So I went to see Matt Wertz Friday night. It was a good show. It was with a couple friends plus a couple of their friends. You know how it is. The only problem was sitting back at the bar the whole time. I'm a fan of Matt Wertz but I don't know his songs well enough to where I would have enjoyed being down on the floor by the stage. And everyone back by the bar were talking louder than usual. I understand it's at the bar in the back and some talking. But there were some points where I was like- what are you doing at a live show at the House of Blues? A lot of people were not even paying attention at all to Matt Wertz and talking the whole time- rather loudly I might add. wtf. Why not go to a bar that is playing pre-recorded music?
Afterwards I went to a bar were my buddy Jimmy was performing with his band. That ended up turning out to be a lot of fun, but insane. The band was good and it was a good time, but ended up drinking too much alcohol and alcohol I shouldn't have had. I was in pretty bad shape and it took a whole day to recover but it was a fun just being with so many of the Sony guys outside of work.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Saturday, January 31, 2009
25 Random Things (from facebook)
Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.
(To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)
1. I never do surveys, questions, etc., which is why this is a very rare occasion. I hardly ever update my status on facebook. But if Harper did it, in addition to a million others, I guess I'll do it too. And for Sarah Holcombe, and now Amber John, too, I will do it.
2. I played oboe for band and orchestra and electric bass for jazz band while in school. Sadly, my skills deteriorated throughout high school which is why I didn't play in college. Fortunately, I picked up acoustic guitar my last year of college, and for the most pat, taught myself.
3. I own way too many martial arts movies. I always have fight scenes in my head. And I have read Jackie Chan's autobiography.
4. Related to #3, Joey Arroyo made me do the hardest workouts ever for taekwondo, capoeira, and cardio kickboxing. The best ones where when my leg would give out the next few days when going up or down a staircase or just walking.
5. I have had Joker lines from the Dark Knight in my head for way too long a time now.
6. I don't have any sort of TV cable or channels at home as a way to not "waste time" but I do that anyway watching movies while I'm at home.
7. I am always excited to hear good stories, including ones in the form of documentaries. Some of the favorite ones I own now (that you should check out) are: Favela Rising, Beyond the Gates of Splendor, and Born into Brothels.
8. I always enjoy meeting new people and learning about them. I usually don't share about myself unless I have someone's complete attention.
9. I used to draw people. I have not drawn people in awhile but I would like to start again.
10. I used to perform with a juggling group in college. It's nerdy but a lot of fun. We did some crazy shows.
11. I lived with 2 of the main guys I juggled with for a few months. I had temporary return juggling doing a Jugglers of Death shows with them for Vaudeville Underground. That was probably the craziest show I've done with them.
12. I try to read when I can. I usually stay away from fiction but I've recently been reading book that were made into movies. Currently I'm reading Bourne Supremacy and High Fidelity.
13. The people I work with at Sony Style are probably the best group of people I have been able to work with at any job I have had.
14. My friends are more important to me than just about anything. That's why I try and travel just to see them.
15. I've recently started to take pictures a lot more. So you can always see what is going on with me at www.flickr.com/photos/cwilke
16. I haven't dated in a long time. I don't think I will get married despite what many of my friends think and tell me. I'm not ruling it out. It just seems unlikely at this point in my life.
17. I have a nephew in the 7th grade and a niece who is 7 months old. I love them both a whole lot.
18. I used to be addicted to video games. But it only got as far as Super Nintendo. After that, the addiction died down, much to the joy of my parents. But it would come back every now and then, playing Xbox with my old college roommate or my nephew.
19. I like going to live shows. Especially before artists get popular. I still boast, way too much I might add, over getting my friends into Mat Kearney before he got big.
20. I went to Europe on a family vacation when I was in jr high. During the trip, I got very sick with back pains and throwing up. Luckily, I got better by the time we stayed at our cousins' house for the last week.
