Mar 4, 2003

Today Brendan rewarded himself by purchashing a lot of movies that he wanted. Brendan is very happy right now. Brendan is making popcorn. Brendan is ecstatic right now. The list goes: The Ring, Ringu, Donnie Darko, Full Frontal and Road to Hell..ahem Perdition. Lets talk about these choices shall we because I just came from a fucked up class where we analyze film for fun...except it's no fun. Its retarded. No offense to you guys.

The Ring: If people didn't think it was scary that is fine. I thought it was. I like psychological thrillers than typical horror. That is just me. I also find it interesting how if people didn't like it...they probably saw it after the hype and told themselves that it is not scary so they can play devil's advocate. Just like me and American Pie 2. Ask the hapa...i mean Korean...everyone said it was funny. I said it was fucking stupid. I didn't laugh once. Don't believe me. Ask him. It might be because I wanted to feel special in my own little way so I told myself, "I'm not going to like it cause it's stupid". I think Jon can vouche for me when we played that stupid YBA game where they had to make people smile. I win. So whatever. If there is anything I learned in that cinema classes is that everyone has their opinions...I also learned that most people's opinions are fucking stupid.

Ringu: Finally. Presented in all its Nip glory. No dubbed here my friend and digitally remastered just for me. I can't wait to watch it considering the little clip I did see of it...it seemed darker and scarier. I'll let you know after I check it out.

Donnie Darko: Ari is making me watch this. It is a psychological thriller about a guy who gets visited by a killer rabbit and gets his past and future revealed. A killer rabbit? I already like it.

Full Frontal: I am a Soderbergh whore. He shot some sequences with a Canon XL-1 camera...the same one I was looking at but it was a tad expensive...around 5 grand...but I didn't invest in it because no fucking store around here carried such cameras...so I couldn't see it in action...so I finally get to see what makes this digital camera the best one out there...Soderbergh said it was dope...so I say it is dope. If you are laughing because I'm a whore...well who liked Ocean's 11. And soon to be released...Ocean's 12...with original cast...Don Cheadle better speak a lot more...or we are in Barney.

Road to Perdition: Most of you guys have seen this. The guy who shot the movie, Konrad Hall, died recently. The same guy who shot Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. I like that movie a lot. If you haven't seen it...I recommend you doing so if you think that Westerns are a tad dry. Just picture the movie, The Sting in the desert.

On to more important things: T-bola likes her name? Thats' fucking awful. Well at least she concedes it. I know what she is thinking too...she is thinking...if I can get BLuckyDay to like me then he will be nice to me, so I will say his nickname is great and funny. Haha. Dreams they are shattered. Then she will go on to give me a nickname because she thinks nicknames are cute...

"Yo T-bola pass the shoyu now"
"Haha you are very funny Brendan"
"No shit."
"In fact lets all give each other nicknames..."
"...yeah sure."
"Here is the shoyu...B-BOLA" (followed by an annoying laugh with her hand covering her mouth)
"...yeah thanks...I guess"
"Haha now we are all friends! Lets go play Scattegories!"
"You are a dolt"
"What's a dolt..."

Well T-Bola...you can try it...but you will be slaughtered...I don't usually trash my own kind...but I will fuck a Nip up. Anyhoo...glad you like it! Although if everyone keeps calling you that...i better think of a new name for you! Hehe. If you take offense to this...Haha.

Brian's birthday huh? Who is this myserioso, dark figure, known as Brian? Oh well...Happy Birthday. Hope it was a D - D - Rightious birthday. Haha...hallmark here I come.

Steve likes M.A.! Thanks for the input! I'm glad you like it...I figure anything with motion tweening will make any flash whore happy! Cause I sure am! Haha...I can tell when Steve visits because I only have 5 hits with a Mac Operating system! Haha! Anyways thanks Steve...remember to keep plugging it all over the net...I'm sure some of your asian brothers like KKreuk...
"A lot going on... but there always is, isn't there: a lot going on."

Fake birthday on the old ranch
Yeah, it's late now, but happy birthday B3 after the fact anyway. I'll get you a present if you ever come back home again you chucka mofucka. Heheh get a new job, and save up for Nihon, seriously. Or just multiply paperz on PokerRoom. Hope it was a good one. See you next Thanksgiving.

SLO
Thanks to Bryant for providing me with a place to sleep and fruit juice aplenty. It was an interesting weekend. My highlights:

I got to stay an extra night, yay! My coworker Eric was my ride, and I ended up not seeing him for the whole weekend. I often wondered if he was okay, since he didn’t respond to my numerous messages and was doing a lot of mountain biking. On the way down Friday morning, he told me that his sister was thrown in jail for public drunkenness the night before. Sunday night I hear from him around 10pm and apparently the shiet happened again. And he had to go pick her up, but only after the minimum four hour processing period. So we left this morning around 7am and I have two hours of work to make up.

Andy said some hilarious shiet. Observing that Bryant’s car makes a noise like a small animal... claiming that the unicycle that we saw a guy riding on the sidewalk is mythical, like a unicorn... singing an 80s song and telling Tiffany that it was from before she was born… unfortunately I can’t claim to know him that well, but Andy cracks me up.

Saw Kevin again, met Kent, got to know Tiffany a little bit better. What nice people all around. Kevin made some bold statements about challenges at the pool table. It was kinda weird meeting someone named Kent… Heath Ledger has never been so faded. While Bryant was passed out at Denny’s, T-bola was friendly enough to ask me some questions … how long I’m staying in SLO, do I have beads, etc.… about 5 times each. Alcohol is a brain killer people. But it’s all good, at least she tried. And she seems to really like her BLucky-given nickname. Everyone wins, eh!

