You know you're getting old when you start wondering how in the world your baby brother is already done with college. Its so cliche, but I really do feel like it was just yesterday I was moving into the dorms myself! Sigh..... time flies, whether or not you're ready for it. I suppose I'll eventually get used to this whole responsibility as an adult thing, at some point anyway.
Much like my crazy huge graduation ceremony at UCLA, Davin's college-wide one was about as impersonal as it can possibly get. The commencement speech was given by Uncle Phil (Fresh Prince of Bel Air), followed by 1.5 hours of basically calling names nonstop so that they could move the ~1000 graduates through the process; not exactly what I'd call a memorable event. To their credit though, they did allow grads to walk with their families, S.O.s, or whomever else they chose. That would have probably been a good experience had Davin actually told us about it. Ahem. Hahaha..... okok, he was trying to save us from the ridiculous heat and the eventual hat tan line he got from being out in the sun all afternoon.
Congratulations to our newest grad and future Dentist!
[06.10.2007] -- Dodgeball | Ozomatli Concert
I might not have quite gotten past the dry-heaving stage from the night before at Joseph's, but I sure as heck did not feel anywhere near 100% the next morning. I woke up with a throbbing headache and yet another reminder why I don't go out drinking that often.... I still have no idea how you crazy kids can go at hard like this 2-3x a week! Nonetheless, Krax and I were up in the morning and off to join T2 in Hollywood for our introduction to the world of competitive dodgeball. You might remember playing this game as a kid wayyyy back when it was still cool. But let me tell you that as an adult revisiting a game of his youth, it sure as heck didn't seem like anything that I remembered.
The game itself was extremely competitive and incredibly intense. There was this one crazy guy, armed with his signature psychotic jump-off-the-wall-screaming-while-whirling-and-hurling a ball at your head at 100mph move. It was good fun just watching him do his thing until I was smacked back into reality by a ball that ricocheted off the nearest wall. Ouch. These guys (and T2) were unbelievably good at dodgeball and it wouldn't be much of a stretch to say that I got my ass kicked all over the place all afternoon hahaha. Being hung over certainly didn't help, but it honestly wouldn't have mattered because they were just that much better. Welcome to the world of competitive dodgeball. Still, it was a good experience and I'm glad we went..... mucho thanks to T2 for showing us the way!
Dodgeball was followed up with a short trip over to Downtown LA to catch Ozomatli in concert. I've lived here all my life and yet before today, I had no idea that such a big outdoor "music festival" took place here in LA. I'm not talking about a little stage setup on the corner of some random street corner somewhere, oh no. Its more like closed off multiple blocks in the middle of downtown and a few thousand people roaming around kind of festival. Totally cool stuff, not to mention its free of charge and it goes on all summer long with a variety of programs. Definitely something worth checking out!
Beautiful weather, good music, great company and yup, even Big Sticks (popsicles) and Dodgeball -- life just doesn't get any better :)
The game itself was extremely competitive and incredibly intense. There was this one crazy guy, armed with his signature psychotic jump-off-the-wall-screaming-while-whirling-and-hurling a ball at your head at 100mph move. It was good fun just watching him do his thing until I was smacked back into reality by a ball that ricocheted off the nearest wall. Ouch. These guys (and T2) were unbelievably good at dodgeball and it wouldn't be much of a stretch to say that I got my ass kicked all over the place all afternoon hahaha. Being hung over certainly didn't help, but it honestly wouldn't have mattered because they were just that much better. Welcome to the world of competitive dodgeball. Still, it was a good experience and I'm glad we went..... mucho thanks to T2 for showing us the way!
Dodgeball was followed up with a short trip over to Downtown LA to catch Ozomatli in concert. I've lived here all my life and yet before today, I had no idea that such a big outdoor "music festival" took place here in LA. I'm not talking about a little stage setup on the corner of some random street corner somewhere, oh no. Its more like closed off multiple blocks in the middle of downtown and a few thousand people roaming around kind of festival. Totally cool stuff, not to mention its free of charge and it goes on all summer long with a variety of programs. Definitely something worth checking out!
