brains on swol

2009-04-15T17:53:00.001-07:00

photo blawg from the south

2009-03-30T15:01:00.000-07:00

on tumblr. name still to be decided. gotta think of something cool. this could take a while.

peep this

2009-02-04T16:40:00.000-08:00

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stoned-thor/sets/274424/

2009-02-04T00:19:00.001-08:00

Flash Required

i needa

2008-10-25T15:35:00.001-07:00

Oh snap son!

2008-10-08T17:47:00.000-07:00

i was hoping this would happen. even better than the other night when mcain kept everybody his friends like some sleazy armenian boat salesman, this time he calls people at one of his rallies "my fellow prisoners". i wish i looked asian so i could go to his next rally dressed like a vc yelling "do maa! do maa!".

check the video too through the link.

Mcain bamboo cage flashback

change of scenery

2008-10-07T02:10:00.000-07:00

gonna be contributing to shark ballz for a lil bit so postings here will become even more infrequent. if you never even see what, man what the fuck? go peep that shit.

but before that, learn to poop.

loddi doddi

2008-09-23T21:20:00.000-07:00

so stoked for the debate on friday. I have the biggest boner since before i started drinking and smoking heavily.
and luckily, you tube has a video of every awesomely dirty rap with some high school girl wobilling her narucas all over her web cam. take that you luddites!

Harry motherfucking Belafonte vs. Animal

andy warhol was the biggest douche bag ever

2008-09-06T20:36:00.000-07:00

i hope he knew that.

another reason tom delay sucks

2008-09-02T21:37:00.000-07:00

or is it another reason why smash mouth sucks? im really not sure which side is more responsible for the other one sucking. maybe they're trying to out suck each other? (nh?)

peep lame: smash mouth and tom delay suck off

early detection is the key

2008-09-02T15:28:00.000-07:00

parlay this weekend at berkeley

2008-08-28T12:51:00.000-07:00

im trying to get some people together to drink beers and basically get stupid. so if anybody actually checks this thing, hit me up!

central park sun

2008-08-25T18:24:00.000-07:00

not really too much going on in life lately... going to viet nam on the 3rd. maybe some crazy shit will go down? one can only guess.

lonnie johnson-it's too late to cry baby

gullah gullah island/lil wayne remix, i totally forgot that frog's name is biya biya, lol

beware! this shit is really gay... i couldn't even make it half way through

semper fi cocktail fruit

and lastly, wu-tang office

wednesday wednesday

2008-08-20T12:45:00.000-07:00

a geezer but a heater

burning spear is teh badest

we bout it bout it

2008-08-20T00:25:00.000-07:00

Joaquin Murieta

2008-08-19T17:36:00.000-07:00

This guy was one of the badest bandits in california history.

his life unfolds like a spanish novela, with tragedy, revenge, and comedy.

I really admire the man for the simple reason that in the face of a racist and corrupt government fucking him over and trying to kill him, he went all out to give the system a broomstick up the ass.

coming at you live from pantera bread

2008-08-16T20:17:00.000-07:00

my life is slowly starting to resemble a turn of the 90's action movie.

im going to be a navy cook. no seriously.

im going to vietnam missing in action style to the tilt. and i have 2 weeks to reconcile with the sjpd and sfpd.

shit, fuck it. in to the fray with a bottle of hootch.

my mom blawgz, big up!

2008-08-01T22:25:00.000-07:00

so maybe this will destroy my hardbody image but i'm gonna give my mom's blog a shout.

so far she's got some sleeping in and a some boozing up to do with her crew. they sew. don't hate.

give her a shout or some words of wisdom over at The Life-After
LoLerskates mom.

