Christmas 2009

So I feel this Christmas was a great one, good times with family and friends. Even though it's pretty much like any other get together at my house. It always feel good to have the relationship I have with my family... I really have to appreciate what I have because there's so many people out there that really does not have what I have.

I've always thought this holiday was just getting presents and I would be unhappy if I didn't get what I wanted... Crazy that even as an adult I still thought that way. This year was different for me, I kind of felt like I should stop being as greedy as I've been in the past and start thinking of the people around me. I've bought presents for people in the past but really what I would do is just had someone do most of my shopping for me because I'm too lazy to take the time to care about what it is I'm about to give to someone. This time around I actually took the time to try to find a gift specific for everyone one that I was planning on buying them. Doing that actually felt really good once the people received their gift, like you did an especially great job.

I have to say... the end of this year has been looking really good and hopefully that means a great new beginning of 2010...

Cheers!

An Email to You.

There’s no fixing your past, that’s just it. So you have limp leg for the rest of your life, but you’re still able to walk. People have flaws you need to just live with them and move on. Dwelling on a problem leads to weakness and people will feel sorry for you. Don’t make people around you feel sorry for you, you got to let it be known that you’re capable of handling yourself. People will take advantage of your weakness and use you, knowing that you are so eager to find someone to commit and tell all how you feel. Just think of your child, don’t make them see your flaws. They learn from you and would feel it would be alright to grow up being inept.

I hope you get some perspective on what I just said… You just need to hear it as blunt as it may seem.

Stop Being Lazy and Grow Up!

I need to stop surrounding myself with these "losers." I have a few friends out there who just can't seem to get anything right. I have some folks who never show up to work or avoiding work or making excuses to not work. One that has been fired and feels absolutely fine collecting unemployment. Another who's been playing video and smoking weed living with the parents' basement after also getting fired from their job. I almost feel that because of having those friends that it's also affected me on how I lived my life this far. I'm a little more goal oriented then them obviously but I feel like I don't try as hard to work myself up to where I want to be in life.

It also upsets me just knowing I've busted my ass at work and basically living paycheck after paycheck and seeing these people on their lazy asses and getting help from mommy and daddy. I don't know... I feel if I continue to be around people who are motivated and "works hard for the money" I can kinda vibe off that and it may possibly makes it easier for me to get to my aspirations.

I'm not blaming others for my own mistakes I know it's me being in control of life. I just feel that you kind of adapt to your surroundings and you learn and grow from it.

Started my new job today...

So even though I got some information from the interviewer and my supervisor about what the position entails. I went into work today and still have no idea what it really is. I mean I somewhat understand the process but I don't know what I'm to do there because it seems like everyone does everything but only on certain days. It's kinda weird how they work together, I mean I'm all cool for teamwork but it's like they do it with not too much communication with each other, I don't know I'm sure I'll get how it all works out.

The day started off kind of awkward because I believe that the temp agency didn't let their representative at the job site know I was coming in today. I wasn't on her "list" so she contacted the office and found out yes indeed I am suppose to be there. After finally getting up to the department I was in I got a little info on the job and started following this guy around all day. I did some filing of checks, stapled some papers together, and open up mail. That was pretty much the whole day... Yup.

I feel like I'm just interning there but I'll just wait for all my logins and junk so I get to start working.

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BTW - You guys watching Glee? That show is dope!

California, Work, Relationships.

California...
Okay... The California thing, I guess I have a little off my back just a tad... My sister is now planning on moving out there after Christmas because of a little financial issues and she gets to stay here with the family during the holidays. I am so relief actually because I would be able to start a higher paying job and actually have time to save money to move out with her. I was going crazy not being prepared but really wanting to move out on time with her but now I have some time to just work my way getting to where I want to be financially before heading out west.

Work...
I hate that I'm still working for the company I'm with, our department has closed down and instead of getting severance pay that we should have gotten we are all transferred to another department that is not at all close to what we originally applied for. There's no way of getting severance pay because they had another job available and if we don't take it we don't get severance or unemployment. What my plan is at this time is just go through that training class they have set up for us and try my hardest getting another job before actually having to do the actual work, at least get paid for just sitting my ass for 2 and half weeks you know? I've got some interviews in and now waiting for some response... I'm really not the greatest on interviews I usually just choke up and don't know what to say, hopefully they can just look at my resume and use that over my interview.

Relationships...
I'm not in one actually and I'm not really looking for on at this time in my life, but what I like to have is just a great amount of quality friends before actually leaving to California. I know I'm planning on moving anyway but I need good people to support my move and to keep me grounded and know where I came from if I get to "California" or something. I'm an Iowa boy as much as I don't like to admit it and complain about hating it. I'm not the typical stereotype of being raised in a farm and like corn, but this is where I know I'll be accepted at. If I fail in life I know I can come back to the people that I love and love me back.

I Kinda Miss it...

I miss what I had before, things have changed and it's awkward at times. I kind of wish what was needed to be done should have been handled differently, because now it's changed and not for the better. I'm always open to changes, why would you want to live a boring life you know? I can't really do much about it now though because what's done is done and all I can do is live with it. Live with the awkwardness it comes with. Just wanted to say that I do miss what I had and I hope for the best that it can somehow down the line to be back the way it is...

Anxiety has taken over me...

I'm freaking out a little... Have too many things going through my head and cannot get it all together and sorted out. I'm worried I can't do it. I'm worried about failing. I'm worried about money. I'm worried about my life.

Finally MMS has come to my iPhone!

