Helping my lil sis Jenn move

So I have been less than diligent in updating my blog as of late. There have actually been a lot of things going on for me since my last update and I really haven't had the time to sit down and just write. The day after Callahan's, I woke up a little early to work out and then help my lil sis Jenn move. I picked Manny up from his house and we headed down to Jenn's place. It was really hot that day too, so I was just looking forward to picking up some heavy stuff. We got there and found out that the Sigma house had an upstairs haha. I think it was an extension or whatever after the house was built though. It wasn't too bad moving any of the stuff. The hardest part of the move was trying to maneuver a huge bed through a narrow hallway.

After we did the moving, Jenn took us out to eat at Red Lobster! Thanks lil sis. I had been craving crab legs for a good while and eating there was good, but just not as good as Joe's.

Walt's Fried Shrimp and Snow Crab Legs, because my lil sis loves me.

Manny's salmon and crab legs

Crab Pasta

Killed it

After dinner, we went to Wal-Mart for batteries for the stud finder because we were going to mount a flatscreen on the wall later. We also went to Keg n Bottle near State and got a couple drinks so we can kick back after a hard day's work.

We put the beers in the fridge and then found the studs to put the mount up. Turns out though, that we needed to drill holes first and then put in the anchor for the mount. We needed a 5/16" bit but the DeWalt had a keyless chuck and we had no idea how to take the Phillips bit out. (Sound complicated?) So instead we just sat down and drank beers. Passed out for a bit on Jenn's comfy bed and then went home.

Stay Classy

I'm trying to do 2 posts in one day, watch for my surfing post later on today.

Callahan's

Yesterday, Bryce, Manny, Wes, Phuong and I hit up Wing Night at Callahan's. Wait a minute, Charlee was there too, haha. Always good seeing you bRho. We all showed up at around 7:30 and there was an hour wait to get a table. Wings were 40 cents a wing after you buy a drink, any drink, and you have to buy the wings in multiples of 5. I can't wait to become of age so I can enjoy the wings with beer, instead of raspberry iced tea haha. We've decided that we're going to hit up the food days as often as possible. There are Taco Tuesdays at On the Border and then Wing Night at Callahan's.
Manny ordered Hennessy on the rocks. Manny is always trying to be grown man status with all the drinks he buys, yet he asks for a straw haha. The waitress was hilarious too. When Manny asked for a straw, she had a "wtf really?" look on her face and then gave him his straws, nice try Manny.
Bryce bought a breathalyzer at Walgreens. Drinking + breathalyzer = adventure haha. If you have the book, read "The Sushi Story" in I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max. Basically, he realizes that having a breathalyzer is the worst invention ever because having it at an outing where everyone is drinking, turns into a competition with everyone and anyone who is drinking. Not with us though, well at least not in public. We got shenanigans for the weekend planned ahead though.

There were 4 choices for wings: there were regular hot, bbq, teriyaki, and suicide. I ordered the regular hot wings. The suicide wings are basically just really spicy hot wings. Let me just say they are unpleasant though. I don't know how something that hot can be appetizing. You order the suicide wings for a competition or just to say that you ate them. Charlee and Phuong got the Russian Roulette plate. 20 wings, 18 hot and 2 suicide wings. The funny thing was, Charlee's first wing was a suicide and he was a little nervous for the rest of the wings haha. Very good chicken though. Some pieces were ugly, but they compensated that by giving us more than 5 wings.

So after some drinks and paying the bill, we went outside and blew in the breathalyzer...

*drum roll*

Manny blows a .10 and Wes blows a .02. Typical though, considering that Manny ordered a Henn on the rocks, Blueberry Wheat beer and a Pyramid Hef. Wes only got one beer. After dinner, we went to starbucks to smoke hookah for a bit. We waited until 11:35 and then Wes, Manny and I went to see Bruno. The movie was hilarious. I don't understand why so many people didn't like it.

