A beautiful sign,

Here I am flippin' through the pages of my journal when I feel a strange and out of place indent. I carefully strip through the empty pages to stumble upon the most precious leaf. All nice and pressed, perfectly preserved. Is this a sign?

Well, I have interpreted in such ways and it's now forever preserved within the pages of my mind.
Leaf, you're my lucky charm.

Sept. 05, 2011

The return of the Kyle beast.
Kyle and my mom left for Vietnam for an approx of three weeks. It was good seeing them again.

Hello, Welcome to Panda.

Fuck bitches, get money.

Tyler's 19th Birthday

Nicolino's Italian Food & Antiques
Happy birthday, loser! Easy going day with Tyler, Jeremy, and Ryan. It was nice meeting you, Ryan-- you're cool. Thanks for the free cheesecake! Went to an antique store in Palm Springs. Some cool, vintage shit.

Sept. 01, 2011

Last day of the first week!
Had my three classes-- very easy going. Had my last interview. Wish me luck. Lunch with Jeremy. Afterward, I went to Ashley's to play Halo Reach and watch Gamer(I love this movie a ton, bro).Drew Swampy on Ashley's leg, el-o-el.

Fall Semester, Day 1

Aug. 29, 2011
First day back to college after a very fulfilling summer (:
Classes were good. Crashed one and got the class. Saw a ton of peeps today.

SHOUT OUTS TO: Ivette, Amanda, Sly, Gabe, Tyler, Thomas, Jeremy, Tanisha, Cat, Benny, Nicole, Dalilah, Jose, Luis, Arlyn, Carlos, Linda, Juana, and Melinda.

Hopefully I didn't miss anyone, right? Well, let's see if I can recap the places I visited--
History of Art, gym for Badminton, Starbucks on El Paseo, Best Buys in PD, COD Cafe, Craven's Center, Intro to Art, PD Mall, Record Alley(hothothot cashier chick, hehehe), Good Will in Rancho Mirage, then Carlos house for Scream 3(I am such a Scream Trilogy fan now) and some dindin.

Today was damn eventful and I'm glad I edited the pictures all in one night! Well, enjoy!

COCO's

Aug. 28, 2011
Last day of summer and spent the evening with Natalie, my aunt, and Mickey. Dinner at COCO's-- it was alright. Service was horrible.

Let's Try Nude

I recently got really intrigued with nude photography. You can shun me if you want, but if nude is done right it isn't considered porn. At least-- not in my book. Porn is porn. Straight forward naked people, but nude-- Nude photography is different. It's to emphasize the human anatomy. The human body at it's finest and with beauty and grace. Plus, I'm not showing any important parts so don't get your panties in a bunch. Suck it up, sensitive bitches (:

Carlos Idelfonzo

An afternoon with a good friend, eating some good food, and watchin' some good films-- Scream 1 and 2(I have never seen these movies). Good day, I must say.

35mm!!!

Look what I got in the mail todayyyyyy!

Selling

Nikkor 70-300mm AF-S VR Zoom f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED including lens hood and bag.
BUY THIS, PLEASE AND THANK YOU. Contact: fluxhzard@yahoo.com

WHITE

Aug. 21 & Aug. 22, 2011
Woke up early yesterday and snapped a few shots. Got an Ansco 1048 ZF for three bucks at Angel View.

Aug. 19, 2011

I'm Cody's husband and we've been married since senior year of high school. This is our first marriage ring(we have two) and I recently found it again whilst finishing my high school scrapbook the other day. Now, I am wearing it again. Yep.

Revisiting Old Times

Sept. 04, 2010
FU to the world in dedication to Carlos (:

LAX Airport

Aug. 15, 2011
Step dad, Eric, Natalie and I went to LAX to drop off Kyle and my mom. Kyle's first trip out of the country and to Vietnam.

MAC&ROY

Circa senior year of high school.

Macro

Someone buy my Nikkor lens! I need some cash for my 35mm and this hunk of glass and plastic is useless to me. CONTACT HERE IF INTERESTED: fluxhzard@yahoo.com

Nothing day with an urge to shoot.

Aug. 11. 2011

Youthful REBELLION, child within box.

NOTHING DAYS

Jul. 24, 2011

Lake Anderson in Gilroy
Jet skii with some family except this time I ate some lake water, yeah.

KID ROBOT: Leela from Futurama

I finally got my hands on one of those well-made art toys by KID ROBOT.
Border's yesterday. It was 40% off the original price-- so great.
I wanted Bender, but I'll settle.

Lunch

Aug. 01, 2011

"The only thing I'm not modest about is how damn right modest I am, Shiet." | Cody S.

Jun. 01 & Jun. 02, 2011

Joshua Tree, CA
Exactly two months ago, I went on an overnight camping trip with Cody, Tyler, Thomas, and Jenni. It was a Goddamn blast.

Jul. 29, 2011

In N Out in Indio + Starbucks at the River
It consisted of: Natalie, Ana, Vannessa, Drew, Evelyn, Jake, and Adrienne. Some stayed, some left, and some visited for a brief moment. 

Outback Steakhouse
Natalie and I owed my aunt, who's Natalie's mom a birthday dinner. We split the check between us. I'm slightly crying, but it felt good paying. Went to Ross due to the 40 minute waiting time.

