The summer is over

And by the summer being over i mean summer term is over. I am finally done with classes and finals for another 6 months. not only that i have 3 weeks before i even start working. this is a very well deserved break. this term has been quite possibly the busiest 10 weeks of my life. definately worth it though. pretty soon all my rush flyers will be all over cmapus, the hero campaign is right around the corner and my tshirt design will be all over the place. i love doing marketing. but quite possible the best thing is the RUGBY TEAM IS FINALLY REINSTATED. we got the letter the other day giving us official notice even though we have known all summer. So this is great in this weekends tourny ill be able to weaqr drexel colors again in the first time in two years. might not be exciting to you but rugby is my life so that is the one thing that helps keep me sane. kinda wierd because you have to be insane to play. haha.

so here is my fall schedule:

Date Against Home or Away
9-Sep Media Tournament Away (Fairmount)
16-Sep University of Pennsylvania
23-Sep -
29-Sep St. Joseph's Away (7 PM, A/B Sides)
7-Oct York College Away
14-Oct St. Joseph's Home (7 PM, A/B Sides)
21-Oct Lock Haven Away (A/B Sides)
TBD Playoffs

a few more things to clear up but the home games are amazing. we had three under the lights games last spring....we had more people come out to the game then basketball game and we werent even part of drexel at that point.

oo and my new house is awesome. i live in the compound known as the 530s. We are located on 35th st between brandywine and haverford. Its four 6 bedroom houses that share a huge common deck and a huge basement that comes equipped with a handy dance pole to dance on. i dont think i need to say more other than i only pay 350 rent, i have awesome roommates, and i live in the best house off campus.

been so long

wow so okay i havent written on thsi blog in forever. i have been so busy with everything. give you an update on whats happened to keep me like this:

• im taking sociology as an accelerated night course....so now i have night class from monday - thursday
• midterms were hell
• Pikes Rush Committee- had to get all the flyers made up for rush....now getting them printed up and posted around campus
• Pike Hero Campaign - finally got the tshirt design, now finding a place to get them made for cheap
• Rugby - i cant make the practices due to night class so i have been conditioning and working out on my own the best i can
• I am moving into my new house this weeked.
• I have final exams this week and next week
• Finding a job for co-op....why does it have to be so hard this time???!!?!
• list goes on.....

even with all this i have been having alot of fun. i really enjoy being busy all the time. it helps because when i do have a chance to relax and hang out with my friends, its so well deserved and seems like something very mundane (like watching a movie) is the greatest thing ever. here are some the things:

• Zoo trip with Phi Sig
• OZZFEST - best day of the whole summer, hit the mosh pit, heard so many bands, with so many of my great friends.....i want to to go see Red Hot Chili Peppers in October
• White Water Rafting with Pike this past weeekend - 16 miles, beautiful view, not too sunny, and falling into a river is amazing
• learning how to drive stick on a BMW
• working out - its fun getting back into shape lol
• alot of my friends had birthdays this summer so we amde sure they turned older right
• Rugby got reinstated for the fall....hooray for playing under Drexel again
• Pike won the Smythe Cup for the 3rd year in a row making us a legacy - this is awarded to the top chapters in the country for the fraternity at the national convention...we were one of 11 chapter who got it this time

i got a lot out. look for another post in a few days. peace out

rock out

I know i said i was going to talk about rugby and pike, but thats going to have to wait. i was talking to pete about flogging molly (who happen to be awesome in concert) and now i feel like talking about Ozzfest. Yes random connection but hey it has to be mentioned at some point. On august 4th me and my friends got tickets to see the show at the tweeter center. Its a friday whcih works for me cause idont have class or work. The rest of them are just skipping class and co-op for the day. So here are the bands coming:

Main Stage:
Ozzy
System of a Down <---one of my favorite bands main reason
Disturbed <---listen to them if you dont
Avenged Sevenfold
Hatebreed
Lacuna Coil <----- singer is a girl and i think their music is great
Dragonforce

