aural memories

I am flipping through my itunes library and I realized that I have a lot of music that I haven't listened to in a long time, so I started playing select songs from different parts of my life.

for me, song memories are second only to smell memories.

I am in my geo metro, or my other geo metro, or in my condo in ct, or in the subway, or in my apartment, or in a theater, or in my dorm, or my bedroom, or my old ipod, or my tape player, cd player, waking me up before work, on the ride to school, in russia, with someone, missing someone, longing for someone, dancing, romancing, drinking, headbanging in 7th grade, whatever...

sometimes I try not to create connections with songs, but it usually happens anyway.

say, for instance, the song "alive" by pearl jam. one of the better rock songs of all time. I was listening to that on my bicycle on my way home from school the day I found out my grandmother died. Those two things will always be tied together.

Then there are also the disks that make me feel safe and sleepy. I use these when I travel, it settles me and makes me happy when everyone else seems stressed.

but most of all my songs are people in locations in specific moments in time, and that's sort of how I like to remember things... now, how to document it...

whew.

I'm in overdrive.

I will tell you about it, and I wanted to, too... but I haven't been at my computer long enough to post, it's been amazing.

anyway, right now I am in north carolina waiting on a plane to vegas then to LA... us airways was a bit late and I needed a new connection. on the good travel side, I called travelocity and they rebooked my car with a different company because my company wouldn't have been open. I have been constantly impressed with travelocity.

wish me luck.

new format

this will be changing, of course, but I am starting anew with the google/blogger combo.

I am working on the play - getting insurance, rights, space approved, creating an LLC and bank account and credit account, and casting it. hopefully to be done in the two days before I go back to NYC.

The video may be up on the home page of NBC so we have to do some paperwork with releases and the like before their lawyers will let it be put up.

things are movin'.

this is why I'm hot.

photos here.

nyla

there are many differences between ny and la. I may expound over these during the next few months.

first, my friends... I realized most of my friends in ny are in relationships, and enjoy it. My friends here - single, even if they aren't, they have definitely hooked up with a lot of people. It's nice and friendly, like highschool.

god bless you, mr vonnegut.

my favorite author passes away. I met him once.

busy.

we're done shooting a music video, now I just have to continue with the paperwork. I'll let you know when the video is done with the editing.

first day

I have only been to one party and one video shoot so far... I'm sure things will pick up soon.

online personalities

where I have signed up and can log in with a password.

blogger
flickr
myspace
friendster
facebook
virb
nytimes
onion
match
eharmony
lightstalkers
photoshelter
model mayhem
aim
yahoo
yahoo
google
tomorrowmourning
chadnicholsonphotography
chadrnicholson
crnphoto
conncoll
apple
itunes
ebay
amazon
bank1
bank2
bank3
amex
visa
mastercard
imdb
digg
sprint
paypal
wikipedia
travelocity
staples
all major airlines

... and those are the 40 I can remember and I still need to join frickin' twitter and linkedin.

I take off in 6 hours - good use of time, chad.

Sublet my room

April 7th to the end or middle of July.

Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NYC

Private, furnished, 12' x 16' master bedroom and a attached full bathroom, queen sized bed, large window, and hardwood floors.

Located in a 3 bedroom, 2 full baths Apt.

Apartment includes:

* foyer office area with available 20 inch iMac
* Spacious, bright, clean, kitchen
* Enormous, sunny, luxurious, living room; complete with 36-inch flat screen HDTV, DVD, Digital Cable, and DVR
* Wireless cable Internet
* Quiet back porch
* Two young, female, artistic, quirky, friendly, clean, often absent roommates

Surrounding Area:

* Easy access to the G train at Nassau
* Pleasant walk to the L train at the Bedford stop
* Walking distance to a Supermarket and Laundromat
* Many unique stores and restaurants
* Wide selection of deliverable cuisines
* Blocks from multiple parks
* Extremely convenient parking
* Neighborhood feeling

$950 per month (or $1100 for a couple) all inclusive.

lost

is silly and boring. I want to stop watching, but I can't.

other news, the tickets are booked and apartments are being hunted.

I would love a subleter for my brooklyn place. may - june - july.

about that....

yeah, not going to motorcycle across the country. That's just silly.

still doin' all the other stuff, though.

Schedule

April 7 - 20 = LA
April 21 - 29 = NYC
April 30 - May 31 = LA
June 1 - 6 = MN
June 7 - 11 = NYC
June 12 - 25 = LA
June 26 - July 3 = Road
July 4 - 6 = MN
July 7 - 14 = Alaska
July 15 - 31 = Road
August 1 - ? = NYC

bizarro

bizarro chad thought it would be a good idea to only eat a salad and drink A LOT of burbon last night.

it was not a good idea.

bizarro chad should be barred from communication with other humans at that point.

sigh.

two wheels

my vespa, purple rain, is still under a cover because I don't have a license yet, so I have been riding my bike around town. I try to ride every day, I didn't today - oops. In the past week I have been hit and kicked a car.

don't worry they didn't even knock me down, but they did drive away, it was a nice hit and run.

