come for the music...

2 down...

2008-04-30T23:36:24Z

I had my last cigarette exactly a year ago today. Katie and I started dating exactly 3 years ago yesterday. Damn, time flies when you're having fun yo...

Anyway, the semester is slowly coming to an end and thank JESUS! This one's been pretty hard, between organic chem and all those philosophy papers I felt like I was going to explode sometimes. I'm pretty excited for next semester though. It should be plenty of work, but hopefully not nearly as rough as this semester. I'm taking:

- Development across the lifespan
- Organic chemistry II
- Themes in biology
- Design & analysis in psychology

During the summer coming up I'm doing cancer research at St. Vincent's Hospital in NYC. I'm going to be analyzing cancerous tissue for genetic biomarkers that can be used to detect and diagnose pancreatic cancer early... and getting 4 credits at TCNJ for it. I went into the city to meet the guy I'll be working with and it seems like it'll be a lot of fun and an overall good experience for me.

In august I'm going to North Carolina with my family, a few family friends, and katie. I can't wait for that, I love getting wasted on the beach and in the swimming pool after dusk. Thats the only thing the shores good for... getting wasted and doing things like fishing off the pier and walking on the beach with katie pies. I think I'm going on vacation with her somewhere in the summer also... possibly Aruba, which would be awesome because ive never been there!

I'm also going to be starting a cover band with Berman. Hopefully we have a lot of fun with that. There's talk about a D@B show coming up too, I think we're all more than ready to get together one last time and just play our hearts out. I heard jeph's in italy, maybe we can have a song in italian or something.

I can't believe junior year of college is coming so soon. I feel like it's too soon to be half over, but at the same time it feels good to be just a little closer to graduation. I'll be taking the MCAT next spring, ahHhhh!! Oh, and I'm pretty sure I'll be picking up a minor in philosophy somewhere along the line

I'm going with my dad to a concert in August... Ratdog is opening for the Allman Brothers. Should be pretty fucking awesome!

Cant wait for summer...

Good luck with finals everyone!

ahh!!

2008-02-13T19:16:40Z

It's been a looooonnnng time since i've written in my LJ, damn, i sorta miss it. Anyway, I've decided to escape from my schoolwork for just a few minutes to keep things up to date here.

This school year has been pretty ausome so far. TCNJ is definitely a change from the big apple, but I just love going to school here and it's a change for the better I think. The work here is pretty hard sometimes, but I manage to do it all and have fun at the same time... hell yeah. This semester I've got Biopsychology (reallllly realllly cool, attention to all psych majors: take biopsych!), I've got Philosophy (its a pretty sick intro class, its honors which means a lot of work but its work thats usually fun doing), I've got Physics II (I love physics haha), and I've got Organic Chemistry I (ahhhHHhhhHhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!). I like TCNJ but I want to move back to New York again after college though, I just really like living there... maybe for grad school i think.

I saw my first surgery, up close and personal! Over winter break I went with my mom to her job (she's the manager of the pancreatic ctr. at St. Vincent's Hospital in the village, NYC) and because she's so friendly with everyone, all the doctors love her and they let me stand in the OR to watch some lady get her liver operated on, and some other lady have something done with her pancreas. It was about 5 hours in total of standing up watching, but it was so cool!! I think that job is definitely for me. I actaully might have a summer internship there and all, here's hoping.

Over the winter break katie and I saw kim for christmas and stuff. It was so awesome to see her and hangout with her again, I can't wait until she comes back for good. She graduates highschool this month or next month I think depending on how long it takes her to finish the rest of her Sr. year's school work... Go kim!

I made wine. Three weeks ago, my roommate and I mixed sugar, yeast, smashed grapes, and water into a big gallon water jug and let it sit under my bed to ferment. Last night we took it out, bottled it, and we ended up with about 3 and 3/4 bottles so we drank the rest of the last one and let friends try it and stuff. The other 3 still need some time sit and robust, but give it another 2 weeks or so and it's going to be sooo good haha. It actually tasted a lot like wine you'd buy at a store, and it was reaaallllly alcoholic too which was pretty cool.

I'm coming home for the weekend to relax.

The time has come for me to begin working on my TWO philosophy papers due tomorrow (did I say I work in that class was usually fun?? I take that back)

P.S. Good luck to the Wayne Hills FENCING team! I heard they're kicking ass this year

AHhh!!

