Sunday

Today was filled with all kinds of fun.

Kai had his 1st basketball game. He did well, but he still has so much more to learn. Everything I taught him went out the door as soon as the game started! DOH! Oh well. Next time. Then there was the TFO Show N Shine. It was ok. There was nothing really jaw dropping. I've pretty much seen all the cars and nobody came out with anything new. I was just happy to see the usuals and meet some new people. =)

Then there was the game at the Manzano house. Walked in and didn't expect to see her there. Oh well. I felt she wasn't happy that I was there. Whatever. I should have went home, but I stayed anyway. It turned out to be a great time. These friends are great.

Happy Sunday!

I'm Waiting On You Lord

"Though it is painful. But patiently, I will wait."

2 a day? Really?

2 blogs within 24 hours. Really? Wowza.

Today was a great day. Shot a 1st bday party and I feel that it went very well. Lighting was perfect and it wasn't a very big party. Was offered to get paid $300, but only took $160. I couldn't let my own coworker pay me $300 for something I love to do. Now I can buy a new PS3 game. WOOT! =p

Dinner at the Limos household was fun. As soon as I get there, their dad pulls in and Mrs. Limos is standing at the door. God has a great sense of humor. lol. I waved to Mrs. Limos, but didn't get one back. Expected. Mr Limos came upstairs and said hello with a smile. Expected. =)

Beers, dice, awesome food, and better company was a great night cap. Talking to Matt, Alika, and Neil makes me want to get stronger, faster, bigger. My self esteem isn't the best right now, so I need to hit the weights harder. Be consistent. Stay true to my diet. As tempting as it is, steroids, HGH, Sus500 is out of the question. FUCK THAT SHIT! It's so easily accessible, but the consequences out weigh the benefits. I got this shit.

Time to really disappear for a bit. Go into hiding and do work! Happy Sunday bloggers! =)

Good Morning!

Good morning! Blogging in the morning. This is new for me. These past few months have been pretty rough on me and my wallet. Going out all the time is fun as hell, but takes a toll. I think I may be done for a while. I need to start being consistent with my workouts. I got side tracked a bit. It will start again on Monday.

Jason graduated from HPU this past week. Congrats! I'm very proud of him. He worked his ass off. Graduation time is bitter sweet for me. It's great to see friends accomplish their goal, but then I get all emo because I wish it was me walking that line. *sigh* oh well. My time will come.

As for everything else in life, same ol stuff. I'll try not to post crap here anymore. lol. I have another party to shoot today. Hope it goes well. It's a paid gig, but I don't know how much I'm going to get paid. haha. I didn't discuss it with my "client". I just told her to pay me how much she thinks is fair. If she gives me too much, I will just put some money in a card and give it back. =)

Disclaimer

It's funny what kind of effects alcohol have on people. I think every type of alcohol should have a disclaimer stating that drinking alcohol may cause an emotional roller coaster.

Today, in general, was such a relaxing day. No workouts, running, or work. I just chilled at home and did a couple loads of laundry. I then headed out to meet some kick ass friends at Buffalo Wild Wings. Cheap wings, good beer, and even better company made my night.... until the drive home.

Fuck man. It's like a broken record. My blogs have turned into this emo journal that most of you are probably sick of reading. Sorry, but it sucks. I'm good for a moment, but then I'm stuck alone with alcohol in my system and everything just goes to shit. Even when I'm not intoxicated, same fucking story. FUCK! It doesn't matter what I do, she pops up in my fucking head and I can't stop. Can you blame me though? She has made such an impact on my life and that was just thrown away. Like a fucking piece of scratch paper. Ok, maybe not that easily, but I don't really know how she feels. It's just the bitterness in me doing the talking.

Fuck!

PS. Every song on today's episode of Glee. FUCK!

I Heart Movies...

No gf, no school, means lots of movies. I love movies and I've decided to track what I watch. Bwahaha.