Yes, yes today is Friday September 25 and today AT&T have finally released MMS to all iPhones. It took forever for both AT&T and Apple, how could they have not released this option when the first iPhone came out? I just don't get it all other phones have had this feature and it took Apple and AT&T 2 years for them to have officially have MMS.

I was talking with Katie if you want to check out her blog Click Here

Oh and my dad's Tailoring shop is up... well not really it's "Under Construction" but there's at least something up there.
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America's Best Dance Crew Season 4 (Show is fixed...)

I haven't talked about this season as much as the others in the past, to be honest I don't think this season's crews are that great. It's down to the top 2 crews and I'm shocked how the turnouts are. The show is obviously rigged no way could Afroborike made it to the final 2, not just that they made it to the top but they have avoided the bottom 2 crews the last couple weeks. I just cannot justify how that could have been. Every blog sites and forums have said nothing good about them and even the judges on the show would keep giving them not-so-great criticism. I know everyone and was leaning more towards Massive Monkeys they have been great of course they're all breakers and pretty much the last 3 crews have won are breakers. That's why I think MTV is fixing the turnouts of this season. They want a girl group to win (We Are Heroes) and the only way to get them to win the final votes is to have a crew that is not likeable to go against them in the finals. Not saying that 'We Are Heroes' aren't good because they are dope, way better than Afroborike. It's obvious that they have been saved by MTV throughout the whole show because they have been in the bottom 2 the judges allow them to move forward.


I have to say after watching this season I don't think I can even watch another season how they are messing with the turnouts. If anyone out there actually likes Afroborike let me know in the comments and try to persuade me why they should be up there because I just can't see it...



OH!! On another note this is just like how the first season of ABDC is, I know JabbaWockeez would have won that season anyway, but Kaba Modern was such a better crew than Status Quo. I highly doubt they had the mass votes when it came down to those 3. I even heard on blog sites of people that were in the audience that night that they were BOOed when they found out Kaba Modern was announce to leave the show and they even had an encore performance after the show's recording for the audience. For that reason I believe MTV just wanted the show to make it an West Coast and East Coast feud thing.

Another side note: I went to the Britney Concert on 9/11 and saw Jia from Kaba Modern! W00t! I didn't know she was a Britney dancer! haha

Kanye and Taylor VMA '09

It's late to talk about this really and it's getting really old since everybody in the world is talking about this. Here's my opinion on it now...

As much as I didn't appreciate Kanye West and his crazy antics Sunday night (09/13/09) on the VMAs, interrupting Taylor Swift on her moment to win an award for the first time. I'm over it now, Kanye apologized and Taylor accepted. As much as I don't respect Kanye West as a person, I respect the music he puts out...

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Will be out soon...

I'm not talking about out of Iowa but out of my job soon. Yeah we'll be all over because my department is being taken away so I guess it's back to the drawing board and starting all over again. As much as I have complained about working where I've been for the longest time, I just couldn't get myself away from it for some reason... The pay was never good it just gets repetitive and doesn't seem like there's anyway of advancement. I did make some excellent friends here that I will totally take with me once I leave this company. I won't forget about you guys for sure, just link me in Facebook or any social networking sites (I'm pretty much in all). It's almost a breath of fresh air once I'm out of here though, it is a new chapter in life if it goes for the best or worse, I'm just happy that I'm moving on. I don't really have much plans after getting out of here to be honest I haven't been saving as much as I should to get out of Iowa, either way though wish me luck on my endeavors.

Friends Meshing

I have a hard time mixing a group of friends with another group of friends. I don't know why that is I mean you would think if I got along with this group that they shouldn't have a problem with this group. I'll admit, do at times act a little different with a group than another... Now that I'm thinking about it, I might be socially self-conscious that I'm too afraid to be judged by who and how I interact with other people. I know that I do have a group of friends that are very judgmental and it would break my heart if they do not like another group of friends, also they would be the people that wouldn't hold back on expressing how they would feel about a group of people.

I don't know... I'll slowly try to move people around.

Cough Cough

Oh my god, I think something is starting to be seriously wrong with me, I've been having this cough for a while now and I just can't seem to get rid of it... I've been taking cough drops and they do sooth them down but I'll continue to keep coughing throughout the day. At times I would have these cough attacks like where I would just keep coughing and almost having to vomit because it's working my stomach and lunch muscles. I really hate going to the doctor but I think I may have to go to one soon about this. the side of my body is kind of in pain right now because of this and it really doesn't seem to be getting any better...

Well let's give it a couple more days...

Need to start doing some Job Hunting in the LA area

Just realizing this now, August is almost over and my sister and I are planning on leaving late September or October... Somewhere in the fall anyway. I seriously need to start working on my resume and just start sending it. I want to make sure that I have something when I'm out there and also having to get a place to stay. I'm a little nervous now because it's almost gametime and I'm really not prepared at all as I thought I would. My job is being very shady and I know that they'll find a way to screw us over getting a severance pay. I may have to find some random temp jobs here in Des Moines in the mean time. I think I'm actually a little scared now, I was telling myself whatever happens I'm going down there anyway but that isn't smart and I gotta really start saving now. Some friends are planning on taking a trip to LA in October and I would be kinda cool if I was already out there... I don't know, I gotta stop spending money.

Wish me luck folks...

Kids Need to Respect!

