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It is a little known fact, that of the cool kids I have by far the worst.....wait or is it worse. Maybe its the wortsest? Fuck, i'll just google it. What I'm trying to say is my grammar bad. I can't spell worth shit and I sweat profusely over the "their"s, "there"s, and "they're"s. Scratch my head over the age old battle between "your"s and "you're"s. And all I can think of is "FUCK FUCK FUCK." As far as I know semi colons and colons help produce shit. Well, in all honestly, I take about 5 minutes after writing a post and just say fuck it. <br />
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But really though, the Internet has indirectly made me paranoid about typing anything. So much so, that in conversations through text or instant messaging I will intentionally choose a different word to use in order to avoid using the initial word that popped into my head, but mainly out of fear of looking like a jackass. I am less confident in my ability to spell 6 letter words at the age of 25 than at the age of 10. I second guess every other key stroke as if the world would come to an end if that (mother fucking) red squiggly line appears underneath my words. You know you might be doing something might be wrong with the world if you still can't spell "tomorrow" on your first try.<br />
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Knowing that I can simply plug in my questionable choice of words into a search engine handicaps me as an adult. It's like being prone to epileptic seizures and having to wear a helmet everywhere you go. Or like having crutches with me when I exercise like I'm planning on twisting my ankle. I am a child wearing the body of an out of shape 25 year old. Oh and I hate typing out the spelling of numbers because I realize when I type out numbers like 8 for a split second I look at the word and go "wait thats not right." Gone are the days where I can confidently search something on the Internet and feel empowered by information at my finger tips. Now is the time where google questions my every move with <i>Did You Mean(</i>to feel like a dipshit)s or suggests what I want to search before I finish typing because I'm a useless human being. Maybe I should have got hooked on phonics like dem white kids did in the 90's.Just Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13942650536345311593noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530675224262766148.post-30090568745636297012013-01-10T03:18:00.003-08:002013-01-10T03:27:42.312-08:00Cry Baby<i>My last post in here was in 2011 and up until today I all but, forgot about the existence of the cool kids. But here goes nothing... </i><br />
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Try for a second to recall the last time you, as a man, Cried. Be it ugly cry (like the video above) or a moment when even a single tear rolled down your cheek. The first things that may come to mind is some form of loss, physical pain, heartbreak and maybe even joy. But for most men, it would seem the idea of crying is taboo. Now take a moment and recall the last time you forced yourself <b><i>not</i></b> to cry. Maybe watching a heartfelt scene in a movie or replaying the <a href="http://www.coolkidsroom.us/search?q=fresh+prince">best will smith crying scene ever. </a> Often times we hold back tears to appear stronger to others or to simply set an example for our sons, little brothers, nephews, etc. of what is expected of men. <br />
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I've seen maybe one of our own cool kids cry, but I won't mention any names, lets just say his name rhymes with badonis. Truth is it isn't anything to be ashamed of. I myself can't say that many of my boys have seen me cry, maybe at most a handful. And on the other hand, I can count the amount of close homies I've seen shed tears themselves. Believe it or not, as manly a man as I am today, I was once a cry baby. I know CRAZY right. <br />
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"You're not a girl! You're a boy! And boy's aren't supposed to cry" is what my family would say when they locked me in the bathroom, in the dark till I would shut up. No wonder I have abandonment issues and an overall fear of being alone. Thanks Mom & Dad! In the world we live in we associate crying to weakness. Bitch shit, as some would say. We are pressured in so many ways to be stern and show no emotion. As I previously mentioned, we even will go as far as to hold back tears and stop them in their tracks. And internally we force those emotions and feelings into a powder keg, that forces us to possibly have uncalled for outbursts. Lashing out at the people closests to us, our partners, family and friends. Quite possibly the same people who over the years pushed those tears and feeling further into our souls. <br />
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I don't mean to place a veil of sadness on this blog, but my intention is to share something I've learned in the past year. And thats that sometimes, it's ok to weep and ugly cry Anne Hathaway style a la Les Miserables while singing "On my own." Let that snot build up in your nose it's all good. Just take a moment every so once and awhile and think of something sad and just let it go. Cry for the ones you've lost and for all the times you held it back. Watch the movie Hard Ball starring Keanu Reeves and watch G Baby get shot and ball your eyes out. There shouldn't have to be only a few key moments in a man's life where it is socially acceptable to cry. In a lot of ways when you put in perspective how much you've been told in your life that crying is for pussys, the act in itself is an act of defiance. Fuck raising fists, burning flags and claiming to be down with your feminine side. Shed tears player, it's empowering. <br />
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For as often as I complain about how Filipino food isn't more popular, one of the blog recaps of tonight's episode referred to how Filipino food is on the come up. I guess I've been <a href="http://www.coolkidsroom.us/2013/01/my-mcrib-count-is-at-3-this-season.html" target="_blank">eating too many McRibs to notice</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.coolkidsroom.us/2009/02/to-watch-tonight-no-reservations.html" target="_blank">In my last post about Filipino food</a> and to this day when I talk about my culture's food, I'm insecure about how people feel about it. Chef and TV personality, Eddie Huang, had some of the same concerns <a href="http://youtu.be/Ezq_96rookw?t=6m07s" target="_blank">during a visit to one of the Bay Area's well known Filipino joints</a>. I have always asked myself: <i>how do I get other people to like Filipino food?</i></div>