Spontaneity

Today (or should I say yesterday), was Tuesday. And like almost every Tuesday this summer, Wes, Manny, Bryce and I hit up Taco Tuesday at On The Border in Mira Mesa. The tacos are only $1.25 a taco and you get a choice of shredded or ground beef, chicken or carnitas (pork). The tacos are a lot better than those Rubio's fish tacos. Better venue, better food, better service haha. I'm not trying to bash on Rubio's, but On The Border has them beat.

After dinner we went to Barnes and Noble and just looked around while trying to figure out what to do. I saw a section of books of on the history of California. These books were really in depth though. There were books on the histories of surfing, baseball, the Del Mar Fairgrounds. They also had books on towns in San Diego like La Jolla, Fallbrook, Chula Vista, etc. But to my dismay, there was no book on Mira Mesa haha. Makes one really appreciate San Diego when we have books on our history. People come to my city for vacation, and I really don't appreciate it. I remember going to Coronado one time and there was a cruise ship leaving the dock. People visit our city for tourist attractions, how many other cities can say that?

So while looking around at the books, I threw out the most random idea. I said to Bryce and Wes, "How about we get a board game, buy a hookah and just kick it at Starbucks?" And it actually turned out to be a good idea that followed through haha. Wes bought a game called "Settlers of Catan" and we drove down to PB to look for a smoke shop that sold hookahs. We went to PB and found a smoke shop, the owner of the store was pretty chill and we ended up talking about random stuff, especially the drag net grant that the police got to combat drag racing. Talked for a bit and then we headed back up to Mira Mesa to complete the quest.

We set up the hookah and got some blueberry and strawberry tobacco. Always saw those cool kids kicking it at Starbucks with their hookah and I always wanted to do it. Well, we're officially one of the cool kids haha.

We learned how to play "Settlers of Catan," and the game was surprisingly very fun. We spent three hours smoking hookah and learning how to play the game. Manny eventually won because the way the board was set up, he had a monopoly on the wheat which turned out to be an important source. The point of the game is to collect resources and build settlements and cities, to try and be the most successful nation. Like a mix between Risk and Monopoly, except instead of attacking each other, we withhold resources from one another haha.

I'm knocking out right now though. Gotta wake up early to drive to San Marcos for an APIFSA (Asian Pacific Islander Faculty and Staff Association) meeting to discuss goals and events for the upcoming semester. Then we got a Top 3 meeting to discuss goals for the upcoming semester as well.

~Stay Classy~

Crossing my fingers...

Bowling

Didn't do too much yesterday. Bryce, Manny, and I went bowling yesterday. We all met up at Mira Mesa Bowl at around 9. Every time we go there, we always run into someone that one of us knows. Saw a couple of my old co-workers from The Home Depot, Dex and Luke. Always good seeing those guys.

Bought a couple beers, and then decided to pitch in on a pitcher for the next round. Bowling is fun enough as is, but doing it under the influence is just hilarious.

As we were bowling, we were comparing our releases. But don't let my pro release fool you, I always got second or third place between the three of us haha. Once in a while I'll finish first though. Anyways, for the most part, an uneventful day. We're going to hit up Taco Tuesday today. If you're down, meet us up at On The Border in Mira Mesa at 7:30!

Manny's nickname for bowling haha

Manny's release

Bryce's release

My release

rdination is a little off so I tend to throw the ball to the left.

Beer Review: Bud Light Lime

Let me just say that by no means am I an expert on beer, nor can I even claim to be a beer aficionado. I'm young still so anything that gets me buzzed, I appreciate. But I do know enough to know what I like. My all-time favorite beer is Corona, and in the summertime, lime and salt are ideal. I enjoy hefeweizens, ales, and lagers. But nothing beats a Corona with lime and salt.

They say that the best inventions are the ones that make you go, "Well, why didn't I think of that myself?" Budweiser certainly has the right idea by adding lime to their Bud Light to try and cater to consumers in the summer. Miller Chill and Rising Moon from Blue Moon are already lime-flavored, so of course Anheuser-Busch is going to throw their hat into the mix.

