Bingo Knows

Moving from Blogger to Posterous

2010-08-02T14:32:00.000-07:00

THIS BLOG HAS MOVED TO POSTEROUS :

http://bingoknows.posterous.com/

In the process of simplifying things, I've decided to move to Posterous.com. I've tried Wordpress, been on Blogger for over a year, and even considered paying for blog services like Squarespace. There are a lot of good websites but I think it's time to streamline things. I hate repeating myself and with all this technology I really don't think I have to. Wither it's posting blogs, or pictures I'd like to consolidate things and have just have to do them once, I think Posterous.com is an excellent website that allows you to do just that. Check it out for yourself and go to http://posterous.com/

If you have an existing website or blog, I think this is an excellent site, the plus is how it really helps you blog or post pictures from your smart phone. A great website if you really want to post on the fly, another reason I wanted to make the switch, I just wanted to post more. Importing your old blog to Posterous is a snap! You keep everything on your blog posts and the comments as well. Give it a try and it won't effect your old site.

See you there, peace.

The Next Generation

2010-07-25T19:39:00.000-07:00

Julian and Kayla =]

American Meth

2010-07-06T20:01:00.000-07:00

S _ _ _ _ _ T _ _

2010-06-08T02:03:00.000-07:00

I wish I could do something.
I feel powerless.
All I can do is watch, listen, hope and pray.
What I've already suspected (what everyone has suspected) is true.
What was never spoken of, has become public. So now what?
Back to the same old same old? Back to business as usual?
I want to protect you, but that's not possible.
I want to help you, but you have to help yourself.
Your not 5 years old where I can just grab you and place you out of harms way.
I wish it were that easy, and in my mind you are still 5 years old.
But that's not the truth and that's not reality.
Don't you understand that what you do to yourself, you also do to us.
When you do what you do, you hurt everyone and anyone who gives a dam about you.
Why has it become this way? How did we get here?
Look in the mirror and tell me what you see?
It's not the enemy you see, its the enemy that lives with in.
How do we fix this? What can be done?
What magical words do you put together so that you can understand?
Please come back to us, I know there is still a little bit of who I know in there.
I'm afraid of the road that you are currently traveling.
The only road I want you to find, is the road back to us.
Your lost and we all want to find you again.

How To Delete Your Facebook

2010-05-25T21:34:00.000-07:00

I deleted my Facebook account over a year ago, and I'm glad I did. I had my reasons, mostly because the saying, "Ignorance is bliss" totally applied to me then. I don't miss it, to me it was such a time waster and do I really want to know or care what my 8th grade "friend" is up to now? No. Now I'm not trying to be a Scrooge about this, Facebook is extremely useful to a lot of people. To many people, Facebook is the internet and that is where the problem lies. If you tell someone that Facebook has failed to live up to its privacy policy, they most likely wouldn't care, I think what you post on the internet, regardless of how much Facebook says is private, consider it public, that goes with anything on the internet, not just Facebook. The bigger issue is, Facebook is actively retrograding the internet. Facebook is the new AOL. A big company with over 400 million users that is openly making a power grab, its like if you want to play on the internet you have to join Facebook. Really? What ever happened to the open internet? Facebook is retrograding the internet, it's like putting training wheels on your bike again. Do you want that?

How to properly delete your Facebook account : CLICK THIS!!!!!

Leo Laporte Deletes His Facebook Account

Newman's Own

2010-04-27T01:11:00.000-07:00

I've been trying to eat salad everyday and I mean real salad, not the iceberg lettuce that have little to no nutritional value, but the organic brand salads that have a good mix of grassy, purple, and weed looking items that are hard for me to describe. I also make it a point to place some protein in my salads, I chop up some egg, or mix up some tuna or some chicken breast into my salads. It's really light but filling, I don't feel so bloated after I eat. I use to just drizzle some extra virgin olive oil over my salads, but I was looking into some salad dressings with a little more kick to them. I stay away from the creamy style dressings, those can really boost up your calorie count and are a matter of fact, not good for you. Anyways Newman's Own Salad Dressing is pretty awesome. Plus all profits when you buy Paul Newman's Own products, go to his charity, here is the website Newman's Own

Paul Newman was a good man, God rest his soul.

Fry's Electronics.....Never again

2010-03-27T13:41:00.000-07:00

Fry's Electronics
2311 N Hollywood Way
Burbank, CA 91505
(818) 526-8100

I'm done with this place, DONE! Fry's will no longer get any of my business and I'll do my best to let others know that putting down money here is a big mistake. The repair and service department is PATHETIC!

Let me elaborate, my new Gateway desktop computer which I bought just this past summer failed to log on properly. So I sent it into the repair and service department at Fry's where I bought it, when at the time I bought the computer I also purchased there 3 years extended warranty.

So did Fry's service department to do wrong well, lets see:

- when I asked them to fix my computer they said that it was still under the manufactures warranty, cool...they "SAID" they would send it to Gateway. Problem : they didn't, I called a full month later and they told me something different, that they usually try to fix computers "In House" before they send it to the manufacture. WTF?! I'm being told 2 different things! It seems that they had my computer for an entire month before they did anything, and the things is, they wouldn't have done shit had I not called in and checked on them a month later!

- In my attempts to call the service department there was a point where I was placed on hold, 15 min. went by, 20 min. went by, 30 min. went by...WTF?! They put me on hold and forgot about me!!!! What a waste of my fucking time! So I hung up and called again, and was able to talk to a representative within 5 min., which confirms some fucker put me on hold and forgot!

- When my computer went down and since it was purchased within the year, I was eligible to get a loaner computer, I didn't know that when I asked for my computer to be serviced, it was only a month later when I called back that they offered it to me, why not offer it to me a month ago? Stupid idiots!

I been looking online and Fry's Electronics have done a lot of sinister shit, read for yourself : CLICK THIS!!!!

God I miss Circuit City, lets resurrect that and kill off Fry's!
VOTE WITH YOUR WALLET AND BUY WITH ANOTHER COMPANY!

Babies! Babies! Babies!

2010-03-23T23:28:00.000-07:00

Kayla

Mack Jr.

I'm super excited to have 2 new members in my family. Kayla who was born to my cousin Joyce and Mack Jr. who was born to my cousin Mike. With Julian in tow, I will create an army of my minions! LOLs!

Kaldi Coffee & Tea

2010-02-17T19:59:00.000-08:00

Kaldi Coffee & Tea
3147 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90039
(323) 660-6005

A major tip coming here is you should definitely park in the residential area, parking on the street and feeding the meters will cost you 15 minutes a quarter, versus parking on a residential street and paying nothing.

I live here in Atwater Village and this is the place to get coffee, I'm embarrassed to say I don't always go here, I go to the dreaded Starbucks. That's only because of the convenience of parking at Starbucks, but no more I promise! From now on its supporting the local small businesses. For the locals this is a great stop by whenever you walk your dog and selection here is numerous, both in hot drinks and cold drinks, however you want to satisfy your caffeine fix, this is the place to come.

The only thing I really would like is a website for this place, there is a lot of different drinks they offer and seeing what they serve before you actually visit the place would be helpful. The inside is kinda small, but sitting outside is nice to, especially with LA weather.

Manna Korean BBQ

2010-02-07T13:07:00.000-08:00

Manna Korean BBQ

3377 W Olympic Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90019

(323) 733-8516

With over 600+ reviews on Yelp, I don't think I'll be saying anything new and relevant about this restaurant. I came here for my friends birthday and had a good time. It's loud, noisy, a real party atmosphere. I will say when they play music, its pretty repetitive, I mean they really need to mix up the songs they play, the night was a constant repeat of the same songs, over and over again.

