I got an offer today, from American Express to work under them over the summer in their Open Division, which works with Small Businesses. I am relieved, and overcome with various emotions that this is all I can write before I scream in the computer lab with joy.
P.S. My computer is broken, I want it back soon and when that is up, I can finally put up that video I've been meaning to edit.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
25 Facts
Due to pure popularity and pressure.
1. The mere fact that I'm doing this points out that I am a complete sucker into peer pressure, as after constant tags in other notes I have finally accepted the fact I can be an outlier no more.
2. For a while in college I was known as "the guy that always wears hoodies" and "the bagel kid".
3. I wear my rainbows everywhere, in snow, rain, and extreme hotness.
4. I have this weird permeation of heat that comes out of my hands, and therefore people like to grab them when its cold outside.
5. I used to think the reason why I never got tanned was because I only ate Vanilla and not Chocolate, until I ate Chocolate and realized that it was all lies.
6. I don't cross my eyes anymore in fear of what my mom said when I was 6 that my eyes will stay that way if I do it for too long.
7. I clean out the bowl of rice at every dinner because I was told for every kernel remaining would be a zit on my face - apparently that doesn't really work because I have blemishes the size of craters.
8. My dad tried really hard to get me into tennis, which included dragging me out to the courts on Saturdays. I hated it and gave up after 2 weekends, my dad was really upset.
9. I played violin for 10 years, and I never got past Suzuki book 5. I have forgotten how to read music.
10. When I was in 7th grade I went to Taco Bell and ate Two Gorditas, a Chicken Soft Taco, and a Burrito. I felt a sense of accomplishment until my sister called me a fat ass.
11. I went through a phase where all the music I listened to had to include someone screaming in the chorus. See: System of a Down, Linkin Park (before they sucked), Powerman 5000, Slipknot
12. I had a mushroom bowl cut for 5 years, and I rocked it. I was finally pressured into getting it cut when I was the last kid in school to still have it in 7th grade.
13. One time in sixth grade I let out a huge fart in class when I bent down trying to pick up a pencil. I was sitting behind a girl that I liked, she never talked to me again.
14. One time in 5th grade a girl peed in her pants during a test. The teacher made us swear that no one outside the classroom would know of it. By break the entire 5th grade knew - you're welcome.
15. On that note, one time in summer camp when I was 8 I was in DZ Zone going through the obstacle course and ball pits. I peed myself in my pants while crawling through the tubes, and passed through 4 girls with a trail of pee behind me.
16. I really enjoy cooking, I use it to compensate for my lack of gift-giving, and ideas for gifts. I watch cooking shows, and I love cooking for people. Come a barbeque, I'll be more than happy to cook.
17. One day in New York I ate Lamb over Rice for two consecutive meals. I felt like my stomach was being torn into shreds.
18. Once again into peer pressure, I joined DSP because all the cool kids were doing it, and felt the obligation to do so also.
19. One time a girl flashed me in third grade, I was shocked to see that she looked exactly the same as me under the hood.
20. When the Christmas claymation shows would come on with Rudolph the Red nose Reindeer, I used to be scared shitless from the Abominable Snowman.
21. I have this weird OCD where in my facebook all my details have to be in clean numbers. ie: photos of you: 500, tagged of you 450, friends 250, from nyu 175 etc etc.
22. I hate it when you're out eating and two people order the same dish. Dare to be different
23. Apparently from the consensus of others I have a voluptuous buttocks region. This puzzles me because where were all these comments years back. It didn't just appear, so I have a feeling that they are all liars wearing some weird butt-accentuating goggles.
24. I clogged my bathtub in my dorm room twice this year in a span of 6 days. I think my suitemate hates me. The first time was because I dropped my soap bottle cover into the drain and couldn't get it out. The second time was because the very cover that was put there to prevent blockages from happening again got stuck in the drain. You're welcome.
25. I used to have a rolley backpack in 6th grade, I think thats why I got turned down by a girl when I asked her out.
1. The mere fact that I'm doing this points out that I am a complete sucker into peer pressure, as after constant tags in other notes I have finally accepted the fact I can be an outlier no more.
2. For a while in college I was known as "the guy that always wears hoodies" and "the bagel kid".
3. I wear my rainbows everywhere, in snow, rain, and extreme hotness.
4. I have this weird permeation of heat that comes out of my hands, and therefore people like to grab them when its cold outside.
5. I used to think the reason why I never got tanned was because I only ate Vanilla and not Chocolate, until I ate Chocolate and realized that it was all lies.
6. I don't cross my eyes anymore in fear of what my mom said when I was 6 that my eyes will stay that way if I do it for too long.
7. I clean out the bowl of rice at every dinner because I was told for every kernel remaining would be a zit on my face - apparently that doesn't really work because I have blemishes the size of craters.
8. My dad tried really hard to get me into tennis, which included dragging me out to the courts on Saturdays. I hated it and gave up after 2 weekends, my dad was really upset.