Last night was the first time I've ever had Bud Light Lime, so I decided to pay a little more attention to the details. I opened it and smelled a very slight hint of lime. I took a sip and then a swig. The lime flavor overpowers the beer taste and it basically tastes like lime juice with a hint of beer. Lime taste when you're drinking it and then a lingering lime taste after you set the beer down. Even my burp tasted like lime. A little overdone with the lime if you ask me. The thing about beer companies making drinks like this is that, lime is originally an additive. People know how much lime they like in their beer and it varies from person to person. When a company tries to define what a beer should taste like, it's going to be a hit or miss with the original consumers. But despite my apathy for this beer, it happens to be a very popular drink. To each his own. Maybe I will do more beer reviews as I get my hands on more flavors.

In the words of the great Tucker Max, it tastes like "watered-down horse piss," with a hint of lime. Was this beer able to replace the traditional corona and lime for me? Not by a long shot. Here's a tribute to my favorite beer:

Corona & Lime - Shwayze

R.I.P Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, died today. No lie, he was my first favorite artist when I was younger. My first CD that I listened to regularly was his HIStory album. The first concert I saw, even if it was on Pay Per View, was Michael Jackson's concert.

I first heard the news from Charlee. He was on his phone and he said, "Oh shit, Michael Jackson is dead." I thought it was just a rumor. Then I got texts from my sister and friends telling me that Michael Jackson was dead. I came home to read the articles and it was indeed true, Michael Jackson is dead. Just writing this blog is so surreal. The weird thing is, only yesterday on the way to Del Mar Fair, we were in Bryce's car bumping Michael Jackson. The announcements were all over XM Radio and all the stations were playing music by Michael Jackson.

I really don't have much to say on this matter except, my prayers and thoughts go out to him and his family, especially his kids. Today, a legend died. Rest in Peace, MJ.

Though I loved his old music, this is my favorite song from him.

Del Mar Fair

The only reason why I call it Del Mar Fair is because I'm not used to calling it the San Diego County Fair. But people who refuse to call it SD Fair for the sake of being a San Diego purist or whatever need to shut the fuck up, seriously.

Anyways, woke up today and just chilled till Manny, Bryce, Wes and his lil sis Melanie arrived at my house. Decided to wake up early and work out a little harder than usual, in anticipation of the massive calorie intake that was about to happen at the Fair haha. We all met up my house and got to the Fair at about 1:30. We walked around for a bit because Wes and Bryce were looking for rattlesnake. They served rattlesnake like two years ago but it hasn't been around since then. Manny and I got impatient and we were like "Fuck you guys, we're going to get deep-fried White Castle." Bryce joined us and we went to Chicken Charlie's, which is officially my favorite food booth at the Fair.

We walked around for a bit, met up with Wes and Melanie after they ate. Manny was hell bent on checking out the "beer gardens" so we decided to go. We ended up at a place where we listened to a live band and Manny drank a beer in a garden haha. But the actual garden of beer that Manny was trying to hit up was across the way and we went to the wrong one haha. We walked around for a bit looking at vendors and then we started looking at the art exhibit, which had yearbooks and drawings, paintings and photographs from students from schools across San Diego. We kept comparing Westview and Mt. Carmel, and Westview had too many 1st place and Mt. Carmel had 2nd or 3rd place ribbons. We got bored of Westview owning MC, so we went and got more food. Manny, Bryce and I went back to Chicken Charlie's and got more food. They have too much good stuff. This time around though, we got a Krispy Kreme Chicken Sandwich and it was awesome as well.

After that heart attack in a tray, we wanted to try chocolate covered bacon before we went home. When we got it, it wasn't what we were expecting. It's bacon covered in chocolate, but it's frozen. We ate it and it just tasted like toffee. I was looking forward to having a taste bud adventure but I was utterly disappointed. As we were walking to the exit, I look to my left and see a guy I recognized. It was Quentin Jammer of the San Diego Chargers! He walked by and I was like "Oh shit, that's Quentin Jammer!" He stopped and Bryce and I followed him and asked for a picture. He shook his head and I didn't hear what he said, but I assumed it was a no and I said "Ok that's cool" and started to walk away. He was like "Wait, I said I don't mind." So we took a picture with Quentin Jammer! Made my day.

