DE LA JESUS

In Progress

2010-07-06T21:20:00.000-07:00

At Last

2010-05-14T10:10:00.000-07:00

Honestly, I don't even know where to start. I think I'll start off with what's happening today so I can get that out of the way. So today was a cleaning day in this household, and later on I plan being a couch potato. Lakers game at 5:30 ( let's just fast forward to Lakers-Celtics, right?), then...drumroll please.

LOST is finally coming to an end. You've seen the commercials on TV, the billboards while driving, and the bus ads all over the place. I'm super excited, and I bet a lot of records are going to be broken during the broadcast. I hear it's being broadcasted worldwide at the same time, that makes it even crazier. This is probably the biggest finale since Friends. Fellow LOST fans, here's to hoping many questions get answered. I know all of them won't be answered, but a lot of them will. I remember starting LOST when I was in the Philippines one summer, got really hooked, then stopped for a while. Then last summer and during this school year, I got back into it and was watching a season a week basically. Even though the show kept getting weirder and more characters were added and what not, I still kept going. At last, it's coming to an end. I'm sure it will satisfy.

A quick sports update. What is up with Padres? Coming into the season where everyone thought they'd be horrible, and we're tied for first with the Dodgers. Still have yet to catch a game, but it will happen soon. Ryan Mathews. The heir to the throne. Everyone was going bonkers at Emerson's when we heard that we moved up to 12th pick. Vincent called Emerson and was like WTF, he's not black?!. We definitely gave up a lot for him, mainly that 2nd rounder, but Mathews will automatically make an impact. Can't wait for those #24 jerseys to come out. My predictions: 1200 yards, 10 TDs, 3 receiving TDs. Jarwyn called dibs on him in the first round, so everyone that even thought of it might as well give up. And a new Chargers stadium in Downtown? It looks epic, and if the Lombardi Trophy makes it to SD this year, consider it done.

T-Cats Season 3 is in effect. Still without a W, but its all good. Support as much as possible, with me and Quang doing the switch off every week until someone else can step up and work shift leader on Mondays. Some new faces in the roster this year, A. Le being the best addition from what I've seen. Raphhh is another new face. We could definitely use some bigger crowds, so come and support! You can also meet little Aja and ask her what she learned in Penguin school.

So the school year is coming to an end, REALLY FAST. The last few months have been a blur and went by so fast, but I'll try to remember as much as possible. So, I decided to go to UCIrvine in the fall. I didn't want to go to State, so it was either community or Irvine. In the end, I chose Irvine. The campus is beautiful, and everyone I've talked to randomly about it, whether a student or alumni, had nothing but good things to say about it. Marc's going too,along with Divina. Don't really know who else is going. Yes, people are sad that we're leaving, but don't worry. Marc and I will be back in the motherland as much as possible, I promise. And I'm only a webcam, phone call, text and whatever other forms of communications there are out there. Even when I get super busy, I'll still be with you guys, count on it. Zot zot muhhfugga.

After AP Tests ended, the year was basically over, except for Math. The AP Gov test was alright, I think I owned the AP Art Portfolio [you can see it here], and the AP Language test I'm not too sure about. Doing the Art Portfolio the week it was due was stressful, but fun. I had to shoot a couple shots, and uploading it on the website was harder than I expected. On the last night we could do it, Mrs. Bartels stayed at school until 9 with us to help us out with whatever we needed. We all ate McDonalds and it was legit. Tiffany did a large part of my concentration write up, so thank you very much for that. All I can do about those is wait until the summer to see the results of those.

In other news, I'm going to prom with the Jahhnaaail Reyes. I know there's a video of how I asked her floating around YouTube somewhere, but you can take the time to do that yourself. I think we're wearing a teal-ish color and we also have legit mustache shirts. I hear the group is like 40 people?! Damn. Hahaha. Lawrence and I are still on the quest for the superpromsteezeee, but I think he already bought something. I think I'm looking for my stuff this week/weekend.

Seniors won Powderpuff this year, but for some reason I wasn't paying attention to the game this year. I was just walking around, talking, and passing out Senior propaganda. The cheerleaders were hilarious again this year, led by Daddy J. As for Senior Takeover Day, Mr. Jeeebs and myself will be taking over Mr. Morse's class. Be prepared. Havoc will be wreaked and heads will be turned. The HFC ( Hella Farters Crew) has officially begun, and the Baskin Robbins Dream Team shirts are in the process.

We really only have a month of school left, and I want do as much as possible. I'm looking forward to hanging out with everyone I can and just chilling at school. Recently, school is just for seeing everybody, then I nap, work, or eat Costco. Hahahaha. I really wish I could write every single thing that happened over the past few months, but that would take me forever. Graduation will be here before I know it. Even though everyone's excited, I'm going to be pretty sad because I know theres some things in high school that I will truly miss. I'll save the sad stuff for later. I'll try to be updating this blog more often now. I'll end this off with some Yeezy.

" I guess this is my dissertation.
Homie, this shit is basic, welcome to Graduation.
Good Morning"

New Post Tomorrow

2010-05-08T14:58:00.001-07:00

OK, pushed another day. Since we have nothing to do 4th period, i'll do it then.

RIP Guru

2010-04-21T00:28:00.001-07:00

Spring Break 'til Now

2010-04-11T16:45:00.000-07:00

Damn, I am pretty bad at updating this sucker. Well, all I remember during Spring Break was great weather, Six Flags, friends, family and good times. Rock paper scissors tournaments while waiting in line is something my friends and I would do. People in line were probably thinking "damn kids", but they knew they wanted to try it themselves. I also ate at Roscoes which was just alright to me. The drive home was fast, I was zoomin' down the freeway, and felt like such a badass that day that I just decided to stop in the middle of the freeway. Calvin was the worst passenger seat stay awake person ever, and he kept snapping his fingers to keep him awake, but he just kept falling back asleep. Jeb would wake up every 30 minutes, asking " Michael, are you good?" and " Let's go get something to eat". No, were not hungry at all, and Jeb was well aware that we just ate chicken and waffles. Then he'd just go back to sleep.
And apparently, there was an earthquake on Easter that I did not feel? I heard it was a pretty strong one too, I kinda wanted to feel it, but oh well. When I got back from Balboa Park, some stuff was on the ground.

Powderpuff is in session, and our team is looking pretty good from what I saw. Jarwyn is the best cheerleader ever, I swear. Our O-Line is beast, our recievers have hands, depth at QB, basically, we're gonna win.
On Friday, Lawrence and I, along with the newly founded SDSK ( which will be re-named), headed to Suxtext for Brian Flynn's ( Super7) debut show in San Diego, Only In Your Fondest Dreams. Was nice chatting and hanging out with Kris, Brian, Heng, Paul Kaiju and Punkin Donuts. Brian brought along some handpaints, wood and pewter totems, an original and plenty of prints. The customs were really nice, and the new wood sculptures were well done. I was able to get Mummy Boy #11, and Kris got Mummy Boy #8. There was a nice turnout and it seemed as if everyone had purchased a print. Overall a great show, congrats Brian.

Yesterday was April's birthday. Well, it was on Wednesday, but we celebrated it yesterday. Woke up with my hands numb and it felt really weird. Kinda slept it off. Thanks very much for the bomb-diggity buffet, I was pretty full afterwards. I ate a lot of different types of chicken, and those doughnut bread type things with ice cream were really good. And Quang would be the person, to make the mess pictured above. Went to UTC with some people from the smorgasbord, and checked out the iPad and got a massage from those Brookstone massage chairs. Went home, fell asleep, went to Baskin cause I was craving ice cream and there were a swarm of Filipino kids. They either just came from the Philippines or that lady has a lot of kids. I dunno. Went to April's, that was fun, and I guess people love me again? And I got reminded that I look like my cousin Jonathan from all of Catherine's friends. Afterwards, went to the a place where me and Calvin deposited $30, and Quang withdrew about $150, and Kevin withdrew something too. Went home, semi got in trouble.
Went to church and cleaned my car really good today. I should clean my room too. One of my neighbors outside is being really annoying with whatever he's cutting his grass with. Padres opening day tomorrow, free shirt woohoo! Hopefully tickets aren't more than 20 bucks. I also have a bet going on where I can't eat fast food this week, oh my guuush thats going to be hard. And I think that's about it. Toodles. Yea, I don't think I'll ever say "Toodles" again, ew.

Yes, I Am Still Here

2010-03-29T23:18:00.000-07:00

and I'm very sorry. This place has been deserted for a good 3 months. I guess I was busy, but I think laziness is a bigger factor in it. Usually, I'd know what I'm writing about since it's fresh in my head, but I really don't remember anything 3 months back, so I'm just gonna write about stuff thats happening now or anything I can remember. Here's some pictures from the past 3 months, I haven't really been taking many , except for the few with my brother's D90.

Video by Calvin, pictures from Kevin Tran
Since summer, Lawrence and I wanted to make Senior box tees. After painful processes of getting them reprinted with limited contact, bumping my head on the top of my car, lots of driving, measuring and other crap like that, the Senior Fun Pack was finally put into effect. Definitely worth it in the end, especially to the people that bought one. I know, I did forget to ask a couple people if they wanted one, that's my bad. I think people saw the time and effort me and Lawrence put into them, and that we go for the best shit, nothing less. I heard countless stories of people asking where to get one and who made them, total control of the hype machine. We wanted to make another batch for other people that wanted one, but it didn't work out. So to those who waited forever for them, I hope you like them. That was definitely one of the longest out-of-school projects I've done, and I'm sure Lawrence can say the same.

Yes, those 3 months definitely flew, and it's almost time to graduate. We won't be taking those pictures next year. Shit, at this time next year we all might be going back to Mira Mesa for Spring Break. Hang out with everyone while you can, chill with some new people, do whatever. It's all good, just make these last couple months worth it.

Alright so the double rainbow craziness. Calvin needed to film something at UTC one day and there was a storm rolling by that day. So we decided to go to La Jolla Shores to see some tsunami-esque waves. Well, we ended up getting lost, turning into all these random places, then ended up at La Jolla Cove. Calvin kept screaming "OH SHIT DUDE LOOK" and I turned around and there was this double rainbow. It didn't seem real, and I was freaking out trying to get a picture. Whether it was fate that brought me to that spot, that was something I think I'll only see once in my life. Man, that was crazy.

For the most part, the debut season is on an official break. Thanks Deanne and Charisse for having me as guests. Honestly, I think that's all I have for now. I haven't been taking many pictures or anything. I could give a long list of things that have been happening ( like Andrew getting a bloody nose at Chuck E Cheese, McDoogle and Ms. Johnston touching my ears, Marc's butt stinking, Thundercats games, Q-Money, Matt and his take on having the balls to do something, Big Boy Slim, and other nonsense) but I think it would only be appropriate if I posted it at the time it happened.

