check it out

always in a mood for a good pianist. check this guy out, wakey!wakey! is what they call him.

wakey!wakey!

just read it

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.


We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.


We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.


We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.


These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete.


Remember, spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever. Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side. Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.


Remember, to say, "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you. Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again. Give time to love, give time to speak, and give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.


Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

-George Carlin

bouncy balls

just giving thans

one more day then its turkey day, nom nom nom.

whats up?!

whats everyone doing this weekend????

compilation of secrets

At time i like to ask myself.....because to tell you the truth...

..and i just feel like...

...and also...

...but then i take a minute out of my day to remind myself that...
...end eventually after all is said and done...

its like a book elegantly bound but in a language that you can't read

let it pour

its just a simple rhythmic noise. a kind of white noise that holds you in a certain trance. the certain tapping and beating among surfaces that soothes a flustered soul at anytime of day. it may help you reminisce and at times help you forget but whatever you might find yourself doing its always something that helps you relax. and at night when all is lost or found, the rain can effortlessly put you to in a state of mind where worries are almost a whiles away and eventually you drift off into sleep.

check me out

its all about heart

giving up is pathetic, show up to play or stay home. its never about winning or losing, its about playing with heart.

ski masks are overrated

click here to see why

welcome back NBA

oh how ive missed you, haha.

life goals

1. finish college
2. travel the world while surfing and snowboarding
3. find a career that's worth it
4. make a difference whether it be small or big
5. convince myself love still exists, that and santa clause, the easter bunny, the tooth fairy, etc. haha

INVICTUS

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.

-William Ernest Henley

A favorite poem of mine ever since the first day i read it back in the day. A good poem to remind you that you are the only one in control of what you want to do and no one else can tell you otherwise.

"taken out into a vast sea, lost in a deep ocean"

just add alcohol...

just elaborating

...on what you want for yourself. sometimes you have to make yourself happy to even have a chance at making other people happy.









...not the person people expect you to be. do not waste your own potential for the sake of what people think of you. fuck people, most of them are not even close to knowing the real you and what you want, so why listen?

...there are just something in life that you just can't control and its best to just leave it be. there are things, people, ideas, that just won't comply with you no matter how much you want them to. and to walk away may seem weak but for anyone who has done it, it takes a lot of strength to do so.




...enough said.

always a fan of a good short film

a winner from the cannes lions film festival. directed by patrick hughes.



if you enjoyed this, ted chung is also a good person to look up for a good short film.

take it easy everybody.

the only reason i miss summer...

geez laweez

ok ok, im done being bored at 430am. ill stop blogging now, haha.

starbucks coffee speaks the truth

tick tock

either or would be a great gift, thanks in advance hahaha

weak haha

“it’s important to have an escape—something you do to get away from the in’s & out’s of everyday life. but it’s also quite important to remember that it’s just that— an escape. you must not get too caught up in it, or you will escape the true gifts of life.”

"there's a difference between being happy because you don't know any better, being happy because you've settled and you have to accept it, and being happy because you know perfectly well what you're capable of, and having the heart & drive to get there."

fall weather makes me feel...

...like this picture. central park would be so key right now, coffee in hand, golden retriever walking next to you, girlfriend accompanying me. just imagining the life, just imagining the life. remember guys, simplicity is key.

just a fan of wave photography

"you know who you remind me of..."

can't say that i know what i wanna talk about at this moment. i just feel like typing but not like typing a paper, just aimless, rambling, typing. lets talk about people and how each one of them reminds you of something in particular. there's a cousin of mine, lets call him doc, he's full of failure but yet full of success, he reminds me that you need to fail at times to realize what you want to really do with your life. i cant tell you how many mental pictures i have of him in a frustrated state but to know he made it, im proud of him. then one of my friends, we can call him ace, he reminds me that to make money you gotta spend money. if some of you dont think this is true, then think stock market, think money spent on school applications, think money spent on a suit for an interview. all money spent in hopes of making more money. oh yeah then there's this couple i know, hmm what the heck, we'll give the names corey and topanga. these two remind me that love does exist, that it doesn't have to be hard, and it has the power to make life seem not so difficult. then of course there's mom and pops, people that you admire because you wish you had the work ethic they did, because i know for sure they didn't get to where they are now by rubbin a magic lamp. there's also one person im glad i've had in my life and glad she's back in it, we can call her marie, taught me to just simply keep it real, to not care so much for what people think of you, to always go after what you want which she always did, and lastly to open up just enough to be vulnerable. that last line, i feell like we all should feel vulnerable more often, it connects us to people, it reminds us that the feelings we have are feelings other people have too and we're not going through them alone. just a thought. but chea these are a few people that remind me of significant things and every single one of them is a part of the puzzle that is me.

