Hot weekend

Went to visit my family this weekend in OC, freakin hot as hell but at least the ladies of OC dressed appropriately. Reason for visiting was my sister’s graduation from FIDM.For those of you that don’t know, Lauren from “The Hills” attends this school. Rumor was that she was graduating too, but nope, wasn’t on the list – she was my sister’s yr but kinda took breaks so that’s probably why. Anyways, graduation was at Staples Center (thats where the Lakers play) and it was pretty impressive. I thought I was seriously at a Fashion show – huge crowd, beats playing through the speakers, tons of lights and screens displaying their school stuff and a video being played showcasing their students and projects. What made it even crazier was that all the vendors were open so people could buy hot dogs, popcorn, nachos, etc. I mean, sure that would be normal if this were a game or show, but this was a graduation haha.

I slept through the boring parts (calling all 700 names one at a time) but one thing I thought was pretty cool that no other school would do was that a ton of students (obviously mostly girls) altered their black robes into some type of dress. I’m not talking about cutting off the sleeves or cutting the bottom into a skirt, I’m saying “dresses.” Guess you cant really expect less from fashion students.

Got to see my friends this weekend too – all the ones I’ve kept in touch with from High School. Can’t believe we went to SD to eat, but damn that place was good. Its called Tony’s Jacal in El Segundo, probably the best mexican food i’ve had in socal. I’d have to compare that to my place here in sf (Celia’s). Its always good catching up with them coz its never really awkward. We catch up quick and continue along just as we hung out in hs. I think its because our personalities haven’t changed much so we still know each other pretty well. I’m glad i still have them, otherwise i’d probably be stuck at home playing games, which isn’t really a bad thing except i can do that when i get back, which i did haha.

Playing WOW again. Yup, the worst time sink I’ve ever encountered in my life that doesn’t exactly benefit me except to say, “Yup, I’m a level 70.” Still, can’t complain really. Why? Because I love the MMO genre, the whole group interaction while playing the same game and doing the same stuff. People do this all the time in Facebook and its addicting. Of course, my career goal is to work at a game industry as well, and even more precisely, an MMO company. Or Lucasarts or Nintendo -  I’m totally game for those companies too.

I read my google reader daily and so I’m always updated with news articles from gaming websites I visit and thats what kind of got me back into the game really. SO much stuff will be happening with the new expansion that I decided to take my shaman to 70. No more of ‘oh i’ll try him out,’ or ‘i dont know who to level.’ I saw some alpha leaks, read the forums, play tested almost every class and finally decided that my main character from now on will be him. A shaman represents a hybrid or the “Jack of all trades” class. Which appeals to me since that has been the way I’m portrayed in real life. I wanted to do a lot of stuff and be wanted for groups and yet be fun and different. Can’t do that on the rogue so I finally made the switch and I’m lovin every bit of it. I play a couple of hours each nite when i’m done dancing or working out or back from chillin at lyn’s place and I’m really experiencing more now what the game is offering than before. I think I’m starting to look at things differently because of all the research I’ve been doing the past month. Anywhoo, enough talk about wow. I’ll just post a pic once Joeywheeler is 70.

Grandma’s Boy, Fake Boobs, and a Happy Thanksgiving.

Mama’s birthday

Last week I was home for Mama’s 85^th birthday which I was able to celebrate w/ Lyn and all of my cousins. I was my Mama’s photographer for the day so I made sure to take her picture every chance I could get. She loves taking pictures, probably more so than the average Filipino (and that’s saying a lot).

I got to see my godson too, I knew I had to give him some money or something but Lyn thought it would be a better idea to get him a toy, after all, I hated money when I was a kid, you couldn’t play with it and kids don’t know the concept of money – except that you’re supposed to save it, boring. So I got him a lightsaber, duuh. I’ll probably do that for my future kid, want to make sure the force runs in the family =)

Mama’s bday was a success, she told me she wasn’t looking forward to it coz she feels way too old but im sure all of the cards and gifts she got made her change her mind.  Oh, and playing wii w/ everyone was awesome too. WarioWare was dope.
 

