... Again

On Tuesday we left the room around 10ish because Jesse and Jordan wanted to ride the zip-line. No thanks! It's actually ranked as the 5th best on the world. That means I'm REALLY not down with any part of that. We drove around for a while, only to find that it was closed until Thursday. I could care less, but they were pissed (this actually seems to be the theme of the week). We grabbed something cheap to eat and stopped by Harrah's to look for Jordan;s lost sweater when I decided it was time for me to start gambling. I dropped my only 3 quarters in the slot machine and hit it big! By golly, I've done it again!


After kickin it poolside for a while we went back to the room to eat and prepare for what was supposed to be the best night of the whole week; Ladies night at the Tudor Pub! I'm gonna make a short story shorter-not the business (remember that theme?). Hello pillow by midnight!

Wednesday
So Jordan and I decided the day before that we would wake up around 8 and head to the casino for some blackjack. The goal was to dress comfortable and be as relaxed as possible and for a while it payed off. Our dealer was really sweet and there were these older ladies showing us the ropes for a while. Somehow they could often predict what was gonna happen. I was still stupid nervous for every hand though. I doubled my $40 within about 20 minutes but when I cashed out 2 hours later I only had $33. I think it was cuz our dealer and the cool old ladies left.

Later we decided it was time to finally hit that beach, and man was it dope. The sun was out, no wind, and the water was pretty warm.


Lookin real sexy down by da beech!


While we were laid out on the hot sand, we debated what we were going to do the rest of the week. After walking the beach for a bit we met an older guy, Dave, playing fetch with his dog. He told us what was hot and what wasn't around here and let us know about a retirement party for a friend of his and that we were welcome to celebrate too. Nothin else was poppin off, so we decided to roll through the party. This dude Dave is a BALLER! Dude straight knew everybody, he was buying everybody drinks and was the best pool player I had ever seen in person.


We left early but before the night was out he invited us to his house on the hill...

Tahoe pt. 2

Monday night was the annual Labor Day fireworks display over the Lake. We left the condo about 2 hours early to find something quick to eat and find a nice spot to peep the works.
We found a restaurant called the Riva Grill that sounded pretty dope and somewhat inexpensive (according to the guy at the gate).



It was right on the edge of the lake so we decided we would just stay and watch the fireworks from the window. The restaurant was really nice... really really nice. There was valet parking, the front desk was this beautiful cherry speed boat and the pasta was 25 bucks! I defiantly stuck with the soup, lobster and shrimp bisque to be exact... bangin! All the food was pretty freakin good to be honest.


We were chillin in the bar, so they had the UCLA-Tennessee game on. It was a pretty dope game and everybody was pretty into it, but with about 3 minutes left I realized something... we had just crossed the stateline and we were in California. These fools love them some college football. It only got more nuts from there. When UCLA got a touchdown to take the lead with 30 seconds left the whole place exploded. At the same time, the the fireworks were going on in the background. B-a-n-a-n-a-s! I headed outside to to catch the rest of the show. It was timed with a radio broadcast that included classics like the Indiana Jones' theme track. It was really cool.


After we ordered the peasant fetcheth thy whip, we just went home and had a relaxing night.

Goin big tomorrow night- it's ladies night at the club!

Ta-Hoe! 1.0

Jesse's parents had a time share that they couldn't take advantage of themselves, so they gave him the spot and told him usher in his 21st year correctly! Fortunately for Jordan and myself, we get to tag along too... Ha.

Jesse and I left Portland Friday around 8:30pm on what was supposed to be an 11-hr drive. We would pick up Jordan at Reno-Tahoe International around 10:45am and continue to the resort.


Well, Jesse and I made it to the airport at 5:15am and had NOTHING to do. We tried to fall asleep but over-packed F-150's don't provide a lot too much space for rest. Jesse actually tried to pass out in the truck bed.


We finally got to the condo around noon to find that check-in wasn't till 4... f**k!! The polite young ladies at the front desk were more than excited to help us out. both of them were about 50 years old and sounded like smoking has been their pastime of choice since birth. They were actually really nice and happened to know a lot (probably too much) about Tahoe night life... and checked us in way early! This is the view from the peak, 2 minutes from the condo.


Us when we first got in the room, and it is BAWLA!


The key staples


After some much needed rest we headed downtown to tear the club up! To be honest, I wasn't too excited about goin out cuz I'm just not a big time partier. This night though was the business!

I was just chillin with Jesse listening to some corny black dude playing crappy covers while Jordan continually handed his chips to the ridiculously sexy Blackjack dealers. All of a sudden this older white guy stumbles to the chair next to me and challenges Jesse to a steep bet.

"I'm $7500 down and just about half pissed! Hey, I bet you $100 that I can get a girl up on that stage before you."
Jesse quietly said," Well, I'm not a betting man-"
"What? Too steep for you?" Then he poked me in the shoulder. "What about you pal?" I looked at him like he was crazy and told him if I wasn't so broke I'd be all over it.
"Broke already? Here's a hundred bucks! Now will you get out there and dance!?" And yes, I did "tear da club up" after this.

Definitely way more to come from Stateline. NV.

It's so true...

Usually I don't watch these or care at all really, but this is how it seemed to happen. If you watched the mens 100m gold metal race, "Ju kno wad me talkeen bout". It was both amazing and disappointing. Mister Phelps was awesome; Nastia and Shawn, great; Bryan Clay, greatest all-around athlete on the planet. But Usain "Lightning" Bolt shattered the 100m world record... with his shoe UNtied... and SHUT DOWN at 85m! He IS the fastest man alive! Imagine if he ran all the way through it (sub-9 if you ask me). He killed the 200m too by the way.