Second Stage:
Black Label Society
Atreyu
Unearth
Bleeding Through
Norma Jean

Second Stage Rotating:
Walls of Jericho
The Red Chord
A Life Once Lost
Strapping Young Lad
All That Remains
Full Blown Chaos
Between the Buried and Me
Bad Acid Trip

As you can see this is goint to be a great day. doors open at like 9 am. i have never been to ozzfest before but my friends who have told me i have no idea what its going to be like. if anyone is going tell me. more people to get wild with haha

its been awhile

the last three week flew by. just been busy with so many things. July 4th weekend was great. as i said in my last post 5 day weekends are awesome. i went down to my friends shore house outside atlantic city and spent the 4th in ocean city. it was great even worked on my tan ha. then my "vacation" was over. had to come back to drexel for class...

so class is going by pretty smoothly. sadly i have so much hw. i didnt even have this much when i was a freshman engineer. i am doing my best to keep up with everything got my first exam tommorow. but my days are hectic. i go to class, then work, then i go to the gym. by the time i get home i just shower, do my hw then hit the sack. i dont even know if my roommates even around. havent seen him in 3 weeks. every now and then it seems he stops in the house, food goes missing and a dish or two will show up.

this post is going to be a little i can tell. So i am part of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. There are plenty of fraternities and sororities on campus. They can be part of the IFC, Panhellenic, Big-C, there are two community service ones as well as many professional and honor ones. So you can participate in anyone for whichever reasons. One thing to remember is that how much you put in is how much you will get out. You dont need to be part of greek life to have fun on campus either. I didnt join till my freshman spring term, and it was to become more involved on campus and in the community. I do alot of community service with them as well as IFC and intermural sports. I am part of the Hero Campaign and just got appointed as the Advertising Chair for the Rush Committee. Currently im trying to get on the Pledge committee as well. so im quite busy with them. ill get more into this propaganda later though because it is too much for right now.

as for rugby (ruck me ruck you my blog title is a rugby thing. rucking is something you do in rugby). My next post will go into that as well. but summer 7's is going on so i need to play a little bit. im also a certified refferee so i should probably start doing that soon. sorry to run off but i got class right now. later

no more rain

So I started classes on Monday, along with my part time job as part of the DWC. Everything going pretty smoothly. I have friends in all my classes, my professors seem interesting so far. My one night class is s boring though. The teacher just keeps lecturing, and he does it off his tablet PC. So everythign he writes disappears off the screen pretty fast. On the plus side he puts everything from class as a pdf file on his website. So I just have to work on staying awake now. Monday through Thursdays for me are pretty busy now. I go to class to work, sometimes more class, then to the gym. After all that I go home do some work and sleep. Thank god I have Friday's off. This weekend is especially good because we don't have class (or work) Monday and Tuesday. Five day weekends are awesome.

amtrak must die

My parents were nice enough to buy me an amtrak ticket to get back to philly yesterday. my train was supposed to be there by 8:15. lucky for me it was 45 minutes late. so i didnt get to philly till after 11 last night. my buddy tim came to pick me up, and while waiting for me he played the lotto and won a $100. what a lucky bum haha. prolyl the highlight of the night though was getting a pizza with my buddy dan and then passing out on his futon all night. i had a pretty good sleep for being on a futon and no pillow. bah!

going back to the hood

the past few days at home actualyl went by smoothly with out any problems. no fights with parents or my sister. got to see the majority of my friends. got some stuff done along the way. i was sober lol. woke up and had nothing at all to do. but in 4 hours ill be on my way back to good old philly. i still need to get my textbooks and stuff in the morning though and then class starts. but so do does this here part time job giving me some cash to spend during the summer. this is truly my first summer away from all my friends from NY so i hope i dont lose touch with any of them. that and they better get off the couch and come down here. im going to clean and pack and then get the hell out of here. peace