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April 5, 2011 · 1 comment

LA: Angels Knoll and the Million Dollar Theater

I went to LA to hang out with Dan and Jamie. We planned to go to the Natural History Museum but found out the dinosaur exhibits were under renovation so we decided to just go to that hill in 500 Days of Summer, lesser known as Angels Knoll. I was probably a little too excited to be going there, but it definitely wasn’t a letdown. I guess some people on Yelp complain that it isn’t as big as it seems in the movie, which is true, but it’s still really nice. And it’s a cool feeling being there since the buildings are such a prominent part of the scene and you get the same view as seen in the movie.

We also found out the theater where Tom and Summer watch Vagiant was nearby so we checked that out too.

April 4, 2011 · 0 comments

LA: Umami Burger and other food

Got their bleu cheese burger and was pretty happy with it but then I tried Jamie’s truffle oil burger and loved it. Then I ordered one and loved my very own truffle oil burger. A week earlier, I was over at Curt’s for food with some friends and I brought some marrow bones to roast. I sort of messed up prepping everyone else’s—too much or too little salt—don’t worry though, mine were great!

March 29, 2011 · 0 comments

Things I did in February

I think I should be able to catch up on these posts this week or next. February’s a short month, but this is a long post. Starting with a picture of a bunch of cardboard. I got my first credit … Continue reading →

March 15, 2011 · 0 comments

Early version of the All of the Lights remix. Because the original one didn’t have enough people on it. Jay-Z and Kanye are supposed to be on the final version along with a new verse from Kanye. I’m super excited … Continue reading →

March 15, 2011 · 0 comments

Earl Sweatshirt – “Molliwopped”. I continue to wonder what Odd Future could do if their subject matter wasn’t so dark. This song’s a glimpse of what Earl’s capable of. He can certainly rap.

March 15, 2011 · 1 comment

Things I did in January

I didn’t break this month into parts so get ready for a long one. This is three months late, but it’s time to ring in 2011. Jason woke up for work three hours later and was assigned car duty, meaning … Continue reading →

March 9, 2011 · 0 comments

Dyane and Curt’s Wedding

March 9, 2011 · 0 comments

Here’s a couple more basketball videos. Randolph Childress destroys Jeff McInnis’s ankles, pauses to motion for him to get up, then hits the three. He eventually hits the game-winner in overtime, and this is in an ACC title game. Jason … Continue reading →

March 9, 2011 · 0 comments

Today’s the 11th anniversary of the greatest alley-oop of all time. Vince Carter catches the ball six feet away from the rim and throws it down—all with one hand. As a cherry on top, Carter hits a three to win … Continue reading →

March 3, 2011 · 0 comments

OFWGKTA on Jimmy Fallon. From the February 16 show. Great performance. I feel so old.

March 2, 2011 · 1 comment

Things I did in December: Part 2

Right when I was starting to update regularly, I take like six weeks off. Here we go. On my way to Washington I stood in the check-in line for like twenty minutes. I was thinking these people are all wearing … Continue reading →

March 2, 2011 · 2 comments

Stray Shots Thirteen

I started writing captions for the pictures in the second December post, but I got sleepy. I didn’t think I’d finish so I decided to just post pictures from the actual camera that’s not a part of my phone. One of my resolutions was to sort of get back into photography. In the sense of taking more pictures and not in the sense of buying more gear.

January 18, 2011 · 3 comments

Things I did in December: Part 1

Continuing into December. The big event was Curt and Dyane’s wedding. I was able to visit Washington for ten days. I guess we’ll get to that. I’ll start from the beginning. I finally got a chance to sit down and … Continue reading →

January 10, 2011 · 3 comments

Things I did in November: Part 3

Continuing on and finishing out the month. Here’s a shot from Thanksgiving. Like I said, I missed everyone in Washington like crazy and I was trying to fly back home for Thanksgiving. But I waited too long and didn’t realize … Continue reading →

January 6, 2011 · 2 comments

Things I did in November: Part 2

I spent pretty much all of November settling down. The first two weeks were settling down in Curt and Dyane’s house (they’re big kids now!). And I started work in the last two weeks. Continuing on. Marvin drove down with … Continue reading →

January 5, 2011 · 2 comments

Things I did in November: Part 1

(For this post I just went through the pictures on my phone and wrote captions for each. I got through the first ten days and it seemed long enough for its own post so there should be one or two … Continue reading →

January 4, 2011 · 8 comments

Things I did in 2010

I’m gonna try and recap the year. November and December will get their own post later to show what I’ve been up to since moving to San Diego. Until then, enjoy the first ten months of 2010. January Started the … Continue reading →

September 22, 2010 · 8 comments

Captioned Photos: Volume IV (Trying to Ease Myself Back Into Blogging)

I like re-reading these captioned photo posts. And I have a bunch of camera photos from the past few months. These are ordered from newest to oldest. First up, a picture from Target of the Hunger Games trilogy. The final … Continue reading →

September 21, 2010 · 1 comment

Hulu has a sneak preview of The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret. David Cross and Will Arnett are both in this and also are both in Running Wilde. Gobias Industries!

