Blog archives

A collection of all the nonsense I've posted to the internet over the past 25 years of my blog life

  • Tags! (and other news) posted - 5 comments

    Ok, so I have been working on "tagging" everything on my site sort of like flickr and gmail tags things. It's nicer for searching/browsing my site. For instance if I want to find a bunch of stuff about Kevi, I check out the Kevi tag or for skating I can check out the skating tag. I also made my tags page look sort of like flickr's popular tags page. The more of a certain item there is, the bigger the text... read more

  • Boom Boom Huck Birthday posted - 8 comments

    Ok, so as everyone has probably heard 100 times, my birthday is being stolen by my sister's wedding, which is sweet. However, Kari is doing a pretty freakin awesome job of making up for it. Last night she took me to Tony Hawk's Boom Boom Huck Jam. First of all Wells Fargo Arena just opened Tuesday, so this was the first event to come there... plus Kari got us 3rd row seats, basically right in the half pipe... read more

  • Ankeny Summerfest posted - 3 comments

    Man, this weekend was supposed to be so laid back, I was supposed to finish my shed, it was going to rule. But instead I really didn't to a whole lot. For some reason I got this urge to work derek.broox.com, which kept me up late every night. It's sort of lame because most of it isn't even visible for visitors, mostly just for ease of upkeep. I'm doing a lot of reorganizing, making the admin nicer, and writing some little scripts to tag EVERYTHING... read more

  • 4th of July and Steph's Fiesta posted - 2 comments

    Thursday my parents stopped by on their way to take bre'anna to texas. We hung out a bit, took the pocket bike for a spin, etc. Then friday we drove to cedar rapids, stayed with karis parents, and then finished the trip to Steph's graduation party Saturday. The Froelichs always put on a good party, this time they had a Mexican theme with a margarita machine, a mariachi band, a pinata, lots of great Mexican food (including mexican sushi rolls, heh). It was nice to see some people from college also... read more

  • Pocket Bike, Shed, Art, etc posted - 3 comments

    This weekend was different. Mainly because I had nothing to do, and even more mainly because Kari was out of town. What do you do when you have no plans and no girlfriend? You hang out with your single buddies. But then most of my single friends were out of town - Weak... read more

  • Wedding Site posted - 8 comments

    I made a little web site about our wedding so I don't have to answer the same questions 1,000,000 times. Check it out: www.broox.com/wedding read more

  • Tech N9ne, Rich's Birthday posted - 4 comments

    This weekend was pretty unproductive, but definitely had some good times. Friday I drove out to Rich's for his birthday, and to see Tech N9ne of course. It was nice to see everyone, mitch, rankin, ben (somehow there are never pics of ben), and tons of other peeps that I don't really know that well. So first was Tech N9ne at Quad City Live. We got in free because apparently we knew someone that did some work for the owners... read more

  • I'm still a Nerd (with mad building skills) posted - 6 comments

    Yeah so I haven't really written in a couple weeks - things have been crazy. Everyone's birthday is now so a lot of partying has been done. And outside of partying I've been working on the shed. I'm sort of getting tired of building it. Stupid shed... read more

  • Memorial Day Insanity posted - 7 comments

    This weekend was seriously insane. Kari and I got to go to our 2 favorite places in 1 weekend, Cornell and Chicago - Rule. So, friday night we showed up at Cornell and hung out with lots of friends before they graduate. Wingert even showed up, so needless to say we had to break Mt Vernon. Besides that it was nice to see everyone... read more

  • Kari got Jobz0red! posted - 13 comments

    If you didn't already know, Kari graduated from Cornell with a degree in elementary education and has been Nannying ever since. Not exactly in her field, but whatever - it's helped pay the bills. Yesterday she got offered a fulltime teaching job at a school in Colfax (~25 minutes away). Today she called and accepted. So once it goes through the school board and all that, things will rule... read more

  • I like my coffee black, just like my metal posted - 3 comments

    Man, I love good shows. And I know the show is good when I have to take my shirt off for the drive home due to it being covered in sweat (or faygo). So yeah, last night Kevi and I went to see Mindless Self Indulgence at Val Air. It's my second time seeing them live - and they are so good live. One thing that sucked was that there was a gate keeping the crowd from pushing all the way up to the stage... read more

  • Bloody Sheds and Cars posted - 2 comments

    Oh man, this weekend was pretty awesome for getting things done. My car has been running like hell lately, it's been really annoying. But Saturday I met this dude named TJ, who is 21 and has already owned 7 eclipses, helped me fix my car. He knows his stuff. His car is insane, he's getting under 12 second runs in his 92 eclipse... read more

  • Joshie, Kevi, Nikki, and Zatch posted - 2 comments

    omg. I'm so busy, it's retarded. Like, it is seriously bringing me down like mad... and now that all my friends are moving here/visiting, it makes it even harder. For the next 3 weeks I'm not hanging out with anyone, haha... read more

  • Shows, Shed, Mother's Day, Josh posted - 5 comments

    Ok so... Insanity lately. More to come. On top of being totally swamped at work, I've been crazy busy at night. Last week lots happened, Monday - The Show is the Rainbow at Vaudeville, then hanging out at the Lift... read more

  • Rapping and Skating A Dong posted - 2 comments

    Friday, Rich, and a kid from my H.S., Shawn Rankin, drove up for the Eightball and MJG concert. I wasn't going to go, because I've only heard a few of their songs... but by the time they got to my house I decided to go. Before the show, we all ate at Okoboji, where we saved some little kid from having a steak knife driven through his head. The show was at Val Air and was pretty awesome... read more

  • Sort of Here posted - 1 comment

    OK, I've spent most of tonight attempting to move broox.com onto my new server (which Kari's dad is generously providing). I'm hogging Harper's server so I really need to get this done. A lot of things are broken right now (especially email). But soon everything will be back. I hope. read more

  • Apartment, The Lift, iPods, Datebook posted - 4 comments

    What a weekend; we got so much done. Kari is finally out of her apartment, which rules. No more throwing $600 a month into nothing... well, not into an apartment anyway. Now we get to throw it into paying off debt - Weeeeee... read more

  • MC Chris posted - 9 comments

    Yesterday after work, Nick and I met Kevi to drive to Knickerbockers in Lincoln, NE. The trip was to see everyone's favorite "nerdcore/hip hop" artist, MC Chris. The show was supposed to start at 9, but that never happens, so we hung out at the bar, which is a pretty cool place. MC Chris' opener was a dude who went by "The Show is the Rainbow." He did his sound test/setup after we got there, which included setting up a PC, projector, and a sheet - haha. Anyway, this dude was crazy... read more

  • Mt Vernon, Theta Formal, and Aeon Grey posted - 6 comments

    Last Friday started out so so lame, but then after driving to Ames and Mt Vernon, things got much more fun. First of all we brought Elizabeth a birthday cake with a little chub in it. Then we all celebrated her birthday. It was fun, I drank ecto cooler out of a boot and met Elizabeth's "brother" John, who was awesome. Later we ran around town, saw friends, goofed off, hung out with a spanish professor, etc... read more

  • Ryan Dunn's Rock Tour posted - 5 comments

    In my last article I talked about wanting to go to Ryan Dunn's Rock Tour with Kevi. You know, the show that was supposed to have The Alter Boys and Disengage playing, and be hosted by the cast of Viva la Bam (mainly Dunn, Phil, April, Raab, Rake, and di'Camillo). These MTV heads were actually coming to Des Moines, IA. Weird. So yesterday I shaved my goatee, threw on my "not bam" shirt and some glasses and went to Kevi's house... read more