Tall as Brian

I met Brian in college. He stayed in the dorms a few rooms down from me. Brian's dorm room, which he shared with a Puerto Rican culinary student named Chadwick, became one of the hangout hubs for our social clique. The reason for this could be because he had the biggest television or maybe it was because he had all the best gaming consoles or a horde of Playboys and comics under his bed, but I like to believe we hung out with Brian because he was such a cool guy. Brian is from Nebraska. He is the only person I've ever met from Nebraska. I guess it's an okay place, but he never moved back there after college, so who knows. I'm not sure what Brian does nowadays, but by looking at his facebook photos, it looks like the party still can be found in his vicinity.

Michael

Michael is one of Claudine's cousins. I think he is a great guy and an awesome father to his two kids. He is one of the warmest and kind hearted individuals I've come across. This year has been a tough one for him, but he has shown strength I truly admire and hope to match when I am faced with trying adversities. I've learned that Michael is the glue that keeps the extended parts of Claudine's family bonded together. I think there are special rewards for people like him. Without a doubt one of those rewards is being featured as today's Post-it Note, facebook Friend Sketch-of-the-day.

Leeman

There is a chance than Rodney is certifiable. He is another friend I met the internet. In his case, I don't know exactly where the line between man and online persona is drawn, but I'd assume its drawn lightly. Almost everything he types is inflamitory, but his observations are often times frighteningly convincing. If I turned on the television and saw Fox News Alert about him, it wouldn't surprise me. He is today's sketch because work today has been just a little bit crazy, just like Rodney.

Player 2

Besides friends, I have a couple of relatives on facebook. One of them is Douglas. He is my younger brother, the middle of three. I think he has done pretty well for himself. It can't be easy with my success constantly shadowing over him. It's precious to see him, like a toddler tagging along behind and adult, striding as far as his abilities can take him in order to keep up with me. Right now he is in the West Indies at a medical school that no one knows about on an island that no one has ever heard of. He has always wanted to be a doctor and I respect his dedication to that dream. Many times I have tried to talk him into giving up on it, but he doesn't listen to me. I hope he succeeds. I'd hate for him to look back at his life when he is an old man and regret that his only shining moment was the time that he was the Nick's facebook friends, Post-it note Sketch-of-the-Day.

Dink

I know Danielle because she works with Claudine. She is married to Eddie and they live in Indiana.

Serenity

Back before social networking became the norm and even farther back than blogs there were internet message boards. There are a few still around today, but they are nothing like they use to be. I guess it was around 1999 when I first started hanging around online at a handful of various message boards. I met some people on them that I am still very good friends with to this day. I'm not super good friends with Justin anymore, but he will always be one of my favorite peeps. He filled the internet full of mischief and mayhem back when everybody was still getting use to the way the online world worked. He could work miracles with just a little personal information and an AIM username. He probably took a bunch of credit for stuff he never actually did, but that was part of his craft as well. I think he was one of the original internet trolls. Sometimes I long for the old days. Back before facebook when the internet was rough and rugged and chugged along at 56kps. Of course if there was no facebook, there would be no Nick's Facebook Friend, Post-it note, Sketch-of-the-Day.

Double D

Last week I told you that of all my non-related friends on facebook, Sterling was the one I had known the longest, but that was not true. Back when I was a timid little toddler I met David in Kindergarten. We both attended a tiny little private school and were actually classmates all the way through the end of 8th grade. I remember hanging out with him at his house, which was out in the rural parts of our hometown. His family owned quite a bit of land which included a big lake which was good for swimming and other summer time activities. He had four-wheelers and I nearly killed myself on one riding down one of the dirt roads in between his home and the lake. Luckily the four-wheeler flipped back over onto its wheels and I came out from underneath unscathed. Because of my good fortune, I don't think he or his family ever knew about the accident. I just rode the thing back to his house, slowly this time, and parked it in the garage and went back to my youthful frolicking like nothing ever happened. Looking at David's facebook page, it would seem that he is now married. He isn't online much so I don't know much else about him. I just noticed that he is a fan of Marvel motion comics, so that's cool.

Nice hat Matt

Matt is a dear friend of mine. Gastronomically speaking, he is my Yoda. I think most people from the Chicago area are food centric, but Matt has become my own personal guru for all things yummy. Apart from food, he is a know-it-all about just about everything worth paying attention to. His opinions on most subjects range between blind hatred and total disgust. He meticulously finds flaws in and dislikes just about everything in his life except for his girlfriend, who I know little about except that she loves Matt and for that, she garners respect because I knew Matt before he met her and he was very comfortable with his bitter indifference. I'm happy he is happy even though he comes off as miserable most of the time.