21. I have been to Las Vegas only once for my brother's bachelor party. The common phrase "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" holds true for me. ;-)
22. I strongly believe that there is a purpose for everyone here on earth. Sometimes those purposes do not get realized. It should be something that each person is uniquely passionate about. It's hard to explain all I believe about this topic, but one other thing is that I believe it is never too late to start pursuing something that you are passionate about.
23. I think true beauty and true masculinity are found inside the person. Outward appearances should only be a reflection of what is inside.
24. I would like to have a house one day for homeless people to live in.
25. I would love to have the faith that Amber John and some of my other friends have. The type that she describes in #22 of her 25 random things. Strange that I feel this way since I have been a youth pastor, but I still feel like a toddler in my faith.
(To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)
1. I never do surveys, questions, etc., which is why this is a very rare occasion. I hardly ever update my status on facebook. But if Harper did it, in addition to a million others, I guess I'll do it too. And for Sarah Holcombe, and now Amber John, too, I will do it.
2. I played oboe for band and orchestra and electric bass for jazz band while in school. Sadly, my skills deteriorated throughout high school which is why I didn't play in college. Fortunately, I picked up acoustic guitar my last year of college, and for the most pat, taught myself.
3. I own way too many martial arts movies. I always have fight scenes in my head. And I have read Jackie Chan's autobiography.
4. Related to #3, Joey Arroyo made me do the hardest workouts ever for taekwondo, capoeira, and cardio kickboxing. The best ones where when my leg would give out the next few days when going up or down a staircase or just walking.
5. I have had Joker lines from the Dark Knight in my head for way too long a time now.
6. I don't have any sort of TV cable or channels at home as a way to not "waste time" but I do that anyway watching movies while I'm at home.
7. I am always excited to hear good stories, including ones in the form of documentaries. Some of the favorite ones I own now (that you should check out) are: Favela Rising, Beyond the Gates of Splendor, and Born into Brothels.
8. I always enjoy meeting new people and learning about them. I usually don't share about myself unless I have someone's complete attention.
9. I used to draw people. I have not drawn people in awhile but I would like to start again.
10. I used to perform with a juggling group in college. It's nerdy but a lot of fun. We did some crazy shows.
11. I lived with 2 of the main guys I juggled with for a few months. I had temporary return juggling doing a Jugglers of Death shows with them for Vaudeville Underground. That was probably the craziest show I've done with them.
12. I try to read when I can. I usually stay away from fiction but I've recently been reading book that were made into movies. Currently I'm reading Bourne Supremacy and High Fidelity.
13. The people I work with at Sony Style are probably the best group of people I have been able to work with at any job I have had.
14. My friends are more important to me than just about anything. That's why I try and travel just to see them.
15. I've recently started to take pictures a lot more. So you can always see what is going on with me at www.flickr.com/photos/cwilke
16. I haven't dated in a long time. I don't think I will get married despite what many of my friends think and tell me. I'm not ruling it out. It just seems unlikely at this point in my life.
17. I have a nephew in the 7th grade and a niece who is 7 months old. I love them both a whole lot.
18. I used to be addicted to video games. But it only got as far as Super Nintendo. After that, the addiction died down, much to the joy of my parents. But it would come back every now and then, playing Xbox with my old college roommate or my nephew.
19. I like going to live shows. Especially before artists get popular. I still boast, way too much I might add, over getting my friends into Mat Kearney before he got big.
20. I went to Europe on a family vacation when I was in jr high. During the trip, I got very sick with back pains and throwing up. Luckily, I got better by the time we stayed at our cousins' house for the last week.
21. I have been to Las Vegas only once for my brother's bachelor party. The common phrase "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" holds true for me. ;-)
22. I strongly believe that there is a purpose for everyone here on earth. Sometimes those purposes do not get realized. It should be something that each person is uniquely passionate about. It's hard to explain all I believe about this topic, but one other thing is that I believe it is never too late to start pursuing something that you are passionate about.
23. I think true beauty and true masculinity are found inside the person. Outward appearances should only be a reflection of what is inside.