Don't Sleep!

ps,

This is the best thing ive sen on the internet in a while, no offense mom.

werdle

2008-07-26T14:27:00.000-07:00

wordle is an amazing way to waste ten minutes. it takes any text and, based on word frequency, it arranges them in "word clouds"

pretty amusing i'd say.

smoke weed and listen to wu-tang

2008-07-19T23:23:00.000-07:00

germany is crazy. i think WW deuce might have been a good thing for them since it seems that it killed off all the bavarian hicks and now all that's left are bluds who smoke

good weed and design cool stuff i can't afford.
such cool people need cool stuff to do. like chessboxing. two dudes get in a ring, play chess, then box.

the idea is a lot better than how it comes out. but that's probably due partly to the fact that german chess players suck at boxing. colombian chessboxing would be way more sick but colombians are way to dumb to play chess.

and in other big shit poppin'; new conor mobile. coming to a blunt spot near you.

Know Your Local Redneck

2008-07-13T00:25:00.000-07:00

Do you know where the term red neck is from? I thought I knew. but the reality of it was face melting for a history nerd like me.

It was a pack of unionized coal miners from west virginia going to fight some fedral troops blocking unions from working. the army had machine guns and the miners had their hunting rifles. to distinguish themselves from the facists, the miners tied red bandanas around their necks.

hence, your rednecks.

"a good jap"

2008-07-08T15:05:00.000-07:00

Natalie receives a present from her navy boyfriend in the middle of the last "great" war.
Even the most righteous fighters are little better than their enemies.

lollerball

2008-07-02T16:11:00.000-07:00

via the john o'day

emergency broadcast system in my cell phone

2008-07-02T14:32:00.000-07:00

I've been having these hella weird and super vivid dreams for the past few days. It probably has something to do with the amount of hash I've been smoking prior to it or the amount of oatmeal i've been eating.

one i got in an argument with my grandma where she accused me of being a commie bastard to which I replied by shaking her around and telling her about the benefits of socialist policies. maybe this is the sequel to the one I had where I ended up in a pro wrestling match with reagan.

last night's dream was super fucked up to say the least. i wont go into details, but it involved disembowelment, hostage taking, the animal planet, race cars and welsh elitists. it was then interrupted by the city's emergency broadcast system which is basically a bunch of huge speakers that start making noises that make you think were about to get bombed and then make you think your cell phone is going off in your head.

I'm thinking of having a bbq at berkeley and inviting my homies but i have none of the things necessary for a bbq and i'm pretty sure nobody would be willing to drive up here.

so, anybody doing something awesome? I'll bring a lot of warm beer.

wait, hold up...

2008-06-28T14:53:00.000-07:00

George Carlin is dead? when in the fuck did that happen?
that sucks.
him dying not the fact that i missed it for almost a week.

tomorrow going to see the frida kahlo exhibit at moma. hopefully.

Sooo...

2008-06-17T17:46:00.000-07:00

Would it really be that bad if McCain became president? Just sayin'. Obama has got it on a good lock but i feel like he could lose it. whereas McCain has been in the shit for a minute. Experience isn't everything, but I think McCain has a much more real sense of his political mortality. He's survived the attacks of satan's poodle karl rove and still jumps right back in the pit. the whole situation reminds me of the race between dewy and truman.

dewy was the highly charismatic and highly favored candidate. all national polls showed him raping the mister Truman prison style. But I think it was because of that predicted stomping that he is just an earmark in history today. He was handicapped by his greatness. He worked hard not to upset anyone and cater to all groups. But truman on the other hand, knew he had a fight on his hands and came out swinging for all 12 rounds. they said that on Dewy's train the drink was martini's and the game was bridge. on Truman's train it was scotch and poker.

Obama has some OG hardbodies in his corner and his game plan is tight. I hope he's holding back some speed though because there's still quite a bit of distance to go. Hillary's bloodlust didn't help much but it's really only the beginning.

in a fight between a young undefeated come up and a seasoned vet with an asymmetrical face and a few losses on his belt, chances are it's gonna be a learning experience for the youngblood and if Obama doesn't win it could make or break him.