Nerd action
Steve's puzzle... whoever uses it doesn't ever see it? So they're blind or dead...?

A coffin - Although this doesn't work in the weird case that someone decides they want to choose or even buy their own coffin ahead of time. Now that's gotta be the ultimate in superficiality. Or if the afterlife lets you look down on the living and watch your own funeral. But then why would you do that when you can see naked people.

A white cane - This is making some politically incorrect assumptions: (a) blind people can't be taught to make canes, (b) blind people are powerless to go out and buy things for themselves. So a friend or family member would have to fetch their guidestick for them, and never play "blind man" and use it for fun. A stretch? Perhaps.

etc. - I could sit here and let the nerd brain come up with a dozen more, each justified more weakly than the last. But I won't.

If I'm right, I better get that 151 and pho, you cheap bastard. And even if I'm not right... shiet... HEY STEVE MERRY CHRISTMAS.

btw
Full Circle sucked and was the biggest disappointment ever. Now let’s have at that dick.
I am special.

Stay tuned for next time… the reason behind my love for the classic video games.

“Get the fuck outta here.” “Understood.”

Mar 3, 2003

happy birthday brian. I'll get you a present. What do you want? Chicken, shrimp, beef, or "regular"? heh. And if i ever see you again, i'll get it to yah. Welcome to the old club. Pretty soon we'll all need walkers and we'll become bitter old men.

sorry i haven't been blogging lately. i've been pretty busy lately with a lot of stuff. I just recently spent a shitload of time learning how to sing in a four part harmony setting. The curse of having a "barry white-like" voice pays off when you want to sing cuz you get the bass part, which means that you don't have to sing the hard parts..or so i thought. Anyways, I had to learn the bass parts for "this i promise you" by nsync, and "in the still of the night" which was best performed by Boyz II Men. It was pretty fucking hard. I had to do it for a fraterntiy function. It really sparked my interest in singing however. I'm currently getting together with a group of peoples every week and learning new songs. The currently song I'm trying to learn is "a better man" by All 4 One. It's an awesome song. I would recomment that you all d/l it right now and listen to it. I'm also trying to learn that one melodious part in "Motownphilly". It's the part right after "yo mike, check this out. See if this one moves you". It's hella @#$@ hard. Trying to learn all of this as given me so much more respect for Boyz II men...for them to be able to sing the way they do is nothing but pure, unclogged, uncut, untarnished TALENT. Man they're dope. And all the critics that said that "Full Circle" sucked or was the biggest disappoint ever can suck my dick.

Brendan. I think you should take ur website to see a doctor cuz that shit is sick. Get it? I really like the plot for the poker game movie too. We should also make it very realistic (i.e. Bryant/I lose all our money, Bryant gets mad, I leave to play video games, Jon takes everyone's money, etc.) I also think the fridge in the garage should play a major role, as should the felt, and jon's clay chips (well aren't you special????)

One more week and then i'm moving again. I just live too fucking far from campus, and with the price of gas these days, we all agreed to move closer to UCSD. Plus i'll be closer to the school gym, which means i'll get my FAT ass to work out. I'm so fucking out of shape i often wonder how i dont' puke every time i take a shower.

I was watching the world series of poker on Espn. It immediately made me want to go to vegas. Those are some big ass pots they got in those games. I swear I wish i could go watch one. And then one of the guys spills his chips and one rolls off to the side. And then he's so fucking bling bling and baller and he's like "shit whatevers i dont care. I got this ugly shirt and that's just fine. Okay i'm gonna get up and walk around and look like i'm nervous and cool at the same time". And then the chip would roll against my foot and i would pick it up and be like "oh shit 10,000 dollars". and then i would go to the buffet at Paris and just to show everyone how bling i am i would eat one shrimp and then leave. oh yeh. oh. yeh.

two apprent laws you must follow when playing in the world series of poker:
1)you must dress EXTREMELY ugly. Not just ugly. But UNLAWFULLY ugly. So ugly that your own parents would refuse to say that you're their child and your dog would cringe when he looks at u. The clothes/personal fashion (i.e. haistyle) that these people exhibit is absolutely amazing. How they got to the casino, out of their car and into the casino without getting their ass kicked is beyond me.
2) if you have no ugly clothes, come in your most ghetto outfit ever. Okay, so if you don't have ugly clothes, then pick out the cheapest thing in your closet. Some old dirty jeans, maybe a free tshirt you got from a job fair or a cheap store in tahoe or something.

what i especially liked is how pissed the guy looked who got last place. He trudged over to the money counter and got his 100,000 and left. THAT POOR SOUL. Only 100,000. Even i shed a tear for him. It's tragic, really.

i'm gonna go shave now. Fuck i hate shaving. But the shaving gel smells so good, so it's all gravy.

Finally, i have a riddle for all of u:
(A free home-run pie for whoever guesses it. Except Jon. He's a nerd, so he has an advantage. I'm not gonna be a punk tho. So if Jon wins, he gets a free bowl of pho, but only after he drinks three shots of 151, and has an ice cold glass of water)
Whoever makes it, doesn't need it.
Whoever buys it, doesn't use it
and whoever uses it, doesn't ever see it.
What is it?

