TACTOLOGY

The Last Word: A Personal Review of 2008

2008-12-31T23:42:00.001-08:00

The Last Word: A Personal Review of 2008

Each year, many people experience different pieces of their lives. There are many things a year can bring you; new friends, job promotions, births, deaths, weddings, and of course, breakups. This past year has brought me a few mentioned and many more. I wanted to take the time to share with you what this past year has brought into my personal life’s experience, as it was an interesting year.

As I grew up, my mother always told me that whoever you spend New Year’s night with, is the person you’ll be spending a lot of time with throughout the year. This is completely true, as I kicked off the 2008 year with my cousin and best friend, Dean. We counted down the 2008 ball in Las Vegas along with Jason and his family. The night was filled with parties, luxury, and The Phantom of the Opera musical somewhere along the way. As we flew back to LA, I remember looking out the city lights and wondered what this upcoming year will offer me. I only knew so much.

January almost felt like a Rowland High, UCR, and AphiO reunion in the making. Thanks to my best childhood friend, Michaele, I celebrated my 23rd birthday at Club Façade in Hollywood. This birthday was also shared with my best friends Kristin and Ralph. We had our own VIP room, bottle service, and glamorous outfits. But that wasn’t the best part. The night was filled with surprises as many of my older high school friends, college buddies, and fraternity brothers came out to toast an unforgettable birthday. Until today, I still cherish that night, because there is nothing better in the world, than to be in the same room with old friends, new friends, and endless camera flashes.

February was a month full of tears. On the 18th of February, my mother’s dad passed away. It was a sad time for my family, especially my grandma who loved my papa so much. The morning of the funeral, I read my papa’s eulogy and shared with my family and close friends my experiences with him. As tears fell down my face, I remember one of the first things that came across my mind was that last Christmas was our last Christmas with him, and that this Christmas will be missing him.

March was a time dedicated for the healing of my family. My younger brother, Nate, finally turned 21 on March 20th. Dean and I flew him to Las Vegas on the night of his birthday and we introduced him to the world of alcohol, mixed drinks, and entertainment. We had such a great time, especially since the last time just the three of us hung out together was when I was in junior high. The rest of our family met up with us the days following and we enjoyed ourselves at what we do best…eating!

April and May were months that wrapped up my second semester at Cal State San Marcos. I had so much going on with school as all the projects and papers were due. For the first time, I interned with the school’s Student Health and Counseling Services as a Health Peer Educator. I worked close with the university’s Health Educator, Cathy Nguyen who taught me a lot about health promotion and management. It was such an awesome experience for me as I met new friends and attended many of the school’s events. We even got nominated for the TUKWUT Leadership Awards based on what we contributed to our Survivor Spring Break Awareness week. Although we didn’t win, we all enjoyed the opportunity. By the end of the semester, I completed over 15 papers, 8 oral presentations, and a handful of exams. It was all worth it, because for the first time, I was on the department’s Dean’s List! The letter was sent back to my Mom’s, and she called me super excited! Felt good to make mom proud!

The Summer of 2008 was full of surprises. I have moved from Escondido to Rancho Bernardo, got promoted and a pay raise TWICE, and partied in Hollywood at a high rate. But then again, it was a tough summer since the gas prices were soaring. My Honda Fit was nearly $40 for a full tank when normally I can get it at $18. Times were tough, but there were no limits to having fun. I remember in July, as we were celebrating my roommate Alicia’s 23rd birthday, I got word from my District Manager offering the position of Assistant Manager. It was a decision that I had to make, taking school into consideration. So now, I work full time and go to school full time. Hey, if the money is there, I can’t complain. I even made friends with the greatest coworkers: Ashley, Cat, Penelope, Catherine, Monica, Nina, and Steph! You guys rock! In August, Alicia, Ralph, and I moved into our own condo called The Summit in Rancho Bernardo. Although we pay a few bucks more than where we used to live, it is completely worth it! We have a view of the hills, our own garage, 2 pools, a workout room, huge closets, and the Rancho Bernardo zip code! And for those who are wondering, Life Rocks with Alicia and Ralph! There’s no Lo and Audrina here! Lolz.

September was a turnaround month from February. My sister, the only girl in our generation of the Tacto’s, married the man of her dreams, Mr. Daniel Newman. On September 6th, we celebrated the Tacto-Newman wedding right in our backyard in Walnut at the Royal Vista Golf Course. Family from all over the world came down to celebrate the occasion. As it was such a priceless moment watching my sister walk down the aisle, I couldn’t help but smile seeing how happy everyone was. I’m also glad that my little speech offered humor, memories, and tears for the Newlyweds. Welcome to the family Daniel. Who knows what 2009 can offer them, *ahem* baby diapers? Lolz

October through November was a time for me to focus on school and work. Being a fraction from completing my undergraduate degree and minor required me to maintain and raise those grades. Since I got promoted at work, I had to prove myself that I was well equipped for the job. Working retail and customer service has its downfalls, but it’s definitely something I enjoy and I admit, am good at! Lolz Somewhere in October, I also had my first small case hearing. Due to some crazy people out there, Alicia and I were sued for monetary reasons. But all in all, case is closed in our favor! (yay!)

Lastly, December gave me the Holiday spirit we all long for during the year. I went back home a few times in December to help my mom decorate the house, since it is usually me decorating it when I used to live there. The Christmas color scheme this year was Champagne Gold with a tint of Black. We called it “The Golden Christmas.” Christmas was celebrated at the Walnut house this year. We also decided to spice things up by having a non-Filipino food Christmas. (We had a Filipino Thanksgiving a month prior and we all voted on something different). So Chinese food it was! Cooked or catered we brought it on.

