I had one of my better SB weekends this past week.

Partly because it pretty much started on Wednesday. I, along with some friends, went to Zodos bowling alley. I needed a strike on the 10th frame to win and take the dollar that each person would owe me. I got a turkey! It was fantastic.

Thursday: Went on a nice hike. Then ate at a place called Cold Spring Tavern, where they have interesting meats like Rabbit, Elk, and Deer. I got the pork chops, but got to try all the strange things. It was quite delicious.

Friday: I saw inception for the second time. I was watching from a new perspective, but I would have to say that it was better than the first time. There is a sequel coming out, it better be good.

Saturday: Started the morning early and went to an elementary school to do some gardening for extra credit for my education class. Then I went to the beach and we ended up going rafting out into the ocean. Played some very fun games. If you lost, a flip had to be done into the water, followed by swimming under the raft, waving at everyone, and coming out the other side. After that got old, we raised the stakes. Loser had to eat an ocean creature (probably a large isopod). It was a trip.

Sunday: Went on a field trip to Morro Bay to do bird watching all day. It is a pretty place. And I also have a school boy crush on my TA which meant it was game time. Coming back to SB, we stopped by Modonna Inn. They have some cool bathrooms where its like you're pissing under a waterfall.

Great weekend.

Also, I saw a girl wearing a shirt today that said: " No matter the LETTER. Greek is BETTER"
I thought: That may be true. But you Greek come up with some primitive rhymes.

It has been an eventful last couple of months.

Started school.
I have a class where I go on bird watching field trips in the morning.
And also a class where I go on field trips with elementary kids and teach them about nature.
.....are these better than your classes? Yea, probably.

-Ridiculous night with party bus and clubbing in Hollywood for my buddy Dallas' 21st.
-Living the dream with Dallas, Biz, and Darrylle. Ratatat live in concert. Just amazing.
-Ate Chris' wedding. What is better than having a celebration with those you love?
-Krissan's wedding. Ditto
-Halloween adventures at HARD and Disneyland.

My life is hella G huh? I'm all about it.

Current Pet Peeves

How Starbucks makes you say venti, grande, tall. I know it was part of a comedians stand-up. But seriously, ordering at Starbucks is hella confusing.

How people on youtube try to seriously analyze a song and make recommendations about how to make the song better. EX: "between 1:54 and 2:15 there is some sort of button mashing, string jamming, un-harmonic hodgepodge. that is the only part that kills the song. It needs melody there. it starts around 4:15 too." Really CountyOrdinance? Go write a song then. Dumbass.

I went biking around the SF area. Hella beautiful and fun. Made me realize I have yet to experience all that SF has to offer.

Summer is almost gone. But not quite yet.

Relaxing beach days to get away from the scorching heat of San Jose. Even when some pathetic ranger errr security gaurd errr....lets just say this guy didn't quite make the cut to become part of the highway patrol. Well, even when Mr. Pathetic writes me a ticket for having glass on the beach , I love hanging out with my friends enough that the ticket doesn't even upset me.

Saw curren$y DT. He put on a DROOP necklace. Craycray!

Sadly, I did end up going to my least favorite place in the whole entire universe. The DENTIST -___- . They even did some "deep cleaning" BS. After this "deep cleaning" my teeth are hella tender. Now I have to eat candy and drink soda to get a protective sugar coating on my teeth again.

I JUST got netflix. I emphasized the JUST because netflix is hella cool. Not only do they mail you dvds (and they have all the classics, so you don't have to worry about finding those) but you get to stream good quality movies/tv shows from your computer, psp, xbox, etc. any time you want.

Went on a mini "bike party" with my cousins and immediate family. But it was unlike a bike ride you've ever seen! Because this:










Dude - D + J =P

Summer is never a bummer.

I will cherish those relaxing days where I wake up with nothing to do at 8 in the morning. So I eat breakfast, watch a TV show, and go back to sleep until 4 in the afternoon.

Hiking in the mountains is so crucial if I want to call myself an outdoors-man. I do that from time to time.

Some of my chillest Saturday afternoons consisted of frisbee golfing with people I hardly knew.

