A few of us just signed up for the ABA (Asian Basketball Association) under the team name of 3rd String (other option was Bangcok Blockers). The thing is, we play next Sunday and we still haven’t gotten the entire team together for a practice session. So far our roster stands at 10: Mickee Zenarosa, Dennis Trilles, Roel Concepcion, Ross Colcol, Elliott Moran, Steve Chan, Tony Dever (who hasn’t made it to any practice yet so I have no idea who he is), Eddie Lee, Chris Serafino, and myself. We might pick up a couple more guys like Mike Morgan and whoever else. For jerseys, I had trouble deciding on a number. I figure most people would want 23 and the Lakers lovers 24. Maybe even 8 since it is an Asian league. My options were 1 or 3. I figure my birthday is on 11-01 so that’s all 1s. If someone else wanted 1, I’d go 3 since 1+1+1 = 3. Quite the formula I have going, huh? Read the rest of this entry »
I was meeting Will, Janel, Kaylee, and Kyle Law for dinner at the Puente Hills Mall and had some time to kill so I went inside to look at basketball shoes (I know, I really shouldn’t be). But on the way in I saw this lady getting arrested for who knows what. I’m guessing shoplifting, but she was sitting on the floor handcuffed with a bunch of cops around here. I was caught stealing one time as a kid, but that was for back pain medicine. Lame, huh? Shoot. I don’t even know if this chick is a mom, but it’s sad and funny at the same time. This is my first time using the WordPress iPhone app so let’s see how it turns out.
It seems like everyone around me is doing something good whether it’s my white parents, Noel and Julie Cruz for their church, or my real parents, Paul and Julie. Even my sister Jean does volunteer work at the Signal Hill Police Station (booooo!) and at the Long Beach Rescue Mission (yay!). So to sum it up, everyone is kicking in except for me. Hell, I don’t even like giving homeless people money when they hit me up at the gas station. Moochers. So a few days ago there was a big flood in my homeland of Taiwan caused by Typhoon Morakot (nobody could come up with a better name I guess). I admit that I haven’t been watching the news lately. Well, I rarely watch it at all in the first place, but I’ve been getting home pretty late the past week so I really haven’t been paying attention. Read the rest of this entry »
Yeah, another on of my friends had a baby (and didn’t name him after me). I’m actually not entirely sure why I keep writing blogs about my friends’ kids since my mom will flip out when she reads about them and start hounding me about getting married and giving her some grandchildren of her own. Admittedly, I do not know a lot about babies ore the pregnancy process (other than the act of conceiving). So very rarely will you ever hear me make stupid comments like “oh. looks like she’s ready to pop” or any variation of that because I really don’t know what differentiatesa pregant person being ready to pop and not. Plus doesn’t “popping” a baby out just sound a bit weird?
A couple of weekends ago when both Staples Center and Home Depot Center were getting tons of love for the X Games, Will “Cheesecake” Roegge and myself had the honor of following Andrew Comrie Picard and his ACP Rally team with their Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution (8 or 9 I forget). As always, things were really last minute so it was a pain to get media passes just so we could shoot at the event. Fortunately, our people called some other people who knew people that could talk to people in order to swing us some credentials. Though that never really helps out when you try to sign in and pick it up. Genius security guards ask for your Media Credential before you go into the tent to pick up your Media Credentials. Good stuff. Read the rest of this entry »
Sigh. Where to begin? The past couple of weeks I’ve been trying to handle all of the paperwork to get Medium Monster up, running, and legit. I used our Filipino tax guy to register the name, Employer Identification Number, and all that fun stuff, but I keep getting letters in the mail from different companies - all of which say Remit Payment Immediately to avoid $250 penalty and suspension of our company. I was worried that some of these were going to be scams since all anybody seems to do nowadays is to rip people off, but the notices seemed pretty legit and professional. The first one from Business Filings Division for Statement of Information even had a California stamp at the top. Not that a California stamp means anything, but matched with the warning I got suckered in. In fact, here is it word for word: Failure to comply with the Necessary Filing will cause the Entity to be assessed Penalties, Fines and SUSPENSION. Should the Entity become SUSPENDED, you will not have the right to conduct business, your Entity name could be taken, losing your Corporate Existence will have many negative ramifications. Read the rest of this entry »
Not to be all up on Mitsubishi’s jock, but since they’re one of Medium Monster’s first clients we have to show them a little extra love. In case you missed the small segment in the Jim Russell Lancer Evolution Experience video that we produced where Mike Evanoff went through the 2010 Lancer Evolution X MR with a touring package, here’s a quick rundown of what it entails. The most important thing to remember is that it only comes in the MR so no love on the GSR 5-speed version. Think of it as a sophisticated Evolution X.
I don’t know how long I’ve known Debbie Nichols for. I’m guessing around junior high days at Tuffree, but I didn’t really start kicking it with her until we were in high school at El Dorado. So that’s roughly 19 or so years (the same amount of time we’ve been abused season ticket holders for the Los Angeles Clippers). A few months ago she told me that she was finally getting married on August 1, which was dope except for the fact that at the time I was always working on weekends. In fact, Will “Cheesecake” Roegge and I were supposed to be at X-Games shooting some stuff, but that got called off last minute. Read the rest of this entry »
For those of you who wanted to get in on the Gumball 3000 Bullrun rally races, but figured the entry fees would force you to take out a second mortgage on your house (or pull an insurance scam) you might want to check out the ModBall 2009. My boy Jason “JD” Dienhart is helping organize this rally so there’s no doubt that it will be dope. Rich dudes with fast cars and hot chicks. Umm. Is there anything else I really need to say? I mean just think of the different combinations you can make of those three: rich dudes love hot chicks, hot chicks love rich dudes, rich dudes have fast cars, hot chicks love fast cars, not so rich dudes like you can take over the extra hot chicks that the rich dudes can’t handle. So that’s good for everyone…even the hot chicks. Throw in nine parties at nine stops across the USA and you’re pretty much set. Man, do I have to spell everything out for you? If you can’t get laid on this trip, then you might as well stop trying and log back onto your D&D account. Read the rest of this entry »
It never seems to fail. Every time I want to give some kind of compliment to my Apple iPhone 3G, something bad happens to it. Very comparable to washing your car and having it rain right after. Though it hasn’t rained in California in a while and that still doesn’t stop these idiots on my street from watering their driveway. Anyhow, with all of the problems I had with my previous iPhones, this last one that Will “Homer” Law and Janel bought me was pretty much flawless. I actually even convinced my sister to get into 2009 and buy a new 3GS phone for herself. Well, it did start blacking out after I dropped onto the heater in my room, but that was more my fault for even having the heater out in July. I ended up just updating the software and didn’t have anymore problems after that. Then just when I was about to write about how much I liked my iPhone again, the silent button fell off. It’s the little shiny button on the side that turns the ringer on and off. Not a huge deal, but rather bothersome if you ask me. Not just because I couldn’t turn the ringer off and on, but because this meant that I had to make an appointment at the Apple Store Genius Bar. That meant I’d have to go online to book something a couple days in advance at whichever inconvenient location had an opening. Let’s see, Brea, Manhattan Beach, or South Coast Plaza. Hmm. All about 20 plus miles away from my house. Read the rest of this entry »
