There is a Law and Order SVU Marathon going on right now. Robin Williams appeared as his own defense during this episode, and he won his own case.
Today was one of the first days where I was able to link up with the usual gang. Names will not be dropped, but if you know, you know. Something different, and out of the ¨usual¨ from social distancing.
This six pack of Naturdays is doing me a favor. I cooked breakfast for BL this morning, and I am planning a trip up north tomorrow.
This post is short, sweet, and too the point. Chao.
Monday, May 25, 2020
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
relearning how to kickflip
Today is Wednesday, at least I think it is. It started out as usual, except that BL figured out how to attach her antenna to her television. So, you could say that today started differently solely to the fact that I was watching Good Morning America. I had not seen Al Roker´s face in like, years.
I decided that I was going to skate today. As of late, I have been skating more than often just because of the never ending free time that I have. But instead of just skating on the block, I thought that I would step out the jaunt for a little bit. I hop in my car, and hope for the best. The Coliseum. That sounds like a good spot to hit, yeah? Yeah, that´s what I thought to. I pass it, and a multitude of other spots, only to continue down Leigh Street with my windows down and music playing in the background. It would have been the perfect backdrop for the opening of Hawaii 5-0.
Anyway, the moral of the story is that I ended up driving around for a solid hour just cooling. Vibing, if you will. ¨Vibe¨"is such a funny word nowadays. Sometimes I can´t tell if I decide to use it for comedic purposes or just to make fun. I get back to where I started, and park my car on the same block. I even got to park it in the same spot. That specific spot makes it so I don´t have to worry about being blocked in, giving me easy access to escape at any given moment. At that point, I had told myself that I was not going to skate at all. But then I though to myself ¨ You just sat in your car for about an hour, and didn´t even touch your board. You gotta get some.¨ And get some I did, and started to push around. That´s all it takes. It´s the feeling that you get from stepping on your board. The feeling of landing a trick how you believe it´s supposed to be landed. The feeling of skating flatground, without a care in the world. The feeling that reminds you of how you first started skating, and why you started it in the first place.
Lucky enough for me, DG rolled through out of the cut and we cooled it for a minute. I did about 10 tre flips in a row for the first time in a long time. IG has it documented. I even relearned how to get the proper flick on kickflips.
Today has been good.
I decided that I was going to skate today. As of late, I have been skating more than often just because of the never ending free time that I have. But instead of just skating on the block, I thought that I would step out the jaunt for a little bit. I hop in my car, and hope for the best. The Coliseum. That sounds like a good spot to hit, yeah? Yeah, that´s what I thought to. I pass it, and a multitude of other spots, only to continue down Leigh Street with my windows down and music playing in the background. It would have been the perfect backdrop for the opening of Hawaii 5-0.
Anyway, the moral of the story is that I ended up driving around for a solid hour just cooling. Vibing, if you will. ¨Vibe¨"is such a funny word nowadays. Sometimes I can´t tell if I decide to use it for comedic purposes or just to make fun. I get back to where I started, and park my car on the same block. I even got to park it in the same spot. That specific spot makes it so I don´t have to worry about being blocked in, giving me easy access to escape at any given moment. At that point, I had told myself that I was not going to skate at all. But then I though to myself ¨ You just sat in your car for about an hour, and didn´t even touch your board. You gotta get some.¨ And get some I did, and started to push around. That´s all it takes. It´s the feeling that you get from stepping on your board. The feeling of landing a trick how you believe it´s supposed to be landed. The feeling of skating flatground, without a care in the world. The feeling that reminds you of how you first started skating, and why you started it in the first place.
Lucky enough for me, DG rolled through out of the cut and we cooled it for a minute. I did about 10 tre flips in a row for the first time in a long time. IG has it documented. I even relearned how to get the proper flick on kickflips.
Today has been good.
Sunday, May 10, 2020
time flies
A year ago yesterday, I graduated college. If I´m being honest, the actual graduation itself was kinda wack. We did it at the convention center, which isn´t my favorite venue for a graduation. The business school gets priority for the Siegel Center, and that´s probably because they are such a huge school on campus. Nevertheless, the feeling of crossing the stage and knowing that you have finished what had been your life for close to 5 years is nothing that can be beat. 365 days ago I ended one of the most interesting, and challenging times of my life.
It is always good to reflect. I can´t forget that my journey in uni started at Marymount. I made some of my best friends there. VCU may have been the best decision that I have ever made in my life just because of the proximity of the school to where I lived. I learned the most about myself here. I learned how to think critically. I learned how to craft a research presentation and tailor it to a specific audience. I learned how to survive off of 7-11 coffee and peanut butter crackers. I learned how to stretch that $5 for a day or two. I learned how to make the most of a $9.50/hour job. I learned how to work 2 jobs at once, and sometimes even 3. These are the things that make you into the person that you become, and I think that my time at VCU has molded me into the person that I am.