Mar 1, 2003

Damn you guys for making me double blog, but I just wanted to say Happy B-day to Brian. I wasn't sure which day to do it since he's a weird Leap Year baby. What's that make you like 5 years old? haha j/k

Jonathan and I are having a blast in SLO. He got to watch me pass out, yay! If anyone else wants to experience that kind of fun, let me know.

Feb 18, 2003

Brendan = hilarious/gay and stupid to the max. The pics stay and you know you love em. Your Web site is sick, few links don't lead to anything, not even a "Coming Soon" or it could be because I was too lazy to let them load, who knows?

Steve - Stevie T, Steveore, Creme Pizzity to the Hizz-A, CB - Cookies and Beer, SD Playa Hata...any of these good your majesty? haha j/k. Sorry if you took offense, I guess we should come up with something better. Thanks for the scolding us though. haha...Seriously though, sorry about that. Don't feel old, when you're wrinkley and shit then I might want to hear your whining on the whole old thing haha. We're still young and we have so much ahead of all of us. I'm excited to see what the future has in store for all of us.

If it makes you feel any better my nick names suck too, Mr. Beisbol, LL Cool B, Dirty Korean...but I like em because friends came up with them. Especially the Dirty Korean one, I can't think of a more fitting name for myself.

Old men and the bathroom...first of all I think public bathrooms are absolutely the filthiest places on Earth. I hate using them and I only use them if totally necessary. I rarely take a shit in them for that very reason being dirty and the disgusting old men. IBM had tons of em and I'm sure I'll hear plenty more of them. I guess most of them have no one to impress but still...a little courtesy please?

Joe Millionaire - I didn't watch the whole series, so I'm not sure what happened with everything. I saw the middle espisode and the last one. The whole time I was thinking this guy is an idiot, how can any of these girls like him...like one of things where you see dumb ass guys w/ gf's. But in the end, he seemed like a nice guy, just not the smartest guy in the world, but that's ok. Would any of you guys ever go on one of these shows? I wouldn't, just doesn't seem like the best way to meet girls...but 500K...I dunno...haha.

I was actually pleasantly surprised that Brendan was nice to her...but he was half asleep...so I don't know if there will be another meeting haha. No she doesn't know this URL yet, my Web site or my Xanga...so she'll have to wait to see my "asshole" side. Thanks for having a hatemail thing go to me, I've gotten like a million e-mails because of Brendan. He did tell the truth about one thing, she is really nice and I'm sure you all will like her.

Alright, it's almost Socom time, so everyone take care...Peace out yo!






God I'm hilarious...ugh...haha funny stuff...ugh...is this what I have come too?
Haha! Steve posts twice to make it look like he wrote more! Sneaky bastard.

Creampuff = Temporary name. Most of us came up with our own names and had some say in it. What do you think we are creative? Shit have you seen Jon? Haha. So Steve I will stop calling you by your temporary name...which I still find funny. But the truth is you got that name cause we have fucking clue what to call you...but I'll start thinking...consider it a birthday present. =)

Aight that's it. No more publishing twice now!
Haha! Steve posts twice to make it look like he wrote more! Sneaky bastard.

Creampuff = Temporary name. Most of us came up with our own names and had some say in it. What do you think we are creative? Shit have you seen Jon? Haha. So Steve I will stop calling you by your temporary name...which I still find funny. But the truth is you got that name cause we have fucking clue what to call you...but I'll start thinking...consider it a birthday present. =)

Aight that's it. No more publishing twice now!
Haha! Steve posts twice to make it look like he wrote more! Sneaky bastard.

Creampuff = Temporary name. Most of us came up with our own names and had some say in it. What do you think we are creative? Shit have you seen Jon? Haha. So Steve I will stop calling you by your temporary name...which I still find funny. But the truth is you got that name cause we have fucking clue what to call you...but I'll start thinking...consider it a birthday present. =)

Aight that's it. No more publishing twice now!
Two things:

In response to brendan's blog about how the webcomic characters dont' look like themselves...FUCK YEH!! holy shit have you seen how the real people look from machall? My god. Nothing like them. Except for one guy. He looks pretty on. But come on now. I think that if one of you draws a webcomic and puts me in it, either a)make me look like i do..fucking ugly and stupid or b) make me look more stupid and ugly than usual, so when people see how i really look they go "oh he ain't that bad" or "damn just like him". I think it's much better to have that then the whole "sexy radio VJ sydrome" where people go "shit when i heard his/her voice i pictured someone who was hot..then i saw them and i was like "wtf"".

2nd thing:
don't call me fucking creampuff. It's fucking stupid. Not because i'm a fucking fat ass who deserves that name. Not cuz i'm fuckin' ugly like a creampuff, but rather that I would expect better nicknames from u guys. Creampuff is a nickname that comes from a stupid ass jock who doesn' t know how to tie his own shoelaces and scored less than 100 on the SAT's. Come up with something more witty, more funny. Something that has some kick to it. Dear god. EECS Bangs was fucking hilarious. Creampuff? That makes me wanna kick everyone's ass, including my own. Back to the drawing board....

3rd thing: yeh so i said two. blow me.
thanks for wishing me a happy birthday guys. Dont' think i didn't see ur various IMs. I think the best one was from jon. I think he said something like "happy bday man. Don't drink too much and eat pho. I heard that it's pretty bad". Funny shit. 23. I'm fucking old. I can feel my innards turing to much. Jon, I guess it's time to go look for old people homes. BTW, Depends doesn't feel that bad. It's actually kinda nice to be able to shit and piss whenever you feel like it. You gotta wonder when ur talking to an old person...what if they're pissing or shitting when ur talking to them. Could you tell?