So there are these two brothers that are cousins of my cousin's and everytime my uncle's family would have some kind of party and this family is invited. I have to say these kids are the rudest piece of trash out there. Not that it matters, but the dad is white so they're half Thaidam and half white. Anyway everytime they come over they don't bother to play with the other kids they would just sit there being obnoxious and would once in a while speak just to say something rude to another cousin or kid. I was told by my cousin that her family invited them to a baseball game and they were sitting behind them. One of them decided to put their feet up on the chair that my little cousin was sitting in and she told him to stop but he continued doing it even after my uncle has told him to stop.

So the last party at the house was my little cousin's birthday and of course we're all watching tv we all agreed on something to watch, no big they were just sitting in the back minding their own business. A little later we went to another room to watch my cousin blow out the candles and of course the two brothers stayed behind didn't care for that and went up and change the channel on the TV. We came back and asked nicely since we were all watching that if we could change the channel back. The freaking little brat didn't even acknowledge us at all he just continued watching what he was watching. Luckily I was leaving the house around that time so it didn't matter much to me but now that I think of it I'm really annoyed and pissed about it. This isn't the first time this kid has done this. I want to just tell him off and tell off their parents.

Your kids needs to respect one another, if you haven't noticed they're alone and not playing with the other kids. My uncle invited your family over and your kids didn't even wish her a Happy Birthday. You're not good parents and should be very shameful that you have not told them what is right or wrong. Especially the father, you married an asian lady you should know that we're a big family and you know that we love and respect one another and our culture so take your fucking SHOES off when you get in the house! They had to be married at least 10 years so he has no excuses, if he hasn't hung out with the family enough then he should have taken time to do so, there's a lot of opportunities to be around us we celebrate almost everything so there's so many events he could attend. I'm just more upset about how they let their children get away with all this shit.

Omaha Around 6 in the Morning

So my sister went on a vacation for a few days to NYC and the flight would be cheaper if she left from Omaha instead of straight out of Des Moines. Her flight leaves at around Tuesday 18th 2009 5:45 in the morning so I asked my cousin, since she has weird working hours if she wants to join me. We decided to stay around and take some pictures... I know we're weird.

Twitter Updates from Aug 13th - August 19th

Ok so if you know me, you know how much I love Twitter and if you are reading this and don't have a Twitter account I really suggest you getting on and Follow ME!! I thought it would be different if I just posted a blog entry here of some of recent Tweets from August 13th to August 19th. I made it so that the first is my post and if people reply to that message added those comments in italics and parenthesis. It is a little hard reading through it so I suggest you to FOLLOW ME haha.

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AUGUST 13TH 2009

Wish I can multitask better... or even better have two of me so I can be at two places at once.

I just caught myself, talking to myself here at work. Good thing the person near me doesn't realize that...

Haha this is my jobs plan on getting a bad name through social networking sites. Lol. http://twitpic.com/dsw4x
(@mm85 - @solotis http://twitpic.com/dsw4x - WTF IS KA-POW!!!!

Wow cheeks are hurting taking family pictures.

Hmm this get together is already over. I feel kinda bad that I didn't hang out with my cousin as much as I should have.

AUGUST 14TH 2009

At Drink with @xoxopommer @swtme03 and @hidrocksecut just hanging. in Clive, IA http://loopt.us/nL4XMA.t

I get nervous when they play the Cupid shuffle. I hate getting my foot stepped on. And yes everyone Iowa STILL plays that in the bars...

This guy that sits close to me can seriously eat! I saw him one day eat 6 cans of soup in one sitting and a whole large pizza from Pizza Hut

I'm at Texas Roadhouse celebrating @oliviakhounlo birthday w/ @xoxopommer @hidrocksecut. Need beer. in Johnston, IA http://loopt.us/bxT3Hw.t
(@phoever - @SolOtis Mmmm. I luv that place. Eats some rolls for me & make sure they sing to her tonite!)
(@court_bby - @SolOtis yum I love texas roadhouse! Too bad I can't eat anything :()

Enjoying this Big League Chew lol! http://twitpic.com/dxz19
(@court_bby - @SolOtis that's how I look right now. All chipmunk like)

Sucks, I have to end my night early because I have to be at work tomorrow at 7am... FML totally! FML FML FML FML! I hate this fucking job!
(@misterkennym - @SolOtis You only have a month left though, right?
(@SolOtis - @misterkennym Yeah... hopefully it's earlier... I can barely do this anymore.)

AUGUST 15TH 2009

Up before the sun, getting ready for work.
(@mm85 - @SolOtis welcome to my world! i'm usually up at about 4:45am on workdays.)
(@SolOtis - @mm85 You know me, I'm definitely not a morning person. I'm such a night owl and waking this early is killing me.

Oh my god! Got all sweaty playing Ping Pong with Mina during break. Haha! We get really intense playing that.

Found out that some relatives are sleeping in my room tonight. Joys of living back home... Guess the plans to have an all nighter is a go.

AUGUST 16TH 2009

At Komodo's got free cover! W00t! in Des Moines, IA http://loopt.us/eH3b9g.t

Interesting... Coffee and donuts w/ the parents and French relatives... Yeah I look like a kid that is out all night. Good impression right?

Sitting around the kitchen table having a great conversation with my father. Having more and more respect for him. Love you dad.
(@aboutrespect - @SolOtis RT Sitting around the kitchen table having a great conversation with my father. Having more and more respect .. http://8ti.de/lRt)
(@LolaLuvPink - @SolOtis now I envy you because my dad is no longer alive.)
(@SolOtis - @LolaLuvPink I'm so sorry to hear that. It does make me appreciate my family more reading that.)