Other than that, school's been going pretty good, been slacking but I'm doing good enough. Add me to the list of not really caring anymore. I got accepted to UCI, SDSU and SFSU ( and Miramar if that counts), rejected from UCLA, UCSD and Berkeley (most likely). Still don't know where I'll be going, I'll think about it between now and May. Going to school has basically been just going to school to see friends. Gov is the only class I legitimately care about. Mr. Colby's class is a joke, don't even get me started on Ms. Johnston, and Mrs. Bartels has to be the chillest teacher ever that doesn't care about what we do. We had a whole classtime where Charisse curled everyones eyelashes on Friday. I'm loving school right now, doesn't even feel like school anymore, cause half the time I'm not in class, or I'm just not doing anything. The final season of LOST is confusing, and I've gotten a few people on the bandwagon with me. God of War 3 came out a couple weeks ago, nothing short of badass. Hanging out with my friends on a constant basis, then working at a job where I have the best co-workers. Life's been treating me good, and I hope it continues that way. This blog was definitely just one to get me back, so excuse it if its boring and just kabam in your face. I will be on here more frequently from now on. Till then, have fun bitches.

Damn Steve Jobs

2010-01-27T11:30:00.000-08:00

Nice iPad

Thank You

2010-01-18T13:48:00.001-08:00

Free at last.

The End of the Road

2010-01-12T00:04:00.000-08:00

Who knew it would come so soon. After riding an 11 game streak and being the hottest team in the NFL, my San Diego Chargers couldn't pull through in the end against the Jets. I was one of the 69,000 in Qualcomm stadium in disbelief. It was a horrible way to end the season, especially with so many question marks on free agents, the future of LT, and the future of this team actually staying in San Diego. Let's face it, if the Chargers did win the Super Bowl this year, they would have gotten a new stadium. Done deal. Not too sure anymore.

Now, I was definitely surprised when Kaeding missed the first field goal, and I had that same feeling for three different times. But he is not the only one to blame. Sure, maybe he is the part to blame, but it is a team sport. So if the team loss was worth 100 percent, I'd say 50 percent of it is actually Kaeding. You get paid millions to make kicks, it's like your 9-5 job. I can understand missing the 57 yarder, but the other two were chip shots for a player of that caliber. I don't care if you're the most accurate kicker in the regular season, cause I wouldn't mind missing a couple of those kicks in the regular season for some ones that are made in the playoffs. You aren't remembered for what you do in the regular season, it's what you do in the playoffs. That Bengals kick a couple weeks ago, believe me, everyone has already forgotten.

Now for the other 50 percent. Shaun Phillips headbutt. Stupid. V. Jack's kicking of the flag. Stupid. Numerous false start penalties. Stupid. Weddle's missed tackle that let Shonn Greene go for a TD. Stupid. Cromartie's numerous missed tackles and fumbles on returns. Stupid. Gates dropping a couple of passes. Stupid. There were a lot of stupid things going on, I can't even remember them all.

Revis' pick on Rivers was almost entirely luck, so I can't blame Rivers on that one. But, he did throw one pick that really messed us up. The playcalling was definitely questionable. Run inside on 1st down for 1-2 yards. That's what it felt like the whole game. I know we're trying to get the defense to respect the run game, but it defintely wasn't respectable. We are now a pass first team, so why not do what got us here? If anything, the pass can open the run game up more.

The one person I truly feel sorry for is LT. He changed this franchise around all by himself, and his only remaining task ahead of him is to hold the Lombardi trophy. Sure, he barely did anything, but his heart for the team is so big, and it pains me and many other people to see him struggle like this. Here's to hoping he will be here next year for another stab at it.

Someone else I hope to see again next year is the motivated leader of Loge Level, Section 22, Jake Jr. He always fires everyone up, through all the ups and downs. A true Charger fan, representing at every Charger game. He sure had some bad things to say about Cromartie, you should of heard him.
Now there are a lot of question marks on free agents and what not. We honestly are just going to have to wait and see what happens, especially with the decision of a capped or uncapped season still in the air. That is basically all we can do now, wait and see.

Amid all the disappointment and heartache, I still have love for the Chargers. I'll still be here following every single news report, following the draft, going to those public practices and what not. Shoot, I'll probably even be able to find a good priced jersey now since they'll be on sale. All the bandwagon fans are back onto the road, and will be back on next year once they find out we're in the playoffs. It's always going to happen, there's no way to ever stop that. It's always hard to say there's always next year, but it truly is the only thing we can say. So for all the bandwagon fans, see you later. For all the true Charger fans, see you at training camp. Keep the faith.

what.the.funks

2010-01-05T22:23:00.001-08:00

Hailing from Mira Mesa, Kris Butiong a.k.a. Wtfunks, cares about 4 things in life (in no particular order): toys, his girlfriend, COD, and 5 and a Dime. Let us embark on a magical journey, into a day in the life, with this young, 22 year old male light skinned filipino!

Here, we have our subject still in his dormant state, probably at the time of 10:40 am. Note that he slept at 4 am the night before, totally pwning some noobs at COD.

Ah, the beast awakens!

Look how crappy he looks...

Darn, the TV doesn't even work! He looks agitated.

Destination Number One.

Answering that morning text, who could it be from?

What to wear, what to wear...

Hey look, purple undies for today!

Bathroom Business.

Oh look, he's clean now!

Cuffin' to show off that selvage!

[20-30 minutes later, after driving to downtown, 701 8th Street at the 5 & A Dime Establishment]

>Zzzzzzzzzzz...

Yawn... *pen twirl*

Finally, a customer! Now which hat do you want?

Just checking up on the office.

Pretending to do something important...

Ringing up customers. Ah, you want that hat.

Bagging the goods up!

Oh what's this, a messy t-shirt? (this was definitely not staged)

An art like this, takes such precision.

Look at those perfect folds. What a master at his craft.

With such swiftness! Only a student trained under the master of t-shirt folding could achieve such perfection.

Making that final adjustment.

Viola! Done.

Hey...

Come here often?

Time for some fresh air.

Get out of here, you darn hypebeasts!

"Hello, 5 & A Dime, this is Kris, how may I help you?"

Lunch: done value menu style.

Oh, hey Jay (owner of 5 & A Dime)!

Poppin' in those nuggets!

Chewin' on some fries!

Damn! He's hungry!

Gotta wash it all down.

Look, the mailman! I wonder if he has anything (lucky bags!)

I guess we'll wait for him.

Straight chillin'...

[after 25 minutes, Kris' girlfriend Thanh arrives at the store with some Jamba Juice for Kris]

Aww, there was something!

"Oh, wtfunks is this?" - Jay

Silly goose, those are the Gargamel Lucky Bags!

Agh, I gotta blog these first...

"Hmm, this one has a slight more curvature to it." -Jay
"*@!$# let's open one already!" - Kris
"I like this one." - Thanh

The moment of truth.

Oooooooooooooooooooooo!

The loot! But no handpaints. :(

The hidden gem in the bag, a micro zag! (hey, that rhymes)

Packing it all up for departure to display cases!

Back home, with some new company.

It's been a long day.

>Sorry Thanh, no time for web-camming, there's people to pwn!

Putting the game face on!

Game face put on.

Again, with such swiftness!

>+1!

After 5 hours of play, it's time to brush and get ready for bed.

Knocked out!

The Holiday Season

2010-01-05T19:40:00.000-08:00

Winter Break was fun. 2 weeks away from school came at the best time. Quang Chung Phung Lung's party, Christmas gatherings with my family and friends, a debut, a couple of Chargers wins, 2 fantasy football championships and our graduation year finally here are just some of the highlights.

Finally got around to picking up that Black and White film I used in Vegas during Thanksgiving Break. Didn't come out as good as I thought, but whatever. It was pretty pricey and I had to wait forever for them.

Hmm, what do we have here?

So, we had a Secret Santa with FAM. They all went to Jeb's but I had work, so I just went afterwards. Thanks for the gift card Matt. If we did one of those mailer cards and sent em out, this is definitely what it would look like:

This Christmas was definitely the one where I was giving way more than I ever had before. It felt good, and I could care less about the receiving end. It was fun going shopping and wrapping all my gifts. I know people always say to remember the real reason for the season, but you can't help getting caught up in the materialistic part of Christmas. I think you can keep a good balance of both, and that's what I try to do.

Even though I bought a lot for others, I did do my fair share of buying myself " Christmas presents". As some are well aware, Commissary is closed. Lawrence and I were pretty sad, but they had a big sale. When we went, all I had on my mind was buying an OriginalFake jacket. We both were able to get one for a ridiculous $70 dollars each. They were originally $205 and $275. We got the extra discount from the super nice employee, Sarah. It was kind of weird when she received something from the mailman the day we were there. She asked us if we wanted to see something cool, and she had a penis towel. Yea. Also got myself a new pair of jeans. I also got Quang and Marc pairs of deadstock Pushead dunks straight from a Pushead sale for a crazy low price. You guys better not sell those. I will know if you do.

I went to mass at midnight, then came home to an annual photoshoot, annual Laga ( beef w/spinach and carrots in some type of soup) dinner and opening of presents. I also placed baby Jesus into the nativity scene. I was very content with what I was getting ( some nice Stewie pajamas, socks, candies from Mr. Gonzo, and a couple DVDs). I was definitely not expecting a rectangular box wrapped in half Happy Birthday paper and Christmas paper. I immediately knew what it was. The Blu-ray playing, future God of War 3 disc loader --- PS3. It was, and I was going crazy. I just bought a flatscreen TV, and knew I would be playing some sweet games and watching Blu-rays. Thanks to my brothers and sisters for that one. Caught me by surprise. Thanks to everyone else who got me gifts, from home made-cards to vinyl, and for those who just give me the gift of friendship, I'm equally grateful.

On the same day, my aunt from LA came to celebrate Christmas with us. The elders were playing cards ( the pot got up to $600 kabooodles, wowsers). They played all the way until 9 in the morning. No sleep. I kept the little ones entertained. Played Wii, Mr. Potato heads and so on. My 3 year old cousin has his own freakin' laptop. Yes,a real one with internet and everything. We watched the Lakers get beaten by the Cavs, but then watched a Titans whooping by the Chargers. More aunts and uncles dropped by. Being with family on Christmas celebrating Jesus' birth, that's what it's all about.

