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2009-06-18T23:34:00.000-07:00

After using wordpress for my photoblog, Ive decided to switch my personal blog over to wordpress. Its just easier to use, and upload pictures, i like their format alot better. So update your RSS and fav's to
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6.7.09

2009-06-07T06:28:00.000-07:00

Well after a long wait, i finally got my 5D Mark II. Its everything that i hoped it would be..i swear you have to be a complete idiot to take bad pics with it. I am still reading the manual to learn everything, but the learning curve isn't so bad after learning everything i know on the xt and xti. I made a few 1080 clips, but i don't really have any editing software, gotta get a iMAC now..I don't really have to tell you all the features it has, cause i probably have told you already.I really really like this camera and i recommend it to youuu.

I need a saucy car or person to shoot!
but for now my first pics from the 5D mk2

5.28.09

2009-05-28T02:14:00.000-07:00

Well last night i got to assembling my engine, still didn't finish. I worked on it for a few hours but it wasn't enough. Now in a few hours gotta wake up and finish my engine at 8 am. Wish i could get some help, but since everyone is busy, this will be another solotec build. Last night took off the old head, and put the new one on. Also got my new oil pan on.. tomorrow i hope to finish installing my cams and some other misc things.

Not sure what i am still doing up , i know i gotta wake up early to work on my engine. Guess i am doing like last min research so i don't mess up.

Dedicated to the cause.... Built not bought..
-Rob
Eibach 2009

5.25.09

2009-05-25T02:47:00.000-07:00

Yesterday me and jermz went to the 3rd Annual Bay Area meet up in Fremont. It was alright, it doesn't beat the Eibach meet, that was for sure. Eibach has set the bar for me, as far as how meets should be. It was a fun day, got my photo action going.
Haven't really been doing much, besides my car events, probably boring to you guys but i like going. Gotta support my "scene" right?

Other than that, not too much on this end, I hope to finish my motor on Wednesday, i hope it all pans out well.. Today might go to the track to take pics,and next week CMI @sacraceway, and cruise to cruz meet. Enough with my rambling.

Gotta steal this from mike.. but i love this song..

5.20.09

2009-05-20T02:46:00.000-07:00

I had a great time this past weekend in the socal, thanks to Mike D for letting me crash on his couch. It a second car related trip to socal in three weeks. After seeing how guys do it in socal, gave me a different perspective on the style of tuning they have down there. Not even sure how i can explain it, its just different.

Went to Hella Flush on Saturday, there were a lot of wrx's and evo's, but quite a few different RWD platforms. Super slammed, and low offsets.. Probably my favorite car was this light blue IS350 on TE37's, it was hotness. Took my pics and got work done, started chatting up with these 2 other guys, they thought me and mike were organizing the event, along with many others (blame mikes "Hella Flush" shirt), but anyways they made the trip all the way from New Jersey for hella flush, and Eibach. I thought I made a far trip from Corcal! Anyways chatted them up about the scene, comparing right from left coasts. Its always nice meeting new people, who are passionate about the same things you're into. AFter snapping pics me and mike walked down Venice beach looking for food, we walked all the way to the Santa Monica Pier like a mile away. That + walking around the meet, and squatting for the pics, really did a number on our legs.

Met Jon Wong down there, and we had dinner with them. Went to this Japanese place next to super autobacs, it was pretty good, defiantly gonna go back there when i visit autobacs again.

Sunday, we got a late start, me and Mike were pretty tired from the adventures of the day before. Got out of the house like an hour and a half late. Got some mickey D's and sammiches at Vons and we were on our way. Oh yea the McCafe ice mocha, did a number on my stomach.. It made for some moments during the day.. LOL

Drove out to Corona for Eibach, too much disappointment, the first car i saw was that purple EF leaving.. Its that EF that I jock Super hard. Anyways Eibach was pimp, it was like a Honda Mecca. For sure it was the sickest meet i've been to as of late. Alot of nice super clean cars, with hella neck breaker status.. Definitely
Gonna go again..

OH yea.. so after Eibach we went to Daikokuya Ramen aka crack noodles. It was soo good, better than i Remember!

Last part of my adventure, so i was waiting for my plane which was delayed. Just chilling, watching Pursuit of Function to wind down the trip, and i start hearing a freight train, thought it was just a plane. Then i hear the jetway slamming up and down, then i start feeling it, i am like omfg Earthquake! 5 seconds into it, i am like F this ( as i was sitting next to the window) i grabbed my gear, and ran away from the window and towards the pillars. Most people stayed where they were, iono if it was survival mode kicking in, or i am a pansy. But the only other guy that did the same was this black guy. There were a few aftershocks after, but not too bad. I hit up usgs.gov via my iphone, to find out it was like a 5.0 2 miles away... yea that was the biggest quake i felt in awhile..

Enough of my rambling here are some pics.