That leads to my next point: WHAT THE FUCK IS WITH OLD PEOPLE AND STRAIGHT UP FARTING IN BATHROOMS. Aight. I understand. A bathroom. It's where you shit. But i dunno. Call me stupid (shut the fuck up), but it's just kinda nasty when an old guy (i say old guy cuz no young person does this) walks into a crowded bathroom, goes to a urinal, and just starts farting and shit. I guess its' cuz it's like you can't get away if ur pissing urself. No shame either. If you call ur farts, then it's funny. If you don't and you just fart and try and play it off, then ur old and it's fucking gross.

4th thing:
I hate reality shows. Smash TV...now there's an idea for a show. And it would get rid of the worst people in the gene pool.

5th thing:
shawshank redemption DVD. Bought it. Still has the scariest part of any movie ever. "I can be a friend to you"

hope ur all doing well. If not, quit feeling sorry for yourself, you pussy. haha.

Take care guys. The sun is coming up and that means bed.

sleeeeepppp....
Well Joe Millionaire is almost done. I will go on record to saying that I knew they were going to kick him a million bucks. Which brings me to another point. Like I told Bryant I would have done something different if I was Evan. I would have done one of two things...

If she was really worth it and I really thought I could spend the rest of my life with her...I would have thrown the check on the ground and made a little speech about how she was all I wanted and blah blah blah. Which would have made me a sneaky liar but as long as I had a poker face on she would have forgot about my little 50 million dollar lie. And second if it didn't work out I would have been known as the 50 million dollar liar but showed his true feelings that money doesn't mean happiness to millions of girls that watched that season finale. I win.

If I didn't think she was the right one and felt that she was doing it because it just felt right on national television...I would have kicked her ass to the ground and ran off with that million dollars by myself. Fuck that. 500K vs 1Million. Yeah you do the math. That's a lot of videogames.

Well either way I hope they're still together after all that shit because she didn't seem like a money hungry whore...and we all know how hard it is to find one of them. Haha. Send your hatemails to Bhlee27@yahoo.com. He made me say it. Well that and it is the truth.

Mental Abstraction is finally up. Please check it out. Don't email me about typos. I hear enough shit from Jon. It's not professional and it doesn't even look like it so I might as well have a shit load of typos. However if you have any problems with the layout please tell me. I consider this my beta testing period so hopefully I can work out any kinks before I go out in forums and shit. Either way thanks to Eecs for helping me and being patient with someone who doens't understand computers except the games. And photoshop...sorta.

Jon didn't seem that impressed with Zelda. Blah blah don't put words in my mouth blah blah. Yet rehashes of StreetFighter make him come. Haha. Did I say thanks for the help on MentalAbstraction? Hehe.

The Korean has put pics of me on his website in the links section. I'm the first cardboard samurai. I'm going to file a law suit against Penny-Arcade.com. Shit they're not even Japanese...oh and have you seen them in real photos? Haha...funny how the comic looks nothing like them...I can't wait to do my comic. I think I'll look like...well the sexiest man alive!

I like how Hapachan feels that when he blogs it should be about himself all the time. Haha. "Good pictures and bad pictures" ...Hapachan, God made you the way he wanted you to look so you have to accept it. Then again God didn't think I can take over the universe but I showed him...OH DID I SHOW HIM. So maybe you can change. I'd start by losing the scarf. Haha. Well whatever. I hope your hot, rich husband likes you for who you are. Does God like that sorta stuff?

I WANT A FUCKING IPOD. I'M GOING TO JOIN A CLUB SO I CAN GET AN IPOD TOO LIKE CREAMPUFF. WORD. Speaking of Steve I liked his last blog. Take it from me...the Devil himself...girls make me cringe.

So Bryant said that he is not going to let me meet any of his future girlfriends. Yet he introduced me to his new friend...what's her name? Oh yeah...Tiff-I-think-everyone-is-hapa-cuz-I-don't-know-better-cuz-i'm-nuts-any. Haha. I'm going to get in trouble for that one. Does she know this URL. Well she better if she wants to know who Bryant really is. Or better yet...it is funny how they say that who you keep around you is a represenation of who you are. This means that Bryant is an asshole. RUN LITTLE GIRL...RUN!!!!! AND NEVER LOOK BACK!!! =) Haha. Which brings me to another point. Bryant says I'm going to have hell to pay when I find an ignorant, money grubbing girl. Well I stand by the fact that she needs to be able to fight her own fights and to be fiesty. So hopefully she can handle Bryant by herself! Hehe! ...all in all though she seems really nice. I give her points...well er...a point for being American Japanese...shit while I'm handing out points I'll give myself one for being a Nip and one for Bryant for staying away from a Flip this time! Way to go buddy! =) Haha...send hatemail to BHlee27@yahoo.com. Tiffany send hatemail to IDON'TCARE@BRENDAN'SEMOTIONS.COM.

Okay seriously though...although I met her and I'm ripping on her she seems really nice. Of course I was asleep most of the time but nonetheless she seems nice. Hopefully Bryant will let me near her again so I can pass better judgement on her and let her konw whether she is going down or riding the elevator up with Hapachan.

Well that about does it for my blog. Please push down and pull up and exit to your left. And have a great day here at Brendan's magical kingdom...which is www.mentalabstraction.com

Feb 16, 2003

Quick update:

- French girl has a boyfriend. Yay for her. Nay for me. I'm still interested in talking to her, but you know... not the same.