PS2 is making a comeback in my heart.

When I did have class, they were beach labs with Carrie. Digging for beach hoppers, sand crabs, fossils, etc. seemed more like mindless, childish hobbies than class.

Weekend trip to Santa Cruz island?? Oh yeah, that was part of my class too. Island foxes, good dinners, game nights, snorkeling, night hikes, relaxing boat rides, good conversations sitting around a dwindling fire, Marocystis.

Audiotistic: Bassnectar, Kid CuDi, Rusko. Hell yeah son.

Disneyland: With friends both old and new. One of the best groups I've had the pleasure of sharing an adventure with. Thanks Mickey for guiding us. Thanks Roger Rabbit for making me lose my mind. Caption EO (aka Michael Jackson) I still feel your groove. Haunted Mansion was legitimately frightening. Tower of Terror, terrifying. Glowfest (EDC for me and young children) was absolutely amazing and quite simply blew my mind. World of Color is indescribable, I saw it twice. Once far away, and the next time in the "splash zone". It was inspirational both times.
I will always remember that bubble gun and the befuddled clam.

Back in San Jose with no school. Doing what I do best. Whatsup chillers. Lets chill until the sun goes down and not stop chilling til the sun comes back up.

Day 3

As the temperature in the desert was peaking. I saw Rusko. It was everything you would expect from a dubstep set. Dirty, grimy, nasty, people getting down-with-the-get-down. I wasn't really in the mood to party hard, but the second I stepped in the Sahara the energy proved to be too much. i couldn't help but join the crowd.



I bought an ice cream and headed over to Florence and the Machine. I honestly had no idea what this concert would be like. I just had free time and decided to check out some acts that were going on at the time. I found a really nice place to watch because the chick next to me was fanning herself and as a consequence, she was fanning me as well ( I was sure to thank her for cooling me off the entire concert). Music was pretty good. But this girl is a red-headed rockstar, great energy and she was fun to watch.



Sat and watched the crowd get down at Club 75. Watching everyone dancing, the old and young. The drunk and drugged. Lawyers, doctors, teachers whoever. At this point I understood what a celebration was. A festival of music. All sorts of people, genuinely appreciating music, in whatever way they want. The energy was just so positive, I couldn't help but sit there and smile. The desert is an amazing place.

Took it easy for the early part of the evening. Caught a little but of Thom Yorke's set, but I also wanted to check out this one guys set, whose music I never really got into, but he was suppose to have a pretty legit set-up. Plastikman

This could have possibly been my absolute favorite show of the weekend. It totally blew my mind. Plastikman shaking my soul with minimalist techno while behind a giant wall of LED lights. The greatness of this show is hard to put into words. The music went along perfectly with the visuals. The energy of the crowd was great. I was posted on a giant camera with cushioned seats and had a great view of the show. I had a good conversation with a drugged out middle-aged couple and a guy dressed in American flag attire. Yes yes yes. I will put my foot down and say 100%, that was the best show I experienced all weekend. Coachella, thank you for introducing me to Plastikman.

No justice. You just had to be there.

Ended up being late to the Gorillaz because I couldn't tear myself away from Plastikman. I loved their set. Little Dragon songs were too good. I was glad I got to see them perform, but got even more sad that I missed their set (sigh). I appreciated the variety of songs and styles of music they played. It made for a perfect ending to a celebration of all styles of music.

Genuine and powerful

And 1 month later, I still think about my time in the desert quite regularly. It makes me happy. It helps me enjoy other people's company. As weird as it sounds, I am a better person for experiencing Coachella.

I promised a stranger that I wouldn't take off my wristband until I felt like my spirit no longer wanted to be at Coachella. I lasted a ~month before I took it off. My spirit still wants to be there. So to the girl whom this promise was made to: sorry!

Day 2!

The same beautiful sun woke me up early in the morning. Thankfully, we went to Juliet's aunt's house to take a nice cold shower, eat some home made food that doesn't cost a fortune, and have a nice loooong nap. Thanks for everything Pam!