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5.14.09

2009-05-14T14:51:00.001-07:00

Gonna be in Socal again this weekend, gonna be going to HellaFlush meet and Eibach, the "Largest Honda meet in north America". SHould be fun, i hope to get good coverage!
Anyways til then, enjoy this sick ass vid from D1GP !

D1GP Anaheim from Joshua Herron on Vimeo.

5.8.09

2009-05-08T01:28:00.000-07:00

Well not sure how many people actually read this, but I started a new blog @ http://strictlybidness.wordpress.com Its mainly for my Automotive photography, and event coverage, and other car related subjects. Trying to make it look as professional..

Anyways i went to D1GP this past weekend, and it was pretty sick. Lighted a new passion for me... Drifting. Yup , FWD convert? Time will tell.. I really wish i coulda got some media passes cause it was pretty hard for me and my friends to shoot. If we had passes we coulda propped up in a nice turn, and rape the pics.. Thats kinda why i made a new blog. I am trying to market myself , and i figure thats a good starting point. Also i gotta to see Misa Campo <3... When found out she was gonna be there I got all excited, ask deezy. After we talked to her,and got my pic with her, i was happy for the rest of the weekend.

I will post a couple of pics , but you can find more at strictlybidness.wordpress.com
How about some ayumi to go with the drifting pics?

4.30.09

2009-04-30T10:50:00.000-07:00

Ditched class yesterday , and went to go check out the wednesday night drags at infineon raceway. Haven't been to the track in hella, it was nice to smell the race gas, burnt rubber, and vht.. Total sensory overload. Got to see eriks bro in law adam run his built 300c turbocharged run 11.7. Erik ran the hatch and hit 14.7 in "full race mode" LOL. It felt good being out there.. i need to finish my car.

Anyways gonna be headed to socal tomorrow, gonna meet up deezy, and gonna hit up d1gp to watch some professional drifting. Hopefully I can hit up ramen, pinks, and roscoes... i hope.... i hope...

Bye bye norcal... enjoy the rain

4.22.09

2009-04-22T17:12:00.000-07:00

I love this song

DAmn son , we have been having some nice ass weather, too bad its gonna get boo boo this weekend. Anyways been going the beach for the past few days and getting some sun, thats surprising even to me cause i don't really like the beach. Past few days have been ultra chill, anyways gotta run, gotta go finish my motor...

Even if you can't cook you gotta be able to doctor food so it taste better, example ling lings with my families chinese restaurant special house wing sauce..mmmm

Crap pics i took with the iphone of ze beach

4.19.09

2009-04-19T03:12:00.001-07:00

Ugg been super lazy updating the blog, let alone processing my pic's. I guess i haven't been too "motivated" as of late. Been busy finishing my motor on the EF, its still a work in progress though. I am gonna go check out D1GP in socal next month, and maybe even infamous Eibach meet ive been wanting to go to. Anyways hopefully in the next few days i can finish my pics from Cherry Blossom Festival, no promises though.. LOL

Small LowTEC showing... at sytfu

pretty sick track i found on vimeo
PLAY

3L - The Risk from Mr.3LLL Prescott on Vimeo.

4.7.09

2009-04-07T02:40:00.000-07:00

ugg... still kinda ticked off what happened the other day. It was sunday evening after the VP bbq about 6-7pm. We were chillin/working on Tommys car, we weren't too loud, and no powertools. Neighbor comes up to us and try's to get our attention, you know its pretty hard to get everyones attention especially when there are like 10 people. He told us not to make turns or something on his new driveway, we have no problem with this seeing we never do in the first place. But i guess it came off bad or whatever. Anyways you know people are age complain about everything, so some i guess started complaining AMONGST OURSELVES, but i guess they heard us.

Awhile later the good old SF PD decides to pay us a visit.. not just any PD, undercover... yup.. in a og ford taurus. For the record Mike K, did tell me this guy was circling the block but we didn't put 2 and 2 together. I should of known it was suspicious..

Anyways Cop didn't trip to much, me and bryan were drinking beer, but he said it wasn't a problem just keep it light. He just told us to keep it down, cause a neighbor complained about the noise.. Honest Opinion i didn't think we were making too much noise, i did have the radio on, but it wasn't excessively loud, we also weren't using power tools. We were no louder than kids playing outside, and it was still light out and the street lights weren't even on. Officer said if i was out to get you guys i'd be out of the car, but he was cool, and he went off on his merry way.

After we finished we went to gordos, to get some burittos, and came back to my house to eat. We were waiting in front of the house for one more car to park before we went inside. But here comes the good ole black and white unit, rolling up slow to my house. They mug as the roll to a stop and look at us, and we politely respond with " Hello Officers, can we help you with something?" They say NOthing and slowly roll away, bryan sends them off with a nice "Be safe officers.."

Anyways.. if the person who called the Police on me are reading this. If you have problem please take it up with me. Ive lived here all my life with no problem with the law. I respect everyone in the neighborhood, and everyone knows me. For a fact, i've known all the previous residents living in all these houses before all you people moved in. In fact, try to find another neighbor that has anything but good things to say about myself... just try. I try to build bridges with everyone not burn them, after all we have to live together..