My plans for New Years Eve? As I look at my clock, it reads 8:16PM, meaning if I had party plans, I would have left the condo an hour ago. Due to certain circumstances, I will be celebrating the New Year in my condo with Alicia. We both work early tomorrow so instead of being ugly drunkers, we decided to have a clean New Years and catch up with how our Christmas’ went. Ralph never enjoyed going out for New Years Eve, so for the first time, he headed to West Hollywood to countdown the New Year.

Ironically, this year had its turns. From Las Vegas to Los Angeles, to San Diego and back, I have enjoyed what this year offered me. Who knows where I’ll be a year from now. One thing is for sure though, I will finally be holding my Bachelors Degree and I will hold myself to it. As for the person I will be spending the year mostly with, I guess it’s going to be my Tialitia!

To All My Friends and Family, Happy New Year!
I love you all and I wish you a safe and prosperous new year.

Always,
Chris Oliver

TACTOLOGY COMING BACK, COMING SOON

2008-05-15T22:15:00.001-07:00

SNAP. BREATHE. LIVE.

I Need a Comeback.

2008-03-06T00:51:00.001-08:00

Aquarius
January 20 - February 17
Perhaps you are stuck in a mind-set that you can't seem to escape from, dear Aquarius. Be careful of taking action based on ideas that are more rooted in past fantasy than in present reality. Your emotions may be playing tricks on you, and you may find that you are attached to a dream that has more to do with feeding your ego than actually fulfilling your destiny. Question your own motives. You may find that you are better off redirecting your energy somewhere else.

Happy "Would've Been" 3 Years, JBX.

Horoscope!

2007-11-13T11:06:00.000-08:00

Aquarius
January 20 - February 17
You enjoy your freedom, dear Aquarius. You are a very independent person and you hate it when anything gets in your way. That's all right, but you may want to take a look at your financial situation even if that's not really your thing. You tend to resent having to deal with these lowly material questions, but if you don't, you could severely restrict your freedom to live life to its fullest. Be reasonable about things.

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oh crap. i just turned single and now im in a financial rutt.

JBX: THE BALANCE OF LOVE & LIFE

2007-11-04T11:20:00.001-08:00

Good Afternoon Readers,

It's been about 4 months since I've moved down here to San Diego. So many changes have occured between now and then and I'm so eager as to figure out WHY things are the way they are now. I've been focusing so much on adjusting to my new lifestyle that I've realized how ignorant I can be when it comes to focusing on myself. I've never felt so emotional and sensitive to who I am and the choices I've made, especially in these past few weeks. I've learned that you can't deny how you feel, and even if you do, it will show in your behavior and your "everyday" facial expressions.

The Balance of Life and Love.
Life and Love are definitely two different things that have to have an equal balance in order for both to function accordingly. I have failed to hold that balance. As some of you might already know, Jaybe and have departed our ways. We have grown to be so dependent upon each other that we realized how individually different we have become since our beginning days. Basically, Love weighed more than Life. I have invested so much into our relationship that I realized that I lost who I was, the real me. I understand that people change through time, and that other social factors play a great part into shaping a person's traits and characteristics. But our bag grew to the point where we couldn't hold onto it any longer and I had to LET GO. How cliche this may sound, but listening to Britney Spears' unreleased song, LET GO (previously posted on my blog) portrayed a significant message into mine and Jaybe's relationship:

When you let go
Of all you've known
The butterflies fly
And you will see the way it goes
And all the love
Everything will be shown
So let go
Let go

- Britney Spears

I love him. He Loves Me.
We both initiated that our LOVE for eachother is still there. As a matter of fact, I believe it will ALWAYS be there. But for now, letting go is the best way to contain this love. We have an entire life to experience and if we held on any longer, the imbalance of love and life would lose signicance in each and every one of these life events. For example, Jaybe has never experienced the art of dating. Ever since he was younger, he was always involved in a committing relationship. He lost his innocence so fast that he realized how much he has lost as a person. I, too, have a lot to experience and lost ever since I have become more dependednt on Jaybe. I went through a downward cycle from giving everything to a minimum in a matter of years. Time can only tell where our relationship was heading.

We both wanted freedom.
Thinking that moving down to San Diego would enlighten our thoughts and indivuality, only led us into realizing that there is more to Life then just each other. A higher priority for the both of us is to complete our education; for Jaybe to complete his nursing program and for me to obtain a Master's Degree in Psychology. Through this, all the in-betweens from Now and Tomorrow are just as factors that will help us grow as indivuals. Who knows. We both have an equal chance on meeting new people, but that's exactly what we want. Getting to know others around us will play an important part into helping define who we are outside of our relationship. I can reconnect with my friends that I lost along the way, and Jaybe can develop new friendships with his fellow colleagues. Time will be invested more on getting-to-knows instead of having-to-go. Life will be more generated into a whole instead of a part, our relationship.

So Far, So Good.
Since our love for each other has applied into a stronger friendship, Jaybe and I have are still adjusted to living together. We both know that we can't sacrifice moving away or even move back home to LA since we have a life in San Diego to fulfill. We still have each other's support towards completing and reaching for our hopes and dreams. And until the day we will get there, JBX will only grow stronger.

JBX: Livin' It. Lovin' It. Rockin' It!