Upon entering the festival for big day dos, I met up with Andrew and co. to see the XX. Being a hippie at heart, I was thrilled that I was able to catch this song by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes. It put me in an extremely positive state of mind and got me prepared for the plethora of awesome activities that would soon follow. I am really happy that I will be able to see them for free at this years Extravaganza!

Didn't actually get to physically watch them perform this. But imagine being really excited for the day and this song is the first thing you hear. =]

XX was next on the list. I never listened to them very much, but was willing to let Coachella introduce me to them (mostly because Hot Chip and MGMT were the next performers on the same stage, and we were going to work our way upppp to the front). Even though I was sitting down most of the time, I still thought that they were great! They play super laid back rock, so it was nice being able to take a chill pill, and have a good time relaxing with friends (hey Gigi!) while good music is playing. Would absolutely see them again if I have the opportunity.






Our POV. Well just imagine this about a foot lower, that was my POV. Well, actually, I was sitting, so about 4 feet lower. I was mostly looking at a lot of legs...a forest of legs





STILL can't get enough of this intro.

After the Exes had finished their set, we had to do one of the things I secretly love, but most people hate. WORKING OUR WAY UP TO THE FRONT! Not only are there a ton of people who want to get to the same place we want to, but people are also trying work their way out of the crowd! In a nutshell, its chaos in the desert. A free-for-all for territory and good spots. Once there is practically no more physical space for people to occupy, things settle down. The closer to the stage you are, the better the energy is (a combination of a more excited crowd, better sound, and better views of the performers).

Hot Chip was next and I was notably excited to watch middle aged, nerdy dudes make the crowd dance with some bumpin Electropop. They did not dissapoint! They sounded grrrreat live, and I was getting down like a clown.

Hot Clits. I mean Chip...=]

After they played "We Are Ready for the Floor", LET THE CHAOS ENSUE! Let me tell you that going to the front during MGMT's performance is very hard work. Such a dense sea of people all wanting the same thing. Its crazy! People were even crowd surfing just to get out of the crowd. But we did a pretty good job, i think.

MGMT sounds great live! I had the chance to watch them at Treasure Island and they blew my mind there too! Although I know some people are not fans of their new album and they will probably lose a good amount of their fan base, I still love them! I am actually glad that they are making music that they enjoy playing, instead of just appealing to the masses. It really translates into their music well.

The vibe was 'electrifying' to say the least. There was even a guy (who was obviously tripping out) that was playing some sort of bell, like a Native American at a religious ceremony. The lead singer also said a super cool "Thank you very much" after most songs. He thanked a giant crane sculpture for coming out to see them, and he also asked if anyone was on drugs....It was great

MGMT! (Our POV) This video is just grand. Not only is it my favorite song by MGMT, but the sound quality is amazing (as far as youtube goes). And the way it is filmed really brings me back. The feel of the crowd swaying side to side. And the smell of sweat and other earthly aromas filling the air...goood times =]

Directly after MGMT I separated ways with my compadres made my way to Muse. I was exceedingly tired after my journey with the XX, Hot Chip, and MGMT, so I opted to watch them from afar for most of their set. Out of all the performances, Muse probably impressed me the most. They are all really great musicians and the singer sounds even better live (hard to believe right?) They put on a great light show, play songs that give a large variety of moods. I really bring you into their world with their music (they are named Muse for a reason!) I am 100% seeing these guys in concert again when I have a full tank of energy, because they are rock stars to the fullest.

After playing an epic set, Muse played Knights of Cydonia and I watched an extremely satisfied crowd go insane.

I met up once again with Andrew and co. to catch 2manydjs.

Before 2manydjs' set, Die Antwoord had a 20 minute set. They are a joke band from Sweden or something. If the crowd didn't make the show interesting by being totally into it, I wouldn't have enjoyed it at all.

I was reluctant to post this. But it was part of my experience, so here it is!

