The Past Two Days

Wed.-
After we got to Chicago, we headed to the NBC Tower to get some work done. We basically had to wait until 3 pm to check in. Until then we ate at an Indian restaurant, and then we went to the hotel to check in. We rested for a little bit and then went out again and went to Navy Pier and Michigan Avenue where I bought a new shirt. Then we went to P.F. Chang's which honestly was not even close to being worth it. Then we headed back to the room and Shruti and I watched Fresh Prince for the rest of the night.

Thurs.-
I got up at 9 and took a shower and we checked out at 11. We drove to McDonald's and picked up breakfast which was pretty decent. I went to my room to pick out a couple of stuff and then headed to Union Station to pick up the rest of the guys. We dropped off all of our stuff and went to Chipotle then random stores on State Street. We also walked passed Millennium Park while walking towards Navy Pier. Where Priyanth and I bought roasted cinnamon glazed pecans which were AMAZING. Then we headed to Water Tower Place then to Walgreens to buy some Sprite and Diet Coke. The rest of the night was history.

Fri.-
I got up at 9 again considering I slept at 3 the night before... one crazy night. I took a shower and all and went to my freshman advising appointment. After 15 minutes, I was out and we all went to Potbelly's then ran all the way to Union.. for no reason. Then we had an awesome train ride back home. And for some reason, driving home there was a high demand for ventilation :]

The Intercontinental

Hey guys, I won't be able to post until Friday afternoon so I'm posting now. Anyways, I'm off to Chicago today. My family and I are staying in the Intercontinental Hotel which is on Michigan Avenue. It looks super nice. So today we check in then go around Chicago then come back. Tomorrow, I will be leaving early and I'm going to meet up with the rest of my peeps at either Union Station or back at UIC. It's supposed to rain tomorrow... but whatever. Then we shall party that night. Then I have a Freshman Advising Appointment Friday morning. I will go further in depth after everything happens.. I will also post up pics. Thanks for tuning in. Hope your break is going well... or hope your surviving school. Later.

When The Day Met The Night: Review of the new Panic at the Disco CD

As promised I'm writing a review on the new Panic at the Disco CD named Pretty. Odd. Good name since it describes the CD pretty well. That's right folks. The CD is not what I imagined. The band also mentioned while they were writing the songs that the CD had a completely different sound than its predecessor. Panic.. I'm very disappointed. Other bands followed the same approach. Most recent, being Linkin Park with Minutes to Midnight, and The Killer's with Sam's Town. Some bands try to make the change less subtle like Fall Out Boy. Listen to Take This To Your Grave then to Infinity On High... You will see what I mean. However, back to the topic at hand. Pretty. Odd. The sound of the new album is mixed. It switches from alternative to classic rock to a 30's feel then it sounds like The Beatles. This kind of cross genre form of writing reminds me of The White Stripes. But, please Panic... let The White Stripes do it. I want the old Panic back.. Yeah the one with the ! I want Panic! at the Disco. Enough with the bashing tho. There are 2 songs I liked in the CD. One that many have heard, Nine in the Afternoon, and When the Day Met the Night. Give those two a try. Final grade? C. I'm giving the CD a C because it probably takes time for it to grow on you. Hopefully, it grows on me. Once again... Check out Eric Pribramsky's Radio Show.

GTA 4

I preordered Grand Theft Auto 4... and now it shall join my collection. Spring Break is going well... My sister is acting like a tool. Can't wait till Thursday. I have nothing to do today. I did all my homework? Wow.. break sucks. Kudos to Eric Pribramsky and his MonkeyBoyMadness Show.. I want all of you to check it out.. It's a great show. Eric and all his friends did a damn good job putting the shows together. It actually sounds like a real radio show (www.monkeyboymadness.com). Other than that shout out, I have an update to the whole vacation thing... Previously, I told people that I was going to be busy on Monday and Tuesday.. but my dad pushed that back Wednesday and Thursday... but I'm leaving early. We are staying in the Intercontinental in the city and go buy stuff.. Wooh! In the latest music biz scene, Panic at the Disco, previously known as Panic! at the Disco, is releasing a new cd tomorrow. I'm gonna get it and write a review on it either tomorrow or later this week. There is no progress on the band so far. I'm guessing it won't start until after break; nevertheless, I'm pumped for it. Everyone, keep it real, remember to check out Eric's Radio Show. And, stop by sometime this week.

Spring Break: The UIC Way. (no pics)

Nice way to start out Spring Break eh guys?.. Actually I'm looking forward for Thursday to come.. thats going to to be tight. A lot of my friends are going back to school today actually because they had break last week. Other than free time during break I have to do a lot of homework. Read 5 Chapters in Bio, and do online Chem homework... haha what a way to start it off. After this week, I have one month of school left. This year flew past like no other. It must have been the fastest school year I have ever had. I will have a lot of good and bad memories of this place. People I liked and disliked. Things I loved and hated. The 5 star UIC food. Not. But, Summer is right around the corner. You know what that means. Summer School! And work. But Im going to have morning classes and work early hours so I have the whole afternoon to myself. Plus, I have to figure out if I'm living in JST or TBH next year still... We shall see how it goes. Words of advice: Random shit happens, just go with the flow.

All Good Things End Sometime.

That's how it looks like right now... How homo is that? Anyways, I had a French test today.. I did aight. And, yesterday I went out with Khushbu, Omar, Siva, and Maithili.. and walked around Michigan Ave. I came back and found out that my dance crew, Kaba, lost America's Best Dance Crew... but oh well.. all good things end sometime. Much like the 50 degree weather.. and the fact that Freshman year will end in one month... time passes by quickly.

Let's See

Days till freedom I think as I look out the window. Classes are easing down since Spring Break is coming up in a couple of days. I only have a French Test coming up soon. I am planning to take a little break from mixing to focus on some of the band things that are going on. Mainly, it's just me writing songs. I have 5 written as of now. Some of which I'm not to happy about so they wouldn't make it in the end. As for the whole synth thing, I've been working on some tunes at home with my sisters Yamaha piano/synth and I have some ideas. Recently, I've been listening to Gnarls Barkley, Lupe Fiasco, The Postal Service, and Junkie XL. I really like the new Gnarls Barkley album The Odd Couple. I recommend the song Going On which I think is the 3rd track in the album. I'm still thinking about going to Lollapalooza with Sudeep and Roshan.. but from what I heard Daft Punk, Lupe Fiasco, and Muse are going to be in the show. and if all of them are in the same day that would be awesome. We will see how things turn out.

Back to Start

Going back to my online roots. I haven't blogged in a long while actually and I don't know how long I'll be on this. Nevertheless, it feels good to be back. My life is alright at the moment. Forgot to do Mandatory Fresh Advising but whatever. I've mixed a lot recently too.. I remixed a couple of The Postal Service songs. Brand New Colony being my favorite. Krystian won't be back for a while cause of his surgery... which sucks. But, I have the room to myself. wOOt. As far as the band thing goes.. Ryan said he has a synth which we will be using for now until Eric gets one. So basically we have two guitarists Eric and Ryan and synth and mixing is up to me. I think I'm gonna like this. And now for your enjoyment... Brad with a weed necklace.