Thanksgiving week

 

I rarely see my friends from High School when I’m home. Usually I’d give Karen a call and she’d be cool and set something up w/ a few of us to eat or go out or something. But there are those super rare times I’ll see someone out of the blue while in town. Usually I see my friend Hemali in the mall or see someone from High School I knew of but never really talked to (that’s not saying much coz I didn’t really make too many friends in high school). Anyways, saw my friend Lyn w/ her bf and family. Good to know she’s doing well, she’ll be my doctor someday. (and Karen will be my lawyer, Jodie my optometrist, Julie will do my taxes.. I think im set)

 

What else did I do this week? Hmm, play video games. Haha. I’ve gotten pretty hardcore into gaming recently, playing games from every console and pc. You could say this could help me get that job I want in the games industry, just a little. I think on Saturday all I did was rotate from my TV to my PC to my DS. That rotation worked pretty well – I think I’ll do that when im back home for Christmas.

Day After Thanksgiving -  nothing much this year for me. Last year Lyn and I raped the Puma outlet. This time, not so much. I kinda just rode passenger seat w/ my sis the whole day while she got stuff like AppleCare, Boots, USB drive, and DVDs. Oh yea, i saw lots of fake boobs at the mall. Pretty cool, its funny how they just flaunt them w/ their small shirts and stuff. Only thing I got was the first volume of Y the last man, Goonies DVD, and South Park season 10. I swear  I wasn’t going to buy anything this time (gotta save for that house!) but the DVDs were crazy cheap, 5$ for Goonies, and South Park was only 15, and it has the WOW ep so that was a good buy. “Y The Last Man” is another story – I’ve gotten into graphic novels these past few months and this was a good recommendation from a coworker. I’ll talk about it more when the rest of the series gets shipped =)

Visiting Fam

Got a little caught off guard a week ago when my mom called telling me to visit home. Basically my cousin’s grandma just passed and my grandma’s cousin is in the hospital. It was a little shocking especially since i haven’t been to a funeral in a looong time. But i was able to hang out w/ mama and sis

And i got to go to pinkberry finally =)

It does live up to the hype. Its expensive and trendy but you really can’t find that taste anywhere up here. Its basically frozen yogurt but very tangy and sour tasting w/ fruit mixed in to balance it out. I’ll definitely go again, too bad its all the way in LA. Here’s what i got:

Family visit

I dont get visits often from Family so when they come i like hanging out with them as much as possible, too bad they’re camping all the way in Petaluma. I checked, its like an hour away in the middle of nowhere really. Why the chose there? no idea, my family’s weird like that but thats what makes it fun. They did manage to meet me sunday and bring me to relatives houses that i had no idea lived here. It was cool, i just didnt like it when they asked about marriage. I mean, man im 24, i still play video games, watch anime and have a small star wars collection- im not exactly ready to settle down. Plus im bad with money, i mean i just bought an iphone (this is not a plug, im just saying i tend to have reckless spending habits when it comes to technology). The best part about vists from Mom, she brings food =) so now i’ve got enough to last me this work week.

Oh yea, work, so i just got a bottle of wine for my 1yr anniversary at Fathom. Pretty neat, but i still want more…hopefully things will turn out for the better in these next few weeks otherwise Google will just have to recruit me eariler than planned haha.

On other news, i just got this email below telling me to pick up Harry Potter this friday at Midnight. I reserved it back in Mission Viejo coz thats where i’ll be, i just hope to make it in time. Too bad Lyn cant get out of work earlier, bahh! My prediction? Harry will die, but not so easily, he takes He who must not be named down with him knowing that he too will cease to exist. But before that he realizes he was never alone (looks at friends and girl) and bam, Avada Kadvra! haha.. something like that. Im just wondering what the Deathly Hallows are. The only thing that can stop Voldemort? maybe. Or even better, Harry has to find them and something happens and his powers reach full potential and he can do all that crazy shit that the Aurors were doing in Order of the Phoenix. Sweet! oh yea, finished Paper Mario, gonna turn that in for credit at Gamestop tomorrow.. gotta get ready for all those awesome games in the fall =)