/Rant OFF

i leave you guys with some candid shots of some of the crew. and the EF

4.1.09

2009-04-02T02:57:00.000-07:00

Me and al took a walk to the zoo today,it was nice to get some fresh air, and take pictures again. I felt a little rusty out there, but i think i got a few good ones, anyways i needed practice for my new weapon... hehe. I told you mike that i would try to get them up tonight and i did. Gonna finish up watching real world .. lols then off to sleep. Gotta wake up early cause i gotta drop something off at the machine shop, decided to outsource to speed up my EF's progress..

oh yea.. thanks Mike D for this.. HAWT

3.24.08

2009-03-24T03:07:00.000-07:00

Got a chance to go out and play airsoft this past weekend. It felt hella good to get out there and blast people with "hot plastic death" There where alot of people on the field the first 2 games, it made it kinda hard to move around without encountering resistance, but i still got kills in. Half the people left after the 2nd game,so there weren't many people on the 3rd game. It was good though, cause we moved around more freely. It was good fun until i caused a ruckus and the game had to be stopped.. opps, guess i gotta lay off the trigger a bit... Got some got trigger time in, can't wait to get back out there and lay waste to my enemy..

Thanks to kwok for these pics..

til the next game, it would be nice to have a few more shooters, so if you wanna play let me know.

3.7.09

2009-03-07T02:54:00.000-08:00

Well.. my prayers have been answered, and the rain has left for NOW. Yesterday I decided to get off my lazy ass, and got working on the EF. Finished up most of the facelift on the EF, almost ready for paint. I still got some bling parts to put on though. Anyways yesterday wasn't too "Fail Friday" like i thought it was gonna be, maybe this weekend won't suck too bad. Thinking about heading up to sacramento on sunday, to check out the races. I need a little more inspiration to get me motivated..

Anyways heres the EF, More Bling to come!

3.3.09

2009-03-03T20:51:00.000-08:00

I hate this fucking rain! Right now i'm just stressed out or something. First couldn't get this stupid network to work, and got stressed out over that. Then i had to help al get his car started, and that was well "Fail". Couldn't roll start it, then couldn't find anyone with jumper cables or much help in general. So we pushed it to my house in the rain. Had to get all them damn zip ties off too.. ayia. Then to find out someone jacked some of my center caps of the rsx. Tack another stress level point up.. I eventually got his rsx started with my car charger. Then he call's me after he left to tell me the hood flew up.... Ayiaaaaaaaaaa.

SERIOUSLY this rain needs to fucking stop, i'm tired of this gloomy ass weather./ end rant

edit* today when i woke up there was no running water, and i had to go out, so i had to washup using the leftover water in the tea kettle, and someone i even managed to wash my hair with the water remaining in the kettle. OG chinese way... uggg

this song pretty much explains it

3.1.09

2009-03-01T13:48:00.000-08:00

Well, back to this craptastic weather.. What i wouldn't do for a rain free weekend. With all this rain, my weekends now consist of stay home watching tv, how exciting, i know.. On another note of my boring life, I started ripping my car apart for car makeover LowTEC edition. Thats about it for this weekend..

2.23.09

2009-02-23T01:35:00.000-08:00

Just another weekend of just about nothing, and now its raining again... How fun. Started experimenting shooting in black and white, couldn't really go outside though. Ugg can't wait til summer time , or at least until this rain stops.

probably the last pics of my ef with it looking like this. I really need to get crackin on her face lift.

2.17.09

2009-02-17T16:57:00.000-08:00

So ive been thinking on how I am gonna get a dog, but my mom is against it. I am thinking if i just bring one home one day, whats the most she is gonna do? I even asked a family friend with dogs, and she said thats probably the only way. I tried talking her into it but her only excuse is "Who's gonna take care of it?". So i told her that she was gonna take care of it.:P I am gonna plan this out before i dive into it though...

My Future deg..

Been looking through some of my old shots, thought id share.

1.11.09 Wekfest pt2

2009-02-11T00:38:00.000-08:00

I would of had this pics up last night, but me and the guys were watching a highspeed chase unravel on a live feed from LA. We thought it was DJ Khaled, but it wasn't. We watched the event unravel, but the guy pussied out in the end, and off'd himself. Shoulda gave it up when they said "Freeeeeezaaaaa L A P Deeeeee"

Anyways i might actually have some inspiration from wekfest, got to see alot of saucy cars. I got some ideas of what i want to do, but still can't decided on a final color... i feel soo indecisive.

My favorite pics , and some of my favorite cars at wekfest

1.9.09

2009-02-09T15:32:00.000-08:00

Went to Wek'Fest over the weekend. Ive never seen it that big before. We got there at 12 and gates still weren't open and the cheap asses were bum rushing the entrance cause the first 150 got in for free. Instead of waiting, we decided to go to lunch, and we went to that small place on the bridge in japan town. Not sure what its called but i always get the curry. Ate and went back to the garage, and wtf. There was the biggest line ive ever seen for a car show. it was outside the entrance of the garage, and snaked around a bit. Took awhile to get in but we did.

