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Wow! Downtown Chicago is ready for NATO. Cops and barricades everywhere.
6 hours ago
Just witnessed an old man rev up his el camino while driving past an attractive young lady to get her to look at him. ha.
6 hours ago with 1 Comment
I want, so bad, to have the energy to hack on things at night... Also, my job is more insane than all those times I said my job was insane.
yesterday
That @kbroox chick is a pretty amazing person.
yesterday
Welp.
2 days ago with 2 Comments

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Elizabeth's Wedding

Photos from a weekend of running around the Arizona desert to celebrate Elizabeth and Steph\'s wedding.


Jeff's 56th Birthday Celebration

Celebrating Kari's dad's birthday by hanging out in the garage homebrewing, smoking cigars, and playing Irish ringboard.

Marion, Iowa
Added 3 weeks ago
44 Photos

St Patrick's Day 2012

Spending St Patrick's Day in Chicago with Kari, Nick, Nicole, Tia, Craig, and Drea.

Chicago, Illinois
Added 4 weeks ago
49 Photos

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So dusty
Dustin' off the ol deck. It's a been a minute.
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The 30 Year Old DJ

I'm 30 years old, love music, and am about to become the sickest DJ my bedroom has ever seen.

But first, let me give you a a bit of a backstory...

In the late 90s (high school, for me) I found house music. I had mostly been listening to terrible metal and rap at the time… but once I heard those crazy electro sounds, I started to become super interested. I even started going to some under-18 dance clubs in the Quad Cities.

As soon as I heard a DJ mixing these crazy electro tracks on ridiculous house systems I fell in love. I still remember that first club pretty vividly… Not only was I blown away by what I was hearing, I was also blown away by what I was seeing. There was an entire room of people just raging out, crazy raver kids, etc. It was a completely different experience and environment than I was used to. And it was all being controlled by that one dude in the DJ booth. I loved it. I began collecting m... (more)

Hi, I'm Derek Brooks

I'm a 30.79 year old midwestern American who enjoys programming, partying, traveling, and extremish sports.

My life's latest happenings are over there on the left. Here's what's going on today and here's what I did yesterday.

If you'd like to know a little more about me you can check out my bio - and don't forget to check out my photos!

Last seen in Chicago

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