September 14, 2010 · 0 comments

[I posted this on Tumblr last Tuesday but I think I’m done with my Tumblr for now.] Watched J. Cole and Drake at Bumbershoot today. I had high hopes for both of them and they both met my expectations. I’m … Continue reading →

September 14, 2010 · 0 comments

Camping 2010

We had eleven people this year compared to seventeen last year, so it was toned down a bit (not that we were throwing an outdoor rager last year or anything). Lots of fun this year.

Dan brought the night vision goggles that came with Modern Warfare 2. Pretty fun until you start to imagine creepy things. I kept imagining something similar to the Are You Afraid of the Dark episode where the kid puts glasses on and sees a bunch of people dressed in all black spandex. But spooky scarier than that.

We went for a hike, if you can call it that. We didn’t really pick a specific trail or anything, and a lot of it was walking along the beach and skipping rocks. Then the rest was mostly eating.

September 14, 2010 · 3 comments

My favorite camping memories

I went camping this weekend with the Oak Harbor guys. I’m gonna share some camping memories in no particular order. We usually have an electronic version of Taboo with us and two moments stick out for me. One of the … Continue reading →

August 18, 2010 · 4 comments

Dunking at Hillcrest

We went to Hillcrest and took dunk pictures. It’s always good for guys in their mid 20s to hang out at elementary school playgrounds. The nerves must’ve got to us or something; a lot of the shots were of missed dunks. But if you can’t tell then it’s no problem!

We also spent time taking turns doing Dwight Howard’s dunk where he taps it off the backboard with one hand and puts it down with the other. When I watched it during the dunk contest, I thought “Oh that’s harder than it looks.” I didn’t realize how much harder it was. None of us came close.

P.S. Sorry Marvin, I didn’t get any of you! Also, it might not seem like it between these pictures and the skimboarding ones, but Matt does own a shirt or two.

August 16, 2010 · 4 comments

Endless Summer

I went skimboarding with some friends at Double Bluff, about forty minutes south of Oak Harbor. After it was all done I was mad that it was my first time ever. We should’ve been doing this way more in high school. We also just walked out into the water and did the things you do when you’re waist deep in water: water uppercuts, water fireballs, tried to jump out of the water, water wrestling, water kickboxing. Sorry, didn’t finish earlier, I meant the things you do when you’re waist deep in water and seven years old. We followed up the beach trip with like 7000 calories at Applebees happy hour.

August 16, 2010 · 2 comments

I took the site down last week and put up a static page explaining why. I’m paying for one too many hosts so I want to move it over to the hosting that isn’t being used. I also want to … Continue reading →

August 9, 2010 · 0 comments

Call of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer Teaser Trailer. Count me in!

July 27, 2010 · 0 comments

From 2007: My live blog of the Blizzard announcement. The best memory is when my brother needed to call his girlfriend oh-so-badly even though I told him I just needed to finish the game. It must‚Äôve been important, because he … Continue reading →

July 19, 2010 · 1 comment

Stray Shots Twelve

Pictures from the past couple of months. Still sort of bummed that the quality of my fireworks pictures regressed this year. I wish I brought a wider lens.

July 16, 2010 · 0 comments

A collection of videos of dogs eating ice cream cones. Pretty much what the link says. If you think you’ll like it you probably will.

July 16, 2010 · 0 comments

In case you don’t keep up with the Brenda Song Examiner, Brenda Song is dating Miley Cyrus’s adopted older brother Trace. Look. First Flo Rida, now this? I’m through. Katie Leung, you reckoned correctly, I’m all yours!

July 16, 2010 · 0 comments

A trailer is up on The Social Network site. Quick thoughts: Brenda Song is in it. I didn’t know David Fincher was making it. Brenda Song is in a David Fincher movie. And it’s going to be nearly impossible to … Continue reading →

July 15, 2010 · 0 comments

Seth Meyers opened the ESPYs with a good monologue. Another Weekend Update anchor had the same honor in 1998: Norm Macdonald.

July 13, 2010 · 2 comments

Vancouver B.C.