I am a fan of what the man Obaba has done and his spirit is infectious, but McCain is a pipe hittin' mother fucker and I cant give up on him(nh). remember his campaign back in 2000? I'm sure he hasn't. and if he wins, I have a feeling it would be the biggest rope a dope of all time. more dope than hannibal and his elephants.

R.I.P. Tim Russert

2008-06-15T19:39:00.000-07:00

Meet The Press, The best network political talk show has lost it's host. But even more so, the world has lost one of the most sane voices in the dialogue in washington. we can only see where the tide will shift now. Anderson Cooper? Fucking Racist. Olberman? nevermind. i like cnn but i know where they stand.
please not chris mathews. PLEASE!!!

you will be missed sir.

ying yang rave?

2008-06-15T19:30:00.000-07:00

For Rillz, i was camped out at my homie's house watching mtv jamz and i thought i would share.

YOU DECIDE!

Cops vs. Special Olympics

2008-06-06T18:11:00.000-07:00

I'm gonna be back in the bottom of the bay mañana. let's have a beer.

acid drops

2008-05-26T16:07:00.000-07:00

i just got a free sandwich for letting this dude ride my bike (no homo). and i saw trackademics walking down the street.
now off to my birthday dinner with the folks.

gustando mi baile baby!!!!

2008-05-24T21:21:00.000-07:00

scratch the last comment about 45 year olds, it's all about 50 yearolds. JP. but seriously, im having a great time up in berkeley. working hella much and rolling around. i met josh kornbluth the other day when he came in to see indiana jones. we talked about his new movie him and his brother are making which is supposed to take a few notes from early peter jackson, (i know, right?) and his new tv show, which he says will be better than his last one. we can only hope.

I've also been talking to this old russian guy who gave me some good book recommendations and and interesting theory on how beowulf is actually a premonition of the eventual battle between us and the machines. I'm not holding out much hope for man kind, especially berkeley students.

hope to be getting down to cupertino next week. until then, keep it real.

now break it down and wyrm it wyrm it...

2008-05-07T17:31:00.000-07:00

I turned on my radio the other day to get some new music going in my ears while i was working on a painting and I heard not one but TWO new songs by mr pied piper 60 % R&B 40 he's hip hop. Kells of course! At this point im ready to elect him. I'm much more confident he could solve financial, economical, domestic and foreign affairs, infrastructure problems... all of that. the man's genius know no bounds. had he been born in ancient rome they would have thrown him to the lions for his brilliance.

in other, somewhat non related r kelly news, I got job! movie theaters down the street run by imature 45 yearolds go!
and I mean that in a totally sincere way.

what's wrong, aren't you happy?

2008-04-30T17:49:00.000-07:00

Just had the sandwich! pastrami in honey wheat? who knew it could be so amazing?

anywho, the interview went splendidly. talked with some crazy old beatnik lady and we shit talked on whole foods for a bit and talked about alice and wonderland. I hope this place will take me on, everyone is super cool and they make panini sandwiches so i can get my grub on for cheap.

now, off to apply at the california theater.

the peanut is neither a pea nor a nut, talk amongst yourselves...

limbo limbo

2008-04-28T16:35:00.000-07:00

Interview at this place tomorrow. other than that, the job hunt continues. i really need some money, i'm eating like a poor orphan in la cuña.

I also found the best liquor store ever. mad ingo flayva. it's run by these dudes who love good beer and get something new in their selection every week. on the marquis outside, it says "paper back evenings, hard cover nights", i'm still figuring out what that means...

the cafe im in right now makes what looks like the most amazing sandwiches and i really wish i could afford one. if you're in the area of telegraph and durrant, i highly suggest you check out sufficient grounds.

most irritating:

2008-04-22T16:58:00.000-07:00

first of all, where the hell is 707 area code from?
(update) santa rosa???

and secondly, if you're calling me from a restricted number and the transmission gets fucked up, it is on you to call my ass back!

christ on cracker.

but until the world gets it together, I'll keep grinding. because it's either grind or be ground. I got no time for mess.