24. I would like to have a house one day for homeless people to live in.
25. I would love to have the faith that Amber John and some of my other friends have. The type that she describes in #22 of her 25 random things. Strange that I feel this way since I have been a youth pastor, but I still feel like a toddler in my faith.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
weird day at work
Yesterday I go out of the store to eat lunch at Subway. I'm walking back and I notice that Express is closed. I keep walking and there are more and more stores with their doors closed. Weird? This never happens. I get back to Sony Style and our doors are closed. Angelo lets me in and I'm just wondering, "what the hell is going on?"
Apparently there were a couple guys suspected of carrying guns in the mall. Here is one article about the incident.They tried to rob an armored car (I didn't find that out until today). All the stores were closed for a couple hours in the afternoon while mall security and a SWAT team searched for the suspects. I still had a bunch of work to do and everything, but weird day.
What was funny were the customers still around and one in particular that called the store. He was calling from the parking lot and wanted to know if we could bring him a GPS Navigation system to the mall entrance and pay cash at the door. Umm....no. Nice try, though. Yes, you may have driven far to get here, but the mall is locked down for a reason.
Needless to say, the mall was back to normal after a couple hours, probably with less people though. I wasn't around long to find out how empty it was that evening.
Apparently there were a couple guys suspected of carrying guns in the mall. Here is one article about the incident.They tried to rob an armored car (I didn't find that out until today). All the stores were closed for a couple hours in the afternoon while mall security and a SWAT team searched for the suspects. I still had a bunch of work to do and everything, but weird day.
What was funny were the customers still around and one in particular that called the store. He was calling from the parking lot and wanted to know if we could bring him a GPS Navigation system to the mall entrance and pay cash at the door. Umm....no. Nice try, though. Yes, you may have driven far to get here, but the mall is locked down for a reason.
Needless to say, the mall was back to normal after a couple hours, probably with less people though. I wasn't around long to find out how empty it was that evening.
Monday, January 19, 2009
much awaited randomness
Wow- I really suck at blogging. So here I am sitting at a friend's house waiting to tutor, and I happen to have my computer also, so here we go! Perhaps I'll just post some random things that have happened the past few months:
1) Christmas was awesome! I got to spend part of it with said friend's house. Lunch on Christmas Day with my family was a lot of fun. Mom cooked an amazing meal as usual. I played some guitar, which has become a new tradition. Christian performed some comedy! He was great. He's been really influenced by Demetri Martin. He performed some of his jokes really well in addition to making up a couple of his own. My alternative Christmas gift worked out a lot better this year. Last year, I wanted my family to support a business owner or worker in a third world country by buying something from a World Vision gift catalog, or something to that effect. Well, turns out no one did it, and I was left leaving a lot of gifts at my parents' house. Well this year I just had everyone write about one of their favorite days of 2008 in a Christmas card. Obviously I was asking for a lot of repetition because Valentina was born in May, but I got a much better participation rate.
2) Working at Sony has lasted longer than I thought. Those first few months I was really feeling things out for awhile. Not sure if I would stay or not. Now, I just work hard and I love the people I work with. We all get along really well and clique with everyone, even if they are only working there temporarily. It has always been like that, from before I started working there.
3) I have made some great friends the past few months. Some are ones that I hope will build into strong friendships. Only time will tell at this point. You can see my recent flickr photos to see who I mean.
4) Although I haven't practiced in a few days, I am finally learning new songs again. This really hadn't happened for a couple years. But now I'm learning to play "Neon" by John Mayer, "This Love" by Maroon 5, "Whisper to Me" by Warren Barfield and a couple others. It's nice not playing the same stuff over and over again.
