So we were just hanging out as a fam, me my bro, and two of my moms good friends from work, going out to explore Las Vegas.

...And man was it crazy! Fremont Street is where Snoop Dogg's "Signs" video was shot for people who didn't know...it felt like things haven't changed a bit since then. Even though we didn't do much, there was a lot going on were we were, and it just seemed to me that everything was flowing: the random but enjoyable free shows & events were there, casinos, the right music was bumpin, I was enjoying the moment.
-And I really wanted to hit up some places advertised on the radio; some high-end parties were going on. Unfortunately, I didn't have the crew [or the $$$ or time lol] so I finished the evening playing late night basketball at 24 Hr Fitness with the bro. The cut came on the radio ["She Got A Donk"] and my mom was cuttin' up; she was out there in the parking lot dancing, lol- I got it on video, but I'm a not embarrass her like that, lol. Anyway, we get in there, and my brother Cam, who is ONE NASTY BASKETBALL PLAYER, if i might add, just 13 yrs old, is taking on grown men [and winning no problem]- like cats my age or still in HS. you gotta watch him in the future...I'm a go in there one day and vid him cause that's where he lives; besides the school court or our house when it's not football season.


(when i get an EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE, or whenever somebody will let me use their computer, i'll put together a legit video of ALL the footage & some shows, this is just a teaser.)

TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Funny!
Happy Holidays Everyone and CHEERS to a good New Years!



....And if you're wondering what started the whole game: The Diss.

Starring:
Lupe Fiasco as "Blitzen"
KRS-One as "Kris Kringle a.k.a. Santa"
Kobe & Lebron as "themselves' [lol]



Blitzen Boasts!



Santa Speaks Out!

Hahaaaaaaaaaaaa;

so in hopes of getting some extra "moolaah" for christmas, the fam decides to send us out to check the mail, hoping that something came in for the other family members...basically i give you a tour of my new found apartments, and in return, my brother and I find out hard it is to get in [and out] of places over here...plain and simple: we were locked out of everything. lol

This was in response to everyone whom i talked with that asked me how everything was going out in Lass Vegas.

SO, whether you're in WA, or CA, or IL, somewhere where it's snowing or wet or anywhere that i'm not right now and wanna know how i'm doing, this is for you. =]
Enjoy!



(and yes, I do need a haircut. =P)

Sooooooooooo;

The brother & I are messing around after putting up our christmas tree days before that day, and one topic lead to another....and then we came to Jerkin'. soooo, of course we had to hit you with this video, lol....

yo so this is Entry # 1 of My Christmas break in Las Vegas, nothing much but showing off the new house so...

....its nice aint it? and so its the tree. =]
F.Y.I.: this is for all the fam, that wanna come see the place now that we live somewhere exciting, lol - just a preview.

WOW.
So this took a chunk out of my finals week for studying, but it was a good chunk well spent [if that just made any sense, lol]. it was held downtown at the Westin Hotel -the funny story behind our journey there was our bus ride with an absurdly drunk man with comments about my hair and the girls I was with; harmless, but nonetheless funny, lol- and offered us freshmen as well as a couple HS students I knew from the Young Executives Of Color (YEOC) program, and of course older student and the Grad kids. We had to build a tower as a part of the seminar in competition with the other groups, but I forgot to take pic, so sorry world! And once again, I had to put my "dining etiquette" learned in YEOC [and reiterated in ALVA] at the banquet, were I got to meet some pretty powerful people, including the CEO of Alaska Airlines and the Man behind the business that won The Local minority business award as well as the national award for it too. It was a good night.

Man Worldd,

We got SOOOOOO many props for this, TWO WORDS:

Facebook Famous.

Chike was like a mix of another two of the GREAT RETRO poets before him (we're the newcommers, takin over, lol); KAT and COREY [aka the Sax Man] - so sensual reppin that 21-and-up label he can't get rid of...gon' head, lil Baby Blu!Sentemantally WHOOO'ing the ladies!

I was just keepin' it REAL for the Fellas and the Ladies! My poem is something EVERY1 could relate to, as well as putting everyone on blast, haha - i can literally say my phone and Facebook have been blowing up ever since then, LOL.

we got a duo performance coming up next month, be sure to pop your head in and check that out! - Young & iLL-literate, Cheatin' (thats all im gonna say bout that for now!)