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A lot of things usually go wrong for the chefs during the Restaurant Wars episodes. No matter what happens next week, though, Sheldon put Filipino cuisine in the spotlight for a little while. He answered my question. <i>How do I get other people to like Filipino food?</i> Make it well and let people eat it.</div>
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Saddest three words I saw in the headlines tonight. With two torn knee ligaments and the term "total knee reconstruction," I fear the only doctor who can get Robert Griffin III back to 100% is whoever replaced Luke Skywalker's hand at the end of <i>The Empire Strikes Back</i>.<br />
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Between the San DiegLOLz Chargers, replacement refs, murder-suicide, and drunk driving manslaughter, <a href="https://twitter.com/commandercacho/status/277519906155687936">I had a hard time watching football this season</a>.<br />
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RG3 was a lone bright spot for me. As exciting as it was to watch Michael Vick fly across the field from the quarterback position a decade ago, Griffin seemed like the evolved version of that running quarterback: lethal speed with no compromise in arm strength or accuracy. I'm weary of how I sound gushing about him, but it was a treat for me to watch him play.<br />
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Knee ligament tears don't seem like the career death sentence it used to be. Adrian Peterson's historic rushing performance this season, fresh off an ACL and MCL tear, gives me reason to be optimistic but knowing that RG3's most recent ACL tear was of the patella graft used to repair the same torn ligament in 2009 has me fearing the worst.<br />
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There was a clever article at The Daily Meal that referred to the McRib as "redneck molecular gastronomy." People either love or loathe this sandwich and I'd argue that most of the love comes from its "for a limited time" nature. My oldest cousin has consumed 33 of McRibs this "season."<br />
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I actually think it's a pretty decent sandwich; I like the sauce, pickles and onions that accompany the pork patty. McDonald's is doing a gnarly promotion right now where a second McRib is only $1 if you order the combo. Usually when I order it, though, I can't help but get a Big Mac or McDouble too. Need that classic Mickey D's flavor fix.<br />
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<a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/11/04/142018151/from-nebraska-lab-to-mcdonalds-tray-the-mcribs-strange-journey">From Nebraska Lab To McDonald's Tray: The McRib's Strange Journey</a> [NPR]<br />
<a href="http://www.thedailymeal.com/pimp-my-mcrib">Pimp my McRib</a> [The Daily Meal]Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530675224262766148.post-69957415408547450712013-01-02T16:17:00.005-08:002013-01-10T00:58:01.949-08:00The second verse of the "Backseat Freestyle" video might be the best thing you see todayI have fond memories of growing up with Ray in Mira Mesa. We would just cruise down Mira Mesa Blvd, checking out all the usual spots. We would always stop by ICO, maybe pick up some candy or a Hello Kitty pencil box for the girl I was jockin' at the time.<br />
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I remember he would always roll up to my house and be like, "I got a pack of blacks and a beat CD," and then the two of us would freestyle rap the entire car trip. Best summers ever.<br />
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Only four years after we enjoyed our <a href="http://coolkidsroom.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2008-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2009-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=50">best run</a> here, the name of the blog is horribly outdated. No longer kids in college ready to wax poetic about important young adult issues like an Obamafied presidential election or who the hottest Disney princess is, the four of us find ourselves on the downhill of our 20's with our undergrad days behind us.<br />
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We are old as fuck. There are people older than us who will read that and think, "Fuck you guys, y'all are still in your mid-20's." And those people will be right, and I thank God every day that I'm not as old as those people.<br />
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Desperate pleas to revive this blog as a team effort fell on deaf ears. Some of us put our "real writer" hats and took our talents to Tumblr. At least one of us did this <a href="http://adoniscomplex.tumblr.com/">successfully</a>. Me on the other hand? I got sick of my "writing" voice and my Tumblr dashboard exists today only as a central hub of some of the best porn/nude modeling blogs out there.<br />
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I sometimes ask myself what the difference was between 2010 and 2008 and why it became so hard for us to write here regularly. It would be too much of a cop out to say we are too busy to do what we did in 2008. Maybe I don't have the 12 unit no-job schedule I had in '08, but if I were to keep a journal of how I spent my time on weekdays in 2012, at least 8 hours a day probably went to dicking around on the internet.<br />
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For me, I think the real difference was the ability to feed off each other's vibe. There have been times the past four years where I was motivated to write again. I could have opened up my Tumblr at the end of 2012 and given Kendrick Lamar a verbose handjob for <i>good kid, m.A.A.d. city</i>, but there was a missing incentive: a possible response or follow-up entry from three other talented writers.<br />
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Whether we like it or not, no matter how many hours we spend on our PS3 and no matter how hard we try to fight it, the four of us are grownups now. Maybe some of the things I write about these days will reflect that. Maybe not. If someone wants to write about marriage or job satisfaction or routes to work, that's fine. And I will still laugh my ass off if someone wants to write a 500-word exploration of the emotional journey that comes with taking a shit with the bubbleguts.<br />
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So for all of the other times in the past four years that one of us tried to get this going again, I'm sorry I failed. It took Nazer's corny ass post (no compliment here comes without a backhand) about doing stuff in 2013 to stop being a pussy about how people will read my shit.<br />