We had a nice place right next to a barricade behind where the ultra VIPs watch the show. So we had perfect views of the stage and more importantly (for me at least) the crowd! During this set, I realized how much fun it was just to observe the crowd and watch the chaos ensue. When the crowd is part of the show just as much as the performers, it makes for a reaallly fun show. Balloons are flying everywhere, bubbles are floating all around, light-sticks and streams of water are thrown up into the air; all of this occurs as DJs are absolutely killing it and I am making a fool of myself on the dancefloor. Its a great spectacle to watch.

Another one of my 'favorite' shows and a perfect ending to the night.

What a GLORIOUS day! Even I am impressed with how much I enjoyed myself. Trying to describe how epic this day was with words and youtube videos can only end in failure. Solution? Come with me to Coachella next year and we will have a balllin time.

Day 1

Once the sun hit our tent, it turned into a furnace. I remember awaking quite suddenly, thinking "what the hell, it is hot!". I took my pillow outside and slept in the shadow of an old vehicle. Most people were up at about 9 (even though most people were partying into the weee hours of the night) because the sun proved to be too much for sleep to handle. After getting ready for the day and chilllllaxin for a few hours, I headed into the festival grounds for the first time...

In pretty much the center of the place, there is a cool tent/structure called the Do Lab. And that was the first stop I made. Its this place where there is a DJ bumping music all day long and there are people spraying you down with hoses. Its such a great place!! You are in the desert, you are dancing, there is music playing, girls in bikinis, people are spraying you with water, and there were even artists painting on either side of the Do Lab.


I had a pretty funny conversation with one of my camping neighbors about how there was a chick spraying us down with water. Neither of us decided she was smoking hot or cute or anything like that, but hey! she was a lady! We were getting down for a while, but then I guess her shift was over, and some dude in a cowboy hat takes her place. Somehow, the Do Lab lost some of its appeal once a guy with no shirt and a cowboy hat hosing you down...




So, I met up with Andrew and Mimi and traveled to the Sahara to catch some of DJ Lance Rock's set. Unfortunately, our group was tired and we only watched DJ Lance from afar while eating pizza (it was fun listening to 'There's a Party in My Tummy' while scarfing down a 6 dollar pizza). But I did have a lot of fun watching the monitors (which mostly had children dancing, much like the show Yo Gabba Gabba). Let me just say that DJ Lance does rock....he rocks the house!


I hear the crowd went absolutely nuts when the characters came out. Yooooooooo Gabba Gabba!

I then made my way to watch Sleigh Bells who I am still very excited to listen to in upcoming years. They are a really young band, so I forgave them for not meeting my expectations of their set and for not playing my favorite song from them. I still liked their set though and would probably pay to see them again! I really like their unique sound. The singer is talented, beautiful, and I really like her style. Can't wait until I get to hear their album next month!



Next set I was able to catch was She and Him. I'm not going to lie, I only moderately liked their music, regularly listen to a only few of their songs and was mostly there to see my babygirl, Zooey Deschanel! However, I was thoroughly impressed with their music and performance and they were able to change the way I feel about their music. I especially loved how I could still feel the basssss in my chest during their set. She & Him & bass = amazing. Zooey sings with an angelic voice that sucks you in. She dresses like a darling. And she looks even cuter in person. She even has a tambourine that she plays with, sort of like a gypsy, and I love me some gypsy. Therefore, it thrilled me even more when she wished me a Happy Birthday, told me I was VERY attractive, and said that she loved me. Well Zooey, I love you too...I really do. It actually turned out to be one of my favorite and most memorable concerts of the festival.

In love

I then decided to go and see The Specials instead of seeing Wolfgang Gartner. Best decision I made this festival. These guys were really big in the 70's and were the some of the musicians to pave the way for ska music. Therefore, I skanked the sun away (they were playing during a beautiful sunset) to a bunch of old dudes playing music. I was seeing The Specials all by myself, so I was thrilled when I met a group of nice people that let me skank allllll day with them! [skanking is a sort of dance move] The Specials put on a great show and really put me in a happy mood. This turned out to be some of my most fun times at Coachella.