-haha; Chike said "Coco Thighs" - inside joke with the fellas on my floor and anyone whos heard some of our earlier tracks.

Chike (Of Young & iLL-literate)


Me! a.k.a. Cruise-Control (Of Young & iLL-literate)

So if you never Been to Tacoma, Tac-Town, 253, T-City, Lakewood, UP, Spanaway, Parkland etc. etc. whateva' you wanna call it, this is what we do [well at least for this year]:

1.) Jerk!
*There's SO many, so i'ma be biased and just use this one, lol.


2:)"It's Rough Out Here!"



whats crazy about this one, the bystander shot was in my Macro ECON class, he was holding his daughter at the time of the incident.


3.)Just Plain Kicking it & and Gettin' ova (in times of turbulance)

...From CP...


...to Lakes...


...to Mount T...


...to Foss...


...and everyone else.

-NOW I KNOW ITS NOT EVERYTHING, AND I KNOW IT MAY NOT BE THE BEST REPRESENTATION, SO FEEL FREE TO ADD COMMENTS OF WHAT TO ADD ON. THANKS!

What can i say? Vegas is everything what you think it is.
CHECKLIST:
-Playboy magazine vending machines ☑
-"free girls" billboards ☑
-"free girls" advertising trucks ☑
-Belaggio fountain show ☑
-hotels roller-coasters
-casinos (from the outside) ☑
-miracle mile 1/2☑
-shopping malls & centers 1/16☑
-strippers [?]

....Better luck this christmas. =]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW - I just wanted to show how long it been. i was waiting to put everything in order, but %$%^! it man, the people need to know whats going on, not always when, right????? so in the time missing out here, i also created another [blasphemy, right?] blog, dedicated to fashion and music....i dont kno why, it just seemed cool one night, so i just did it the address is...

http://buyanyjeans.blogspot.com

*BUY ANY JEANS NECESSARY*

CHECK IT OUT NOW - AND DON FORGET ABOUT THIS ONE TOO!

OK So we didn't win, that would be sketchy since we hosed the event, but we still had a pretty G gingerbread house, complete with Santa [Greg would argue about the other house with a lit up tree and Optimus Prime] here are two photo; id have more, but my hand were too messy, duh, lol
The Event was hosted by our club, the Association of Black Business Students (ABBS), and in attendance were many other business and non-business oriented clubs including the Hispanic Business Student Association (HBSA), Sisterhood, African Student Association, and R.E.T.R.O. Open Mic, who won the competition. Fun times

People:

- What you all been waiting for!!!!

[enjoy.]

Man, Can you Believe this man went to Harvard? I can. The video speaks for itself and the best part about it is...anyone can do it.

hey hey hey ppeeepps.

updating on the stroll competition that went down last weekend hosted by

	Sigma Lambda Beta and Sigma Lambda Gamma

... a lot of fun thats what it was! hosed my Andrew [from RETRO] and Uncle L himself, you can just tell all the hysterical color commentation that was going on, and a crazy show as well. we had a lot of fun repping that 253 BABY!!!!!!!!! but shout-outs to everyone else too; we all in the 206 now, so i guess its cool. afterwards we went with the sis Natalie and the whole gang Zeta's to their fraternity Brother's [that's a Sigma if you aint know] newest restaurant that opened up on the ave called "Taste of Chicago" and trust me; it bangs! we were up in there for hours eating, getting into heated games of 3-on-3 chess, and dancing and strolling, even the Bubblegum rap made a comeback and Solomon's service on (you guessed it) Chicken!
- just check out the videos and pics. [videos comming soon!]

Yes, I know people:

this is a HELLA old (yes, i still do say, "hella") topic, and just randomly came across it listening to music and remembering the recent Good Morning America interview ; but you GOTTA admit the creativity and hard work I'm guessing BryanT2Dope put into this just to bring you a good message as well; i fell that this is the best portrayal of what happened and the advice given (both in the middle and at the end) should be taken seriously.

-oh! and he does have an eye for concept and detail, I'll give him that; he would make one good director...without any further a-due, enjoy.