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An article titled "6 Harsh Truths That Will Make You A Better Person" has been showing up on my news feed recently. Mostly around the music school folks, but hey, give a bunch of very opinionated musicians a chance to check their ego for a sec and they'll eat it up.</div>
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Check out the piece here :: <a href="http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-harsh-truths-that-will-make-you-better-person/">http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-harsh-truths-that-will-make-you-better-person/</a></div>
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I want to write more. I want to express more creatively. I want to do more. Hell, I want to do anything. At times I'm the very worst critic, especially to my own shit, and it's time to get over that and actually do something. I know all of you can relate.</div>
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So I ask of you fellow Cool Kids, beloved readers, lets all do more. Whether it's here on this blog, or your own myspace/tumblr/xanga, your kitchen, your studio, your <strike>football field</strike> nearest all you can eat KBBQ place, wherever it may be, just do something. Fuck the critics and the cynics, just do more. I know we're all very capable of doing so.</div>
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<i>In order to survive and to bring in some sense of order to the foul abyss, excuse for a bachelor pad/frat house that was The Condo, many rules were established. Here are a few of those rules. </i></div>
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If Condo Owner gets angry after discovering that you ordered a dozen premium, On Demand movies for $9.99 each, always blame Martino.<br />
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<i>Being the environmentalists we are, Vicente and I noticed that with each passing day, The Condo was single-handedly destroying the earth. As a result, we campaigned to make The Condo more eco-friendly. </i><br />
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Follow "The Condo<span style="color: #274e13;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d;">Green Initiative!</span>"<br />
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<li>Dispose of all cigarette butts in any of the many, designated Taco Bell soda cups</li>
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Move with caution on the patio to avoid knocking over any bongs or hookahs.<br />
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<i>"Dammit fool! That's the 2nd bong you broke this week!"</i><br />
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Keng's alarm clock will go off at exactly 4:00am. If you are still drinking, smoking, playing video games, singing karaoke, actually trying to sleep -- remember that you must physically go into his room and wake him up yourself -- otherwise, his alarm will go on FOREVER.<br />
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Do not throw up in the sink or bathtub. The sink is meant for stacking cups and dishes that will never be washed. The bathtub is a place to put the keg and to pass out, only.<br />
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If you are attempting to invite any females to The Condo, you are required to give at least an hour's notice before bringing them over. The homies must be given ample time to turn off all video games, clean up their shit and appear somewhat presentable; failing to do so will result in catastrophic embarrassment and a consequential beatdown for yourself.<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530675224262766148.post-17113238674758561712011-07-27T18:47:00.000-07:002011-07-27T18:59:16.246-07:00OH MY GOD<object id="player" height="391" width="508" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://cdn1.static.videobash.com/flash/player.swf" style="visibility: visible;"><param name="movie" value="http://cdn1.static.videobash.com/flash/player.swf"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="flashvars" value="autoplay=false&image_url=http://cdn1.pics.videobash.com/thumbs/000/015/487/large2.jpg&autoreplay=false&video_url=http://media1.ord.videobash.com/mp4/000/015/487/480_15487.mp4&related_url=http://www.videobash.com/video/player_related?id=15487&link_url=http://www.videobash.com/video_show/live-webcast-infinite-loop-15487&video_title=Live+webcast+infinite+loop"></object><br /><br /><br />This video showed up on reddit today and it made me lose my shit in a fit of laughter. Since writing on a regular basis doesn't seem to be our thing, I always wondered what it would be like if the four of us did a regular podcast together. We'd probably end up doing something completely stupid like this guy.<br /><br />I'm sure we could cover compelling topics like the strength of Thor's hammer and how it compares to Ryu's Hadouken. Perhaps we would discuss which fictional characters we would want to marry and that would lead to Adonis explaining how a marriage to an animated character would work.<br /><br />The end result would be completely useless, a little douchey but probably met with uproarious laughter from listeners and decades of shame from our parents. Pretty much sums up this blog.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530675224262766148.post-88770367718754251712011-07-19T13:16:00.000-07:002011-07-26T14:34:02.015-07:00The Hunger Games[EDIT: Changed from animated .gif to poster to reduce page loading time]<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.usanewspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hunger-games-poster-movie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 416px; height: 636px;" src="http://www.usanewspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hunger-games-poster-movie.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />BWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHMMMMMMMMM (oh wait)Nazer Lagrimas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146857072167492672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530675224262766148.post-61303800816283581362011-06-16T11:08:00.000-07:002011-06-17T02:01:43.098-07:00'Moneyball' Trailer<div><object width="576" height="324"><param name="movie" value="http://d.yimg.com/nl/movies/site/player.swf"><param name="flashVars" value="vid=25625800&"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed width="576" height="324" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://d.yimg.com/nl/movies/site/player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="vid=25625800&"></embed></object><br /><br />I remember when <i>Bring It On</i> came out and it was followed in a few years by <i>Drumline</i> and critics said it was like <i>Bring it On</i> for band geeks.