This Christmas.

Was pretty chill. Even tho there's a lot on my mind, spending time with my family made me happy and it cheered me up a lot. It started around 6:30 when everyone started arriving and I was cooking a meaaannnn batch of lumpia with Uncle Murphy, Mom, and Nicole. [:



Me and my bro kicked it with the fam we see like once a year.. It was chill getting to see them after so long.





With some additional brotherly love? lol



As the night went on, some of our family had more alcohol than the others. One of them being my mom.



And so another year passes and the people i have come to grow up with and love spends another awesome Christmas with me. Despite how loud and drama-filled they are at times, I love my family. (I have no idea why I'm so serious in this picture lol)



Merry Christmas Ya'll.

Later Rancho.

Off to the cousin's house for Christmas once again and this Christmas seems different from the others. Yeah, I may not feel the spirit like I used to, but I find myself appreciating a lot more this time around and it feels nice to notice all that I do have, or don't. So goodbye Rancho, don't fret, ill be back this weekend [:



HOLY CRAP ITS CHRISTMAS! MERRY CHRISTMAS WORLD!!
Despite how crappy some may feel right now, I pray that everyone feels some sort of happiness that helps them get through whatever shit is keeping them down. It's Christmas ya'll [:

"Patience and the heart will mend."

Thanks Eileen.

Lately, things have been pretty rough for one reason or another, and its hard to take my mind off of things when almost everything reminds you of it. Some say time is God's band-aid and I'm taking their word. I know time comes to heal almost everything, but its hard to wait when days pass by slower than they ever have before. Time... don't fail me now.

A B-Mod Christmas.

Okay so I realize that I haven't blogged in 2387498 years, but its cause internet at my mom's has been shitty and I have no internet whatsoever at my Dad's. So this blog goes back to the 13th (2 Saturdays ago), the Barkada Modern Christmas party. Over time, I've come to realize that I've gotten closer to these guys than I could've ever imagined. The inside jokes that we have are endless, and with most of these people I can talk about anything with. I had a great time with these guys this night and despite the annoying late hours I've spent with them during hell week and literally the blood, sweat, and tears that we've put into our choreo, I LOVE them, and it'd be pretty hard to imagine life without them.

The party was in Arcadia so the car ride took forevaa. Paul and Robbie fell asleep on the way.





We had to drop by Walnut to get Jasmine and then had to help frost the cake she made.
"Jasmine you're taking forever..."





And so secret santa began.





Some of us got lucky under the mistletoe...



and others, drunk.



B-Models?



Yay singing.



GROUP PHOTO! (lol byron)



some photography courtesy of Byronface.

The Christmas Spirit.

It's that time of the year again, after Thanksgiving and right before New Years, when everyone puts up their Christmas trees, Thoroughbread is back in business, 99.9 and 103.5 are the greatest stations to listen to, and for some odd reason I'm just not feeling it this year :/ Time and time again I forget that it's Christmas and I'm constantly reminding myself that it is... I just don't know what it is about this year, but I just don't feel it. Maybe it's the heavy stress I've been feeling lately and the constant worrying of things that I have to do. Hopefully I'll feel the magic soon, I really need it. 2 weeks 'til Christmas...

B-Mod's First.

I suggest you go, hit me up if you want to. It'll be held on December 18th at Arcadia High School and it begins at 7 o'clock PM. Tickets are $7 and they'll most likely be sold out at the door.

You'll be viewing performances from:
-BARKADA MODERN
-Kaba Modern Six (ABDC Group) yes.. Yuri Tag, Tony Tran, etc.
-Arcadia Breaking Crew



Come and support!

Photo-less.

Decided to take this blog and actually talk about my life rather than telling what happens day-by-day. No pictures, no captions, no bullshit...

Life has been hard lately.

B-Mod... is great, but at the same time I feel as though it prevents me from performing as well as I could be in school and from all the money I could possibly be making. It forces me to change my availability at work, which heavily prevents me from becoming a server. It is a great way to get away from it all but at the same time, it causes a lot of stress as well. Maybe I'm judging this too soon cause I haven't performed with them yet, and haven't felt that presence you feel on stage. Who knows? maybe it'll become my family. Too soon to judge, but I'm going back and forth with it.

School... is also not that bad, but at the same time I wanna finally declare my major and get on with pursuing my career. I feel like I'm not really moving on in the field I wanna do and time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'... into the future. I've decided on some schools for a possible transfer, but I also need to take into consideration the things that will make me happy in the future.

Work... HOLY SHIT I SHOULD BE A FUCKING SERVER ALREADY!! What the fuck, why is Daniel a server when he completely sucks balls and doesn't do shit?! I work twice as hard as him and earn MORE tips than him, even when he's a server! Jose and Laura, even if my availability is a little tight you KNOW i work my ass off when I'm in there. You are either fucking blind or just fucking lazy, cause it's not that hard to train me... especially when I'm eager and willing to learn this because this is what I've been wanting. THIS IS WHY I LEFT JAMBA JUICE! TO BECOME A SERVER AND MAKE MORE! But how can I do that when all I need is the higher authority to give me the okay, and you guys won't do shit... even all of the shift leads want me as a server... damn.

Mae... I don't feel comfortable talking about this. I mean it is our business, right? But all I have to say is I'm sorry. I never wanted to hurt you and just know that it's just as hard for me as it is for you, even if it doesn't appear that way. I hide it through smiles and laughter.

Gnite World.

Off.

Today was chill. No school, no finals, no work... After waking up at 12 I did some laundry and headed up to Mike's to find Rob there from Victorville. Chris hit us up and we headed to Yardhouse to happy hour where there's some cheap shit yo.







We ate. Walked around the gloomy weather to find American Apparel finally at Victoria Gardens and I marked this as the downfall lol.





and Christmas gets closer and closer...

Kitchen Randoms.

After getting home from a long ass day of B-Mod, I decided to take some random shots around the kitchen. I tried busting my DoF skills bahaha.





That last picture made me want some of this... Mmm citrus-y goodness.

Foggy Night.

Last Night.

Late Night Visits.

Never seem to get old, nor do they cease to bring a smile to my face.

Old School.

Def. felt throwback to just cruise around the coldasacks. Mike and I went all over vintage on our longboards and needed to stretch beforehand. I'm still a nub with photography so I decided to play around with shutter speeds. I liked the pic that came out in the garage so I made it my new header and holy crap Christmas is in 3 weeks.

Byebye Break.

Monday... oh how I love Mondays. We just got back from Thanksgiving break today and I decided to bring the camera with me and see what I could find. Greg was so happy to be back in school.



I had no idea Starbucks gave out samples lol. Too bad I'm lactose intolerant.



Tony and I did what Tony and I do best.. nothing lol.

Black Fraahday.

My shoe boxes were getting lonely so I decided to add some new guys to the family.







Mike got in on the action too..



SUP JAMES?! haha