Come hungry, come very hungry, eating here is a protein overdose. Now if its your birthday, tradition here is the waiters come and literally spray you with champagne, no joke, you get spraying like if you where the Lakers celebrating a championship. Since my 4 year old nephew was there, we decided it wouldn't be appropriate. In any event it was a good time had by all.

Huell Howser

2010-02-05T12:29:00.000-08:00

Howell Howser is.....AMAZING!

If your live in California, you know the name Huell Howser. He probably has the best job in the state. I've been watching him since his Video Log days on KCET, our PBS station here in Los Angeles. His recent podcast release is freaking hilarious! Huell pretty much comes to a backwards town in the middle of no where, Newberry Springs, CA to be exact, and gets into a lot of awkward situations with the locals, it is funny as hell. To check out that episode go his website and click on the "New Calgold Podcast".......http://www.calgold.com/

Ambrosia Restaurant

2010-01-23T17:11:00.000-08:00

Ambrosia Restaurant
6410 San Fernando Rd

Glendale, CA 91201

(818) 507-9550

I came here with a big group of my family, we filled about ten tables. The tables were set out very nicely and we were seated in a big hall, with a stage and dozens of chandeliers over head, this would be a wonderful place to rent out for a wedding or any special event. You really can't tell either from the outside, how nice it is on the inside, I really didn't expect it to be this nice.

You have to come hungry here, the side dishes themselves were very good and very filling. There was eggplant, some sort of pasta dish, reddish coleslaw, humus, olives, salad, goat cheese,slices of beef tongue, and of course plenty of pita bread. I love combining the goat cheese and the slices of beef tongue, putting it into the pita bread and then dipping it into some humus. The good thing about my meal here was it was all you can eat. Needless so say my table asked for more humus, goat cheese, and beef tongue...oh yeah. Then you reach the main course, it consisted of grilled tomatoes and bell peppers, wild long rice, fried fish, and a red meat plate. The red meat plate is huge with generous portions of traditional Kebab style meat, lamb, beef, chicken, all of which was tasted great.

The waiters are very attentive and very accommodating. Service here is very good. I know its popular right now to find "fast food" middle eastern food, but when you go to a quality middle eastern sit down restaurant, you can instantly taste the difference. I don't know how old or new this restaurant is, but I hope they stick around for a good long while because they serve quality food.

The Dinosaur Farm

2010-01-18T21:05:00.000-08:00

The Dinosaur Farm
1510 Mission Street
South Pasadena, CA 91030
(626) 441-2767

"Whoa!"..."Wow!"..."Oh wow!" ..."Whoa!"

These were the first words out of my 4 year old nephew's mouth when he first came into the store. My nephew loves dinosaurs and when I mean loves, I mean he really loves dinosaurs, my nephew talks about dinosaurs in his sleep. This store was custom built for him and when I first herd about this store, I couldn't wait to bring him here. I usually buy him stuff at Toys R Us, but I usually have to hunt for dinosaur related items and sometimes there isn't much of a choice to choose from at Toys R Us.

Since my nephew is so into dinosaurs, I've sorta become an aficionado of dinosaur toys and dinosaur related items. I've done toy shopping in Downtown LA and in Chinatown, even though prices of dinosaur toys there are cheap, the quality is inferior because the dinosaur toy models are made of cheap plastic. You might pay a little more at The Dinosaur Farm, but there dinosaur toy models are made very well, there not just fine for kids to play with, but they are also really detailed enough for display purposes, enough so that I think these dinosaur models would impress even adults.

Noodle World

2010-01-18T20:38:00.000-08:00

Noodle World
24 W Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91105
(626) 585-5885

Hot pho, on a rainy day, it just hits the spot. The garlic pork was extra garlicy, awesome, I like lots of garlic. Weekends are busy, look forward to about a 10 minute wait, but its well worth it. Great verity of choices in Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese and Thai Soups.

And for dessert, boba smoothies, they are your friend.

888 Seafood Restaurant

2010-01-10T01:05:00.000-08:00

888 Seafood Restaurant
8450 E Valley Blvd
Ste 121
Rosemead, CA 91770
(626) 573-1888

My cousin had her baby shower here today and I have to say all the tables and chairs looked well decorated and put together. We were in a room with no windows, but that didn't matter since the company of family and friends is what was important and of course the food.

The dim sum was great, I'm a chicken feet and tripe kinda guy and I always look for those first. The chicken were big and full of skin and tendon. The tripe was tasty, no too chewy, and very fresh. There is one item that you have to order, it's there beef tendon soup. The broth is boiling and filled with mushrooms and beef tendon that is lined with some fat on it, really beefy and delicious.

My dim sum check list :

Hot = yes
Variety = yes
Fresh Ingredients = yes

This place is noisy, busy, not ideal for a quiet conversation, but that didn't bother me any, hey it's atmosphere. Parking is pain in ass so bring some patience with you, but it's well worth it.

2010

2010-01-04T23:41:00.000-08:00

From

I'm not going to state any resolutions, resolutions are like diets, they are destined to fail. No "to do list" for me either, putting together a "to do list" seems like more work, then what it is you need to get accomplished. Everyday is a chance for you to do something different, something that betters your life, January 1st you proclaim a resolution and by January 2nd you've broken it, so what's the point? Exactly. One thing I did learn from 2009, is that you got to lead by example. You can't shit talk, gossip, berate, put down, and meddle your way for someone to change. You got to know and understand, there actions speak for themselves. In short, calling attention to someones faults, no matter how bad it is, takes effort for me, but letting there actions speak for themselves, does not...you do not get my effort any longer.

As for 2010, I want to lead by example, no more talk about this, or that, "I'm going to do this", "My plan is going to be this", etc.... Instead I want to blog about what I've done, or give you a "progress report" on how far along I am towards what I want to get accomplished.

Happy 2010, cheers!

Taylor Swift - You belong with me

2009-12-10T14:23:00.000-08:00

Julian sings this song all the time and knows this song word for word,
and now I know it.

Best Buy

2009-12-10T12:13:00.000-08:00

Best Buy

2909 Los Feliz Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90039
(323) 912-9288

This place is hit and miss. If you come here on a weekends especially during the holiday shopping season, expect to wait and wait and wait for your questions to be answered by a sales rep, that is just the way it goes. Do yourself a favor and do as much research on the TV, computer, cell phone, or whatever it is you want to buy on your own, to come here and expect to ask super technological questions is expecting a lot. I can't emphasize enough that you should come here on a weekday and avoid weekends at all cost.

If your buying a big purchase such as a TV or a computer, by all means buy the Best Buy extended warranty. For four years they covered my LCD TV for around $80, comparable places like Target or Sears offer warranties for around $170 for around three years.

This lot holds the Costco, the Toy's R Us and the Best Buy side by side, and the parking layout is horrible. It seems they tried to compact as much cars as possible with the such limited space.

The Lights Are Bright In Atwater Village

2009-11-20T23:10:00.000-08:00

Today I noticed the new lights on my block. Wow it's bright! I don't know if the rest of Atwater is going to get new lights, but my block of Seneca just got brighter. The new lights don't cover all of Seneca, maybe about 40 percent of the entire street, but what a difference these lights make. The old lights were also on and you can tell the difference, the old lights are like a dim sad yellow color that lit up the night like a dying jack-o-lantern. The new lights however are truly illuminating, like giant flashlights that turn night into day. Seriously it lights up the streets like I have never seen before, I hope they do this to the rest of Atwater.