<br /><br />From the looks of the first trailer, <i>The Social Network</i> scribe, Aaron Sorkin, and a few others wrote a screenplay that feels like <i>The Social Network</i> for baseball geeks.<br /><br />Based on the best-selling book, <i>Moneyball</i> tells the story of Oakland A's manager Billy Beane and how he made a championship contending team for pennies on the dollar using advanced statistics, called 'sabremetrics' in baseball nerd jargon. By ignoring scouting techniques used for over a century, Moneyball and its sabermetric strategies caused a rift in the baseball community between old-school traditionalists and new-school math whizzes.<br /><br />There are some fair criticisms to be made about Beane's strategies and how much of them actually worked and how much of his success was just luck. What can't be argued against, though, is how sabermetrics have permeated baseball culture, not only through the fantasy baseball game that nerds like Adonis and I play, but in the statistical analysis that takes place in every major league front office.<br /><br />There was a great article posted last week about "<a href="http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6466015/cashing-new-moneyball">Moneyball 2.0</a>" on <i><a href="http://www.grantland.com/">Grantland</a></i>. The writer, Bill Barnwell, detailed how sabermetrics and Billy Beane's notion of "Moneyball" have evolved over the years and how teams have been able to maximize wins against each dollar spent. Worth a read if only because last year's overachieving San Diego Padres are used in nearly every example he uses.<br /><br />As far as the movie goes, after toiling in development hell for some time, it looks like it has a lot of potential. Nazer and I were huge fans of <i>The Social Network</i>, and I'll watch anything that Aaron Sorkin attaches his name to (<i>The American President</i> is one of the greatest romantic comedies of all time).<br /><br />There's a fat guy played by Jonah Hill who wows powerful people with his smarts? Lightning fast "walk and talk" dialogue along with nerdy baseball-isms? 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Socially conscious lyrics without being pretentious and jazz samples with breezy melodies - music for the people...by <strike>the people</strike> two guys in a garage.<br /><br />You can still find Adonis posting on the internets at <a href="http://adoniscomplex.tumblr.com/">http://adoniscomplex.tumblr.com/</a> where he's been featured on Tumblr's sports subpage. After that happened, he refused to acknowledge that he ever wrote here so go ahead and bookmark that address and delete this one.<br /><br />Nazer hasn't yet joined us hipsters on the Tumblr, but if you haven't already, check out the music page at his website, <a href="http://www.nazerlagrimasjr.com/main/music.html">http://www.nazerlagrimasjr.com/main/music.html</a>. I never knew he added more tracks. Hell, I've been friends with him my whole life and I never even knew he played an instrument.<br /><br />As for me, I've been doing absolutely nothing. Stay in school, folks...stay as long as you can.<br/><br /><iframe width="500" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rKTN5NHfwlQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530675224262766148.post-76543055309560506082011-05-11T19:33:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:34:36.017-07:00In-N-Out Grand Opening Brings Woman To Tears<object id="flashObj" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0" height="270" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=940041320001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dallasnews.com%2Fvideo%2F%3Fbcid%3D940041320001&playerID=506929333001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAGTaKr6k~,JmQ2rRRzu-IU7ZsReDu_pMBAVVei1J3F&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true"><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com"><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=940041320001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dallasnews.com%2Fvideo%2F%3Fbcid%3D940041320001&playerID=506929333001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAGTaKr6k~,JmQ2rRRzu-IU7ZsReDu_pMBAVVei1J3F&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" swliveconnect="true" allowscriptaccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" height="270" width="400"></embed></object><br /><br />This is the kind of local news gold that I'd be posting on my own tumblr if I had one. Former Californian (hell, a <span style="font-style: italic;">Fontanian?</span>) Danielle <span class="">DeInnocentes sheds tears while stuffing her face at an In-N-Out Grand Opening in Frisco, Texas. We're all ridiculously passionate about food, but this shit is on another level. A quote from DeInnocentes reads as follows:<br /><br />"I kept saying all night, pinch me, it doesn't feel real. <span style="font-weight: bold;">It felt real in there</span>."<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">FUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHH</span> I swear I was about to start crying myself after she said that. She even saved the wrapper! <span style="font-style: italic;">Sigh...</span>I wonder if I'll ever love something that much.<br /><br />Probably not. But In-N-Out does sound pretty good after all that. In the words of hardcore fatty Gspook, who waited hours in line to be the first customer, "The burger gods have blessed us with an In-N-Out in Texas..."<br /><br />Amen buddy, amen.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Story via </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.dallasnews.com/video/?bcid=940041320001">dallasnews.com)</a><br /></span>Nazer Lagrimas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146857072167492672noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530675224262766148.post-22524836201871821092011-05-10T21:59:00.000-07:002011-05-10T23:23:56.376-07:00Why stop at your phone and computer when you can have Google in your kitchen<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2v9mLpmmUngFXww5WCTpUjfyzWi_LK320mTC0zyES_eBo3GawDL2YzCMnpAAJ6YYZMiLQw2zULEZNPgKyD0XJ6IeeB6ngFPA1JcNghXPG3Brgr28LYUTJxnhH2ccnV1A3sI99nqv6OPQd/s1600/nomnom-world-google.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2v9mLpmmUngFXww5WCTpUjfyzWi_LK320mTC0zyES_eBo3GawDL2YzCMnpAAJ6YYZMiLQw2zULEZNPgKyD0XJ6IeeB6ngFPA1JcNghXPG3Brgr28LYUTJxnhH2ccnV1A3sI99nqv6OPQd/s400/nomnom-world-google.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605319967993929186" /></a><br />Google had their annual <i>I/O</i> conference today, where they announced more details on their plan for global domination and introduced new digital soldiers to wage war with their mortal enemy, Apple.