I control your internets(with robot voices)

2008-04-17T17:02:00.000-07:00

real short here, I'd like to put the flash light on this dude for a minute.

http://whatimseeing.com/

a photo blog from some dude over in the city. lots of interesting facts and stories in and about the city by the bay.
this article in particular got my soul hella juiced. take some time to look through the back entries.
now to go try and hook up a bank account at wamu. bbq some time within a week, don't sleep.

increase the peace

shout to SC

2008-04-13T04:30:00.000-07:00

Remember when I said I wasn't gona talk about internets any more? totally, well i was shit talking. You gotta problem? you know where to stick it.

i want to give a shout to this dude, Shorty Fatz. Holding it down in Santa Clara. his works speak for themselves. if you feel booms, lowriders, and movies like american me, blood in blood out and zoot suit, I know you gona dig this.
:SHORTY FATZ:

steak sandwiches and fix gear bikes

2008-04-13T00:11:00.000-07:00

So i've been absent for a minute dudes. sorry to those I have flaked on in the past while. life has been a bit hectic as of late. with mandatory AA meetings and moving, and court dates and looking for work and falling in to an ass load of bikes a brother's life gets a bit erratic. but in less than 48 hours i'll be laying my head to rest at my new hermitage the B. I can hardly contain myself!
but wait, what was that bit about your ass and bikes you say? well i'll tell you. a few days ago i ran into this dude who used to come in to my work all the time. we started talking about bikes and this dude was dropping mad knowledge on your boy. he then gave me enough parts and frames and wheels to build some 6 bikes. sick right? so any brahs want to help me build some bikes?

next stop, get myself a bus pass and find a decent burrito spot close by.

so i'm thinking that this blog is gonna drift away from bullshit i happen to be reading on the internets and move into the role of telling you where i'm at and the shit i'm doing. when i'm on a pilgrimage in ethiopia, you'll read it here first. who want's to read a bunch of retarded shit i read on my computer anyways?

ps, the photo above is of tonyB bacon-beat and ohad the 3 point ruler and ya boy conorea editing the nasty nate video.
peep the 7 foot damaja and other awesome videos right meow.

increase the peace

on the Richard Branson plan

2008-04-09T04:19:00.000-07:00

Oh RB, you are on it my man. You fly around the world in balloons, build rocket ships to send rich people in to space, have the most awesome island home (a la cribs), and now you cook up a plan with google to sell one way tickets to mars.

Virgle

You can check out the plan for martian domination and apply yourself to get it going on. Also be prepared to spend a few hundred thousand dollars.

Is there possibly any way, you, mr. richard b, would care to invest in a granola company?
It truly is a movement you need to be in tune with.

Try G8

Feel the 8 flavors of love roll through you.

coming up next, my manditory AA update, don't sleep!

hang over jams

2008-04-03T19:06:00.000-07:00

Late night encounters with shitty vodka do not do a body good. But when my head is about to fall off i like to read, and play some music and keep it eire. boooyyyyeee.

mr vegas - must come a road

Lot's of beer and good conversations the other night. the music, not so much, but i still got drunk enough to shake my ass.
some thoughts:
if the game is fixed you should still play.
but only if it's a game worth playing.
the smoking section is what's up.
say what you mean to avoid regret.
i did and i don't.

and most importantly, fuck other people's expectations, because i'm not here to live up to a standard other than my own and neither are you.

also, i really love this video set to a speech by carl sagan. taken from dustin's blog. thanks brodie.

some pieces are just made up of smaller pieces. some parts sold separately.

easy come easy go

2008-04-01T22:43:00.000-07:00

I love the Bay. It's the perfect mix of cities, towns, countryside, forest and ocean all circumnavigated by one of the ~~finest~~ most tolerable public transportation systems around. the hidden beauty and vastness of culture to it is endless.