Cafe Bravo

2009-11-19T17:33:00.000-08:00

Cafe Bravo is located in :
2662 Griffith Park Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90039
(323) 912-1111

The lamb kabob and the Cornish hen kabob plates are about $8.50 each, that's the maximum you'll pay for a meal here, and considering the freshness and the quality of the food served here, that is a bargain. I love hummus and the hummus they serve here isn't drowned in olive oil like they always seem to serve in so many other middle eastern eateries. The pickled turnips are good as well.

I'm always in the mood for a sandwich, the sandwiches here are filled with the meat of your choice, they are a foot long and they are generous with there portions, you get a piece of meat all the way till the last bite and the fresh Armenian bread that it is served on, is very good, very light and ties the entire sandwich together. The taste that really sticks with you throughout the day, along with the spices in the meat, is the garlic sauce that is served in all the sandwiches. Throw in an extra 50 cents and you get feta cheese on your sandwich.

This place is well kept, neat, inexpensive, takes telephone orders, and is ideal for vegetarians and meat eaters alike.

I have to try this!!!

2009-11-09T00:02:00.000-08:00

Got this video off from Food Wishes Blog

It's an ingenious way to eat chicken wings! I always hated the forearm portion of the chicken wing because it was kinda cumbersome to eat, well to be honest I just didn't have the patience. In any event, its a great technique and I look forward to
trying it!

Chuck E Cheese's

2009-11-06T00:49:00.000-08:00

This review is based on my nephew who celebrated his 4th birthday here. He absolutely loves this place, the games, the cheesy guy in a mouse outfit, the cake, he had a ball. It was important that he had fun and that's all that matters, having his birthday here was mission accomplished.

Now for me, I felt like Gulliver, in 'Gulliver's Travels', and I was in the land of Lilliput, surround by little people. It felt like I was thrown into a Rugrats cartoon and was drowning in a sea of little people. The entire experience for me was like being kicked in the nads! But you see, that's okay, my nephew Julian had a blast, and I'd gladly go through that again just to see him happy.

"Daddy...."

2009-11-04T23:43:00.000-08:00

*I thought I lost this blog, I wrote this back in June of this year, glad I found it!*

There is a saying, “If you really want to know a man, walk a mile in his shoes.” I don’t know what it is to be a father, I hope that one day I might be able to experience it. Being a father is kinda like creating and launching a new generation,always hoping and praying the new generation, your child’s life, would be better then yours. Fathers, in their finest form, are their families, but what are “families”? A mother and father, living under the same roof with there child? In ideal situations that would certainly be the case, but what if that is not the case? Such as in a dissolving relationship. What does it do to a man, who has tried so hard to preserve and keep a family intact, to later have that union be destroyed? What does it do to a man who idolizes playing the part of being a father, and then to tell him that his role as a father is now diminished, that now he reduced to being a “part time father”? Many times we are dealt situations in life that are far beyond our control, sometimes in life not due to our creation but of the fault of others, we are dealt with dilemmas that we can’t do anything about.

Sometimes life’s journeys can literally put us through hell and back, it is at these times that we spiritually need to be strong. Only God knows why, we are put through such ordeals. Maybe its Gods purpose of purging us, of braking us down, like a blacksmith purges and brakes down a piece of metal, once we have gone through the fire, the metal is ready for the maker’s hand.

In the end know and understand this, no matter what comes, no matter what “substitutes” are placed in your stead, no matter how many attempts there are to have you recycled into other forms, your title as "Daddy” is not simply a title, but a right, a right that no other man can ever steal from you. A relationship with your son that can never be broken, you and your child are partners forever.

Here I Go Again...

2009-10-28T01:08:00.000-07:00

I don't look like this anymore, to me this was normal, it is where I should be, but I am not. I've must have written this blog before in past websites that I no longer participate in, but it's a repeating theme in my life, I get out of shape, realize that I'm out of shape, get back into shape, then lose that healthy momentum and fall out of shape again. Urrrrrgggh! This has been the longest time I have gone without working out seriously, it must have been months, I can't remember the last time I've lifted weights or been on the treadmill.

And I'm starting to feel it. I don't feel right, I don't feel normal. I miss it, but something in me made excuses not to workout, call it laziness, call it being neglectful, call it being fat, but whatever you call it I'm sick of being it. I remember starting the year losing weight, up until April, then for whatever reason I feel off the healthy wagon.

It's gonna be hard to lose weight to, its that time of the year, cooler weather makes me want to eat more, kinda like a bear fattening up before winter hits. Halloween is around the corner and its gonna be hell to avoid eating candy, especially chocolate! Yummy! And November brings Thanksgiving and then December brings Christmas, wow for me to lose weight and get in shape during this time of year is going to be hard! But I can't wait anymore, I can't bullshit out anymore excuses for myself, I hate how I feel and it has a direct correlation with what I eat and my lack of exercise.

I remember when I quit smoking, I must have tired to quit about a dozen times and failed, then for what ever reason it finally stuck and made sense, and I never smoked again. Was there something special about my last attempt to quit smoking, then the dozen other previous times? No. The key was I never gave up trying to quit, and that's what I'm doing now, I'm not quitting on being as healthy as I can.

Here I go again.

Hugo's Tacos

2009-10-21T17:59:00.000-07:00

Average. Really nothing special here. Where is the meat in there steak burritos? It's so dry due to the abundance of rice and beans and the lack of meat and cheese and they call it a steak burrito? The hard shelled steak tacos are a little better and by all means get it as spicy as you can.

When you find a good burrito place, you'll know after a couple of bites wither or not your going to revisit that place or not, I don't think I'll be back here. It's not a complete loss for Atwater, Atwater already has a really good burrito spot in Tacos Villa Corona , which is right across the street from this place.

3 Past Blogs I Wrote About My Tito Roy

2009-10-15T17:10:00.000-07:00

1) MY TITO (UNCLE) ROY

**Originally written in Aug 2006**

MY TITO ROY WAS AFFLICTED WITH A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND AS I WRITE THIS BLOG, HE IS CURRENTLY STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. I DONT WANT TO GET INTO MEDICAL TERMS, BUT HE HAS BEEN FACING AN UP HILL BATTLE SINCE THEN.

IN THE PAST THERE WAS A FALLOUT BETWEEN ME AND MY TITO ROY, NOT ONLY WITH HIM, BUT WITH MY TITA (HIS WIFE) AND THERE 2 DAUTHERS (MY COUSINS). IT WENT ON, NOT FOR MONTHS, BUT HAS REACHED OVER A YEAR, YEARS PLURAL, I CAN’T TELL YOU HOW LONG ITS BEEN. IT WASN’T UNTIL THIS TRAGIC EVENT, THAT WE JUST RECENTLY COMMUNICATED, COMMUNICATING AND COMING TOGETHER WITH HUGS AND TEARS. I AM SORRY AND I AM SO REMORSEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE DONE.

