...already?

the holiday season...

I was at the airport and it hit me when I saw this...christmas is here..I got tingles all over my body with memories flowing through my mind of younger christmas experiences.

house of hoops...

house of hoops.

so mark and edwin wanted to go to the house of hoops store in chicago (yes finally a house of hoops!) so mark calls me and i decide to go with them cause i didnt have shit to do. mark comes to pick me up and who do i see in the back seat! this cutey pie jonah! he will be a heartbreak! so all you newborn girls watch out!

the house of hoops is located at north riverside mall. its kind of far but it was worth it. this place had everything basketball/AF1/dunk(minus SBs)/blazers and many more! so much stuff in one room it was like an overload. the only thing i didnt like was the fact that every freakin salesman was trying to hassle me to try and get a sale. all in all the store was dope as hell. they had player edition shoes on the wall (kobe, lebron, amare, wade, melo) they had basketball rim with the glass backboard. i wonder how one would get a job here?

wealth...

money is the root of all evil?

how do we measure wealth? do we measure wealth by the things that we own such as assets and cash or by the amount of great friends and great family members we have? in a time where the economy is horrible how can one still be happy without money? i personally dont have much cash money (somehow i still have a few bucks which is pretty amazing) but I am still happy. with the friends that i have and great brothers, who needs money when you have a wealthy friendship with friends and family.

Pharrell once told me "Wealth is of the heart and mind, not the pocket"

i would like to leave you all with a great song

say...

john mayer - say

havent really updated but i really like this song

jenny holzer

free tuesdays with jenny holzer

thank you target for free tuesdays..i appreciate that.

at the museum we were told not to take pictures so im sorry if these pictures arent good enough for you. the quotes on these scrolling LED banners were amazing. some of them read.

"the beginnging of war will be secret"

"protect me from what i want"

"sloppy thinking gets worse overtime"

and many many more quotes. there were just too many to remember

my brother wanted to experience the exhibit in a whole new whole way. living the exhibit

this one part of her exhibit was real cool because some of the words scrolling upside and inverted, but there was a ceiling with mirrors where you can read the sentences upside down, which was pretty amazing

ghost of a good thing...

many people think that the people who listen to this are super emo but some people may just like the music.

"i believe in you so much i could die from the words that you say..."

happy bday j.t.

random outing

this picture explains a lot. 2 hats a scarf and gloves...winter is coming :(

my boy jimmy's birthday! looks like a crooked ass politician but hey i would vote for him
who knew chicken nuggets had hearts..sucks that wendys chicken nuggets are only 4 pieces now
my dogs making love. but i think the male should be doing all the work right?

change...

new beginnings..

I got to vote and i got a free sandwich. come on now you cannot beat that price!

will obama be the man to change the United States? just as long as there is no more G.W.Bush then I think we will be fine. (hopefully)

last group ride...

last group ride of the season?

when i got my bike on 7/11/08 i fell in love. it was like a new born coming out of the womb. she treated me well throughout the summer time that i have had her.  we have gone through the tough times and the most amazing times. from great weather to bad weather. from group riding to just riding alone. from riding alone to someone actually riding on the back.

i know what youre thinking, who is this cutey pie? that dog is lola ;) and the person holding lola was my riding partner throughout the summer whenever she had time for it. thats ann

i never really rode anyone on the back of the bike besides my brother for the 1st time just to see how it felt. so i rode to my friend ann's place and i met her friend jessica who loves bikes. so she asks to ride on the back and i go of course. i was kind of nervous because it was my real 1st time riding someone on the back, but it wasnt that much harder. but my friend ann HATED the bike and said that she would never ride one ever! jessica convinced her and the rest was history.  my brother had a bike as well so we would go on awesome group rides, me and ann on one bike and jason and jessica on the other.  late night rides to downtown chicago land area to just riding around evanston or anywhere in chicago. we even got to get fondue late night! but long story short we loved riding and we had some awesome riding partners.

today is probably the last day of riding with the group... its very sad to see this go, until spring hits. we traveled all over chicago, we even got to see the rally that Obama had in grant park! shit was bonkers, hella lights and hundreds of people. i wish i could have taken a picture but i was riding my beautiful R6. im going to miss my bike for the winter, i just hope theres no snow and its 70 degrees out when december hits.

seasons change...

we watch the seasons change..

as october passes and another holiday gone (halloween) the weather changes and so does the time.  halloween was an amazing weekend, a weekend fun. i would have never thought dressing up as someone else would be so entertaining and fun.

this sticker right here was given to me by my friend a few weeks back when the weather was crisp and warm.  so i decided to put it on my garage wall. perfect timing for halloween.

last days of weather freedom

it was an amazing day! i woke up and it was 60ish degrees outside. beginning of november with this weather is a pleasant feel for my body. i rode my motorcycle to school with no jacket and just a sweater. i texted my biker friends (franklin and rich) and brother (jason) to get together and ride because i know these will be the last few days of perfect weather until snow, shit and storms come. usually we ride super late cause people have work and school but today surprisingly everyone got out early and we got a chance to cruise for a long time! it hasnt been us 4 since late summer, it is so amazing to just ride with friends. its a totally different feeling than anything i have ever felt. so we stopped by a local mall and decided on where to go. we headed to UIC to meet up with some of our friends (justine and gigi then samantha came along later) and grab a bite to eat. i thought i had to leave early because i was gonna go ride with my friend but i guess she had other plans? but this was just as fun. we ate at some bar by UIC which was pretty delicious. we walked back to their condo and my brother spots this tree. a very orangey red tree with all its leaves still. i had to take a picture because this tree was ready for winter. but not me i am not ready. i must not worry though because spring is right around the corner.

vulnerable

yes i know this song is a bit emo but its a good song.

saturday detention...

empty hallways

with only 4 hours of sleep i had to wake up to this!...saturday morning class.  i used to love saturday mornings, when i was a young boy i used to get up and watch all the best cartoons and shows. now its like wake up, go to school, nap, then go to school again, then dinner, then sleep and repeat it over and over (except for friday and sunday because i have no class) as i walk in the morning to my class i see that no one is in the hallways and there is nothing but pure silence. it felt like i was dreaming, nothing moving and no sound. it was until i got to class and saw my peers just sitting there in a daze ready to knock out and sleep. look what saturday has become. i used to look forward to saturday mornings but now i dread thinking of it. but on the bright side, i could finish school faster this way by taking an extra class.