2007-08-29T00:00:47Z

I figured out how to use my mailbox today... its weird. A combination lock with letters instead of numbers? lol

Write to:
Jim Barrecchia
Cromwell Hall Rm. 605
The College of New Jersey
2000 Pennington Rd.
Ewing, NJ 08628

!

2007-08-17T18:52:30Z

I got into the Honors Program at TCNJ!

The nostalgia that reading entries from the past brings is crazy man

!

AHhHh I'm selling my car!!!

2007-07-12T18:58:44Z

I'm selling my Jetta... any takers?!

Just plug in your iPod and go...

Call me at 201-981-5439 if you want it

$5,400

AHhhhhhhhH!!!!!

2007-07-07T05:58:23Z

Tonight was awesome, I needed it... I liked seeing everyone. Dance parties should definitely happen more often. I'm gonna miss dan's house when he finally moves

I smoked w33dz and it was sweet... I dropped Katie and Camillia off and listened to the Grateful Dead on the way home

Tomorrow I have work all day!! ahhh!HH!!!!

Happy Birthday Kendall!!!!

TCNJ

2007-06-20T13:26:03Z

So, besides that I have work every day, this summer has been awesome so far. But working gives me money so It's all cool...

I went to TCNJ Monday for my orientation and to register for classes. I love that place...

PSY 121 Methods and Tools of Psychology
PSY 212 BioPsychology
PHY 201 Physics I
PHY 201 Physics I Lab

I need one more class and I don't know what I wanna take! ahHhh!!

The people at V-Dub FUCKED with me yesterday. I brought my car in because I lost my clutch while driving for no apparent reason and yesterday they told me I needed a new transmission, which would be a few K in parts and labor... even with my discount I'd have to end up junking my car because it wouldn't be worth it....

then they told me they were kidding and it would be about $10 for some bushing that came loose, and the guy fixed it for free... The whole shop played along and it was HILARIOUS... not. But I guess that's how a practical joke is supposed to work, right?

Clocks...

2007-05-23T03:21:14Z

My mom's boyfriend is moving into my house and this past weekend we brought a whole bunch of his stuff over, like this awesome rug, a really cool lamp, and a whole bunch of grandfather clocks...

Have you ever heard the intro to the song "Time" by Pink Floyd? Thats what my house is like ON THE TOP OF EVERY HOUR its AUSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hell yeah nigre...

2007-05-18T02:54:38Z

So I went and passed my tests for my motorcycle permit and got it validated today, so hopefully I'll start practicing soon and take my road test in about a month or so... this is pretty exciting lol

Anyway, summer has been really cool so far. I work at Volkswagen and it's sweet; I got my oil changed for 5 dollars today, score! Work is really fun: I'm a valet and I just drive cars around for people (and clean up the garage at the end of the day but whatev, yo)... the people there are so chill and i'm not treated like crap by customers like I was at quiznos or CSI.

1 down, 7 to go...

2007-05-11T02:04:46Z

Well, this is the last time I'm going to fall asleep in NYC for a really long time. I'm definitely going to miss it, but I think I'll be happier at TCNJ come the fall.

I'll be back to visit old buddy, don't you worry

My first year of college went by super fast and I realize I'm always learning something new about myself; growing up is a really interesting thing. Tomorrow is my last day here and then I'm signing out and coming home to Wayne. I'm working pretty much every day, but I really believe this summer is going to be great... Catch' ya all on the flip side.

As Jeph would say: Columbia PWND me!

Got Done

2007-03-13T22:01:11Z

Yesterday was Russo's birthday!

congratulations Santo, be safe in your piece

+ 365 days = ????

R.I.P. Fava

2007-02-07T03:29:55Z

Steve Fava

I remember how scared I was the first day of sixth grade; I barely knew anyone in any of my classes, and it seemed like it was just going to be like that forever. You know that sense of lonliness you get when it seems like everyone else has their own friends, and their own cliques, and even though noone necessarily hates you, it just seems like you have to try a whole lot harder than anyone else to feel accepted? I don't know, maybe that was just me. Anyway, that feeling lasted until lunch, when we were all herded like cattle into that big damn room and had to scatter to sit next to anyone we knew, anyone. Thats when I first met Fava, there, in the lunchroom. Him, Kevin Coppola, Berman, Carmelo, and I (if I can remember correctly) all happened to sit together on that first day, and from the minute I began to become friendly with the kid I just knew the year wasn't going to suck nearly as bad as I thought. I'm not even going to describe how his enthusiam, humor, and just overall lighthearted-ness work together to just somehow make you feel like there's nothing to worry about; you would have had to witness it for yourself (the people who knew him know what I mean). He may had moved his lunch table since then, and I'm not even sure if he remembers that first day, but that just means he did someone a good deed without even realizing it.