THE HILLS - SAN DIEGO

2007-10-19T17:57:00.000-07:00

If my life were on THE HILLS than this is what it would look like:

Britney Spears - Let Go

2007-10-19T17:39:00.001-07:00

LYRICS OF THE MOMENT
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This is one of Britney's new songs. Although it can be very rare hearing her actually singing,and in this song she actually attempts, the lyrics yet so are beautiful. Hope you enjoy it as much as I am.

xTactology.
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It's written everywhere
I've even read it in my script
But when I thought it wasn't fair
I felt it on my lips, let go
I don't wanna be the one
I think you already know, oh

The feeling of going down way too deep
Holding on
So you won't lose your feet
Sometimes you just gotta trust
You gotta take that leap
And let go
Gotta let go

I've got a feeling
By a look you're through
Oh no
What you're revealing
I sit and pray
And I will pull through, oh yeah

When you let go
Of all you've known
The butterflies fly
And you will see the way it goes
And all the love
Everything will be shown
So let go
Let go

The touch of grass
The air
The sun it will rise
You will see so clearly
It will bring tears to your eyes
Maybe everything will be alright
So let go
You gotta let go

I've got a feeling
Right now
You feel it too
Oh, oh
This little song
Might be the one
That will tell us what to do
Oh, oh, ooh, ooh

These tears are overflowing
And never knowing why
All these years we've been
We've been hurting
We have to look inside
And try
To let go

You gotta let go
To love, you gotta let go
If you really wanna love
You gotta let go

Official 'BlackOut' Cover and Tracks

2007-10-11T23:57:00.000-07:00

Let's all just hope this isn't the REAL thing.

Oh and by the way, Album release date has been booted up from mid-November to October 30th!!! Just in time for some Halloween treats!

01 Britney Spears - Gimme More 04:11
02 Britney Spears - Piece Of Me 03:32
03 Britney Spears - Radar 03:49
04 Britney Spears - Break The Ice 03:16
05 Britney Spears - Heaven On Earth 04:52
06 Britney Spears - Get Naked (I Got A Plan) 04:52
07 Britney Spears - Freakshow 02:55
08 Britney Spears - Toy Soldier 03:21
09 Britney Spears - Hot As Ice 03:16
10 Britney Spears - Ooh Ooh Baby 03:28
11 Britney Spears - Perfect Lover 03:02
12 Britney Spears - Why Should I Be Sad 03:10

Britney Spears' BLACKOUT Album Leaked!

2007-10-11T13:27:00.000-07:00

Apparently, we just can't wait until her album comes out. All the tracks from "Blackout" have been leaked all over the internet. I just finished listening to all the songs and I just have to give that applaud that Britney does deserve.

The entire album is a mix of Euro-Pop meets City meets Dance/Clubs. I'm personally digging "Love is a State of Grace" as her ballad and "Break the Ice" as her second hit! LOVE IT!

If you haven't already, start the illegal downloading and dance with me!

TEASERS: Images of Britney Spear's GIMME MORE single.

YIKES! I'm late to class!

John Mayer - Gravity

2007-10-10T00:11:00.000-07:00

Adding a new label: Lyrics of the Moment. Trying to use songs to express my current state of mind, body, or soul.

Gravity
John Mayer

Gravity
Is working against me
And gravity
Wants to bring me down

Oh I'll never know
What makes this man
With all the love
That his heart can stand
Dream of ways
To throw it all away

Oh Gravity
Is working against me
And gravity
Wants to bring me down

Oh twice as much
Ain’t twice as good
And can't sustain
Like one half could
It's wanting more
It's gonna send me to my knees

instrumental

Oh twice as much
Ain’t twice as good
And can't sustain
Like one half could
It's wanting more
It's gonna send me to my knees

Oh gravity
Stay the hell away from me
Oh gravity
Has taken better men than me
Now how can that be?

Just keep me where the light is
Just keep me where the light is
Just keep me where the light is
C’mon keep me where the light is
C’mon keep me where the light is
C’mon keep me where keep me where the light is

Heroes: Milo Ventimiglia

2007-10-09T12:11:00.001-07:00

I finally saw my first episode of Season 2 lastnight! I admit, the show was a tid bit confusing, since it's been a couple of months since it's been a while since the Season Finale of Season 1 came out. But what I do want to point out is the improvement Milo Ventimiglia's character has made upon himself! Last season, they barely showed his chest. This season, whoa, shirtless and busting out his muscules in one episode! Love it! I can't find any online pictures of him being shirtless from lastnight's episode, but I will include him with some skin! Ohh! and the haircut! Fuckin sexy!

He makes me wanna La La!

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CELEB OF THE DAY: MILO VENTIMIGLIA

JBX: Pizza, Pictures, and Poop!

2007-10-06T23:05:00.000-07:00

Wow! We just got back from our dinner experience, celebrating our 2nd Year and 7 months of love. I'm actually going to leave it to Jaybe to share the moment with you from his blog.

As for me, I'm going to finish off how are day was spent, just like I promised.

We woke up around 10 in the morning. Changed into beach mode and packed our stuff and by 11, we were set to go. We had to drop by the mall first because the shoes I got for Jaybe included both the left pairs. So we headed to the North County mall and made that adjustment. Afterwards....MISSION BEACH!

The weather was beautiful. It was slightly warm with a light breeze. At this point, we were hungry. We wanted to try Fat Boy'z Pizza because we never really got the chance to try those giant pizza slices that everyone talked about. The environment was so festive, even after the fact that it wasn't Summer season anymore. There were a good amount of people and the rides added more to the festivities. I ordered a giant slice of the mushroom and sausage pizza while Jaybe ordered a Fat Boy'z Cheeseburger Special. We originally wanted to eat on the beach, but once we walked there, Jaybe changed his mind because of all the seagulls following us and the possibility that the sand could get into our food. So we walked back to the tables.

My pizza was yummie and huge!

Jaybe's burger was just as good!

After lunch, we headed back to the beach to sun bathe. We both weren't in that mood to actually get into the water. Instead we were laying in the sun for about 30-45 minutes. It felt so good finding that time to fianlly relax and closing out everything around me that required thought. Me and Jaybe even talked about so many things and of course, checking out some of the guys around us. We even took some silly pictures...

While we were doing just that, Jaybe got a little surprise on his hat...

