J is for John

Happy New Year, friends. I hope 2010 is your best year ever.

Love,
Me

Day 294 – 10/22/09 – Don’t talk to me., originally uploaded by nickmickolas.

Day 294 – Seriously. Don’t.

Day 292 – 10/20/09 – ;3qkhe023e ;jffhaerv0, originally uploaded by nickmickolas.

Day 292 – Technically, it’s tomorrow. I’m beat.

So, without going into any detail. I’ve hit a wall. Not with my car or anything, but with a million other things. There’s burning the candle at both ends, and then there’s burning the candle with a volcano. I’m doing the latter at the moment in various aspects of my life and to be honest, I could really use a nap, or some coffee, or both.

I still need to catch up with my trip from Ireland. I stared a journal when I was there, but never had the downtime to spend with it. For a majority of the trip I was sick. Not go-to-the-doctor sick, just sick enough to feel like crud and worn out pretty much all the time. There was one night on Innis Mor, we had just had a fantastic guided tour of the island, thanks to John our driver and we were walking around the port when my body just said, “I’m done.”

I headed back to the hostel and passed out for about 2 hours. Here I was, in one of the prettiest places I’d ever been with some amazing folks taking the same life journey. My heart was singing, my eyes were wide open, my soul was soaring, but my physical body was having none of it.

That’s where I am today. I need a nap… of maybe I need to go back to Ireland. It’s been a month since I’ve seen a castle. I mean, that’s probably all it is. Lack-of-castle-itis.

Hey all, it’s been a while since I’ve updated, but I’m committed to using the blog over the next 8 days to document my trip to Ireland. I fly out tonight, and I’m back next weekend. It’s been 4 years since I was there, and I can’t wait to plant my feet on Irish soil again.

Here’s the road map for the trip.

12/23/2008 – Greetings friends, not much to tell here. I’m heading down to Florida for a few days before the year closes out. I’ve got a cool show coming up this Saturday at the The Emerald Bar. It’s the return of Dank. Also, on 1/7 I’ll be playing a fun solo show at the Flicker Bar and Theater in Athens with Bain Mattox and Mary O. Harrison. Have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year. I’ll check in at the top of the year. This website is due for a complete redesign. Maybe the next time you drop by things will look a little different.

11/27/2008 – Happy Thanksgiving!

11/25/2008 – Hey gang, there’s some great shows that we’re booking. Check out all the upcoming dates, maybe one is close to your smiling face. It would be so nice to see you.

11/12/2008 – Hey folks, the holiday’s are coming up so quickly that I wanted to let you know about a new show that I just booked down in St. Petersburg on Friday, November 28th at The Globe Coffee Lounge for Hugh vs. Hugo’s art opening. I’ll post more details as I get them. Hope to see all my Florida friends very soon!

Played a fun couple of shows last week. Last Thursday I played with Mary O. Harrison and the Tiny Tears at Flicker Bar and Theater in Athens with Casper and the Cookies and Keith John Adams. We had a fun show and all the bands were fantastic! On Friday I played with the Good Graces at Java Monkey with Lindsey Appel. It was rainy and chilly, but it made for a fun evening and a cozy crowd under the outside covering. After the show we headed over to The EARL and caught a fantastic, fantastic, fantastic show by Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s. They just blew me away, again.

11/3/2008 – This year is going by so quikcly it’s crazy! It seems like it just started and here it is November already. The last few weeks have kept me pretty busy. I had another recording session with The Low Days. I’ve got most of the music done, and now I’m working on some ear-candy overdubs and some vocals. (Photos)

On October 21st I played a fun show at the Sweetwater Brewery to benefit FitWit. I played outside on a fantastic evening and the free beer was flowing! (Photos)

This last weekend Liz and I headed up to Minneapolis to visit family and friends and I got blow away blown away by the guitars at Willie’s American Guitars! (photos coming soon)

This week is going to be a busy one for me, I’ve got two shows, one on Thursday night with Mary O Harrison at the Flicker Bar and Theater in Athens, and on Friday night the Good Graces are playing at Java Monkey in Decatur. Check the show listings for all the details. Hope to see you out at one of the shows!