Due to lack of sleep the previous night, I was exhausted after skanking like a madman. I decided that I had to get some rest, so I went back to my campsite. I was unable to summon the energy needed to take the long walk back to the festival and decided to take a nap. I was really disappointed that I couldn't see La Roux, and to an even greater extent Little Dragon =*[ I'm really into Little Dragon at the moment and the more I think about it, the sadder I become. Either way, I knew that you shouldn't try to do too much, especially if you have no energy... I just had to promise myself that I would see them in concert the next time they come around.

=[ =[ Still can't believe I missed seeing this live! next time...next time.

I ended the night watching Deadmau5, who put on a wicked show. I ended up making my way pretty close to the front and I was able to get a good view of his awesome light show! Even his mask/helmet had crazy lights on it that did crazy things. His mau5 head would do something crazy and I would think 'whoa! cool!', then it would something crazier and I would think 'whoa!! Even cooler!'. So I danced the night away, while Deadmau5 was straight up raping my ears and I loved every second of it.



I had a peaceful sleep shortly after.

COACHELLLLLLLLAAA!!!

My next few posts will be quite coachella heavy! I will probably do 1 day for each post just so they don't get too crazy. Because honestly, I could go for days and days about my good times at COACHELLA.

It was easily one of the greatest weekends of my life. It exceeded my expectations and I was already expecting an incomparable time. Music bumpin everywhere, allll the time. Good vibes all around. People getting down where ever you look. It was just an awesome celebration of music...doesn't really get any better than that in my book. I am probably going to be going every year for the next 25 years or so!

So, thursday:
we arrived late at night, and there was a lot of figuring to do in terms of how we were going to meet up with out camping mate, Nolan (guy with crazy ginger fro). But once things were figured we went to a tent where there are always DJs bumping music. It goes on until 4 in the morning! After dancing for a bit, I decided to go to bed. As I fell asleep, our neighbors (who were 6 gay guys and a dyke from Salt Lake City) were telling some hilarious stories and I couldn't stop laughing silently.... I had already decided the festival was a huge success and it hadn't even started yet....

Club Tent (dubbed that name myself) at the campsite!

The Duranchulla!!!!!!

Not only does Kevin Durant have one of the most interesting and awesome nicknames in professional basketball, but this guy is straight up baller! Shot caller! If you had to pay him 1 dollar for every point he made this season, you would have to pay him $2460. Thats equivalent to about 1 million doll hairs! Also, he just got the named the scoring champ of the regular season.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap;_ylt=Al5IM4UlNGwvPaVMTeWMtA68vLYF?gid=2010041425

More points than Lebron, Kobe, Melo, or Dwayne. And he's only 21 years old! That's how old I am! (and here I am still going to school while this guy is making millions of dollars/[googles of doll hairs]).... Any way, my point is The Duranchula = has great basketball game. Not many people get to watch him on TV very often, but playoffs are coming up and you will all see!

Also, leaving for Coachella tomorrow. I know you can't see it in my face right now, but saying I am really excited is an understatement. PEACE!

Floatopia

Had a wonderfully complete weekend.

Even though the 5-0 closed off the beach so that party-goers could not make a "FLOATOPIA" made of rafts, boats, and drunkards (including pirates) on the ocean, it was still a great time.

My day was even complete with an "almost busted by the cops" story. Not for DUI but for having 6 people in a car!!! In the night, I was playing chauffeur for my belligerent friends. Picked them up from IV. Stuffed the car. Took another route back to my house....Uhh Ohhhh... There were cones... and a checkpoint sign...We start yelling at my Asian friend Tina, "DUCK! HIDE! etc." Luckily when I pull up to the checkpoint, we hear the boss policeman say, "We're done." The other cop goes to my window and says, " You're good." AYYYOOOOOO PEACE!

In other news. Coachella starts in 4 days. These people don't have an album out yet, but I've liked what I've heard so far, what I've seen (chex her sexy moves) and I've read many good things about them. I have a pretty good feeling that they are going to be BIG in upcoming years...I'll be able to say, "I saw them way back when."

I have BIEBER FEVER!!!!!!

