happy birthday to me! well not really my birthday was this past friday, but thanks to contributions from my sister, girlfriend, parents, cousin bernadette, and myself I was able to purchase my first macbook pro. The best part of this is Best buy had a special where i can get up to 24 months no interest IF paid in full within that time. I know it's nothing to be excited about but shit i've gone back and forth with PCs and Macs for the last couple years and almost as soon as my PC crashed I made my decision to switch to mac. I figured if im going to invest in something it may as well be a mac and get my money's worth right?.
i swear ill have more posts with substance i just wanted to share this hahaha
jersey i've wanted for a VERY VERY VERY! long time. Ever since I can remember ive always wanted an MJ jersey, but everytime we go shopping stores were either sold out or didn't have my size, THEN when they retro'd the jersey's i didn't have a job to go buy me one. SO many fakes out there on ebay, i found ONE..ONE legit jersey that would fit perfectly buuuut guess what? thats right no cabbage. These jerseys are really hard to come by, sure if they're fake and cost 30 bucks they're SUPER easy to find, but legit ones is like once in a blue moon.
anyways snapback hats i want from The Hundreds. I've been in a snapback hat kind of mood kind of day, I love my fitted new eras, but sometimes i just want something different. who knows maybe for my birthday or something ill try and get some stuff for myself.
It's been over a year since i've battled or even got down and felt good about it, but last Friday at "hoover jam v.4" i entered with eddie styles (rock so fresh, jabbawockeez, and breakin habbits) and ryno (uncomfortably fresh) as san diego zulu nation. Last time I had this much fun battling was top 3 of sd a couple years back, and i'd have to say for someone that hasn't battled in a while or even danced for 8 months i think i held up pretty good. you be the judge lol:
Prelims battle round 1 of 5 (made it through 3 rounds)
round 2
round 3
stuff ill do my own TOP 10 THINGS I HATE (inspired by the super b-beat show)
I hate... 1. when Im out playing some pick up games at the courts, and then you have these dudes that take it way to seriously. as if you're getting paid to play street ball, jesus just play ball and have fun!!! i just want to burn calories i could care less about winning or losing lol
2. I don't see a lot of dancing in out b-boy/b-girl scene here in sd. Please if you're going to learn how break learn how to dance, and LEARN THE HISTORY!!!.
3. that it's been forever since my friends and i had a LAN party for COD MW2 :-( lol cmon guys lets do this!! hahaha
4. my bed, not because it's uncomfortable coz it is comfortable. I hate that its a full size, it takes up too much space in my room, i want to get a sofa bed type thing.
5. that gas prices are still high, do y'all remember when gas actually went down to like 1.80ish? *sigh* really wish gas was that cheap again...
6. ungrateful people. seriously people, don't forget how you started and who taught you. Being humble is key, hard work and consistent practice leads to respect. SO CHECK YO SELF!! and give credit where credit is due.
7. AZ SB 1070.
8. that i have to wait another 3 months for the charges football season, damnit.
9. idiot drivers. i swear the next person to really tailgate me is gettin break checked!!!. if youre driving behind a black 2010 honda civic si sedan in mira mesa with a zulu medallion hanging from the rear view mirror, do not tailgate.
10. it's been a long time since i've been able to get out of san diego for a whole weekend. Lately i've been really wanting to go on a road trip, it doesn't even have to be a long one, going to irvine is good enough to me I JUST NEED TO GET OUT!! lol
MORE STUFF rd apparel news: I've been wanting to set up a meeting with the boys to see what we want to do for the rest of this year. I would really love to sell out of our shirts and print out new shit, and really create a buzz. so maybe this summer ill REALLY learn how to use illustrator. :-)
wizards crew: need to have a meeting with the crew, well now that i've found some time to practice and trying to make an effort to go to jams, and we haven't hung out in a while.
school: ill be attending both palomar and miramar this coming fall. there are two classes i need to take at palomar so i can move on from miramar. I just know i've got to really buckle down this fall, going to be A LOT of hard work this coming semester if i want to transfer out of community college within the next year or year and a half (summer school here i come??).