- I showed Brendan and Bryant already, but the rest of you may be interested in homestarrunner.com. It has some funny characters, voices, jokes, etc. I've only seen a small portion of the content on there, but I especially recommend these "Strong Bad Emails": spring cleaning, sisters, techno, website, and japanese cartoon. Enjoy.

- All members of Team Pooky are invited to join a trip to Las Vegas taking place February 28 - March 2. Vy, my friend from Berkeley (and Steve's closest pal), told me today she's working on planning the trip. It's a dirty place, but fun with friends. Let me know whether this sounds good or sounds awesome.

Feb 12, 2003

What's up guys,
I'm glad to see this bad boy alive and ticking. I just got out of a midterm that I think I raped and pillaged, so I'm in a great mood.

First and foremost, I wish the best of Rene. I met him once and he seemed like a great guy and a good father. It's crazy what soldiers sacrifice for us to be safe. Would I ever go to war if drafted? Ya, would I do any good? Probably, Socom has taught me a lot...j/k. I don't know what I would be like at water...I think I would let all the death and bloodshed get to me, go crazy like some vietnam vets that you hear about. I cringed when Kevin tried to show me a cut on his finger, so I don't know. Hopefully it nevers comes down to a draft. Damn Koreans need to chill..north side I mean...us southies are pretty cool right?

Jonathan with his fancy new logo...it looks a little more like you...Brendan thinks you look Chinese, the more I look at it, I start to agree hehe.

Brian is alive! Saweet! Ducks? Shit man, get your roommate to buy Socom damnit, that will give you something to do haha. As for your question, besides being called a dumb Korean by all my friends, I think it's been a long, long while since there's been any racist comments being thrown at me. Racist people are unbelievable. How can you live your life hating on people that you don't know, just because they look different? It's amazing...I guess discrimination is the same like women, gays, etc. I think half the reason why our world is so fucked up is because of racism. It's totally unnecessary, but I guess some people hold strong to their beliefs. All it does is tear us apart and make it uncomfortable to live in. We all have our stereotypes, but that's all it is until you actually meet the person and find out what kind of person they are. Anyway, moral of the story is don't hate on people that you don't know (I know I joke around a lot, but I don't ever mean it!). I still truly believe everyone has some good in them, it just takes some time to see through the rough exteriors of some.

Derek, you crack me up! Your guestbook signature, your blog, hilarious. Derek, you look ok in all your pictures, not to sound gay. I've seen worse. With your joker smile, how can you ever look bad? You light pictures up. haha. Have you seen Brendan's New Years pic? That's a bad one of someone...haha. j/k. You are right, you're definitely no freakin supermodel haha. I think you will have a "well off" (monetary) wife. Just goes w/ the territory of the girls that you usually have dated in the past, minus Sandra...maybe Nicolette, but I don't know much about her. As for a supermodel wife...I don't know. I'm sure you'll get a good lookin girl. I think we all have different tastes in what we think is cute, pretty, fine, etc. So in our own ways, I'm sure all of us will find someone who will suit us perfectly. Thanks for signing the book, haha to Brendan because his whole message didn't come out.

Alright boyz, I'm gonna go eat/study...have a good week at work Jonathan, Steve keep simpin and pimpin in SD, Brian we need you on Socom pronto, Derek have fun at school, Brendan see you online. Peace out!
I guess i'll start with the light hearted stuff first.... :)

Did you know ducks eat grass? At least the ducks at the SSU much on it like there's no tomorrow. I'm all back to nature 'n crap like that... It's all because of my school schedule. I have this long break between classes every tuesday and thursday. It's just enough time to make sitting around boring, but not enough time to go home and rest up. Ahh well... So yeah. Ducks eat grass as well as that slimy algae stuff at the bottom of our man made lake. Ahh I learn more outside the classroom than inside...

I first met Towelie in his second appearance... I think it was when the kids were trying to give a goat back to the middle east. It was hilarious because out of nowhere he comes out and everyone just stares at him. Dead silence and then of course he says, "You wanna get high???" It was so random, I laughed well into the night.

So I'm taking this Chicano Studies class to complete my GE... It's actually a lot more interesting than I would have thought. The thing that probably makes it interesting is that I've learned that my professor is trying to get us to become more aware and protest stuff. He shows us these old movies 'n stuff about people going through the social movements 'n stuff, and looks at us like we should be doing the same thing. On one hand he's right. Our generation hasn't really had anything to protest before. The 80s were a dead time, and the 90s we went though the little ribbon power shit. What's in store for this generation this decade? More of the same stuff, or is something finally going to happen? Should we be protesting the possibility of war? Ahhh... Like I said it's a pretty good class. I'm kind of glad I couldn't take an asian studies class. I mean, I can get most of that stuff from parents or grandparents. Looking at another race and their struggles is interesting.

So here's a racial question for you guys... (Yes even the korean can participate :P) When was the last time you were discriminated against/been the target of racial slurs? hehe, since I work at such a crappy job, I get it all the time, but it doesn't really bother me since most of the people are trailer trash bitches that need to try and show some dominance over SOMETHING. Never a Jap though... Always something like Chink or something as unoriginal. I'm just curious if it's a big thing everywhere else... (Santa Rosa is pretty damn racist against... Well... Everyone....)