Repeat. Not 1, but 2 fantasy football championships in the Mira Mesa Charger Nation. After defeating the red-hot Matt dirty D Donaldson by .2 points ( thank you Quinton Ganther and your vultured TD), I went on to beat Mr. Gonzo for the championship. The Boogla Boogas = dynasty. I also won the first annual Skullbrain fantasy football league. My team was stacked in that league. Way too stacked for a 12 team league. CJ2K, Andre Johnson, Hines Ward, Mason, TJ Housh, Ray Rice, Kevin Boss, Philip Rivers, Sidney Rice, Beanie Wells all on one team? Fantasy dominance.
2nd place: Ay Stacayy GM: Andrew Gonzales

I honestly don't remember what happened the last week of break. It was probably involving the newly installed AT&T U-Verse in my room as well as COD and Madden mixed in. I remember always waking up in the afternoon after staying awake until 3-4am most days. I really tried to sleep early, but I couldn't. Screwed up my pattern for school, that's for sure.
I had to work on New Year's Eve, which sucked. It was really busy, and I was really tired by the time I got home. Celebrated the new year with my family. Watched Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest, and JLo in a weird ass outfit. 2010 is finally here. I've thought about the time that this year would finally come, and it still blows my mind that its finally here. This is our year.
First day of the New Year was marked by Melissa's debut. Was surprisingly one of the carriage pushers. Haha, it was a fun debut. Good food, Thirty Deluxe. It was definitely one of those days where you just get even closer with your friends. Even with Jeb's inner raptor coming out and Andrew's loud snoring, I love my friends.
After the debut, it was all work. Had to finish up homework, do a photoshoot, etc. etc. And that's when the break started to suck. Especially when I started school off with a Chapter 9 re-take test. Oh so fun.
For those who are still waiting for the shirts, they're on the way. The guy who's making them went on vacation and can't respond for a while.
My next post will involve Lawrence and I's AP Photography project over break. We had to document " A Day in the Life" of any person. We picked Mr. Kris Butiong. Lucky bags in next post also. TTFN. Man, when was the last time I used that...

Coming Soon

2009-12-28T14:44:00.000-08:00

Hello, hello, hello. Still enjoying Winter Break. I'll have a full post towards the end of the week. In the meantime, check out this video of Toy Story 3 that sets up the plot for the movie. When you're done watching this cruddy low-res version, check out the hi-def version that they won't allow me to embed.

Hi Def

Back In Full Swing

2009-12-12T13:28:00.000-08:00

Back once again. It's been a while. Lost between all these new re-blogging Tumblrs and re-tweeting Tweeters lies this here blog that has been going strong for years but hit a long stall. For the past few months school, these damn t-shirts Lawrence and I are trying to get made, college applications and random happenings have been the subjects I have somehow forgotten to post on this blog. But now that college applications are over, the shirts being almost done ( thanks to those who have waited, it'll be worth it cause we're trying to make a few extras to go along with it.) and school being of the least priority, its time to get back on track.

I think it has finally hit me that we're all Seniors. During Homecoming pep rally, we were all sitting on that side that some of us felt weird to be on. We all ( well, most) are applying to college, and we will be on a different campus than the one we'll be on this year. I've went to my last football games as a student. It makes me sad, but excited at the same time. But all I want to do now is just enjoy the time I have now with everyone, and thats what I plan to do.

All right, so that'll be the end of my little sad little senior "oh no we're not gonna see each other next year" schpeal. My fantasy football team is in the playoffs against the internationally known Hella Hickies team run by Mr. Reggie Guerrero himself. The other matchup is a gook showdown between Quang Lim Dung Phung and Emerson. Matt and Andrew, the two powerhouses automatically advance and face the winners. To everyone else that played this season, hope you had fun and please play again next year. Hopefully we'll have a 12 or 14 man league.

Also, when I was at Jeb's one day, he showed me this one show called The League. It's basically a bunch of guys playing fantasy football ( gee, doesn't that sound familiar). Yea, so if anyone is into an Office type comedy with fantasy football, try it out. FX, Thursdays, 10:30 pm.

The Thundercats season also ended a couple weeks ago. Even though they only had 1 or 2 wins this season, I always came out to support when I didn't have work. In the playoff game, it wasn't fair because the other team had Larry Fitzgerald, Matt Donaldson AND Mr. Morse on their team. All we had were a bunch of slutty boys. MVP for the season is a tie between Quang Phung and CJ Yu, with a slight advantage towards Quang Phung.

I also went to the Eagles game a couple weeks ago. The Chargers won of course, and are riding a 7 game winning streak. Hopefully we win against the Cowboys so I can rub it in Anthony Graham's face. Philip Rivers should be in the Pro Bowl as well as a candidate for MVP. But since these are all subject to popularity contests, he will get snubbed once again. Such a shame.

Right at the start of Thanksgiving break, I took a little breather and escaped Mira Mesa to Caesar's Palace in Vegas. My cousin from the Philippines came to visit, so he tagged along also. I'm pretty sure my sister, brother and cousin all lost in roulette. I can't wait to play. We ate at a really expensive, fine-dining steakhouse at the Wynn. It was super good, but I don't think its enough to pay the price. Oh well, I didn't pay for it. On the last day, we went to the Red Rocks just a few miles away from LV.

The rest of my pictures are on B/W film that is currently being developed somewhere. I'll have them in about 2 weeks.

I celebrated Thanksgiving with my cousins this year. Definitely the smallest Thanksgiving yet, but it was still fun hanging out with my cousins and catching up on what everyone's doing. I rarely spend time with them anymore, so it was nice. Hopefully we can have an even bigger Thanksgiving next year.

Once everything was eaten and stomachs were full, my dad and I headed to brave the cold and the crowds at MCX on base. There was about 12 people in front of us in line. There were about 25 of what we were trying to get. Our goal was a $278.99 Sony Bravia 32'' flat screen TV. 5 hours later, I was rushing inside the store towards the electronics. Now, I didn't know if i should of run or not. Like, I didn't want to look pushy and like a crazy guy. So I did a in between walk and run. I got to the pile of TV's, hauled one into my cart and so did my dad. We headed to the checkout at the front of the store, and there was hugggggggggge line at the electronics. Everyone I passed kept asking me if I thought there would be more left. I answered probably not, but I really wanted to answer : What do you think? Look at the line in front of you, buddy. I was cranky, so whatever. I felt accomplished once I paid for it. I just hung it up in my room 2 days ago and now I'm just waiting for my family to switch to AT&T U-Verse.

Among my other Black Friday purchases were:
Capote DVD- Best Buy- $4
4GB Flash Drive + 4GB SD Card- $20
DJ Hero + New Super Mario Bros Wii - $97 ---Yes, I hustled Toysrus.com with coupon codes and promo offers
Commissary Tee- $15 ----total impulse buy, felt like I needed to buy something for driving so far
Simpsons S12 + Family Guy S7- $30
Secret Base Walder Brain- $65

People still question if it's worth waiting in line for these Black Friday deals. It is sometimes and isn't sometimes. It depends if you really want the product, and if the price is really really good. Also, don't bother with those no name brands when buying stuff. But if i could get a 32'' Sony flat screen TV for almost half the price, and with no tax on top of it, I'll definitely wait in line. What's to lose? A couple hours of sleep? The deal was worth those hours. If these were advertised at Best Buy, people would have waited days in advance. Luckily, it was only advertised to MCX where not everyone can get into. Hope to have another successful Black Friday next year.

I, along with a few others, went to the Dance showcase last night. Good job to everyone on the team. Jenny and Andrew Rubi were the hosts last night and they were pretty good. I thought Jenny putting Don on blast was a little too much though. I felt bad for him. Oh yea, and that Chalmer dude did his spasm things on stage. Yea.

Christmas is coming soon, my favorite time of the year. Since I've had a job for almost a year, I will be giving a lot more than I have in the past. It will feel good buying people gifts with my own money. I have a secret santa with FAM and the Baskin-Robbins crew. Honestly, I don't want much, maybe some nice pajama pants and some clothes. I do want that T1i or XSi, but I really don't want to ask for that during an economic downturn. I'll probably just save up for one of those.

Lawrence and I are finalizing the Senior shirts after a huge screw up from the printer. We basically had an e-mail war back and forth and we won. They are being re-printed and we will be donating the wrong ones to some kind of organization. As compensation for those waiting so long, we're making a few extras to go along with the shirts. The designs are definitely top-notch and from a scale of 1-10 on being badass, its a 9.9. You can't have anything completely badass. We'll have a post on the finished product and we're super excited.

Only one more week 'til break. Happy Holidays and enjoy the not so sunny San Diego weather.

Shit to Do

2009-10-24T23:19:00.000-07:00

Well, this blog hasn't been functioning very much lately. But, I'm still using it, just haven't found time to.
College apps are pretty much the focus of this and next month. I can't wait until I finish those. I also got my wisdom teeth pulled out last week, which pretty much made this whole week suck. It's still swollen, but it's slowly going away.

This is happening today at S7. I really should of found a way to go to SF for the weekend.

I still have yet to watch Paranormal Activity. Blah blah blah, its not as good as the hype made it, but I still want to watch it.

The Wrap-Up

2009-10-04T21:26:00.001-07:00

Better late than never. Here it is. Summer passed like 2 weeks ago, but who cares!

The Defining Moment: The Death of Michael Jackson
Without a doubt, probably the biggest shocker this summer. The death of legendary pop-icon, Michael Jackson. No one saw it coming, and everyone was just looking forward to his last concerts in London. Then came the legal issues with his kids, cause of his death, and plenty of other mysteries. The news always seemed to have something with 'Michael Jackson' in it this summer. With all that said, R.I.P MJ.

Food Nourishment and Lots of It
The pictures do all the talking.
Chicken Terriyaki Poo Poo Platta

Chipotle Chicken Burrrrrrito

Pizza Roll ( yes, it really is called that)

Creme Brulee/ Tiramisu

Steamed Crab Legs

In-N-Out Burger

Beef Shortribs

A La Diabla/ Carne Asada Burrito

Quesadilla Burger

Lemon Zest, Garlic Parmesan and Hot Wings

The Theme Parks( Disneyland & Six Flags) and Fair
Since we had visitors from Guam and Texas this summer, Disneyland was definitely a part of the agenda. I really don't like Disneyland that much. Long lines, expensive. But I still think Fantasmic is one of the sickest shows. But with all that put aside, Disneyland is still one of the Happiest Places on Earth.

I also went to Six Flags Magic Mountain two times this summer. First time with my cousin, brother and sister. Second, with Quang, Calvin, Brandon and Marc. The second time was a rapid plan one, and took less than 24 hours to happen. It was intense. X2 is still the biggest thrill in the world. The second time around we got to ride Terminator Salvation three times ( there were no lines) and that has to be the most fun ride there. Sucks that this place might close though.

(pictures taken by Calvin Ha)

The annual Del Mar Fair. Went two times again, 1st time with family, 2nd with friends. Honestly, it's the same thing every year, but I find myself going. I also get Pan Fried Chicken, Fried Oreos and Funnel Cake. This year I tried Fried Reese's and Snickers too. Tasted pretty good. The Del Mar Fair is also the paradise of hustling. The games are fun, but your probably not gonna win. If you do win, it probably cost you at least $15 dollars to win. I still play them though. Haha.

