Getting My Blab On

It’s Sunday morning and I want to rant about something but I have no real idea what I want to do it of.  On Friday night, I was hit on my bicycle in a hit-and-run. Right now I’m at a family friend’s house with the family putting up with shitty love songs (as in they’re bad songs) by artists like Los Bukis, but I have Mercyful Fate’s “Nightmare” playing. More than anything, I think this is just going to be a big long blab of random stuff.

Mercyful Fate

Of all the their albums, I think Don’t Break the Oath is my favorite. “A Dangerous Meeting”, “Nightmare” and “Come to the Sabbath” are just amazing songs that for me, define what the Mercyful Fate sound is.

Biking With Long Hair

So last night was the Los Angeles Critical Mass and one of the newest CSUN Bicycle Collective members, Gracie, joined us for the ride. One of the highlights was a hilarious conversation between Madison, Gracie and I about how we each handle cycling with long hair.

Long Hair

I love my hair and I’ve never been afraid to admit it. It’s pretty long (but not long enough) and I a lot of times I put it in a bun or something random just for the heck of it. What’s the point of having long hair if you’re not going to have some fun with it? Let me be clear, by having fun with your hair, I mean hairstyles that do NOT include straightening and curling it. The reason I do not include those is because girls and women have a tendency to complain how damaged their hair is. Instead of enjoying your hair, you’re just whining.

Horror Movies

I love horror movies to death and I think it’s really awesome when girls like horror movies too. I’m sorry, but chick flicks are way too cliché and only serve to one demographic…girls, so that’s definitely not me. A couple months ago, Britney, America and I saw Beauty and the Briefcase and I cannot even begin to describe how awful it was. I’ll happily stick to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Saw. Eli Roth said on Twitter that “Cabin in the Woods” was a good film, so I’m going to take his word on it and see it one of these days.

The Avengers

I’m pretty fucking tired of superhero movies. I’ve seen so many over the years: Daredevil, The Hulk, X-Men (the first two and Origins), Fantastic Four, Spiderman Batman and Superman. I have lost all interest in the genre. They need to make more movies like Inception and Shutter Island. Suspense movies are great for a reason. Christopher Nolan and Ridley Scott are amazing directors.

This has satisfied my blabbering needs. Have a great day everyone.

Good morning. My buddy Dennis took this awesome picture of my bicycle and I on Friday. My trademark headbands are on my other hand. This is really a great picture.

Inside My Head: Music

The music that I listen to has not evolved much in the past 14 years (metal, classic rock and punk). What has had a lot of influence is the music that I've randomly like on the side over the years.

Mexican Music
As a little boy, I was raised on mariachis, bandas, and nortenas. My mom had a cd of a mix of Los Tucanos de Tijuana which I loved and made her play all the time. To this day, I still believe there is something special about the sound of the music. It's a unique blend of guitars and drums with wind instruments.

Pop
Now pop is interesting. As a five year old, you don't know any better than to listen to the radio. I grew up on the Britney Spears, Christina Aguilara, Backstreet Boys, Nsync, etc. (Remember I was listening to this while also listening to metal.) One of the few artists that stuck with me since is M2M. They had a song that appeared on the Pokemon: The Movie soundtrack called "Don't Say You Love Me."I have no idea why the song has randomly remained with me but is has.

Latin American
This is my favorite non-metal genre because it houses a LARGE selection of artists. One of the main reasons for this was growing up on Shakira when she only sang in Spanish. "Ojos Asi" will remain to be one of my favorite songs of all time. Another big part is Rodrigo y Gabriela. Their sound is unique and if you have yet to hear one of their songs well you're missing out.

Ska
I would be lying if I said I didn't like ska. Catchy rock music with trumpets/saxophones/trombones. The uniqueness of the music is exactly what makes it stand out. The first ska song I heard was The Mighty Mighty Bosstones' "The Impression That I Get" and it was on the Digimon: The Movie soundtrack. To me, it's just one of those songs that everyone has to hear before they die. (Little cool random fact: Malcom in the Middle theme song, "Boss of Me" is a ska song.)

My Friends

They're awesome.

The Uniqueness of Individuality

I've always been curious to how others perceive me. I still don't view my self as a unique person. Besides the fact that I'm tall and that I have long hair, I'm just another person in the world and another face in the crowd. I have a tendency to crack jokes and make others laugh but who doesn't right. Other than my name, I'm not sure what stands out. I think malicious thoughts, walk around with my headphones blasting Arch Enemy and usually have a bicycle helmet strapped to my backpack. But I guess this all builds to the character of who I am. When I imitate people, my pitch is usually off, my stories include sound effects and I randomly make animal sounds. I'm not sure what people see, but I'm glad they see something.

Grandmas Will Always Be Grandmas

So on Friday I spoke to my grandma on the phone and she told me she was afraid of me riding my bike in the streets and especially at night. I had to convince her that it was ok and that no one had tried to knife me while riding my bike at night. She has always been very protective of me. In Mexico she didn't let me ride the bus alone until I was 17 even though there are only like 10 different bus lines and I know where each one goes. I love her though, cause she's one awesome grandma.

Irving's Birthday

So today is my neighbor and good friend Irving's twenty-first birthday. My friend America came up with the idea to buy him a leather jacket and today we went to go buy it. Talk about a super fun day. We frist hit up Guitar Center where i needed to buy new "Heavy Top, Low Bottom" Slinky guitar strings. After that we hit up a Tattoo shop in Hollywood where they had some leather jackets for $100 but we decided to continue our journey first and went to Hot Topic where we found a really cool Megadeth shirt that featured Dave Mustaine playing a double neck guitar but they didn't have it in his size. Complete bummer. We had no choice but to continue looking and we eventually found a store that only sold band t-shirts and sweaters. Looking around the store there was a lot of awesome Cannibal Corpse shirts and Iron Maiden ones too, but we did find some leather jackets in the corner for $80 and we got it, concluding our journey. Hopefully we go on another one soon, lots of good laughs. 