As for friends who are heading off to the growing troop build up... It's really sad... I have a friend who got sent off to Korea last month... I've been watching the news 'n stuff hoping nothing will happen over there. When he had a little party before leaving (it was his birthday of all things...) it was damn hard to say good-bye. We say we'll see each other again in a year or two when he finishes his little "tour of duty.." But I wonder how much he's going to change. Would I go to war if they did the draft again? Yeah.. Probably. Not for any of the bullshit reasons our President is spouting, but just so someone else doesn't have to take my place out there.

Feb 11, 2003

Quick and Simple.

This is for my cousin Rene Martin who had to ship off to the Middle East to prepare for a possible war. For this he is leaving his family behind. I just want to say thanks for making it safe for me to run my mouth off about anything I want, especially the war. Thank you and come back to us safe and sound!

This goes for all the troops that don't ask whether war is right or not. All they know is how to protect the lives of us here in the United States...

Feb 7, 2003

Kickboxing

Ahh soreness… what blissful agony. After Monday’s class I was sore like whoa. I felt it when I got dressed. When I opened a door. When I washed my hands. I felt it over and over again. I don’t think the pain is from the push-ups or the endless punch combinations. I think it’s from holding up those damn Thai pads while your partner gets to do all the moves. These things are about the size of a long shoebox, and get very heavy after being held up for half an hour. My shoulders and back are the most affected. But it’s that good kinda pain. Kinda.

Wednesday our instructor instated a rule because he was tired of people coming in late: for every minute that someone is late, the rest of the class does a push-up. Okay. Some guy comes in 15 minutes late, no big deal. But we do the push-ups real slow, all together at the instructor’s count. That makes it a little harder. But that’s nothing. Class continues. This other focker comes in 45 minutes late. At the end of class, we do 25 normal push-ups, and finish the rest off with these brutal spread-leg dipping push-ups, in two wonderful variations. While Mr. I-missed-half-the-class-and-fuct-everyone-over gets to count them out for us. The point being, of course, that we end up hating whoever comes in late. But I heard someone say, “I’m gonna come in late next time.” Yeah go ahead. And I’ll go ahead and piss on your gear and not remember it after. Justice.

Some of you may be curious on the Frenchy update… I found out her name is actually Ariane. I’m still learning more about her and France and stuff… and starting to see what may be a feisty flavor to her. Once while I was holding the pads for her she could see I was getting tired, and she said, “feel free to take a break… if you’re feeling… WEAK,” and smiled slyly upon uttering that last offensive word. Oh, and we got in trouble. We were switching gear… well, we were supposed to be, anyway. I took off the gloves and she took off the pads, and we sat down. People did the same, some went to get a drink of water. For some reason when the instructor told us to switch and get our gear back on, it didn’t register. I started asking her about English being taught in French schools. I looked up. Everyone in class was standing up with their gear on. We were sitting on the floor, with our gear lying around, utterly unprepared to participate in any type of kickboxing exercises. I jumped up and grabbed the pads, but it was too late. The instructor basically said, “I don’t see why people are sitting around chatting, we don’t have that much time. When I say put your gear on, I mean put your gear on,” and looked right at me. Luckily some girl who was a returning student ran over and helped me out, and the instructor started clowning on her a little, which lightened the mood. I guess it could have been embarrassing for most people... I don’t even remember the last time I let something embarrass me. I just wanted to finish the conversation. But that would have to wait. First I had to get my shoulders all achy. Anyways, we talked more after class, and I’m pretty sure we’re gonna be partners all semester. So more on that later…

Oh yeah, so I have all the gear now, except the mouthpiece. Which means we have another pair of boxing gloves. And I have an extra pair of wraps too, for our more serious bouts. Bring it on, chuckas.

Makes me laugh

Calvin & Hobbes
I read through the Calvin and Hobbes Sunday Pages book, which was of course classic hilarity. I laugh every time I think of this one strip: Calvin is running late to school, and forgets his lunch on the kitchen counter. He runs back and misses his mom who is trying to bring it to him. He misses the bus, and they yell at each other. When she’s driving him to school, they both look pissed… as he sits in the back seat with arms crossed, his frown is absolutely hilarious. People at work must be wondering why I start smiling/laughing at random times.

South Park
I just saw the Towelie episode. Towelie is an intelligent towel with arms, legs, eyes, and a mouth. He always wants to get high, and says (in a high-pitched Mr. Hanky-like voice) stuff like “man I’m so high, I have no idea what’s going on.” And he always responds to any comment involving water with advice on towel use. (ex. Kyle: "I'm gonna go to the beach"... Towelie: "Don't forget to bring a towel!") That’s not the funny part. The funny part is at the end:

(Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Towelie are playing a 4-player video game)
Stan: “Ok guys get ready, I think the next level is a water stage.”
Towelie: “Don’t forget to bring a towel!”
Cartman: “Towelie, you’re the worst character ever.”
Towelie: “I know.”
(roll credits)

Shanghai Noon 2
I didn’t see the first one. I don’t think the new preview is especially funny. But I laugh when they show on screen “LONDON”, and Owen Wilson says, “this country blows.” Heheh nice.

Feb 6, 2003

Good lord, well I guess I've been called a formal slut by everyone now. I have also gotten Chi Delt whore and being "passed around." So what do I think about it? I don't care, I'm having fun at them. They remind me of old high school dances, except with drinking. Taking pictures, dancing with your date, it's fun! I meet new people, all frat and sorority, well most of them, but that's ok. At least I'm not in one. I'm sure I could be doing better things with my money or time, but most of that involves Brendan and I'm sick of that mother fucker =).