Basically what i'm saying is the new york thing is dunzo. It feels like it was over before it even began. but for the summer i'll be posted up in the B. Even though I hate 90 percent of Berkeley, it does have about one degree of cool that I can cope with until I can get set up over in the city.

so now it's time to find some some like minded social entrepreneurs (hopefully some south bay cats trying to get their shit together?) who would be willing to invest in a warehouse and/or store front and get shit poppin! The only stipulations I have are as follows;

-If all you do is smoke weeds and chill then walk your ass back to kezar and haight cuz I got no time for losers. at the moment that's the only thing I have against anyone. if that's your thing then by all means, but I find most of your brethren to be passive aggressive, uninspiring and untalented. xbox does not count as an activity.

-If you do at and are serious about it then by all means come on by. unless you suck, then in which case thumbs up and don't let the door hitya where the good lord splitya.

-If you have good ideas and can benefit the cause let's drink some beers and rap about it.

there will be more to follow but right now i hella want to go on a bike ride so, until later, increase the peace.

world, what's up?

2008-03-30T23:32:00.000-07:00

So in about three weeks time your dude will be nesting with the grandparents in New Rochelle, New York. It's been many moons since I've been far away from bay waters and an even more moons since I've been to New York and it's kinda freaking me out. I remember when I first got to Spain and this crazy mix of anxiety/excitement/homesickness that first day. At the very least, I can understand people in New York and it'll even give me a chance to brush up on my Puerto Rican spanish.
but can I stick it out for 6 months? can i really be away from my beloved bay and everyone I know and love for such a long time?
I doubt this, but I'll give it a shot.
So who wants to drink some beers and go to the cherry blossom festival next weekend?

in need of a new spaceship

2008-03-28T12:24:00.000-07:00

the vicarious life of my tv is waning in interest by the day. and in-n-out is looking better by the minute. could i wear that stupid hat? yes. i really have no option at this point. i'll fucking rock that shit like it's 2010!

current jam: hall & oates - i can't go for that

Howring roof...

2008-03-27T20:19:00.000-07:00

plans as of late; steady on the look for a grind. it's hard out there. it seems as though the entire population of hiring managers is comprised of two faced grease balls who are too busy peeing on their own legs to call you up for an interview. fuck it...

so a warehouse space in the city or oakland? a house in cambell? i like cupertino but i gotta get out for a little bit. working at coffee society definitely opened my eyes to what's going on. all those who stay here are just bitter weirdos that spend their days working away at some crappy job just to go kick it at coffee society and complain about shit with other jaded fucks. i'm probably gonna end up jaded but it might as well be after i do a bunch of cool shit, right?

right at this moment though, i'm very comfortable and am about to cook some food and have a drink.

pass me that lighter fluid kid

2008-03-26T22:32:00.000-07:00

if i could get my hands on a bottle of wine and some tomato & basil wheat thins with a bunch of artichoke dip that would be it.

instead my life, or lack there of is summed up in ominous comic strips

if only my eyes could connect with what i want, it would just be a matter of reach.

ps; the no reservations italy episodes will always be always good.

shit's fucked son

2008-03-25T19:06:00.000-07:00

My car has been fucked for days. It wasn't even that bad, I was just being kinda lazy and decided that I would just walk the earth like the J-man. But, recently I've caved to society and decided to get that piece back on the streets and get my ass a job. but now while working on my car I fucked it up even worse than it was before. i don't even think it's fixable from here. i think it's over.

my ass hole of a father is pressuring me to join the military everyday. I think he tends to forget about what that institution did to his father. The late grandfather would nightmares crying in his sleep (and this was 60 years after the war) and mostly sat alone drinking not wanting to talk to anyone. I feel bad that I ever as a child played into that appeal of the military. it's a horrible institution responsible for the worst things in this world. and to my dad, a man who claimed exemption from the vietnam war thinks it's the best joke ever.