When I found out that Justin Bieber, who my sister is so enthusiastic about, had the number 1 album on the Billboards (yes, the freaking BILLBOARDS) I got the fever alright. My stomach started eating itself, I got a slight migraine, and I lost a large amount of hope for humanity.

I'm not the biggest advocate for mainstream music, but hey, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, even Greenday (who I usually hate) have undeniable musical and performing talent. If they were to reach #1 I wouldn't be thrilled, but it would make sense...no complaints. But this guy ?!WHAT?!

I had to take a step back. I've only heard one of his songs, Baby baby baby baby baby baybeh ( thats how the song goes right?) and I knew that I disliked it. I decided before I write a negative review I should listen to some more of his songs, so I downloaded his album "My World 2.0" and decided to see what his world was really like...

About halfway through, I understood what his world was like. He falls or is in love with the perfect girl and he sings about how they are going to "make it"...FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF HIS SONGS!! This did it for me, bash bash bash bash bash. How uncreative is that? 11 songs all with the same message/plot/whatever you want to call it. I never knew that falling in love could be so unemotional. It does make sense though, considering his target age group. He gave the young girls what they wanted. Cheesy love songs that make girls infatuated, we've seen this formula many, many, many times before.

My instincts were correct. I am an album kind of guy. Rarely do I download individual songs and rarely do I keep an album that I don't like as a whole. An album with no momentum, no variety, no overall encompassing story gets a big "what the duck" from me. A ridiculous amount of "OOOO yeahs", "HEY's", and "woooaahhhs", analogies that are several steps down from Lil Wayne's (I won't put you down like a seasaw?), and obvious auto-tune are also reasons why this album should have never broken the top 10. I bet he didn't spend more than a months time in the studio making this album. I mean, he released 2 albums in 6 months. That alone shows his commitment to making top quality music <-----sarcasm to its fullest.

However, I am not saying that his album was totally horrible and absolutely without merit. He is a relatively good singer and would probably make it past the first round of American Idol. Music production was decent and there are some parts that I understand are catchy (when there are big names like Usher pulling the strings, mediocre production isn't too difficult)... But #1 is eating at my kindhearted soul. Out of alllll the music out there, this is what people are buying more than any other.

Am I just underestimating the power of the 7-15 year old girls? The power of having extremely well groomed hair? I think that people just need to get better sound-systems or earphones, that way, the differences in music quality will be more apparent. But honestly, I really don't know......

And as I'm about to conclude, I come to a horrible horrible realization. I spent my Saturday morning downloading Justin Bieber's album, listening to the whole thing, and wrote a lengthy blog about it.............. I can't believe he actually got to me. I can't believe I actually mentioned his name in my otherwise flawless blog-space. There is only one reason why I would do something so sickening.

I have it; the epidemic that is taking over the world, Bieber Fever.....OH god, help me...God help us all.

Here is what albums should be like. I realize its not the best, but I love the Gorillaz new album "Plastic Beach". I hope they do a full run-through at coachella. It would be such an epic ending to the festival.

Honestly, that was a great spring break in the SAN JEEZY, every time I visit, my batteries get re-energized! Ready as hell for spring.
- Thanks friends for the parties and good times
- Thanks parents for the party and NEW BED!! (Its soooooooo comfy)
- Thanks brother for taking me to the Warriors game (even though they sucked)

I also beat a game called Heavy Rain (Law and Order fans would love it, and you don't even have to be a gamer to play it because the game-play is so simple). It really is unlike any game I've ever played, so its hard for me to describe. Great action, one of the protagonists is a sexy lady, all the characters are enjoyable, and the story never gets old. Story: boys are disappearing and are found several days later after being drowned. The killer is known as the Origami killer. Its the bees knees.

I also beat God of War. Its just unbelievably satisfying whooping the crap out of Hades or Poseidon. This series will go down in history as one of my favorites, I'm 100% sure that I will re-visit playing it from time to time.

I sold my guitar...now I have the means to buy COACHELLA tix finally!!!! And I recently found out that DJ Lance Rock aka Yo Gabba Gabba guy is going to be there. I've never really seen a full episode before, but I have seen snippets and I must say that kids these days are pretty lucky to be able to grow up with such a bomb diggity show. If I was a kid watching this show, I would be getting down like a clown in my living room every day.


