don't ya hate it when that happens?
Sunday, April 24, 2005
world wide baby!
i attended a wedding last night. as mojo and i were driving to cupertino (congrats to mojo's high school friend heather and her beau, kevin) i got a call from my sister, ingha. she and kabir had just visited giant robot toy store on sawtelle. "..and i saw one of your friends there!" she excitedly told me. before i could get the rest of the story mojo blurted out "chubbles." apparently chubbles works at that store now and had recognized ingha's last name as my own. i haven't seen him in forever. he's so talented in terms of acting, especially music, and he's cool b/c he loves toys and comics, etc... anyhow, it totally made me miss la so much!this was just another hit in a series of "i miss la" hits. the night before i had dinner at maggiano's with some close friends and corazon to welcome someone's new beau from the islands. corazon and i used to do all sorts of artsy fartsy stuff together with the world arts and culture (WAC) people at ucla. we did performances, admired art, actually did art (corazon did photography and i painted at the time in addition to our dancing), and basically ran amcuk at whole foods in westwood. i forgot what the whole art thing was like until i spent a day with my sisters and they surprised me by wanting to see "the universe within" exhibit. le sigh. i dont' know why i was a math major. i guess b/c of the inevitable "job" and b/c i could do it...? i used to take tap, bellydance, indonesian dance(javanese), afrocuban drumming, swing, and some sort of step/rhythm performance... i still want to take more stuff... hip hop, jazz, airbrush...
i actually did take a painting class after ucla.. skyline college's teacher was nice, and she was a great artist, but i felt that she couldn't convey things as effectively as my ucla teacher, mr suggs. i didn't really learn much. at all. i tried to switch from acrylic to oil thinking she could help me... no go there. the next thing to tackle is the airbrush. i've had it for almost a year and i haven't cracked it open yet. besides the issue of space to do art, there's also time.. and lack of knowledge... i've tried getting to all the sites, but i might have to either get a video or take a class. and i keep seeing a free video with these paint sets you can buy on like bearair.com or whatever, hahaha, but you know me.. do i buy the whole freaking set of colors ($$$) or do i just buy the basics, or just a little more than the basics.. its' so hard for me to decide.. i wish they had a painters basics.. i want to do art, not objects... at least not yet.. when i get better maybe i'll do helmets or bikes or something... maybe even dun dun dun, cars!!! naw. but anyhow they even have airbrush for bodies.
when i was in la i used to know a crapload of people. i used to run into people everywhere... tijuana, honolulu, at the mall near my parent's house, just places far from ucla... but even in la it was like i'd see people everywhere... i really miss that. i feel trapped here in silicon valley sometimes.. all my friends are from work. i don't even have any high school friends nearby, not that i have tons of those. all the close college friends are far away as well. hahaha, so i hardly ever run into anybody i know ever. and this work circle can only provide so much... it's like i'm in high school or something and there's this group and that group and the other group.. and kiss ups and weirdos and not that many available guys... hahahah like every guy here is married or engaged at 23 and all their wives make them lunch. yeah. (except for you gene, you get breakfast! awww shiiiit ;) but yeah... i'm a social person stuck in a small world wondering where the heck am i going to meet new people? that transforms (insert trasnformer sounds here) into the inevitable how will i find that someone to date? hahaha, as a gay guy told me the other day for himself "slim pickins!" i'd agree. i've heard the whole ordeal... join clubs, find groups, do outside stuff.. but yeah. we'll see about that.
i used to think i was lucky.. did it have to do with extra digits (if you know what i'm talking about), but i occasionally win raffles, and i'm somehow pretty good at getting free stuff. i'm going to see NIN for free this wednesday if the tickets come on time (thank you!), i've scored two free dvds at the westwood circuit city, at the universe within exhibit we scored a free ticket, actually my sister ingha gets these amazing deals sometimes. she once had the wrong date on a ticket to a concert and was going back home (while me and rowena were inside already) and as she was leaving a scalper practically threw these $125 tickets in her face for $25. wow.
speaking of sisters, my sister amelia is in indonesia right now visiting people and interning with a family friend's company to learn the ropes.. she'll have a blast i'm sure. i miss her so much right now. nobody's really home home.
let's see... i'll be in la during memorial day weekend for yet another wedding! (congrats huckleberry and dave!). and a family friend is getting married the weekend before. sheesh. and my old friend and sophomore year high school homecoming date, donald finally proposed to his girlfriend... wow. i feel like the stupid avalanche is going to hit. i'm so not ready to settle. down. well maybe marriage is ok if you find the right person, but no kids yet. but i do love kids. i love playing with them and then giving them back to their parents for them to change the diapers and deal with the attitude. ;) (j/k, love you toots, isiah and nana, hehehehe)
yeah, but this one goes out to mojo, brokencandy, chubbles, and everyone else out there forging their way through the enetertainment industry.. they've got more balls than me.
well.. i fell asleep early and woke up early to write this.. so it's like time to go back to beddybye. morning!
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not nearly enough time with ya, oak. ^_^
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