I wanted to show the official race, then what really happened... but NBC has it copywritten and you cant get it anymore. So now, let me show yall the truth!


Usain Bolt Slow Motion Replay - Watch more free videos

- E

Got dat Itis!

I only get sick like twice a year. But when I do, its BAD. My eyes are burning, my bones ache and I've just about sneezed myself into a coma. And it kept me from taking care of some important business this morning too. As bad as it sucks, though, it's forced me to get some much needed rest. I've been running round like crazy trying to make stuff happen (which is going well) but I guess it's caught up to me. Here's some of what put me outa commission.
On Saturday I got the skate shop t-shirts in... finally! They could be better, but still ill nonetheless. Be on the lookout for the next ones though.



I had Jesse do some modeling. I'm selling em for $15 so hit me up. I actually don't have that many left so get you one. The faster these are sold, the sooner I make doper ones.

Earlier in the week I went to Sykart, an indoor karting place in Tigard. That spot is pretty nice. I considered taking a job over there, but it's not busy enough. I really like people and in the 2 hours I was there, they had like 6 customers. I still love karting though so I'll still hit it up.




Peep the whip too. They only 10's but I keep em clean.

I gotta go back to sleep...

Mixed emotions

Nearly every day something happens at work that makes me hate my profession even more. Today a test was administered. A FLIPPIN JANITOR TEST!?! I'm sure I got at least 96%, but I'm the one who could care less. All the people who do care "can't even speak Anglish" (that's right, Anglish). I'm not tryin to be mean or anything but it's true.

Anyhoo, an old high school chum is in town from college for the week and we met up at Ye Ole Chicago when I got off work. We caught up a little bit on the past few months but the majority of the time was spent bringin back old jokes.

We mocked the Chinese's high-5's in the Olympics, took some ridiculous -looking pictures and tried to find the best way to spell our waitress's name (who was very cute btw).

Amidst all the antics, I couldn't help but think about some unfortunate events of this last weekend... the passings of two very influential black men, Isaac Hayes and Bernie Mac. I wasn't going to say anything because I figured everybody had already written and/or heard it all. But when I tried to reminisce over these men's lives during dinner, I found that not everybody was able to appreciate the short time they spent on earth. So instead of giving a history lesson, I urge everyone who doesn't know who these pioneers were to do a little research. What they did was not just for black people, but for the world!




It was too early for y'all to leave us, you will be greatly missed. Rest In Peace!

Crazy 8's

First of all, congrats to Nike and all the cats that worked on all that NSW stuff. I'm not really anybody, but from what I've seen it looks dope! Worth the hype for me at least. I mean, Rejuven8's on NikeID? The lightest AF1 to date? Flywire Windrunner? I know its not the 8th anymore, but I think it would be appropriate to give a little history over my last eight days.

8/1
1. I filmed my brother at the park for the making of some big thangs! Then my boy Esto comes into town to visit family (pretty much my family too).















8/2
2. Red Bull Flugtag at the Waterfront. My friend Jesse and I walked in right when they opened the area along the beach (a.k.a it was so full they had to open it up), so our "seats" were right at the end of the dock. My favorite team was called Lego My Red Bull. They made their craft from giant Styrofoam Lego pieces and they had full Lego suits. For some reason they didn't even get honorable mention! Such attention to detail and they had awesome personalities.




8/3
3. My boy Esto goes back home to Oakland. We had a lot of fun while he was here for his 3-day trip. No pics but if you know Esto, you don't need any.

8/4
4. I looked at another retail location. This one is actually perfect. It's just off of Baseline and Cornelius Pass and if you know what I'm tryin to do you know this spot is perfect!

8/7
5. My mommy's b-day! Party's not till Sunday, but Happy Birthday Moms!

6. Look at this recent pick-up. Most of the time I hate my job. Sometimes though I get hooked up and I've been waiting for these for a while. Y'all might not think they're hot, but I do! Thanks hooker-upper.


08/08/08
7. Nike Sportswear Launches. That says it all. Go see it for yourself.

8. The freakin opening if the 2008 Olympic Games! If you didn't see the opening ceremony, you're stupid. That s**t was AMAZING! Jesse hit me up late in the afternoon and asked if I wanted to watch it up at his dad's spot. I was weary until the promise of free food was granted. I couldn't have thought of a better thing to do last night beside actually being in the Bird's Nest. And I couldn't have asked for better company. It was so amazing, we rewound it and watched half of it again... then when I got home, I watched the first hour AGAIN! I found out during our hours of conversation that Jesse's cousin had a baby this yesterday morning at 8:08am... 8 pounds, 8 ounces! If you didn't catch it please let me know. By the middle of it we expected to be bored, but it only got better. So much honor, respect and tradition displayed the opening ceremony.


The view from his dad's house. Even more amazing at night.


Their 150 inch screen in the theater room. Yup. Would you believe that the whole 4 hour ceremony was created by one guy?!


I know this is blurry, but it's much needed. These people are so proud of their country and their people. The Chinese have 639 participants in the XXIX Olympiad.

I think the most awesome thing about the Olympics is that no matter when you turn the tube on, the best in the world are competing. Imagine putting that on your resume!

Here goes nothin...

A couple wise men recently told me that if I wanted to come up in the industry, I need to create hype for myself outside of the workplace. So, here I am. Here goes nothing. I'd like to say I'm not going to blog too often, but it'll most likely end up being a place for me to vent. That means that these posts will probably be random, ungrammatical and maybe boring sometimes. Definitely not as good as some other people. Hold tight tho cuz I got big things poppin soon and y'all just might be the first to know.

- E