Eric's Journals



Journals 2/20/03

Hello to all my fans out there, I am Eric Cohen. I know Sam and Mike have done wonders with technology and have dedicated a lot of their time to my antics, and for that I am truly thankful. Actually no, not really, I guess your first impression of me, if you don't know me, has been pretty bad, so let me give you this opportunity to glimpse into my life. You have seen me drunk but do you truly know the real me? I guess this is a good opportunity to tell people a little about myself, so you can truly enjoy what you see. So here it goes.

Like was said on the homepage I am Eric Cohen, and am currently enrolled at U of I. I am an agricultural engineer, and no I am not a farmer, asshole, I am an engineer. I aspire to one day work for the EPA or some other environmental cause. I guess I would have to say that's my thing. Although my first semester was a complete bust I did manage to stay in school, which I guess is somewhat an accomplishment. Second semester however is going to be totally different; I have to concentrate a lot on my academics if I want to continue on my quest for higher education. So that's basically where I am now, I'm a student that has to work his ass off this semester, I'm single ;) and I?m a guy who likes to have fun on the weekends (editor Sam notes; sometimes not on the weekends, sometimes even on mornings). And I guess having fun on weekends is how this website began, so for me to really get into this I think we're going to have to go back, way back to when this all started; my birth.

For those of you who don't know I was adopted at birth, as was my sister. I'd like to think that my birth parents are still out there somewhere, which would be cool; all I know is that they are from England, so technically I'm a Brit. So my parents, Stu and Anneliese adopted me and we originally lived in Buffalo Grove, IL and then moved to Long Grove shortly after. Although it doesn't seem like it, grade school through junior high I was the shyest kid ever; I barely ever talked in class. I only truly opened up with my life long friend Matt Raymond. He inspires my crazy and hilarious antics to this day. And almost all of my early childhood memories include him and me doing something crazy and stupid. Whether it was making Dana (my younger sister) touch dog poop when we were 8 to locking her in the basement of a funeral home when we were 11, Matt and I still am an unstoppable force of fun. So when I wasn't with matt I went back to being my shy self.

So I come to the high school part in my life. I was very lucky in high school because I met some of the greatest people in the world at Stevenson. I had a very close group of friends that I was lucky to be part of. And boy did we have some really awesome and wild times. I was free to act crazy with them because I felt so comfortable with them, like family. Unfortunately there came a time when the group became too big, and people started going their own way. But I still had some wild times, like the time Kevin Charmin and I drove around launching bottle rockets out of his car, and then David running in front of the nursing home naked, and doing jumping jacks on route 53 naked. Oh man so many naked fun times. I've learned a whole hell of a lot from my friends and I know that the good ones are few and far between and I'm happy to have found so many good ones in one place. As time went on, I met a girl Melissa, and although I'm bitter about our break up, I'd like to think of it as a learning experience. We met at Doug Come's locker freshman year, and my first words to her were "hey are you Doug's girlfriend?" and she laughed and said yeah. And boy was it awkward. But that wasn't the last of our meetings. And throughout the years all of my friends, like Rommie, (he's so hot right now) had to put up with Melissa and my relationship's ups and downs. You see I wasn't always as charming as you see me today. In high school I had just discovered that I CAN talk to girls and not get nervous and run away. But I was a complete asshole to Melissa throughout sophomore and junior year. I was so stupid I didn't realize I had someone who liked me for me (first one too), so anyways it was basically hooking up then not talking for months and so on and so forth. So eventually I realize that you shouldn't really do that with women because they don't like that. So I got some balls and asked her out junior year, and that was awesome. My first real girlfriend. It was great, we spent all our time together, but consequently I spent less and less time with my real friends. I slowly, slowly lost that retard in me that wanted to go wild on the weekends, to a sensible mature man. And maturity got the best of me and I was truly a gentleman?.. Hashanah yeah right. I still acted like a dumbass with Matt Raymond, or with Kevin or David, but only when Melissa wasn't looking. So as time passed our relationship matured and I matured even if I didn't want to admit it to the guys. And I could honestly say I was in love with Melissa. So as high school wound down I would like to think that all of us matured into respectable adults ready to take on the world. So here's college and I get into the one I want, U of I!!!! Alright!!! And so does Melissa and that's awesome. But when we get here things fall apart between us, and just as cruel fate would have it we broke up soon after getting here, and it was the worst pain I've ever felt in my life. To make me feel even worse she begins dating the very next week, talk about kicking a guy when he's down. Alright so she's moved on, still with him btw, and I can only look back and sigh. Yeah it was awesome while it lasted, and I wouldn't trade what we had for anything. And I learned a lot in a very very short time, first that life will throw you curve balls so just take it with a grain of salt, get drunk and laugh it off because although it doesn't hurt to look back you cant live in the past. Second, don't ever put someone before your true friends, I felt like I lost some friends from my high school because of the amount of time I spent with Melissa, but the true friends are always there for you no matter what. My best friend Rommie was right there when I was down, because that is what a friend does no matter how long it's been.

