(Belated) Weekend Recap: Up and down California

I've had a busy schedule of work, exams, Doctor Who, and studying that I haven't had a time to sit down and write.

And I have had so much I've wanted to write about.

Not writing is the worst writers block.

This past weekend I hit the pavement and spent my Friday in Los Angeles and my Saturday in San Francisco.

A benefit to living in the part of California that I live in is being 3 hours or less from the beach, the mountains, the forest, the babes, the waves, San Francisco, and LA. Sure the air is bad and my town is frequently voted "the worst (blank)" but hey it's home.

My trip to southern California was brief. I went to go pick up my grandma from her mini vacation from Fresno. I took this opportunity to stop by the Johnny Cupcakes store on Melrose to pick up a few goodies and then go to Glendale to meet up with one of my best friends Christina.

Christina had just moved to Glendale for school and it was a pleasure to walk around Glendale and grab a quick bite. We ate this Japanese restaurant that was nothing to write home about. Hopefully next time I visit we find as the youth like to say "dope spot."

Nightsky and Traffic 

Xtina

I made the 3 hour drive back home with my grandma slept a few hours and then made another 3 hour dive to my favorite place, Northern California, with my good friend Lisette for a day in the bay. We went to go see the Golden State Warriors play the Brooklyn nets and it was so crazy to see future Hall Of Fame players Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce play. I have a bad case of hoop fever and I just want to go to basketball games every night forever. It was super loud at Oracle and I got goosepimples when Steph Curry knocked down a 3 that went off the backboard to ice the game. The atmosphere in arena was electric when the shot went down and I was so happy.

 We walked down Haight Street and did some shopping.

This me living out my boyhood dream of getting a foam finger.

 Game time!

 Jermaine O'neal had a monster game looking 10 years younger.

I was honestly afraid that Joe Johnston was going to go off and break my heart with a loss.

Ended the night with a trip back to San Fran for a Veggie burger at Mel's Drive-in.

Weekend Recap: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu in San Francisco

This weekend I went to San Francisco with my longtime pal Azario and new companion Brianna.

They are fan of a Japanese Pop Star named Kyary Pamyu Pamyu.

Other than a few music videos that Azario had shown me my knowledge of Kyary was very limited, but being the carefree, I'm down for whatever type of person I am. A trip to the bay seemed like a fun time.

Once we were in the West Bay we stopped at Paxti's Chicago Pizza and I dove into my very first Chicago deep dish style pizza. Spinach and Mozzarella in all of it's divinity.

I highly recommend that if you are anywhere near a Paxti's Pizza to dine there. I definitely have plans of visiting again.




After that we went to Haight street where I stopped by Super7 a designer toy store where I picked up a couple t-shirts and stickers. If I had started to purchase toys I would have put myself in tough financial situation. I'm surprised my will power held up.

After a quick stop in Japantown for some cool photobooth pictures we headed to the sold out show where the line was wrapped around the Regency Ballroom into the alley. The line got into the concert hall rather quickly and I was blown away to see a giant teddy bear on the stage. I knew I was going to be in for a brand new experience.

Her fans were dedicated and the line for merchandise was long. People of all ages were dressed up like they were anime characters. Entire families were standing together waiting to see Kyary and 5 minutes before she took the stage people began chanting "Ky-ar-y! KY! AR! Y!"

Not being a fan I was getting goosebumps in anticipation for to hit the stage and when she did I was not disappointed.

Bright lights, dancing, and glowsticks everywhere. People jumping up and down with smiles on their faces all because of this girl with a pleasant voice, pretty decent dance moves, and awesome costume changes.

I was definitely softly banging my head and tapping my foot to her songs and would definitely go see her again. If this was your first time hearing about Miss Kyary Pamyu Pamyu I don't think it'll be your last.

No better time to start writing a new blog than right now

Hello everyone.

My name is Chris. If I were to have to describe myself in five words I would say, "Geeky. Quirky. Fun. Free. Turd." 

Yes, I did refer to myself as "Fun" how cliche.

Recently I have been feeling nostalgic about the time before Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. A time when the thing on the internet to do was to write in an online journal via Xanga or Livejournal. A time I'm pretty sure a lot of people cringe at. I know I sure do.

I liked that time though. It was a time before selfies. A time where I could read some of the most honest, heartfelt, sincere journal entries about hopes, dreams, crushes, disappointments, regrets, and everything in between.

I'm not exactly sure what I'll write about and I'm not one for planning much so let's just see where this ride will take us.