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Nick Kokonas, 20, practices on a set of tabla drums in his living room on a Tuesday afternoon. Kokonas is learning drums from Sandip Burman an Indian classical musician based out of Chicago.

One photographer in a big bad world!

This is what it looks like when one photographer dates another photographer!

Sean's send off

Aunt Paula and Ann. (Sean's mom)

Stepdad Darrel.

Older brother Kirk with Sean.

Brother Kirk and sisters Sandy and Bre with Sean.

Sean with his friend Mike.

Friends and family.

A toast to Sean.

Friends group picture.

Sean laughing with his friends a few hours before he flew back to his base in San Diego, CA.

Sean giving his mom a final goodbye hug at the Denver International Aiport.

Sean Irwin will be leaving for Iraq with the Marines on the week of March 12th, 2007 on a 7 month tour in Iraq. If you would like to send him anything his address is :
LCPL Irwin, Sean S
2/5 Golf Company, 2nd Platoon
Unit 40365
FPO - AP - 96426 - 0365

Tire changer!

So at about 1:30 a.m. on the drive home from the Northern Short Course I blew out a tire! Luckily for me I was well prepared, seeing as it wasn't the first time! :)

First you take the little car jack and you place it under your car (finding the metal ridge thing next to your tire) Then you crank away at the tire. I've learned if you make it go too high the wheel will spin and make it impossible to get the lug nuts off.

Then you shove the lug nut wrench onto a lug nut and if you are weak like me, you stand on it and bounce up and down till it loosens itself. Repeat for all the lovely lug nuts.

And Viola! You have just now removed a tire!

There would be pics of me putting my spare on, but at that moment that I had started to remove my tire, the New York State Thruway guy came and put it on for me! :)