January (16)
001 - 01/01/10 - Avatar
002 - 01/04/10 - Best of The Best
003 - 01/04/10 - Jarhead
004 - 01/06/10 - Summer Catch
005 - 01/13/10 - Leap Year
006 - 01/14/10 - American Pie: Beta House
007 - 01/16/10 - UP
008 - 01/17/10 - Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs
009 - 01/21/10 - The Blindside
010 - 01/23/10 - Public Enemies
011 - 01/26/10 - 500 Days of Summer
012 - 01/26/10 - Zombieland
013 - 01/26/10 - Role Models
014 - 01/27/10 - Garden State
015 - 01/31/10 - Shorts
016 - 01/31/10 - Meet Dave

February (8)

017 - 02/01/10 - Notorious
018 - 02/08/10 - An Education
019 - 02/11/10 - Tyson
020 - 02/13/10 - Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
021 - 02/15/10 - Death Race
022 - 02/17/10 - Worlds Greatest Dad
023 - 02/18/10 - The Invention Of Lying
024 - 02/24/10 - Finishing The Game

March (8)

025 - 03/07/10 - I Want To Look Like That Guy
026 - 03/08/10 - The Wackness
027 - 03/08/10 - The Hurt Locker
028 - 03/10/10 - New Moon
029 - 03/10/10 - Ninja Assassin
030 - 03/14/10 - Airborne
031 - 03/14/10 - Basketball Diaries
032 - 03/16/10 - Up In The Air

2010 Total - 32

Car Shoot!

Jeff the Chef asked me to shoot his MK1 before he gives it to his brother (yeah wtf was he thingking). It turned out to be a fkn awesome time. I was able to gather up some OG VW heads for a late night get together. Me, Jeff, Rob, JayB, and Herman. Too bad BKosty and Uncle Troy couldn't be there.

Due to bad weather, I was forced to keep the shoot in Kailua. So, we went to Kailua Long's parking lot. bwahaha. I was a bit skeptical at first, but the lighting wasn't bad. Empty parking lot, decent lighting, and green walls, made for a good shoot for the MK1. We started around 10:30pm-ish and didn't get out of there until almost 2. Good times! On with the pics.





Herman's shoot is this Sunday. Praying for good weather. We had to cancel last week! =(


I have a couple more people on the Vortex that want me to shoot their cars also. We'll see where this goes! =)

All Mixed Up - 311

HerraFrush IV

Thank you Tsunami for ruining a Saturday, but thank God it was really nothing. The HellaFlush crew was holding their car show on Saturday, but due to the state of emergency, it got pushed back to Sunday. I think this is probably the reason for a dismal showing of cars. Some people probably had other things planned and the weather wasn't the best. With that being said, the weather made for some crappy photos. I tried saving them in post process, then I just got lazy. Turned out OK.

As I walked around with Kai, there really were some impressive cars, but over all it didn't live up to the hype. HF motto is "Offset is everything!". Well, some cars just didn't belong there. Stock Celica with Lambo doors? O'Rly? Balloon tires. A couple of the xB's were pretty nice, but like i've said before, most of them were rockin balloon tires. You might say, "Who am I to judge?" Well, these people did enter their car into a show which really sets them up for critique.

I caught up with some old VW heads which was pretty cool. It made me miss the "old" days when we were a pretty close knit group. Well at least the Kailua bunch was. We have now moved on to other things. Maybe someone can get a BBQ going or maybe I can setup a shoot. We'll see. On with the pics.

Herman's MK4 GTI.


JonJon's Bukake Lexus


I enjoyed this xB.


JayB's Legendary MK3. Surprised he actually drove this thing.


More pics can be found in my Flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/k3v11n

Mayer Hawthorne

Last night I went to see Mayer Hawthorne with Jeff and met up with Jamie. I not one to claim that i've been listening to him for a while, but i just discovered his music early December. The first track I heard was "Maybe So, Maybe No". I was hooked. I downloaded his album and the cd has been in my car since.

I was going into this concert with high expectations and let me tell you, he didn't disappoint. His live performance was fkn awesome. Everyone singing along and dancing to every song. This was pretty much my first "underground" concert. It wasn't the typical "mainstream" concert I was use to. This stuff was something different. The vibe was something I can't explain. This is a good thing. It was filled with great music and a great crowd. I will definitely be attending more concerts like this!


PS - I now hate the iPhone camera even more. =p

Such is life..