They said there was like 3000+ people that attended. There was hella people, and it was hard to take pics, and you still gotta battle the horrible lighting there. There were some nice cars there, some nicer than others. I was jockin the nice crx's and ef's mostly. Hope to get all my pictures up later but for now just the pics of the models. Sorry they aren't the best, and NO Misa Campo made me cry...

I will try to get the car pics up later tonight.

2.4.09

2009-02-05T01:35:00.000-08:00

Today me and the fellas went to the zoo. I wanted to compare the SD Zoo to the SF Zoo, so since it was free today, we went. It was kinda depressing alot of the animals were hiding, and a lot of the exhibits were closed or under construction. There are soo many more animals at the SD zoo, its not even funny. But all and all it was still fun to get some practice in, and enjoy the animals we do have..

Enjoy

1.31.09

2009-01-31T23:53:00.000-08:00

So here i am bored like usual on a Saturday night, kicking back some brews, and listening to pandora. Maybe i could work on the EF? naw I think I will kick back a few more bluemoons. Guess i lost motivation, hopefully i will get some back next week after wekfest.

Yesterday got some lobster rolls down in santa cruz.. omgs hella good, i can still taste it. /droools. Still thinking about organizing a crew cruise down highway 1 and stopping off there for lunch. I still gotta plan the logistics though.

Ive been experimenting with this new technique using my iphone for light. Its almost like light painting at night. the ipod flash light gives off some nice soft light, gonna try it somemore to get it just right though.

Benen released some anodized purple bars/parts thinking about picking them up, i think it would go with my color scheme well. Opinions?

1.22.08

2009-01-22T22:33:00.000-08:00

Well school started again, so i can get crackin on my engine. Gotta buy a few more parts though, not sure if i wanna get some cams or stick with my gsr bump sticks. That stupid little mexican kid is still in my class. He best stay out of my way, and away from my stuff unless he wants his head crushed in a vise.

Anyways got back a few days ago from socal,it was hella fun , felt like i was there for weeks. We went down to the hot beaches in malibu and santa monica. Puts our beaches to shame. I can see why mike likes going there alot, the drive through the canyons to the beach was fun, and then you hit the pacific coast highway, its just miles and miles of cruising roads. We walked around the beach, the sand was so clean, and the water was so blue, shit was like Baywatch, but without the hot chicks running around.

After we drove up the pacific coast highway to Neptunes Net, it was in fast and the furious. Just think of when they raced the ferrari and brian and dom were eating skrimp.

Another highlight was our trip to the San Diego Zoo. That zoo puts the SF zoo to shame.. I will let the pics do the talking

1.11.09

2009-01-11T22:01:00.000-08:00

Well this is my first post for the new year. Sorry ive been kinda lazy, and haven't updated. Not so much going on, not gonna make it to wekfest, i missed registration, and lagged on the EF. Still the ball is rolling on it. still gotta strip it down for paint, and finish my motor. I will get to it eventually.. Anyways gonna go to socal this week hopefully for some RnR. should be FUN.

No no pics lately, but here are some i took in the past few weeks. enjoy.

12.21.08

2008-12-21T16:39:00.000-08:00

Well after a long flight finally in rhode island. Its pretty cold like 20 degrees right now, still waiting for my luggage cause United lost it. So i dont got my winter coat for me, hopefully the find my bags soon. Took some pics of the snow today gonna need more practice.. snows still coming down too. Anyways my access to the internet is gonna be limited, but hit me up on the cell/text. I heart iPhone it keeps me connected to the world!

12.18.08

2008-12-18T23:53:00.001-08:00

Ayia.. right now just finished making my pasta salad with grilled chicken for tomorrows kris kringle partay. Still stressin over packing everything cause im leaving for rhode island on saturday. Time to visit the family for the holidays, so my next update won't be til then probably. I look forward to the cold ass weather there and snow.. yea right. Also stressin on finishing my EF for WEKFEST Feb 8th. I plan to DEBUT my EF to the WORLD! I already ordered my roll bar too, and some other choice bling parts.. till the next time!

12.14.08

2008-12-14T02:03:00.000-08:00

Decided to go out and get some air on this Cold Cold December evening. What would a trip to the park be without the canon strapped to my neck? I just wanted to practice my "stuff", specially if i wanna upgrade my hardware, thinking of 5D mark II, but im poor so i might just get the 40D.

12.8.08 Sonics!

2008-12-08T06:46:00.000-08:00

Pretty boring weekend for me, went to gellert on Friday, hella cold, but i prepared and brought my winter coat. Learned that the EF's Heater worked better than i thought. Went to school on saturday, and heated up my cylinder head in the oven. (just like baking cookies!) and punched out my valve guides and installed new bronze ones from SuperTech. Hope to finish resurfacing it this week, and putting in my valvetrain. (chants Rob Built!)