At Jordan Creek Mall. With @rosiebo0 and @oliviakhounlo. in Clive, IA http://loopt.us/YV0ZSw.t

Watching America's Best Dance Crew! W00t!! Massive Monkeys!
(@xoxopommer - @SolOtis oh no! I forgot that was tonight!)
(@Solotis - @xoxopommer aww dude how can you forget? This is like my favorite day of the week now haha.)

AUGUST 17TH 2009

It's so damn hot in this house, I'm sweating just sitting here.

Teddy, why do we have to stop by every tree, evey bush, every mailbox, every light post, every fire higrant? Just do your biz and let's go.
(@oliviakhounlo - @SolOtis he's just a curious little dog!)

I keep falling asleep and having these weird dreams, but I keep waking up and cutting myself away from it so I never know what happens...
(@xoxopommer - @SolOtis the same recurring weird dreams? so... go back to sleep and figure it out! (^O^))

Photo: So I know Ramen isn’t known for something that people would have big cravings for, but this is what... http://tumblr.com/xfe2qev0w
(@chakong - @SolOtis REAL ramen is da bomb! I hate the fake instant stuff.)

AUGUST 18TH 2009

Nasty! Check out this moldy grapefruit. http://twitpic.com/ebv8e

Seeing my sister @oliviakhounlo off to NYC at Eppley Airport. in Omaha, NE http://loopt.us/SGzUUA.t

Me and @turner08 decided to do some sight seeing in Omaha at 5:30 in the morning. We got @starbucks though so we should be good! Haha

In front of the Qwest Center looking very tourrist-y haha http://twitpic.com/ecagb

Is anyone missing a Nebraska license plate? http://twitpic.com/ecb3x

At a casino with @turner08 thinking of @hidrocksecut haha in Omaha, NE http://loopt.us/FoRpzA.t
(@hidrocksecut - @SolOtis @turner08 Did you guys bet on green for me?!)
(Solotis - @hidrocksecut yeah we put 500 bucks on 0 you lost. I think you owe us now.)
(@hidrocksecut - @SolOtis Alright, thanks. What is your PayPal?)

Yeah I'm drinking a Jack and Coke at 7 in the morning... So what?
(@mm85 - @SolOtis Happy Hour this early, huh?)
(@SolOtis - @mm85 right on! No time like the present.
(@misterkennym - @SolOtis Yeah, as long as that isn't an everyday thing, I think you're fiiiine)
(@xoxopommer - @SolOtis really?! well you do have to keep awake! :P)
(@SolOtis - @xoxopommer I know right? Just had one drink for some reason I thought it would be fun to drink that early.

Just woke up from my long nap/sleep... I am still so tired ::yawn::
(@xoxopommer - @SolOtis so... i'm guessing your early morning trip kicked you in the ass. Didn't go in today?)
(@SolOtis - @xoxopommer Yeah I probably would have been fine and fit in some hours of sleep before work but we kinda had some detours on the way back.)

At Gray's Lake doing a night walk with @xoxopommer @turner08 and Ferida in Des Moines, IA http://loopt.us/VKG89g.t

OMG!? WTF happened? I just got bombarded with all these @replies to go to this porn site. There's about 35 of these http://twitpic.com/eft4x

AUGUST 19TH 2009

Finally got Teddy to sleep. Now it's my turn... Good night all.

I'm at work... I don't know what's up with me but I've developed this caugh... it's so annoying and my chest is hurting because of it.

Ramen again? Hell yeah!

So I know Ramen isn't known for something that people would have big cravings for, but this is what I'm eating tonight. You just got to know where to get your Ramen packages from. Can't go to those American grocery stores you got to go an authentic Asian store where they actually get it imported. It doesn't hurt also adding in some Sriracha and Oyster Sauce into the mix. I know there are a few Ramen Houses (Restaurants only serving Ramen) out there, I just wish they had one here in Iowa.

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Hmm... I don't remember that!

Well, I guess I was kind of bad this past Thursday night (08/06/09). I have this new shift at work that it's making it really hard for me to want to stay there any longer, I now get off of work at 9pm and work Saturdays now. Anyway I was really persistent on getting drunk tonight so I didn't eat anything the whole day and bought a bottle of Tequila to have fun with. I picked up a friend to meet at another friend's house and thought we should also get a bottle of Hennessy. Anyway yeah so we had a couple shots at the house and I was good I can probably groove with this feeling and not have anymore for the night... Once we got to the bar it we found a group that was buying shots and someone had to say it was my birthday that night so I got tons more free shots after that. I don't remember but one shot but another friend of mine said I took a couple of them... It was pretty much a blur to me after taking the first shot actually. I really don't remember much after that moment.

Everything below is what people has told me has happened...

We made it back to the house, I think I went with my friend to walk her dog and somehow scratch my arm on something (that is still a mystery to this day...) I guess we had maybe another shot... Another group of friends made it back to the house during that time I made it to the toilet and vomit my guts out... I was needing help operating the sink... I guess I had an argument or said something to one of my friends that made her go to her room and shut the door from us... I guess I was being kind of grabby??? I had to throw up again but instead of making it to the toilet, I think another friend gave me cups to puke into... I guess it obviously shows that I didn't eat anything because my vomit was nothing but liquid... I think I asked my friend to take me home and drive my car and I was vomiting the way back... We had some argument and actually drove her to her car... vomit at home made it to the toilet... passed out.