p.s. i just wanted to give people names just to give them names, didnt mean to be cryptic haha

oh those eyes

if i believed in it, i think she would be the love of my life. haha.

world record for longest snake found dead

just another reason why im in love with taylor swift

she can rap me to sleep anyday.

new release tuesdays

so today as you can read from my title is new release tuesdays for music and whatnot. its been awhile since ive actually recognized this part of the week but my ipod and cd's in my car have been shuffling the same ol' music for awhile now and i needed a break from the norm. so i decided to check out whats new with the old bands i listen to and stumbled upon two bands i enjoy listening to, paramore and saosin. when i grabbed both cd's there were pros and cons. we all know that bands change their images, their sounds, but sometimes we get lucky and they just spruce up their old tactics just to make them better. i got lucky with the paramore cd but not so lucky with saosin but enjoy the cd nonetheless. so if you're ever looking for a good listen, pick up the paramore cd and saosin if youre willing to give their new singer a try. back to my music, later kids.

i just love lazy but yet productive sundays. today i slept in and woke up around 12pm, first time in awhile. and from there i can proudly say that i never left my bed unless i showered or went to the bathroom. haha. as soon as i woke up, grabbed the remote control and turned on some football. oh yes, sunday means football. but just football, thats not productive at all, so after i grabbed my remote i grabbed the bookbag and started on some papers. and this is where i ended up, recapping my day on this thing. it was fun and i hope all yall had an equally fun day as well. bahaha.

zoom

i wanna go back to NYC

everyday we hustlin...

so today wasn't just your ordinary day. today chick-fil-a held a promotion and the promotion was if you wore any kind of sports jersey, you got a free sandwich. sooooo me, josh, and melvin remembered this promotion was being held and ravaged melvin's older brother's closet for jerseys and this is what we ended up with...
with jerseys on and hungry stomachs we headed on for our journey. we headed to the closest chick-fil-a on indian river road and got our free sandwiches and started walking out when we all came up with the idea of just ransacking three more chick-fil-a's. hungry stomachs are no joke when it comes to free food. eventually this is what we get, this is the fruits of our labor...

mmm mmm thank you chick-fil-a for our 40$ worth of sandwiches, your are just tooo kind.

the real glow in the dark tour

here's a video one of my cousins came across. pretty sweet dance video.


Glow in the Dark Dancers - Watch more Funny Videos

people

a lot of people complain and many complain for a good reason and some just complain just to do it. lately the subject of choice of complaints is everyone else's significant other. its either its something he or she said or did, something they forgot, or you know the same ol' deal when it comes to relationships. a lot of people in this world don't realize how lucky they are just arguing, being in a relationship, and just simply arguing. it's these moments of disagreement that makes a relationship because its these moments you find out if that tie between you and that person is strong enough to last or just weak enough to break at the first sign of trouble. and some people are just lucky enough to have either themselves or the other know that the relationship they're in is worth fighting for and so they put their foot down and fight like hell for it. and so this is my stand on these little quarrels...just be glad you guys have someone to quarrel with because some of us aren't as fortunate.

playing dress up

so got bored today after school so i decided to do some shopping. this is something i don't do very often because i hate going to the mall to just kill time, when i go to the mall i know what i want, grab it, and then go, simple as that. so out of everything i shop for clothes wise, i think i enjoy shopping for hoodies and then shirt & ties. today was just my luck cause there's an upcoming wedding coming up in a week or so and i needed a new one. dragged myself into express and banana republic and started looking around. eventually and ended up choosing a combination at express, a rasberry shirt with a black striped tie. heres the links to them, they're pretty sweet i'd like to think.
tie:
http://www.express.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=20140&parentCategoryId=1&categoryId=73&subCategoryId=76
shirt:
http://www.express.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=17381&parentCategoryId=1&categoryId=49&subCategoryId=324

i wish i had more money. ahh. i'd like to compile my wardrobe with a bunch of simple, sleek looking clothing. i guess that'll have to wait till career status. oh well, a few more years. alright just wanted to show what ive bought. first thing in awhile i bought something too.

gnight.

my random randoness

so lately whenever im online and want to listen to some music, i just head to this play list of songs ive accumulated over time. its nice collections of songs to listen to if you just want to kick it and relax. i also find myself writing while this is playing, i dont know, sparks ideas maybe? maybe thats why im writing now haha.