I never really became close with Fava, but in highschool I smiled with joy whenever I found out he was in one of my classes, and I think everyone did. He made the day so much easier with his sense of humor and his sarcasm, and I was reminded often that maybe I was taking myself a little too seriously. Always willing to make others laugh at his very own expense, Fava was just a great kid, and I don't think there's any other way to put it.

This world is not fair, because if it was this would not have happened. Why Fava? What did he do to deserve this? I must have asked myself that about one hundred times today. Some things just seem so arbitrary, and it sucks because thats the way it works, and it's never going to change.

R.I.P. Fava, You'll Be Missed

P.S. I'll never forget the hours of fun duct-taping each others' locks shut provided our 1st period computer class with ;)

jimmyb187 @ 2007-02-02T19:00:00

2007-02-03T00:04:36Z

There's just something awesome about the right lane.

May I inquire discretely? When are you free to take some tea with me?

2007-01-09T08:20:26Z

I've totally waited FOREVER to get my semester grades, the last one just came in today haha

Psychology I - A World War II - A- Computing - A Criminal Justice - A University 101 - PASS GPA 3.87 Cr. 17

damn, yo

"buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo."

My favorite gramatically correct sentence in the WORLD! ^^

By the way, Christmas was awesome and so was New Years, but I'm sort of ready for school to start again, and I obviously need to party more this semester... I love The BeerPong Colosseum; Jeph, make my bed please?

I miss my brother i think

Christmas!

2006-12-26T06:24:22Z

Merry Christmas!
This christmas was really cool! I'm so excited for the rest of my break...

Russo and I have started a band, Gordon Shumway - Check us out!

HOLY CRAP!

2006-12-05T05:09:05Z

So yeah, my dad and my stepmom are getting divorced!!!!! I've been waiting for this day all of my life!! (since 7th grade when they got married) Maybe my dad will stop being a dick

I was thinking about cancelling my relationship with my stepsister on facebook lol

Thanksgiving Break

2006-11-27T07:42:21Z

This Thanksgiving Break was Ausome!!!

i cant wait until im home for the whole winter! and i cant wait to go to Druggles on friday!!

What we do at night

2006-11-18T09:40:26Z

Spring Schedule

2006-11-17T18:33:50Z

Siqqq!!!!!

I just made my schedule for next semester and i got all of the classes i wanted: except for WS 210A Wobbly Balls: Innovations and Design in Wobbly Balls:

BIO 101 - General Biology I
CHE 111 - General Chemistry I
PSY 111 - Introduction to Psychology II
SOC 114 - Criminology
CRJ 305 - Criminal Law

volunteering kicks ass by the way, i feel so good about myself

NYDH

2006-11-14T22:21:36Z

Omgz I'm a good samaritan!!!

SIQQQ!!!!

CLMI

2006-10-29T02:48:43Z

Hey Jeph, happy birthday (party!!) Sorry I didn't get to go, I heard it was Ausome though!

Anyway, I came to Pennsylvania with my mom and little brother for the weekend and we're visiting Brian at Carson Long Military Institute. We're at the Hilton right now and they have wireless its so sw33t haha

He's like rambo and I can't believe he's Valedictorian haha

I'm doing so well in school I love it, I got a 93% on my Criminal Justice midterm damn yo haha

jimmyb187 @ 2006-10-18T10:48:00

2006-10-18T15:26:24Z

College is going really well for me so far, I find myself becoming more accustomed to the city every day I'm here. I came home a few times since I got here, which was really cool; coming here for a day once in a while when i lived in wayne was awesome, but now that im always in the middle of confusion here its nice to take a break once in a while. My Uncle chris is coming to NJ this weekend and im pretty excited to see him. And, I'm going to visit brian at Carson Long in Pennsylvania next weekend. He has the highest combined average in the school hahahahahahahaha! WTF?!

^Brian in 10 years^

I got a perfect score on my Psych test! my midterm is on Monday and im so confident! :)

Today in class(we were going over the answers on the test taking turns reading aloud):

Hou (this really foreign chinese kid; struggling to speak):
"Wheech...brain...hemi....hemis....puh..ff...fffuurrrr....mmm.....Wheech brain..."