The next day I got a call from a friend telling me all of this and I feel actually real horrible that all of that has happened. I seriously don't remember any of all of that... For real though, I think we've all had moments that we're all embarrassed about and there's no way of really changing it you'll just have to take what it is and go on from that. I do feel horribly bad that night for whatever I have done or who I have made upset. That's all you can really do the damage is done and you'll just need to learn from it.

Later I found out I broke their toilet for hugging it too much or something... Don't worry I'll pay them back for that.

Sister Back Home. Part Deux

This is going to be like another journal entry, i just have nothing really interesting going on and I feel like just writing a little...

So as you know my sister has came back from California, she had to move back for a while because she has broken up with her boyfriend over there but they left on good terms. It's just that he's moving back to Los Angeles without really giving her a notice she didn't have time to try to look for something else at the time for a new place so she had to actually quit her job with Conde Naste and move back to Des Moines for a little while. She is planning on moving down back to Los Angeles again at the end of September and for me I totally feel like it's an opportunity to also get down there with her to start a whole new "life" down there in LA LA Land.

I kind of feel weird living back with my sister again at my parents' house. It's kind of weird but I felt I had more freedom with her gone. I feel like she's always looking over me and it's just weird. I don't have a friendly relationship with her I still her see as an older sibling so I feel like I can't really talk to her about my day as much because I'm afraid she'll judge me or something. She actually expressed that a couple weeks ago and I really didn't even think about it until she said that. I am doing this to myself and I gotta be more open in our relationship because if I'm planning on moving down there with her we gotta communicate and be friends not just brother and sister. So I have been trying to be more talkative with her but there is still some place where I don't talk to her much about. It's almost her birthday right now and she's planning on taking a vacation to New York with her ex-boyfriend I thought it was kind of weird but whatever... Hopefully I'll have the money to move out with her or at least find a job right away out there that pays nicely...

Monday 1:40AM July 20, 2009

I don't know what it is right now, I'm just annoyed. This was a pretty fun weekend but for some reason I'm annoyed and I feel like it's unfinished and I'm at a lost or something. I have people telling me what to do or what I shouldn't do. I have people that is constantly being too in your face that they don't know how to back off. I have people that isn't giving me enough input. I have people that is telling me their small petty issues, that I just get more irritating listening to stupid people that really don't have any real problems, and giving them a horrible diagnosis of their so-called "problems." I feel like I'm pretty good at giving people advice but when you issues of your own it's like you just don't give a shit about them.

I almost wish I was still living by myself sometimes. It really was an excellent time to just be alone and care about the only person that matters.

So, the Sister is Back Home.

So I'm officially moved out of my apartment on Court Avenue Lofts on June 12th 2009. I'm totally going to miss that place, it was so great having a night out with friends downtown and then easily going home with no worries of drunk driving or anything like that. That place would mean a lot to me though, it was a turning point in my life where I was able to live by myself with not too much financial help. I felt like an adult with responsibilities and it was very liberating for me. I was having so many problems though at first trying to find someone to take over the lease, I had so many people that would really sound interested and then blow me off later and which made me have to pay another month or so. The reason why I left the place is because I'm planning on trying to save up money and moving to California. Yes, I have kept saying it over and over how I really want to get out of Iowa and then to the west coast but right now, it seems like there's a bigger possibility moving there.

My sister actually came back from San Francisco because of some turn of events in her relationship over there and now she's back here in Des Moines. She's living here with my parents and I but she's planning on moving back to Los Angeles at the end of September. I'm going to try to move out there with my sister then and live with her for a while and once I get more established I'll get a place for myself. That's my goal right now so that means I got to start working more, I got to stop playing around, I have a goal and I got to get there now.

I have tons more that I can talk about that has happened but I'm just not feeling up to it at this moment and it's better to keep a blog, in my opinion, of two paragraphs. I always feel you start to lose interest if it's too long.

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What DId I Do? ...No Way

So it has come to my attention that I acted like a fool this last Thursday when I went out for drinks. I remember going there but most of the night I don't seem to remember a lot what's going on. I'm a complete asshole when I'm THAT drunk and I don't know what has caused me to act that way because things that people said I have said just doesn't add up. I know when you're drunk it seems like the whole truth comes out but seriously, what I expressed to people is really not what I really felt about them or even close to it. I kind of remember being a dick to this one person but I just think I didn't get along with that person to begin with but for me to start attacking other people that I was close to really made me upset at myself.

I do drink a lot, that's no lie. I don't think I have a drinking problem because I can go through days without a drink and be fine. I guess I should cool it down drinking that excessively though because I can really hurt someone that I truly wouldn't want to hurt. I don't know what was up with that night how I attacked everyone around me, I just don't see it making sense of what I was told that I said to people when no where in my mind I thought that about them privately in my head... It was like I was another person or something. The only thing I can really do is apologize for any mishaps.

So, I guess I'm High Maintenance.

This is the exact post I posted on my Tumblr, I usually get more in depth on this blog but as of right now I'm too lazy...Tumblr Page


Went camping for a wedding this weekend… It was fun but I just couldn’t man it out the first night and got a hotel. Even though it’s a cabin with mattresses, we were so unprepared for the night coming with no blankets, pillows, or sheets. The cabin they reserved for us did not have any indoor plumbing so we have to use the outhouse and a pump to wash our hands. I’ll admit it I’m a little high maintenance, so that’s the reason we got a hotel and I paid for it all.

Second day was the wedding and it was fun, but it didn’t even start until everyone left and it was only our people that had stayed and dance the night away. Of course we got all cheesy and serenade to them while they danced in our circle LOL. Congrats to Charly and Ramon I’m sure you have a great future ahead of you.