That Big Puddle of Water
I actually didn't go to the beach that much this year. All I remember is just that weird girl that hung out with us the whole day, and I had no clue who she was. Played football, volleyball, ate BBQ, normal beach stuff. Put people in sand, made big holes to put them in, got sand in almost everything. There's no summer without the beach.

The World Famous Internationally Known Comic Convention
Nerds, toy lovers, movie lovers, who wouldn't want to go to Comic Con. Lots of lines, and if you didn't buy a ticket early, you were pretty much out of luck. Every year, it gets bigger. The exhibit hall is huge, and theres free stuff everywhere. Most of it sucks but some if its pretty cool. Like the beach ball Pokeball. What a genius idea. This year I roamed the floors with Lawrence, Ryan, Kris and Quang. Was pretty fun. First year getting into the Pushead line. Got a L'amour Supreme hand paint. First year where I had a job 6 months before so I had a lot of funds. Met some fellow Skullbrainers, met some artists, got some sketches. Definitely a decline in costumes this year, kind of sucked. Didn't make it to a panel this year, but that just sets it up for next year.

Starstruck by Olivia Munn.

The man, the myth, the legend Paul Kaiju.

L'amour Supreme, Chad & Super7 Brian Flynn.

Monster Family: Bwana Spoons, Le Merde, Josh H.

I probably have more stuff to put in this post, but I think it's time to finally post this sucker up.

Stay Tuned

2009-09-21T00:43:00.001-07:00

Procrastinating on my summer post. Should do it soon, since today is officially Fall.
I will also post some pics from football, birthday party, etc.
Stay tuned folks.

Well Under Way

2009-09-13T22:26:00.000-07:00

School is under way, but I still haven't forgotten about my big summer post. It's in el works.

MiraMesaChargerNation

2009-08-31T23:13:00.000-07:00

The Rules.
1. Please have the buy in ( $20) at the draft.
I don't like dealing with people that don't want to pay half way through the season.
2. No having other people update your teams.
3. No alliances/ shady trading.
4. Don't draft a kicker in the 5th round.
5. Don't quit mid way through the season.
6. Kick ass.

The Buy In.
1. $20
2. Due at the draft ( I might be reasonable with this).
3. Prize Breakdown.
1st place- $150
2nd place- $50

Draft Location.
The Residence of Matthew Donaldson.
Date still in the works.
Still awaiting confirmation from the man himself.
1. Bring your research crap, I'm not providing anything. I'll probably just be yelling a lot of names out.
2. I'll try to get some pizza.
3. Get ready for people trying to psych you out.
4. Please be registered in the league before the draft. I think I sent emails out to everyone already.

The Draft Process.
1. Snake draft. ( Like the 10th pick gets 2 picks in a row thing)
2. We'll draw numbers from a hat beforehand for draft order.
3. From Rounds 1-5, you have 3 minutes to make a pick.
4. From Rounds 6-10, you have 6 minutes to make a pick.
5. From Rounds 11-16, you have 9 minutes to make a pick.

The Scoring.
Max Teams: 10
Scoring Type: Head-to-Head
Start Scoring on: Week 1
Can't Cut List Provider: None
Max Moves: 30
Max Acquisitions per Week: No maximum
Max Trades: No maximum
Trade Reject Time: 2
Trade End Date: November 20, 2009
Trade Review: League Votes
Waiver Time: No waivers
Waiver Type: Continual rolling list
Weekly Waivers None
Post Draft Players: Free Agents
Playoffs: Week 14, 15 and 16 (6 teams)
Divisions: No
Playoff Seeding Options: Division winners awarded top playoff seeds
Roster Positions: QB, WR, WR, RB, RB, TE, W/R, K, DEF, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN
Fractional Points: Yes
Negative Points: Yes
Offense League Value Yahoo! Default Value
Passing Yards 25 yards per point; 2 points at 300 yards; 3 points at 400 yards
Passing Touchdowns 6
Interceptions -2
Rushing Yards 10 yards per point; 2 points at 125 yards; 3 points at 200 yards
Rushing Touchdowns 6
Receptions 1
Reception Yards 15 yards per point; 2 points at 150 yards; 3 points at 215 yards 10 yards per point; 2 points at 150 yards; 3 points at 215 yards
Reception Touchdowns 6
Return Yards 25 yards per point
Return Touchdowns 6
2-Point Conversions 2
Fumbles -1
Fumbles Lost -1
Offensive Fumble Return TD 6
Kickers League Value Yahoo! Default Value
Field Goals 0-19 Yards 3
Field Goals 20-29 Yards 3
Field Goals 30-39 Yards 3
Field Goals 40-49 Yards 4
Field Goals 50+ Yards 5
Field Goals Missed 0-19 Yards -3
Field Goals Missed 20-29 Yards -3
Field Goals Missed 30-39 Yards -2
Field Goals Missed 40-49 Yards -1
Field Goals Missed 50+ Yards -.5
Point After Attempt Made 1
Point After Attempt Missed -1
Defense/Special Teams
Sack 1
Interception 2
Fumble Recovery 2
Touchdown 6
Safety 2
Block Kick 2
Return Yards 25 yards per point
Kickoff and Punt Return Touchdowns 6
Points Allowed 0 points 13
Points Allowed 1-6 points 10
Points Allowed 7-13 points 7
Points Allowed 14-20 points 3
Points Allowed 21-27 points 0
Points Allowed 28-34 points -3
Points Allowed 35+ points -5

If you want any of the settings to be changed, let me know.

Grown Up

2009-08-31T16:45:00.001-07:00

My brother recently visited Texas for my cousins graduation. He took a lot of videos of our little cousin, Angela. Not so little anymore. Man, time sure does fly.
This is the Angela I remember.

This is Angela now. Second grade.

Registration for school was last week. I wanted to wear my hat in my ID, but they wouldn't let me. Being at school sucked. Got my books, got out of there ASAP. That place sucks.

In school related news, Andrew, Quang, Brandon and I went "back to school shopping" last night at Wal Mart. I didn't buy anything, I think I'm already set. They bought binders, dividers and chips. That's all you need. Binders. Dividers. Chips. Earlier that day me and my sister made Garlic Cheese Fries. MmMMmMM.

People who do this suck.

Yea, we are seniors. Seniors that play with lightsabers in the toy section. Age is just a number.

The Mira Mesa Charger Nation draft should be this Friday night. Still getting the league set up, I'll have bigger post with the rules, settings, buy in, location, stuff like that. Keep up with those preseason injuries.
Mike Nowak ( official San Diego Chargers photographer) continually takes sick pictures.

Chargers at Falcons, originally uploaded by San Diego Chargers

Chula Vista

2009-08-30T18:54:00.000-07:00

Looks like we have a team in SD that is doing more winning and scoring than the Padres. The Chula Vista All Stars just won the Little League World Series against Chinese Taipei. Congratulations guys, they are going to be famous when they get back here. That Luke guy is huge.

Huge F*ckin Sale

2009-08-28T00:46:00.000-07:00

@ Lulubell Toys. Check it out.
Click the image.

He's Ours for the Keeping

2009-08-25T00:26:00.001-07:00

Chargers at Cardinals, originally uploaded by San Diego Chargers.

Philip Rivers signed a contract extension worth 92mil. Good move on the Chargers part. Now we can possibly use the franchise tag on Merriman or VJ.

Geekin' Out

2009-08-24T23:18:00.001-07:00

Today, I went geek mode, and got more RAM for my Mac. 40 bucks for two 1 GB pieces. Computer is noticeably faster. Still debating if I wanna switch out the hard drive.

The New Mac OS Snow Leopard comes out Friday. Ordered the family pack, and am sharing it with my fellow Mac users for a much cheaper price.

Fellow skullbrainer Scott Dias is opening a new Super 7 store in Florida. They recently got featured in St. Petersburg Times. Check the article out: Here

ISO400 Film

2009-08-22T23:37:00.001-07:00

...is not good. I found a roll in the kitchen cabinet and decided to just use it instead of buying more 200 film. The ISO400 film is pretty grainy, but it does the job. It makes the pictures look even older. And i dunno whats up with the lines in the pictures.

Beach

2009-08-22T12:58:00.001-07:00

Food.

Football.

Big Holes and burying people in them.

Random beach-goers.

Eating

2009-08-20T13:52:00.000-07:00

Been eating out a lot lately. Went to Cotijas in Lemon Grove with Quang and Brandon to get the elusive A La Diabla Burrito. We bought 2 burritos and split them in half. The A La Diabla burrito comes with shrimp, special Diabla sauce, sour cream. I dunno what else there is in there. It was really good, better than the first time I had it.

After, went to Marios, a family owned shop ( I'm guessing) that sells blank tees, Dickies, New Eras, sunglasses, and lots of other things for pretty cheap. Didn't buy anything though.

Last night, I went with my co-workers to Applebees since one of them is going to college in the east soon.

The man thats leaving. Geez, with him gone, we're gonna be working 5 days each. -__-

Heart attack on a plate. It was good though.

After that, it was around 12. What better place to go than Wal Mart. Me, Quang and Brandon looked at a bunch of stuff, messed around. Quang bought a Big Stick. Went home, watched LOST with my sister. We're addicted. If anyone wants to borrow Season 1, ask me. I'll let you become a LOST addict too.

We're Back

2009-08-19T01:59:00.001-07:00

Seahawks vs. Chargers, originally uploaded by San Diego Chargers.

This is a badass picture.

Prawns

2009-08-16T23:23:00.000-07:00

I just got back from watching District 9. It was an excellent movie. Saw Matt, Calvin, Mel and a few others there. The movie is basically about a alien civilization that settled in an area known as District 9. I'll leave it at that. Other than that, it was a really good sci-fi kind of movie that has a pretty good story. I really think the aliens were done very well ( prawns). The little baby prawn was freaking cool. You really start to feel for them as the film goes on. Highly recommended. Go out and watch it. And when I mean watch it, I mean actually pay for your ticket stub and watch it. Not sneak in. Hahaha.

I can't wait to get my paycheck Tuesday. Should be the biggest one by far.

Last Public Practice

2009-08-13T13:03:00.000-07:00

'Red Leader'

Last night was the Chargers last practice. This time, stayed the whole time. We moved around a lot, but eventually got to the front. Quite the crowd this time. This guy wearing a Tom Brady jersey got hit in the face with a tight spiral from someone in the crowd, got food thrown at him. Some guy was wearing a Denver jersey too. What are these people thinking. I mean, you can wear those jerseys during games, but during a Chargers public practice? Darren Sproles was not at the practice, I hear him and his wife just had a baby. Larry English still didn't practice. All in all, a fun day.

Defensive linemen

Recievers

7 on 7

Linebackers, don't know the 2 the very left.