9. I played violin for 10 years, and I never got past Suzuki book 5. I have forgotten how to read music.
10. When I was in 7th grade I went to Taco Bell and ate Two Gorditas, a Chicken Soft Taco, and a Burrito. I felt a sense of accomplishment until my sister called me a fat ass.
11. I went through a phase where all the music I listened to had to include someone screaming in the chorus. See: System of a Down, Linkin Park (before they sucked), Powerman 5000, Slipknot
12. I had a mushroom bowl cut for 5 years, and I rocked it. I was finally pressured into getting it cut when I was the last kid in school to still have it in 7th grade.
13. One time in sixth grade I let out a huge fart in class when I bent down trying to pick up a pencil. I was sitting behind a girl that I liked, she never talked to me again.
14. One time in 5th grade a girl peed in her pants during a test. The teacher made us swear that no one outside the classroom would know of it. By break the entire 5th grade knew - you're welcome.
15. On that note, one time in summer camp when I was 8 I was in DZ Zone going through the obstacle course and ball pits. I peed myself in my pants while crawling through the tubes, and passed through 4 girls with a trail of pee behind me.
16. I really enjoy cooking, I use it to compensate for my lack of gift-giving, and ideas for gifts. I watch cooking shows, and I love cooking for people. Come a barbeque, I'll be more than happy to cook.
17. One day in New York I ate Lamb over Rice for two consecutive meals. I felt like my stomach was being torn into shreds.
18. Once again into peer pressure, I joined DSP because all the cool kids were doing it, and felt the obligation to do so also.
19. One time a girl flashed me in third grade, I was shocked to see that she looked exactly the same as me under the hood.
20. When the Christmas claymation shows would come on with Rudolph the Red nose Reindeer, I used to be scared shitless from the Abominable Snowman.
21. I have this weird OCD where in my facebook all my details have to be in clean numbers. ie: photos of you: 500, tagged of you 450, friends 250, from nyu 175 etc etc.
22. I hate it when you're out eating and two people order the same dish. Dare to be different
23. Apparently from the consensus of others I have a voluptuous buttocks region. This puzzles me because where were all these comments years back. It didn't just appear, so I have a feeling that they are all liars wearing some weird butt-accentuating goggles.
24. I clogged my bathtub in my dorm room twice this year in a span of 6 days. I think my suitemate hates me. The first time was because I dropped my soap bottle cover into the drain and couldn't get it out. The second time was because the very cover that was put there to prevent blockages from happening again got stuck in the drain. You're welcome.
25. I used to have a rolley backpack in 6th grade, I think thats why I got turned down by a girl when I asked her out.
Upcoming Antcipation
Semester has been crazy, have had absolutely no time to sit down and just distance myself from everything and just stretch out. Is a good thing, is also a bad thing. Still shamelessly unemployed, still in the school grind. However, something big is in the mix, was in Brooklyn on the set to get some footage done.
Stay tuned, when I can get the time to get it all together get ready.
Stay tuned, when I can get the time to get it all together get ready.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Stressful Intermediaries between Life and Sustainability
This is a very tough time for not just me but all Juniors, as recruitment season is in full swing and applications, resumes, and cover letters are flying all over the place like Continental flights across the nation. I can't spend that much more time on talking, but besides that New York is great, back to playing soccer again, back to not spending a lot of money during the weekdays, and back to normality in a sense. Just wish it was a little warmer...so the soccer fields would melt over and not have layers of ice on top.
Anyway, until the overflowing tide of anxieties mulls over.
Anyway, until the overflowing tide of anxieties mulls over.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Soundcheck
Inspired by Aaron Axelson, here are a list of musicians, bands, and music that I have been listening to lately that goes beyond the House music that I fell in love with while in London. Armin Van Buuren is a given, Kaskade is great also, but here are others.
Ippazzi: always loved these guys, have been listening to them for a while.
This is a snippet of a song "Judging Me" from their new album that is coming out soon, check them out. If you are in the New York City area, they're playing at the Bitter End on Jan 24 and in mid-Feb. I would recommend you to check them out, I might be out too.
www.ippazzi.com
Dizzy Balloon: these guys are straight out of Piedmont in the Bay Area. College aged kids that just play some fun music to rock the box. Heard their concerts are nuts, too bad they haven't explored out of the bay just yet. Did a cover of My Parachute Won't Open, pretty funny but good stuff. Here is their hit "Raise a Glass", performed at Not So Silent Night this past December
their myspace is www.myspace.com/dizzyballoon
Pez: Like the previous post, heard this guy while in Australia. The song "Festival Song" is an absolute trip, really good stuff and the kind of music that you want to roll down the windows of your car look out at the sun and just stroll down the straightaway at 10 miles an hour.
The rest of his album is quite good, different beats and a variety of rhythms.
www.myspace.com/emceepez
Green Street: of course have to support my brah in the music scene. Will be doing some video collaboration with the group hopefully so I gotta give them some kind of exposure to the rest of the world. These guys remind me a lot like Pez's festival song. They just recently performed at a show with good success, so hopefully A-Live will listen to my constant bagging on him to release some finalized stuff.