On the way home, we stopped by Westview, Bryce's, Manny's and my old high school. Walked around for a bit and reminisced. The school continues to change for the better. WV > MC. Looking forward to the potluck tomorrow at Coronado Beach that MY LIL SIS SANDI DODD IS IN CHARGE OF. Haha, so proud of her. Boss fams.

Deep-Fried White Castle

Krispy Kreme Chicken Sandwich

Quentin Jammer

Everyone else

Westview

Optimus Prime Is My Hero

Yesterday, Bryce, Manny and I headed down to BJ's for Jen Casal's Birthday Dinner. Happy Birthday, Jen! Manny and I split on a "BJ's Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza" and I swear it tasted like an In-n-Out Double Double, but in pizza form. We were in a rush to get out of there though because we were trying to get in line for Transformers. We bought our tickets in advance to the Mira Mesa Edwards and we were trying to get in line before 10:30, but the waitress was making it unnecessarily difficult to pay our bill. We could have left at 9:50 but we didn't leave till 10:15, thus we missed getting in line and not being able to sit next to some bRhos.

We finally got inside and it turned out that my ticket was in theater 9 and Bryce and Manny were in theater 18, and the theater staff would not let anyone switch. So for a bit it looked like I was going to watch the movie all by myself haha. But Mary was there and she had a friend who had an extra "theater 18" ticket, so I was able to watch it with people haha.

Let me just say, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee are complete badasses in the second movie, especially Optimus Prime. It seemed like he destroyed every Decepticon that ran up or even got close to him. Transformers fans would love this movie, but even if you think it looks interesting, watch it. You won't regret it.

I Bought Manny a Blowjob for His Birthday

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Tony's Birthday

Today was my bRho Tony Lao's 21st Birthday at Phil's BBQ. It was the first time I've ever been to Phil's and it won't be the last. I got the half rack of ribs with a side of fries and cole slaw. I really wish I took a picture of my food but I was pretty much done with it before I even remembered to take a picture haha. Let me talk about the food real quick:

The meat is literally "fall of the bone." I picked the ribs up and the meat was hanging off the bone. The sweet and tangy sauce was perfectly married to the meat. The meat was so soft and tender that I didn't even need a toothpick after. I should be their spokesman.

Anyways, I picked Manny up and we headed down to Phil's near Sports Arena at around 6PM. Saw some of the San Marcos heads that I haven't seen in a while. We all had dinner and it was really good, we had the outdoor patio area. We all hung out outside of the restaurant for a good 30mins trying to figure out what we were going to do. Finally we all decided to go to Min Sok Chon to get a room for karaoke.

The night ended at Droth's house where we all just sat outside and talked. I always love the spontaneous nights. Well, I mean, Tony's was planned. But everything else after was fun.

Group Picture at the end of the night. Gamma Chapter and Ms. Gail

Racist Commercial

So KFC has been showing a new commercial with a bunch of people arguing whether grilled chicken or fried chicken is better, finally with KFC announcing that customers can get both in a mix and match bucket. Did anyone else notice the couple of Asian sushi chefs? I wouldn't say that their characters are necessarily racist, but their outfits and accents allude to the fact that Asians are foreigners and typically dress that way. At first glance, their outfits looks like karate gi's with one of them wearing a japanese rising sun headband. How stereotypical does that get? Why couldn't they show an Asian American in jeans and a shirt arguing with another guy in jeans and a shirt? As if the yellow skin and chinky eyes didn't already set me off to them being asian, they needed to be dressed in sushi chef outfits. Good job, KFC. I'm surprised you don't sell corn bread, watermelon or purple kool-aid.

