Saturday, June 28, 2008

Pepper/Tomorrows Bad Seeds Concert Review

Date: June 22, 2008
Location: The Catalyst in Santa Cruz, CA


Tomorrows Bad Seeds owned it, there makin it up in my ranks as to my top reggae rock bands.

TOMORROWS BAD SEEDS

Tomorrows Bad Seeds - Warrior Poet


PEPPER
well this is about my 4th time seeing Pepper I believe, and they never cease to impress. They put on one of the best live shows I have seen, its more of a stage act. they played some new songs off their new album due out July 22nd, and to be honest I wasnt too much of a fan. all in all they had a great setlist with all the top songs and it was another great time out at the Catalyst.


Internship

So I landed an internship after two months of straight job searching. I am working for a 4 year old internet startup .. Become.com. I am working for the SEM (Search Engine Marketing) team. for you non internet savvy people, basically we work with the 2 largest search engines, Google and Yahoo, and write online advertisements with regards to products on our sites in hopes that online shoppers click on our ad, go to our site, and buy products from a merchants. Become focuses on price comparison shopping, its pretty sweet, give it a look.

Couldnt be happier with a job and it is a great fit for me. Enjoying every minute of it and work with a great and friendly staff. We are located on the google campus in Mountain View of Shoreline which means i get to see all those lucky bitches from Google ride around on their free beach cruisers, scooters, golf carts, and them on their way to eat at their free 5 star restaraunts.

Anyhow, im working 40 hr weeks and having a great time. it is just a taste of the real world after college. late

Spring Quarter Review

Let me just start off with an excuse for the major lack of updates. And they are: no time, lazy, had a computer virus that knocked off my internet, lack of motivation.

So i am done with junior year in college and i am officially 1 year away from graduating and entering the real world. This was a good quarter, one of the best for sure. Academic wise, it was rough one. First time i ever took 5 classes which included 3 upper division classes. I came out with a 3.34 so i guess I should be happy. Do i think that gpa shows the effort i out in and what i actually deserved...probably not. Reason for this is that you go to a giant college and the quality of teachers variate so widely. Therefore it is inevitable that you are given the best teachers ever for each course. And as i dont like to make excuses, teachers are the sole reason you do well in a subject. This is one thing that really chaps my ass in college. For example: 2 students take the same course with 2 different teacher. 1 student is smart and studies, say he has a 3.5, the other is avg, gpa 2.8 but hardly goes to class and doesnt do hw. The 3.5 gpa student gets stuck with a professor that has a terrible teaching tactic, terrible test format, and doesnt curve. That student gets a B- in the class. On the other hand the other student has a real chill professor who understands kids are in college, still challenges them, and as homework yet grades on a curve and tests are not tricky and test on ONLY what the student is required to know..Student receives an easy A. ya so thats my thoughts on that. In a perfect world obviously i could get a 4.0 every quarter, im a smart kid, i put in effort, i do my hmw, the intelligence is ther, ,the great teachers arent. YOu are probably telling yourself that these so called "Easy Teachers" dont challenge you. Well from my experience, challenge or not, those classes with the great and understanding teachers, are the classes you get the most out of. Not only do you learn the material, but the teachers teaches you everyday life lessons and are personable. Not just some teacher that ruins you on tests, is not personable, and just goes of a damn lecture sheet every lecture.

Well enough on academics. Additionally, this is the first quarter of college where I had a working job. And let me tell you, it was a great job and can't wait to get back there and keep working. Many of you know I work for Campus Unions and help set up meeting rooms and other various tasks. Schedule was very flexible and pay is very reasonable. Great addition to my UC Davis Career.

Sigma Nu also played a very active role. with about 4-5 hours of sigma nu stuff every week, i would say i was pretty involved in it. One of my wiser choices of my life and couldn't be happier. got a real good group of men and are making great friends. Helps with the social life for sure as if im bored and thers nothin goin on, just call some NUs to drink and have a good time. Lookin foward to next yr for our retreats and starting recruiting.

It is tough to finish this post without bringing back my abroad experience. The end of spring quarter also marks the school year where i studied in another country. man what a trip, and man do i miss it. about one month and a year ago i was boarding my plane to London and being on the beaches of viareggio. so hard to believe, how time flies right?

I believe in my winter quarter review I had some goals and expectations for spring quarter. everything was achieved except for my workout routing. this has been a major goal for about the past 10 years. it always seems to work out that i have something better to do every time instead of working out, funny isnt it? haha

Well, next year I will embark on my final year in college, let me just be blatant: It Fucking Sucks. i definitely have regrets during my college career, obviously more on the social side and taking advantage of various opportunities. I will do my test to have the most fun next year while still keeping my academics in the back of my head as i do have some of the toughest curriculum ahead of me. Either way it will be a great yr and i will have nothing hold me back because you only do college once and I am still young.

Anyhow summer is here, summer details to follow

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Spring Quater Review

tired, but spring quarter and internship 1st week experience coming up REAL soon. take care

Sunday, June 8, 2008

haha

Some of the funniest commercials I have ever seen. Take a look

Office Meltdown



Friday, June 6, 2008

some foto







The week

well, probably one of the busiest weeks ever at davis. professors think there so tough that they can pull all these stunts on the last week of classes. coupled with work, job interviews, papers, and the looming feeling of finals, this was a hell week, and its not over yet. thought ide scan you all the stuff i had this week, and the list doesnt even include monday.

Anyhow, week ended alright, had a great experience with my first formal interviews in the city. both companies were amazing and am hoping that things work out.

today is dead day, the day before the mayhem that college students call finals. I got a so so final schedule despite the fact taht i start strong with 2 finals tmw(saturday) bright and early at 8am and one again at 330. Additionally i will be done with junior year after my 830-1030PM final. terrible final time i might add. anyhow, ill probably drop you a quarter review later on, probably before finals since i find every excuse not to study.

been doin alot of photoshop lately, so expect some sick images in the next couple weeks.

MUSIC OF THE WEEK: THE USED, BOB MARLEY, HIGH TIDE, SOLDIERS OF JAH ARMY, HERBRIGHTSKIES

over and out

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Weekend Update

Headed home this past Friday to take care of some things. But to start the weekend off right, headed up to Menlo Park to grub on some Dutch Goose. Chili and a cheeseburger at the goose with the grandparents, cuginos, and bro..priceless. After that me and Adam headed to sunken diamond to watch UC Davis beat Stanford. It was a great game, and the davis attendance was real great..division 1 transition is working better than anticipated.

Saturday we embarked on an early train to SF to attend the 32nd annual Union Street Fair, one of my favorite days in the city behind Fleet Week, Bridge to Bridge, and North Beach Festival. It is always a fun time, great food, great drinks, and great looking people.


Today, Sunday we celebrated my grandmas 84th bday at our house. I was helpin the mother set up all weekend and am physically exhausted. First time ever that i havent driven back to davis in the night. heading up early tomorrow mornin to make it to my class and work. Last week of classes start this week and it is going to be the roughest week of the quarter. 2 term papers, 2 homework assignments, work, several job interviews, and 2 finals on saturday starting on 8am. hooray for that.

well anyhow, it was a great weekend, especially with the fam and some friends. got 10 days till summer break, and no matter what destiny my summer holds as far as employment, im excited for break. anyhow, ill be having a rough week, so i hope all you have the same. thank me later. buona notte

ps..I FIXED my ipod again after replacing the hard drive and logic board..aka im happy biking to class and rocking out before my professors drills me on my tests