<br /><br />For me, a project to integrate Android into household appliances piqued my interest the most. I did research into how technology like this could help homes be more green in college and with Android's share of the market and how far along existing technology for this use already is, the idea seems like it could only be a few years from being affordable and effective.<br /><br />Energy in the household could be managed efficiently by allowing home owners to manage temperature in their home remotely, appliances could be turned off when not in use, and garage doors would never be left open while no one was home.<br /><br />While these green benefits sound great, all I could think about was remotely controlling my oven and the possibility of heating up pizza rolls without ever having to leave my computer chair.<br /><br />From:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_V1UMtBb6Su39sOhI4dlmX1JaQTLSekNfP6jacpjyUcQQwU4Cwx1-W4nlweBO-A3WzRCSWYGZpzdPl8-MgRs2rWVf74R_cvtAe_-0W-17xGwe2h56luZ0btj3J7WGiRP11V8PbS8qrbQj/s1600/pizza-roll-frozen_sm.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_V1UMtBb6Su39sOhI4dlmX1JaQTLSekNfP6jacpjyUcQQwU4Cwx1-W4nlweBO-A3WzRCSWYGZpzdPl8-MgRs2rWVf74R_cvtAe_-0W-17xGwe2h56luZ0btj3J7WGiRP11V8PbS8qrbQj/s320/pizza-roll-frozen_sm.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605339225171184130" /></a><br />To:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIS_dnF9-vZzuNqU_pzFJvZY0ZYOuHDi8lNkoDUimxQi6p1a0_aOAKDy0Qxnyfjue34MkAgjD_xjssrAYKIjKzYA6oqBYO_DAFOniuIWV4MFxms95BoTsPoB9k_QEb1qK6XT3NNX7KyoJm/s1600/pizza+rolls.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIS_dnF9-vZzuNqU_pzFJvZY0ZYOuHDi8lNkoDUimxQi6p1a0_aOAKDy0Qxnyfjue34MkAgjD_xjssrAYKIjKzYA6oqBYO_DAFOniuIWV4MFxms95BoTsPoB9k_QEb1qK6XT3NNX7KyoJm/s320/pizza+rolls.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605339390941802306" /></a><br /><div>All from my cell phone! The future is near and it will be fat.<br /><br /><i>Android </i>eating Earth photo via: <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5800498/google-versus-the-world">Gizmodo</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530675224262766148.post-45589220855571638332011-05-06T12:07:00.001-07:002011-05-06T12:13:02.262-07:00Tina Fey got whore'd up for a Jersey Shore spoof<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXfb0Oa1pwrcak4oXuUvHN0NDqba2APa1xrt8Q6zafzMBPDVexBqhQr7dXs_qbk6OiRvJVMk3hAaR6Zgy7xMXy4GwoKDgNyTKdDEZNMgmLSZ6p0kRpWpR1LLmsvPRqZ7KMnrE237HfHCdt/s1600/fey-poehler-jersey.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXfb0Oa1pwrcak4oXuUvHN0NDqba2APa1xrt8Q6zafzMBPDVexBqhQr7dXs_qbk6OiRvJVMk3hAaR6Zgy7xMXy4GwoKDgNyTKdDEZNMgmLSZ6p0kRpWpR1LLmsvPRqZ7KMnrE237HfHCdt/s400/fey-poehler-jersey.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603682008478552850" /></a><br />And you won't find any complaints here. God I hope I can look this good when I'm 40 and pregnant. I meant, not that I'm a woman or that I want to be pregnant...you know, whatever the guy equivalent of this would be.<br /><br />Head on over to <a href='http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2011/05/tina-fey-amy-poehler-in-jersey-floor'>Warming Glow</a> for the whole sketch from <i>Late Night with Jimmy Fallon</i>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530675224262766148.post-60809536002218269302011-05-06T02:33:00.000-07:002011-05-06T02:38:00.763-07:00THOR<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UgbsV6aTHts" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />Needs more <span style="font-weight: bold;">rainbow bridges</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Across the rainbow bridge of Asgard</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Where the booming heavens roar</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">You'll behold the breathless wonder</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The God of Thunder,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Mighty Thor!"</span>Nazer Lagrimas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146857072167492672noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530675224262766148.post-43854360910120110672011-05-04T20:21:00.001-07:002011-05-04T20:50:15.773-07:00Apparently, the Coolest Kids in the Room Are Not ExtinctBut these guys are.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Zp6-UQpTWUcPDO_Xxu3gOt5HQNmj89r0k8ZjILwsUBRu01RUGRUoYBTk4JoYkbCZhdbEERI_GbAlVYVdU5Ui3sMjo939R_Cj_-iTy438Nq0beLs103qlkomKXMV7fV6xcpM7JhDExWVq/s1600/extinct.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Zp6-UQpTWUcPDO_Xxu3gOt5HQNmj89r0k8ZjILwsUBRu01RUGRUoYBTk4JoYkbCZhdbEERI_GbAlVYVdU5Ui3sMjo939R_Cj_-iTy438Nq0beLs103qlkomKXMV7fV6xcpM7JhDExWVq/s400/extinct.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603069789244410242" /></a><br />I had this post all ready to go until recent news forced me to make a modification to the image.<br /><br />The ABC show, <i>Dinosaurs</i>, premiered 20 years ago last month. And while I was too young to understand any of the jokes, it was also so long ago that I wouldn't be able to tell you if the show was actually funny. Either way, <i>Dinosaurs</i> was a staple in the weekly <i>TGIF </i>lineup that my family would watch together and sitting all of us down together to watch television for the night was the only way to prevent my brother and me from accidentally killing each other during our nightly wrestling matches (worth a whole post on its own).<br /><br />Anyways, after it was replaced by <i>Step by Step </i>or <i>Boy Meets World</i> or some other white sitcom that I probably watched, it had a series finale on another network that I never watched. And considering how young I was when I watched the show, I'm glad I never saw it because it is <i>fucking grim</i>.<br /><br />We all know dinosaurs became extinct eventually and the geniuses behind the show decided to end the show with that. The show spares us from an effects-laden disaster sequence and instead gives us this:<br /><br />a morose monologue from a remorseful father about the end of the world to his family which includes three young children.<br /><br />Enjoy!<br /><br /><object style="height: 350px; width: 540px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pPTUA_wdp78?version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pPTUA_wdp78?version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="540" height="350"></object><br /><br />[<a href='http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2011/04/whoa-dinosaurs-aired-20-years-ago'>Warming Glow</a>]<br /><br /><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530675224262766148.post-52974353618951106402011-05-04T11:27:00.000-07:002011-05-04T11:33:50.494-07:00Happy Star Wars Day...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://files.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/267969_S/wolverine-boba-fett-mashup-cosplayer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 444px; height: 600px;" src="http://files.