...And a little surprise it was! Bird Poop!

After the beach, we headed back to the parking lot where we finished our day at Mission. We took more pictures next to our car and I admit, they came out pretty darn good...

After the beach, and driving shirtless down the 8 fwy, we headed to the Fashion Valley mall to walk around. We even had a little fun doing a small photoshoot in the Nordstrom's restroom. We were digging some of the stuff from Nordy's but seriously, we still can't seem to adjust to the malls here. It's so difficult for Jaybe and I to shop at places where we can't seem to find anything we like, like we normally are used to back in LA! I know that when H&M gets down here, that would be a fresh start! But yeah..we basically window shopped, and ended up with nada!

We headed back to Rancho Bernardo afterwards and wanted to go to Target and look at some digital camaras. Were planning on getting a new digital camara, but we're still researching on what's new and good. Any ideas? But yeah instead of Target, we just headed back home to chill until dinner. My maintanence light turned on for the first time with my new car, so I'm excited to get that done! Soon I hope.

Other than that, that conludes the first half of our day. To continue to how our dinner was, check it out at Jaybe's Blog>>>JAYBIO

2.7 First Half: Mission Beach

2007-10-06T17:31:00.000-07:00

Just got back from our first half of the day. Mission Beach was very relaxing as we enjoyed ourselves lying down under the sun. So now were just chilling at our apartment and killing time before our dinner reservations. I hope he likes the place I chose...

To Be Continued & To Be Described...

JBX 2.7 Anniversary

2007-10-05T23:43:00.000-07:00

Hip Hip! HOORAY! Today is mine and Jb's 2 year and 7 month Anniversary! Unfortunately, I had to work today, but we still made the best of our day. Since today is Friday, I didn't have to wake up all early for school. I basically slept in while JB still had his classes. I woke up to his text saying, "I miss you baby. I can't wait to see you..even if it's just for half an hour." That already brought a huge smile to my face! I knew today was going to be extra special.

I woke up and started to do some of my research for my Theories of Human Development course. I was stressing out because until today, I still haven't purchased my textbook and my assignment involved reading chapter 2. Other than that, I showered and got ready for work and once I got out, there JB was...with chinese food! Super suprising, and super delicious!

Work wasn't that bad today, actually it was quite slow for being a friday. I'm starting to get along more personally with my co-workers. Although most of them are women, I can't really complain. Towards the end of the day, I went shopping for JB! I'll show you what I got him towards the end of this post...

When JB picked me up at work, the first thing he told me was how much he loves me. At the same time, he busted out this sunflower! (Sunflowers are my most favorite flowers) and it was all wrapped in a purple ribbon.

After depositing my paycheck, I was so anxious to get home. It was so cute because when we pulled up to our parking lot, we noticed that the sprinklers were on and how impossible it would be to not getting wet. It was like those moments in the movies where we both try so hard, and ending up making it a fun game. Anyway, once I opened our door, everything looked so calm and romantic. JB set the table with a vase full of sunflowers, pebbles surrounding it, and candles that added soft sparkles. It was beautiful...

He told me that dinner would be ready in a few minutes and that I should go change clothes and check out the new Britney Spears "Gimme Gimme More" music video that he got from iTunes. I thought that the video was a little flat regarding how 95% of it was focusing black-haired Britney on a pole. But I do admit, it was vibrant and colorful!

I also got the chance to do some research on where I'm going to take him to dinner for our anniversary dinner tomorrow. Since it's still considered a surprise, I'll post more info on that after tomorrow.

"BABE! DINNER'S READY!!"

I walk out of our bedroom and into the living room. The lights were dimmed and there he was in the kitchen being all cute. "Welcome to JB's Kitchen. A 3-course meal is my special treat, just for you.." He cooked a whole meal! He even had a cute name for each entree.

First Course: "Pizza de la Hammie"

Second Course: "Pork Chop a la 2.7"

Third Course: "Peaches, Cream, and Crumbs"

Dinner was so special! This is our second anniversary spent here at our new home in San Diego! Last month, I forgot to mention that me and him just took a driving tour of what San Diego can offer us. From the Pacific Coast Highway Beaches, to the malls, to the Downtown Gas Lamp District, we loved learning more about what's around us. But today, was just as memorable!

After dinner I gave him my gift. Although I'm a little more on the less romantic side, I knew he would love these...

NIKE VANDAL LOWs

He super loved them! But stupid me...they were both the left pairs! So tomorrow were going to head back to the mall to fix that. Then we are going to start off our anniversary weekend! Its only a monthly anniversary and we have a whole day planned for tomorrow including heading to the beach! Love it.

As for now, I have my appointment with him in the shower..I think you know where this is heading for the remainder of the evening.

I love him. He loves me.

Britney Spears 2007 VMA Performance: My Critique

2007-09-22T15:33:00.000-07:00

Britney, Britney, Britney...

After a resilient moment of not publishing any thoughts about the actions of my very own, Miss Britney Spears, I owe it to you on my inner-most feelings about this "pop princess."

I devoted a lot of time into learning more about Britney; what she wears, why she wears it, who she's with, why she's with them, where she is, why she is there, and WHAT THE HECK WAS SHE THINKING COMING BACK TO THE VMAS LIKE THAT!! I remember the night of the VMAS like it was the morning of 9/11. It was a school night, and instead of reading my second chapter of my Clinical Psychology textbook, I turned into MTV, only excited to see my celeb come back with a bang! Me and Jaybe even invited our friend to come over our apartment to celebrate this occassion! Around about an hour before the show, I already receieved a text message from an old friend of mine who always teased me about my not-so-obsession-anymore with Britney by saying, "WHAT DID BRITNEY JUST DO. ITS OVER FOR HER, MAN." I had no idea what he was justifying, but I had this overshadowing pause into thinking, "Oh shit! This is no IM A SLAVE FOR YOU performance!"