I HAVE BEEN FEELING ALOT OF REGRET, SELF-ACCUSATION, WORRY AND GUILT, I’M FEELING IT ALL. I’M CRYING OVER AND KICKING MYSELF OVER HOW I HAVE BEEN. I HATE IT, I HATE HOW I FEEL! IT HURTS ALOT AND I FEEL SO HANCUFFED. WHY?! WHY WAS I SOO STUBBORN, SO FUCKING UNBENDING IN THE WAY I THOUGHT. I REGRET EVERYTHING, I WISH I COULD TURN THE HANDS OF THE CLOCK BACK, AND ACT DIFFERENTLY. PRIDE, STUPID PRIDE, IT GETS YOU NO WHERE, ALL IT DOES IS MAKE YOU A STRANGER TO YOUR OWN FAMILY AND ROBS YOU OF PRECIOUS MOMENTS THAT YOU CAN NEVER GET BACK. PRIDE HAS DEPRIVED ME OF OF A TITO, A TITA, 2 COUSINS AND EVEN A NEW BORN NEPHEW. IT IS ONLY NOW THAT I AM REALIZING, THAT WE DONT HAVE FOREVER, AND TOMORROW ISN’T GUARANTEED, SO IF YOU HAVE A GRUDE WITH PEOPLE IN YOUR OWN FAMILY AND IF YOUR READING THIS BLOG I URGE YOU, PLEASE LEARN FROM ME, AND LET IT GO, ACCEPT THEM, UNDERSTAND THEM, AND LOVE THEM.

IT WAS MY TITO ROY THAT WAS RESPONSABLE FOR ALOT OF FIRSTS IN MY LIFE, MY TITO ROY GAVE ME MY FIRST BEER, MY TITO ROY GAVE ME MY FIRST DRAG ON A CIGARETTE, IT WAS MY TITO ROY THAT SHOWED ME MY FIRST PORN MOVIE, DUDE!!!! COME ON HOW LUCKY WAS I!!! MY TITO..ROY..TOOK TO ME THE..SHOOTING RANGE SO I COULD FIRE A GUN FOR THE FIRST TIME, IT WAS HIS AK-47, NOW..THAT WAS FREAKING AWESOME!!!!..WHAT I WOULDN’T GIVE TO SPEND JUST ONE MORE CHRISTMAS WITH TITO ROY, DRINKING, TALKING, LAUGHING AND SHARING STORIES, STORIES ABOUT HIMSELF THAT I KNEW WERE FAR-FETCHED, BUT I DIDN’T CARE, I KNEW..HE ..WAS PASSING A LITTLE BIT OF HIMSELF IN EVERY STORY HE TOLD. WHAT I WOULDN’T GIVE TO HEAR TITO ROY TELL A DIRTY JOKE THAT ONLY HE COULD TELL. WHAT I WOULDN’T GIVE TO HEAR MY TITO ROY SINGING ON THE KARAOKE MACHINE. WHAT I WOULDN’T GIVE TO HEAR TITO ROY PHILOSOPHIZE ABOUT LIFE, LIFE THAT I KNOW HE IS SO FULL OF.

TITO ROY IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE MY FAVORITE UNCLE, AND EVEN WHEN WE WERE STARTING TO HAVE A FALLOUT, HE TOOK ME ASIDE AND HE TOLD ME HIMSELF, THAT “YOUR MY FAVORITE TO”.

WHAT I WOULDN’T GIVE. . . .

PLEASE PRAY FOR MY TITO ROY’S RECOVERY AND FOR HIS FAMLY AND OUR CLAN

2) I Love You Tito Roy, Rest In Peace My Dearest Tito

**Originally written in Sept. 2006**

Me and my blonde hair days =] and Tito Roy =]
As you can see, Tito Roy had a way of making the whole family laugh

My Tito Roy passed away yesterday (Tuesday) in the early hours of Spet. 5th.
I can’t really describe how I feel right now, I just feel numb.
I haven’t cried this hard in my entire life.
I going to miss you so much Tito Roy.
Thank you Tito Roy for making such a deep impact on my life, your influence will be with me till the day I die.
I only wish that God had given you more time.
There was still so much I wanted to do with you.
There was even much more I wanted to say.
I love you Tito Roy.
Rest in peace my dearest Tito.

Please pray for my Tita Bini (his wife) and my cousins Len and Sharon.

3)Eulogies and The New Bingo

**Originally written in Sept 2006**

My Tito Roy was berried this past Saturday. My Tito wasn’t a rich man, at least not monetarily, but looking at the almost full church and the long lines of cars following the hertz, and the large amount of people who came out to pay there respects that day, that to me showed how rich my Tito Roy was. Being chosen to be a pallbearer for my Tito Roy was an honor, yet an honor that I wasn’t looking forward to. A lot of items were placed inside the coffin of my Tito Roy, a picture of his grandson Julian was placed in his pocket, a cigarette, dollar bills, letters from his daughters (my cousins) Len and Sharon. I printed out 2 of my MySpace blogs, “I Love You Tito Roy, Rest In Peace My Dearest Tito” and “MY TITO (UNCLE) ROY” and had them placed in his casket.

There were Eulogies given by my Tito Mac, my Tito Rico, My Cousin Len (Tito Roy’s Daughter), My Dad, My Cousin Joyce, and My Cousin Marylou. When they took there turns speaking, it battered my insides and the tears just gushed out of my eyes. In my Dad’s eulogy he got up and sang to my Tita Bini (Tito Roy’s Wife) he sang my Tito Roy’s favorite song, a song that he would alwayssing to my Tita Bini, it was Elvis singing the song, “The Wonder of You.” It was hard to see my father cry, he is like me, has a ruff exterior but can get really emotional. My cousin Len’s eulogy about her dad was straightout heartwrenching, my Cousin Len has alot of heart in her, she is brave, there is more brave in her then there is in me, as the native Americans would say, she has a warrior spirit. All the eulogies were powerful and all had different perspectives of what my Tito Roy ment to our family. But there was a line in one eulogy that spoke volumes to me, one that felt directed to me. It was from my cousin Joyce’s eulogy, here is part of what she said :

“My Tito Roy

Tito Roy is a wonderfully beautiful human being. Tito Roy was consistently making us laugh that our stomachs would ache and we would turn red in the face from laughter. We all remember that Tito Roy was a stand up comedian. We laughed even when the punch lines weren’t funny. You had to love him..Have you ever heard him tell a joke? His seriousness when telling a joke was enough to make us scream in laughter. For me, I remember how Tito Roy was always there for my family.

Tito Roy has always been the person who would show his concern and love for you in many different forms. Once, he even pretended to be my Papa’s bodyguard in an attempt to instill fear in the carpenters who already once ran off without finishing our kitchen cabinets. There, he stood with his sunglasses in a stance meant to intimidate. Needless to say, they finished the job. Of course, if you knew Tito Roy, he was more of a softy and kind at heart.

Forever and a day, Tito Roy has been by my family’s side. I remember the call I received from my mother the night my father was shot. My mom said not to worry but to call Tito Roy and to ask him to come meet them at the location as soon as possible. When I arrived at the scene, Tito Roy was already there by my Papa’s and Mommy’s side lending his support. Thank you, Thank you for all you have done for us.

Also, till this day, I remember the afternoon when Tito Roy and I stood outside of Tita Noly’s house. Tito Roy pulled me aside and started speaking to me in a very low voice, as if we were about to talk about something really serious. I listened and held back any tears that rested on my eyelids, as Tito Roy conversed with me. It started with him speaking about Len and how he felt that George was a good guy and that George promised to be there for Len and the baby soon to arrive. Then, he revealed to me about how he told Len that she should not separate herself from her cousins. As most of you know, the past couple of years have been difficult for us. Often, we would show up at family parties and not say a word to one other. Tito Roy said it shouldn’t be this way. Tito Roy told me that as he and the rest of our parents move on in age that we would only be left with each other, the cousins. He said they are all getting old and that we should imitate the closeness of family we experienced growing up and forget this nonsense. He expressed that his hope would be that we, cousins, would some day be able to be together again. Your wish, Tito Roy, is now revealing itself and you are not here to witness it. I think over and over about how you’re not going to enjoy this experience with us. I think about how you are not here to continue to watch us and give your advice when needed. You see, Tito Roy was always caring and looking out for his children and us, his nieces and nephews. Now, I hope and pray that you are enjoying yourself and that you watch us from wherever you are.