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/267969_S/wolverine-boba-fett-mashup-cosplayer.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />...though not an actual holiday by any means. It's not the anniversary of Star Wars, or any important date in the mythology, May 4th is crowned as Star Wars day by many simply because of the damn day of the year. <span style="font-style: italic;">May the 4th Be With You</span>. Man I hate that shit.<br /><br />Anyways, there was a ton of Star Wars Blu-ray (<span style="font-style: italic;">"Star Wars will never come out on Blu-ray..."</span>) info released today, which helps to justify the ridiculousness of that phrase just a bit. Reports from <a href="http://www.hollywood.com/news/Stars_Wars_Day_Grievances/7790409">theHDRoom</a> say that each disc will include audio commentary from an all star cast, including sound designer Ben Burtt, which is good for me because I'm obsessed, but there's a lot of other neat stuff as well, including some fan service documentaries covering the madness that is Star Wars.<br /><br />May the 4th be with you...I cringe just typing it. And even worse, <span style="font-style: italic;">Revenge of the 5th</span>, oh my gahhhhhhhh.Nazer Lagrimas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146857072167492672noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530675224262766148.post-68417551319835071962011-05-03T10:00:00.000-07:002011-05-03T10:09:57.326-07:00Things I Miss From College - Dunkin Donuts Iced CoffeeI really miss <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dunkin Donuts large caramel mocha iced coffee</span>. Weighing in at 350 calories and 12 grams of fat (if the Nutrition Facts on the Dunkin website are accurate) it's not going to make anyones healthy dietary options list, but this beast of a beverage was a staple in my college years in Boston. It was the perfect compliment to any situation, at any time of the day. Good for the morning caffeine boost, with hangover or without, the "I only have 10 minutes between classes and need something to keep me sane" situation that we all know and love, the "fuck I need to stay awake because I've pushed back my paper till after it was actually due" problem that frequently plagued many a college student, and so much more.<br /><br />I haven't found anything like it in San Diego. I've tried the local favorites, but really, nothing compares, at all. It's not like I crave or necessarily need a replacement either, but every now and then I most certainly get the itch for a large Dunkin Iced Coffee, and maybe a Boston kreme or chocolate glazed donut on the side (or a pumpkin cake donut if its in season). I guess the memory and this ridiculously exaggerated photo will have to do for now.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.dunkindonuts.com/content/dunkindonuts/en/menu/coffee/icedcoffee/_jcr_content/block/image.img.jpg/1293405352367.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 328px; height: 328px;" src="https://www.dunkindonuts.com/content/dunkindonuts/en/menu/coffee/icedcoffee/_jcr_content/block/image.img.jpg/1293405352367.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Nazer Lagrimas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146857072167492672noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530675224262766148.post-79413150903197171002011-04-27T11:16:00.000-07:002011-04-27T11:53:03.503-07:00The Long HaulRe: <a href="http://coolkidsroom.blogspot.com/2011/04/regarding-our-decision-to-not-blog-here.html">Regarding Our Decision Not To Blog Here Anymore</a><br /><br />When analyzing the fall of any community, I personally find that one of the most important steps in a post-apocalyptic scenario is to figure out what exactly went wrong. So before diving headfirst into a "bloggers renaissance," I graciously took the time out of my busy, busy day (watching every episode of Archer and beating Portal 2 multiple times is no easy task) to figure out why we started this monstrosity in the first place and pinpoint the kinks in our otherwise flawless system.<br /><br />It started as a pretty admirable task. Four young minds, deep into their college careers, coming together to share their individual perspectives on the fairly diverse worlds that surrounded them. Ray breaking down the finest of literary works, myself exploring a musical universe previously unheard by ears of suburban San Diego natives, Lance grinding his teeth on every byte the Informatics department at UCI could throw at him, but also many other <a href="http://coolkidsroom.blogspot.com/2008/11/cheers-and-jeers-thanksgiving-edition.html">bites</a>, and Adonis with stick in hand beating opponent after opponent in a battle of Gods known more commonly as Super Smash Brothers. No one could predict what would come from this, but I think at the very least we were all optimistic.<br /><br />An excerpt from <a href="http://coolkidsroom.blogspot.com/2007/12/keeeeep-it-goin.html">Adonis' first coolkids post</a> in December of 2007 reads "So far I like what I see, but really, a collaboration of the great minds of Lance, Ray, Nazer, and Adonis is simply UNSTOPPABLE." With words like that, we were ready to take on the world!<br /><br />And so from there we went forward. Maybe it was the presidential election, or the <a href="http://coolkidsroom.blogspot.com/2007/12/where-are-my-new-tv-episodes.html">writers strike</a>, or maybe it was simply a love for the craft, but whatever it was, month after month we filled the minds of <a href="http://coolkidsroom.blogspot.com/2008/07/fan-tribute.html">readers everywhere</a> with original pieces of work on the topics that we cared most about. When searching through the Cool Kids archives, it was discovered that the tags we used most frequently were television (32) followed by Video Games (27), and then fatass (22). Following shortly afterward were lazy post (16), nerd boner (15), Barack Obama (14), and then the Chargers (13).<br /><br />Some may call it garbage, but for a lot of people many of these posts could be crowned as real works of art. We even had a <a href="http://coolkidsroom.blogspot.com/2008/08/best-of-cool-kids-volume-1_09.html">"Best of the Cool Kids"</a> compilation, featuring our very best and most beloved posts.<br /><br />But we quickly took a turn for the worse...<br /><br />Our once glorious website that flourished with exciting and fresh content was now a desolate wasteland. Posts came weeks, even months apart at times, and our content struggled all the same. Quick posts about absolutely nothing flooded our internet roads, surveys were displayed as features, and old fans everywhere were screaming, yearning even for new content. It got so bad that Ray even wrote a <a href="http://coolkidsroom.blogspot.com/2009/07/wtf-happened.html">post about our lack of posts</a>! In the shadows people heard whispers of a <a href="http://coolkidsroom.blogspot.com/2009/12/2010-revival.html">revival</a>, but nothing came out of that, until just recently when Ray found it in himself to make an attempt to "get the band back together."