The 2007 MTV Video Music Awards starts now...Just pondering about this and waiting years for this moment brought my excitement and full attention to the flat screened tv. My first thought, "WHAT THE HECK IS SHE WEARING!?" I mean yea, it was fine...if the year was 1999! Britney came out wearing the most skankiest outfit for the sake of this occasion. (I LOVE YOU BRIT, I REALLY DO!) Then the performance. The image that keeps replaying in my mind was when she had that little laugh in the intro of her "Gimme Gimme More" song. She did it alright, giggled then used her finger to slick her hair behind her ear. Already a disappointing nod. Then there were the jiggles. BRITNEY IS NOT FAT. She's just got a little chub here and there. Adding all those sexual choreographic incidences just made this performance a little more tacky then what it turned out to be. I hated when the camaras turned to the other celebs when all they offered was pure shame. It seriously made me feel like I lost a game. BRITNEY HAS DONE SOMETHING SO UNIVERSAL.

Anyway, seconds after the performance, my cell phone was ringing up the butt. Friends and family who knew about my hardcore fascination for Britney texted me how shes over, career suicide, blah blah blah. I coudn't NOT agree.

Then there was beat. FUCKIN SARAH SILVERMAN had to make things worse then what it already was to comment on her babies and how they were a mistake. DUDE! CHOOSING HER TO HOST THE SHOW WAS THE MISTAKE! (eew! I sound so violent).

The next few days was a rampage, not only on Britney's "comeback performance" but on the VMAS itself. Critics and reviews were grinding every bit of detail from that night. I agree about how this year's VMAS sucked ass! I still look back and remember the BRITNEY, CHRISTINA, MADONNA moment in time! THE BEST VMA OPENING PERFORMANCE EVER!

Whatver fate has to offer, I just hope I remember to have my cell phone away from me hours before and after the next Britney Spears Performance.

Anyway, for the sake of your viewing pleasure, and for those of you who dares to go back into a time of shame, here's the not-so-comeback-performance:

T-A-C-T-O-L-O-G-Y

2007-09-20T23:12:00.000-07:00

Well here it is.

I'm back! It's been a long time since I last posted something worth reading. But then again, it was my vacation. Its been about 2 months since I last posted something about my life. I ended my first season with this blog during my vacation at the Philippines. I apologize for that delay. But since then, there has been an array of changes that has undergone throughout my life, declaring that a new season has yet to begin. Season 2. Where on Earth was I thinking that I should break this blog into seasons? It's not exactly a show on tv, yet I believe that this is the start of something new.

First off, let me throw you a little pitch of what my life is about.

I'm a 22 year old college student who recently moved to San Diego, CA with my boyfriend JAYBIO. I premiered this blog around April of this year and since then, my life has been more of a reality-show website. I enjoy many cultures of life, especially celebrity news and gossip. I enjoy posting random and sometimes explicit pictures of many popular celebrities who I admire for beauty, fashion, sex appeal, or even just a dramatic shot. I am a dedicated Britney Spears fan, yet I'm still trying to figure out about her true self as, I'm sure, we're all trying to do. I also like to travel and experience as many restauants and eateries as much as possible, especially with Jaybe. Since our recent move to San Diego is still undergoing observation, expect many surprises. This is going to be an interesting transition since I will have to adjust from our normal "Hollywood Lifestyle" to the "Sunny Dee of SD"

BRITNEY: FIRST THREE TRACKS

2007-09-03T12:50:00.000-07:00

A preview for you is a pleasure from me.
3 Tracks from Britney. Enjoy.

BABY BOY

COLD AS FIRE

GIMME MORE

COMMENTS ON BRITNEY'S NEW TRACKS ARE APPRECIATED.

TACTOLOGY - Season 2

2007-09-01T00:29:00.000-07:00

Be prepared for a new and rediscovered season. Summer has dried out and now it's time to recreate and vamp his memory and life into literature. To all of you who have been patient for the new arrival, be cautious and ready for a new trial. In response towards the newly seekers, this is only the beginning into the life and words of TACTOLOGY.

LIFE IN THE SUMMER CAPITOL

2007-07-08T03:31:00.000-07:00

Yesterday has been one of the more exciting days of this Philippine Tour Adventure! (I always tend to keep having new names for this trip!) But anyway, today we headed to the city of Baguio! The drive there wasn't bad at all! In fact, it was just about 45 minutes up and up and up the mountain! The first thing I noticed was how beatiful nature can be in this country. The mountains were high with so many green! I felt as if the ride could have been a tad dangerous since the roads were wet. It also didn't help when other drivers tried to OVERTAKE you or when my dad tried to OVERTAKE them.

On the way there, I saw this big JOLLIBEE sign. It was no HOLLYWOOD sign, but it was the closest thing to it. I asked my dad to stop the car so I could take a quick picture of it only because it was so random with no Jolibee in sight! Then a couple of minutes later we saw it...our "WELCOME TO BAGUIO CITY."

We finally got to the top, and there it was..BAGUIO CITY. The first thing that we did visit the PHILIPPINE MILITARY ACADEMY (PMA). The first thing that we noticed were the cadets, with thier uniforms so fit and stiff. We took a lot of pictures in that academy, including one with a cadet who was having a lunch visit from his family. Lolz the first thing I noticed what they were eating was white puto, which all of a sudden gave me a craving. Me and the bro also took pictures in the tree house tower and a statue of one of their weapons. We ended up in the visitors center and bought some PMA shirts and I even got myself a blue PMA hoody! I can't wait to rock them in the States! On the way to the exiting gates, we saw this one statue of those Plume top hats. It was so random that we took a picture right in front of it. Here's saluting the Philippines Military!