I was playing some L4D late yesterday afternoon, when chris messages me to meet at his house NOW for trip to Sonics. HElla random, cause i thought the plans fell through! Rode up there in jermz dads Jeep commander "KING of the Castle!!" Funniest story of the night was going through Carquinez bridge jermz gives the toll money to the collector. And i see the fastrak sign light up "valid". The ladies like "you have fastrak" We are like, what? what do you mean we got fastrak?. hahaha. We were hella confuzzled. Took the money back and bounced. Started looking everywhere for a fastrak transponder. Finally find it hidden in a compartment behind the sun visor.. hahaha

After taking like 15 minutes to decided what we wanted, we ordered.. Them tater tots were the highlight for me.. Food is ehhh... Guess i will try something else next time..
Time for pics, took em all on Full-auto with 17-40 and 580ex installed. shot on auto cause i was too excited...hahaha

LOL jenn hit her head in the car

Random Pic i took of some homemade soup i made.

12.4.08

2008-12-04T01:50:00.000-08:00

Here i am bored, but i found myself inspired by the sounds of smooth jazz.. ohhhh yeaaaa. Went kinda overboard with the editing, but i was feeling "creative". I guess these are my first pieces of "conceptual art"?

12.3.08

2008-12-03T13:50:00.000-08:00

ayiaa.. hella procrastinating. I should be finishing up my homework, but here i am surfing nwp and good ole facebook. I really should work on it, its due tonight, and ive put it off for a week now! grr. UPS man just came though and dropped off some of my black friday splurge order.. see now i am distracted again!!

12.1.08 First Day of December

2008-12-01T04:56:00.000-08:00

I walked outside the other day, and the cool brisk air hit me smack damn in the face.. I realize winter is finally upon us, and we are smack dab in the middle of the holiday season. Past few years i haven't really been "feeling" the Holidays, i guess you can say i find it kind of depressing.. But this year i think i wanna turn a new leaf and enjoy the holidays the best i can with my friends and family. Only one month til the next year, and i wanna try to make the best of it.

Ive been looking for a new phone for awhile and somehow i ended up with an Iphone! Ive been playing around with jenns iphone and everyones itouches, and i couldnt deny the cool factor to them. Originally i was planning on getting a blackberry, but all the cool apps got me hooked on the iPhone. Now i feel "Connected" everywhere i go and now I got unlimited text so feel free to bother me...

Friday had my 1st annual Turducken Dinner, i must say it was a great success. Although i didn't get to invite all the people i wanted, i had to limit it to the LowTEC family. I wish i could invite all my friends but the house was alreadying running to capactiy with the family. Anyways Turducken.... what can i say. Its a Turkey stuffed with Duck, stuffed with Chicken. Its soo damned good. I thought it could be dry, but it was hella juicy. Much thanks to my Mom especially that helped me cook, and to everyone that came and brought something tasty to eat/drink. Hope we can get the whole family up here next year!

Anyways imma leave with a few pics i took of my Cousin(s) kids, i guess im kinda like their uncle?

2008-11-17T02:22:00.000-08:00

Well we went to this Toy drive, hosted by PlusONE/ATS down in san leandro. I even took the ef out! Anyways it was pretty cool, a good solid group of people showed up, and all donated a whole bunch of toys. Checked out some nice cars, kick it with friends old and new, with some bomb ass weather, and giving back to the community. I think thats considered a good weekend. Today was a good day..

I haven't really touched the EF in hella, but it was nice to take her out. I changed my brakes and dropped the front more.I also even gave her a good wash. I forgotten what its like to drive it. It was fun though besides 880.. hella bumpy.

Anyways here some of the pics from today:

Oh yea Thanks race for this bomb ass darth vader lego key chain! hella pimp!

Field Trip to Ikes!

2008-11-03T05:40:00.000-08:00

Couple of days ago mikedee showed me this review of this sammich shop in the castro called "ikes place" We were given the task of guinea pigs to try it before he comes back.
Well yesterday i get a wakeup call from mike tom, telling me to get up cause we are going to Ikes. Next thing i know Al is outside waiting for me, and i still didn't even shower yet. hahaha

Anyways we found it with no problem, the place was hella small, event he staff inside were elbow to elbow.All the tables were outside, and we got lucky cause it did't rain. They had a large variety of specialty sandwiches all with funny names like:"Fat Bastard","Jeries' BIG Meat Sandwich","We're JUST Friends", etc.

I myself got the "Nacho Boy" which had Hot Roast Beef, Mushrooms, Avocado, Swiss. It was quite good, bread was fresh as well as the rest of ingredients. As a friend once told me "The meatt... iss sooo juiccy.." The selection of drinks was pretty good, i got myself good ole jones soda, but i wish i saw that grape soda!