MUSIC PODCASTS
The Super B-beat show on this episode of The Super B-beat show takes on the word 'squab' and bboy drah hard gives a b-boy tip. the super b-beat show is hosted by san diego's own dj mane one, dj sake, and the son of jarel.
DJ mike rizzy lately ive been listening to his House Party part 2 mix. I've always loved the music that came out of the 90's and im really glad rizzy did this mix. When i first heard this mix a while ago i knew it was a mix i would listen to over and over again.
Am I wrong for not feeling the same stress everyone seems to feel?, I mean after all stress can impair judgment. Sure finals MAY be a little bit MORE points than regular exams, but my personal opinion is don't stress it. Adding another stress-or in your life isn't worth it, the more you're relaxed the better off you'll be, then again any test/exam setting are stressful enough. Sometimes a change in attitude or outlook on a situation such as "finals week", can work to your benefit. I'm not saying im the best student out there (not by a long shot), but i've learned to change the way i think about such a stressful situation. While everyone else had "finals", i actually didnt have any "real" final, i had group presentations for two classes and 4 regular exams/tests for the 4 classes i took this semester. We're these couple weeks stressful?, yes, but did I stay up and do all nighters? no, didn't have to and hope i never have to. So from here on out, I'm just going to approach finals week just like any other exam.
Well its that time of the year again, when I think everyone is at their happiest. Something about this time of the year i swear, and could probably why it's my favorite time of the year. Anyways, december 2009 marks my 7 year anniversary with my girlfriend kristine! yaaaay lol, it is also her bday on x-mas eve. this month is pretty packed, holiday parties with friends, kristine's friends, kamp, and the homies, that and a WHOLE LOT OF saving to do this month since ill be working 35+ hours untill spring semester kicks off. December has always been a special month to me, i don't know why, but it just has. Everything else i mentioned is just icing on the cake, and with the year coming to an end 2009 was good to me :-). so to everyone out there have a very blessed and happy holidays and may 2010 bring you and yours more blessings! peace
"if youre in school, it should be your #1 priority. smh if it isnt. if you think this is about you, something is wrong!"
now, i could have been a dick and said; first of all people will ALWAYS live different lifestyles, who are you to say its wrong if school is NOT number 1 priority. second we have a difference of opinion, personally i've always felt that we can have our cake and eat it. All it is really is balance, thats the key word. and if you think this is about you then something is wrong! lol
im 22 years old, and ever since i changed the way i view life it's been good. We can plan for our futures, and do things now for our future, but if there's anything ive learned the past couple of years it's; life is not guaranteed. I do everything I can NOW so if, god forbid, anything were to happen to me i'd be content with the life i've lived. I've always felt like my generation is trying to grow up TOO fast, i understand some of us want to get into the real world, but slow down please!. If life is the gift god gave us, shouldn't we all be enjoying it every chance we get?!?!, I think so.
life is so beautiful and so precious, i don't understand why so many of us bypass all of that for instant gratification?!?!. I'm trying to enjoy this lifetime, and I feel like im doing that. LIFE is my number 1 priority, FAMILY is number 1 priority, FRIENDS are number 1 priority, when i die i want to be remembered as someone that enjoyed LIFE, would give everything he had for his FAMILY, and loved all of his FRIENDS. I don't want to be remembered as someone that was soo busy he had no time for anything else. you know. LIFE!