Hipster Fuck

I was going for that hipster fuck movie feel. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

Jul. 18, 2011

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
A big 'ol fambam consisted of the following:
Mi(older), Betty, father, step mom, step mom's mom, Co Minh, Chu Chuong, Co Huong, Wendy, Willy, Billy, Viet, and Mi(younger).

OBSCURE

Messing with old photos.

A few 365 shots

I was looking through my 365 from 2010 and I'm not sure why, but I like these and I don't think I've ever shared through blogspot.

San Jose, thus far

Jul. 11, 2011
First day in SJ, met their dog Tobby(pronounced Toby).

Kyle

Jul. 07, 2011
A hot summer day with Kyle.

Jul. 04, 2011

Huntington Beach with the Family
Mum, Kyle, Aunt Tiffany, Natalie, Eric, and Mickey.
Beach from 12 to 6PM, then dinner at To Dai in Santa Ana-- a seafood buffet.
Lots of Kyle cuhs she's a camera whore.

Jun. 17, 2011

Seattle, Last Day: Departure
Days 4(Jun. 15) and 5(Jun. 16) were all taken with my film camera, Canon A-1 SLR. I haven't scanned them yet, so bare with me.

My trip in Seattle was splendid. Seattle treated me well and I would love to visit again in the future. The flight home was quick and interesting. Sat next to a religious man and he preached 'bout God, but his up bringing was interesting. Plus, he used to live in the Coachella Valley. Interesting chizz.

Tyler, Cody, Carlos, Krystina and I think Gabe came over during the evening. Good way to end a trip. And I gave 'em their gifts.

Jun. 14, 2011

Seattle, Day 3: Space Needle
Mall with aunt's friend then Natalie and I got to celebrate our birthday at the Space Needle for dinner:

Sky City Restaurant
Space Needle
400 Broad Street
Seattle, WA 98109


Did you know the floor in the Space Needle rotates? Well, it does. People eating within the restaurant placed notes on the window sill for others to interact with. Damn good fun.

Jun. 13, 2011

Seattle, Day 2: Downtown Seattle
Rent-a-Car from Hertz. Drove 'bout 20 minutes to downtown Seattle. Ate lunch at Thoa's:

Thoa's Restaurant & Lounge
96 Union Street
Seattle, WA 98101

A Vietnamese cuisine. I got some bomb ass Kobe patty with gravy and rice. DAMNGOOD, I still fantasize 'bout it. Went to a fisherman's market called Pike Place. Great stores and the energy is great. Tried some free tea. Then Capitol Hill where I am sure they have Pride there. Found nice thrift stores. Headed home, but took a detour to the Westfield in Seattle. It's GODDAMN HUGE. Three stories high, we barely walked the whole thing.

Jun. 12, 2011

Seattle, Day 1: Arrival
Palm Springs Airport to Sea-Tac Airport in Seattle. Flight was slightly tiring. Aunt's friend came to pick us up. Went to dinner at Chandler's Crabhouse:

Chandler's Cove, South Lake Union
901 Fairview Ave. North
Seattle, WA 98109

Their daughter, Meghan, was adorable and it made us miss my baby sis, Kyle. Good chill evening as a start off to our trip. High point? The city stays light 'til 10PM! It's pretty damn great, hah.

Jun. 23, 2011

Muther fuckin' Los Angeles!
Slept over at Cody's casa with Tyler and Carlos. I was the designated driver to LA. Spent ages finding a place for parking. We ended up just going to a few places. Good Will and Amoeba. Afterwords we left LA and headed for Cabazon. Running on two hours of sleep was extremely tiring. NOTE TO SELF: GPS would definitely make getting around easier. Not be so tight on cash.

Highlight of the day: We met Charlyne Yi from the movie Paper Heart, in front of Good Will from asking her directions. Down side? We realized it once she left.

May 25, 2011

I started off the day just having a one-on-one with Carlos, but eventually met up with Tyler and Jeremy for Encore Night at LQHS. Afterwards, Katy and Jenni joined us to Carlos' casa followed by Cody. By the end of the night we settled to buy some snacks at Wal-Mart and all went to my house. Not much pictures to show, but definitely better than none.

New Items

Palladium Boots came in today and my two books I bought yesterday. LIFE Magazine's most memorable photographs that came with 25 prints and Yakuza Moon.

Jun. 09, 2011

McDonald's with Tyler and Carlos. Cody met up later in the evening. Nothing too exciting, but decent day.

Seattle the Lizard!

Jun. 11, 2011
About a week or so ago, before my Seattle trip came a lizard crawling and taking shelter throughout my home. I caught him with much difficulty due to my pansy-ness, but I got him! Named him Seattle after my soon-to-be trip and let him go about an hour later because he clearly needed nature in his life. Plus, Kyle is too aggressive since it was her first pet and her only instinct was to shake the jar Seattle was in. Tsk, tsk Kyle. Well enjoy!

May 23, 2011

During the morning Carlos, Jenni, and I surprised Cody that Jenni was back in town. Went to In n Out because Jenni's been deprived.

Short Entries

May 22, 2011
Messing with aperture priority.

Film, film, film and lots of it!

TIMESPAN: Taken between April and May.


Roll number 1, $1 Price Club Color Print 200ISO Film
I favor these:
A fancy way to smoke Tobacco.