I DID, however, watch cycling on TV today, that's cool, right? And then I bought some bike clothes... that counts as riding, right?

anyway, I'm going to do some play makin' stuff now.

OK, I'm Back.

And this isn't even an april fools joke, I promise.

blog gear shift - I'm making "I Copy That" to be more based on my projects and travels... and of course those other things thrown in. This is to keep me accountable... even if it is only to the empty tubes of the internet.

So, what I am working on now? you may ask...

1) A play I am producing in LA May - July.
a) I have to get the rights
i) letter should be sent by monday
b) I have to make everything OK with equity
c) I have to trademark our name and "slogan"

2) I am thinking of buying a motorcycle to use in LA and then driving it back across the country. Stopping in MN for the Fourth and then taking a Nicholson Family Trip to Alaska. I will then continue with my trip across the country. After the trip there should only be 2 states left for me to visit, Oklahoma and West Virginia.

I will be visiting whoever (or is it whomever...) I can, and taking photos along the way. I do need a theme, though. Sunsets, roads, animals, signs, backroads.... I don't know.

I am making up rules as I think more on it - like smaller roads are better roads, only travel in daylight, only ride 6-8 hours a day, and things like that.

that reminds me -

3) get a motorcycle license.


I'm going to try to write daily, let's see how this works.

heart,

chad

yup, I'm puttin' er down...

ok, I'll just put her to sleep - my blog that is.

I have not been writing, nor do I expect anyone to check here anymore, so, until "i copy that" is re-imagined, don't worry about lil' ol' me.

If you want to know what I do, watch my flickr site.

cheers,

chad

Renting time again...

come live with me.

you can tell me to blog more, I'll listen.


$850 Bedroom in Exceptional Apartment

Private room with a good closet, large window, and hardwood floors.

Located in a 3 bedroom, 2 full baths Apt.

Apartment includes:

* Inviting foyer and sitting room
* Spacious, bright, clean, kitchen
* Enormous, sunny, luxurious, living room; complete with 36-inch flat panel HD TV, DVD, Digital Cable, surround sound, couches, plants and artwork.
* Wireless Cable Internet
* Quiet back porch
* Two young, artistic, professional, quirky, friendly, clean roommates, (One Male and One Female)
* Air-conditioning

-Optional Bed and frame, dresser

Surrounding Area:

* Up-and-coming Greenpoint, Brooklyn
* Easy access to the G train at Nassau
* Pleasant walk to the L train at the Bedford stop
* Walking distance to a Supermarket and Laundromat
* Many unique stores and restaurants
* Wide selection of deliverable cuisines
* Blocks from multiple parks
* Extremely convenient parking
* Neighborhood feeling

Pictures - http://flickr.com/photos/icopythat/sets/46215/ (I'll put some newer shots up tomorrow, but this gives the feeling)

At least 6 month stay. Available January 1st.

$850

Please respond with a brief self-description, be creative and honest.

ok, so I am really bad at this blogging thing lately.

I figure the only people left reading, are those that automatically click my link, family members, or people who are google-stalking me.

welcome google-stalkers, don't be ashamed... hopefully you have an unending crush on me and will soon find my home address and send me gifts.

as for the rest of you, I appologize once again. I have many a blog post in my head... and I may just write them soon.

maybe.

but only if you ask nicely.

in the meantime - I did this.

I REALLY don't believe that islam is a religon of evil...

A couple friends of mine work for Minnesota Congressman elect Keith Ellison. He is the first Muslim to be elected to congress.

I watched the Daily Show just now and saw an idiot interview him. My new favorite "journalist" (quotes included) is Glenn Beck. Please watch this embarrassing short clip.



oh, oh, oh - don't worry about Iraq, Glenn has looked into the good side of the things that have happened in Iraq - amazing. "Virtually no one had even HEARD of a cell phone..." amazing.



thank you for telling us the REAL story in two minutes and 40 seconds.

Good Sister, Bad Brother.

Once upon a time, my sister came out to visit me at college. This was before cell phones were widely accepted. I was told when she was coming by my mother. Somehow I got the date and time PM and AM messed up... don't know where the fault was, doesn't matter.

I went to a cast party. I got home, late, but still early enough so that I could get some sleep to pick up my sister in the morning. on my answering machine I found a few frantic messages from my mother and sister. She had been waiting for many hours at the airport.

Yesterday was my sister's birthday. I had planned an internet blitz - a full onslaught of birthday wishes. I wanted it to be in the middle of the day. I took a nap. I forgot.