Love,
Joyce”

We are together again Tito Roy, and I know your watching down from heaven and seeing us together again. I hope I make you proud, I can’t go back to the past, all I have is now. All I can do is honor you Tito Roy and do my best being a good cousin to Len and Sharon, to being a good nephew to Tita Bini and being a good Uncle to Julian.

The New Bingo is here and all that I ask, is that my family to be patient with me, I’m still trying to figure out this New Bingo, this new me. My cousin Mike D. said to me, “It is what it is”. I’ve ran with that saying, kinda made that my new mantra. “It is, what it is” – life is what it is, not what its supposed to be. It makes reality not more pleasant, but more manageable. You can deal with issues, be more flexible and not let pride creep in, you can be more practical and have a healthy relationship, so whatever you want isn’t stuck in imagination, but put into practice by your actions. I don’t know if thats what my Cousin Mike D. was trying to get across but hey, “It is, what it is.” – thanks Mike D. for that.

See you on the other side Tito Roy.

Pitchess Detention Center

2009-10-13T01:12:00.000-07:00

"Detention Center"? Let's call it what it is okay, jail, a prison. The word "Detention" reminds one of staying after school because you were late for a class or something. This is not a place you ever want to come, as a visitor and especially as an inmate.

I was here some weeks ago, visiting a friend who had never been in jail before, I could only imagine what he was going through. Sometimes in life we make decisions, out of anger, out of passion, call it what you will, a momentary loss of control can cost you your freedom, maybe your life, but enough with the philosophy on with the review.

I have never set foot in a prison either as an inmate or a visitor, and I must say the experience was very strange. The environment here reminded me of so many things, many times it felt like I was in a hospital, I also felt like I was in an airport, I felt like I was at the DMV, I felt like I was at the zoo, seriously combine all those things and that's what this place feels like.

TIPS :

- you need to come early, the processing, and the waiting all in all will take about 2 to 3 hours, visiting is only allowed on weekends and the max visiting ours you can spend is 2 hours, not a day, but the entire weekend. So you can understand why the processing of visitors takes so long.

- leave your cellphone in the car, you can stand in line, get to the end the guards will not let you in if you have a cellphone and no they will not hold your cellphone for you.

- bring water with you and a snack, waiting in line burns a lot of calories.

- you have to know the inmates processing number, you can't visit just knowing his first and last name, that won't cut it, you have to now the prisoners processing number.

After the processing you have to wait for a bus, once you board the bus it will take you to the actual building of the prison. You get off, your placed in a long hallway, and I mean long hallway that is hot, smelly, and loud. You wait there until they call out the inmates name and then you just follow the crowd. They assign you telephones stations, where you sit behind brakeproof glass, yeah you see stuff like this in the movies and on TV, I'm telling you its really weird.

My friend is out, thank God! He spent just under 2 weeks in prison, still the stories he told about it, it's something I would never what to personally experience. For my friend who has never been to prison before, he's man enough to pay his debt to society and not blame anyone else for his actions, he's taken full responsibility for what he did and did his time like a man. Prison to me is like being berried alive, the lesson I've learned from my friend and his situation, you better think before you act.

Militant Technology Followers

2009-10-11T01:24:00.000-07:00

I love technology, I mean who doesn't? Especially the gadgets, they are like toys for adults. The latest in what's new with cellphones, computers, home entertainment, social networking, blogging, interesting websites, you name it I have a vested interest in what's hip and new. I'm not a geek, I guess I'm a geek sympathizer, I find computers and technology interesting, I mean how can you not? We are literally surrounded by it. But I've noticed that whenever the subject matter of Apple or Microsoft or even Google is brought up, there seems to be a cult following, almost militant following toward brand names.

Take for example Apple, from what I hear the city of San Francisco is pretty much the mecca of the Apple community. I don't think there is a computer in San Francisco that is made by Microsoft and if you do happen to walk into a coffee shop in San Francisco with your PC laptop, your looked at like as if there is something wrong with you. The stereotypes even follow there perceptive figure heads, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. Steve Jobs is looked at as an innovator, a leader, someone that we should try and be like, Bill Gates on the other hand is looked at as cooperate, money hungry, as being part of, "the system", the Willie Loman from Death of a Salesman.

I see it as a battle to rule the world actually, and if you think Microsoft and Apple are the only big players, think again, Google it seems also wants its share of taking over the world. It's not just a search engine, here is a list of Google Products---->GOOGLE heck this blog is a Google Product! As a consumer, I really don't care, there are positives with all these companies and as most consumers, I'm really encouraged by the competition that these technology businesses have with one another, competition can only benefit us, the public. In any event, I look forward to being ruled by our geek overlords.

MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE

2009-09-29T20:06:00.000-07:00

The Master Of The Flying Guillotine is one of my favorite martial arts B movies of all time. Just by curiosity I searched for it on Youtube, and I found it! Not just trailers but the entire movie, I don't think I've seen the entire movie uncut before, most of my recollection about this movie was when it was shown on TV. As a kid growing up in L.A. this movie was continuously shown over and over and over again, I think it was channel 13 that really had this movie on like almost once a month, or so it seems. I guess all those hours as a kid standing in front of the TV didn't make me completely into a zombie, this movie was one that really stood out to me or at least it was a movie that my brains cells were able to attain and remember.

One of the things that stand out about the movie was the soundtrack, especially every time you saw the "Master of the flying guillotine", the theme music sounded wicked, like a mix between Godzilla and the Exorcist, it was scary and ominous, probably one of the most distinct themes you'll ever hear, almost as ominous as the "Darth Vader" theme.

Here is the music I'm talking about :

As I was watching Master Of The Flying Guillotine on YouTube and reliving my childhood, I noticed the swastika symbol on the lead bad guy, huh what? swastika? WTF? I never noticed that when I was a kid watching this movie, and it probably answers my question as to why they no longer show this on regular TV, I guess our society got to politically correct, but then again why is there a swastika symbol there? Did the swastika have any meaning to blind Sholin Monks? I couldn't find anything on Wikipedia about why the swastika symbol was used on a Sholin Monk. I doubt there are any Chinese Nazi Sholin Monks out there, just a new observation I found out on a Martial Arts Classic Movie.

Here is Part 1 of 11 of, "MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE"

Spring Street Smoke House

2009-09-25T21:37:00.000-07:00

I had a class to attend inside one of the buildings on Wilshire Blvd, right in the heart of Korea Town and since I had an hour to kill for lunch, I decided to wander the streets for something interesting to eat. I saw a Subway form a distance but it was just too damn hot that day to walk all the way there, besides there was a black taco truck with bright painted flames parked right in front of building I had just stepped out of, I was defiantly eating there.

I ordered the hot links, its a spicy bbq hot dog that is split and placed into a sandwich. The menu is pretty limiting, I recall only seeing 5 sandwiches, that's it, that's there entire menu. The sandwiches do come with 1/4 slice of dill and corn bread, you can get either a side order of baked beans or coleslaw for an additional dollar. The sandwiches are $8 and in my opinion kinda small for that price. The taste of the sandwich itself was very good, crusty bread, fresh cabbage greens, the sausage was tasty, and it had just the right amount of bbq sauce.

Food trucks have long been known as a place to get more food for you buck, however I think many food trucks that are new, that are up and coming are bucking this trend. I think this food truck is definitely one of them, not an everyday eatery for me but its defiantly quality over quantity.

