01.23.08 Update

January 23, 2008 | Filed Under A Day in the Life | Leave a Comment

gonna keep this short.. Vancouver trip was awesome, and i accomplished 95% of what i wanted to.. so, given how much stuff i usually plan, i’m pretty happy with that.

event with Plush was good, some stuff didn’t happen as planned, but for my first ever jam in Vancouver after moving to Toronto over three years ago, it wasn’t a bad start. that and we started thinkin about the party 5 days prior to the event haha. def good to see 9 of our girls out there though, if for nothing else, just to see how they each interacted and conducted themselves in that type of environment. we’ll be doing lots of events in Vancouver this year, i’m excited about our Vancouver roster.

main order of business was goin thru all the restored photos (from my lost harddrives) with each of the girls in Vancouver, and that worked out well.. didn’t do as many photoshoots as I would’ve liked to, but the ones we did turned out pretty amazing.. i’m a better photographer now than i was 6 mths ago i guess, and my girls are better models now than they were last summer, so that’s dope. i ended up buying a new set of lights in Vancouver just coz i felt like it, so now i have another set of lights – yay. (packing that and bringing it back to Toronto was a BITCH though, holy shit.)

on a personal note, didn’t see EVERYONE i wanted to see, but i saw most of the people i wanted to see, which is good enough. funny thing about Vancouver – nothing changes. funny thing #2, part of me really digs Vancouver, despite that fact.

i still love driving, and i managed to pass my full road test (class 5) despite running my first two stop signs. had a pretty chillin’ invigilator i guess, he just laughed afterwards at how basically i was a retard for being so careless right off the bat, but he didn’t want to fail me coz i didn’t make any other mistakes for the rest of the 44 minute drive he took me on.

my best friend, who is dope coz she’s probably reading this (haha) and coz she surprised me by droppin in town for a week (from HK), thinks i’ve gotten even nuttier with my driving. which is probably true.. i went from Oakridge to Metrotown in under 9 minutes at 10am the other day :/ meh. i drive the same way i live my life – with a controlled desperation. even though i’m usually doubling the speed limit, i’m always lookin 4-5 steps ahead for potential hazards and chances to avoid traffic queues. i love driving so much that i (briefly) imagined what it’d be like to be a taxi driver even, and i jus might have to try race car driving someday…. funny, being able to drive is one of the skills i’m actually more proud of, lol.

not too much else for now, the rest i’ll just leak when i see fit. =)

PS. i didn’t post these before, so i’ll do it now – the following are the promo flyers we did for the Plush event in Vancouver, i’ll have the event photos up in a few:

PPS. Random/fun photos from my trip can be found on my Facebook: here.

Shareef Abdur-Rahim #3 – NBA Highlights

January 14, 2008 | Filed Under Basketball Discussion | Leave a Comment

was winding down as I sometimes do at night by watching random basketball videos on Youtube.. watched a handful of Roko Ukic (a Croatian guard the Raptors drafted two years ago who is going to be joining the Raptors next year) clips before i came across these of one of my favourite basketball players of all time.. i know his post-Vancouver career didn’t turn out that favourably, but there’s still something about Shareef’s game that makes me root for him every time i watch him play.. man, these clips brought back a lotta memories.. its crazy, i used to follow his career so closely, its like i grew up with him.. and, i know i imitated a lot of Olajuwon’s footwork for kicks but come to think of it, Abdur-Rahim might be the reason i (randomly) have a whole set of post moves in my repertoire, including the one-handed hook with both hands, even though i play as a guard in organized basketball haha..

Youtube link #1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vaf2qaVQx-g
Youtube link #2:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45b8wVRM_oE
Youtube link #3:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCVEQEjlQPk