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Summer '05.
I had high hopes, and with summer dwindling away by the day these past two months have been so to say mediocre with occasinoal hanging out and lots of sitting here. Summer started with me going to akeys all day playing halo 2, shooting hoops (which i did manage to get rather good at), drumming and lots of guitar. Nights were composed of going over to Hona's for an hour or so chilling out and enjoying DVD's and each others company. Two days before my flight for good ole' Arizona i attended the streetlight manifesto concert with Akey, Mabbit, and somone i miss seeing daily, Birnbaum. We parked 13 blocks from the Metro, walked, got free McDonalds courtesy of my moms new hook up. I ate a Double Quarter pounder in 2 minnutes or so. That was not a smart idea, minnutes before Streetlight galiently took the stage i left my superior spot at the front of the stage to go try and vomit that half pound of junk i ingested before entering the Metro. I did not Succed and i returned to the floor just in time to see Streetlight Take stage. As soon as the music started it was as if Moses parted the crowd and a gap opened up leading me right to akey. The show was amazing, and on the walk back i learned that the 1 liter bottle of Evian water is delicious.
Arizona.
Arizona was hot. I didn't do much, swimming lost its fun after the first few days so spending an hour in the pool was about the max for my daily swimming. We would eat out everynight and i greatly appreciate the Akey family for paying for me everywhere we went. While i was back in Glen Ellyn i learned that i have a great golf swing. In arizona our first time out it did not show, i was very inconsitent. After a trip to the range hitting until i could not lift my arms, my swing was back. Second time out i shot much better. Third time out was amazing shooting 9 over par on a 9 hole course. While in arizona i didn't have any one to talk to about personal matters so i was stuck keeping all my emotions to my self which was not fun. I did find great appreciation for music though, my usual listeing was The Mars Volta, Radiohead- The Bends, And you will know us by the trail of dead, The Detatchment Kit, Pearl Jam. One night i texted Mallory just to see whats up. She tells me Evan is in the hospital and thats it. Evan was run over, by her. haha, i couldn't help but laugh at that even though she could have killed a good man which in end would ruin her life. not being able to talk to anyone about that didn't help much. Also the fact that i was pissed at evan and matt at the time of the accident. Oh yes At the Drive-in and Sparta were major listening too. I saw a sign for elpaso texas and In/Casino/out came on, it was nice.
Home
so i came home, i didnt go over to mike at all, i still really havent. A new band has been formed with Jon Phillips, Brad Clark and Matt Steinkuller. They had hopes of the band being a punk band. I was having none of that and we are now a rocking group, i enjoy playing with them. I have made a new friend lost many, but this new one is Natlie something, that sucks i dont know her last name, but she is a good person who is incredibly smart, she speaks fluent german and an all around good person. It seems that everyone is moving on after evans accident, its sad to think that him not being able to drive would break apart a good group. And now that everyone can drive, we are all in a rush to go make friends from diffrent towns. Verg talked about that once at Aarons house, why cant you just make friends at your own school, you have you go out and make new ones from diffrent towns. We can thank Myspace and the emo scene for that. I went to Galena for a weekend with Joe,Dan,Bill,Matt,Tim,Scott,Lindy,the adults, and my good friend Morgan Harrel. the trip overall was a blast. Dan Joe Matt Bill are all great guys diffrent in their own way and just good people. Bill served in Iraq for a year. We all got fucking drunk off MGD and Rum, sat in the culvasac and looked at the stars all night discussing many things. after everyone but me and bill turned in we went for a walk, both being incredibly drunk it was fun. but as we came across two adult drunk men things got depressing. Bill started discussing his time in Iraq with them. Its sad, that people are dying for a war that is not getting better. Many of us thought that the war would be over soon but thanks to George bush this is gonna take a while. Bill on the verge of tears we headed back. He asked me where i was sleeping, i said i dont know. He told me to find out right then where, because he doesnt sleep until he knows everyone else is safe. He said "Greg don't worry about anything man cause when your in college and your fuckin drunk, your friends are gonna find out where you are and make sure your safe and not in some gutter passed out" i hope the mans right
holy fuck this is long. and im leaving alot out.
DennyFest.
Jack Hennasy is one of my hero's. Lots of people think hes a dick which he can be. but that guy is one of a kind and can be the nicest kid ever. His musical ability is above the rest, i only wish i could have been in a band with him. I regret not taking the offer to drum in FUR.
Lacrosse camp
WOW, when i first played with my team which no West kids were on but me i thought we were gonna suck ass. WE WON IT! i scored 5 goals. we made a gatoradeymid which was awesome, it was HUGE! oh man! but camp was so tiring. i was exhausted by the last day i just wanted to stop then but i couldnt, we had a tournemnt to win. i never wore my name tag so my team called me "big papa."
Harry Potter
BUY IT! READ IT! DO IT NOW!
Conclusion.
well summer is in its last stage, and with no football and Evan almost being healed i cant wait to see what these days will bring. I havent seen hona since june 10 and wont til august 6. thats a long time. We're gonna go see Sigur Ros on sept 21. homecoming is the day after my birthday so maybe ill go this year. I have so much more to say but i wont. just because its to complicated to compose into sentences and have them make any sense.
Things i wanna do before summers over
Kiss a girl.
Play a show
Drink with Dan
Summer '05.