Star cornerbacks

These random guys

There was traffic getting out, so we threw the football around for a while. Then tried to go to Phil's BBQ, closed. Tried Jack in the Box, closed. Good ol' In N Out, always open whenever you need them to be.

All Other Toys Suck

2009-08-12T14:52:00.000-07:00

This is a BxH fan movie created by Spasm One. Insane.

Six

2009-08-10T20:07:00.000-07:00

I went to Six Flags Magic Mountain yesterday. I was expecting unbearable heat, but it was actually just fine with a good breeze. Whoever is thinking about going to Six Flags, it is worth it to get the FlashPass. Pretty much always brings you to front of most of the rides ( except Terminator and X2). All the rides were fun, I've already riden them before. It's a shame if this place had to close down since they have so many great rides.

X2, the mother of all thrills and chills. This one was good, but I was disappointed that they didn't use the pyro effects during the day. Instead, they shot water, which was ok I guess. I waited a good 45 minutes, but this ride is ridiculous.

Colossus, probably just a big headache. I wish they still ran this with the racing carts. I wanted to take pictures of all the rides, but I just gave up.

In terms of getting pictures with characters, it is WAY easier and less of a hassle than Disneyland. Sylvester was all by his lonesome.

I think we rode almost everything there, even the water rides. We didn't ride Terminator, too long of a wait. Didn't ride 2 of the water rides, Batman, Revolution, Superman. But other than that, I think I rode all the roller coasters. I'm telling you now, get the FlashPass.

On the way home last night, the moon looked so sick, it was orange and was hanging really low. I had to drive back home from Irvine, good thing I had that iPod dock for the car.

Today, the mailman dropped off these LeWhifs that me, Lawrence and Frank have been waiting for forever. It's pretty much inhaled chocolate, tasted pretty good when I tried it today. We've been waiting since June when Lawrence first told me about them. They're in high demand I guess. If you see me, ask me for a whif, I'll let you try some.

I've been on a buying spree lately. I'll put up pictures in a couple of weeks to show you what I mean.

Defensive Leadership

2009-08-09T02:59:00.000-07:00

This is what we need this season.

Despite all the other stuff, 'Lights Out' doesn't take day job lightly

By Kevin Acee
Union-Tribune Staff Writer
9:34 p.m. August 7, 2009

Shawne Merriman might Twitter. He might ham it up for fans and television cameras. He might relentlessly pitch his own clothing line and an energy drink and show up on television and in the gossip columns more than any other Charger.
But on the field, especially now, Merriman is all business.
“I'm on a different path,” he said this week. “My focus is different than it's ever been.”
Merriman, among many others, recognizes a more focused approach among the Chargers this camp. And he will not accept anything less than 100 percent adherence, especially from a vital cog.
What Merriman did at practice Wednesday should not be seen as earth-shaking. Things happen between teammates all the time. On every good team, players challenge other players.
What this is, though, is an example early on that this team's leaders have a goal in mind and will not be afraid to keep others focused on that goal.

After perceiving that cornerback Antonio Cromartie had dogged it on a play, Merriman yelled at the cornerback. When Cromartie yelled back, according to sources, Merriman shot back at Cromartie that he wanted to win a Super Bowl and Cromartie better get on board.

“I'm not going to let anyone ruin it for me,” Merriman said the next day. “And not just one person – anyone. And I'm not going to let anyone else down either. I'm so serious about what we're going to try to accomplish.”

Charged Up

2009-08-06T17:23:00.000-07:00

When we dropped my sister off to fill out a form at work, we went to the top level of the Sharp Memorial Hospital parking. I saw one of those helicopter landing spots, it was pretty cool. Took some pictures while I was up there.

Pretty cool picture my cousin took of me.

Yesterday was the first Chargers public practice at Qualcomm Stadium. I thought the venue was a lot better than the ones on Murphy Canyon and UCSD, since theres just so much more room, and you can watch the practice from almost anywhere. Saturday is Fanfest, and theres also another night practice. A few observations:
1. LT is 100% healthy, and he looks quicker than he's ever been before. Really light on his feet.
2. Shawne Merriman has bulked up even more.
3. Larry English didn't practice, but he looks like a beast.
4. The new defense is definitely improved, can't wait for all the new linebacker packages Rivera has planned.
5. Sproles looked amazing again, he pulled a punt touchdown return.
6. Kassim Osgood was standing out as reciever ( not to mention his blonde hair)
7. Rivers was a bit off, a lot of underthrown/ overthrown passes.
8. Cromartie was screwing up as well. On a punt return, he caught the ball, then fumbled it. If that was a real game, that would of been 6 points.
9. Didn't really get to see much else, so I hope I can make it to the next practice.
10. Don't stay in line for the dollar hot dogs. Not worth it.

I finally got my ToyPunks DVD and S7 magazines today. Should keep me occupied for a while. My senior picture proofs came in today, they're alright I guess. Don't wanna retake em, so I'm just going to have to pick one and be satisfied. I'm finally getting a new window in my room tommorow. For those that have been to my room, you know about how weird my blinds are. The only thing that sucks about new windows is that there might be screens, so no more roof access possibly.

Smorgasbord

2009-08-06T14:09:00.001-07:00

The new choices buffet at the Pala Casino. Been here one time before about a week ago, but this time it was better for some reason.

By the way, my mom bought a new Corolla after trading in our old van. Can't believe we got 4 and a half grand for that old clunker.

The inside is beautiful.

Crab legs, I forgot how many I ate, but it was a lot. I don't know how this place doesn't have crab forks. There crabcrackers arent even good.

I ate so many of these Creme Brulees. The Tiramisu was alright.

Cash rules everything around me...

Birthday Tacos

2009-08-04T13:00:00.000-07:00

Today is my sister's birthday. Happy birthday, i bought her a cake. Now here's my gift to everyone else. 2 free tacos at Jack in the Box. Only today, print the coupon.

"When A Man Loves a Burrito, can't keep his mind on nothing else."

2009-08-03T22:48:00.001-07:00

Famous quote from the little wrapper at Chipotle.So I picked up my paycheck today, then ate Chipotle. Last night, or morning I mean, I found out that Chipotle has some online burrito ordering service where you can order burrito and pick it up at the store. It's probably the dumbest thing I've heard of. It only takes like 30 seconds for them to make a burrito. I guess the lines at Chipotle can get long, but seriosuly youre not going to be waiting longer than 5 minutes. Now, if they DELIVERED burritos, thats a whole other story.

If you really want to get full, Chipotle is the place to go. Always satisfies hunger, and everything tastes fresh. Me, Brandon and Quang were so cool, that we all decided to get our own table today.

It was off to the border for some outlet shopping.

I really didn't want to buy anything today. And i was successful at the outlets. Nike Store was tempting. Was really reeeeally tempted at the Vans store, but I fought it.

MUST.NOT.BUY.

After the outlet, went to Plaza, saw some hypebeasts. Went to Nordstrom Rack, and I had a feeling I was gonna buy something there. I was looking through the shoe aisles, and I didn't see anything good. Then on the last shoe rack, I saw these leather Puma Baskets for 26 bucks. They were so cushiony and comfy. I had to buy em. I suck at not buying stuff. After the failed attempt at not spending any money, I went to Baskin Robbins, ate soft serve, looked at the cake I ordered. Picked up Harry Potter numero 5 from Stacey. I just ate some really good spaghetti that my dad made. Some people are playing Partini downstairs. I think I'll stop now.

Nike Does it Right

2009-08-02T15:09:00.001-07:00

Great video. Good song. Sweet cameos. Finally, a skateboarding video WITHOUT the use of a fisheye lens.

Parking is Half the Fun

2009-08-02T01:17:00.000-07:00

Went to La Jolla Shores today, then had work later on. CJ and Andrew were suppose to end their contest beach body thing today, but I guess it didn't happen. Parking is so hard to find, but I guess Lady Luck decided to hang out with us after 30 minute of stressful looking. I wonder if this guy actually sold any of his parking spots.

Calvin showed me this ultra high definition, non grainy, high quality roll of film. Will have to give it a try sometime.

So when we finally got there, I see this random girl that usually doesn't hang out with us. Pretty weird, I thought she was someone's sister, but Marc tells me that she just randomly followed them that day. And when I mean whole day, I mean whole day. She was helping us set up tents, laughing with us, sitting down with us, and I didn't know who the hell she is. Who the heck does that kind of stuff.

This picture just makes you think summer.

After drinking Arizona Iced Tea, the people that weren't in the water decided to play "Hot Potato with a Volleyball". That was pretty fun. It's funny how the stupidest ideas can turn out pretty good. Then we played " Whoever makes the Ball Hit the Ground is a Slut". That was even more funny, hahaha.

Then I had to go to work, sucks, but thats life.

Flashback a couple days ago, and I went on a grocery shopping spree with my dad, sister, and cousin at the Commissary. We wanted to go because when my dad goes, we like to put almost anything we want in the cart.

While I was in line, cause lines at the Commissary are really long sometimes, the head honcho from 'Mission Foods' handed me a $25 gift certificate off our purchases for today since he saw some Mission Tortillas we were buying. Schhhhweeet.

Flashback

2009-07-31T23:32:00.000-07:00

The Scrapbooking Center.

Yesterday was my first time eating at Chiba. My sister has been telling me about it for a while and their pizza roll. Yesterday, I was finally able to try it. Also ate some other rolls and Chicken Teriyaki. It was so good, and for the price, you can't really beat it.

The Pizza Roll. It's alright, I think my sister hyped it up a little too much.

After that, my cousin wanted to go to ToysRus, and the only one we could find was off Morena Boulevard. That place is like a ghost town. It was pretty creepy, and it just felt weird being around that area

If Calvin is reading this and sees the following image, he knows what needs to be done soon.

Never Seen Before

2009-07-31T01:02:00.000-07:00

"In addition to visiting Obitsu factory and original Marusan painter Goto-san, the Toypunks crew was fortunate to film with legendary punk artist Pushead as he hand-painted an array of his own original toys as well as a handful of figures by Rumble Monsters. In this unprecedented footage, Pushead shares some (but certainly not all) of his process with the camera, offering compelling insight into the nature of creating vinyl toys in both the Japanese and
modern underground tradition. Please look forward to it in Toypunks Vol 2, coming in winter 2009!"

(hand) paints

2009-07-30T12:44:00.000-07:00

The pictures do all the talking.
L'amour Supreme 3 of 4 HP Mongolion "Oxidized Copper"

Pushead Black Unknown HSP-X Skullpirate

SDCC Recap

2009-07-29T14:21:00.001-07:00

by the infamous toybot studios and Alex Zavaleta of S7 as your host.
Check out 11:36 onwards. It's me!

SDCC 2009 Alex Zavaleta from toybot studios on Vimeo.

