back to basics.

I'm proud of where my family came from.

I'm proud of how my grandparents raised my parents.

I'm proud of my father for teaching me how to work with my hands and for being somebody that I strive to be one day.

I'm proud of my mother for being the best Italian mom I could ask for.

I'm proud of my brother for showing me the ropes when I was younger and for teaching me to live simple and be content.

I'm proud of my friends for being like family and for always having my back since day one.

In a world of chaos and struggle, heartache and stress,

nothing else in this world matters to me then my family and friends.

If I had nothing at all but you, I would stay smiling.

recently.

"I'm not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. I'm not looking for the secret to life.... I just go on from day to day, taking what comes."

• father turned 60 a month ago. still killin' it so hard. best dude ever.
• people need to start stepping up their scrabble game.
• driving the pickup truck when i go back to long island is perfect.
• riding my bike super early in the morning in queens is just as good.
• friends are getting married. friends are having kids. so psyched for them!
• working overtime as much as possible.
• off of work for a month in a few days.
• traveling italy. alone. duh.
• missing my friend danny every single day...
• my job may be difficult at times. yet, the reward i get from knowing that i helped someone physically or even mentally means the world to me. for that, i am grateful.
• miss friends up in albany and wish i could see them more often instead of once a month.
• let's go mets

.grandfather

.vinyl on hardwood floor

.8th street station

.forever in my heart - always

.brooklyn - nikes - for you danny

william elliott whitmore

...and he said life is a gamble and before you throw them dice

if it's more than you can handle please take this advice

and he said stand your ground and don't back down

that's the only way to win

and when life throws a punch

son, you got to take it on the chin...

father & mother

brothers

father

grandparents

living is better when taking chances... constantly

tim barry recently came out with his 3rd solo record. i'm still feeling it out. his past 2 records were pretty amazing so it's hard to top those. we'll see. he's playing brooklyn in early april.

italy in a month.

sicilian proverb sais:

whoever waits for time to pass loses time.

traveling italy soon. going alone. making main stops in milan, venice, cinque terre, florence, siena, naples, amalfi coast, salerno, and rome. i think i'm more excited than an average person going to europe. i'm 100% italian. mothers side from sicily and fathers side from abruzzo and naples. growing up in a family who loves their culture and lifestyle, it's such a reward going to the place where my roots are at. however the most important thing to me and the main reason why this means so much to me is that i will be there for my grandmothers birthday. my grandmother passed away may 2nd 2008 and all she wanted me to do my entire life was to visit italy and spend time where our family was originally from. i will be there for her birthday. can't ask for anything more xo

Seasons Skate Shop

my friends just recently opened up a skate shop in albany.

this saturday theyre having a grand opening party for the shop.

video premiere starts at 9 & the karaoke starts at 10.

get up on this. i'll be taking a bus up there either friday or saturday.

SmallBunny from Trevor Culley on Vimeo.

5 speed - 82' datsun king cab.

picked up this 1982 datsun pickup truck from california the other day. should get here in a few weeks. i havent had a car in few years now. i use public transportation and mostly my bike when weather permits. kinda psyched about it. my dad and i are splitting it so i won't have it 24/7, which is fine with me bc i really don't NEED a car with where i live anyway. i'll have to give her a name. any suggestions?

my grandfather told me once that all pain hurts the same..

-it's my grandfathers b-day today. he's 89. which is really up there in my family. he is the only grandparent i have left. learned so much from that man.

-going to italy for 3 weeks in april. traveling pretty much all of italy from north to south with my good friend jerrrr. this is something ive been needing in my life for awhile. see where my family was from first hand.

-my good friends up in albany are making big moves. march 5th is the opening of seasons skate shop. there's one thing they know how to do and they do best. and that's killin' it. so psyched for them.

-my long time friends vinny & kathryn are getting married in a few weeks. i've been waiting for this moment for years. there's only a few times you see a couple and you say "theyre really meant to be". usually when you say that it doesnt work out or it just fades away. i can honestly and truly say that vinny and kathryn are meant to be and they are so perfect for eachother. they balance eachother out the perfect amount and i couldnt be more happy for them.

-my fathers b-day is coming up in early march. he'll be 60. my father has experienced and lived a long 60 years. i look up to that man with everything i got. he's pure inspiration and i try so hard to be just half the man he is. they don't make em like him no more. i'm just lucky to have a person in my life like him and i'm even more lucky that he's my father.

-pissed about my tax return. last year i got well over $3,000. this year i'm getting around $900 and i have to pay the state like $30. it's mind blowing how much money they take from my paycheck every few weeks and how little they return to me at the end of the year. i was planning on getting a motorcycle with a sidecar from the 1930's. shit is so legit. but that's not happening now. one day.

xo

2.27.10. 10th fl. lenox hill hospital.