Sterloin

There is a good chance that of all my friends on facebook, I've known Sterling longer than anyone except the loving family members of mine who found me on facebook. Funny story. I use to go bowling a lot as a small child. Sterling also bowled and because of this mutually common practice, we knew each other as kids. I remember he came to my birthday party at the bowling alley and had some cake one time. Then I stopped bowling, or he did - can't remember which happened first. Since we weren't bowling we never saw each other until one day I found him in high school hanging out in the art room with Landon, a kid I knew from middle school and art class. We weren't really good friends or anything so I have no idea what happened to him after high school, but he lives in New York now and I'm okay with not really knowing or caring about the details. After all, we never really sought out each other as friends, but ended up knowing one another twice in life because of stuff we had in common. Other than those two things, we pretty much lived different lives. Now, thanks to facebook, we have a third thing in common and we are friends reunited after all these years. Like a fairy tale.

Fill Up

Phillip's another one of my college friend. I met this loveable goober like I met all my friends during college... we resided at Sunrise Hell together. We all spent time joking around and playing video games... Remind me one dark and stormy night to tell you about Claudia Jones. Always full of hilarious ideas, Phil's class projects always cracked me up. I still talk to him quite often on facebook and on Live when he has time. He is super busy these days working on flashy Hollywood movies and big budget video games. He is the most famous thing to come out of Varina, Virginia next to Jimmy Dean Sausage.

Make You Dead Ed

Ed was one of my roommates in college. Growing up in Yonkers he went on to be a Marine before going to art school to become a graphic designer. I'm sure he's killed men with his bare hands and if not, he certainly knows how. Even though he was older than most of the other students at the dorm we were always cool with him and he never picked on us or anything. It never occurred to me to get him to buy me alcohol, but looking back, I'm sure he would have. He is now out west somewhere striking fear in the hearts of the weak. I've not really reached out to contact him outside of an initial friends requests on facebook so I don't know much else. However I do know that Ed is today's featured facebook friend on my facebook Post-it note sketch of the day.

Ultra Pop

Paul owns this really cool store in Louisville called Ultra Pop. If you ever go looking for it you can find it nestled right in the heart of the Highlands on Bardstown Road. Ultra Pop is like Louisville's Rotofugi. You can find all kinds of rare and super cool vinyl toys from all over the world along with local art, t-shirts, and hipster literature. It's a favorite place of mine. I usually spend some money when I go there, but Paul doesn't mind at all if you just stop in and chit-chat. He is sort of an expert on most things "nerd" and while we don't really know each other outside of the store, I have no doubt he is a good guy all around. He and his dog Freddy star in today's Nick's facebook friends list Post-it Note sketch of the day.

Diamond Girl

My facebook friend, Post-it Note sketch-of-the-day today is Mike. Michael and I are friends from my days in college. He was a student when I got to school and he was there when I left. I think everybody who knew him considered him one of their best friends. Such a loveable little guy. Full of giggles and sunshine. We still talk to one another every blue moon. I think he is in a happy place right now in his life. The other doodle behind him is his girlfriend Missy. She went to school with us too, but I only remember her a little bit and I doubt she remembers me... but since she was in Mike's profile picture I threw her in and made today's sketch a two-for-one.

Ian

Ian was one of my best friend back in high school. We were from the same neighborhood and were part of the same social circle. Together, we branched out and started hanging out together on the east side of town. Those were really crazy, but really fun times. For whatever reason, we stopped hanging out. I'm not really sure why. I think he went in the Air Force or something. Now he is in the Army and in Iraq. I think he may be coming home soon, so that's good. Today he is my Post-it Note sketch of the day.

Post-it Note Facebook Sketches

So I've got a few facebook friends. Some of the them know each other. Some of them don't. Lots of times, I don't know many of their friends either. I'd like to know them... or at least know how they know my friend. So, in an attempt to get all the people on my friends list acquainted, I am going to try to use my Post-it Note sketch to highlight one of my friends. I'll try to include a brief description of who they are and how I know them. Chances are, if you are checking out my blog, you are one of my facebook friends, so eventually you'll probably be featured. While you're waiting to be featured, you can learn about all my other facebook friends who you may not have known. ::wink::

Back in the swing of things

Hello again. My name is Nick. This is my blog and I am suppose to draw stuff every day to keep my creative mind fresh. I'm sorry I haven't been updating every day. It's really hard to do. I get busy with work and never get around to finishing my sketches or scanning them in. BUT- If you have a taste for daily doses of artwork, you should check out my buddy Corwin's web comic Galaxy of the Damned. He is a lot better at updating every day... BUT - I hope you still come back here and check out my stuff too. I'll try my best to keep things from going stale. Today's sketch of the day is a portrait of Corwin. Notice it's done in ink! I may start a series of Sharpie/Post-it Note sketches staring my facebook friends. If that ain't a reason for you to come back here and visit, I don't know what is.

Tank Grrrrl

I'm starting the month of Septmeber off with Tank Girl doodle. She is a Australian tank pilot and I think she is pretty cool.