New Look & The Motherload

2009-07-28T21:47:00.000-07:00

Change is good. New look, same blog. I also have a splash page that kinds of pointless but cool.
Go to mmmdejesus.webs.com to see it.

I remember when I got pictures developed on my dad's old Pentax Asahi Spotmatic. I was so happy that it actually worked.

Now starts the ridiculous motherload post that I've been putting off for a while. I mean, we don't have school or anything, I've been working a lot, so who can blame me for not wanting to blog? I guess I'll start off with how summer is going with so far. It's been alright, I haven't took too many pictures because my Canon charger got lost. But then I just bought a new one on eBay, and then started taking pictures. I've also been using my dad's old SLR, and I'm pretty sure you'll be able to discern which pictures are from that camera. The oldest pictures I have are when me and Lawrence had a lightbox "photoshoot" with our toys. I went to Lawrence's house that day, chilled, talked about some secret projects, set up the lightbox, started flashing lights.

Then, I have these cool and embarassing pictures from people playing basketball at Breen. We ate a lot of burritos that day too I think. Can't remember.

The next set I got is whatever day we went to Del Mar Fair. All I remember from that day was one word: hustled. Even though Quang won something, we all got hustled. Funnel cakes, fried matter, bungee jumps, 25 cent foot massages that feel good on your butt, free water. The Del Mar Fair is always the same thing. I say close the fairgrounds and put a bayfront Chargers stadium on the fairgrounds.

Then theres that night where I worked scoop night, then watched the Transformers midnight premiere. Didn't really enjoy it, was probably too tired. That was horrible, but somehow, by the end of it, I was still up for a burrito.

The taco truck. Bomb ass fish tacos, and Picas for only $2.69 for a whole bag of 100 pieces. Only down south.

Then come the cousins. I swear, no one in my family told me this until the day they actually came. 2 out of 3 of them just left yesterday, and they were so sad to go. Good times with them at Disneyland, and playing whatever random board games we played. On July 4th, we went to the fair. They even made a scrapbook, and I got to design my own page. It actually came out pretty nice, who knew I was that creative. Ice cream cones out of construction paper, pure genius.

And of course, the infamous video of my cousin falling asleep at Disneyland.

And of course, whats summer without Comic Con. Some of the pictures are provided by Mr.Chit. Couldn't go preview night, and there was a Camo Zag releasing, so Lawrence bravely dared some fellow Skullbrainers on snatching one up for me. He couldn't pull through, but it was worth a shot. On Thursday, I went with Stacey, Quang, Marc, Lawrence and Daniel. The only thing really on my mind that day was the Pushead event. I remember just going back and forth from booth to booth, getting some things from Super7 and Gargamel. By the way, Quang fell asleep. Really, my mind was only on 4 o clock at the Toy Tokyo booth. It was finally around 3 o clock, I picked up me and Lawrence's pre ordered Captains. I picked my raffle number, 12, good number. Walked around, they were putting up the black cloth, which meant they were getting ready to unveil all the handpainted goodness that Pushead brought. I was able to get a Pushead HSP-x, and also got Lawrence a Sanda. The stippled captains were awfully tempting though. The best part about the HSP-x's were that they were all blind bagged. I opened it, and it was just so awesome. I put it back in the bag, and wanted to just get out of there and eat. Thanks to Pushead and Skeletal for helping me score my first HSP.

Friday at Comic-Con, failed at the Warner Bros Hall H panel, heard it was really good, so it kind of sucks that we missed it. It was also the day we decided to go to every booth starting at Aisle 100. On the way, we stopped by the Adult Swim booth where they have a hole in the wall where you put a ticket in, and they hand you something completely random. I got a hat, some people got oranges, and paper, and socks. Spotted Olivia Munn, then it was on to the L'amour signing. When he unveiled the HP Mongolions, I was in awe. Kirkland ( toybot studios) took my first pick, but I was able to pick up the Oxidized Copper. L'amour is defenitely one of the coolest artists around, and is really nice. I was also given a sweet "print" of his next upcoming Mishka shirt. So, then i was 2 for 3 on HP's. Seemed like my luck was going strong.

Saturday at Comic Con. We had to take the bus and trolley, but we made it there. Only things that day were the Monster Family signing, as well as the Flynn. The two Mummy Boys I wanted were gone after the first two in line, so my HP streak ended. But its ok, I ended up getting the secret Ghostfighter that released that day. Other than that, just roamed Comic Con, met a few SkullBrainers, artists, and rested. Weird since Saturday is the busiest day, it was actually the most calm for me. I also had a chance to play God of War 3, amazing. I'm going to be at Jeb's a lot when that game comes out. Wasn't able to go to on Sunday, dropped of my cousins at the airport.

Comic Con is full of picture opportunities, with artists, people in costumes and celebrities. But the only celebrity I took a picture with was John Heder ( Napoleon Dynamite) . Lawrence and I were very hesitant if it was him, but I finally asked and we got the picture.

Here's my haul from Comic Con. Very satisfied.

Now, this post has taken me forever, but I'm finally done. I should be updating regularly now. The cameras are functioning. Still got a month of summer left, enjoy it. Hope you liked this ultimate, super exquisite, jam packed roller coaster ride that seemed to never end, but now it just did. YEEEEE.

Revamp.

2009-07-28T03:40:00.001-07:00

Doing this first before the big post.

Something New Soon. I promise.

2009-07-21T13:06:00.000-07:00

Dang, I really have been screwing around with this thing. I will make a monumental, extravagent post after Comic Con full with pictures from summer, Comic-Con, Pushead madness, and all sorts of good stuff. Stay tuned, I have not left.

Football- The Fantasy One

2009-07-07T14:46:00.000-07:00

Trying to get this started early. Here are some basics. More details later, a lot of people are backing out this year.

Touching

2009-07-07T13:53:00.000-07:00

"I just wanted to say, ever since I was born, daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine! I just wanted to say I love him so much." — Jackson's daughter, Paris, who broke down in tears.

Next Hyped Song

2009-07-06T00:20:00.000-07:00

Heard it about a month ago, but didn't know if I wanted to put it up here or not. Gonna be released soon anyways, so here ye go.
Sounds better with your speakers loud, so turn it up. First verse..crazy.

Lupe's album is gonna be hot FIYAH.

Lack

2009-07-05T20:00:00.001-07:00

of posts. I've been lazy. Bigger post soon.

Rest In Peace

2009-06-26T01:01:00.000-07:00

Went to Del Mar Fair today, but something else happened today that shocked the world, including me. The biggest badass, moonwalking, king of pop has died today. Forget all the rumors, alleged things, and all the other things you've heard about him in the last couple of years. Instead, just remember him for his music and what he did for the world. Truly one of the greatest.

Oh No You Didnt.

2009-06-25T00:19:00.000-07:00

Ocho Cinco calls out the Chargers defense. OMG, i cant wait till December 20th. Chad Johnson is about to get f*cked up.

Howdy

2009-06-21T14:12:00.000-07:00

OK. So, I haven't updated this thing in a while. Pretty chill summer so far. I honestly don't remember what I did Tuesday. I think I had work and ate sushi with my sister. Wednesday, I chilled with Brandon and Quang for a while, then we went with Matt and Andrew to the beach at night. I also remember eating A LOT of different food that day. Gummy Bears, A La Diabla burritos, more burritos. Thursday, don't remember. Friday, me and Andrew got to the step of running where we have our running stuff on. I also chilled at Lawrences for a while, took lightbox pics of vinyl. His dog is really cool, half dog half bear status. Yesterday, I had a long ass 6 hour shift where I had to re-stock the biggest pile of crap I've ever seen. Then I ate at Red Lobster and Tutti Frutti, that place is pretty good. If you go, try the Banana Pudding, ohhh yea. I watched the Proposal yesterday, it was kind of funny, but then got pretty bad and corny at the end. I kinda wanna watch Hangover again. I'm watching the midnight premiere of Transformers this week, Del Mar Fair also...and I also have work tonight. Yipee. Happy Father's Day everyone.

The film camera is a go, and working good. Still can't find that battery charger for my other camera, been looking for that ever since that trip to the zoo. Pics are up on Flickr, I don't feel like uploading anything on the post. Maybe later.

Summer.

2009-06-16T09:54:00.000-07:00

So, I got to wake up whenever I wanted to today. That was cool. Schools done, I put all my school crap away. Day 1. I think I'll start off by eating breakfast or something.

I went to graduation yesterday, their venue was pretty cool. Pictures later, cause my camera decided that it didnt wanna work, so all the pics are on Stacey's camera.

Two Words for Everyone.

2009-06-09T21:31:00.001-07:00

F*ck off. Lol, just joking.

The real two words:
Finish Strong.

Games

2009-06-06T23:20:00.001-07:00

I took the SAT Subject Tests. I loved the Spanish one, not so much the history and math. Anyways, I've never looked at games in a while, but today I did. And I found this.

Super Mario Bros. Looks fun.

More New Super Mario Bros. Wii Info

GOW3. The mother of mothers.

God of War III at IGN.com

Do You Have Any New Shoes?

2009-05-30T17:20:00.000-07:00

Keep em' coming.

Grub

2009-05-28T23:22:00.000-07:00

2:06 onward. Tasty.

Listen and Learn

2009-05-28T00:04:00.001-07:00

Tell em Kobe

Live Long and Prosper

2009-05-25T12:51:00.000-07:00

I watched Star Trek last night, badass movie. Never watched Star Trek in my life, but the movie was soooooooo good. You must watch it.

Also, If I watched this movie before the SAT, I would have owned that essay. If you took the May 2nd SAT, remember the essay question? Yea, the Vulcans in the movie display no emotion and only use logic. I can't really describe the movie, but if you remember the essay and watch the movie, you can see why Star Trek would of been a good paragraph in that essay.
In the movie, there was an easily quotable line too:
"Spock, forget logic, do what feels right" - Would of been badass in that SAT essay.

Also, I forgot to post pics from last weeks dance showcase. Jebs trio, Janel's solo, Juniors performance and the people at the end were pretty badass. We ate at McDonalds after, but then it sucked, cause we had school the next day.

The bench at night! Dun Dun Dun.

Last week, I also got the Shinganist book. Pretty much a 5 artist book including:
USUGROW
MOZYSKEY
TOSHIKAZU NOZAKA
BENE
JUN KANEKO
Was able to get a version where all 5 of em signed it. OHHH yea.

Then, I returned my E71x and got the unlocked version. The cheaper data plan will end up paying for the extra cost of the phone. Not to mention the other sick shit you can put on the unlocked that you cant on the E71x.

Also, I had a dumbass moment yesterday. Do you ever have those times when you lose something, but you KNOW, you KNOW that you just had it like a couple minutes ago. Well, it happened to me yesterday with a memory card. I knew I had that crap, then I lost it. I looked everywhere, even the trash, and then it was under my freeeeakin mousepad. FLML.