Third night we actually stayed at the cabin since everyone left I was more comfortable with the people that were left. We went on a grocery store run and pretty much just played board games all night. I’m glad I had this experience but I don’t think I can do this again unless my cabin had indoor plumbing. SERIOUSLY I NEED IT!

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Here are some pictures of the wedding, check me rocking out my shutter shades on the dance floor w00t!

A Weird Tweeter

Twitter is getting huge. Seems like everyone and their mom has Twitter accounts and have been tweeting about everything they do. Well have you got someone who has came up to you because they are one of your followers and would talk to you like they know you? Well that has happened to me a couple times but this time was kind of awkward. This person came up to me talking to me like they know me and talking about what's been going on and all of that. I am so relieved that I was with some people and he introduced himself to them so I found out his name that way. I pretty much just talked to him like I also knew him and talked about work and junk. It was so awkward I just didn't know what to do...

CelebrAsian 2009! We ROCKED it!

So this past Saturday was the big day of Iowa Asian Festival aka CelebrAsian 2009 and it was amazing! I have to say I was part of making that damn day successful! I took the part of stage director all day so pretty much I was manning the stage and making sure everything went according to plan and schedule. I had to say I worked all day and did a lot but at the end of the day it felt so good, and just the feeling of self-accomplishment is just too much for me to accept. I felt like I did a lot more that day than I do at my normal job and it was all volunteer work.

The headliners, Legaci were such awesome guys I have to say. I got to know them at a real level (Micah, Del, Chris and Jason). They're from the Bay Area and they can really sing and they harmonize really well. I kind of wish I had more a chance to hang out with them but I was busy with the stage and during the after party at Dolce I was a little too intoxicated to actually get to know them better. They were dope though I do appreciate them coming and giving us a really awesome show, I do hope to see them again here in Iowa or when I make that move to Cali, I gotta see another show.

Here's a little video I put together of CelebrAsian... I didn't get that many clips because I was working all day and kind of forgot I had it on me. I started recording toward the end of the day.



I want to say a personal Thank You to my friend Robin, I'm very thankful for including me in the Entertainment Committee I think we did awesome and it really does show that we were the best group of CelebrAsian, you know how to keep us motivated and really pushed us to get things done. I'm a little upset that we won't have these meetings anymore but I'm sure we'll continue our group activities.

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Trust and So-Called "Friends"

I don’t get how people think I’m so naive. I know what’s going on… I’m not dumb. It surprises me people think that I’m so oblivious to everything, but in fact I know everything that is going on. I guess the issue is, is that I’m not a friend I’m just person that is cool to hang with. I don’t need to hang out with you, obviously that is why I don’t choose to hang out with you because trust is not there… I’ll go out drinking with you because I do like drinking but “friends” is not what I would consider you to be. Perspective I consider a friend that is there for me, who is willing to share their intimate feeling, don't think of me as a "friend" think of me as a colleague because obviously I'm not a person who you can trust. I'm a person that is pretty good with secrets (when it comes to friends) but now that I'm not considered as one I should just let everything "slip."

I can go without these people in my life because they are not true... I don't understand why I feel I need to protect these people it's not like they are looking out for me... I'm so broken, I wish I was a stronger person sometimes instead of a confidant.

Roadtrip to Amana Colonies

I had these little video clips of my cousins and I on a roadtrip to The Amana Colonies and I never thought to put them together until now. It was a fun trip, I didn’t really do a good job of documenting my trip but we went to this restaurant called Ox Yoke Inn, then went to a couple of meat stores and wineries. Great place to visit. I would totally go again just to go back to Ox Yoke Inn.

Lily Allen “The Fear (Live)”

I JOINED CelebrAsian (Otis Version)

Oh god look at this sad video I was a part of... I'm so lame. LOL

This has got me LOLing for the whole skit!

Lincoln Commercial

I just can't stop watching this video, I know it's a long Lincoln commercial but I love it down to the cast, music, clothes, and just the theme of it all. It's like an awesome night out!

So I Went to the New Kids Concert... Oh oh OHHHOH

Yes, I did I went to the New Kids on the Block concert this Monday, they were at Wells Fargo Arena. The main reason I went was because JabbaWockeez were going to be their opening act and if you know me from this site and outside of this blog I'm obsessed with them. Totally! I have their mask, shirts, hats, and gloves. So I know that right on the ticket it says no cameras and no recorders but I couldn't help myself and brought both anyway... I was kinda upset because as they were performing we were in the middle of finding our seats and I try to record as much as I can of their performance, I was so excited I could get some of them and took very little pictures because I was relying on recording them as much as I could...

So this bastard came up to me and grabbed my FlipVideo camera and deleted all my files telling me that I will not have it out again. I was like yeah whatever you say... We found our correct seats and so I was like hey since we're in the middle of all these people let's go ahead and record some more I mean I really wanted some footage of the Jabba's up there since I'm a big fan and all... So I had a lot of great footage and was happy that I got most of it. After they were done I was thrilled I got some great videos and can go home happy, I don't need to see New Kids... I wasn't really that big of fan of them anyway...