Staff was also helpful and friendly, the owner even came out to see if everything was alright. He saw the canons, and asked us if we were gonna post pic's on yelp. haha

Jenn was craving ice creme, so she treated us to Mitchells Ice creme a few blocks away. I think i saw it on food tv before. It was hard to choose a flavor cause they all sounded hella good. I bite the bullet and got new york cherry. Ive always liked cherry ice cremes, and theirs didn't disappoint.

Anyways i wish some of the pics came out better of the sammiches, it smelled soo good, i was patient with my pics. The smell was too intoxicating, so i took a quick pic and went to work with the sammich. Also tried some different editing techniques, might be a bit over processed for some, but i like the end result. Enjoy

err the order of the pics is messed up, but im too lazy to rearrange them.. sorry

10.21.08

2008-10-21T18:07:00.000-07:00

Sunday we went to the pumpkin festival down in Halfmoon Bay. Traffic was killer in the city due to that womens marathon,took me forever to get to highway 1. After getting little michelle, then went down the 1 to halfmoon bay. Wish the weather was better cause usually its a pretty scenic route.

Stopped at this place called "Sam's chowder house" or something of that nature. Sign said top five sammiches of 07 says the "Today Show" I saw the fish and chips was like 15 bucks , and award winnging lobster roll sammich was 20 , whats 5 bucks more? Soo glad i did it. The lobster roll was the shit, the lobster was sweet and succulent. Reminded me of New England..

Anyways the Pumpkin Festival was pretty cool, it was like a really big street fair. Walked around and snapped pics with the canon. Pretty fun day, got to hang out with good friends, and eat good food. We were all pretty rowdy, and we did some goofy stuff just for a laugh.. oh man the shenanigans!

Got to spend some time with our good friend and my therapist Laurie. She gonna move to japan tomorrow with her hubby and my long time og friend gilbert. Me and goober go back since like 3rd grade. So take care of him! Also one of them is gonna need to learn how to cook, or its gonna be a long 3 years consisting of alot instant noodles, and take out food.haha.

Laurie i hope you have fun these next 3 years, you get to live the dream of living abroad in JAPAN! how saucy is that?! Its gonna be one hell of an experience. I can't wait for pics from the motherland.. well not my motherland, but it is yours. I bet your gonna miss my daily ranting.. right?. I guess your gonna hear about my problems through e-mail now. And now you got no choice but to update your blog! hahah

Anyways here some pics from our field trip to the pumpkin Festival

hehe mike took this but i touched it up with ps a bit..

10.16.08

2008-10-16T13:01:00.000-07:00

Whats up people, haven't really been up to much. Decided to take a engine cylinder head class at school. Ive had this teacher before, really just taking this class to finish my GSR head. The class is kinda weird,there are no prerequisites for the class so just about anyone can register. Class is half high school kids, and half like union apprentice guys that are working in shops. So i fit in between the guys that know what their doing, and the kids that have no idea what their doing. Not exactly sure what the hs kids are doing in the class, they must get some hs credit or something. There are even a few hs girls.. perfect for jerome 15's and 16's.

I have been coming down with a slight cold, but im already getting over it. Hitting up the emergen-C, Zicam, theraflu, and good ole sleep, to beat this cold.

Just been chillin mostly, Ive been into the emo/scremo genre lately when it comes to music.. just another phase i guess. Matter of a fact, my hair is getting hella long, when i wake up its all over the place, its pretty "Emo"isc. hahaha! But no Eye Liner for me! i draw the line at studded belts..

Well thats about it for now, just finishing my Brain Spilner lunch , as i finish typing this.. Tuna on White, NO Crust.

2008-10-02T21:44:00.000-07:00

Wow.. ive been jobless for 1 week already. It feels weird waking up, and not having anything to do. Back when i was working full time, i asked myself that question I wonder what it would feel like, and BAM here i am..

Bored.. nothing to do so i went out to golden gate park, hella foggy and overcast, not the best weather. Walked around stow lake, and snapped some pics of the wild life.. Didn't see any turtles.. but plenty of ducks..

2008-09-23T22:31:00.000-07:00

Well what to say.. Today i had a little "interaction" with the owners wife , and i decided maybe I don't belong here anymore. I mean like i thought this job would open the door to the aftermarket industry but it just didn't work out. The constant complaining,and just plain bitching drew me to the edge. I couldn't even talk to the owner, or more like they couldn't even talk to me. It felt like a damn communist workplace. I tried to hang in there, and take it, but Today was the last straw.

I know i should feel better for leaving, but now i'm worried about my career choice. Just looking torward the future, it seems like i am back on that unknown road of life. Will i find my place? There has to be somewhere out there that would appreciate my talents. Somewhere that can appreciate me..

This chapter of my life is now over.. hopefully tomorrow will bring something better.

A friend sent me my horoscope of today.
"A good day to get rid of whatever is unnecessary and outworn in your life, from clutter and disorder in your environment, to a long held attitude or belief which keeps you from going after what you really want in life. It's time for a change, and that takes a bit of courage, but is well worth the challenge."