Neighbors

I've been friends with my neighbors Ed, Chris and Irving for almost ten years now. I've lived at my current residence for a little over ten years but I did not meet Ed until the sixth grade even we live only a block apart. Anyways, Ed and I were partners in crime through all of middle school but essentially went our separate ways in high school. Our friendship was rekindled in college and I'm glad it was because we've had some hilarious days since. Anyways that is all, my tummy is starting to hurt from eating one too many pupusas. I ate 8 today =/. They were delicious and mind blowing but...yeah hahaha. Ok good night everyone.

Tired But Rejuvenated

Today I woke up with the feeling of rejuvenation in my blood. It felt as if the clock had been rewound three years. (I prefer saying that than saying "I feel like I'm 17 again" because that sounds like I'm referencing a Zac Efron movie and last time I remembered, I'm not gay.) All I wanted to hear was Iron Maiden's Powerslave, the entire catalog of The Number Twelve Looks Like You ("Sleeping With The Fishes, See?" is posted above), the entire catalog of Northwind and Rata Blanca's Grandes Canciones. I'm not sure where this feeling came from but I love it. (Talk about a contrast to last night.) I've just been listening to awesome songs all day: Northwind's "Lagrimas de Hielo," "A Las Puertas Del Eden," Rata Blanca's "Haz Tu Jugada," "La Leyenda Del Hada Y El Mago," "La Llave De La Puerta Secreta," Iron Maiden's "Prowler 88," "Aces High" and a crap-load of The Number Twelve Looks Like You. I used to say "It's number twelve time" a lot and I never really knew why I stopped but fuck it, I'm going to bring it because it's god-damn number twelve time. I'm still not sure what I want in life but as long as it involves Gio, America and Irving, I'm happy.

A Day In The Life...03-04-12

I'm not sure about how exactly to describe today. It started off really well and then...yeah. I do think people brought my moral down a bit on certain subjects, even if it was unintentional. All I really have to say is that sometimes the villains should have the chance to be able to win too. (I consider myself a villain because it is one of those things that comes along with have dark malicious thoughts.) All I got to do is keep my head up and keep this train rolling. Another day, another smile. Today was just another day in the life.

A Day In The Life...03-03-12

Today was definitely a unique day in its own, not because something special happened, but because of the ups and downs that occurred throughout the day. The highs: UDWPE, America saving my life (and almost ending it hahaha, I owe you a lot), the chicken on the freeway, replacing my phone and joking with Irving about the chicken on the freeway and the giraffe from Perfect Hair Forever. The lows: waiting in line, almost not making it in time for the test, FIFA. What was weird was that my day begun slow and in the lows being in the highs throughout most the day until an hour ago when FIFA totally screwed up my happiness. I'm beginning to fall asleep (well it is 3 am) but I'm not sure what to tell my self when I go to sleep. What happy thoughts do I think of? I'm probably going to just stick to thinking of Crunchbite and my close friends, that'll at least put a smile on my face before knocking out for the night. Well, good night and good luck everyone.

Crunchbite

My dog Crunchbite is one adorable son of a woah

COOKIES!!!!

So I convinced myself around 11:30 pm that I was going to eat a cookie or two before I went to sleep but it's almost been 2 hours later and I never walked to the kitchen for a cookie hahaha. Good night everyone.

Ducks

This is one cool rubber duck.

Italian Comedian

Good morning, this is Sebastian Maniscalo. He's funny and I like his jokes. Check him out.

Bosley

What I believe is pretty funny about commercials like Bosley is that the Before and After pictures rarely look alike. Enjoy the video and laugh at those people.

Furniture Fix

This video was brought to my attention for being ridiculous, so I had to watch it for my self and yes it is ridiculous. What it is, is a commercial for Furniture Fix. I'd rather not explain it because you can just watch the commercial. Anyways, two sumo guys high five at minute 1:10 and it is hilarious. Watch it and have a good laugh.

Space

I hate not really knowing what to post on my blog. I have a lot of things to rant about (or just throw out there) but never really know how exactly to express them. I do admit thought that I do find it pretty funny that I share a bunch of classes with about 10 people from my Anthropological Theory class from last semester.
One thing thought that it definitely really awesome and that I completely am looking forward to this semester is doing an ethnography for my Urban Anthropology. I still haven't decided if I'm going to do it on the effects of cycling on Los Angeles or on heavy metal in Los Angeles. Thankfully I still have time until then. Enjoy you night everyone, I have to begin searching on what song exactly I'm going to post up for tomorrow. Good night and good luck.

La La La

Hello there people, I'm about to go to sleep but I wanted to post this video first. It's a duet of "A Whole New World" featuring the original voice actor for Jazmine. Check it out, it's pretty damn amazing. Good night and good luck.

And We Begin Again

Hey everyone, sorry for being absent the last couple of days, was busy all weekend and school just started. So far I've only had three classes, Archaeology of War, Biology 100 and Urban Anthropology. Archaeology of War is going to be really fun and going to have a lot to do with gore and violence so I'm definitely excited. Biology is going to be fun just in general, besides the fact that I love Biology, I have tag team professors who are (good) crazy and even have sing along songs. My Urban Anthropology class seems pretty cool, plus I'm going to do an ethnography (hopefully about cycling). But anyways, up top is this really funny video of pretty much things Armenian girls say. Have a good laugh and enjoy it, have a great day everyone.