:

Pretty much I don't get to watch TV with my schedule. I Tivo Smallville every week. and I do catch damn near all the Yankee games. Since I spend most nights at the bar (working not drinking) I watch a lot of sports.

Books:

Like I said before, I do a lot of reading on the train, some of my favorite books include, Angels & Demons, ( totally blew Divinci code away) Empire Falls, and High Fidelity. ( much better then the movie) I tend to read fiction, but I also love historical novels about old time New York, I also really like to read about old time New York Baseball, from the 30's through the early 60's

Heroes:

Anyone who gets up in the morning and goes to work is pretty damn heroic in my opinion.

My Blog

the state of the John

Hello all..   How's it going?   It's been a while since I've sat down to blog , and since I find myself with a bit of free time today, I figured I would just check in and keep you all u...
Posted by John....in progress on Wed, 02 May 2007 06:27:00 PST

Going on....day one.

hey... As I type this, I don't know where to begin..   Its been a rough few days for me and my family,We buried my Grandmother yesterday,  This was by far, the most difficult thing I'v...
Posted by John....in progress on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:32:00 PST

Lessons I'm learning from my favorite teacher

Hey all,  I unfortunitly have some bad news to report today,   My Grandmother passed away this afternoon.Since thoughts and feelings are a little murky right now..I'd like to spend a li...
Posted by John....in progress on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:52:00 PST

you seen John latley.? I havn't

Greetings all...Before we get started on my non-sensical ramblings,  let me first begin by wishing everyone a happy new year,  I know, I know , we are just about a month into it, so can we r...
Posted by John....in progress on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:56:00 PST

old enough to realize I'm still young ....and why i locked myself in the closet

Hey Kids. Although I'm a week late,  I just wanted to thank everyone who took the time out to spend with me on my birthday this past week.   I havn't seen many people for awhile, and th...
Posted by John....in progress on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 03:19:00 PST

Oatmeal in the pants and much on the mind

have you ever just done something so stupid,  so retartard so moronic that you just had to share it with others,    Well...I did. Last week,  after spending a long day at wor...
Posted by John....in progress on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:53:00 PST

Life ..after Brews..and what comes next

Hey all...sorry for not blogging much sooner, but I've been pretty insane with my new job latley..   What's that you say ?   John...left the House of Brews?   yeah... it's tru...
Posted by John....in progress on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 07:16:00 PST

not the best of weeks....but we got through it.

It's been a week kids.   It's almost three in the morning, and I'm not sleeping.  so, I figure,  might as well blog.  I'm actually going to take a few moments t...
Posted by John....in progress on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 12:33:00 PST

ice cream man

Welcome my friends, one and all to the season that I like to refer to as ARMPIT...we in New York only get two seasons total all year, we get ARMPIT..which we are now dwelling in..or we Get TUNDRA. you...
Posted by John....in progress on Mon, 29 May 2006 12:56:00 PST

Pink????

Greetings all,   sorry for not blogging sooner, but I've had a few minor things to do ,  y'know....like life and such.. I know it's a rather paltry excuse and I throw myself at your mer...
Posted by John....in progress on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:33:00 PST