"Upsets and unexpected changes in relationships are extremely likely at this time. Feeling the need to be free spirited and independent arises in you, making you more selfish, independent, and unwilling to tolerate being stifled or put down by others. You also rebel against others who are domineering or rigid in their way of dealing with other people and especially you! "

sometimes it seems those horoscopes hit it right on the head.. looks like they were right today..

anyways.. here are some pics from hin. think of it as a reward for reading about my day, and my thoughts.

2008-09-15T23:22:00.000-07:00

Just got back from class a little while ago, i must say working full time and going to night class isn't easy. By the time i get to class, im already HELLA tired, sometimes i find myself dosing off. Although its coo, i got some friends from auto in there so its coo. We mess around hella though, i guess its just our way of blowing off steam after a long day of work.

Other than being hella tired all the time, ive been doing pretty good. I still wanna to get away on a vacation, but i think i'm not going anywhere til christmas. So til then one day at a time, slowing making that money..

Some pics i took recently with my new glass

2008-08-31T20:28:00.000-07:00

Well , my Labor Day weekend is just about over, and Labor day equals the unofficial end of summer. Didn't really do too much this weekend besides this meet up in dublin last night. Actually the pretty much sums up most of my summer, didn't really do too much. Sure it had its highlights, but I didn't really get to do some of the things I wanted.

Works been busy since my coworker mikey is back to part time since he has school, so i am pretty swamped with orders. At least its not as stressful since the owner went back to China. I mean the work keeps me pretty busy throughout the work day, but it gets kinda lonely. It would be nice to have some social interaction in my life.

Other than work i really don't too much, I find myself drinking beer and playing xbox on my weekends. Sometimes the kids join me in my drinking binges, sometimes they don't. I think i should cut down on my caffeine and alcohol consumption. The caffeine keeps me awake when i need it , and the alcohol puts me to sleep.

I think i should get the ball rolling on the ef again. At least it keeps me busy and gives me something to do.

found this pic online thought it was an interesting outlook on most peoples lives.

2008-08-09T02:01:00.000-07:00

Well today was quite weird from what i would call the "normal" work day. Soon as i got there, the owners called a meetings with my boss.They were in the office for like an hour, i just went upon my normal duties, packing orders. Bosses came out later, and they looked like they were stressin. Told us about new policies that would go into effect concerning me and my cowoker. Nothing to major. But boss told me the owner was complaining about us, that we like "mess around" too much and shit. Hey I say as long as we get the work done and on time, then who cares? Its our way of blowing off steam, it keeps me sane. And you know how i am, if i keep it bottled up inside, i explode in rage.. Anyways the normal getting chewed out.. just makes us a tad bit disgruntled. They even talked about getting rid of us, and replacing us with people from an unemployment agency, but our bosses defended us. That kinda made me feel better though.

So that was the bullshit in the morning, but come lunch time, the owner busts out the grill. Apparently he is throwing a bbq for us for lunch, for everyone. It was a big change for us, we are used to him chewing us out all day, but today he seemed almost human? He even made some bombass pork ribs.. and he even sent us out to get some coronas. So here we are on like a two hour lunch, eating bbq and kicking back some brews.

Got back to orders , and finished up early around 4pm, and the wife of the owner said we can leave after we put the orders on the dock for ups. Quite strange.. i'm like whats with them being all nice? Maybe we are all getting canned? It left me questioning everything.. Perhaps everyone is turning a new leaf, maybe they are human afterall? Reminds me of this quote "Find the best in everybody. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side, just keep waiting, it will come out."- Randy Pausch

So Today in a long time i had a pretty good day at work. And tomorrow gonna go get messed up and rock out to Linkin Park at the Project Revolution tour. Rock on baby, rock on.

-Peace

Me and coworkers kicking it back... don't mind mikey, he was quite buzzed.

2008-08-07T06:47:00.000-07:00

You tell me why starting at 5am, i get stupid ass Hannah Montana wakeup calls every fucking 30 minutes.. I swear the whole fucking world wants to fuck me over, like it doesn't help that I don't get much sleep in the first place, now that got cut to like 3 hours of sleep.

Do people like pissing me off or something? I work full time, and try to help everyone that i can. I try to build bridges with people, and just try to live a good life, but everyone and everything likes to try to screw me over... I try to be the best person i can, but obviously that isn't good enough.

Its 7 now, might as well get ready for work.. another day of the owner making me do his bitch work.. I just need this week to end.

Since you bothered to read all my ranting, i will share some pics i took this week.

2008-07-31T23:50:00.000-07:00

Nothing important really.. kinda got sick earlier in the week, but i am better now. Life has been quite boring really, go to work 9-5, get bitched at by the owners, come home and fall asleep.I'm glad the owners are going back to their home country soon, it takes some of the stress off my shoulders.