Check them out:
www.myspace.com/greenstreetrecords (Odyssey and Essence are my favorites)
www.greenstreetrecords.blogspot.com for their latest releases.
Erin Bode: I first listened to her when I was in St Louis in a Jazz Club. Her voice was so pure, so crisp that I could not stop get enough of her. It was such a soothing, relaxing, and great tone and so simple, really liked her music. They really jammed out with the jazz and I loved it. This is the type of music that if you had some really nice speakers pop in the cd and really let the sounds resonate and its purity take you over. Her stuff is really good, still mostly known in the midwest though. Hopefully she can make it big and get to New York and perform at the Blue Note, that would be great.
www.erinbode.com
she's got some free music on there that is really good stuff, one of my favorites is "Chasing After You". Here's one of her songs, Holiday. Don't mind the pictures.
Well I should probably get back into packing for New York. I have no idea how I am going to keep everything under the weight limit. Hopefully I won't be charged. Honestly its quite tough, given the fact that it was 70 (23C) outside today and I'm going to New York where it hasn't peaked over 20F (-6C) in the last week. 'Till then, keep listening and support local music.
Ippazzi: always loved these guys, have been listening to them for a while.
This is a snippet of a song "Judging Me" from their new album that is coming out soon, check them out. If you are in the New York City area, they're playing at the Bitter End on Jan 24 and in mid-Feb. I would recommend you to check them out, I might be out too.
www.ippazzi.com
Dizzy Balloon: these guys are straight out of Piedmont in the Bay Area. College aged kids that just play some fun music to rock the box. Heard their concerts are nuts, too bad they haven't explored out of the bay just yet. Did a cover of My Parachute Won't Open, pretty funny but good stuff. Here is their hit "Raise a Glass", performed at Not So Silent Night this past December
their myspace is www.myspace.com/dizzyballoon
Pez: Like the previous post, heard this guy while in Australia. The song "Festival Song" is an absolute trip, really good stuff and the kind of music that you want to roll down the windows of your car look out at the sun and just stroll down the straightaway at 10 miles an hour.
The rest of his album is quite good, different beats and a variety of rhythms.
www.myspace.com/emceepez
Green Street: of course have to support my brah in the music scene. Will be doing some video collaboration with the group hopefully so I gotta give them some kind of exposure to the rest of the world. These guys remind me a lot like Pez's festival song. They just recently performed at a show with good success, so hopefully A-Live will listen to my constant bagging on him to release some finalized stuff.
Check them out:
www.myspace.com/greenstreetrecords (Odyssey and Essence are my favorites)
www.greenstreetrecords.blogspot.com for their latest releases.
Erin Bode: I first listened to her when I was in St Louis in a Jazz Club. Her voice was so pure, so crisp that I could not stop get enough of her. It was such a soothing, relaxing, and great tone and so simple, really liked her music. They really jammed out with the jazz and I loved it. This is the type of music that if you had some really nice speakers pop in the cd and really let the sounds resonate and its purity take you over. Her stuff is really good, still mostly known in the midwest though. Hopefully she can make it big and get to New York and perform at the Blue Note, that would be great.
www.erinbode.com
she's got some free music on there that is really good stuff, one of my favorites is "Chasing After You". Here's one of her songs, Holiday. Don't mind the pictures.
Well I should probably get back into packing for New York. I have no idea how I am going to keep everything under the weight limit. Hopefully I won't be charged. Honestly its quite tough, given the fact that it was 70 (23C) outside today and I'm going to New York where it hasn't peaked over 20F (-6C) in the last week. 'Till then, keep listening and support local music.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Aussie Summer Recollection
Well, just spent a short stint in Oz seeing some family and some old friends. Got to enjoy the sun even if it was only for 3 days, got in a game of golf, and stumbled across this really cool beat while down there. Good 'ol Aussie Rap.
The song is "Festival Song" by Pez
The song is "Festival Song" by Pez
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Repentance for Lack of Dividends
Well this year I was not able to get any presents for my family, I know epic fail. As a consolation I offered to cook dinner for my family, which I might make into a yearly tradition as this was the second time I did it. Well here is what I cooked:
First Course:
Mixed Salad with Scallops Wrapped in Bacon
Second Course:
Lamb Rib Chops with Young Potatoes and Asparagus in Red Wine Au Jus reduction
Lamb chops season with salt, pepper, garlic, and ginger.
Reduction done with red wine from Portugal
Final Course:
Simple Yogurt parfait with plain yogurt, raspberry jelly, granola and blueberries.
Dinner was good, now bracing myself for the impending food coma.
First Course:
Mixed Salad with Scallops Wrapped in Bacon
The scallops were held together by rosemary stems.
They were drizzled with a lemon vinegarette.
Second Course:
Lamb Rib Chops with Young Potatoes and Asparagus in Red Wine Au Jus reduction
Lamb chops season with salt, pepper, garlic, and ginger.
Reduction done with red wine from Portugal
Final Course:
Simple Yogurt parfait with plain yogurt, raspberry jelly, granola and blueberries.
Dinner was good, now bracing myself for the impending food coma.
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