<br /><br />So here I am, a sunny day in late April, dusting off the keyboard and flexing my blogger muscles in hopes that we truly will come together and rise to our previous state of greatness. I do have to wonder though, is this newly found fire something that could keep us going strong, or is this simply just a taste of the past from the burps of those heavy Easter meals we had? Only time will tell, but I have to ask you this, my cool kids brethren, are we ready to saddle up and go the long haul, or are we just <a href="http://justraness.tumblr.com/">tumbling</a>, and <a href="http://adoniscomplex.tumblr.com/">tumbling</a>, and <a href="http://www.lancenc.com/post/4952148421?ref=nf">tumbling</a> along. Let me know if I should start packing my stuff.<br /><br />Best,<br />- NazerNazer Lagrimas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146857072167492672noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530675224262766148.post-29383534737944958412011-04-26T19:13:00.000-07:002011-04-26T19:18:00.849-07:00Post Date TBDMy hands are full, but soon.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3c3Y09qU8BEENADhtBNbrycIbwR-i5jbzdw9mGN4-S-bqZwbUpS8-Ed3G7TYV3zqRtJ7b863RJIjYzFL5Jf5_PW6ih1sXTEU9llct5EGx2IERIQzAYy1isfvP0M32oDyUKXwlEVVypJZ/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3c3Y09qU8BEENADhtBNbrycIbwR-i5jbzdw9mGN4-S-bqZwbUpS8-Ed3G7TYV3zqRtJ7b863RJIjYzFL5Jf5_PW6ih1sXTEU9llct5EGx2IERIQzAYy1isfvP0M32oDyUKXwlEVVypJZ/s200/photo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600081094811489122" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I promise.</span>Nazer Lagrimas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146857072167492672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530675224262766148.post-52693060501307244942011-04-26T03:43:00.000-07:002011-04-30T03:37:46.762-07:00Let's stay together...<i>RE: <a href="http://coolkidsroom.blogspot.com/2011/04/regarding-our-decision-to-not-blog-here.html">Regarding Our Decision To Not Blog Here Anymore</a></i><br />
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<b>Dear Cool Kids and Cool Kids family (i.e. Not so small talk), </b><br />
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I'm writing this letter in hopes that this will get to you guys, someway, somehow. This is really hard for me right now, so I'll try and be brief. But I admit; I spent the past few hours outside, staring up at the night sky, with only the the stars to keep my company... Just now, I've been pacing back in forth in front of my computer, glaring at the screen, hoping this page would fill up with words by itself. But I'm here now, so I must finish what I started...<br />
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Ray, Nazer, Lance -- I know I had left you guys. Even worse, I left without saying goodbye. It was like a breakup without closure, or having some fun and not calling the next day, with no regard for your feelings at all. Yes, it was wrong of me; but I was young, stupid, immature, without any sense of what I was leaving behind.<br />
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But I had too... I had to get out of our relationship. I felt trapped. For too long, I felt like I bullshitted as a Cool Kid. We goofed off, made fun ourselves and joyfully hurt the ones we love. But I had to explore on my own, had to see the world, had to discover what was beyond the Coolest Kids in the Room, and grow up as a person, and also try and write more "seriously." Then the years went by, and I had moved on; a Cool Kid enjoying himself in self-imposed exile.<br />
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But really... it was all a facade. The supposed, newfound happiness was forced. There'd be nights where I'd toss and turn in bed, feeling miserable; alone, empty. I'd turn on my computer and load up coolkidsroom, going through the archives and looking back on old posts, constantly checking behind my back as if I was trying not to get caught. It was like re-reading old texts, or going through old pictures; reminiscing until the point where I had to close my laptop shut because the tears in my eyes would get too unbearable.<br />
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I miss it. The sarcasm, the randomness of topics, the clowning on homies, the bad ms paint pics, the bukkake, even the more relevant issues we wrote about; I miss it all. I miss what we all shared together, and I want it back. Just remember all the good times we've had. We can be great together, again. I just hope you can forgive me...<br />
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But I'll say, this indefinite hiatus of mine, is no more. This blog, <b>The Coolest Kids in the Room</b>, is where I'm meant to be. Like Ray said, <i>"Being in a polyamorous blogging relationship with all of you was like something I've never felt before."</i> I feel the same way. I want to be together again. I believe in second chances, but I'd like to believe as if we never broke up at all. We can work this out. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COiIC3A0ROM">Let's stay together.</a><br />
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We've all come so far:<br />
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- AdonisUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530675224262766148.post-86136188389731503222011-04-21T02:45:00.000-07:002011-04-21T04:03:27.773-07:00Regarding Our Decision To Not Blog Here Anymore<span style="font-weight: bold;">Regarding Our Decision To Not Blog Here Anymore</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />inspired by "Regarding Our Decision Never To See Me Again" by Ellie Kemper</span><br /><br />Whats up guys, It's me Ray. I know we said this wouldn't last forever, but I've really put some thought into it for the past few minutes, and I have to say I think I've changed my mind. Its like when you sit down for a really long time and get up too fast and you end up feeling all dizzy and what not. Whats that called? A head rush? Yea I think that's what happened. It was a head rush. I just wasn't thinking straight I promise.<br /><br />Its kind of hard you know, to put all that I'm feeling into words. I really felt like we had something the four of us. Being in a polyamorous blogging relationship with all of you was like something I've never felt before. And after you guys stopped posting, (Adonis n Lance) I really felt like something was missing in my life. It was hard just doing it with Nazer, I think me and him just couldn't have as much fun with just us two. We just needed our other halves........