California Christmas - 2008

I am starting to figure out how Christmas works…. It’s similar to my birthday except that it’s not, it’s someone elses, everyone gets gifts (not just me), it involves putting up a tree, there’s no Happy cake and then after opening presents you play, eat, watch movies and sleep all day long. This was my first Christmas in California and my first not celebrating it with Aunt Eileen, Uncle Alan, Nonnie and my cousins Olivia, Taylor, Nathan, Hamilton, Fletcher and Barrett as we have for my previous 2 Christmases BUT i was able to video chat with them and also my Mimi and Poppi via Skype. I showed them the gifts I got including my new drum set (video below). Uncle Colin, Aunt Kristin and Java spent Christmas with us and Uncle Colin helped me open some of my presents and Daddy set up my new drum set. Mommy and Aunt Kristin made the best breakfast (and dinner) ever. Today we are heading down to the beach and taking a stroll down the Strand. I’ll post more pics and video later — but here’s a quick video of me drumming Christmas morning.

Rider playing the drums from brian cooley on Vimeo.

Caught on video: Breakdancing to Bad Girls

You’ve seen me dancing to LL Cool J, then I cut a jig in Ireland (no video) and most recently rocked out to Old Macdonald ….. Now caught on video and sharing directly with you before TMZ.com gets a hold of the footage is video of me breakdancing to Donna Summer’s Bad Girls song while at an indie art exhibit in Venice Beach a couple weeks ago.

Rider breakdancing at Art Gallery from brian cooley on Vimeo.

Riding my motorcycle

Ok… something else I love doing at my new home is riding my motorcycle in our private driveway. Check out my video.

Rider riding his motorcycle from brian cooley on Vimeo.

My new sandbox

We recently moved to Hermosa Beach, CA and one of the things I love most (so far) is my new sandbox. It’s a mile from our house and its much bigger than the one I had at school in Atlanta.. Some pics below.