Hey Cool Cats!

I don't really have anything important to say I just felt like blogging.

So what's been going on gangbangers! I'm still trying to rewrite this one essay of mine to no avail. Now I'm on a mad dash to get this stupid thing finished. Not much progress, as you can see, since I'm on this freaking thing writing up a no-good post.

Anyway, I'm happy to see that for two consecutive months this blog has been hitting over ten posts. This is fantastic. If we can keep this up, we should be able to stay a semi viable group blog. Of course I'd like it if more than me, Vic, and Hoss posted, since this is a group blog. But I ain't gonna force you guys. But I'd like to say THANKS HOSS AND VIC FOR BEING COOL CATS!

DOES THE PICTURE LOOK LIKE ANYONE WE KNOW??

Hey gang, lemme tell ya one of these days we have to go to Orochan and finish the job. I'm saying this 'cause a few hours ago I had me this cup of spicy noodles - chile limon shrimp - and man my insides are killing me. I mean I am camping out on the toilet from pain. Fun fact - when Hoss was a little kid he ate so many spicy cheetos that this sort of stuff doesn't happen to him anymore. That's right, he's got intestinal immunity from spicy foods. I BET YOU DID NOT KNOW THAT, A-MEN FAN!

Probably every tuesday night, for ten to twenty minutes I'll call up the guys for no good reason just to see what's up. It ain't ever a dull moment with the fellas - Hoss might be making an omelete or something or Vic might offer a few pearls of wisdom from that sex-addled brain of his and it's always good. I'd like to encourage all the A-men to start calling each other for no good reason, just as Wakefield started doing all those years ago. Sure we're hard-working, crime-fighting, book-reading, limo-riding, wheelin'-n'-dealin' sonsaguns but that don't mean we can't chitchat!

Say - college night is coming up and it might do us some good to get out there and meet the younger generation. Spend the night stroking our long, whispy beards and laugh at these stupid, self-entitled children talk about their hopes and dreams. Then we throw back our beards, over our shoulders, and laugh deep and heartily. Ha ha ha ha!

Speaking of college night, I vaguely remember one adventure involving us going to a high school somewhere, wandering around looking at college stuff, and then going back home. What the crap was all that about? Does anybody remember? Man somebody's gotta document these things.

Alright, back to my paper. Keep on banging everybody!

I Need Some Help

Hey gangbangers! It's Al. I'm asking anyone of you out there to help me out on my project. You just gotta go to this website here, click on "connect: 3-Kingdoms" and then play it for awhile. Maybe tell me where you guys are in the game, what you're doing, and what your name is. It's to help me get used to this crazy ass environment, which is a pretty big one, and so I don't get murdered out there without the chance to do some research. So the gist of it is - I need you guys to play a game for me. Preferably with me. Like coordinate it so we are both on this thing at the same time.

This won't be the only game I'm playing, mind, there's at least two more: one involves batman and the other is a sex game. The sex game looks especially disgusting, and I'm hoping I won't have to interact with any live players and just get some sick virtual npc action going but then I don't even really wanna do that - more of that nonsense at a later time. For now help me out with that 3-kingdom nonsense... Please?

Vicky B's Top 3 (Feb. Edition)

The Eyes...

The NBA...Where Kryptonite Happens

Wake's P&P's Best Laugh

There we were: me, Chrissy, Wakefield, and Hoss, sitting, in that order - cramped - in the backseat of Victor's tight car. Wake was leaning in such a manner where his face was very close to mine and Hoss body was near-paralleled to him. We were making fun of Beijing Mandarin with there -ers at the end of everything.

I started to talk about how me and Wake were reaching a new level of intimacy when Hoss extended his arm and draped it over Wake's shoulders in a sexual manner. Wake said something like -

Wake: I'm sorry Hoss but I'm not looking for a new relationship right now.

To which Hoss replied, with a sly grin and in a Beijing accent:

Hoss: hǎo wán! (So fun!)

A Useful ATM Tip

I heard a really useful tidbit today about safety measures at ATMs. If you're held up at an ATM by some robber, and they want you to withdraw money for them, type into your PIN number backwards when you enter it. This alerts the bank that you're in trouble, and I guess in effect they notify the cops. I remember hearing this a long time ago, but I have forgotten about it until I heard it again today. Hopefully, you'll never get robbed at an ATM, but if you ever do, you now know what to do. So stay safe!

Dilemma...Dilemma

Okay guys, I need some advice.

Should I buy the new Fray cd and if so, where?

iTunes offers an extra song with a purchase BUT I would not get the album case and I would have to burn the songs to a disc if I wanted in my car let's say. It's $9.99.

Buying it at BestBuy provides both the album case and the physical CD BUT I would have to import all the songs from the CD to my computer and it's $13.99.

Quite a conundrum...

When I Am Pissed Off...

Alrighty you guys,

This post is for future references as the old, pushover Vic is dead and gone.