Zack Morris is REAL

I was watching Jimmy Fallon last night and the guide said "Mark-Paul Gossellaar" as the special guest. I was kind of whatever because I guessed he was just going to talk about his show "Raising the Bar" but when I heard Fallon introduce him and I heard a school bell, I immediately thought of Zack Morris. Then Mark-Paul Gossellar came out as Zack Morris and I started to crack up. It was like watching 2Pac come back to life. The interview is hilarious! Jimmy Fallon is actually trying to do a "Saved by the Bell" reunion on his show. I can't wait for that.

Summer 2009

This summer has been going great so far. I hope that this summer lives up to Summer 2007, which was the best summer I've ever had. I just survived my first year in college, just crossed over into a Fraternity. I was hitting up the beach at least twice a week and I had a summer fling of sorts. Went to the the club every other week. It was just great to be alive during that Summer.

This summer, I just finished my third year in college, I am the incoming president of my Fraternity at Gamma Chapter. Haven't hit up the beach or gone to the club yet, and a summer fling is no where in sight haha. But the way the summer has gone so far, I feel like it's going to be a good one. I really want to buy a camera soon so I can make this blog more interesting.

I'll try to write about more interesting stuff as it comes to me.

Updates

So I barely ever write in this blog haha, but I really would like to try and keep up, maybe come up on a camera soon.

My last blog talked about the beginning of the semester and Financial Accounting. Well, I did decent this past semester. I got a B+ in Accounting! The rest of my grades were: B in Literature, B in History, C in Business Calculus. Thank God that Bus Calc is going to be my last math class, at least my last hard math class haha.

I've been working out all semester, and though I didn't reach my goal of 160 by the end of May, I got pretty close. I've lost 27 pounds thus far and I'm feeling great haha.

Starting Weight: 195

Update: 187

Currently at: 168

LiveSTRONG

Financial Accounting is nothing that I expected but everything that everyone else said it would be. Basically, everyone was calling accounting as the death of them and I thought, "It couldn't be that bad." Haha, turns out it is. I find myself studying at least 2 hours a day for accounting while other classes I just seem to coast in. Even calculus is not as time consuming as Accounting.

I've been wanting to change my lifestyle, change my habits and develop new, healthier habits. I've certainly been watching what I eat and I've hit the gym more times in the past 3 weeks than I have done all year...seriously. At first I was hesitant because it just seemed like such a time consuming activity that I didn't have time. Now, I've been managing my time around the time I go to the gym and it feels great. During the holiday, I was at 195 and I was in denial that I was putting on the pounds, even though it showed on the scale I thought I looked fine. Then I saw pictures of myself from two or three years ago when I was at 160 and it's a huge difference. I'll be putting updates on where I'm at. I would like to get down to 160 by the end of May. But my overall goal is just to feel good about myself.

Some people might think that I have a low self esteem for not being happy with where I'm at. I think I have adequate self esteem haha. I'm realizing where I'm at and what I want to fix.

Weight at the Start of working out: 195

Current Weight: 187

Random stuff

I've recently made a decision that will change my life for the better. But I'm not going to tell anyone what it is because if I fail then everyone is going to call me out on it. But believe me, I'm trying. If all goes well with my decision, I'll let you know.

I love dancing in public because it embarrasses whoever is with me haha. But I also don't care who sees me dancing or what they think of me because chances are I'm never going to see them again ever in my life. If you can snap/joc/bodyroll/2step/glide etc. to that song, then I will do it.

Alpha Chapter has gotten so big that there is division between classes. I know it's inevitable with every chapter as it grows larger, but I feel very privileged to be going through what the Founding Fathers and early classes went through in turning this Esteemed Fraternity into what it is today. As Alpha Psi Rho continues to grow and thrive, we still haven't found our footing yet at San Marcos. Just as the earlier classes of Alpha Chapter had dreams of making this Fraternity dominant, Gamma Chapter has dreams of making their chapter dominant. You always see fraternities and sororities represent in huge numbers. Some of them so big that they don't even acknowledge each other (I see it all the time with the white greeks). The foundation always has to be the strongest because that's what you build upon. Any structure without a strong foundation might as well be a house of cards. If the weak infrastructure doesn't take you down, the test of time will. Again, I'm privileged to be a part of San Marcos. No regrets.