All young at heart, I will be getting down with you for sure. You can't deny that he bumps the turn tables even though he's dressed in a ridiculous outfit and has robots and monsters as friends.....TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER!!! HEY!!

Lastly, I was planning to be dancing like a madman or head-banging for most of the music festival. Blanket sitting isn't really my style. But I will change it up a bit when I watch She and Him. I'm super down to take a chill pill and swoon over the beautiful voice of Zooey Dechanel.


she looks so cute in that cowgirl outfit. I'd let her ride me alllll day long.

take care friends, until next time.

Spring is natures way of saying, "LETS PARTY!"

Also, I just turned 21 so.... LETS PARTY!!!

Actually, this post is going to consist of the exact opposite of partying...FINALS!

For some unknown reason I was strangely relaxed throughout finals week despite being ill prepared for my exams. It could be because:

-my 21st fell on finals week and I was just feeling excited from reaching this desired age.

-the clock 'sprung' forward and I was allowed to catch sunlight for more of the day.

-the weather took an awesome turn and was a constant sunny and 74.

Hahaha. Now that I look at my list of possible reasons for being relaxed, I realize that it could also be named, "possible reasons for being outrageously pissed off". Turning 21 during finals and having to study throughout prime-time beach hours seems like a worst case scenario for any right minded person.....I must be left minded!! hahahah, bad joke...

I suppose my subconscious understood (because I sure didn't) that good things sometimes happen at less-than-perfect times and that despite the other things going on in my life, I should enjoy the positives and work through the negatives. This also brings me to a lesson I learned long ago. Up to that point in my life I couldn't remember being so happy, but I didn't know which parts of my life I had changed to create my happiness and I was annoyed with not being able to pinpoint where it came from. Trying to search for the answer, I became more annoyed and less happy. I soon came to understand that sometimes happiness just IS....and it should be enough to just 'LIVE IN THE NOW'..no questions asked.

Now, moving away from advice-giving tangents. COACHELLLLLLAAA!!! The closer it gets and the more I check out the line-up, the more I want to go. At first I thought, that is a lot of money to spend. THEN I thought, 15-20 super duper awesome possum cherry blossom musical performances is worth much, much more than the asking price. Hopefully my guitar sells and along with my B-day money, I will be able to scrap up enough dough. But as of now, I'd rather not talk about my excitement (I could go on and on and on and on and on about how great of an experience in WOULD be), but in the end I may not go.....so yeah. If all things go as planned, I will be blogging about one of the best experiences of my life in about a month.

So for now, here is a song I am looking forward to head-banging to from newly (re)discovered Muse.

Week 8 already??

I have come to a realization. A realization that I have come across many times before and will come across many times again. Time goes by rather quickly!!!

A couple more weeks of Winter Qtr and then its Spring time!!

Classes this quarter have been pretty good so far, and interesting enough to well.... keep me interested. Learning about plants, evolution, and Japanese art. The only problem is that there was a girl in my art class whom I had a schoolboy crush on, but she must have dropped the class or something because I never see her anymore. But I swear if I ever see her walking around, I'll give her my A+ game.

Its great to be able to see so many of my friends going places and making ways to secure their future. Many are continuing towards their education, getting internships and all that jazz. Andrew is making great progress for his Droop projects. I just got 2 dope necklaces..SICK! Rockafella T just finished a music video for his band April Chase. I think that's crazy, I could never imagine making a legit music video. Anyway, two thumbs up T-Dawg.

I can only be inspired by what my friends are accomplishing and it makes me motivated to do great things as well. As long as I have my friends and family showing me what hard work brings, I think I should be fine.

Also, I watched a bunch of youtube videos of a physicist named Richard Feynman. Simply put, the guy is a genius and opened my eyes to see how FUN (yes, fun) science can be. He actually made me enjoy studying (when I'm not pulling all nighters).
WARNING: For stimulated minds only. May find 'dull' or 'boorish'


My weekends have been laidback, yet fun. Go to the beach here and there. Play some Scrabble. Actually lots and lots of Scrabble. Those of you who play Words W/ Friends would not stand a chance against me. Midnight bowling. COD.

