It's Summer Time!

Hello everybody. I've had a lot going on lately the past few weeks so I would like to try and catch up a bit. I left off in my last blog with me getting back to New York. I spent two "fun filled" weeks there. I use the term "fun filled" loosely cause it is both true and completely false. I got home and started work the next day. Painting fences and sheds, cleaning the pool, washing windows, I did it all. As people started calling me Pedro word got around town that I was the best painter in the South Huntington area so I was called into duty at neighboring locations as well. I had the pleasure of painting one of the most complex fences for the Wathey family. The fence was beaten up with paint chipping off and a criss-cross pattern that left a smooth painting stroke near impossible. The good thing was that there was a thorn bush located directly in front of this fence making painting that much more fun! No, I am exaggerating slightly for the sake of the story, I didn't mind painting at all. I had nothing else to do with my time. On the weekends I would head into the city to hangout with my two good buddies Eric Thomassian and Craig "Ned Flanders" Sanders. We had a great time hitting all the local establishments and taking in all NYC had to offer. Unfortunately I needed to paint about 200 more fences to be able to afford another weekend in the city. Let's just say you're not going to find too many drink specials out in the big apple. Hey you can't take your money to the grave right? I keep telling myself that. While at home I had the pleasure of getting to the Matthew Giannuzzi Charity basketball game. I found I had two huge fans of the blog in Mr. Sutton (Eddie Sutton on facebook)and "The Dean" Mr. Giannuzzi. It was a thrill to hear from some loyal readers. This is why I sit down and write my butt off. For all the fans out there. As per usual while at 7 Ames I was able to catch up in pizza and dessert consumption skyrocketing the body fat percentage. Hey you only live once right. I tried to balance it out with some good dieting on the other days and a few trips to the NYSC to workout...and scope out the local talent. All in all I had a great time with the family, seeing my niece and nephew and catching up with the hometown. It was time to move on though as living with your parents isn't high on my priority list these days. No offense Mom and Dad.

I drove up to Boston to square away some apartment nonsense and I'm glad I did. The spot I had originally picked out fell through as I think the landlord was arrested. I then picked another spot where I had a friend to remain nameless take a look at to see if it was good. KATE GILFILLAN said it wasn't bad so I decided to take her word for it and told the landlord I would meet at the apartment to dot the T's and cross the I's. I show up and the apartment is not so hot looking. They had a new fridge, stove and microwave.....and that's about it. And it was half below ground with bars on the windows. Not quite what I was looking for. I told the guy I would be in touch and bolted. I started scrambling and pulled up at a Boloco (Unreal spot to eat BTW) to use the wi-fi and find a new place on craigslist. It's amazing how things can work as Iwithin an hour I ended up finding a sweet spot in the North End in the middle of all the downtown action. I visited, and shook hands with the sublettors and was relieved to get a place. Move in is June 1. Laser Show. Relax.

American Idol is down to two finalists! Crazy I know. We've seen Big Mike and Casey James get the boot with Bowersox and Lee Dewyze left standing. Last week we saw a performance that we won't soon forget. Simple Man and Hallelujah are two unreal songs and Lee smashed them. I consider myself a pretty good judge of music and his versions were some of the best these ears have heard. See for yourself. In my eyes he won the competition last week. Unless he takes the stage this week pulls down his pants and takes a Thomassian dump on the stage he will win.




I went to the Boston Sports Medicine and Performance Group Hockey and Basketball Symposium this weekend at Northeastern. It was a sweet two days with some good people and I was able to learn a lot. The strength and conditioning field is definitely something that continues to interest me and looks like could be a part of my future. Glad I was able to attend.



I'm at my wonderful sister Kristy's apartment watching Rudy as we speak..Or I write. I cry when he gets accepted to Notre Dame and jump up and down when he gets the sack. Everytime. No questions asked.


Thats all for now. I can't keep my eyelids open. Heading down to Nantucket next weekend so I'm pretty stoked about that. I'll report back later! Smell Ya!

Finally, I have come back to Blogging!

I apologize to the millions......and millions of fans of my blog. It has been pretty busy the last few weeks with playoffs and travel and whathaveyou. But no need to fret, you're fearless blogger is back.

Let's start with the ill-fated Checkers playoff run. The team had high hopes of making a strong run to the Kelly Cup, but couldn't make it past the second round losing out to the Cyclones of Cincinnati in a hard fought 7 game series. A few lucky bounces and a hot goaltender led to the Checkers demise. A sad ending as the team will no longer be together, as the franchise is moving to the AHL. With every season ending loss comes the season ending bender, which is always the best time. It's pretty much a race to see who can eat the worst food and drink the most beer over a few days time. The Jack-In-The-Box across the street from our apartments got some good business(They make a mean oreo milkshake), while the BlackFinn Bar in Uptown was pretty fed up with our antics after 3 straight nights of tearing up the D-Floor and pouring beers on each other's and our own heads. The Charlotte Checkers were a good hockey team, but a great drinking team. With such a bunch of beauties, we all had a great time and left our mark in the Queen City.

As the season ended, I made the drive back to NY to stay with my folks for a couple weeks. The trip was going great, I was jammin' out to some tunes, taking in the beautiful countryside. Then I started sharing the road with a bunch of huge trucks. Now their are two types of trucks. Fast ones and slow ones. (Thanks tips!) The fast ones buzz around weaving in and out of lanes like they're a mazda miata. They run up on your ass and flash you the brights and make you poop your shorts as you see a mac truck in your backseat. The slow ones drive 45 miles an hour causing a traffic jam as two of them are side by side blocking both lanes. So now I'm driving the West Virginia, singing John Denver, when the rain comes. And boy did it come, I could barely see my hood it was pouring so hard and of course the fast trucks are acting like its 80 and sunny and there's not another car on the road. Once I got past that, it was smooth sailing once again...until I got to the armpit of America New Jersey. Besides Kevin Kielt, Bon Jovi and The Boss, Jersey has nothing good to offer. It took me an extra hour to get through the GWB cause not everyone has an EZ Pass so the tolls were backed up. It still baffles me that people don't have these things. It saves so much time on your trip its unreal. Figure it out "cash only lane" people.
Another thing I noticed is gas is like 40 cents more expensive in NY too. Not a good start back home. While I'm ranting, another thing that grinds my gears is my parents still do not have AC at the house. It's like a chilly 85 degrees in my room and I guess Sears stopped making fans cause those are no where to be found too.


In other sad news, Siobhan Magnus was voted off American Idol. "The saddest thing in life is wasted talent." She had all the talent in the world, but just couldn't put all the pieces together. She was getting average while the rest of the group was stepping up their game. Casey, Lee and even Big Mike are putting on great performances along with that pipsqueek Aaron and the talented Crystal Bowersox. It's anyone's game now and everyone needs to be on the top of their game. I think it will be Casey, Lee and Bowersox sprinting to the finish line.



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I'm going to enjoy the next two weeks at home catchin' up with some old friends and then it's on to Boston for the rest of the summer! Stay tuned!