Dr. Gruberg:
"Hou, I'm gonna let someone else read, ok? I'll let you read the next question in mandarin."

haha I love college so much. I joined Student Government (They're doing the elections for Pres and VP today i think), and I'm on the Pace SGA Constitution Committee: What we do is basically accept all constituions from Pace clubs and organizations, review the documents to make sure they're all fair and legal, and then either Accept or Deny them. Theres about 5 or 6 of us on the Committee and I think it should be pretty sw33t.

I'm starting my Internship at the New York Downtown Hospital as soon as I complete my physical and shizz. I'm going to work in the lab with blood samples and stuff most likely. I gotta do atleast 100 hours of service before they'll give me credit and write recommendation letters and stuff, but its so worth it i think.

My roommate is pretty sweet and I get along with him really well. I wish he would stop skipping class so he doesn't get kicked out of school, or else he won't be my roommate anymore ahhHhHHhh!!!!!

jimmyb187 @ 2006-09-25T01:00:00

2006-09-25T05:10:48Z

I would try to get some sleep right now for class tomorrow, but instead I'm being graced with the pleasant melody of a jackhammer tearing apart the sidewalk on the street below for construction. I'ts 1:00am!!.... do you know where your children are?

I Swear, Only in New York City!

ahhhhHHhh!!!

ahhhh!!!!

2006-09-08T03:45:50Z

Well, I didn't have class today, so I decided to roam around. I woke up, finished mailing some letters, and then went to the post office to buy some extra stamps. The Post Office is HUGE!!!! They have this american flag in there that was flown for the last time on September 11th, 2001, on top of the post office building.

I have this project due in 2 weeks where I have to go to Central Park, find something, and write what I know about it. It has to be a monument, but thats no problem, there are hundreds of them in Central Park! I had plans to hang out with alexa today and go to lunch with her but her class got moved to a different time, so i decided i'd do my project.

So, naturally I procrastinate and go to the American Museum of Natural History and then take a walk! What the hell, the museum was free anyway: (Sorry about the Video Game-Like pictures, i used my camera phone haha)

The museum is HUGE!!! ahh!!

They had some awesome replicas of all sorts of animals and stuff. I didn't want to be there for 6 days so i only went by the ocean life, north american mammals, african mammals, and dinosaurs.

Then I went for my walk into Central park and came across a monument that I thought was fitting for my essay. I'ts called the Belvedere Tower and it houses something called the "New York Meteorological Observatory." The tower is now apparently owned by the United States Weather Bureau. I don't know what they really do with this thing, but there sure were a lot of people up there watching all kinds of birds.

When I went in the tower there was a lady cleaning a turtle tank, so i asked her if she could hold the turtle for me while i took a picture of it

A path through central park

This is the plaque on a wall of the Belvedere Tower

After i was finished taking notes and stuff, I went to the nearby Dakota.

Its a really freeekin big hotel

I asked the door man if he knew exactly where John Lennon was shot, and he pointed me to the dreaded chunk of sidewalk :(

I asked the guy where the shrine for Lennon was and he pointed me back into Central Park...

"IMAGINE"

Before I left Strawberry Fields i asked this guy rolling a cigarette and drinking beer if i could take a picture of him, and he told me it would cost me $20! Fuck that! haha

I finally figured out which subways to take and exactly where to walk to come above ground right outside the entrance of Pace!

I was so hungry when I got back home. I like saying that...."home." I think i'm really getting used to this fast-paced life here :)

just now the fire alarm rang and there was a FIRE DRILL!!!! We all had to stand outside across the street for like 20 minutes, so i took a picture of Maria's Tower (im on the 9th floor), but its really blurry haha

I have to wake up for class tomorrow, i have CRIMINAL JUSTICE!!
and i think it'll be really cool!

I miss you guys, come visit me!

jimmyb187 @ 2006-09-06T11:41:00

2006-09-06T15:54:40Z

Today I had my first college class!!! Psychology!! Its a lot of reading but I think im going to love it and the teacher seems pretty awesome. He's old like oreilly and reminds me of her so much haha

I got back to my dorm after class to type up and print out my dates for the class, but when I tried to print the page, THIS came out of my printer:

Anyway, I have class at 1:25 and another one at 3:30, I hope I like them!

I hope everyone had an awesome first day at hills!!!!!

I'm putting pictues of people up on my wall in my dorm, leave me a comment and ill put you up there so you can look out at the city whenever you want!! :)