My sister is a great human, and even better sister. I'm sorry for late birthday wishes, Pondie. Please forgive me.

Happy Birthday.

Year Two.

This marks the secondy year of my bloggerdy. (here is the first)

whew.

shall we go back in time? we shall.

At this point in time last year I was in Argentina and then Paraguay with my brother. Whoh, it was back then that I realized I wanted to be a photojournalist... weird.

Tookie died and I shot Ashcroft.

I had a really good weekend, full of photos, fun, and a girl that didn't work out.

I was annoyed by things. including the Metro Strike.

I went home for Christmas.

There was new years and the immediate trip to hawwaii in my tux.

I bought my baby.

People took their pants off in the subway. and all of the traffic that happened after.

I realized I was from brooklyn.

I told you what some of my friends on my side bar are and how I know them and so on.

I made the switch for most of my internet names from seanich to icopythat.

I had jury duty.

I went on a bachelor party to Las Vegas... and I can't tell you anything.

I went to italy and some other places.

I had to clean out/kick out our cute but severely depressed roommate.

best buy.

I went to my brother's prom.

June was nice, and easy... june was a good month full of jobs and games. July was not as cool.

August... August was a blur. there was the spear dance party and midnight madness and office pirate shooting. And the wedding - which I don't even have a post about... weird.

In september I went to LA, and it seems I took more photos than wrote. But I did write a bit about my photography.

I went to the ... life changing... ? ... Eddie Addams Workshop. I only use the question mark because it hasn't been very long yet, but I feel like I learned more in one weekend than I could have in a year of grad school.

I thought I would write a novel this month, but I didn't. I did have a little internet fame, though.

Right now I am getting over a cold during the rain (6 out of the last 7 days) writing on my new powerbook.

There is a lot of stuff I want to do over this next year. I'll let you know when it happens. I'll try to write more of it down too, it seems that I just take a lot of pictures and use that as my visual diary. So, keep checking flickr too, and I'll make sure that you are up to date.

Internet Famous

every now and then I get a little internet fame. My friend Brian sent one of my photos and stories from flickr to a site called Digg. now, this is my first digg experience, but it seems that a lot of people read this page. A lot of readers mean a lot of comments.

Internet bulletin boards are hilarious. This is the best one I have been to because you don't actually have to sift through all of the idiots to get some good points and conversations - as you are reading you can vote on the comments, essentially hiding the dumb ones. You can change your reading preferences and and the comments that enough other people have voted for will change what you read.

anyway, as of right now, 27,406 people have viewed the photograph. (it goes up by about 200 every 5 minutes.)

Here is the photo page.

Here is the digg page.

enjoy, post an angry comment if you like. Mostly one hating me would be the best. I'm easy to hate.

I feel like crying...

Thats how fast my new computer is.

it runs aperture faster than my desktop.

it has one of those video camera iSight thingies. (seanich) on IM for those of you who are interested... I don't usually go on it anymore, but I may again.

I'm selling the old one, I don't know for how much yet.

I'm doing it this year. seriously.

I'm going for the novel again this year... I think the trip to argentina slowed me down a bit last year - by "bit" I mean "to a painful, grinding halt".

"National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30."

what this also reminds me is that it has been two years of blogging soon. Man, I'm old.

The problems I encountered before- I am not a good writer... no, that's not fair... I'm... not... "good". no, that didn't come out well either...

I do not develop good characters.

there we go.

I am more of a Vonnegutish style writer, so I am going to write like that... by "that" I mean, "any damn way I feel". I am just going to try and get the words out and then see what happens

So, this year it is going to start off with a series of observations - because I do that well. I observe. I punctuate how I think> maybe I'll even start making up some of my own+

{interesting}

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moving on (I have to figure out how to separate my thoughts... a line? a star? number? ... I am very form orientated)> I am going to dork out here for a second>

I love the new feature in firefox that checks the spelling as you type in a web browser - as I am typing now there is a red line under "vonnugutish" and "firefox". if I "ctrl+click" on the word I am given spelling options. loutishness's and Firefox are the first options, respectively.

this is a god send for poor spellers like myself. Maybe I'll show you my childhood tests someday.

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(that's sort of classy and not used very often... maybe that is a good separater (I don't think "separater" is a word... my firefox spell check doesn't think so.))

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apple came up with a new upgrade for its professional photography software, aperture. it fixes a bunch of things, like the file storage problem I was having. it's a lot of work, but I finally may have all of my photos in one place and immediately searchable.

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I am getting a new computer. anyone want this one? It's really good, it just doesn't run aperture> and I need it to run it when I am on the road or in "the field". So, I am upgrading to the brand spankin' new MacBookPro. It came out (and I bought it) on tuesday. it comes next week.

weeee!

I don't think people who buy Dells get this excited.

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This was my stretching for writing... I may make it this year. 462 words.