Spring Street Smokehouse
1910 Colorado Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90041
(323) 997-9097

India Sweets & Spices

2009-09-22T19:11:00.000-07:00

I'm a total n00b when it comes to Indian food, but I figured I finally pay a visit to India Sweets & Spices since I live in Atwater. I ordered the number 3 combo (as I read off of the menu)

which includes 2 curries of the day, served with Basamati Rice, Chapati (baked bread) or Puri (fried bread), vegatable Samosa pickles, salad & Papad *choice of 1 Sahake or Lassi or 2 Rasamalai or Gulab Jamun, did you get that? Yeah neither did I, but it sure tasted good.

This is a Indian grocery store/Indian cafeteria place. I think it adds a unique flavor to the neighborhood both literally and figuratively, I remember the past life of this stores location as being a billiard hall, let me tell you that billiard hall was trouble almost every weekend, this store/cafeteriahas been a welcomed relief then its predecessors.

I realize that the cafeteria layout isn't the best representative for Indian food, heck any type of cafeteria laid out food will eventually not taste as good as if you were in a traditional sit down restaurant. But like I said I'm very uneducated when it comes to Indian food, I think the food I had here was a good beginners course for influencing me to try and find out other Indian style restaurants in Los Angeles.

I am a ravenous meat eater, I was very pleased that I could get full eating vegetarian. India Sweets & Spice is a vegetarian/vegans best friend, in fact as I pour over there menu, I've just come to realized that they don't serve meat! Not serving any meat, fine by me I was full after my meal, and the food has just enough heat to it that it lets you know its there, I like things spicy, this establishment had some decent heat to its dishes.

India Sweets & Spices
3126 Los Feliz Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90039
(323) 345-0360

If Drinkin' Don't Kill me

2009-09-18T01:41:00.000-07:00

The bars are all closed
It?s four in the morning
Must have shut 'em all down
By the shape that I'm in
I lay my head on the wheel
And the horn begins honking
The whole neighborhood knows
That I'm home drunk again

(Chorus:)
And if drinking don't kill me
Her memory will
I can't hold out much longer
The way that I feel
With the blood from my body
I could start my own still
but if drinking don't kill me
Her memory will

These wild old bones they move slow
But so sure of their footsteps
As I trip on the floor
And lightly touch down
Lord it?s been ten bottles
Since I tried to forget her
But the memory still lingers
Lying here on the ground

Union Station Los Angeles

2009-09-18T00:33:00.000-07:00

"Film noir" is probably the best way to describe Union Station to someone who has never been here, a close second would be to describe Union Station as an airport with out the jet lag. This is a wonderful place
to takes pictures, its a virtual gold mind from ceiling to floor. This area has a unique mood to it, its hard to explain it, only thing I can say is that it is a very one-of-a-kind feel that will stick with you long after your visit.

I love trains, for sentimental reasons I can remember my grandfather back in the Philippines letting me ride in the head car, and for practical reasons, it's super green to ride a train then it is to ride in your car, its super green to ride a bus or ride a bike, but riding trains makes you look that much cooler.

Looking for a great place to have a wedding reception? Well Union Station is a great place, I think to have a wedding reception, the "Film Noir" feel of Union Station, the architecture, the history, the high ceilings, really adds to a memorable wedding reception, plus night time at Union Station you get different looks than you would get during the day, the night only adds to an already romantic and "movie like" environment.

All This Time

2009-09-11T14:37:00.000-07:00

Tiffany - All This Time - Tiffany

All this time

I knew someday youd need to find
Something that you left behind
Something I cant give you

All these tears
And like alight love disappears
But hearts are good for souvenirs
And memories are forever

All this time
All in all Ive no regrets
The sun still shines the sun still sets
The heart forgives the heart forgets
But what will I do now with all this time

One more kiss
Even though its come to this
Ill close my eyes and make a wish
Hoping you remember

All this time
All in all Ive no regrets
The sun still shines the sun still sets
The heart forgives the heart forgets
But what will I do now with all this time

Say goodbye
Apart well make another try
But dont be sorry if you cry
Ill be crying too

All this time
All in all Ive no regrets
The sun still shines the sun still sets
The heart forgives the heart forgets
But what will I do now with all this time

The 800 Pound Gorilla

2009-09-06T20:21:00.000-07:00

Ever hear the expression, "800 pound gorilla in the room"? That same expression is sometimes interchangeable, instead of an 800 pound gorilla as an analogy, they use an elephant. I get and understand the metaphor, but what I want to know is, why? Very recent events in my life have me running into this very question. Why not acknowledge the 800 pound gorilla? When a certain subject matter which has been so prevalent and so persistent in the last several months, when finally seeing it first hand, why not acknowledge the obvious? Why not talk about it? Oh I see, we have to be "nice", we have to be non confrontational, we shouldn't be the one to make waves, and my personal favorite, "who are you to judge?" So let's all play, "The emperor has no clothes" and let's all drink from the Kool Aid so we won't talk about the obvious, but instead pretend we don't see it and go along with the crowd.

What do you do in this situation? Listen I don't want to generalize, every individual situation merits a bit of judgment on the part of the one trying to tell it like it is. In a life in death situation, of course you have to stand up, you have to speak up and you have to be herd, no doubt about it. Even if that other person will hate you for the rest of your life, you do it, that would be a price I'd be willing to pay. My situation isn't like that, it has more to do with seeing someone you love and care about doing stupid things, being selfish and being down right immature. No one is being confrontational, no one is making waves, and as far as me judging people, hey let's just say I'm entitled to my own opinion. I've learned that not every point, needs a counter point, some people no matter what you do, no matter you say, no matter how big a wave you make, they just won't listen, and truth be told, that individual doesn't care what you think or say. We live with certain loves ones and we know them very well, sometimes to the point where we see patterns and repeating issues in there lives, from an outsiders point of view saying something to them and confronting them for there stupidity seems like the obvious way to go, but what if you've already done that before and they don't change there behavior? So what's the answer : you just let them be. Some people want to learn the hard way.

I'm not drinking from the Kool-Aid, I realize the emperor has no clothes, and that an 800 pound gorilla is in the room and is starting to stink up the place something nasty. Yes we all see your 800 pound gorilla, I just wish that certain individual saw it to and acknowledge it, because if you don't that gorilla is gonna start taking a dump every where and before you know it, you'll be waist high in gorilla shit.

This Week's Video

2009-08-31T00:52:00.000-07:00

I have a thing for old time actresses, those that come from the Golden Age of Hollywood. The kind of women that my grandfather would know. There is just something about it, I think they were truly some of the most beautiful women that have ever walked the earth, seriously! Today Hollywood is filled with boob jobs, tummy tucks, collagen injections, eating disorders, gratuitous nudity in movies, and every thing superficial under the sun. Leading ladies of the Golden Age of Hollywood, had to work with less, and they sure as hell didn't have plastic surgeons giving boobs jobs left and right. All the old time actresses in my opinion were 10 times more sexy then the ones now, and they keep there clothes on back then, go figure.

Pink's Hot Dog

2009-08-29T11:05:00.000-07:00

I got myself the "Huell Howser Dog", yes I am a big fan of his. Pink's Hot Dogs, who hasn't been here? I've been here several times, in long lines and in not so long lines. You got to give props to a place that has been selling hot dogs since 1939 and at the same location as well. Pink's is going to turn 70 this year and it will more than likely, be around for another 70 years.

This place takes cash only.

Parking is a pain in the ass, so by all means car pool.

Lines are long and you'll be questioning if the payoff is worth it.

