Thursday, December 31, 2009

Favorite Moments of 2009...

Not in order... for the most part haha.

1. San Diego Day 9 - Anniversary!

Driving up to LA from San Diego in the AM, the Getty, Third Street Promenade, Orange Hill Restaurant in OC anniversary dinner compliments of my boy Jon Wong, Downtown Disney, drinking at some random bar followed by more drinking at some random night club at Anaheim Garden Walk with Jon and Johanna, then getting driving back down to San Diego the same night. Oooohhhh-weeeee!











2. San Diego Day 4 - Disney Land!
Too many pictures and too many happy moments to post about.







3. New York - Spring Break
I didn't get to take too many pictures in NY. People are moving too fast, and you gotta keep up. I went with my best friend, Samer. We stayed at his grandparents' house as usual. Fun as usual. Had to hit up the usual eateries and of course the Apple store for Samer. F.A.O. Schwarz is right next door to the Apples store.. no pics, but that place is glorious for big kids like me.











4. Playing against Gilbert Arenas
I wish Timi could've taken pictures of me. Oh well! Thinking back now, it wasn't that cool, but wow, when I came home that day, I felt like the luckiest dude ever. I mean damn, I played against my favorite basketball player. How many people can say that? Haha.







5. My brothers' birthday party

Never had I gotten this wasted before. I guess the stories of people telling me about myself the day after was the funniest part. Oh yeah, no hangover! Yessssss.



6. Thanksgiving
Not much happened outside of eating, but spending the first half of the day and night with my family was much needed. Everyone lives in other places now, so getting us all together was very cool. The highlight was probably doing hookah with my brothers, relaxing to some drinks, and really just talking about life. Very appreciated. I left halfway through the night to spend what was left of Thanksgiving with Nikki, her family, MA, Vince, Lauren, JR, Catherine, and their kids.

7. San Diego Day 2
L&L's for breakfast, Mission beach, Roberto's Mexican food >>> Santana's across the street, sand castles, sand forts lol, beautiful skies, and some Chinese restaurant for dinner.











8. Bye, Kiesha!
No words, only tears. Hahahaha.


(Thanks to Faye for the photo)

9. The journey to #27

From the regular season to the ALDS against the Twins to the ALCS against the Angels to the World Series against the Phillies. Every play was appreciated.



10. This isn't really just one moment, but I enjoyed all those moments that I went out to the post office to send out my shoes and to cash my money order. It wasn't so much the money that I liked, but just knowing that someone across the country would enjoy the shoes that I once enjoyed. I mean if I'm not wearing them anymore, why not sell them and let someone who really wants them have them? I sold about 30 pairs this past year. OD! But it happened and I don't regret one shoe sale.... OK, maybe my Foams. But, they did get me $300 haha.

And a shout out to the best and most prettiest girlfriend in the world for helping make this year a special one... and just for being a part of my life on a daily basis.

Another one for my family. I couldn't do anything without you guys...

Oh, and praise God! Duh!

Top 10 Albums of 2009...

Given I didn't buy a lot of albums this past year, I didn't have a lot to work with for this list. Anyway, here it goes in order:

10. The Dream - Love vs Money
9. Noah and the Whale - The First Days of Spring
8. Raekwon - OB4CL2
7. Clipse - 'Til the Casket Drops
6. John Mayer - Battle Studies
5. Eminem - Relapse
4. Maxwell - Black Summer's Night
3. Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon
2. Coconut Records - Davy
1. Jay-Z - Blueprint 3

If Drake's mixtape was an album, it would definitely be high on the list. Also, I'm not sure when it was released, but the soundtrack for the movie "Smart People" would also be on the list. I got so much random music that couldn't be put on the list because 1) they weren't released this year and 2) they didn't dominate my rotation like these albums do/did. I'm not saying these are the "best" albums or anything like that. I'm just saying that these were the ones that I played and enjoyed the most.

Top 10 Films I Saw in Theaters of 2009...

In Order:

10. The Soloist
9. Adventureland
8. Fast and Furious
7. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
6. The Hangover
5. Up
4. Where the Wild Things Are
3. District 9
2. Star Trek
1. Avatar

Monday, December 28, 2009

What's Been Going On...

My brother bought this for me from IKEA. It's a lot cheaper now ($20). I should've waited. Damn! But yeah, it let me get rid of the huge wooden thing I used to have in my room. Now, it's just this and my shoes on the floor. Although, soon I'm going to buy this dark brown storage unit from IKEA made up of a bunch of squares. My brother has it in the basement. So yeah, I'm gonna bite him on that.


Before Fune left for Vegas, we went to Nikki's house late one night and found this puzzle partially done. We couldn't leave until we finished it haha. What a waste of time. I won't lie though. We felt real accomplished when it was done. Unfortunately, Nikki's little cousins from Saudi Arabia punished this joint. Now it's in shambles.


Before the snow storm hit, my brother decided to buy some food for like 3 days since we would be snowed in. Nobody plows for us around here. Well, actually, he sent my sister-in-law to go shopping since he was at work. Anyway, she chose this for me as my breakfast item. I got addicted real bad haha. These are crack!


I forget when this was, but it was during the Christmas party for the couples at Nikki's house. Thanks, Nik! This was delicious.


Along with this big ass cookie for dessert.


We spent our Christmas Eve at my oldest brother's house. There was more food than during Thanksgiving. I was stuffed like...


This was on 12/27 at a Christmas party with our long-time friends. I kinda just tagged along though haha. They had a gift exchange, but of course I just watched. Thank God cuz their gifts for each other were expensive lol. But yeah, to cap the night, we had a bunch of drinks and smoked hookah. I think we ended up going through three flavors. Yum! Oh yeah, all this while watching a bootleg Avatar haha. The Bacardi 151 made me want to puke. OD strong!


If I had a Nikon or something, this would've came out a lot better lol.

AVATAR...

I don't feel like writing a review or anything like that...

Just watch it in 3-d, damn it!

"I see you."

Sunday, December 20, 2009

How to Avoid Bullies...



I choose... FOOT STOMP!

Friday, December 4, 2009

Spyker C8 Aileron Spyder...



I just found out the name of this car via NT. I saw this car out in San Diego when Nikki, her sister, her cousin, and I went out to this car dealership that had a bunch of Lambos, Ferraris, Porsche's. For some reason, this was the dopest car to me.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Pick-Up Lines...

I need to try some of these on my nubian queen... maybe they'll yield more success than my current schemes.




Buy on 12/8...

Terrible ass cover... SMH @ Kaws and Clips

But, I'm still coppin'! Haha.






Ya'll are lucky that my CD burner is broken! Each of you enjoy the 12 cents you make from each CD sold. Don't spend it all in one place.



Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Countdown to Christmas...

23 days until Christmas.

P.S. Pray for my dad's heart. Thanks, world.