I've also been trying to figure out where this line is from, its either from a show or a movie:
" Well, I don't really feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel like it" - I think its in a kids voice or something. Someone just tell me, it's been bugging me.

Remember the reason why we have the day off, folks.

Mem

2009-05-24T20:17:00.000-07:00

Pretty chill ass weekend so far. Had a mass at my house on Saturday, and I had to read. Pretty cool, also had a house blessing. Then I just reeeeelaxed, then went to Brandons for like 45 minutos. Also scored a Super 7 lucky bag which me and Lawrence are gonna split. Had work today, gonna watch Naruto, Family Guy and The Simpsons. Gonna download music later. Clean my room, maybe. Might watch Star Trek tonight, better be as good as everyone says it is. TGFNST ( Thank God For No School Tommorow). FLML.

Can't Think of a Title

2009-05-17T18:29:00.000-07:00

Friday was last day of block day. No more not doing homework for 1 day. The Update aired Thursday and Friday, and Calvin's short was pretty good. Watched the track meet at Cathedral, probably the nicest school I've ever been to. The Guys 100 was crazy, they swept it. After, ate at Cold Stone and Wings n Things.

My sisters birthday was on Saturday. We ate Red Lobster, and I actually had lobster this time and it was THE GOODNESS. Then I brought the surprise of the day, a Baskin Robbins Jamoca/Vanilla Fudge Crunch Cake. It's never been done before, and it's the only time you'd of been able to see it. My mom bought me this sick Nike jacket, which is pretty weird, becasue she never really buys me anything anymore since I have a job.

I also got this sucker in the mail:

Chill ass day at work today. Lakers won. And supposedly there's going to be a priest from the Philippines at my house for this week. I already know him, so it should be all good. I think that's all.

Don't Mess with the Empire

2009-05-16T15:38:00.001-07:00

Muchas Cosas

2009-05-10T23:33:00.000-07:00

Reggie's Confirmation was on Friday, good stuff there. Ate In n Out afterwards, and slept.

Anjelica took over the camera for a while.

Saturday, went to the bio session in the morning which didn't really help at all, did the Chalk the Walk thing over at the Rec. We were sponsored by Being FIt. What better way to represent with a huge buff cyclops with a pink afro. Me and Lawrence owned that square. Went to work, I really don't remember what I did after.

Mother's Day is today, I went to church, and there was a lot of people there. I had work again, so that wasn't cool. But, when I got home, there was this huge feast with spanish rice, steak, mushrooms, salmon, crab legs, baugettes, and an ice cream cake provided by me. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

AP Bio Test tommorow. Wish me luck, I'll need it.

E71

2009-05-07T20:43:00.000-07:00

Finally put my KRZR to rest. It's been a good two year ride. Not so good ride with the nagging low battery.
Enter E71, and AT&T.

UP

2009-05-04T00:18:00.000-07:00

Must Watch.

Selvedge

2009-05-03T22:28:00.001-07:00

SAT Hook

2009-05-02T23:39:00.000-07:00

Took the SAT today. Drained the life out of me. Ate at Cheeburger afterwards, that place is freakin expensive. Went to Mission after with Guerrero, CJ, Andrew, Quang. We all bought shoes except for birthday boy Guerrero. Went to Melissa's for a little, then just went home cause I was tired and my pops wanted me to watch the fight at my house with all the relatives and such. Pacquiao killed Hatton, flat out humiliated him. Knocked down 2 times in the 1st round? Then that ballistic, savage, badass, craziest left hook to end it in the 2nd. Damn. Bring on the Mayweather.

Interesting

2009-04-26T00:22:00.000-07:00

Blogging live from Vegas right now. Haven't done too much here, and was more occupied listening to the draft on the way here. Larry English. Interesting. I wanted Maulauga, but I'm starting to like this English guy more and more. Hopefully a stud in the making. Can't wait to see who the Chargers get tommorow. Don't sleep on late rounds, gems are found there.

Caliente

2009-04-19T23:56:00.001-07:00

Damn, its 11:55 at night. And it is freakin hot. Summer came early for a couple days this year. Record highs expected tommorow. Plan accordingly.

Bye Bye Madden

2009-04-16T18:42:00.000-07:00

John Madden announced today that he is retiring from broadcasting. No more Monday Night Football with John Madden. This is very sad, and he is truly the greatest football commentator of all time.

Where Amazing Happens

2009-04-16T00:28:00.000-07:00

The NBA playoffs are here. Lakers. End of story.
Even though I think that Lebron will end up taking the MVP award, the Lakers will win the championship. That's all that matters anyways, right? Lebron is a beast, and his time to win a championship is coming soon, just not this year.

Kanye's "Amazing" was used as the "theme song" for this year's playoff.

Lakers first round schedule. The 5th-7th games won't be needed.
Schedule wallpaper from the Lakers website.

Chargers Update

2009-04-14T17:29:00.000-07:00

Schedule released, What game does everyone wanna go to?

1. 9/14 @OAK - ESPN - 10:15PM
2. 9/20 BAL - CBS - 4:15
3. 9/27 MIA - CBS - 4:15
4. 10/4 @PIT - NBC - 8:20

5. Bye

6. 10/19 - DEN - ESPN - 8:30
7. 10/25 - @KC - CBS - 1:00
8. 11/1 - OAK - CBS - 4:05
9. 11/8 - @NYG - CBS - 4:15
10. 11/15 - PHI - FOX - 4:15
11. 11/22 - @DEN - CBS - 4:15
12. 11/29 - KC - CBS - 4:05
13. 12/6 - @CLE - CBS - 4:05
14. 12/13 - @DAL - CBS - 4:15
15. 12/20 - CIN - CBS - 4:15
16. 12/25 - @TEN - NFLN - 7:30
17. 1/3 - WAS - FOX - 4:15
__________________

Some new "Pick Cam" that will let you know who we draft, before we even draft them. I dunno, I kinda like the surprise of the draft, so not too sure about that. Cool idea though.

Chargers.com has the NFL Draft covered
Casey Pearce
Posted Apr 13, 2009

Chargers.com will expand its draft coverage this year with several new features, including a “Pick Cam” through which Chargers officials will announce each of the team’s picks before any other news outlet.

For Chargers fans who want to be the first to know who their team is drafting in the 2009 NFL Draft, Chargers.com will be the place to be.

The team’s official website is expanding its draft coverage this year, bringing fans several new features to provide the quickest and most in-depth information on the newest members of the organization.

Through “Pick Cam,” a new camera feed located just outside the War Room, fans will hear each selection on Chargers.com BEFORE any other news outlet, including NFL Network and ESPN. As soon as General Manager A.J. Smith and his staff make their decision, a Chargers official will bring the player’s name to Pick Cam.

And for fans who expect to be out and about on Draft Weekend can sign up to receive text messages from the team as each choice is made. To receive these Draft Text Messages, sign up simply by texting CHARGE to 41513 or click here. Standard messaging rates will apply.

Immediately following the announcement of each pick, a key member of the Chargers’ front office will be live on camera to discuss the team’s newest member. In addition, fans will be able to hear directly from the newest Charger before he speaks with any other news outlets as Pick Cam will air a live telephone interview with each choice.

Sunday afternoon, fans will have the opportunity to have their questions answered by the Chargers’ first-round draft pick. Fans may email questions to (address), and the top pick respond through an on-camera Q&A session.

As always, Chargers.com will provide in-depth information, video highlights of each choice and live video of press conferences, include the introduction of the top pick upon his arrival in San Diego Sunday afternoon.

The NFL Draft starts at 1 pm PT on Saturday (April 25) with Rounds 1 and 2 held on the first day. Rounds 3 through 7 will take place on Sunday morning beginning at 7 am PT.

The Chargers currently own eight selections in this year’s draft. They’ll pick 16th overall in the first round and 78th in the third. They hold three choices in the fourth round, which come at the 113th, 133rd and 134th picks. They’ll also pick in the fifth (148), sixth (189) and seventh (224) rounds.

The End...

2009-04-12T23:50:00.000-07:00

of Spring break. Went to Sonic for the first time. Went downtown too. Other than that, just watched Pokemon, played Game Boy, slept a lot, and stayed up way too late too. I don't want to go to school tommorow. My picture for the "Imagery of Japanese Toys" was relived, thanks to Joe ( from SB). Was able to score a few things thanks to Mr. Chit and his trip to San Fran.

These last 2 or 3 months of school is gonna.
S.U.C.K.

Here's my entry for the "Imagery of Japanese Toys" Show.

Car Crashes Into Carls Jr

2009-04-09T23:19:00.000-07:00

760 KFMB:
"A vehicle struck a Carl's Jr. fast food restaurant today in Mira Mesa, but no one was injured, a fire dispatcher said.

The vehicle hit the Carl's Jr. on 10745 Camino Ruiz around 9:10 a.m., the dispatcher said.

The restaurant was closed while building inspectors determine whether the structure is safe, she said.

The cause of the crash was under investigation."

Padres

2009-04-08T14:42:00.000-07:00

Went to the Padre game with Jose, Javier, Matt, Quang, Guerrero and Emerson. We took the trolley there, and got seats for 9 bucks, good deal. We ended up winning, the guy next to us was drunk x infinity, and it started raining too. We were Coke Zero mascots for 30 seconds. Yeah, that's it. I think we should all go to Padre games once every month.

More pics on Flickr + Jose and this new "jerk" craze coming soon.

Nostalgia

2009-04-06T14:18:00.000-07:00

Ever wanted to watch the first Pokemon season? You know, with the Pokemon that you actually know? Cause pretty much after the first season, everything got all weird. Well, thanks to Spring Break, I found a place that has the whole first season ( and a lot more), but all I need is the first season.

http://www.mountmoon.net/showthread.php?tid=6296
Its the link on the first post, I warn you though, there are a lot of pop-ups, but its legit and does have all the episodes. So if you want a little nostalgic feeling of waking up on Saturday morning to watch the new episode of Pokemon, go right along.

Cove and Work

2009-04-05T23:19:00.001-07:00

I went to La Jolla Cove yesterday with peeps from the Photography Club and Mr. Schmidt. It was a good time, got some good pictures. Also, when we were there, some guy proposed to his girlfriend, and we were there to get pictures. That was pretty cool. Also, there was this "Project Freeze" going on where people froze to raise awareness on human trafficking. We saw a Mr. Maheu look alike, and ate some good ass burgers too. Then at the end, we randomly saw Brandon there. The sunset was pretty nice too.

Project Freeze:

We also saw this like 6 year old holding his own Nikon SLR with a bag and everything:
Me: Dang, Mr. Schmidt, look at that kid, he's ballin'
Schmidt: What does ballin' mean?
Me: Like he has a lot of money,he's ballin'
Schmidt: Oh, I always thought ballin' meant something different
Me: Like what?
Schmidt: It either means you having sex, that was from the 70's, or that you're crying. And I sure didn't see him doing either.

