Milwaukee
This past weekend I was in Milwaukee giving a talk about life as a reality contestant at the national scholastic chess tournament. After my talk, I played a bunch of kids at blitz. I beat them all. I didn't say like anything while I played because I normally trash talk and thought that would be inappropriate. But I played some of the chess teachers that were there afterwards; I had a plus score and definitely got some good trash talking in.
While I was there in Milwaukee, I played drums on my bandmate Matt's solo project stuff (www.myspace.com/forewordmusic). It was me, Casey (one of my roommat'es frat bro's) and Matt. The first night we played in Appleton. It was a long trek. The venue was newer, so it didn't have a regular crowd or sufficient sound system exactly, but we made due. The band we played with had some amazing musicians. The drummer was playing Tool songs, the guitarist listens to and could play Dave Weckyl band and the bassist was amazing as well. But when it came time for them to play their own music....... bad. We didn't stick around because we had a show the next morning in Milwaukee at the Mirimar. Luckily, that show got moved back to 115 pm, so there were a good group of kids there. They were very supportive and enjoyed the music. The label that put on the show liked us and said they'd have us work out some future dates. So that's awesome. Connections in Milwaukee are good. It's not really that far from Chicago, I always envisioned it being further.
I unfortunately don't have any pictures from the weekend to make this blog entry more interesting. The highlight had to be when the three of us all got our own pies from baker square and proceeded to eat them for snacks throughout the day. I opted for the triple berry, Matt had french silk and Casey had lemon marangue (sp?). mmmmm. I had been wanting a triple berry pie for quite a while and in fact we drove out of our way to get it cause Casey saw a baker's square on his way into town way up north side of the city.
This weekend is going to be a busy one. Friday, I have an art show that my neighbor is participating in. He paints on cardboard. Then I'm going to meet my lunch buddy Chandu out at a bar in wicker park. Then saturday I have the Bears draft party with my father. I can finally wear my Rex Grossman jersey proudly!! Then that night I'm going to root for Danielle in the WLUP 97.9 Rock Girl Contest at Joe's on Weed st. And then probably get dinner and see a play that I wanted to see for a while. Then Sunday, I'll watch the draft and do some housework.
That's about all for now. Maybe I'll see some of you out at Danielle's event? I have no idea who reads this thing besides my mom. Hi mom.
While I was there in Milwaukee, I played drums on my bandmate Matt's solo project stuff (www.myspace.com/forewordmusic). It was me, Casey (one of my roommat'es frat bro's) and Matt. The first night we played in Appleton. It was a long trek. The venue was newer, so it didn't have a regular crowd or sufficient sound system exactly, but we made due. The band we played with had some amazing musicians. The drummer was playing Tool songs, the guitarist listens to and could play Dave Weckyl band and the bassist was amazing as well. But when it came time for them to play their own music....... bad. We didn't stick around because we had a show the next morning in Milwaukee at the Mirimar. Luckily, that show got moved back to 115 pm, so there were a good group of kids there. They were very supportive and enjoyed the music. The label that put on the show liked us and said they'd have us work out some future dates. So that's awesome. Connections in Milwaukee are good. It's not really that far from Chicago, I always envisioned it being further.
I unfortunately don't have any pictures from the weekend to make this blog entry more interesting. The highlight had to be when the three of us all got our own pies from baker square and proceeded to eat them for snacks throughout the day. I opted for the triple berry, Matt had french silk and Casey had lemon marangue (sp?). mmmmm. I had been wanting a triple berry pie for quite a while and in fact we drove out of our way to get it cause Casey saw a baker's square on his way into town way up north side of the city.
This weekend is going to be a busy one. Friday, I have an art show that my neighbor is participating in. He paints on cardboard. Then I'm going to meet my lunch buddy Chandu out at a bar in wicker park. Then saturday I have the Bears draft party with my father. I can finally wear my Rex Grossman jersey proudly!! Then that night I'm going to root for Danielle in the WLUP 97.9 Rock Girl Contest at Joe's on Weed st. And then probably get dinner and see a play that I wanted to see for a while. Then Sunday, I'll watch the draft and do some housework.
That's about all for now. Maybe I'll see some of you out at Danielle's event? I have no idea who reads this thing besides my mom. Hi mom.