After leaving PMA, we headed to Camp John Hay. It was pretty scenic regarding the golf course that they had. It sort of reminding me of where I live back in the states since I live on the hills of a world-known golf course. I basically breezed by and took random photos of thier clubhouse and local buildings and shops.

We continued the Baguio City tour by driving to THE MANSION. We just took some picture from the gate which wasn't much fun, but we knew it was a landmark somehow. Then we drove through WRIGHT PARK which was so beautiful. The long pond and trail made it seem like this place came out straight from a romantic movie. I had lovey dovey feeling for Jaybe all of a sudden. Down the hill from Wright Park was a little place where you could ride horses. We didn't stop by for that but I did take a picture of this random pink horse! It totally amazed me. Reminded me of Circus Circus in Las Vegas, NV! When we came to the busy part of the city, the first thing I noticed was this man doing something that you'd rarely se in LA. He totally defined the word labor. This is why filipinos are naturally studs.

So finally after a few twists and turns I saw it..THE SM at BAGUIO CITY. The mall looked so majestic since it was sitting ontop of the hill. The mall was very grand with 4 levels. The top level was the most beautiful since it had the view of what Baguio City had to offer. We ate lunch at GERRY'S GRILL which was more or less one of the best restaurants that was in the SM.

This was also where I had my first experience eating some kuhol (aka SNAILS).

First I had to sip up the snail juice.

But totally hesitant when it came to actually eating the real thing.

It was actually tasty! I ended up eating 5. Yum! Squish Squish!

After lunch, me and the bro were on our own. We went through each floor going through the shops that we thought were worth it. We even took a picture from the highest floor to get the best view of Baguio. It was a picturesque view, so beautiful in culture!! First we headed to HUMAN where I was debating whether I should by a shirt or jeans. I ended up leaving the store empty-handed since I kept telling myself that I'd find something more worthwhile. My first purchase of the day was at BENCH. The undies had blue crown prints and it totally made me feel royalty! Jk! But yeah..then we continued to OXYGEN where I was going to jeans (again). But I just kept telling myself.."You'll find something more worth it at Hong Kong."

After the whole mall experience, we headed to the streets of Baguio. It was seriously hard for me to keep up with my bro. Everyone walked as if they were driving. I had to literally takeover everyone just to get ahead.

Then we ended up at the CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL. It was nice. We took some pictures in front of it. Afterwards, we headed inside to pray. I haven't attended mass in 2 weeks. So I had a lot to pray about. lolz.

The end of our Baguio trip concluded at BURNHAM PARK. I kept thinking to myself how it would be romantic if I could stroll down this park with Jaybe. We just walked a lap around the park while my parents sat down enjoying the boat riders. It was sort of wierd, because we caught these two girls trying to take a picture of us. I have no idea why, but I hope it goes into a positive use. I also saw a dude walking with a purse on his shoulder. I have a bag of my own and it was rare to see men with man bags. But since this was a knock off of DOONEY, might as well enjoy this for my entertainment, but then again, I'm glad he ROCKED IT! (Apologies to the dude with the purse)

The ride back home was just as beautiful as going up the mountain. We stopped by to take a view from the high heights. On the way, we even took a snap of the LIONS HEAD from the car. I have no idea of the signficance of this monument, but it was uplifting. There was even a little girl who pulled up to our window offering us some gold for purchase. I just told her that I have some gold at home. Sad, but true! As predicted, it started to rain and chances of getting in an accident continued.

The remainder of the evening was spent with so many visitors coming over for dinner. My dad has been living here for almost over a year and has met so many people along the way. Some of the visitors were my dads neighbors. One of them was a girl named, Joy, and we ended the night singing karaoke together. She was such a great singer. When we sang The Gift as a duet, we so rocked the house! I don't know if I'm going to see her again, but I so regret the chance of taking a picture with her because she was the prettiest person I saw so far in this trip.

The night ended with me killing a lizard. I just closed the window before i went to bed and then I saw the body of a lizard with the head stuck in between. I felt so bad. Even though I tripped out everytime I saw the lizards on the wall, I stil felt like an animal murderer!!

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Today was more of a chill day. I woke up not knowing what we'd be doing today. I finally got a chance to call Jaybe today and we talked for more than 2 minutes!! I feel so happy everytime I hear his voice because I know that he's doing good. We ended up having lunch with more visitors. It was more unique though, because these 8 visitors were 17-20 year old nursing students. One of them is more related to us because shes my uncle's grandaughter. We all ended up singing karaoke and it was fun because they were all shy. I really doin't know why everytime we meet new people our age or younger, why they have to be so shy. I mean, I'm one of the most harmless persons you can ever meet in the world! I keep asking my mom why that is and she tells me that here in the Philippines, girls are raised to be shy. It just gets to me that most of these people don't get the chance to socialize with others besides who they're already familiar with. If I were to do something about it, I would try to talk to as many locals as possible. But until then..I'm just living the LA life in the Philippines!

PHILIPPINE TOUR: THE BEST OF THE FIRST

2007-07-07T03:35:00.000-07:00

Being here honestly does have its brighter side! I mean, I'M IN VACATION! There were so many things that I've done here that I haven't done at all back at the states. Each day was a new day, a a new experience that I can now add to my list of life experiences. On the second day here in the Philippines, we explored the city of Iloilo. Our first main spot was a place where lunch was served! We went to this private resort called Punta Villa where there was a large open dining room and swimming pools for the little kiddlets!