Mr. Schmidt also thinks its funny when Asian people talk to their parents in a foreign language, then talk in perfect English after that. Hahahaha.

Then today, I went to church. Then had work. I forgot to freakin' clock in again. I need to stop forgetting. Then I got home, crashed, and started doing the upload process of all my pictures and what not. Should be a fun day tommorow. I want Spring Break to last forever.

UCSD Mess Up

2009-04-01T16:39:00.000-07:00

Apparently, UCSD sent acceptance emails to people that werent actually accepted and didnt send the wrong emails and crap. Sucks, hopefully people at Mira Mesa didn't have to go through this.

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Youre-Out-Youre-In-No-Youre-Out.html

"UC San Diego -- a school for the smart ones, supposedly -- mistakenly congratulated nearly 29,000 applicants on their acceptance, according to university officials.
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Earlier this month, about 17,000 students were offered admission for the fall, leaving nearly 29,000 hopefuls out in the cold.
But on Tuesday, the school's communications office said an e-mail was sent Monday afternoon to all 46,377 students who applied for admission -- including the 29,000 rejects -- welcoming them to the campus.
A half-hour later, school officials said, they realized their mistake. Almost two hours after the first note went out, a second e-mail was sent, apologizing to 28,889 freshmen applicants for the mistake.
"No member of this department is more acutely aware of the emotional roller-coaster that this could cause for our applicants," Assistant Vice Chancellor Mae W. Brown said.
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An anonymous parent told the Los Angeles Times it was a "colossal screw-up."
Similar incidents have happened at other schools -- including Cornell in the recent past, the paper reported -- but the UCSD incident was the biggest "screw-up."

Micro

2009-03-30T20:47:00.000-07:00

This will keep me occupied for a while.

All White

2009-03-30T00:07:00.000-07:00

So, most of you probably know and should know that the Chargers are opening up the 09 season against the Raiders at Oakland on Monday Night. Word from AJ Smith is tht they'll be wearing the throwback ALL WHITE UNI'S ( to commemorate the 50th anniversary).

These are gonna look so freakin sweet.

Behind the Banner

2009-03-29T17:00:00.000-07:00

New banner. Thanks to Mr. Chit for the banner. Using probably my most favorite picture of all time. My brother showed it to me a while back, then I remembered yesterday then found it again on Flickr. Thanks to renatapereira for the picture.

One day I'll go there. Christ the Redeemer Statue on Corcovado Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Fin De Semana

2009-03-29T16:12:00.000-07:00

Passed my driving test on Friday. No car, but at least I got everything done with. Had work Friday night, wasn't very fun.

Started off Saturday, with the sound of my vibrating phone. Checked it, Guerrero told me to get ready because him and others were going to the Swap Meet. I told him that I was too sleepy, and just went back to sleep. They actually got some pretty good stuff at the Swap Meet, so I'll go with 'em next time, and hopefully find myself a beautiful Chargers snapback.

Went to Hometown for CJ's "birthday". They changed everything in there now. New tables, chairs, counters. Looks good. I was never really a fan of Hometown Buffet, but they proved me wrong yesterday. They added a lot of different food, and it was pretty good. Especially this:

Orange/Vanilla Swirled Sherbet/Yogurt
This has to be the best ice cream I've ever tasted. I had 4 cones, and its soo good. Try it for yourself. If you like Creamsicles, then you already know how good it is.

Eating too much food makes people sad. Look at Jeb and CJ.

But Phi isn't sad.

Went to the movies, then came back to see a fire hydrant that burst on Mira Mesa Blvd. Freakin' cool. It was super tall, but by the time I got a video, the firemen already got it settled. You don't see geysers everyday here.

Also cleaned my room today/yesterday. Really cleaned it nicely. Me and my sister traded radios too. I think i got the better of the deal. Bought a candle at Target today too, and my room is smelling goooood. Went to Vons today too, and bought smoothie crap and avocados to make guacomole. And, I also bought SOME ORANGE/VANILLA SHERBERT ICE CREAM! And when I walked out the door, I saw Girl Scout Cookies. Those'll have to wait.

Earth Hour

2009-03-29T16:06:00.000-07:00

"Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007, when 2.2 million homes and businesses switched off their lights for one hour. In 2008 the message had grown into a global sustainability movement, with 50 million people switching off their lights. Global landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Rome’s Colosseum, the Sydney Opera House and the Coca Cola billboard in Times Square all stood in darkness.

In 2009, Earth Hour is being taken to the next level, with the goal of 1 billion people switching off their lights as part of a global vote. Unlike any election in history, it is not about what country you’re from, but instead, what planet you’re from. VOTE EARTH is a global call to action for every individual, every business, and every community. A call to stand up and take control over the future of our planet. Over 74 countries and territories have pledged their support to VOTE EARTH during Earth Hour 2009, and this number is growing everyday."

Some nice pics captured during this event: from Yahoo!

Wil' Thang

2009-03-25T23:14:00.001-07:00

Can't wait.

Girls That Play Football

2009-03-22T22:26:00.000-07:00

Powderpuff was on Saturday, fun stuff. Jarwyn is definitely the best cheerleader, and he'd pretty good at it too. We lost, but it's all good. It was a good game. Sometimes it was frustrating, but we got next year locked down FOR SURE.

You know the game is intense when a stretcher is involved.

Still deciding.

Draft Special

2009-03-15T22:13:00.000-07:00

Draft is coming closer. And heres the 5 people I want on the Chargers most, from highest to lowest. Either is fine though.
So on April 25, 2009, with the 16th pick in the 1st round of the 2009 NFL Draft, the Chargers should pick:

1. Rey Maulauga, ILB, USC
USC is known to have good ass linebackers. This guy's freakin huge and reminds me of a certain beast already in the NFL, Troy Polamalu. Hard hitter, Merriman rushing from the outside, Rey running in. I wouldn't want to be the quarterback.

2. Chris "Beanie" Wells, RB, Ohio State
He's big, fast ( proved himself at Pro Day). I see Brandon Jacobs in him for some reason. Imagine it, First LT, Pound em with Wells, Change the pace with Sproles. Deadly.

3. Knowshon Moreno, RB, Georgia
Not as big as Beanie, but I like him. Elusive, a running back more like LT. Classy guy, said on an interview he looks up to LT. Would be cool if they played together.

4. Brian Orakpo, DE, Texas
5. Tyson Jackson, DE, LSU
Don't know much about D ends, but these guy are some of the top 2 in the first round. With the loss of Igor, we need another DE. These guys could probably fill in that spot.

Still Gets Me

2009-03-15T11:45:00.001-07:00

Kanye's Grammy performance. Not even Kanye's performance that still gets me, it's Daft Punk's part. From like 2:40 on.

Made My Day

2009-03-10T23:34:00.000-07:00

Despite my unluckiness at work today, this put a smile on my face.

New LT Contact.
"I love San Diego and being a part of this team with my teammates," said Tomlinson. "My No. 1 priority was to stay here in San Diego. I truly believe this is the place that gives me the best chance to be successful and win a championship. I want to finish the job we started when I got here eight years ago. My heart has always been in San Diego. I couldn’t imagine putting on another uniform.

Cmon LT

2009-03-08T22:58:00.001-07:00

Please stay with the Chargers.

Pizza Rollitos

2009-03-07T13:54:00.000-08:00

I've been eating these things since elementary school, but recently, I've had em like every day. So good.

Friday

2009-03-07T13:19:00.000-08:00

Probably one of the most random Fridays I've had in a while.

After school, went home. Then ate with Quang and Brandon at McDonalds. Quang got Fish fillets, I got that Shrimp box thing at Popeyes which was pretty good. They were giving out free samples of those new coffees at McDonalds. Ain't that bad.

After that, went to Calvin's to unbox his $4000 camcorder. Ridddddiculous.

Yes, we actually made an unboxing video.

After that, called up Reginald Badua, and Powderpuff practice was still going on. Wanted to see who was on the team and what not. So, me and Calvin walked ( I haven't walked in a long ass time) to Carls Jr. Then we see Emerson, Kris, and the Gawaran twins. Pretty cool. Turns out they wanted to go to Powderpuff too, so we climbed that one wall to the rec. Seriously, that brought back so many memories. I haven't went over that wall in a while either. I know you guys know which wall I'm talking about.

Then, Cold Stone. Got Mariah's creation or whatever and it was pretty good. Then, Yogurt World and the story of Anjelica. She keeps putting yogurt in her cup, and only has 5 dollars. She keeps adding and adding toppings, then when she gets up there its 7.22. HAHAHA. I only had 50 cents extra, so good thing Guerrero had extra money. Then after that, Guerrero still needed to pay for his. I gave him all the change I had, then he was like 2 dollars short. So, I pretty much just gambled and hoped my debit wouldnt bounce. CHECKED IT THAT NIGHT, AND I HAD 2 CENTS LEFT. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

Leslie

2009-02-28T20:13:00.000-08:00

Download this song. Sickness

Making "Gibberish" from Ryan Leslie on Vimeo.

Hola

2009-02-25T20:05:00.000-08:00

Had a bowl of these today. Haven't had em probably since I was still in elementary. Good stuff

In other news, I have to wear braces again for a month on my bottom teeth. Kinda sucks, but whatever, its not my fault. My ortho put em on for no charge, so I'm guessing that he's the one that messed up.

Start of Lent, the mass today at 530 was crazy. So many people, I dont think I've ever seen that many people there at once.

No candy and soda for me for this Lent season.

Say hello to my new, little friend.

Tagged

2009-02-18T23:25:00.000-08:00

Franchise tagged.

First Chargers offseason announcement- a good one.

Next: Make new deal with LT.

Brandisius

2009-02-15T12:57:00.001-08:00

You're lucky Calvin, I could of humiliated you, but I'm not.

PS3

2009-02-13T20:43:00.000-08:00

Gotta get one soon, its coming closer and closer.

Intense

Long Time

2009-02-08T00:41:00.000-08:00

I've been lagging on this blog. I haven't been taking pictures. I'm screwin' up.

Deepest Condolences

2009-02-01T21:18:00.000-08:00

to April, Stacey and family for your loss over the weekend.

I'm keeping your grandma in my prayers, and I'm sure God is keeping her safe and happy in heaven.

One For The Ages

2009-02-01T19:41:00.000-08:00

Spectacular Super Bowl. That TD grab by Holmes was epic. Same with that interception return. Same with the Fitz TD catches.
Now, I stop being a Steeler fan, back to being a Charger fan. I won 25 bucks today.

Next year, Chargers will represent the AFC in Super Bowl 44.

Yippee- Cay-Yay

2009-01-28T20:47:00.001-08:00