Taking Cape By Storm!

*Side-note before reading my blog: You can now click on the images to see a larger size. Before it was just 320x240 and now you can view them at 800x600. =)



It was about noon here in Cape and look out the window and what do I see?? 3 cops cars arresting some dude across the street. I swear it's a crack/whore house over there. Every time I go outside, there is always people coming in and out, people just chillin' on the porch, not to mention they start drinking beer in the wee hours of the morning. Now who do you know that has a 9-5 and is always around the house... It's got to be some at home work.. that's it.

BTW, I hate walking around with my camera and always taking pictures of random shit because the people who witness me either think I'm the poporatzi or I'm some sort of Asian tourist. But never the less, I do it anyway because it makes a great blog.

That's how we roll here on the corner of Hanover & Merriwether St!! You may notice how in this picture of the street signs it's dark and in the pictures of me on the porch it's light... It was the storm that made it so ugly, so fast.

I bet you are wondering why I'm sitting outside writing this blog entry. About 15 minutes ago, as I was watching Maid in Manhattan (yeah, that's right.. I was watching it), the screen turned completely red and said that there was a SEVERE THUNDERSTORM on it's way to Cape. 60mph winds and chances of a tornado touching down... its not exactly a smart thing to do, sitting with my laptop in my lap while flashes go off over my head and winds start to pick up, but hey.. I'd rather see the storm rather then hearing about it on the television.

This is the first time I'm actually putting my own video on here. I tried using YouTube to upload my videos but it was messing up so I decided to switch over to Vimeo. It's way more efficient and it also has a cool look to it. Expect to see more videos in the future. I apologize for the videos being so dark but what do you expect... a storm was coming! AHH! haha.

Doing My Part

Today was a very productive day for me. I woke and told myself that I'm going to get shit done. I must say.. I picked the wrong day to do a little walking around campus. The heat index on the news said that it was 110°F today. That explains why I was always drenched in sweat all day long.

I was walking and I thought that the trees would make a nice picture. So guess what I did? I took a picture of the trees! hehe. One thing that I love about the South/Mid-West is that it is so green. That is the one thing that Cali is lacking... but what do you expect when you're always having wildfires. Cali still shits on Missouri any day. =)

I was on my way to campus and I decided to take a couple pictures of the things that make the campus what it is:

A random painting right outside of the campus of a Redhawk. It's right next to an Irish pub and a pizza/pasta joint where I had lunch. yumm.

Houck Field where we play our home games. It's not a huge field but It will get the job done when we are smashin' on teams... hopefully. It doesn't help that we were placed last in our conference during media day when discussing pre-season rankings. =/

The main entrance sign before entering the campus. If you can see behind the sign, they are doing construction near the field to eventually have new dorms as well as a new locker room.

I was hyped up when I saw that the University Center had a New Era fitted of SEMO. I was shot down when I found out that they didn't have my size and that they are discontinued. =( But I'm going to try and talk to the person who orders all of the apparel and see if she can special order me a hat. That would make me happy.

I've always passed this Obama '08 building and wondered what it was all about. Being that Obama is awesome and that I'm here for change in this country, I stopped by and checked it out. I spoke with a guy by the name of, Meno. He told me that they've been there for about a month and that everyone is curious about it. Not just Democrats come in but Republicans as well (which came as a surprise to me, being that it is the mid-west and everyone is a die-hard republican). What was interesting was that Meno was also from the Bay Area and understood how I'm feeling living here in Cape. He told me that it is great for someone like me to be able to participate in promoting Obama's campaign. He said that since I'm on the football team, I would be able to reach a more social crowd of a younger age which would mean something because a football players voice is actually heard in this city. I'm excited to do my part in this election and hopefully get people to realize that change is necessary in this world.

"Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change." -Barack Obama 2008

Meno hooked it up with a few bumper stickers and a few others. This is only the beginning of what is to come with me helping out. And you already know I had to pick up some SEMO gear from the University Center. The nice lady at the Admissions Building told me that all gear is 25% off on every Friday. So I'm going to have to report back there and pick up some more SEMO stuff, ya digg?

Patience

I finally got my package from Digital Gravel after 3 weeks of waiting. It's all good because being patient is rewarding in the end. I opened up the box as if it was Christmas already.. anticipating to see if I got what I wanted.

I look at the Pink 'White Out' fitted first as well as the Heather Grey 'Garden Variety' zip-up hoodie and it was just what the doctor ordered.

I then saw that the Black 'Wax' zip-up hoodie didn't have blue on the front. I opened it up and I find out that I have a Black 'Set' zip-up hoodie instead.