LIVE IT, DAMNIT! and have fun doing it as the title of this post says “We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” playon playah, playon playah
another weekend done and another week closer towards the end of this semester. I really don't know how to feel about this semester, I did do work, but i think because i set my goals too high I may be feeling uneasy about this semester. I feel like I should be pullin C's, which is good, but then again this behavior change is gonna take some time. Next semester will be a good one.
okay now to what I like to think about, haha. THE CHARGERS HAVE WON 6 in a row now which puts them at 8-3. It bothers me that some "fans" wrote the chargers off as contenders, and all i've got to say is, SHAME SHAME SHAME. Why would you write off your team, even IF the chargers' season DID go down the shitter i'd still be a huge fan. It's border line embarrassing when i read "die hard" charger fans statuses that say "fucking chargers, the season is over" well somewhere along those lines. It's disappointing really, and it's these same people that say to me im not being real when im just supporting the team i love, im sorry but i don't half ass my support for my favorite team!. thats enough about that we're in 1st place in the afc west, and its december aaaaand they're peaking at the right time! chargers are scary around this time so all you doubters, keep on doubting coz youre gonna eat your words at seasons end.
I LOVE WINTER!!! or at least december - january, because it truly is "the most wonderful time of the year!." People just seem to be in the best mood around this time, broke or not. I know im definitely happier around this time, i know i know it's awesome right? haha. I also need new holiday music to listen to, every year im listening to the same ol songs.
one more thing:STAY POSITIVE EVERYONE! please i beg you!. only good things will come if you stay positive, there's AWLAYS light at the end of ANY tunnel. remember, god wouldn't put you in a situation you can't handle, so whatever is going on you have the strength to pull through anything. I'm no the most religious person in my circle of friends, hell i don't agree with some of the bible, but god IS good, and god DOES love you! be positive and life will be easier. and remember to laugh every once in a while, it's good for you!
I just realized i havent blogged in a while, I do most of my stuff on twitter. Then i figured, since no one reads this anyways, ill just use it as a way to vomit my thoughts and concerns or if i think of anything interesting, this is where ill do it, because 140 characters isn't enough to REALLY express myself. I think when i started blogging, i started blogging for the wrong reasons, thinking i was already bloggin to an audience that was non-existent.
bboyed today for the first time in a looooong 3 months. Now my legs are KILLING me, almost forgot how much it work bboying put on my legs (ie knees). Yeah im definitely going to practice again, but ill slowly be easing my way back to it. These new kids are creepin up on me man gotta put back in work.
FINALLY got my new car last month (11-7-09), yes its THE 2010 honda civic si sedan, not that any of you care, or even read this blog anymore lol. the car is awesome, i just dont like it when fuckers try to come up next to me and race. I'm like "wtf dude, how small is your penis that you want to race a brand new car, go fuck yourself you jackass, im not gonna waste my gas fuck face!" im saying this in my head of course.
My 7 years is coming up with kristine. HOLY FUCK 7 YEARS! lol and so is her bday, and christmas. december has been THE busiest months the past 7 years, for other reasons than the ones i just mentioned, but thats a whole different post. more details on her bday/anniversary/christmas later.
"thanksgiving" was cool, always good to spend time with family. I just wish native americans didnt have to die in order for us to celebrate this holiday...SMH and thats all i have to say about thingstaken.
"blog like no one is reading". LOVE that quote, why? because it makes sense to me. If i think no one is reading, then i have less stress on what im blogging about, and therefore my blogs come out more genuine.
STAY POSITIVE
PLEASE! to much negativity going on. I just wish more people took it upon themselves to reflect on things they say or do, and think "is this doing any good to my well being?". so I tend to tweet about being positive. I've always been a firm believer in energy is contagious, really ANY kind of energy is contagious. For me if im positive i can only hope i can pass that on to the next person. LET'S GO!