I even got to meet some of my first cousins for the first time! Theses cousins come from my moms side. Its her brother's (Tito Boy) children, Eric, Patricia, and LA! Umm Patricia was super throughout the whole time we were in Iloilo and Bacolod for she was like an older sister (ate). LA's the rebel! hahah naw shes cool. She just has the hopes and dreams of living the actual LA life back at home. We didn't get to hang out that much because she had to go back to school in Bacolod. Eric is the funny dude! He has 2 beautiful children of his own and he honestly made this trip a lot more interesting from a dudes point of view. Since he's about the same age as my older brother, he totally rocked the older brother role. Here's thier introduction picture along with my bro.

The Cabasac Cousins

Eric wasn't in this picture for sum reason but these were the girls (ba-ba-eh)more close up. lolz.

The next day, we headed to my Tito's house that he owns in the Savannah Villa sub-division. I seriously didnt even know what a sub-division was until we got there. Seriously! Everyone in the party kept saying that word to the point where it became a pet peeve. Anyway, the community was no LA community, but it was pretty nice for what it was. Here's us, the fam, and the Father that helped to bless this dear home..

The Family in the Savannah Villas

I even got to ride on the ever-so-popular JEEPNEY! It was quite an experience. At first I was afraid to be in there, because I don't know how they would manage sanitizing thier seats. But once again, this is a vacation and I'm going all out. I love how it sort of felt like a safari expedition!

Posing with the Jeepney

I like it better in the back!

After our "safari expedition" we headed to have lunch. Getting to our destination was an adventure because our driver (which we paid to have him drive us the entire day) took some shortcut. It was bumpy, wet, and muddy. This was the part where we drove through some community and the people who lives there have it rough. Anyway we ate lunch at another resort in Iloilo. I totally forgot the name of it thought. Crap! Anyway..once again it was nice. We were served buffet style and there was even a pool with a water slide. Sweet deal.

All the cousins and second cousins after lunch

Dont look at me, look at the waterslide!

Aights, thats as far as I'll go in my vacation! I think that was 3 days worth of exciting places and pictures. I'll add more when I get the time, but as for now, i should knock out the lights. It's not raining that much outside anymore! Yaya!

So update with where I am: 3rd day in Rosario, La Union. Tomorrow were heading to Baguio. We'll see whats up.

LIVE IT!

The Filipino-American Truth

2007-07-07T03:15:00.000-07:00

Having the experience to explore the Philippines for the very first time in my life has been like a Great Awakening. It has finally been brought to my attention that there are so many differences between this country and those of the western culture. Everyday, when were driving through the city and the barrios, I observe the building structures of where these locals live. Some people have huge well-designed houses, while others rely on plastic and metal frames for their domestic protection and shelter. This has definitely impacted my perception of thier way of living. I feel so helpless when seeing the children bath along a waterpump, or a 2 year old girl walking around the streets barefooted. This experience helped me to realize that life and it's many features and amenities should not be taken for granted. One of the main concerns are our homes, food, and clothes. I have taken these things for granted my entire life, and being here for the first week already live through how difficult it is just to have clean underwear! Furthermore, as I continue to explore Bagiou City tomorrow, I will hopefully come across something I can add on to my Philippine Tour.

Above Photo: Iloilo, PH - Two schoolboys from Collegio De S. Corazon De Jesus overlooking the ocean during thier lunch break.

Greetings from THE PHILIPPINES!

2007-07-06T06:50:00.000-07:00

Greetings Ya'll! It's been a little more than a week since I got here, and boy, am I having fun!! I've experienced different things here, and I can now say that the Philippines isn't that bad of a place! Although we can discuss some sanitary issues later, I rather go with what was a plus!

First off..Right now I'm in my father's province in Rosario, La Union. I just got here lastnight, and the right was super scary cuz of all the Rain and heavy thunderstorms. (nothing like that from LA). I spent the past week in Iloilo (my mom's hometown) and at Bacolod. Both islands were nice in its own unique way, but it did take a while for me to adapt to everything.

I'm still overwhelmed by how cheap everything is here.. I just finished getting my second Swedish full body massage this week. The first one was at Bacolod and the second was here in my dad's place where they came for our service! Totally rocked! The shopping was even more genious! I bought so many cute stuff already that I know I cant wait to ROCK in LA! I soooo wish Jaybe was here with me cuz I know how we both get when it comes to shopping!

There are times when I do feel like I was at home..especially in the arms of Jaybe. But Im just glad that he's having fun with his freedom! lolz. We talk once a day for a max of 2 minutes, cuz the SMART card is just never enough! and plus, I'm sharing the minutes with my lil bro too.

But yeah..I'll update more as time flows. Tomorrow were gonna be heading to sum resort for some leisure and free dippin in the pools! I'll be heading to Manila next wedenday, so if any of you will be there...look out for me at the SMs and the Mall of Asia!!

Oh yeah..I'm heading to Hong Kong and Malaysia too! So keep it close!

ONe more thing...CONGRATS to my JAYBE for being nominated for the GSPOT BLOG AWARD for the month of JULY! Check him out at JAYBIO.BLOGSPOT.COM

Live it. Love it. Rock it!

philippines

2007-07-02T16:47:00.000-07:00

Hi guys... this is jaybe! Tactology is currently on vacation in the wonderful islands of the Philippines. As of right now, he's somewhere in the region of Visayas. On behalf of my boyfriend, we apologize for him not being able to blog before he left. But I am sure that he will be blogging soon about his experiences in the Philippines, it's his first time being there, so I am sure it would all be great stories.

I am missing him terribly.

Stay tuned for more updated throughout the week.

I also blogged about the day before he left in my own page - jaybio - check it out.

Thanks again, and write to you soon.

-jaybio

TACTOLOGY MYSPACE WORLD PREMIERE!