as you can see this post is clearly heading in no kind of direction. just a bunch of gibberish. oh yeah i posted a status update on facebook that i was jumping on my bed, never thought so many people would comment on it. haha. to tell you the truth i jumped on my bed cause i thought it was the fastest way from my door to the bed. and did it a second time when i forgot something downstairs and came back up. it was a short lived, but fun childhood, moment.

school started today and i feel like im in high school all over again. im taking straight classes from 10am-7pm with one break in the middle. its like im in high school classes with a lunch break. what, no recess?? i demand a reccess in my schedule. haha. but the one good thing about it is that i only have to do it monday and wednesday, fridays are shortened and tuesday and thursdays im off, schweeet.

so what to do on my tuesday off? have a scheduled appt at 230 but that'll only take about 30 minutes. maybe, maybe ill go to the gym later that night for some pick up volleyball. anyone down to chill afterwards or beforewards(definitely not a word, i dont think haha)? i ask this question like i expect people to read this haha. well the few followers i have, guess that question can be yours to answer. alright im out.

gnight.

sitting, waiting, wishing

as of now, im sitting around my room doing pretty much nothing.

just waiting for something, some idea for what to do today to just fall in my lap.

simply just wishing that i eventually find myself not laying in my bed, well not until 2am.

"...but to tell you the truth, youre not ok..."

first of all today was laundry day and i had no clean shorts to wear out and ended up wearing pants. let me just say, its so effing hot out there with pants on. i tried to even it out and wore a tank instead of shirt, but still uncomfortably hot for me. haha. oh well i got most of my laundry done anyways.

so started the day off with a drive to good ol' suffolk. good ol', far as crap, nothing around it, suffolk. drove out there today for my follow up appointment with my orthopedic doctor/surgeon. walked into the building out in the middle of no where and checked in. as i sat down and opened my book to start reading but i noticed something first, i noticed that i was the only person in that waiting room that looked any age below 25. oh well, can't really come up with a conclusion on why so, just something i noticed. eventually, a couple chapters into my book, i got called into the back for the doc to see me. one thing i never did like was the anticipation of waiting for your doctor to come in and see you, you can never tell if the length of the time spent before he sees you is a sign that things are bad or good. in time he came through the door and asked me a few questions about how i feel about my knee, and how its treating me. and i told him the truth, it felt good, hasn't really bothered me, so yeah just good. then he looked me in the eye and said "...but to tell you the truth, youre not ok..." didn't know what he said after that cause i was lost in thought. i already knew what he was going to suggest, i was just waiting for him to say the word to trigger me back to reality. as soon as he said the word, "surgery", my mindset was just, blah. its not that bad, its just that if you know me really well, my basketball and my volleyball are like my drugs, going without them i go through serious withdrawal haha. but i guess with any passion, anything you love doing so much, the thought of losing it is unbearable. so before december comes around, i gotta start mentally preparing myself for those three months of sitting around and doing nothing. oh well, just my little let down for the day i wanted to share.

p.s. the rest of the day was schweeeeeet.

grudges, regets, and whatnot

"time spent angry, is time wasted and will never get back"

we all seem to be regretful, able to hold grudges, and at times angry. its just being your basic human being. but as time passes by and we get older and wiser we should all learn one thing, time spent angry or regretful is wasted time and time you will never get back. so yes, of course there will be moments where these feelings may come up and of course your entitled to be furious, angry, and what not, but don't let it consume you, don't let it linger on unnecessarily. these feelings of spite have made even the strongest of people come to their knees because they find their way to ruin them and the people they surround themselves with. so if you feel like you've been wronged, talk about it and let it go. if you feel like you regret something you've done, stop regretting, you've done the deed and everything happens for a reason. if you're angry at something, someone, just ask yourself, is it worth it for me to stay angry?, will this accomplish anything? because we all know in the long run it won't. so take a deep breath, think about what bothers you so much and...just let it go.

so im here...