There was this long break after the JabbaWockeez performed and waited for New Kids, and we just stayed in our seats until it started. Finally they came on my cousin and friend was having a blast they loved the show and took lots of pictures on my camera I borrowed from my other cousin, Rosie. I was continuing on recording with my FlipVideo. Later as the show went on they went on a stage that was in the middle of the audience and performed a little there to work the crowd that had not so great seats in the front. We were all standing on our seats now and I was so damn close to them like literally seeing each wrinkle and sweat, even though I wasn't a fan it was kind of exciting that we were that close to them and they performed for all of us. I recorded as much as I did on my FlipVideo I was so excited I got this recording because it was such great footage of them singing. After they moved back to front again we got back on the floor and I put my Flip back into my pocket then someone grabbed my arm tightly telling me to give him my camera... SHIT! It was the same FUCK who deleted my stuff the first time! I was so mad at myself for letting myself get caught the second time and the same guy... (I guess I do stick out like a sore thumb since I was in a crowd filled with women. I say the ratio was around 1 of 100 were guys... So my night turned really sour from that on and I was just wanting the show to end right there because I was done, I put on a smile for the rest of the night to not ruin my cousin and friend's fun. So now, I went to this damn concert with only really planning to see the JabbaWockeez and now with no video proof of seeing them perform...

***Next day I went to my CelebrAsian Entertainment Meeting and my friend Robin went to the concert too telling me that during the break between JabbaWockeez and New Kids, the Jabba's were in the Hallway doing a signing and taking pictures... FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK! I had to say that I cannot believe I wasted the time just sitting in my seats when I could've had my shirt signed and taken pictures with them. How messed up is this? Well I'll try to move on from this, I just wished I can redo this night all over again I would totally change everything we did. Hopefully when I move to California I would have more opportunities to check them out live.

Here are some pictures of some of the night... oh and I got like one shot of the JabbaWockeez on stage and it was really dark so it's not even a good one... UGH!!! (To see them all Click Here)
















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Changed My Banner

Finally! I probably had the same banner probably for 5 years now, I'm not sure if I really like it though. I like it better than my old one, all I did with my old one is paste some pictures of myself and threw a whole bunch of weird brushes in there, making it a pretty messy picture. I kept it in the same black and white theme so it matches with the rest of the blog's layout and I feel it's pretty simple, IDK what do you think?

Saturday 03/21/09. Fun with the little ones

So we had a little thing at my parents house and all my relatives came over, we were bored and it was such a nice day so went to some parks and played a little basketball and tennis.





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Don't Play Basketball in Jeans...

It really should be a given but this is what happened to me... I'll upload a full edit of the video later...

Los Angeles VS San Diego

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So, Apparently I Need To Lose Weight...

I know I've gained weight, no one really had to say anything. I can tell when I look at myself in the mirror and every morning when i put my clothes on for work. I know a lot of people would say that they can't really see it or whatever but looking back at some of my pictures and videos I recorded in the last couple years, it's visible. I think it maybe just work and lack of sleep I don't know what it is that make me just go on a food binge after work. Work has been putting so much weight on my shoulders and it's not the work or the people there, it's upper management. They're just making us do some ridiculous things and making everybody just hate working there. I remember back a couple years that job use to be fun to go to I was happy going to work but now with all the changes they have implemented it's just not great.

I guess the reason why I'm writing this entry is because on Friday at work, a co-worker just was walking by and bluntly said "Otis you need to start losing weight." I have to say it completely threw me off, I know he wasn't trying to hurt me or anything but DAMN how could anyone just go around telling people that? I guess it's almost a reality check for me, I would use to like buying clothes but I haven't bought any new clothes because in my head it was like I was admitting and accepting that i have gained weight. (Sad... I know...) Well, I'm going to try to change my diet and start doing more physical activities. Maybe I'll do more outdoor activities once it gets to Spring... I don't know.

Quest Crew wins Season 3 of America's Best Dance Crew!

I know a lot of you don't care but this is one of my favorite shows and I'm proud to announce that Quest Crew has won this season's America's Best Dance Crew. I love these guys and their last performance probably what won the show because seriously they kicked some serious Beat Freak's ass! The final last crews though they are both amazing, I really wouldn't care either way which crew would win if it was Beat Freaks or Quest Crew they both were amazing but to be honest I think Beat Freaks was best overall through the show but I guess America voted based on last week's performance! WTG Quest!

My 25th Birthday night

I turned 25 on February 28. This is a little video I put together of what I did on my birthday. I know I got a lot of my cousin, Sophia but she was being her drunk self.

Oh yes Flip Video HD! Check it!

I'm sick in this video but I just received my FlipVideo HD so that cheered me up today. This video is kind of an unboxing but there's probably a whole bunch of unboxing videos for this camera but whatever.

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Cheese Vlog

Just watch I guess...

A 13 Year Old Boy Becomes a Dad... SEX SEX SEX.

If you don't know what I'm talking about here's a link to the story... HERE

Or copy and paste this link http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2233878.ece


Picture from TheSun.co.uk

Ok so this kid age 13 named Alfie, just had a baby so now he's a dad... Aww sad right? I'm not sad for this kid, of course you can probably blame the parents of these kids that had this baby for not educating them or not even knowing what their 13 year old son is doing during this time. I don't know how it is in the UK but I know here in the states this is starting to happen a lot because parents are too scared to talk to their kids about sex, and at times schools don't even teach them about it so when they're in the moment they'll just go at it not knowing what they are risking. I know a lot of times you'll get those conservatives who don't want strangers telling their kids about sex but yet themselves are not fully educated or too embarrassed in front of their kids to talk about it so they just leave it a question. It's not like schools are teaching about sex for kids to have sex, they are teaching them about how it works, how to avoid using contraceptives, and the risk of having sex.