Last week i heard this guy passed away, his name was Randy Pausch.I kept hearing about him on tv,so i had to do some research. What caught my attention to him was that he was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, which is what my dad had.He had like 6-8 months of good health left. Anyways was a professor at Carnegie Melon, and he gave this lecture on "Really Achieving your Childhood dreams", which was his last lecture. I watched his lecture on youtube, and damn. Its showed me alot. I think anyone wanting to better their life should watch it.

Ive already used some of what ive learned this week at work. Each time I was getting bitched at this week i thought of a quote from him "Don’t bail. The best of the gold’s at the bottom of barrels of crap.". He talked about how he achieved his childhood dreams,and how we can do the same.I really can't even explain everything he talked about, you just gotta watch it to understand what i'm talking about. It was just amazing how someone knows they don't have much time left, but they are living life to the fullest. So if you have an hour to burn, please watch it.

Went to Weksos meet this weekend, it was pretty cool. Driving the EF down the 101, "Drive"-Incubus playing on the ipod, just living in the moment. Not a care in the world.Not thinking about work, or the other bullshit in my life, just me and the road. Seems like i have those moments when im in the EF. Maybe its a sign of things to come. I just wish i had the funds and time to bring her to the level i want her at.Soon though...I am usually too embarrassed to bring it out, but there were more janky cars at weksos.

Anyways gonna head to bed now, work in the morning, BUT hey.. its Friday so im not gonna stress too much. Mmm kay.. PEACE

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

The EF at weksos. BS with cs3.

2008-07-26T03:15:00.001-07:00

So damn tired of being hella stressed out, stupid shit at work,and other stupid shit in my life. Feels like the whole fucking world is out to get me. I try to not let the small things bother me, but i can only take so much bullshit. I think it just builds and builds , then i explode..

For example today, i parked my car when i went out to dinner, i come back and i find a car pushed up into my bumper, so they could fit into the spot behind me. I could see their license plate frame pushed into my bumper. I mean common! how are you just park your car into mine. Then i exploded, use your imagination..

Ive been helping people with some of their projects, but after the work day, i am grumpy as it is, then put a few more hours of work into projects. I mean i like helping everyone, but there just aren't enough hours in the day to accomplish what i wanted to do.

I just need to get away from things,, oh wait i can't.. no vacation in sight.

Stressed..

2008-06-21T00:54:00.000-07:00

Life has been well... quite shitty. Not sure how but all the small things bothering me have been adding up, and now im all stressed out. Works been a bitch since this little snitch started working, and reporting to my bosses boss on my actions. Then she comes out and yells at us cause we are "talking too much","get to work you got SHIT to do". So i can't talk to my coworkers or anything without the snitch reporting us. I don't even see what the problem is , we still do our jobs and get orders out. By the end of the day i'm just tired, and stressed out.

My social life or lack there of isn't helping either. Ive been feeling like a pariah, not sure if my friends are just avoiding me or something. Just i have been noticing, i don't really even talk to any of my friends anymore. Maybe i have changed, or everyone around me has changed. Perhaps i am just drifting father apart from them, different interests and goals in life. Ayia.. Times like this where i need a friend, but there are none to be found..

Insomniac FTL!

2008-05-29T01:13:00.000-07:00

Ayia, for some reason i have been hella tired, but i don't get too much sleep. I am lucky if i get like four hours these days. Not sure why either too, i just about cut all the caffeine out of my system too.Even if i go to sleep , i wake up in the middle of the night for no reason. Maybe something is bothering me mentally and I just don't know it.

Anyways works been work, its pretty easy, but we have been pretty busy. Seems like everyday we get backed up with others and shit. It would be cool if we had one more person doing orders with us.I don't want to do this for the rest of my life or anything, eventually, I would like to get into custom fabrication and that kinda stuff inside the auto industry. But til then i am just another slave to the industry.

Looking forward to this weekend, me and few of the guys gonna hit some some CQB airsoft action in a old office building. Its gonna be some good stress relief, pelting other people with plastic bb's is where its at!

gonna leave you with some pics i took this weeekend.

My crewmate(LowTEC Ernesto) FD RX7 on his new kicks.

Bored.. so i started a blog.

2008-05-24T00:01:00.000-07:00

Wow, i must be bored.. finally got into making this, ive been putting it off for awhile now. What can i say, I just got my foot in the door to the car "Industry", low pay and hard work ftw! Only been at Weapon-R for just under a month , but so far i like it. Its great having coworkers with the same interests and goals as your own.

Anyways, its finally the weekend, I am soo looking forward to chillin, and relaxing on this 3 day weekend. Just got back from the local chillspot @ starbucks. Brought the EF out again, it was cold, not too many cars out, but it was nice to kick it with the guys. I had one of those "Not a care in the World" moments driving home . I look around , and the freeway seems empty, except for me and my friends, everything seems to going in unison to the music. Everything just feels right..

Thats it for now, gonna go crash.. Peace