Days have turned into weeks and weeks will turn into months. It's not going to happen. There once was a little hope left, but that has all gone away. I use to want time to slow down when I was with you, but now, I just want it to fly. The faster time goes, the faster I get over this heartache. Well at least the stage of denial is over and done with. LOL. Such is life...

"But we loved with a love that was more than love..." - Edgar Allan Poe

4/52

Another day. It is what it is. *sigh*

4/52

Failblog

The downward spiral in my life has begun. Or maybe it has ended because I feel that I have hit rock bottom. Things just doesn't seem to get any better. I can think of a million cliches that fit the bill, but I won't go there. I really don't know where to go from here. It seems as if every path I have taken was never the right one. I'm not out of ideas, but I don't want to set myself up for failure. It's been happening way too often and it fucking hurts. Seriously, more than you could imagine. I pray every day that things would get better, and well... It hasn't! I know He has plans for me, but why must I go through such hardship? Why can't I be one of the lucky ones and have it easy? This is some fkn hard shit to deal with.

Acceptance - So Contagious

Back to nights....

After a little bit of contemplation, I've decided to return to the night shift. The morning shift has its perks. I'm done with work at 1:15pm and I have the rest of the day to do shit, but..... hearing the alarm go off at 3:30am is not my idea of fun. Especially on the Monday after Superbowl Sunday. The night shift gives me an extra $1.25/hr or $200/mon.... that's if I make my hours though. Techs have been leaving as early as 8pm when their shift ends at 930pm!!! Maybe I'll just go in a tad bit early like I use to. I doubt the new boss will say anything. =p

Lord knows I could use the extra cash flow. Especially with project 4runner in full swing. Getting rid of the Scion isn't gonna be easy, but I pray I can get rid of it. As soon as I get the 4runner in good running condition, then I'll work on selling the box. I'm hoping all it needs is a fuel pump. *fingers crossed*


Cake - Love You Madly

Sunday

Damn you Colts. Dropped some dollahs on you and you failed me. Boo! Oh well. It's only money. =p I got to watch the game with the Chuns again this year. 3 years straight. It was an awesome time as usual. Beers, good food, and great company. Just this year was different. She wasn't there. I wouldn't have went if she was. Kinda awkward that it's her best friends house. LOL. I doubt I will go again next year. It really doesn't make things easier that we have the same circle of friends. If she goes, then I don't go. I'm sorry that it has to be that way, but it really does. Well, for me at least. I really wouldn't know how to act. Uggggh!

Anberlin - Breaking. I've had their cd in my car for months now. Just on repeat. They are awesome!

Today was a good day. Work went pretty well. I'm actually starting to get use to our new manager. He seems ok. Strictly by the book, but nothing wrong with that. I came home and just rested for a bit before heading out to Bar 35 to have a few New Castles with some kick ass friends.

Jamie actually stopped by for a bit. It was nice to chat and catch up with her. We talked for a while before she had to go. I really miss hanging out with her. She's pretty rad.

I try really hard to keep myself busy. Workout, read, do whatever it takes to take my mind off of her. But, honestly, it's impossible. Everything I do, everything I see, just triggers something in my head and it always comes back to her. I fkn miss everything about her. I want to be better! =/

Don't ask my why I listen to this crap. Shoot me now!

High Def

I find it so funny that all my friends like to come to me for home theater advice. I'm fkn geeky like that i guess. High Def, home theater shit is my 2nd love next to photography. Give me a Panasonic or Pioneer plasma hooked up to a ps3, onkyo or denon receiver, with B&W or Klipsch speakers, I would never leave home. The funny thing about this is that i don't own any high def shit. well, a ps3, but that's hooked up to a 10yr old 32" ghetto tv. whatevah!

Slippin

With so much going on in my life right now, I'm slippin on my project 52.

I was in Cali for 9 days and it literally stormed the whole time I was there. My camera wasn't even unpacked. lol. It was still a great vacation. I got to kick it with some great fuckin people. I'm so blessed to have such supportive people in my life.

On Monday, I did the Lanikai trail alone. It's a short hike, but I'm fat and out of shape, so it wasn't as easy as it use to be. =p So here it is...

3/52

2/52

2/52Hayden

2010....

1/52
Happy New Year! It's a new year. Leave the bad stuff behind and continue with the good. Things can only get better in 2010.