...and i just find my fingers dancing across this keyboard. there's no subject, no one idea to this blog, its all just going to be random thoughts and tangents upon tangents.

so i gotta say a good cover song is something i enjoy finding. its like finding a toy in a cereal box when you pour it into your bowl and you didn't expect one to come out. overall a nice surprise. right now the current cover song im listening to is "wonderwall" by ryan adams. the original by oasis was a little bit more upbeat but ryan's version has a little bit more, let me say feeling to it. makes the word "wonderwall" not seem like some random, made up word. so if you guys know any good cover songs, send them over here, a good one always makes my day that much better.

today i had a few tests done on my knee. you know me always breaking down for some reason, but i come back fiercer, stronger, faster. ok...not really. but i gotta say my resilience is something. its been a few years since my last MRI and you know what i was due for one. and not just to check my knee but to also give me a chance to take a nap, something i haven't done in awhile. they laid me on that MRI table and put some classical music on and five minutes into it, BAM, i was knocked out. embarassed to say that the technician had to wake me up at the end with a tissue in hand because i was semi-drueling, hahaha.

one thing i feel about my life is that im missing that little something something. and i hate to say it, but its a girl. i never like to admit it, but for me its always easier to admit something on paper, online in a blog, in a note, than in person. but i dont know maybe im just envious of the people who do have a significant others. and it doesn't help that the closest of my friends and friends in general are all in relationships. i dont know it just seems to make things a little bit easier with someone. know someones there to talk to no matter what, hangout, help you with the littlest to the biggest favors. just easier. i guess for me it'll happen in time.

and now im left with the debate of whether to wake up super early tomorrow. as of now im writing in this blog of mine at 120am and probably won't fall asleep till like 3am. and its not the waking up part thats hard, its the staying up and getting out of bed. my goal for waking up tomorrow morning is 645am, just enough time to eat, stuff my board in my car, and drive. i gotta say, outta alot of things in this world, wading in the ocean on a board at dawn is one of the most relaxing things i have ever done. so hppefully i get to enjoy that tomorrow. someone give me a wake up call. thanks. haha.

alright after all my tangents and randomness, im heading to bed. goodnight.

the beautiful game

now that i have verizon fios and have close to 700 channels, i can never find anything to watch cause with too many choices cause crazy indecision. but lately i have found myself watching the fox soccer network. watching games from the barclay premiere league to italian serie a. it makes me want to learn the game again but oh well, im stuck with the sports i already know. i'll just live bicuriously through these players on tv. alrighty well back to the game. oleee ole ole oleeee.

winding down

so so so so. not too much happened today. lets see started the day off by waking up to a chain reaction of text messages, i would check one and put my phone down and immediately another text would come in. not the greatest wake up call but oh well. then went downstairs to check the fridge to see whats good to eat. but guess what...nothing. and we all do it, i know you do, we all love to check the fridge and find out nothing is good in there and close it, three minutes later we all find ourselves opening the fridge again in hopes that something magically appears that we would want to eat, and this happens at least three or four times haha. after that got ready to head to BG so that i would be able to use my funpass twice and make it worth buying it. ehh but BG is like a once a summer thing so it was fun just not great, not worth all the walking today. afterwards we dropped off my friend back to her apt at william and mary. this right here is the highlight of the night. soo i walked into the living room and first things i noticed was a zebra head (not a real one, paper mache) and the hot ass room. so i wanted to see why it was so hot and i went to go find the AC unit and found that a blind was blocking the air flow. so as i moved the curtains out of the way, my graceful self knocked down the the zebra head and broke the zebra's ear, and then as that was falling i pulled on the blinds and took the blinds right off the hinges and tore it down which fell on my foot. this all happened within a thirty second span. hahaha. all my friends could do was laugh till tears on the ground. me on the other hand tried to fix both the zebra and blinds to the soundtrack of laughs. eventually i was like eff this, lets go, haha. after that it was a trip back home, and now here i am. well thats my day. thanks for reading.

p.s. 6-8' waves tomorrow, pray i dont drown, thanks.

ted chung

these two videos are great short films, check em out.

time

you know im not very good with the concept of time and all it encompasses. like you know managing it or making time for people or errands. i think today was the first day in a long time that i actually had a full day of doing things. woke up at 630am to go to the beach to surf, left to head into work, left work to head to the bank, left the bank to pick up some groceries, left store to sleep. and now here i am. i dont know, i feel like these past three or so years that my life hasn't had much structure that adding a schedule would be just another...hassle? and when i say no structure, it doesnt mean anything bad at all. i like the fact that my time, is MY time. do whatever i please or dont do it. i like time to be free flowing and spontaneous, no plans...for now. cause we all know that we have to grow up someday but until then fuck it. no structure=sweetness.

p.s.

im going to try to keep up with this blog, i seem to always find myself straying away after awhile.

in search of...

well just to give a brief explanation of why i chose "in search of..." as a title. first we're all in search of something whether we know it or not and lastly i'd just like to talk about things im always on a quest to find like the best philly cheese steaks or food in general, meaning to anything, people (good people not just anyone), a perfect wave (poster reference), and just anything to keep me from being bored outta my mind. so there.