School is boring as hell. I don't even know why I pay to go to school sometimes, it doesn't interest me at all. I just sit and drone. There have been few classes that have actually sparked my interest, which is sad, but true. Oh well, 5 more months! Don't get me wrong, I like being in SLO, just not in school haha.

Let me tell you about our afternoon...Andy, Kevin and I played a game where we went through all our movies and substituted the word 'gay' for some of the titles...here are some of the good ones:
Proof of Gay
Gay and Present Danger
Crouching Gay, Hidden Gay
Legends of the Gay
Field of Gay
10 Things I Hate About Gay
Lords of the Gays

haha, there are some other good ones too, but we have too much time on our hands. No offense to anybody, just being bored and stupid.

My opinion stays the same on the topic, Brendan, I would let you die fo sho! haha...I'm just kidding. I think I would give my life for you guys. I think that goes w/ my friendly title =). But seriously, I would. Trading one life for 5 lives and giving the chance of living life longer would be the greatest gift I could give anyone. I've always had reoccurring dreams of taking a bullet for someone, I think there's a part of me that wants to be a hero for everyone. I'm no superman, not even Batman, but just Bryant....FRIENDS!

Being around all these sorority peeps, I hear a lot about that San Jose killing, even though I don't know the details, the message is clear life is short, live it up. I'm hoping if the situation above ever occurs, that I will have lived a good life up to that point. Being mad and angry, sad, is sometimes uncontrollable, but it's something that we should all strive to take away from our lives as much as possible. Being bitter will not do anything, being scared to try something new will lead to nothing, being sad is just a road block to becoming happy eventually...I don't get mad too often(socom)...I only get sad about girl issues...but I'm hoping that every emotion I do have, I learn from and try to block out all the negativity.

Sorry this started to become sappy and stupid, so all in all...Yes I would die for you guys, Live Life, Have Fun...if you're not, it's time to change something up. Food for thought... Peace out.


So no stupid jokes today. Just some observations.

So as I told some of you last semester, the idiots in my film classes are inspiring. They inspire to kick their ass. Now mostly I would respect someone else's opinions and views. Not these idiots. In fact they have given me back some drive...the drive to be better than them. Now I totally understand that cinema is something that is not guaranteed. You are judged by somebody else's tastes. Now I also realize that this is how all jobs are. However I do feel that if you are in the entertainment business...its biggest flaw is the fact that so much talent gets overlooked and jobs get filled up with people's friends. Whatever...off subject. Anyway I lose in the situation of being surrounded by idiots because A) They take up the class time with useless comments and B) These are the idiots that will be every single of one my classes as the years go on. I hate them. I will destroy them. The drive is slowly coming back...In fact I think I will make friends with all of them so when I'm successful they think they have a connection in the industry. Then I'll tell them that their work sucks. And the good thing is that if they make it...I'll be friends with them. Hollywood is fake so I also will be fake. They just better not get a hold of this website.

Let's see what else. SFSU administration sucks. Here it is as short as possible. I get told, "yes you are cleared away for becoming a cinema major. Should take two days." That was over a week ago. I check online to register...oh i'm not a cinema major yet. So I cannot add classes. I drive back to SF for a two minute clear up at the admin desk. If I ever get rich...I will not give money to SFSU. They can suck a cock.

I really want a video game store. In fact I feel like drawing it out just like I did my future house. Okay for reals though. I'm working on a script...its required of me in my class (that I may or may not have). Its supposed to be thirty pages and close to a finished draft. So hopefully if you guys are around I can practice shooting it. If it turns out pretty good I might be willing to fork out some money for REAL film. But I figure I better shoot it digital first in case the dynamic isn't there. Uh I don't have a total accurate storyline yet...but the simple premise of the story is: Would one of us die for the group of our friends. I sure as hell wouldn't. Thoughts? Your thoughts might just make it in the script...or you can tell me if you think it's stupid. Just remember. If you think it's stupid...read below...hehe

Bryant is a formal slut. Steve is in some big club. Jon loves stinking unshaven frenchies. Derek is half chink. And...I can beat Brian at Soul Caliber 2. And BLucky...well look at him...living at home and still in school with idiots. Werd.

Feb 2, 2003

hahahaha..oh man. That piss story was fucking funny i must say. THe fact that he doesnt remember doesn't surprise me tho. It reminds me of a similiar story a few weeks ago.

I had been out drinking with a few friends of mine. Most of us only had a couple of beers so we were nowhere near drunk. Either that or it had been so long since we had stopped most of us had sobered up. However, there was this one guy. He was so fucking drunk. He just came along cuz he needed a ride from his roommate. Anyways, we were watching TV and he had passed out on the floor. All of a sudden he gets up and stumbles over to the wall, his hand on his crotch. Aparently he was undoing his fly. Then he started leaning against the wall. All of a sudden, I had a sense of deja vu. So i said to my other friend, "holy shit man..he's gonna fucking piss on the wall!". This was my friend's girlfriend's place, so he reacted accordingly. He jumped up and yelled to guy, "YO YOU BETTER NOT BE PISSING ON THE WALL!! GO THE FUCKING BATHROOM". THen he jumped up and grabbed the guy and ushered him to the bathroom. I would like to note that the guy had his pants undone and was about to whip out his nutty buddy, so it's a good thing my friend jumped up when he did.

