mad procrastinator

technically it should be summer for me. USF finished their semester last Thursday and all the homies graduated on Friday and Saturday. but i've got this lingering paper i gotta turn in tomorrow that i just started on, thanks to an extended muhfuggin deadline.

festivities have been keepin' me busy f'sho. i attended all 4 of USF's graduations and then 1 SFSU one all in 2 days. and in the past 2 days i've been to 7 grad parties. so really, when the fuck was i free to write this paper? (friends first! remember? haha) yeah, okay no excuse. but i'm writing it now so no big fkn deal.


this shouldn't be THAT bad though since i'm writing 10 pages on one of my daily reads: Okayplayer.com.

my objective: to school my 60-year old Journalism teacher on Hip-Hop artists Okayplayer chooses to cover. since this is an Arts Reporting and Reviewing class i'm trying to show him that folks at Okayplayer can post better reviews about Hip-Hop then mainstream publications such as Rolling stone can. Basically. i mean c'mon, you got Questlove all over it, why wouldn't he like it? i'll probably link him to Questlove's twitter while i'm at it.



2 page down folks, 8 more to go! then i'm kinda free. then soon after i'll post the grad pictures + pieces! so stay tuned.

happy almost summer ya'll. breathe in that fresh air.

not crackin'

i don't how the fck this is all going to work out in the next few days.

NOT studying

wtf, holmes.

i have been trying to write this same muthafuggin' paper for DAYS. i'm being f'real, it's taking me literally at least 4 days to write this bad boy. a final paper has never taken me this long to bullshit write. i wanna be fuckin' free already. liberated and shit.

summer feels so damn close.

but too bad it's not THAT close. i'm def making summer seem farther away for me. because after i finish this Honors paper of mine, i got a huge Arts Review paper to tackle. it's really not cool, dude. i'm strugglin'. i feel like someone's gotta drag me to the finish line. not fucking cool. ughhhhh. and it doesn't help that when i start writing my paper all i can think about are cupcakes and ice cream cones. glorious shit like that.


a little inspiration, ya'll? some motivation? homegirl here is in dire need of some J-U-I-C-E.

goodbye newspapers?

original draft posted on: 2/25/09 @ 1:37am

this evening KTVU's top story on the 10 o'clock news was about the possible shutdown of the San Francisco Chronicle. sadly enough, like other newspapers in the country, the Chronicle is "on brink of sale or closure" due to the recession and specifically the $50 million they lost last year.

it's unfortunate to hear that because at one point in my college life, i've wanted to work at a newspaper and specifically at The Chronicle. and because of my journalism program, i've visited the office many times and have even met several writers from there. it's crazy to hear that this Bay Area daily may close down.

but honestly in my opinion... newspapers are NOT going to die. i've attended journalism conferences and i've been studying this in my honors Re-Making the News class and i truly do believe newspapers are just going to have to try to find a new model to live by in order to survive.

what's that new model though you ask? that's something they still have to try to find out. there's several different ways newspapers can respond and adjust, they're just going to have to figure specifically how they choose to adjust to new market models, UGC, and the utilization of the internet. alongside incorporating teh old paradigm of "old journalism" in with the new journalism values. if they find a combo that works, newspapers will get through this slump.

cause all bias aside, i am definitely a firm believer that newspapers will still be around... it isn't their time to die yet. not in my lifetime at least.

http://www.ktvu.com/news/18787164/detail.html

SFist.com writes a great article about the downfall of the Chronicle. read on.

cruisin'

growing up my brother and i used to ride around in our bikes everyday after school with our neighbors. we were obsessed. we used to have our own little "biker gang" (ages 7-13) with the local kids and have cruise sessions. we thought we were the SHIT. especially with my Minnie Mouse cruiser and my brothers teal mountain bike, we were chillin' on the drive like we owned fixie bikes postin' it at the local filipino store drinking juiceboxes. we knew wassup, hahaha. shit was all good until one sad day, i got too old for my Minnie cruiser and moved onto a lavendar mountain bike for big girls. not cool. my bike riding days weren't the same after that. i felt incomplete without my streamers on the handles, my basket in the front, and my unnecessary noisy bell that was attached to it.

so 14 years later... since then i've been wanting a cruiser. forreal, how fly would it be to raise "Minnie" from the dead? haha, so i'm doing my research and i'm feelin this sixthreezero couture line that came out. all their bikes scream comfort, speed, class, & style. and i'm downnnnn with that. one problem though: they're all pretty much $250+... argh.



sixthreezero Womens' Scholar


sixthreezeroCouture Dreamcycle


Urban Boutique Silvareen

but i will get one... this summer! *crosses fingers*

Shut 'yo poker face!

so i'm not a big fan of this song nor Lady Gaga, but my homie sent me the Kid Cudi remix version feat. Common & Kanye on the track and i think with their help it makes the song more tolerable.