When I am ticked off at something or someone, I would like to:

be left alone for at least one hour
not hear someone try to make things up by making stupid conversation
keep to myself so I don't reach snapping level
have the people surrounding me at that certain situation not bug me

Man, Ruckus is dead

Now where shall I go for my music needs?

Al Yen's PLACES TO STUDY IN IRVINE Guide!

Hey gang! Have you ever wondered where Al Yen spends his days in Irvine? Well wonder no further! I have the scoop on the favorite studying hotspots Al frequents throughout Irvine. (This is possible because I am him. Al is me. Let's ditch the third person thing right now.)

I've broken down the necessary elements to a successful studying place. I'll list them in no particular order and then describe them with a few short comments and a favorite studying place that fits the description.

1. Has to have white noise.
2. Cannot inspire procrastination.
3. Cannot inspire wanton sleep.
4. A necessary amount of ambiance to maintain an environment full of competition.

(1) I've found that a good amount of white noise is great for studying. Take, for example, an area near an air vent. The constant hum can easily drown out conversation from a neighboring table, yet isn't loud enough to cause a disturbance in my studying. I plug in those earphones and crank it up! Or, if I'm looking for a more concentrated affair - I'll make funny faces as I struggle with the material!

Where You Can Find Me:
Bene Pizza (located at the table near the restroom), Phoenix Grille (at a table hidden in a corner somewhere), The Bus Stop (an actual bus stop, I'm there nearly every day!), The Waterwall (at a bench nearby, usually when it feels like asian-dramaish weather)

(2) At certain places, I'm studying and studying and suddenly I can't study no more! It is not the studying's fault - it is a matter of environment! For example: my office space at my apartment is only mere footsteps from a television, a kitchen, a front yard full of nonsense, a Ralphs, a restroom, etc. etc. I take my eyes from the work and suddenly I wasted six hours watching daytime television. "Whaaat?" Here are a few places that I find procrastination-proof:

Where You Can Find Me:
My Restroom (directly on the toilet seat, it is designed in such a way to accomodate exactly one and a half people - did someone say cozy??), Aldrich Park (laid supine on a field somewhere, there is no place in the world where one can be in the presence of so many people and still feel so, so alone), Natural Sciences Lab (anywhere! there's a reason I can't do much but study in a place like this - I'm not supposed to be there! and to not risk getting caught I quietly study, telling people that I'm "the cleanup guy" working for "financial aid")

(3) Now sometimes I'm in the library, trying to study, and I notice how nice and warm it is and how my arm, with muscles atrophied to hell, is so soft and so comfortable. Ahh. Hey! Where did those three hours I set aside for study time go? Well the Sandman took it, and he's not giving it back because he's a bitch. Oh look at me I'm the Sandman with my bag of sand, dancing around making you sleep because I'm a big gayyy!

Where You Can Find Me:
The Stairwell of the Natural Sciences Lab (sometimes my cover gets blown and I have to get out, but I don't go far! I'm usually sitting on the outside stairwell of the sixth floor, balls shivering like a helpless puppy in Siberian winter), Riding Bus 175 Around Irvine (man it is freaking dangerous and weird as hell on a bus no way I'm gonna fall asleep when I'm on that death machine)

(4) Whenever I'm in a classroom, one of the most important things driving me to stay awake is competition. Hey, if I fall asleep now, these assholes who aren't asleep will know more than me. I can't have that. Likewise, in a studying situation, I try my best to find a place where people are just sitting around, minding their own business. In this way I can stare straight at them and imagine all the ways my studying will help me kick their ass. YOU DON'T STUDY WHILE I'M IN THE HOUSE!

Where You Can Find Me:
Fourth Floor of the Social Sciences Library (all the grad students are piled up in there with books covering their desk and I look at their mess and I spit right on the nice carpet in disgust) A Random Classroom (in a nice big lecture hall where the teacher is especially boring and the students don't attend, I waltz right on in there and give exactly zero damns about what the old man on stage has to say)

So there you go kids! Hope my study area theories and recommendations were of help. Good luck on all your midterms/essays/projects!

Well Vic...

I guess now you've learned that

THE HIGHWAY'S JAMMED WITH BROKEN HEROES
ON A LAST CHANCE POWERDRIVE
EVERYBODY'S ON THE RUN TONIGHT
'CAUSE THERE'S NO PLACE LEFT TO HIDE
TOGETHER WENDY WE'LL LIVE WITH THE SADNESS
AND I'LL LOVE YOU WITH ALL THE MADNESS IN MY SOUL
SOMEDAY GIRL, I DON'T KNOW WHEN,
WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT TO THAT PLACE WE REALLY WANNA GO,
AND WE'LL WALK IN THE SUN
BUT 'TIL THEN, TRAMPS LIKE US, BABY WE WERE BORN TO RUN!!!

Bruce is the BOSS! Whoo!

Super Bowl Sunday

Yo Al, I'll admit that halftime show was not as bad as I thought it would be.
Damn that "Born to Run"