Why did i have a sense of deja vu? BECAUSE THIS GUY HAD DONE IT BEFORE. This guy like to piss in public places when he's drunk. I remember one time at my friends party, he had woken up in the middle of the night to piss in my friend's trashcan. and THERE WERE PEOPLE LYING RIGHT NEXT TO THE DAMN TRASHCAN. My friend woke up and said..."uh you can use the toilet" and the guy replied "nah it's coo".

funny shit. i laughed especially hard at the "piss-infested" shit comment.

Feb 1, 2003

Wow, Bryant--I definitely would not have recalled all those topics we discussed. Your mega memory serves well once again. Definitely a night of good times… clean family fun for all.

”Frenchy”
A quick note for those wondering what the hell Bryant meant: I just started my “coed kickboxing” class at West Valley, and got paired up with a French international student. I find her attractive (although I feel my Berkeley Eyes coming back, so my taste is even more suspect than usual) and she seems really nice, so I’ll try to partner up with her and talk to her more (even though I feel hesitant to kick her slight frame with maximum destructive force), and if things look good, ask her out, because why the fack not. At the very least I’d like to hear about France and her perspective on how things ova dea compare to hea. Sidenote: That room smells like feet. “My wife calls me SWAMPFOOT.”

Tahoe
From the 16th to the 19th, I went snowboarding with some young coworkers and their random invitees. About 30 people stayed in a 3-bed 2-bath cabin, so it was cramped but only cost $35/person for the whole weekend. It seemed like a fun, friendly group of people, but there were only about 6 girls, not counting the 35-yr-old with a kid, who was someone’s housemate. There was one girl I thought was pretty cute, but I think she was there with her guy FUCKTHAT heheh. Oh, and among them was also Lan’s old roommate, that was interesting. Well, on to the stories, enjoy.

The Urinator
The main story of the weekend involved some peepee, and as a result some pissed off people. Ahahaha (Steve: Globetrotters cartoon laugh track). So the first night we were there, a lot of people got their drank on, playing drinking games or whatnot. Eventually we all went to bed… not knowing that we were in dirty danger’s way. Luckily I was in a room with a door with a lock. So apparently here’s what happened that night…

- 3AM: in one of the rooms, The Urinator (one of the drunk guys) wakes up, stands in the corner, and starts pissing on someone else’s boarding gear. Another guy is awake and asks in polite but utterly confused manner, “What The FUCK Are You DOING?!” The Urinator shrugs with something like “idunno,” decides at that point to lie down and go back to sleep.

- 5AM: repeat of events of 3AM. Also, another guy who’s sleeping wakes up, sits up in bed, says plainly, “hey no peeing in the house,” lies down and goes back to sleep.

So as a result of these foul-smelling antics we’ve got some piss-infested shiet, and a very upset owner (who happens to be the 35-yr-old lady aww) of said shiet. Here’s the weird part: The Urinator does not remember doing it, does not believe the story when people tell him, and therefore makes no apology to anyone. Now that I know who he is, whenever I see The Urinator I can’t help but think, “that dirty pisser.” p.s. I told Brendan this story, and his feedback was along the lines of “if he fucking did that to me, I’d PISS on HIM.” I found that very funny. But justice is serious, so don’t laugh. =|

Poker
We ended up playing some poker the second night. There was one fobby guy who was hilarious. He’s the type who says bold shiet that others normally don’t have the nerve to say. Like right when some girls arrived at the cabin, we were playing cards and he says, “Where’s my drink? Put on your waitress outfit and serve me,” and “If you girls need a place to sleep, there’s room in my sleeping bag.” So we were playing cards for about $6 per person, and this guy was betting like crazy every round, every hand. He would always bet the same way, no matter what cards he had. The first round would be a quarter, then following rounds he’d say, “SEQUENTIALLY… ” and the next amount, which was a quarter more. Most of the time when it came down to him and someone else, the pot would be huge and he would lose because he had a low pair or something. So we were all cracking up because of his betting style and the crazy shiet he said, and the number of times he felt obligated to say "sequentially." And he kept buying in more and more. He had a FAT roll of cash. Poker fun for everyone. sidenote: I heard he dropped about a G the next night playing blackjack. I decided not to gamble in the casinos at all.

Sharing the wealth
The third night we had dinner at a restaurant/bar and had to wait about an hour and a half for our table, so people were beering and bullshitting to kill time. When we finally sat we had only about 8 people left, all with buzzes going strong. So we were the assholes in the place, but in the fun way. When we finished, it came to about $66. People as always just have $20s- some got change back, others were too drunk to care. When it was settled to everyone’s apparent satisfaction, I saw the bill… we had left a single C-note. I asked if everyone got their change, but most people had left already, so the guy who had handled the money said don’t worry about it. We handed it over to our waitress (who had been cool, but geez) saying, “you’re gonna love this: no change.” When she saw her 50% tip she said “you guys are awesome!” and was all happy, dancing around. Our brilliant money manager grinned, “it’s nice to put a smile on someone’s face once in a while.” Indeed.

Car
Again I was thinking of writing about the car search, but I’m tired of thinking about it. I need to focus on something else and just wait, let my savings build up, and see how my options look later in the year. You can ask if you really care about the constant debate going on in my head. ValueBangs vs. GreedyBangs/CarpeDiemBangs. A classic match-up.

Creativity
Bryant, keep it up. I need to get back on track. I shall seek inspiration in Calvin and Hobbes and Capcom artbooks. There better be something new up on jhiro.net by the end of the weekend.