As of right now, there are now only two people in our groupchat that have not graduated. 2 days ago, it was 4. Time does fly, indeed.
It is always good to reflect. I can´t forget that my journey in uni started at Marymount. I made some of my best friends there. VCU may have been the best decision that I have ever made in my life just because of the proximity of the school to where I lived. I learned the most about myself here. I learned how to think critically. I learned how to craft a research presentation and tailor it to a specific audience. I learned how to survive off of 7-11 coffee and peanut butter crackers. I learned how to stretch that $5 for a day or two. I learned how to make the most of a $9.50/hour job. I learned how to work 2 jobs at once, and sometimes even 3. These are the things that make you into the person that you become, and I think that my time at VCU has molded me into the person that I am.
As of right now, there are now only two people in our groupchat that have not graduated. 2 days ago, it was 4. Time does fly, indeed.
Saturday, May 9, 2020
diario diario
Last night, I got wasted off of wine. Today, as in right this moment, I'm sitting on a patch of grass in Randolp with BL. We thought that going to the river would be a bright idea. Well, I have one word for that: WRONG. There were so many fucking people out and about.
Estoy seguro que la gente está cansado de la mierda que viene con el coronavirus. Hemos hecho lo que el gobierno dice ¨social distancing¨ por un mes, casi siguiendo a dos meses. Es bastante loco y temible que nuestro país ha cambiado tan drastico en menos que dos meses. En mi opinión, creo que esta situación es algo E.E.U.U. necesitaba por mucho tiempo. Y todavía la necesitamos. Es mejor decir que mi país, mi patria la merecía. Lo que está pasando es una llamada desde las fuerzas que controlan las cotidianas de cada humano que camina en La Tierra.
Hemos visto los fallos de los gobiernos al rededor del mundo en el proceso de combatir en contra de esta enfermidad. Los resultados hablan por sí mismos. Nuestras enfocadas tienen que cambiar si quisieramos ver algun tipo de progreso positivo. Ojalá que podamos usar esta experiencia, y ver que los valores que teníamos hace dos, tres meses no existen más. Hasta que lo suceda, ninguna cosa cambiará nada, y vivermos con las consequencias.
Estoy seguro que la gente está cansado de la mierda que viene con el coronavirus. Hemos hecho lo que el gobierno dice ¨social distancing¨ por un mes, casi siguiendo a dos meses. Es bastante loco y temible que nuestro país ha cambiado tan drastico en menos que dos meses. En mi opinión, creo que esta situación es algo E.E.U.U. necesitaba por mucho tiempo. Y todavía la necesitamos. Es mejor decir que mi país, mi patria la merecía. Lo que está pasando es una llamada desde las fuerzas que controlan las cotidianas de cada humano que camina en La Tierra.
Hemos visto los fallos de los gobiernos al rededor del mundo en el proceso de combatir en contra de esta enfermidad. Los resultados hablan por sí mismos. Nuestras enfocadas tienen que cambiar si quisieramos ver algun tipo de progreso positivo. Ojalá que podamos usar esta experiencia, y ver que los valores que teníamos hace dos, tres meses no existen más. Hasta que lo suceda, ninguna cosa cambiará nada, y vivermos con las consequencias.
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Run that back Turbo
Well, it's Thursday. Another day in the simulation. Another day in quarantine. Another day, nonetheless.
It's quite interesting how memes have, ya know, taken off in the last couple years. UCal created a meme studies department. Same with the University of Texas at Austin. It's just insane.
We can take any event, any video, any screenshot, and recreate it into some wicked format that will get hundreds of likes and retweets and shares. This is the new world. This is high tech. Memes. Would you have ever thought that?
Subreddits are full of em. Deep fried memes. You name it. And it's there.
Hm, slow day at the office Larry? Just a little bit. These last few months have been slow. Why not make a blog about memes? This is gonna go down in history, at some point. Someone's history...
I watched Blondey McCoy's "Out There" that Thrasher posted yesterday. It's crazy because whenever I see him, I think of Palace. But the creation of Thames and still riding for Adidas seems to be pretty cool. The fake tooth was something that I wasn't expecting at all.
Has anybody noticed the weather? Last year around this time, it was about 80 degrees and above every day. But, this year there has only been 1 or 2 days that have been over 80. Smooth 60's, 50's at night. I can dig it.
What else is on my mind? I tried a kickflip into a bank (a natural bank) with a vat of murky water waiting for me at the bottom and got hella mud on my board. I ruined my favorite pair of shorts that I got from the thrift store and managed to salvage a dirty Penn State hoodie that I was gifted years ago (Thanks Sam). I'm sore, but am in the mood to go for a walk and maybe get a coffee. It seems as if I am doing myself and others an injustice If I decide to walk outside and just EXIST in public. Slowy waiting for this pandemic to pan out and give me and the rest of the world their lives back.