So now what? I'm at college and free to do as I please. So I joined AEPi, and that was one of the best decisions I've made at college so far. The friends I've made here so far are going to be with me for a long time. My roommates, Blake (who btw I met working at zany brainy a story for another day), Mike, and Sam are the coolest. And having us all in AEPi sweetens the deal. They look out for me more than I thought possible, like the real world only smaller and more nudity. Anyways that's some of my story for now. I consider myself a partier, I like to get jiggy with it and go crazy, but also the maturity in me is still there, implanted like a seed, and though most of the time I choose to ignore it, I have been known to wow people with my gentlemanly etiquette. There is so much more to be told but for now I kinda summed things up in a nut shell, thanks for reading, and feel free to stop by 808 anytime always happy to chill and drink of course. See you later.



2/23/03

Hey guys it's me Eric, I'm back for more. Well I survived another drunken Thursday night, woohoo! I don't really remember much from that night, except I woke up on the futon wearing nothing but my boxers and covered with crumbs, cheerios and a soaking wet comforter. So I guess that drunken night of hilarity started when I started drinking at Bobby's room. Bobby, Blake, Wes, and myself then made our way to Kam's which was alright. I saw an old friend from high school who I hooked up with sophomore year, Jillian Thompson, and we hung out for awhile (The Tool notes; I'm gay and I can't take a joke like a man!!!!!). Then I saw Parker, Kurt, Gilbo, and Miller there a short time afterwards. Let me tell you if you ever see Kurt or Gilbo run, run like there's no tomorrow, or at least walk away casually as I had to do after being hassled for cash because I was a "stupid freshman" according to the leader of Auschwitz himself Kurt and then being threatened of physical force by Gilbo. Honestly it was ridiculous; I thought that seniors would act a tad more mature. But whatever, it wasn't anything a few beers couldn't fix. And boy, when you mix Eric with some beer hilarity will shortly follow. And it did. So when I got back to IT I guess some things happened... I really don't remember the Hawaiian shirt...oh well. Anyways that was that. I would have to say it turned out to be a fun time. So then I went home this weekend to go to the auto show with Rommie (he's so hot right now) and his good friend Aaron. That was cool, but since we drove there it was crowded as all hell. The road leading into McCormick Place was backed up all the way to the highway off ramp. So Rommie being a considerate and thoughtful driver said "fuck this" and drove on the shoulder cutting off at least half an hour's time. The old lady he cut off to get in flicked us off, it was great! We got a digital picture of it too. I guess the reason it was so crowded was because they combined the auto show with the kennel club dog show. Bastards! You know when you first hear it, at least when I did, I thought the dogs were going to be driving the cars or jumping through flaming cars, like in the movies. But no, it wasn't like that at all, I only saw one dog the whole time. Stupid dog show. OK anyways the auto show was cool, a lot of cool concept cars. I liked the Maybach, and I saw the bat mobile. My favorite concept had to be the mustang concept it was a new rendition of the old 65 Mustang GT. Pretty fly. I wanted to dry hump the Ford GT 40 remake ohhhhh man it was soo cool. But then as I was walking past the Dodge cars I saw my arch-nemesis the RAMMUNITION!!! Yes, from my drunken monster truck rally days, there it was in all its glory, sitting there like a god among the truck peasants. He knew that at his whim he could crush every car in the place. So to pay homage I did what any mullet-wearing hick would do, and took a picture that looked like I was being crushed. And so concluded my time at the auto show/nonexistent dog show.

So that's basically my weekend. Unfortunately I had to spend all day in the hospital on Friday. See my dad hurt his back that Wednesday and I guess that he was unable to walk at all, so my mom and I took him Friday. I guess the diagnosis is that he has a ruptured disk in his spine, and has to have surgery. But while in the hospital there was this kid next door who OD on something, and there were all these hot chicks around him. And he looked like such a dork! What the fuck! The kid was ok eventually, but he had to be the happiest guy when he woke up. But for the record I called him a lightweight (editor Sam notes; how ironic...). Biatch. So there, he may have his hot women but I sure as hell zinged him.

And so concluded my weekend. Oh yeah today (Sunday) on the way back to school while taking the bus back, I sat next to this really good looking girl. I thought you were really good-looking but I was too nervous and pussy like to say anything to you. Its not that I lack self confidence it's just that you know? I didn't really get a good opportunity. But if, you know, you ever want to chill...we could always do that...anytime..so [email protected] is where you can reach me sexy. Grrrrr.