I'm fucking sick of all this double talk from people. oh yeah, the war in iraq should be over but the military is a great way to make money. do you realize what you just said? war is bad, but it's cool if you're just doing it to make some money.
I'm thinking in the future when every country has nukes, there's going to be no need for an army anymore. it's all gonna be mercenaries. and nano machines. yeah i saw the previews for MGS4. but come on, who didn't see that shit coming?

and today, on the east side some kid's funeral got shot up. yeah, people shot up the church.
and 1 in 8 babies is being born premature.

fuuuuuuuuck

In My Projects

2008-02-07T19:33:00.000-08:00

So I've decided that this is where I'm gonna dump my essay projects that i finish for english. that way the world can see one day, what a gigantic retard i was. so here's one I wrote on half a bottle of nyquil and zero sleep.

I n t e g r i t y,

This is a word that has been going in and out of my mind for the past while. When we think about the definition of integrity in the ethical sense, it seems to be more of an emotional reaction rather than a clear understanding of what it means. We easily recognize integrity in those we think exemplify it in their behavior. But can we really deliver a clear definition of it? And how well would our definitions or ideas hold up when pressed with the Socratic Method? It seems that our definitions of integrity only have the strength of the integrity within us.

Integrity extends to probably all areas of life. I say probably because I can’t think of an area that it does not have some significance, but that doesn’t mean that somewhere an area does not exist for it. In major fields of professionalism we can think of that integrity comes into play, such as politics, law, business, art, music, writing, even mathematics (although the definition of it there has nothing to do with morality) it has to come from within the soul of a person. When I say the soul, I don’t exactly mean in the religious sense, but in a sense that it has to have a certain sense of passion steeped into the actions of the person. A politician, when making choices and dealing with other leaders in the government must be consistent in the way he deals with everything. If a politician portraits oneself to be a non-partisan fighting for the citizens, yet panders to one side of the government or other and works to deceive their constituents while they act to further corruption on behalf of corporations or whatever, we would deem that politician to be dishonest, have no integrity, and therefore have a corrupted soul. And if you compare that to a virtuous politician, it can be an almost spiritual experience through their ability to unite people behind his ideals and causes.

To be completely devoid of integrity is a truly terrible thing to endure and I could only see it as a curse of the spirit. But what about those whom have the ability to speak with conviction about what they believe and how they feel but their integrity, and they can even truly believe in their convictions, yet can’t stand to the pressures from the supposed real world? This is the real dilemma that most humans face in life. Perhaps my view on the subject is a bit too idealistic for the world of politics, but how does it apply to other areas? How about music? Musicians are always getting into arguments and rivalries over who came out with this sound or that, or who was the first to play an instrument this way or that. Who’s biting whom and who does it better. Integrity comes into play here because it’s undeniable that certain “artists” take certain liberties with the sounds of others. Do you have soul? This is a similar scenario with a different set of implications. I would say that it even has a definite purpose within the art form. I think it helps move music forward and encourages the true artists to take it to the next level where the perpetrators can’t follow. In the birth of hip hop in the Bronx back in 79, nobody could have imagined the full scope it would hold today. But if it hadn’t been for a group of down town fakesters taking the sound and bringing it to a national audience, would the true originators have gotten it together to take their local culture and bring the truth to the people? Since they saw that hip hop didn’t just have to be local parties and BBQs in the BX and that there was a national and world wide audience for it they were able to solidify there presence as the true artists in history. In this aspect, artistic integrity and the lack there of worked together in a way for the greater good of music and set the precedent for the next chapter of music the world over.

I truly believe that integrity is the most important virtue. It is the ground point for all other virtues. Loyalty, honesty, respect, justice, etc are all derivatives of integrity. It is the catalyst that drives each feeling forward and gives those virtues the sense of conviction that is necessary in putting humanity into action.