Hey Fans of any-and-everything to do with a mic:

if you haven't been to R.E.T.R.O. aka Open Mic Night @ the ECT [Ethnic Cultural Theater], you're [once again] missing out! this HAS to be the most crackin' annual event on campus every month. this month, it was Packed: and im not talking just sit-in-the-isle-way-and-leave-space-for-people-to-come-in kinda packed, in talking, ITS-SO-PACKED-IN-HERE-WE-GOTTA-OPEN-THE-DOOR-SO-THE-CROWD-OUTSIDE-CAN-SEE. LOL but its was all good:the act came through and did their thing - Shoot, even I went up there and did a little spoken word, lol [too bad no one got that on tape! lol] My homie Chike, and the homie Ryan, among others, got the best seats in the house sitting on the sofa on stage behind the acts so that how i got some pretty good shots of the action via my NEW camera lol

BUT RETRO was a little Hazy for skipping out on Chike's turn, skipping him and the show ending;i dk if there was some kind of lack of communication or whatever, but not cool, RETRO, not cool. - better luck next time.

*Oh yea - almost forgot - the singer, Tasia, for erryone who don't know her like that, KILLED IT man!!! so serious; you gotta gever her props cause that's true talent!!! -i'm alright, lol. =]

OK people's, check this out:

so there we were in Terry Hall's study room.....

studying......

....and getting work done for classes......

-well at least Mike and Harshil were- lol naa, I was too;

but nearing the end of finishing, Harshil [or mike, I can't remember] gets a text from one of my space-mates [my word for the all-girl's underneath our floor that we share the lounge with] that they're making Crêpes in their kitchenette so, of course, we finished our work real quick and head up to get some! i never really had crepes like that before; unless i was at IHOP. but it was a lot of fun; and whip cream, and chocolate frosting, and raspberries, and other random things I can't think of right now. afterwards, we all hung out in Karen's room and listened to music and watched videos as always... fun times!

Was good myyy people's??? its been a while, huh?

the main reason you havent heard from me in a while is because of...Midterms, midterms, MIDTERMS! i had the biggest one i feel in my Microeconomics class today, and i'm glad i finally got it out of my way. ive been studying aaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllll weeek for this and studying is tough you know; long nights, long books to memorize and.....lots of paparazzi??? we were studying and some wierdo with a camera just approaches me and [i'm guessing he was recording me], cause he was just standing there, watching me and making me feel uncomfortable studying, so i confronted him: had a little issue, so this was the result right here in this video.

Hey My Crusty Krew! my Skippers! my BOAT-HANDS!

so this event went pretty good, despite the drama around the claiming of tickets, and who is going vs. who didn't, but its all good cause we all LOVE EACH OTHER, and are GROWN FOLK now, so we shouldn't be arguing about petty decisions..even though it would of really have taken off if everyone was able to go! [im trying to play on both sides, here.]

we had hella fun, and the DJ played all the cuts, some i haven't heard at a dance since middle school, or even elementary! lol. he was taking me back that night, and i lost my voice from the aftermath of everything.

it makes up for the ridiculously long waiting time at Red Robbins around the corner and actually getting chairs for us to sit in while there, but the FOOD was grade A, of course.

...not much to say except you had to of been there; and i hope some of these photos will do some justice... enjoy.

.............And yes; they DID play The Lonely Island Ft. T-Pain, "I'm on a Boat";
............AND yes; I was reppin with some Ducky-loafer-boater Van shoes, lol.

hey: what can i say? im a sucker for karakoke.

i can't sing to save my life, but it was all fun.
-oh and more than that.
...there was free food!
-but more than that too:
...there were job opportunities and career advancement all over the place!

from PWC Price Waterhouse Cooper [we had a celebrity in the house; the guy who was on the back of the PWC magazine talked to us! lol] and other companies on display to INROADS, and then organizations on campus, like ABBS, HSA and other organizations aw well as certain Degrees [my favorite was learning about getting an international business certificate (SISB) to attach to my Degree and possible study abroad opportunities] as well as Case Competitions for the school locally and nationally - we got the "FRESH-men-FOUR" going into our first one next weekend! so that will be something to look forward to in future posts! anyway, its getting late and im slurrrrrrrrrrring my speeeeeeeeeeeeeech, so gooooooooooooooooddddnighttttttt!!