The reason for my absence:

USF KASAMAHAN'S BARRIO FIESTA 2k9

this show was my "baby" for a year. i cradled the shit out of it, cried over it, laughed through it, fought with it, lost sleep over it, & loved it.

this was definitely a process that i feel was a roller coaster worth going through. and now that it's over, i kind of miss it already. it's that "hate-love" relationship we all hate to be in but would be lost without it. to my last Barrio... no regrets, it was fun.



"TRIPLE A," we done did it.


a huge belated THANK YOU to all the folks who came out! especially for all those folks who kept me sane throughout the process. never thought in my right mind i'd be in charge of an event like this.

gotta love Barrio.

yes, i'm a NERD...

and no, i'm not ashamed. i'm fuckin' excited about this movie coming out. wanna fight about it? it's on my calendar and i'm gettin' the first movie pre-ordered! hahaha

Dear Baleria,

since i haven't talked to you in awhile, here are my 25 questions. err 10 questions cause i'm lazy. but update me. (and yes, i'm serious. i told you i would).

#1. how are you feeling today?
#2. tell me one exciting part of your day.
#3. what did you eat for lunch?
#4. is it raining over there?
#5. what time are you free to talk tonight?
#6. what time do you have work tomorrow?
#7. are you going to Barrio?
#8. should i color my hair back to normal color?
#9. do you have any good songs you recommend me listening to?
#10. update me?

HAHAHAHAHAHA. this is so sad. whatever, if this is the only way we can KIT so be it. do it, ho. or i'll kill you.

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12 more days till i get my sanity back.

breathe. breathe. breathe.

comfort food.

i've been stressing A LOT lately. so what's my cure? eating.







too bad i gave this up for Lent!!! major sacrifice on my part, ya'll. you don't know how hard this is. you don't knowwwwwww.

*(pics from Gluttony Is a Bliss)

Restaurant Review: La Victoria Taqueria in San Jose

(here's my first restaurant review that i handed in. i had fun with this, maybe too much fun. you'll see how much i exaggerate).
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In the heart of downtown San Jose on East San Carlos Street just located across from San Jose State University, an old townhouse with flashing neon signs gain attention as people are seen overflowing the area. A crowded line of about 20 individuals stand in anticipation with their mouths salivating while another crowd stand near the entrance flooding out the front door and seeping off the front steps towards the sidewalk.

It may look like an overpopulated college party, but it isn't. It's just a typical day for those who choose to eat at La Victoria Taqueria, or “La Vics” as locals like to call it.

With a menu equipped with quesadillas, burritos, tacos, and enchiladas all under $8, La Vics poses itself as a generic Mexican restaurant. But when it's time to slap sauce onto the quesadilla, La Vics is anything but generic. Their infamous “Orange Sauce” adds a twist to their common menu.

The taste of a beef quesadilla accented with the flourishing zest of Orange Sauce slightly burn taste buds to satisfaction. While the sauce is spicy, it doesn't set your mouth on fire. Instead, the touch of the sauce on the tip of your tongue keeps you yearning for more. As you continue to drench your quesadilla in a sea of orange, you realize your meal is covered in sauce. Within each bite, a drip of sauce leaks through your fingers causing a mountain of used napkins to pile onto your table as you finish. Then the feeling of a self-satisfied belly rushes through as you can't help but wonder: “What's in this sauce?”

The Orange Sauce has such a unique taste to it that it's difficult to distinguish the mix of ingredients used to create such a phenomenon. Most of the people who have tried the sauce don't even know what it's in it, as the owners like to keep it a family secret.

This family secret is kept so tightly secured that the restaurant's waitresses act as security guards since there have been history of Orange Sauce thefts in the past. During busy nights, waitresses will be patrolling customers' tables like a vulture on its prey. If there's a full equipped bottle of Orange Sauce on an empty table, the waitress snatches it and places it behind a glass until a new customer sits at that table. Supposedly, the waitresses at La Vics don't allow customers to grab their own sauce when eating at the restaurant for fear of stolen bottles, unless a customer chooses to buy their own.

The sauce has created such a stir in San Jose that bottles of orange sauce are being sold separately for $6 to prevent customers from taking the table sauces home. It's even become such as issue that the restaurant has installed cameras to keep an eye on the sauce throughout the day.

Many have fallen in love with how universal the sauce can be. In fact, most customers arrive not caring about what they order just as long as they can have a taste of the infamous Orange Sauce. This sauce can work on any type of food, not just Mexican food. It can be poured on fries, burgers, hot dogs, and pizza – pretty much anything you would want to add flavor to. It's a lifesaver for bland and boring meals.

Which poses the question: “Is La Vics really that good or is it just the sauce?” In this case, I believe the sauce makes the meal. Without the sauce, La Vics wouldn't survive. The sauce is delicious. San Jose residents are lucky to have such a unique flavor in their city.

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should i yelp this?