For me growing up, my parents didn't tell me anything about the "birds and the bees' I don't even know the story behind using "birds and bees," like what does that have to do with anything? (Back on topic...) I pretty much learn from school and TV, I went through my dad's Playboy collection and it did some crazy things when I was younger and didn't understand, then one day I accidentally pressed "Play" in the VCR and some porn gave me an understanding. (That's why I don't knock porn, it's educational! haha) I think later on school gave me more of the science of it and I just continue to learn as I go.

I don't know why I decided to write about this, I think it's because when my cousin tells me that she sees another pregnant chick walking down her school it upsets me that they pretty much ruin the rest of their lives. I know that they won't see it that way, because they love them so much but something more could have came from them instead of having to build their lives around this kid they could be making goals and a career and when they're ready they can give this child a better life.

Going back to this Alfie kid, I have no worries for him since this is out in the open, the media is pretty much going to support Alfie and his son. He's going to go to school normally and his parents or some other person will take care of the baby, he probably won't have to lift a finger through this whole thing, he'll just have to take pictures with the kid and pretend he loves him much. People will of course feel sorry for him and donate money to this kid. The media will of course will probably would want to follow up with him when he's older and that's more money going his way. He'll most likely will go to college because people like happy endings and they'll say like "Oh he had to raise his child but he's still thinking about his education."


This lady is media whore... What the hell is she trying to accomplish? I don't have to say much about this lady, every negative things you hear about her, I'm 100% agreeing with. She's messed up in the head how she thinks she's going to go to complete school with all these kids. She's also asking for donations on her website also, and she says she doesn't want any help... whatever. Glad I don't live in California so I don't have to help her pay for her children.

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I Joined CelebrAsian!

So, I have a task for whoever reads this... I am collecting pictures of anybody with a sign saying "I Joined, CelebrAsian." it seriously doesn't have to be as fancy as the above picture at all, (FEEL FREE TO BE CREATIVE WITH IT THOUGH) it could be just from your desktop on your webcam looking dumb in your PJs. It could be you in a crowded hallway displaying the sign, it doesn't have to be big. Maybe you want to show off where you live and show off the skyline of your city, as long as you have a sign that says "I Joined, CelebrAsian" I could care less what you do... well, scratch that, don't make it vulgar. I'll probably be displaying a YouTube video for people to do this... I'm probably not going to get a lot of feedback but hey, whatever right? Seriously I did this picture below in 5 minutes, you can do it too!


If you are actually planning to come to CelebrAsian (May 16) and are not camera shy make a video on your reasoning why you are "joining in" the festivities. You can say how you enjoy the asian culture or just there for the food, it really doesn't matter.

All pictures and videos can be sent to otis.khounlo.gmail.com

I'm really looking forward to the pictures!

America's Best Dance Crew (Season 3!)

NOTE: I'm gonna be talking about one of my favorite shows on MTV, I'll probably use a lot of bad grammar and slang. if you're not interested... Don't read, duh.


Ok I was going to make a video about this but decided against it... Yes I haven't made any post on this show yet and they're on the third episode but here I am and documenting what crews I'm for. My favorite crews this season are Quest Crew and Beat Freaks, I think I'm leaning more on Quest Crew because I feel they're going to win it. Most of that crew has been on the show "So You Think You Can Dance" all together are just ridiculous and knows how to put on a performance. They can all do crazy stunts that no one on the show can do and they really stand out with their crazy hairdo's and all happen to be Asian.


Beat Freaks is an all chick crew, they look like a bunch of breakers but last show it was "Britney Week" and they pulled off some great choreography. One of them I felt had an advantage because I remember seeing the darker hair girl in there was a backup dancer for Britney. I've seen some of her live performance and I could have sworn I've seen her in the back.

...Oh yeah one of the crews that got eliminated "Boxcuttuhz" has this chick in the crew name Lydia Paek, my cousin Rosie knew her right away she has videos on YouTube of her singing, and MAN THIS GIRL CAN SANG! Check out this video of her singing at the ABDC backstage singing a Jasmine Sullivan song.


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OH ANOTHER NOTE!!!!! The JabbaWockeez are coming to Des Moines, they are going to be opening up for New Kids on the Block here and I AM DEFINITELY GOING! HELL YEAH! I don't care if it's NKOTB, as long as JBWKZ are there I gotta GO!

CelebrAsian Entertainment Meeting 02/03/09

I think it went pretty much one way really... i think going into this everyone pretty much had their decision made on who they wanted for this year's headliner. I did find the connection of Far East Movement but it seems like they were a little too expensive for what we can get and the "round table" didn't seem excited about it. I know they are rising stars and I feel we should maybe take a chance and Iowa could be almost a start for their career to grow outside of California, but it seems like they kind of want to be safe.


OMG Love this video it gives me chills!
I think the majority of everyone is interested in Passion from San Francisco, I know him well I've been subscribed to him on YouTube for a while now, watch his live shows on BlogTV, and I am ridiculously in love with his voice. I'm kind of weary about how the crowd will act toward him. I've seen recorded shows of him and he is a mellow performer and very almost a little too positive at times. Nothing wrong with a lot of positivity but he's all about going to church on Sundays, singing in the choir, and loving life that people might find him boring.

I know that they wanted to have an after party after the Asian Festival but to be honest, I don't think Passion or Jeremy would be down for going out for drinks. He also has a girlfriend and he didn't find her at some club buying her drinks... As much as I would really enjoy hearing Passion live for myself, I don't know if Iowa would be down... I still think Iowa sucks.