I guess that's enough randomness for now. Until later...
blessings
1) Christmas was awesome! I got to spend part of it with said friend's house. Lunch on Christmas Day with my family was a lot of fun. Mom cooked an amazing meal as usual. I played some guitar, which has become a new tradition. Christian performed some comedy! He was great. He's been really influenced by Demetri Martin. He performed some of his jokes really well in addition to making up a couple of his own. My alternative Christmas gift worked out a lot better this year. Last year, I wanted my family to support a business owner or worker in a third world country by buying something from a World Vision gift catalog, or something to that effect. Well, turns out no one did it, and I was left leaving a lot of gifts at my parents' house. Well this year I just had everyone write about one of their favorite days of 2008 in a Christmas card. Obviously I was asking for a lot of repetition because Valentina was born in May, but I got a much better participation rate.
2) Working at Sony has lasted longer than I thought. Those first few months I was really feeling things out for awhile. Not sure if I would stay or not. Now, I just work hard and I love the people I work with. We all get along really well and clique with everyone, even if they are only working there temporarily. It has always been like that, from before I started working there.
3) I have made some great friends the past few months. Some are ones that I hope will build into strong friendships. Only time will tell at this point. You can see my recent flickr photos to see who I mean.
4) Although I haven't practiced in a few days, I am finally learning new songs again. This really hadn't happened for a couple years. But now I'm learning to play "Neon" by John Mayer, "This Love" by Maroon 5, "Whisper to Me" by Warren Barfield and a couple others. It's nice not playing the same stuff over and over again.
I guess that's enough randomness for now. Until later...
blessings
Friday, September 26, 2008
Give Me Your Eyes music video
I first heard this song at work. One of my bosses, Jeff, had this song on a compilation CD he makes frequently. I loved it almost right away and asked him who it was by. He said it was Brandon Heath, after mistakenly telling me Carolina Liar (hehe, sorry Jeff)! But anyways here's the video for the song, which is also really cool. And apparently, I'm still supposed to check out the band Carolina Liar...
Brandon Heath - Give Me Your Eyes from Brandon Heath on Vimeo.
Brandon Heath - Give Me Your Eyes from Brandon Heath on Vimeo.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
my friend Mary
So I was facebook stalking one day and saw that my college friend, Mary, was going to be in the Chicago area last week. I contacted her to have lunch with her one day while she was in town. Turns out she had this big wedding to plan for Mindy, who also went to Cornell. Originally, Mary was going to come to the city to eat at El Cid, a nice Mexican place in my old neighborhood. But since the actual work for the wedding got put off I had to go meet her in Wheaton. First, I decided to help out by going there before lunch time. That led to me being invited to the wedding.
I ended up attending the wedding and it was pretty awesome. I only knew 4 people there but everyone was cool and talked to me. That doesn't always happen when I'm in a group of strangers but it ended up working very well this time. You can go to Mary's blog(s) on facebook to find out about the actual wedding. Maybe I'll post a blog about it later. Look up my flickr page for pics.
The next day, Mary came with me to Ben and Amber's to hang out with more Cornell people. I just hoped to have lunch or dinner with her one day. I love it when you take a chance (i.e. going to a wedding with a lot of people you don't know) and it ends up paying off beautifully. I hadn't talked to Mary in person or on the phone for years before this past week. And look how much better friends we are now because of what transpired. Love it.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
that's right, i do have a blog...
My bad for not posting anything in so long. Things have been happening and not happening at the same time. I know that doesn't make sense. I like my job at Sony but I've been struggling with $$. 4th of July weekend was fun even though I had to work all of it. But I did get the chance to hang out in Pilsen for the 4th of July extravaganza. You seriously have to go to see how ridiculous the fireworks are. Everyone on their block buys like a $1000 worth of fireworks and sets them off all night. It's pretty insane.
Recently I ran into a deaf/mute woman on the way home from work on the bus. She was trying to get to a bar she works at. At first it was kind of hard to communicate but then we got the hang of talking to each other. Lots of hand motions and writing down on paper. So anyways, it turns out she wouldn't be able to get to her work the way she was going so I offered to drive her there. It was interesting and it's been awhile since I've had a random interaction with a stranger like that.
Life goes on and hopefully, so will this blog...
blessings
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