Oh, and I also bought a Keyboard and bed. Good times.

Music video is a little strange. But its such a chilllllllllllllll song, I had to share.

*Knock Knock!

Things are going well on my side of town. Midterms are coming, up so studying has taken the place of doing entertaining things. I'm definitely going to get some good grades this quarter! I'm pretty content with the way things are going. Other than a few things I need to work on that deal with becoming a better human being (which should always be the case anyways) and I need some cash monies!!!

I usually don't need to spend a lot of money on a lot of materialistic things. But there are several things that I would like to buy because I know they will be put to good use. I already got a longboard and helped pay for a super sweet TV (which is why I'm poor). First off, I really want to get these Coachella tickets!!! Look at that lineup, I'm already pretty excited even though I haven't come up with the means to buy some tixx.

*Defeat

I would also like to buy:
A bed ( I sleep comfortably on the floor like a Japanese person )
A nice keyboard so I can start playing regularly again.
Ballin sound system for my car
New shoes (I haven't bought a new pair in 4 years).








Possibly a PS3, but that's pushing my budget.
Thankfully I have a job and money should be flowing my way. In the very near future, I will be a BALLER!



Also, my housemates have started to get me into a genre of musaq called Dubstep. From what I understand, its supposed to have a somewhat reggae feel to it (as far as beat scheme goes). I'm not quite sure how I feel about the music yet (it can get a little 'crazy' sometimes), but some tunes are really catchy and it's always a good time to get down to. Those who 'get stupid' will feel right at home on the dancefloor.

*Defeat are stinky. =p

Clogged drainage, seven pools, glorious Inglorious Basterds.

I was once told that Albert Einstein said that being able to take a dump or piss is one of the most unappreciated activities we are able to partake in. When my tummy decided to be uncooperative from last Thurs to this Fri, I learned the value of Einstein's words. Honestly, during this week+ span, there was a time where all I wanted out of life was to drop off the Cosby kids. That wasn't the only problem though. No defecation = no appetite = malnutrition = weak mind and body. I guess I'll get to the main point/lesson that I learned from my whole sickening ordeal.

Health is a blessing. Without it, you can't do sh*t (sometimes you can't even take one). Being healthy is what allows us more freedom to do stuff we want. In my sickened state, I couldn't go to school, play ball, sleep correctly, or even enjoy watching TV as much as I usually do.

WORK hard to stay healthy and when you are healthy, enjoy the things you love doing. We are all young and lets face it, once we get old, we get old.

Also, I went to Seven Pools on Saturday to take advantage of the pouring rain. We decided to go when in was raining like crazy because the waterfalls would be huge. It was a good hike in the rain and the river was action packed. I even went down a natural waterslide into the freezing water. I will admit I was pretty soaked for the majority of the hike but it was still pretty fun.

Also, I just saw Inglorious Bastards, which I must say was one of the best films I've watched. Tarentino at his best. Interesting and witty dialogue, simple yet deep plot, smoking female actresses, and blood and gore galore! I just rented it and now I may consider buying it because I liked it so much! Dominique DeCocco. Dominique DeCocco.
And also we just got a 47" HDTV at our house, so I'll be watching much more TV than I previously have, and that is FOHSHO.

Switching it up.

I decided to switch to blogspot: 1) You can't embed youtube videos in live journal.
2)Just to try something new. Maybe I'll blog more regularly.

One week of school is done and I would have to say that I am looking forward to this quarter. Workload doesn't seem so bad, but more importantly, I have a lot of interest in the classes I am taking. I just hope my classes continue to appeal to me because it makes school so much easier!

Also, I can't get over this tune by Ratatat called Mumtaz Khan. I even like to say the name. Mumtaz Khan, Mumtaz Khan. I particularly like it because of its unique sound. Sort of like a gypsy/Mongolian back-beat with a super siiiiick guitar solo to finish the song.