<br /><br />Lance, who else was going to arise the same kind of feeling out of me as you. I know the rest of you haven't felt both uncomfortable and well informed at the same time, since Lance decided to leave the group. I think we all need a special bit of Lance's love juice in the mix...what did you used to call it. Oh yea thats right, a post-bukkake. Your a saint Lance. A beautiful heavenly saint. If you come back I swear you can post-bukkake all over this blog. I swear it.<br /><br />Nazer, you held on longer then most and I think it really is that time again to get back on that horse and ride it. Gallop, gallop and post about things I know nothing about because being confused makes me feel like less of a person. And your great at that. Who else is going to educate me on shows (Pushing daisies, battlestar galactica) that I would probably only watch if they popped up on netflix during my free one month trial? No one that's who, no one. And that's a strong probably mister, a really really strong one. Almost even a maybe, a loving maybe.<br /><br />And Adonis, Oh Adonis. I always appreciated your way of.....And then that time you....Oh and lets not forget that one thing, you know the thing that you did that one time. Great. I've really missed how you always have a way of...yuh your just great bro. Honest.<br /><br />I really think were one of those groups where we first meet and there isn't really this huge lasting impression at first, but for some reason we all reconnect. Realizing that all the other blogs we've had were meaningless and this was the one true blog and we have, like, this really great story to tell people when they ask how we got together. You know the type, the ones where our kids ask us how we met, and I'll say, "You tell em Lance." and Lance will be like "No no, Nazer tells the story the best." and then Nazer would say, "OK, OK....." And when we go through all our old photos our son will be like who's Adonis daddy is this him?<br /><br /><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v356/BrodaRay87/?action=view&current=t-painadonis3-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v356/BrodaRay87/t-painadonis3-2.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Time will have slowed down at this very moment. As memories ring out in each of our minds. Lance will recall a simpler time when Adonis passed out in Mel and Kristine's bathtub fully clothed, and Tuan and I turned the water on. Nazer, will remember how great the cool kids used to be as a single tear runs down his cheek. I'll stop turn my head towards our son. With a slight grin on my face. I'll take a deep breath, the kind of breath our fathers take when they HAVE to do something, not something they necessarilly want to do, but they must. And I'll pause for a second. Look straight into his eyes and simultaneously slap the shit out of him while screaming "YOU DON'T SAY THAT NAME IN MY HOUSE!"</span><br /><br />So what do you say boys. Give US another chance. I promise I'll be better this time. We had a few bumps in the road, but ain't no speed bump gonna slow us down. Head rushes are great an all, but when we put our minds together were not just cool kids, were the coolest kids in the room.<br /><br /><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v356/BrodaRay87/?action=view&current=168465_10100134095253891_6014831_52957666_7692638_n2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v356/BrodaRay87/168465_10100134095253891_6014831_52957666_7692638_n2.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />-Just RA<br /><br />P.S. Adonis you haven't posted since march 2009, that's over two years JACKASS. But then again that post had the best comment run of all time. So kudosJust Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13942650536345311593noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530675224262766148.post-11938420492719893332011-04-07T19:26:00.001-07:002011-04-07T19:31:18.939-07:00Another show to watch on Thursdays<p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbB3NQKqjkdDQ-Ihy8g6Q6gWjUuTqWkPDOkuYuA_oT9kRLIlWH9ZuzmdypiedT_NgNPk4gKnGS9LFwLomRGtR2ptXVmPhbn2ohS0vc5fGBVNmD88BnWg8Vx5PFLFLoAkxUm2JIotxObhPt/s1600-h/archer%5B8%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 5px auto; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="archer" border="0" alt="archer" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVflK9J2Hsp4RUU8AaH55W-qoS0F3n96FHxkH54ebvzvSG4QHShNrG1QCnKaxhLP_0rfJZn0KHI_MgNBaOd9X9liVyMallOv8hy0p5J6abSCZFE1bUVGrXG_f2WkRDyjJBWbAZd-WFvj3/?imgmax=800" width="380" height="215" /></a> <br />By now, you guys are probably aware that we watch a lot of TV on <a href="http://coolkidsroom.blogspot.com/search/label/wifey">Thursday nights</a>.  With no new episodes tonight of <em>30 Rock</em>, <em>Parks and Rec</em>, or any of our other favorites (if you like <em>Perfect Couples</em>, then you deserve to be stabbed in the eye), then there’s really no reason why you shouldn’t be watching <em>Archer</em> tonight. <br /> <br />The animated show revolves around a spy agency and focuses on their star field agents, Sterling Archer and Lana Kane, and their interactions with the agency’s office drones. It’s like a sexy, vulgar cartoon remix of <em>The Office</em> and <em>Chuck</em>. <br /> <br />While there’s plenty of sex jokes and cheap visual gags, the show has a surprising amount of depth to its humor as well.  I’m talking about literary and <a href="http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2011/01/the-ten-most-obsure-archer-jokes-explained">historic pop culture references that’ll make you run to Wikipedia</a> just because a joke went over your head.  And nothing delights us hipsters more than jokes that go over people’s heads. <br /> <br />The show’s cast is damn good also. H. Jon Benjamin, my favorite voice actor of all time, stars as the lead.  His work as Coach McGuirk in the underrated <em>Home Movies</em> was full of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF4FGHflvHQ">YouTube highlights</a> and he also plays the lead in Fox’s <em>Bob’s Burgers</em>, another excellent animated comedy. Jessica Walters and Judy Greer of <em>Arrested Development</em> fame and Chris Parnell, formerly of <em>Saturday Night Live,</em> also star. <br /> <br />You owe it to yourself to check it out tonight, if only for the hot cartoon characters who might give you a semi hard-on.  <a href="http://coolkidsroom.blogspot.com/2008/03/disney-chicks-who-is-top-tier.html">Because we’re the experts in cartoon ladies who might give you a boner</a>.</p> </p> <p> <p> <br /> <br />Archer is on at 10pm on FX, Thursdays.</p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1