Oh summer 2009, you were good, maybe one of the best summers I've had. If you read my "summertime" post you may notice i set out some goals for this past summer, and I did accomplish some of them; even though I didn't get a common in bank account balance i saved up enough money for my books, and a very special bday gift for myself ( this baby right here ) with a 10% discount because homie workin at sports fever was cool enough to do that for my bday. I "safely" turned 22, even though you cant tell I lost weight doing cross fit with friends has me feeling like i have more energy during the day, and i feel like im on the right path to being in good shape this coming school semester (thanks paul). YES! we did get new r/d apparel shirts in and our business cards, YEEE!, and since i set out to make strides in organizing, i did so by stepping up to be the co-lead for mira mesa site (KAMP), trying to change lives here people!! lol, and last but not least, the car thing. Remember I said I'd be gettin that new sexy 2009 civic si..well i lied, sorta, SHIT HAPPENS, MAN! but I am close to gettin a better car than the one i have now, and thats all im gonna say about that because i dont want to jinks myself. For 3 months i feel like i've accomplished internal goals though, like feeling closer to people i care about, seeing life in a new and better light, and changing my laziness to go-get-em-ness haha. To everyone in my life, I hope I inspire you just as much as YOU inspire ME, LETS GO!!!
fall semester started last week (8-24-09) and whole lot more changes are happening in my world, good ones! so stay tuned.
since the beginning of 2009 ive blogged about a number of things from my appearance on the super b-beat show to my possible return to the dance scene. In a matter of 6 months a lot has happend, im talking big things, for one r/d apparel finally has a website, we FINALLY have shirts for sale, ive gotten more involved with anakbayan san diego (i've still got a lot of work to do though), and MY LAKERS ARE IN THE NBA FINALS!!! lol. On a serious note though, some things in this past school semester has opened my eyes, and i am more then ever motivated to really get down to business (fuck you if you doubt me). With the first 6 months done, i hope the next 6 months has more in store for me, so on that note here are some of my summer goal(s):
-get a comma in my back account balance -new r/d shirts -get to know illustrator -loose 10 lbs of fat, gain muscle -turn 22 and do somn awesome!!! lol -step up on my organizing/activism -get DOPE with stick shift -GET NEW WHIP!!
YES!!!!, after further discussion with the 'rents, we are planning on getting me a new car, AND I GET TO CHOOSE WHAT I WANT!!!! so i chose the 2009 civic si coupe this baby right here, but not this this color
and thats about it for the past 6 motnhs, and what i want to do for the next 6 months. i will keep you all updated, which means this blog will have more activity instead of the monthly blog lol. till next time, peace
Patience-n-(pā-shəns):1.the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like. 2.an ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted with delay: to have patience with a slow learner. 3.quiet, steady perseverance; even-tempered care; diligence: to work with patience.
Since the start of the new year, i've been trying to be Patient. Patient with school, patient with my health, patient with friends/family/people in general, and patient with my bboying. 3 months in and i think im somewhat getting the hang of this, i mean i've been trying, trust me, since before the new year, but you know it just took some more growing up to really understand the meaning of being patient. Granted I still get overwhelmed, im not gonna sit here and lie to y'all, but learning how to be patient lets me take a step back, take a deep breath and really analyze situations im in. Aside from being patient, being optimistic helps too, i can see what i want, and where i want to get to, and ill be excited that i have a goal to get to BUT I DO NOT, i repeat DO NOT let myself down by thinking negatively about the obstacles that i have to go through to get to where i want to get to, feel me?. "PROMOB" as my homie Ray puts it, progressive mobbin, basically "stay pushing forward, never moving in reverse".
Patience and Optimism: - on thing at a time - do not let yourself get overwhelmed - step back and take a deep breath - think rationally and reasonably
okay so the bulls are currently 22-28, you're probably asking yourself "why the fuck is raf blogging about the bulls?". Honestly, i don't have a concrete reason why, but i can tell you that somewhere deep down in me i want to see the bulls back at the top of the eastern conference. I mean honestly when someone brings up the Bulls, what or who do you think of? I know damn well it isn't Luol Deng or Ben Gordon, instead it's jordan and pippen and the golden years (1990-1998). I honestly believe that the fall of the bulls started when his airness (michael jordan) "retired" from the bulls, the zen master left, and pippen asked to be traded, yes, ASKED TO BE TRADED. Where am i going with this?, in the first three seasons after the departure of MJ the bulls had a combined record of 45 wins and 169 losses, now compare that to the bulls second three-peat from 1995-1998 they had a combined record of 203 wins and 43 losses. THE CURRENT BULLS ARE STILL LIVING IN THE SHADOWS OF THE BULLS OF THE 90's, with the exception of the 2004-2006 seasons when they made playoff appearances, even with that said, they're not generating the buzz they used to.