I think everyone needs to go here at least once, but I have to admit that the historical value while interesting, doesn't translate to the food, people are going to blur the novelty of this place and the food itself, the novelty is definitely interesting, the food is very ordinary.

The Number 150

2009-08-26T12:56:00.001-07:00

Since I'm no longer on MySpace, Twitter or Facebook, I figured I'd go shopping for a unique social networking site, "Robo.to" looks like a cool website, it allows you to download a about a 10 second video "tweet", I don't know I think its kinda cool. Facebook and Twitter have gotten so much media attention these days, its like the shiny new toy that everyone seems to gravitate to, well that maybe true but if history teaches us anything, it's just what's shiny for now and in a couple of years the general public will "shine over" on something else. We are all tribal creatures, we all want to be part of a special group, a tribe that we can all associate with and I read that 150 is the key number, that if the number of your associates goes above 150 people, that we more often then not won't feel special anymore, that we won't feel like we are part of the tribe. It kinda makes scene but I don't know if it's true or not.

Anyways I think people are coming back to blogging, maybe for that reason that the numbers got to high. It's come full cycle since blogging is now 10 years old. Facebook and Twitter going to be this popular 10 years from now? I doubt it.

This Week's Video

2009-08-24T00:40:00.000-07:00

Goosebumps guaranteed every time I hear this song.

My Dreams Are Freak’n Me Out

2009-08-22T23:32:00.000-07:00

This is what I wrote back in March 29 of this year, I originally posted this on my old blog on Wordpress.com, thankfully I was still able to find this one thanks to Google search even though my account on Wordpress is closed.

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So I had a dream about my cousin Joyce the other night and I decided to tell her and Earl about it after church that Sunday. The dream was this; I came to there house to see there new born daughter (she doesn’t have kids yet), in the dream they placed the crib in a particular room, the open room between the bathroom and there room, I told them that in the dream that room was colored light blue, I remember being disappointed in the dream because there baby daughter was asleep and I couldn’t carry her, so I decided to play with my nephew Julian in the backyard, I remember telling him to be careful because they were doing some construction to the side of the house, maybe planting more plants and such. Then I cased my nephew Julian inside the house, someone was studying in the empty room across from the bathroom, my cousin Gemmy was studying for a test and was in that empty room in the corner trying to study, so what me and my nephew did, we busted in that room like a bunch of wild wildebeests yelling and stomping, and then we left….hahaha! So I told Joyce my dream and low and behold, that room that I described will be light blue! Now its not light blue at the current moment, but she will paint it light blue! She told me she has already concrete plans on painting that room that color, it not a matter of if, but when. That freaked me out, I’ve been to there house numerous times and I don’t pay attention to the colors oh there walls, how would I know that?
Its happened before, my dreams are like some kind of combination of the present places, future events, and messages from relatives that are no longer alive. I’ve had dreams from my grandparents, my uncle, I’ve experienced deja vu, deja vu in a way that I must have dreamed an event before it happens and the experiences are somehow matching what I dream of, thus making me experiencing deja vu because I’m reliving my dream, …did that make sense?(hehehe) . True story, I developed a friendship with a girl from Hawaii, one day I had a dream about her kitchen, the tables, the color of the floor, the screen door, the broom hanging in the corner, I dreamed about her riding in a white van, with tan leather seats and a side sliding door. I told her that dream, she was quiet as I described it, when I finished telling her my dream, she was quiet some more, it felt like forever before she responded to what I had told her, I thought I was boring her or making a jackass out of myself, guess what….I described EVERYTHING, PERFECTLY!!! EVERYTHING!!! She was like, “Are you spying on me?!” Needless to say we were both freaked out of our minds. I was genuinely scared, its like I tapped into some kind of alternative brain power. By the way, I have never been to Hawaii.

So in order for my dream about Joyce to come true these things must happen:
- Joyce and Earl will have a daughter
- The room where they are going to keep the crib will be light blue (the room becoming light blue is true already)
- There will be some kind of construction at the side of there house
- Gemmy will take the empty room and study there and me and Julian will disturb her…lol!!!

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In any event fast forward to present day, my cousin Joyce announced to the family 2 weeks ago that she is pregnant, her baby is due in February. She has chosen to wait until the baby is born to find out wither it is a boy or a girl, usually by the 12th week of gestation the sex of the baby is identified via ultrasound, my cousin wants to be surprised. Personally I don't think I could wait that long, to me its like being a kid during Christmas time and waiting for Christmas to arrive, it's like torture,grrRRRRRrrrr! I want to know already! But hey I guess these are one of life's few surprises that you want. So I guess I have to wait till February and see if what I dreamed comes true, I have this feeling it will. Like I said my dreams are freak'n me out.

My Wordpress Blog Deleted!!!!

2009-08-19T23:37:00.000-07:00

"This blog has been archived or suspended for a violation of our Terms of Service."

Seriously? What was it that I posted that violated there TOS? I never even got an email explaining why they deleted my blog, not an explanation, not a warning, nothing, they just deleted my blog. I'm left with guessing as to why they deleted my blog, was it because I posted a blog about "Guess Her Muff" its an adult themed blog, a blog from Blogger by the way, seems like like the folks here at Google Blogger are okay with that. Was it my blog on news caster Mia Lee and my opinions on her plastic surgery? Really? That's my opinion, that's like censoring TMZ FFS! That's like censoring any political opinion blog and we all that there are thousands of blogs like that in the blogosphere. I only mention these two posts of mine because these two posts in particular got the most constant and the most numerous views than any blog post I had on Wordpress, and the Mia Lee post got the most comments. But you see I'm left wondering, I'm left hanging, if the good folks at Wordpress would have given me a warning, or a heads up that I was violating there TOS, then I would have obliged there requests, but no they just decided to get rid of my blog. Fucking lame.

In any event I've learned that in the new media age, nothing lasts forever. The time you invested into something wither it be blogs like Wordpress, pictures you post on Flicker or Picasa, or your social networks like Facebook or Twitter, always know that they can disappear like that, here today and gone tomorrow, these companies are looking out for themselves so be careful. I wouldn't put all my eggs in one basket as they say, no matter how much you've invested or how much you perceive your intentions to be good are, just keep yourself at arms length because you might get hit.

Gateway Animal Hospital

2009-08-19T18:23:00.000-07:00

A decade ago it was Carla and Alvin, both were great dogs and lived long healthy lives. Now it's Bugoy who is 10 years old, Peanut and Burrito both of which are 10 months old. This is a very good place to bring your dog, I have never had an issue with there services at all. As a good dog owner you have to keep vigilant with your dogs health, and a lot of the responsibly with regards to keeping your dog up with to date with any shots he may need, giving your dog quality food, and consistent exercise, I think a lot if not the majority of your dogs health falls upon the owner.

Having 3 dogs at home; Peanut, Bugoy, and Burrito, I figured that it would be safer to have Peanut, the only female, spayed. I brought Peanut who is a short haired chihuahua in yesterday morning and they told me that I could pick her up the next day. It was simple and convenient (for me that is) and in picking up my dog today she looked remarkably well adjusted, they say it would take a couple of days for my dog to get back to normal but what I really liked was how the doctor used suture material that dissolves, so that there are no sutures to be removed, that the sutures were inside and would dissolve. No need for to come back in 3 weeks and no need for my dog to wear one of those cone collars. Dr. Jimerson is the one that takes care of all my dogs and I would recommend him to anybody. Oh here is a tip, go to http://www.laanimalser... and get a coupon worth $30 off your bill when you get your pet spayed or neutered.

