ALEX KOTAS

Approximately 4 weeks ago, I began doing TKD again. This time I'm in a one-on-one class, similar to what it had been. I am working on my red belt, I now have a blue belt. I work on a lot of kicking. Form is probably the toughest. I work on knifehand strike. #entertainment #health

There are a few things I'm currently watching on TV: The Oympics! I watched both the men's and women's figure skating. It was pretty cool! Canada won first place in the women's followed by Russia, Team USA, Italy and one other. I'm going to try to watch Luge competition this week along with Ski Jumping. Should be intriguing. There are a few DVDs that I've been watching - Buffy the Vampire Slayer - it was on the WB from 1997 - 2003 but the WB was discontinued at some point. I

I was at the Chicago Auto Show at McCormick Place for the First Look for Charity, which is where people's tickets result in donations to charities. I was helping Special Olympics as an Ambassador. I did not give a speech this time, I mingled with the crowd and told them about Special Olympics. I met some other Special Olympics athletes, we got to see cool cars, like the Chicago Cubs car, which was probably the highlight of the car show. Here we see the celebrities from Windy

A few weeks ago, my basketball team participated in the Special Olympics tournament. We played 2 games, we won 1 and lost 1. So we got Silver medals and will not go to the State competition. The first game was really fast-moving. I am tall, but the other teams was taller and they were tough competitors. We were ahead at the beginning of the game but then they caught up. The second game was total brutality. I even got injured. None of the regulars made baskets. There is anothe

A Pinch of Happiness is a spice shop in Oswego. I work there doing many jobs, among them are running the register. I work 2 days per week. It can get hectic, there was the Oswego Chocolate Walk which brought in many customers. We have been interviewed, here is the interview with NBC: https://www.nbcchicago.com/on-air/as-seen-on/a-pinch-of-happiness-473030073.html #community #charity