What I think needs to be done is a uniform change. 3 reasons why i believe there should be a uniform change; 1) with young players on the roster it will give them a sense of identity, 2) i think the fans would probably like it, and 3) the old unis is so reminiscent of the 90's. I'm not saying that a uniform change will put them back at the top of the eastern conference i'm just saying that a little change like that MIGHT spark something over there in chicago, but then again who knows they've had mediocre seasons the last few years and their wins are just on the rise.
cmon bulls change the uniforms i can't help but think of the 90's when i watch y'all
say what you want, but i want to see vick back in an NFL uniform. Why should he be allowed back into the league? because over the years we have forgiven professional athletes for their mistakes like these:
"...Steelers linebacker James Harrison, who is headed to the Super Bowl, completed anger management and psychological counseling, prompting prosecutors to drop charges against him for slapping his girlfriend.
As Brett Myers helped the Phillies win the World Series last October, it was rarely mentioned that he had once been accused of punching his wife in the face after a game in Boston in 2006 (his wife, Kim, did not want her husband prosecuted and the case was eventually dismissed).
But if Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis (who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of obstruction of justice after facing murder charges in 2000), Jaguars wide receiver Matt Jones (suspended three weeks for violating the league's substance abuse policy after he was arrested for cocaine possession in July), Ravens running back Jamal Lewis (served four months in federal prison after using a cell phone to set up a cocaine deal in 2000) and Rams defensive end Leonard Little (served 90 days in jail and four years' probation after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in a drunk driving accident in 1999) were able to integrate back into the NFL, why shouldn't Vick?" - Jemele Hill (espn.com) to read this article click here
now think about that, why the FUCK not? and rumor has it that the 49ers might be interested, and seeing how vick COULD, MAYBE, POSSIBLY be out by the end of the month and serve the rest of his sentence in a halfway house, its not impossible to see him in an NFL uniform, again.
please leave comments, i would really love to read all of your responses.
Catch me, chibi, jedi, la boogie, rainer, ofacer, and austin on the super b-beat show. The super b-beat show is hosted by my friends 1520 Sedgwick avenue DJs (the grand imperial dj mane 1, cool dj sake, and the everfresh son of jarel). You can catch the other super b-beat show shows HERE. below is the link to the show I'm on.
why am I blogging instead of working on my essay for my english class? maybe because i have more interest in writing this.
Eversince I got my laptop ive actually spent all my time in my room. I only come out for food or if i have to use the bathroom, with the acception of going to work, school, and bboy practice. I'm surprised how a laptop and a workstation can change my room, for instance, My room hasn't been this comfortable since we moved to this house 6 years ago. Since then my room has always just a place to sleep, listen to music, watch TV, now that ive got this laptop and the whole workstation set up in my room, its become more like a ROOM. What im trying to say is that im not ashamed of my room, if you knew me since back in the day you know that i never let anyone really go into my room. My room has been a place for me to just kick back watch the padres go online and just be comfortable.
this summer in my room: - padre games - video editing - online shit - x-tra medium bloggage - RE.DEF bloggage (yes we decided to keep the name)
just watned to write this because ive just noticed that im in here a lot, i mean A LOT!
now that ive gotten that off my mind
just be on the look out for a video diary for i will be attending the padres v. astros game thrusday afternoon with re.def's erwin and homegirl rie.
i would also like to add:
wow these past 4 weeks have been like hell for me exams and midterm galore, i seriously have never been so excited to go to sleep.
ahh whatever im just sittin her watching the padres game.