Beautiful weather, good music, great company and yup, even Big Sticks (popsicles) and Dodgeball -- life just doesn't get any better :)
[06.09.2007] -- Birthday #2 @ Joseph's Cafe
Unlike Birthday #1 on the charter, this was one was stress-free and alllllll about having a good time. I purposely held it at a place like Joseph's so that there would be NO worrying about people getting to/from dinner. NO worrying about parking. NO worrying about lines. Nothing. It was simply friends, drinks, and some crazy, crazy fun. The best things in life are the simple ones! There's also something about my bday that makes people ingest copious amounts of booze. Much like last year, there was an unusually large percentage of people who ended up hunched over toilets, boxes, and sides of vehicles haha.
Thanks to everyone who came out! Too bad we couldn't all fit into one group picture huh? Good times ;)
Thanks to everyone who came out! Too bad we couldn't all fit into one group picture huh? Good times ;)
[06.03.2007] -- Fishing Charter in Dana Point (Bday #1)
Tired, exhausted, pooped.... just straight out dead-tired, but extremely happy that everything worked out in the end. Given the sheer number of unknowns and concerns I had going into this, its somewhat of a miracle that it all ended up working itself out. This is definitely one of the most ambitious events I've ever put together with over 30 people getting together to charter a boat of our own. It certainly doesn't help that I've only been fishing like twice in my life and know next to nothing about boat rentals hahaha. I pretty much winged the whole thing which explains the overwhelming sense of elation that nothing went catastrophically wrong.
The day started out with no problems and I was pleasantly surprised to find that I was almost one of the last people to arrive at the harbor. Believe me, it was nothing short of a miracle that nearly everyone woke up before the crack of dawn and drove over an hour to get down to the dock by 630am! The rest of the day managed to proceed in a similarly smooth manner, save for the fact that those of us that were inexperienced (the majority) didn't catch that many fish. I had my fair share of bites but I could never set that darn hook.... ahhh well. The 3 kids who actually knew what they were doing - Patrick, Noel, and Julianna - saved the day and ended up catching more than half of the fish that the rest of us ended up using at dinner haha. I don't know what we would have done without you guys!
We headed back to my place in Irvine after to whip up the most fantastic fish tacos EVER! Many thanks go out to everyone who volunteered themselves to help with the cooking and cleaning. You guys made my life a lot easier than you know.
Pictures! FYI, I'm going to start integrating the little 'mini' stories and anecdotes on the captions of each individual picture themselves since it seems to make the most sense.
The day started out with no problems and I was pleasantly surprised to find that I was almost one of the last people to arrive at the harbor. Believe me, it was nothing short of a miracle that nearly everyone woke up before the crack of dawn and drove over an hour to get down to the dock by 630am! The rest of the day managed to proceed in a similarly smooth manner, save for the fact that those of us that were inexperienced (the majority) didn't catch that many fish. I had my fair share of bites but I could never set that darn hook.... ahhh well. The 3 kids who actually knew what they were doing - Patrick, Noel, and Julianna - saved the day and ended up catching more than half of the fish that the rest of us ended up using at dinner haha. I don't know what we would have done without you guys!
We headed back to my place in Irvine after to whip up the most fantastic fish tacos EVER! Many thanks go out to everyone who volunteered themselves to help with the cooking and cleaning. You guys made my life a lot easier than you know.
Pictures! FYI, I'm going to start integrating the little 'mini' stories and anecdotes on the captions of each individual picture themselves since it seems to make the most sense.
[06.02.2007] -- Jon's Graduation
After 4 long, arduous years of schooling, training, testing, and putting up with all that other crap that all med students face, we celebrated the culmination of all that effort today at graduation. I must say that I have a newfound respect for doctors after witnessing, first-hand, all the sacrifices that they endure to get through all their schooling. I think we've all heard about it before, but its seriously worse than it sounds. The investment and sacrifice invested in such a path is truly remarkable! I don't think its much of an understatement when they say; "Being a doctor means sacrificing your 20s for your 30s." God knows I'm not nearly smart enough or have the work ethic to get me through, but I'm sure glad there are people out there that do.
Congratulations to the newest Dr. Li!
Congratulations to the newest Dr. Li!
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