I was actually ecstatic that DG made a mistake on my order. One of my first choices was the 'Set' hoodie but it was SOLD OUT on the website. So... I'm Happy!

I got all of this The Hundreds gear 50% off so I don't really have room to complain. Big ups to DG for the great deal & upgrade.. in my opinion. =)

Hallelujah

Yesterday was quite an eventful day for me. Just when I thought that Cape Girardeau couldn't get any worse... the impossible happened. I actually had fun! Now fun out here isn't exactly the same type of fun back at home but I found out something very important. Fun is what you make of it... You have to actually get up off your ass and be creative and think of something to do. I thought that I was going to be cooped in this house all day until I got that call... and that call may have changed my whole perspective on Cape and the people in it.

I got a call from one of the football players that was recruited out of Fullerton and he invited me to play some two-hand touch football out on the stadium field with some of the guys. At first I didn't feel like getting off lazy butt but I went ahead and agreed to join. Good thing that I did because I had a ton of fun. Me, Hammer, Joe, Dustin, Taloa, Grassi, BB, Aris, Kendell & his Dad (Pops we called him) played a shirts & skins game of 5-on-5. It was awesome because not only was I the leading receiver with at least 10 catches (3 for touchdowns) but I also got some sun at the same time because my team were skins.

Kendell's Dad was clutch because he did so much for us that day. He brought a cooler full of powerade for the game, after the game he took us out to Kidd's (a liquor store nearby) and bought us all slushies, and not to mention also feeding us pizza after swimming at Cape Place apartments. Shout out to Pops.. thanks for all that you've done.

So like I mentioned before, after the football game we all decided to go swimming at a apartment complex close to campus. It was such a great feeling jumping into that pool after running routes on that football field that had to have been at least 100°F. We played 3 flies up for more then an hour and then grubbed on some pizza. It was getting dark and we weren't sure what was going down for the rest of the night.

Someone mentioned that Step Brothers came out Friday and that we had to go see it. Sure enough we all went (all 16 of us) to check this kiss ass film. I must say... it was pretty damn funny. Other then that, it was quite a fun-filled day.

Today I was invited to a church here in Cape. It was actually a beautiful church that felt very welcoming. I met a lot of people that were very friendly and I used the bible that SB gave me as a going away gift. I'm going to be using this bible pretty frequently and I want you to know that every time I look this bible, I'll be thinking of you, Sarah. I know it will make you happy that I'm putting your gift to good use. Miss you. =)

How I'm Livin'

I think it was cool that as I was about to indulge in some savory maple & brown sugar pop tarts, there was a picture on the wrapper that said, "So Many Hats. So Little Time." I found that awesome being that I'm a hat kind of guy. LOL =)

And just to give you all at home a little preview of what my current living situation is here in Cape:

My Bed and my Dresser.

Bada-Bang. Bada-Boom.

Big Workout

I ♥ Music

10,000 songs, 500+ albums, 48 GB of just music, 25 days of playback time. I can't control myself!

Take Away

R&B would not be the same if Aaliyah was still in the game. Everytime I watch this video, it gives me the chills.

Float Trip

Today me and 9 other football players went on a float trip. For those who don't know what a "float trip" is, it's when you have inner-tubes and float down river from point A to point B (Point A being where the van drops you off at and point B being our campsite). On the way there not only did we take a 50 minute detour without A/C in the car but we also got pulled over for speeding. The cop was pretty cool and just gave both drivers (Ben & Dustin) a fix-it ticket which didn't add a point on your record and doesn't affect your insurance. What made the float trip so great is that we also get tubes for coolers! So we all bought beer and got hammered the whole way back to the campsite. As you can see there is no pictures during the float because I didn't want to damage my camera. But before and after pictures are provided. =)

C.O.L.O.U.R.S.

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The Future of Nike

Special Post for BOBO

Bobo, for such a special occasion such as this, I wanted to take it back and reminisce on some of the good times we've shared through the years:

Chipotle after putting some hurt on the "red dragon."

Fun times at Jerry's Grill.

D&B's on MY 21st Birthday extravaganza.

AV Semi Formal. Great times visiting Irvine Freshman year. Drawing w/ chalk & taking WILD pictures of ourselves. Awesome times kickin' it with the Berkeley girls. Smelly breath @ Cheesecake Factory in LA. Crazy/Sexy pictures in the car after Hooters.

♥ I Love you,♥ I miss you,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNIFER POHIA LEUNG!!!