i’m in a very reflective mood, probably because the year is almost over, or maybe its because i don’t have a TV

2013, you sick son of a bitch.

i learned that its hard to go 72 hours without checking worldstarhiphop. hwoever, the flipside to that, if you’re busy for an entire weekend. say you went somewhere for the weekend, and you were unable to check WSHH. then its fucking fun just to open your laptop and catch up on 3 days of WSHH.

my mom and dad went to the deyoung museum on saturday, so i went with. i wasn’t complaining or trying to be negative, but i couldn’t resist entirely. they were showing a collection of art from david hockney. for every piece of art we saw, i could only think of 2 things. either 1)  i could do that or 2) ok wow, i can’t do that

 i couldn’t help it, i honestly think i could do some of the stuff that he did. like, if i dedicated 3 months of my life to only focus on trying to do one of his easier looking paintings, no sweat

my mom and i would look at a painting and i would tell her that i think i could do it. and my always-encouraging mom would say “no you can’t”. then i tell her that i really think i can, it’s not thaaat hard. then she says “no you can’t, look at the detail blah blah blah...”.  ok fine. then it's onto the next painting...

--

enough with the bull shit.
- ELF is not the best christmas movie.
- Home Alone2 is a lot better then Home Alone, and i don't think its that close
- if i had to rank christmas movies, based on how excited i would be to watch them righttttt now it would be

1. Home Alone 2
2. Jingle all the Way
3. The Santa Claus
4. Home alone
5. elf

-i'm such a bad christmas shopper, it's ridiculous. i can never decide what someone will like and i always wait til the last minute. i try to shop online, but i just can't do it. i can't imagine what the product actuallyyyy looks and feels like. i swear, i'm like a 60year old man, i have to go to the physical store and then decide if i want to buy it or not

-and i realized that if i'm talking to a salesman and he or she tells me its "reversible". then game over, i'll buy it. i'm so damn practical its gross. the last 2 xmas gifts for my mom have been reversible. wait, its a black jacket, but it also turns into a purple jacket??? in my head, i'm thinking, wait, so i get 2 items for the price of 1. umm, yes please

i was walking downtown after work the other day, and as i was about to cross the street, i see 4 really tall guys. then i realize,

shit it's anthony davis. and al-farouq amini, darius miller, and eric gordon

so instantly, i post up at the street corner where they are about to walk toward. in my head, i'm thinking i'll take a couple pictures just for the hell of it, and then i'll let them go, i won't go crazy stalker kid on them, it's almost 2014, i'm not a kid anymore..

i get my camera ready, and when they walk by i snap about 4-5 pictures. i look at the pictures that i took, and they were OK. i just stand there and watch them walk away. i know i should just continue on with my business. i stand there for another 10 seconds. then i think. hmmmFUCKIT, i'm going to follow them. i catch up to them and follow them for a good 9 minutes (until they walk into their hotel). i might have walked past them to get in front of them and snap a new round of 4-5 pictures. i might have

i really miss baseball. this happens every year around this time. i get tired of basketball and football. i just want to watch one baseball game. even if it's the blue jays vs. the Rockies, i don't care



football is cool and all, but i'm not as into it as last year or the year before. watching PBS's documentary League of Denial and videos like that one ^ have sort of killed it for me. (League of Denial is free on pbs.com, and it's really good). football is really exciting, but i just feel bad for these players. they're uneducated. i mean, by far (extremely far), NFL players must have the lowest IQ of the 4 biggest sports (same goes with the fans' IQ right? a "die-hard NFL fan" is not smarter than a "die-hard baseball fan" or a "die-hard basketball fan" ON AVERAGE). they're contracts are not guaranteed, and they have an average career of like 2-3 years. plus, everything we know about concussions and whatnot. it sounds horrible. with these players, if you get hurt, it's just on to the next player

i mean, if my friend's dad was in the NFL and had a 9-year career, the 12-year old me would think that was the coolest thing in the world. but the 23-year old me wouldn't think it's thaaat cool, and would just be concerned for him.
-----

which reminds me of the first time i won a championship in fantasy basketball, it was me and kyle lee in the finals, and i took it down

 i've been in a very reflective mood recently
at the start of the year, i had 4 watches. 2 nixon watches (one black and one brown), a nicer Raymond Weil watch, and a cheaper boccia watch. earlier in the year, i misplaced my black nixon watch. i thought it would someday turn up, but it never did.  the cheaper one's battery died about 3 months ago and i haven't got the battery replaced. and in late september i misplaced the brown nixon watch. i thought that i would find it when i moved out of my last apartment, nope

so i'm down to this last one. and unfortunately, i think its inevitable that i lose it. i'm going to do everything i can to avoid it, but i just don't think i can keep dodging the bullets. i'm already trying to prepare myself. it's going to happen, so why act surprised when it does. it's ok, it's been real. i hope that whoever finds it, enjoys it. and i'll move on

little fun fact: in the past 4 years, i've received TWO Watch Cases/Holders as gifts. where are the TWO watch cases/holders now?  no idea

luv sharktank

i might have a good idea.
i use my iphone as my alarm clock, and have 5 different alarms set because i'm scared that i'll sleep through one or a couple of them and oversleep. so, wouldn't it be cool if there was an option, when your alarm goes off, instead of turning off the alarm with a "swipe", you need to solve a mini puzzle.

so let's say, your alarm goes off at 6am. and instead of just "swiping" the alarm off. this appears on your screen:

"NAME 5 different fast-food locations"

and then you'd have to type in 5 fast-food locations in order for the alarm to finally turn off. this way, you can't just subconsciously swipe your alarm off. this way, you'll be wide awake because you'll have to think in order to turn off your alarm
..........
hi sharks, my name is grant and i created blah blah blah, and i'm seeking $250,000 for 15% stake in my company...who wants to join me as we put an end...

i woke up with a small cold this morning, and when i was sat down on the bus i checked my backpack for a kleenex, but didn't have one. then a girl sits next to me, and the first thing she does is take out a ziploc bag of kleenex to blow her nose. am i supposed to ask her for one, make small talk, exchange numbers, fall in love, and live happily ever after?

or am i supposed to mind my own business, ignore her, sniffle the entire bus ride, then walk to my office's bathroom to finally blow my nose?

hmm? which one? ignore her and blow my nose when i get to work? ok, i thought so

change

if i make it sound too dramatic, i apologize, it wasn't that dramatic, no one's life was in danger
if i make it seem like a joke, i apologize, because its a shitty situation with lots of losers, and no winners

i can't believe it's been almost a month already

november 6th, its 3am, i'm sleeping. and i kind of wake up, because i hear what sounds like rain outside. i'm half asleep, but it sounds like it's raining pretty hard. i remember thinking 'i didn't know it was supposed to rain' today, oh well. then i hear our door bell ring 5 times. i'm thinking its some drunk person outside acting like a drunk person. i ignore it, then 20 seconds later, 5 more door bell rings. i ignore it, and then like 20 seconds later, 5 more door bell rings. i finally roll out of bed and look out my window and see red, and then i smell the smoke. my blinds were closed, so i run up to my window and see the fire. it's burning the building right next to our apartment. holyshit