At times the waiting area can get a little crowed, a little warm, and a little noisy, but even with this the staff is very patient and very professional.

This Weeks Video

2009-08-18T19:28:00.001-07:00

Pon De Floor featuring Afro Jack & VYBZ Carel.
This video is full of win!

This is why your fat

2009-08-18T19:15:00.000-07:00

Found this website (http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/) and it displays deep fried, super fattening, artery clogging, heart attacking, stoke inducing, gut busting food…yeah pretty disgusting. The most disturbing thing is, this is food that people actually eat! The pictures are not photo shopped, its the real deal, people are actually eating this, and they ask why America is fat. Now I’m all for eating meat, I’m all for indulging in foods once in awhile, but common these foods will kill you. These foods should come with there own defibrillator paddles.

"The 10 most disturbing books of all time."

2009-08-18T19:10:00.000-07:00

I’ve been inspired to go back to the library after reading this article on line, “The 10 Most Disturbing Books Of All Time“ I remember when this year started, I promised myself to read at least a book a month, well lets just say I was good for only a couple of months. These books look like really intense reads and I look forward to reading them, hopefully I can still reach my goal number of reading 12 books a year and who knows, maybe even reading more than that.

Truth, Lies, and Deception

2009-08-18T18:54:00.000-07:00

Liars, cheaters, con artists, I hate people like that. I mean who likes people like that?
Give me someone who can be a complete and utter asshole to me, I’d give them more respect for being upfront and honest about it, then someone being nice to me and then stabbing me in the back later on. They are the leaches of society, sucking the life blood of all things good. Lying to some people is like an addiction, they can’t stop, soon they start to believe there own bullshit. I love being honest, really I mean there was a period in my life when I was too honest, brutally honest. Well I’m glad to say that I’ve changed, I’m now better at holding my tongue. Sometimes the truth hurts and I’ve learned that everyone needs to practice a little restraint when it comes to truth telling, sometimes stating the obvious and being brutally honest makes for poor judgment and only ends up in making you in poor standing with that person, sorta like a lie, yeah go figure. However I will say, if I get 3 or 4 beers in me, I start being brutally honest again, that is why I like stopping at 2.

Liar

Definition : person who tells falsehood

Synonyms: cheat , con artist, deceiver, deluder, dissimulator, equivocator, fabler, fabricator, fabulist, false witness, falsifier, fibber, maligner, misleader, perjurer,phony, prevaricator, promoter, storyteller, trickster

These are some of my favorite quotes on the subject.

“I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
“A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.” - William Blake
“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” - Henry Ellis
“It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.” – Arthur Calwell
“Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.” – Aristotle
“If you do not wish to be lied to, do not ask questions. If there were no questions, there would be no lies.” – B. Traven
“Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
“A liar should have a good memory.” – Quintilian
“We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.” – Dr. Samuel Johnson
“The worst thing about being lied to is knowing you weren’t worth the truth.” - Anonymous

Thoughts On Karma: Karma’s A Bitch

2009-08-18T00:21:00.000-07:00

I’m not sure if I believe in karma, at least not in a deep religious sorta way. I also don’t think that karma is some kind of whimsy philosophical idea that should be set aside as being small or trivial, I for sure don’t believe in the concept that things are random and that “shit happens”, the idea of karma certainly strikes a cord with me. Karma is just a name, it is a word that has come to be associated with a lot of sayings and beliefs our society has come to know, sayings like; “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.” (The Golden Rule), “What goes around, comes around.”, “Paybacks a bitch.”, “It will come back to bite you in the ass.” Certainly these phrases are a Western interprutation of what in general karma is about. Reccent events in my life have me thinking of karma, do individuals that do stupid things get back whats coming to them? Is there some kind of mystical outside force applying fate as a result of past behaviour? Hmmmmm…I don’t think there’s a 1:1 correlation between actions you do and actions that befall you, but I do believe the shit you do comes back to you, one way or another, even if you don’t recognize the connection, pretty much you get back what you send out.

I believe in conscience more, then I do karma I guess. I can appreciate karma because it deals more and focuses more on people’s actions rather than some form of moral thought or conscience that prevents people from doing bad or stupid things, morals and conscience come into play before you act, karma deals with what you’ve done. So I do believe in karma, if I don’t believe in karma it might come back to bite me in the ass, ahahahahaha! The thing about karma that I am 100 % certain on, is that sometimes I think karma is way too slow. So somebody call the karma police!

My New Computer and Fry’s Electronics

2009-08-17T23:26:00.000-07:00

The stats :
Gateway DX4820-01 Desktop

Processor : Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor 8300 (2.5GHz | 6MB L2 cache | 1333MHz)

operating System : Windows Vista® Home Premium 64-bit with Service Pack 1

Chipset : Intel® G43 Express Chipset + ICH10

Memory : 6GB DDR3 Memory

Hard Drive : 750GB SATA Hard Drive

Card Reader : Multi-in-One Digital Media Card Reader with Photo Frame Button

Audio : (7.1) High-Definition Audio, Amplified Stereo Speakers (USB Powered)

Key Board & Mouse : ” Premium Multimedia Keyboard, USB Optical 3-Button Wheel Mouse

Optical Drive : 18X DVD+/-R/RW Super Multi-Format Dual Layer Drive featuring LabelFlash™ Technology

After 8 years my old Gateway desktop computer was at its last legs and needed to be put out to pasture. 8 years ago I had a choice between Gateway or Dell,
at the time Gateway was an up and coming company and on the surface it looked like a company you could bank on, well unfortunately Gateway didn’t last as strong as Dell. Dell computers you see everywhere, Gateway not so much. The last 2 years my old Gateway needed to be “Frankensteined” numerous times just to be able for it to turn on.
When I went to out to buy a new computer I vowed that I would never get another Gateway, looks like I was wrong. Just doing the comparisons of what I was getting and making every dollar count, Gateway was on the mark. For me and at this point of my life, all I was looking for was a general all purpose desktop computer that would run and do general music, pictures, and movies without delay. Its true the Gateway company has fallen off since I bought my first computer 8 years ago, but looking close at Gateway they are on the rise again and more so since they were bought my the Acer company a couple years back. Overall I’d like to have my computers last for about a dozen years, but I guess 8 years wasn’t that bad.

Now a word on Fry’s Electronics, this place is like Radio Shack, on steroids. It is the Costco of electronics, you can find anything and everything here with regards to computers, electronics, and anything that moves, flashes, or makes a noise. This place even serves food as you walk towards the check out counters.
The big thing I must say, is that customer service is great, that is if you know WTF your talking about, if your looking for technical computer stuff, you better know how to, “speak the language”, computer n00bs like myself don’t speak nerd, its like a language in itself, I think this is the reason why many people are frustrated with customer service here, there is a communication gap between, Mr. Computer n00b like myself and tech nerds that work as employees here, if you need a part for your computer its best to come with someone who knows WTF is going on, kinda like a nerd translator. I think every family needs a computer nerd in the family, just for those times when your computer dies out on you and you don’t want to pay big money to get it fixed. Thankfully my uncle is a computer nerd and is a regular at Fry’s. It was incredible watching my uncle and the customer help employees talk about computer tech and parts, it made me feel like I was at a Stark Trek Convention.
Lastly I have to mention all the eye candy here, if you came into the store aimed at just buying one item, then good luck. Every aisle is filled with impulse items, I have to admit they are kinda cool. Plus the store looks really out of the ordinary, the entrance way looks like a UFO just crashed into the building, there are giant ants, giant spiders, army vehicles, and a giant Octopus braking down the wall, not your typical electronic store that’s for sure.