I had high hopes, and with summer dwindling away by the day these past two months have been so to say mediocre with occasinoal hanging out and lots of sitting here. Summer started with me going to akeys all day playing halo 2, shooting hoops (which i did manage to get rather good at), drumming and lots of guitar. Nights were composed of going over to Hona's for an hour or so chilling out and enjoying DVD's and each others company. Two days before my flight for good ole' Arizona i attended the streetlight manifesto concert with Akey, Mabbit, and somone i miss seeing daily, Birnbaum. We parked 13 blocks from the Metro, walked, got free McDonalds courtesy of my moms new hook up. I ate a Double Quarter pounder in 2 minnutes or so. That was not a smart idea, minnutes before Streetlight galiently took the stage i left my superior spot at the front of the stage to go try and vomit that half pound of junk i ingested before entering the Metro. I did not Succed and i returned to the floor just in time to see Streetlight Take stage. As soon as the music started it was as if Moses parted the crowd and a gap opened up leading me right to akey. The show was amazing, and on the walk back i learned that the 1 liter bottle of Evian water is delicious.
Arizona.
Arizona was hot. I didn't do much, swimming lost its fun after the first few days so spending an hour in the pool was about the max for my daily swimming. We would eat out everynight and i greatly appreciate the Akey family for paying for me everywhere we went. While i was back in Glen Ellyn i learned that i have a great golf swing. In arizona our first time out it did not show, i was very inconsitent. After a trip to the range hitting until i could not lift my arms, my swing was back. Second time out i shot much better. Third time out was amazing shooting 9 over par on a 9 hole course. While in arizona i didn't have any one to talk to about personal matters so i was stuck keeping all my emotions to my self which was not fun. I did find great appreciation for music though, my usual listeing was The Mars Volta, Radiohead- The Bends, And you will know us by the trail of dead, The Detatchment Kit, Pearl Jam. One night i texted Mallory just to see whats up. She tells me Evan is in the hospital and thats it. Evan was run over, by her. haha, i couldn't help but laugh at that even though she could have killed a good man which in end would ruin her life. not being able to talk to anyone about that didn't help much. Also the fact that i was pissed at evan and matt at the time of the accident. Oh yes At the Drive-in and Sparta were major listening too. I saw a sign for elpaso texas and In/Casino/out came on, it was nice.
Home
so i came home, i didnt go over to mike at all, i still really havent. A new band has been formed with Jon Phillips, Brad Clark and Matt Steinkuller. They had hopes of the band being a punk band. I was having none of that and we are now a rocking group, i enjoy playing with them. I have made a new friend lost many, but this new one is Natlie something, that sucks i dont know her last name, but she is a good person who is incredibly smart, she speaks fluent german and an all around good person. It seems that everyone is moving on after evans accident, its sad to think that him not being able to drive would break apart a good group. And now that everyone can drive, we are all in a rush to go make friends from diffrent towns. Verg talked about that once at Aarons house, why cant you just make friends at your own school, you have you go out and make new ones from diffrent towns. We can thank Myspace and the emo scene for that. I went to Galena for a weekend with Joe,Dan,Bill,Matt,Tim,Scott,Lindy,the adults, and my good friend Morgan Harrel. the trip overall was a blast. Dan Joe Matt Bill are all great guys diffrent in their own way and just good people. Bill served in Iraq for a year. We all got fucking drunk off MGD and Rum, sat in the culvasac and looked at the stars all night discussing many things. after everyone but me and bill turned in we went for a walk, both being incredibly drunk it was fun. but as we came across two adult drunk men things got depressing. Bill started discussing his time in Iraq with them. Its sad, that people are dying for a war that is not getting better. Many of us thought that the war would be over soon but thanks to George bush this is gonna take a while. Bill on the verge of tears we headed back. He asked me where i was sleeping, i said i dont know. He told me to find out right then where, because he doesnt sleep until he knows everyone else is safe. He said "Greg don't worry about anything man cause when your in college and your fuckin drunk, your friends are gonna find out where you are and make sure your safe and not in some gutter passed out" i hope the mans right
holy fuck this is long. and im leaving alot out.
DennyFest.
Jack Hennasy is one of my hero's. Lots of people think hes a dick which he can be. but that guy is one of a kind and can be the nicest kid ever. His musical ability is above the rest, i only wish i could have been in a band with him. I regret not taking the offer to drum in FUR.
Lacrosse camp
WOW, when i first played with my team which no West kids were on but me i thought we were gonna suck ass. WE WON IT! i scored 5 goals. we made a gatoradeymid which was awesome, it was HUGE! oh man! but camp was so tiring. i was exhausted by the last day i just wanted to stop then but i couldnt, we had a tournemnt to win. i never wore my name tag so my team called me "big papa."
Harry Potter
BUY IT! READ IT! DO IT NOW!
Conclusion.
well summer is in its last stage, and with no football and Evan almost being healed i cant wait to see what these days will bring. I havent seen hona since june 10 and wont til august 6. thats a long time. We're gonna go see Sigur Ros on sept 21. homecoming is the day after my birthday so maybe ill go this year. I have so much more to say but i wont. just because its to complicated to compose into sentences and have them make any sense.
Things i wanna do before summers over
Kiss a girl.
Play a show
Drink with Dan