Just Me Against The World


Go Get ‘Em, Cookie!

December 20th, 2010

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I admit it, I was never a fan of Brian Cook it the past. I’m not going to front like I was. Maybe it’s because he played for that other LA team (Lakers), or because he was a 6′10″ dude that just stood out and shot 3s and never banged in the post with the other bigs. I think one time he got into a scuffle with a Clippers player too. When the Clippers signed him in the off-season I was really upset. More like pissed, actually. Whenever the coach put him in, I was like damnit! Then I started to take note of what he was doing on the court. Yeah, he started off slow but I think every new player does because they don’t want to step on anyone’s toes as a newbie. Read the rest of this entry »

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Hope For The Holidays

December 17th, 2010

I love it. Times are tough and people like these two guys, Chris and Ryan, are trying to make Christmas a better time for one lucky family. I don’t know these dudes, but my boy Aaron Cassan forwarded me the e-mail with a video link. Normally I don’t like people forwarding me anything and I definitely don’t like clicking on random links, but I trust Aaron. If you don’t have time to watch the whole video, what Chris and Ryan want is for people to e-mail them at and ryan@yourrealtorryan.com chris.blasic@gmail.com Read the rest of this entry »

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R.I.P 3rd String, We Are Beach Bound!

December 17th, 2010

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Just over a year ago I started playing in an amateur basketball league (Asian Basketball Association) with my homies. Damn, it seems like way longer than that for some reason. Probably because that first season wasn’t very fun at all. We named the team 3rd String as a joke, but it turned out that we sucked really bad. It didn’t make sense, since we had some good players, but after getting a whooping in the first game that set the tempo for the rest of the season. Not only that, we lost a couple dudes because of injuries. Honestly, it felt like we were the Los Angeles Clippers. After that entire season, we only won one game. We would have had two victories, but choked up a big lead in that game then lost at the buzzer. Hence the Clippers comparison. After that, I seriously never wanted to play league ball again. I figure it’d be best to stick with playing 21 and pick up ball at the gym where the ball hogs never pass to anyone or just do our normal Saturday morning ball at the park.

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Finding Someone To Grow Old With

December 16th, 2010

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I’m not really as grumpy as I come off as…seriously. Little things make me happy, but I’m a guy so it’s not like I share that top secret information. But with all the annoying shit going in my townhouse complex and in my neighborhood it’s tough. The dude across from me has these two dogs that constantly bark and he does nothing about it. Probably because the barking drowns out his wife yelling at him all the time. You know, there are big (read FAT) people that are jolly and there are big (read FAT) people that are grumpy. She falls in the grumpy category. Then there’s the only rental unit at the end of the complex that seems like 30 people live in it. Sometimes it’ll be a black family (that’s not racist!) and other times it’s a bunch of Asians (see? not racist!). Read the rest of this entry »

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The Geeks Give Back

December 15th, 2010

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It’s easy to get caught up in the holiday season and forget that it’s actually about giving. My White Mom, Julie Cruz, spends all of her free time giving to the less fortunate. You can find out more on the LifeHouse of Orange County website. My sis and I have been trying hard to help contribute to her organization, but there’s only so much old clothes and shoes that we can gather up. It’s crazy that I have seriously put five or six bags of stuff together, but my closet and house still looks just as cluttered as it was before I started. WTF? We even gave away a pair of our front row Clippers tickets to the person who could donate the most to her charity. My boy Kelvin Tohar put together a couple big bags of clothes and shoes so we gave him the tickets. Thankfully he’s a Clippers fan. Read the rest of this entry »

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Go Slum It In The Nosebleeds, Chumps

December 15th, 2010

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It’s frustrating enough being a Los Angeles Clippers fan not to mention a 19 year season ticket holder. I don’t want to go on for the next 10 paragraphs about how bad this season has started for us beat up fans in Clipper Nation. What I do want to do is share this funny ass story from one of the Clippers home games against the New Jersey Nets. If there’s one thing that I positively hate about going to a game, it’s when ghetto people try to swoop up in our seats. Come on, don’t act like you’re confused. Our seats are Row 1 in section 119 behind the Clippers home bench. Unless you’re blind, you couldn’t have possibly mistaken section 300 row 19 for our seats. Read the rest of this entry »

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New Kicks For The Shoe-Less

December 14th, 2010

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When we go through our lives every day, it’s easy to start taking things for granted. For the most part, we all have roofs over our heads, clothes on our backs, food in our stomachs, and shoes on our feet. But it’s crazy how much people complain about how horrible their lives are. I do it, but mostly jokingly on Twitter just to get people laughing. I really do know how fortunate I am even though I’m not rich and the Clippers are giving an ulcer for another season in a row. I try to give back to the community when I can like helping volunteer with my sister or gathering up and donating clothes to my White Mom’s charity, but sometimes that’s not even enough. Read the rest of this entry »

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Full Moon And A Slight Breeze In Lakewood

December 13th, 2010

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Oh man. Sometimes I wish I didn’t see the things that I did, but then if I didn’t, how would I be able to share magical moments like this with you? If it weren’t for the guys who did the popcorn scraping on my ceiling, I’d never have run into this gem. We only went to Home Depot next to the Lakewood Mall so we could return this 5 gallons of white paint that they didn’t end up using. Saved almost $70 and I got this picture, which is pretty priceless. As I was backing my Benz wagon out of the parking spot, I was like “damn, is that old fat dude’s ass hanging out of his shorts? I NEED to get a picture of this.” Read the rest of this entry »

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The No Pants Crew

December 6th, 2010

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I can’t really trace back to how this all started because, well, too much random stuff happens in my life. I guess one night on Twitter, Billy Shea, Jonathan Wong, Brian Filoteo, and I were BSing around Tweeting each other like a bunch of losers with no lives and I jokingly said that I was chillen at home without any pants on. Read the rest of this entry »

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FlatRate Moving™ and Clipper Darrell Team Up for the L.A. Clippers

October 5th, 2010

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California’s Most Trusted Moving Company and the Clippers’ Biggest Fan Join Forces.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ — It’s the rhythmic chants, well known dance routine, and suit that get the crowd going. Clipper Darrell, the newly appointed spokesperson for FlatRate Moving™, is a super fan. FlatRate Moving™, in its second year sponsorship of The Clippers, has a new cheer.

FlatRate Moving™ has been the exclusive moving company for The Clippers for two years, but this year 24DP, their Advertising Agency of Record, decided to spice things up and brought Clipper Darrell on board to become the face of the L.A. Clippers sponsorship. FlatRate Moving’s campaign slogan for The Clippers is “Serious Fans Deserve A Serious Move,” a spinoff of their national slogan “We Take Moving Seriously, So You Don’t Have To®.”

Darrell Bailey, who prefers to go by his moniker Clipper Darrell, has been a fixture at The Clippers’ games for nine seasons and a dedicated Clippers fan for over 15 years. His chants can be heard up and down the aisles of the Staple Center in Los Angeles, CA, the team’s home. Darrell’s car, a red, white, and blue ode to his team, and his matching suit can be seen at every home game. He has become a legend in LA. Read the rest of this entry »

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