Posted in Random, Sports, Thoughts, Writing, tagged adidas, Back to the Future, Basketball, bugs bunny, collecting, collection, culture, distance running, fly, hip, Hip-Hop, hypebeast, hyperdunk mcfly, j, jordan III, jordan iv, jordan v, jordan vii, jordan xi, jordans, kennedy, kobe, kobe iv, marty mcfly, nike, nike mcfly, pop culture, Rap, running, shoes, sneakerhead, sole collector, space jam, star wars, track, wale on April 14, 2010| Leave a Comment »
This morning, after hanging up my Adidas Star Wars Stormtrooper Superskates on my bedroom wall, while slipping into and admiring my laser-etched Jordan V’s and glancing over at my Olympic-colorway Jordan VI’s, Space Jam “Hare” Jordan I’s, exclusive-colorway Kobe IV’s…I realized that I’m NOT a “sneakerhead” — even after scanning through all the ridiculous prices for each shoe on ebay. (I, of course, bought them for much cheaper…mostly at the store.)
Posted in Music, Random, Thoughts on April 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Random, tagged Australia, Best Job in the World, Caretaker, Entertainment, Great Barrier Reef, Korea, life on March 16, 2009| 3 Comments »
The “Best Job in the World” is a competition put on by Tourism Queensland in Australia. Winning means you get paid $150,000 to spend 6 months in a beachfront apartment on an island in Australia’s stunning Great Barrier Reef.
This “caretaker” will take pictures, video, and blog about all the cool aspects of the Great Barrier Reef islands. Food, housing, and utilities are all paid for of course.
As you can imagine, the applications flooded in. 34,000 of them, to be specific. And now it’s been whittled down to just 50. My brother is in that group.
Posted in Random, tagged Berkeley, ebooks, I Am Legend, Juno, quiet company, Sigur Ros, The Daily Trojan, The Ting Tings, UC Berkeley, USC, USC Song Girls on January 29, 2009| 6 Comments »
Man…being at yet another new school with yet another fresh start, I wanted to give this blog a fresh and thorough reboot.
I had plans to not only post at least a few times a week but also to expand my subject matter and go for more of the lengthy, in-depth posts that I used to write on here (e.g., Sigur Ros post, film reviews, posts on new and upcoming bands, ebook post, etc.).
But alas, I will be extremely busy this semester.
FORTUNATELY, it’ll be a different kind of busy from last semester at Berkeley (meaning: no coke addict roommates, no police, no safehouses, and no financial aid nightmares), but it’s the same sort of result for this poor blog.
I have 16 units of classes, a poetry workshop, AND I also just became a staff writer for 3 different sections of the Daily Trojan (school paper at USC…I plan on cutting down to only 1 or 2 sections.). Not to mention, I’m also pledging this semester for Gamma Epsilon Omega. (Basically the coolest fraternity ever invented in the history of the universe. Basically.)
On top of all that, I’m planning to hit on at least one USC Song Girl this semester.
Needless to say…I’ll be stretched to the MAX within the next few months. So I thought I’d give the 9 or so people subscribed to me in their Google feeds fair and advance warning…
I’ll try to drop by as much as possible. And Kristiane and Essaytch…I’m so sorry for being M.I.A. from your blogs…I PROMISE I’ll stop by more frequently, even if I won’t be updating much here.
Oh, and Albert, I don’t know which new Ting Tings song you were talking about, but I think this is their new single.
Song of the Day:
Posted in Random, Thoughts, tagged Berkeley, Budget Cuts, Cal Bears, California, California Budget Cuts, Campaign for Berkeley, Cold-hearted bastards, Economic Crisis, economy, Education, Entertainment, financial aid, Private Universities, Private vs. Public, Protest, Public Universities, Public vs. Private, Satire, UC Berkeley, UC System, UCB, University of Southern California, USC on December 3, 2008| 5 Comments »
Directly inspired by “The Campaign for Berkeley”
See more info on my facebook.
Just go to it…see it…comment on it…spread the word…become a part of a movement.
Together, we can become a truly powerful satirical force.
(Well…I decided that I’ll limit it to my facebook friends…but hey we could still be a movement!)
UPDATE:
After the rains washed down my first attempt, I set aside some time to put up my spare while moving out of my apartment.
Mission Accomplished!
Songs of the Day:
The Beach Boys – “Be True to Your School”
Ben Folds – “Bastard”
The Beatles – “Money”
Page France – “Million Man Money Hand”
Rilo Kiley – “The Moneymaker” (What UC Berkeley apparently thinks I am)
Hopping Into Puddles 