Shot these over the weekend. Continued my trend of mostly taking pictures of my friends. Really need to consciously try to take pictures of other things on the next trip. Mix it up a little. We didn’t go for any particular reason. But it was cool to be there during the World Cup final. They shut Granville down and laid mats down in the street for spectators to sit while others stood on the sidewalk.

Later we saw a couple on a motorcycle wearing Spanish colored jackets and the girl in the back was holding a giant Spanish flag. Even better, the guy was honking his horn up and down the street and we saw him slow down next to some Netherlands fans walking on the sidewalk. They barely reacted. They simply looked defeated—as expected. I really wish I had picture of that.

P.S. The title of my portrait where I’m standing in the window is “The City is Mine”. Email me if you want a print.

July 12, 2010 · 0 comments

Spent the weekend in Vancouver B.C. Every time I go up there I wonder what the flashing green means and then say I’ll look it up later and then forget about it. I finally looked it up on Wikipedia’s ‘traffic … Continue reading →

July 12, 2010 · 0 comments

Inception is at 94% on Rotten Tomatoes with a decent amount of reviews. Also, I liked Predators.

July 8, 2010 · 2 comments

“The Decision” tonight on ESPN 9 p.m. ET. I was under the impression that he would announce his plans at the end of the special, redefining cruel for Cleveland fans if he didn’t stay. But he’s announcing it within the … Continue reading →

July 6, 2010 · 0 comments

ESPN’s Outside the Lines had a segment on Purple Drank. Most recently seen in JaMarcus Russel’s house.

July 6, 2010 · 1 comment

Professional Korean Starcraft players discuss actions per minute. There are some split screen views showing their keyboard and mouse and what’s going on in the game. It’s hard to get up over 200 APM (I think any click or keyboard … Continue reading →

July 4, 2010 · 1 comment

Thanks Jason, Russ, Megan, and all the others serving our country.

July 2, 2010 · 1 comment

I love these recent movie clip collections. (Parental advisory: all these videos contain strong language.) Here’s one with a bunch of characters telling someone to get out of there. I was extremely pleased that President Whitmore made it. Here’s one … Continue reading →

July 2, 2010 · 4 comments

Basketbawful presents a list of crap shots. Great read. Here’s my go-to shot. The panic shot: Sometimes a pickup baller will get themselves into trouble and, not seeing any other way, they just take the shot…no matter how ridiculous that … Continue reading →

June 30, 2010 · 2 comments

Serious Eats profiles Skillet Street Food in Seattle. I liked it but I think my expectations were too high. I haven’t thought about going again the way I think about Marination Mobile. Probably because all my fancy burger craving thoughts … Continue reading →

June 30, 2010 · 0 comments

At the Isle of Wight Festival in England, Kanye came out to perform “Run This Town” with Jay-Z. The crowd goes nuts. Actually, if the crowd just stood there not making noise it’d still be nuts. It’s massive.

June 29, 2010 · 3 comments

Possibly the longest post ever: 25 things about me

I posted this on Facebook on February 4, 2009. I feel like people skimmed it, and I don’t blame them since it was just a Facebook survey where people typically wrote single sentences. I re-read it tonight and liked it … Continue reading →

June 29, 2010 · 0 comments

iPhone 4 vs. HTC EVO & HTC EVO vs. iPhone 4. So ridiculously true on both sides. If I had to pick sides, I’d rather be someone who wants an iPhone because it’s an iPhone than that guy that spouts … Continue reading →

June 29, 2010 · 0 comments

Hulu Plus is official. $9.99 a month for full current seasons of some shows and every season of others. Streams over 3G to the iPhone and iPad. Coming to the PS3 “soon” and the Xbox 360 in early 2011 (seems … Continue reading →

June 29, 2010 · 1 comment

shitmykidsruined.tumblr.com showcases all the great things kids bring to their parents’ lives.

June 27, 2010 · 2 comments

Here’s Ren?© Higuita performing a scorpion kick, where he blocks an incoming goal by launching himself parallel to the ground and kicking the ball with his heels (think of the lying leg curl machine in the gym). Ren?© Higuita was … Continue reading →

June 27, 2010 · 0 comments

Kevin Pritchard was fired a few hours before the NBA Draft and still took care of team business during the draft as if, well, he wasn’t fired a few hours before. He wrote an open letter to Blazers fans. None … Continue reading →

June 27, 2010 · 0 comments

Rumor was that Chris Brown was banned from last year’s BET Awards and wasn’t able to participate in the Michael Jackson tribute. He made up for it this year. Even if you felt saturated by Jackson tributes last year, this … Continue reading →

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