Spring Break Skateboarding Sessions

There were many skateboarding excursions to be had this spring break, some more policed than others, but all of them enjoyable. The crew and i hit up several street skating spots in the Twin Cities area, with some unfortunate police involvement at some spots.

The bottom picture shows my friend Neil crouching on the rooftop of a famous spot called, "The Red Roofs." It's in many skate videos and the cop who busted us there knew this as well. The officer put our filmer (Andy Proulx) in the back of his squad and took our I.D.'s; threatening that he would tag us all for trespassing. After a few wasted moments the officer decided we were "not worth his time" and he let us all go. Gee, thanks Officer.

Even though we were booted out of several spots, there was plenty of good skating time. (Pictured above at the Capital.) Thanks goes out to everyone for several well needed skating sessions.

St.Patrick's Day 2009

Good times had by all on St.Patrick's Day! Nute Fisher, Brittney Mccready, Seth Johnson, and Myself hit up West 7th Street in St.Paul to bar hop and enjoy the St.Patty's day festivites. We also met up with several of my old co-workers to celebrate.It was a wild evening, but everyone made it home safe; thanks to Nute for being our sober cab!

kids + fine dining =

Need i say more? No, but perhaps i will anyways. Contol your kids in any restaurant or public place you go, especially fine dining. All to often, nice servers get mistaken for babysitters; i fall into this trap on a regular basis. :-) I will play tic tac toe with your children till their fingers fall off, but i will not discipline them people! Pictured is the result of an experiment performed by a little girl and her crayons. In the backround is Dave (one of Bellisio's Finest Chefs) giving us the thumbs up for creativity.

Dave has children and is able to appreciate the humor. :-)

All Smiles and Skateboards

I don't know what the U of M Twin Cities looks like, but i can tell you that Duluth is about half-thawed out at this point. (as you can see in the picture on the left.)

My buddy Chris and i enjoyed the beautiful day yesterday skateboarding downtown Duluth at the Public Library. Luckily, no police interfered with our session and we skated comfortably with nothing more than a t-shirt on. Spring is on it's way, and Duluth is more than ready for it.

Thanks goes out to Chris for making this "pre-season" skateboarding session a fun one.

Workin' Like a Dog

The snowstorm Duluth was supposed to recieve overnight was an overwhelming dissapointment. Sure, we got snow; but not anywhere near the levels predicted.

Seeing as myself (and other students) had banked on school being cancelled today, i put off some algebra homework thinking i may just catch a break. Not the case.

I will be hovering over this algebra book all day today until my 3 o'clock algebra class, when we turn in a weeks worth of homework. I bid you adu as it's time to crunch some numbers!

Number 11

UMD Students are lined up waiting to board bus number 11 as the start of a predicted "snow storm" catches us by surprise. It's reported we're supposed to recieve 2ft of snow tonight, although that number continues to fluctuate as northland meteorologists change their minds.



The number 11 happens to be my route. It takes me to and from school everyday, often times with the same friendly driver that continues to rattle my chain whenever he uses the UMD facilites on his break.


At this point, i will forever be jealous of my brother Josh and his wife Avi; both reside on the beautiful tropical island of Grenada. I wish i was sipping a pussy willow on the beach with them now. Miss you guys!

Spirit Anyone?

My buddy Ben and i enjoy a snowboarding session at Spirit Mountain a couple nights ago. The weather was perfect and the snow made for a soft landing. These images were captured with my cell phone towards the top of Spirit's Terrain Park. !Gnarly Dude!

Order in The Court

To fufill a requirement for my Business Law course, i visited a court and spent about 2 hours there. I observed what i saw, recorded it, and am now responsible for writing a two page paper for my professor explaining my reaction to it.

There were many quick decisions and dismissals, however, there were some heated cases as well that drug on, clearly frustrating the judge. It was an interesting enviroment to observe, but i'm not interested in going back to court for any other reason than just that. :-) Tension was high at some points when parties disagreed with each other as to the facts involved in the case, and they made sure to be vocal about every detail with no respect to it's relevancy.

The honorable Judge Munger was extremely nice to the students explaining further how the courts function and the primary purposes of the courts. He also gave us insight into the cases and the details that surrounded them. Thanks goes out to Judge Munger for an interesting time! holla!

Attempted Break In

After a robber attempted to break into my room up on the second floor......

ah i got your attention! no such robber. Might as well have been though, the day couldn't have gotten any worse to be honest with my readers. After several mishaps throughout the day, i prepared to go snowboarding with some friends from work. As i rested my board on my chair, i kept getting ready, only to turn around in time to watch my board slip and crash into my window, breaking the first pane.

To shed some positive light on the rest of my evening, i had an absolulte blast snowboarding. Before hand, some of the fellas and myself went out for a beer, and after snowboarding, we indulged even more at Old Chicago. I wound up safely in my bed somehow, only to awake about 4am with books and other such materials littering my bed? :-) Thanks goes out to Rick, Nikki, and Melissa for a wonderful time.

The Big Cheese

A giant wheel of parmiggiano-reggiano cheese sits countertop at Bellisio's Italian Restaurant and Wine Bar. My hand is pictured just to give you some perspective, but it couldn't do it justice, the wheel is HUGE. (We're talking about eight hundred dollars worth in cheese, people.) Bon-appetite!