I'm currently listening to the "Like I Never Left" documentary by Future on YouTube. The king of misogny, as he has been dubbed by twitter snobs these last couple of years. Understanding that Future got it out of the mud and keeps making hits, is truly inspiring. It makes me feel that I can do anything, even if the realms of the world that we exist in are two completely different areas.
"Real life shit man..... we just taking advantage of the moment. I ain't even done yet..."
It's quite interesting how memes have, ya know, taken off in the last couple years. UCal created a meme studies department. Same with the University of Texas at Austin. It's just insane.
We can take any event, any video, any screenshot, and recreate it into some wicked format that will get hundreds of likes and retweets and shares. This is the new world. This is high tech. Memes. Would you have ever thought that?
Subreddits are full of em. Deep fried memes. You name it. And it's there.
Hm, slow day at the office Larry? Just a little bit. These last few months have been slow. Why not make a blog about memes? This is gonna go down in history, at some point. Someone's history...
I watched Blondey McCoy's "Out There" that Thrasher posted yesterday. It's crazy because whenever I see him, I think of Palace. But the creation of Thames and still riding for Adidas seems to be pretty cool. The fake tooth was something that I wasn't expecting at all.
Has anybody noticed the weather? Last year around this time, it was about 80 degrees and above every day. But, this year there has only been 1 or 2 days that have been over 80. Smooth 60's, 50's at night. I can dig it.
What else is on my mind? I tried a kickflip into a bank (a natural bank) with a vat of murky water waiting for me at the bottom and got hella mud on my board. I ruined my favorite pair of shorts that I got from the thrift store and managed to salvage a dirty Penn State hoodie that I was gifted years ago (Thanks Sam). I'm sore, but am in the mood to go for a walk and maybe get a coffee. It seems as if I am doing myself and others an injustice If I decide to walk outside and just EXIST in public. Slowy waiting for this pandemic to pan out and give me and the rest of the world their lives back.
I'm currently listening to the "Like I Never Left" documentary by Future on YouTube. The king of misogny, as he has been dubbed by twitter snobs these last couple of years. Understanding that Future got it out of the mud and keeps making hits, is truly inspiring. It makes me feel that I can do anything, even if the realms of the world that we exist in are two completely different areas.
"Real life shit man..... we just taking advantage of the moment. I ain't even done yet..."
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Hellscape
Hellscape. Hellscape. Hellscape. Reality doesn't even feel like it's real anymore. The United States has decided to give the governors of each state the capability of re-opening whenver they see fit, and I just don't know how that is going to play out.
Like, I saw a tweet the other day about how some old couple ended up in a 3 person car accident with cars piled on top of each other. I don't know how this relates to how states re-opening on their own will, but it was definitely an opportunity to talk trash about my least favorite state in the world.
Right about now, working for the fed is a freaking dub. I won't get into it, but I'm doing well.
I tried the kickflip that the bountymen posted on the gram and ended up ripping my favorite pair of shorts and getting super dirty. The benefit of the doubt is that it was super wet and nasty. Maybe I'll go back, or maybe I won't!
Life has been super slow as of late. More time for reflection. So much refelction that I'm seeing myself in a mirror... Terrible joke. 4/10 at best. Do not pity me.
I did my laundry today. The tenant has always been super nice and quiet, and today was the first time that I said "hi" to her. She had a soft, low voice and told me to be safe. It's the little things. It's like I want to say hi to people in public, but it's kinda hard to do that with these stupid masks on our face. Oh well.
New York is still on pause. My whole entirety is moved up there. Just waiting on that call to come back.
Waiting. Waiting. Waiting.
PS: I miss the Jersey Turnpike.
Like, I saw a tweet the other day about how some old couple ended up in a 3 person car accident with cars piled on top of each other. I don't know how this relates to how states re-opening on their own will, but it was definitely an opportunity to talk trash about my least favorite state in the world.
Right about now, working for the fed is a freaking dub. I won't get into it, but I'm doing well.
I tried the kickflip that the bountymen posted on the gram and ended up ripping my favorite pair of shorts and getting super dirty. The benefit of the doubt is that it was super wet and nasty. Maybe I'll go back, or maybe I won't!
Life has been super slow as of late. More time for reflection. So much refelction that I'm seeing myself in a mirror... Terrible joke. 4/10 at best. Do not pity me.
I did my laundry today. The tenant has always been super nice and quiet, and today was the first time that I said "hi" to her. She had a soft, low voice and told me to be safe. It's the little things. It's like I want to say hi to people in public, but it's kinda hard to do that with these stupid masks on our face. Oh well.
New York is still on pause. My whole entirety is moved up there. Just waiting on that call to come back.
Waiting. Waiting. Waiting.
PS: I miss the Jersey Turnpike.
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