2007-06-22T00:03:00.000-07:00

HTTP://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/TACTOLOGY

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HOW JAYBE MET OLLIE

2007-06-17T23:11:00.001-07:00

For those who want to continue to follow the story of JBX [jaybe and ollie], check out what JAYBIO had to say. He briefly went over on how me and him met for the first time.

I swear, there was a tid bit of a tear that dropped down my eye as I read it. Good Times!

For those of you who are [or were into a special relationship], please comment me on how you met and why that moment was special. I want to learn how LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT works out around the world.

LOVE IT.

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Other than that, my MYSPACE page is practically ready to have it's premiere. I just need to add a few stuff and wala! So be ready for a new paloooza to check out. I'll be posting it's link sometime this week. Thanks to Jaybe for totally busting out his creative side and helping me out with this. I swear, my life would be B-O-R-I-N-G without him.

THE OLSEN TWINS TURN 21!

2007-06-13T21:58:00.000-07:00

CELEBRITIES OF THE DAY
MARY KATE AND ASHLEY OLSEN

A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY MESSAGE FROM MARY-KATE AND ASHLEY OLSEN

Hi All-

Thanks for all of your Birthday wishes.

The past year has been incredibly rewarding. We have tons to be thankful for. Most of all - YOU - our fans. Your support is amazing and inspiring. We love sharing exciting announcements and new projects with you. Your feedback is always appreciated.

Today, for the first time in a looooong time, we’re taking a day off - doing absolutely nothing and looking forward to every second of it!

Talk to you soon.

Love,
Mary-Kate & Ashley

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TACTOLOGY: Rediscovered

2007-06-12T22:04:00.000-07:00

I was going through the day thinking of what I should blog about tonight. I went from anything and everything. At first I was thinking about blogging about Paris or Britney, but then I thought to myself, I haven't blogged about my personal life in a while. I've been digging for the best ideas to apply to tonight, and all I could think about are my hopes for the near future.

So its about 15 more days until I head out to the Philippines. Like I mentioned in the previous blogs, I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THE PHILIPPINES. I honestly do not know what to expect when I head there. I know that I'll be heading to the many cities and some provinces, I just can't predict on whom I'll meet, what I'll eat, or even what I'll be wearing. It's going to be an adventure because it's in a country I know I can relate to, yet have the chance to discover a culture I'm not exposed to.

One person that I'm definitely going to miss is my boyfriend, Jaybe. We've been attached like no other for the past couple of years and this is going to be the first time in a while, that we're going to be separated. I remember two years ago when he went to the Philippines how hard it was for me to live each day knowing that I might not talk to him. He made it extra special because he did something so creative to help me deal with not having him near me. Basically, he compilated a CD for me with different songs that carried a specific theme which represented a feeling. He directed me to listen to one track on one day, and continue the CD up until the days when he got back. At the same time of listening to the track, he told me to light this candle that he got and read this special tag onto why he chose this song for that day. IT WAS UBER ROMANTIC! For example, I remember one of the tracks being THIS KISS by FAITH HILL because that was the song that was playing during the water show at Bellagio, Las Vegas. It was sweet. There were some songs that were totally random, but added some humor this whole thing. I, for sure, want to do something creative and sweet for him too, but I'm still in the process as to what I'll be doing. Any ideas?

Another thing that's been in my mind was school and the idea of moving down to San Diego in the Fall. We already did our apartment hunting, and Jaybe and I already have our fave, it's all in the matter of actually making everything official. He's going to know if he gets admitted to his school in July, just as I am going to notified if I'll be admitted to my program in late June (while I'm in the PI's). So technically, most of the changes won't take place until I come back. I really don't know what will happen.

One priority I know I have covered is my job. Since this is a temporary position, I already know that next Friday will be my last day. It was so ironic today, because I was discussing with my fellow co-workers that next Friday would be my last day and they were all sad about it. They said that I bring the new-hires together because of my charismatic personality. I guess it made me appreciate time more than ever. I should be taking advantage of the time here, with friends and family, because its true, I am planning on moving. So after I realized that, I now know how important it is to cherish the time I have with my loved ones here, at home.

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New news! My myspace page is just about done regarding it's completion. I deleted my myspace account a couple of months ago due to an unfortunate event. I was going to make this an official deletion for I felt that the website would have no value or purpose. It wasn't until I realized that having the MySpace account did come and handy when it came to communicating with my distant and not-so-distant friends. I decided that deleting it was going to be a huge deal, since most of my friendship ties were connected through the network, and that deleting it would be a risk of losing them forever. But after about 3 months, and with the help of Jaybe and his creative sense of mind, my Myspace page will have it's World Premiere sometime at the end of this week. I have started back to zero friends and will be open to meeting new people, as well as having the goal to find the old and familiar.

If there are any fellow bloggers out there with a MySpace account, email me your addy and I'll be sure to get in touch with you.

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I was talking with my co-workers yesterday about eyebrows and rather or not waxing, tweezing, or threading has the greatest results. We concluded that even though waxing is a faster procedure, that threading has the best results regarding accuracy and having a slower rate when it comes to growing back again. Tweezing, on the other hand is slightly painful and time consuming. It could even be a bit stressful when you realize that you plucked a little too much.

I have been waxing my eyebrows for about 4 years now (I remember my first time was right when I graduated high school and it was the night before I headed to Hawaii with my friends). But yeah since then, I've been waxing every 2 weeks. I have threaded my brows once, but never got to do it again. I know that threading is a little bit more pricier, and also wins because it carries less maintainence.

So what do you think is the best way to get that extra bit of eyebrow out of the way?

A)Waxing
B)Tweezing
C)Threading

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CELEBRITY OF THE DAY
DAVID BECKHAM

He's charming with the passion,
Loving from the soul,
Sexy within fashion,
Kicking for the goal.

A Special Message from the Author

2007-06-11T23:31:00.000-07:00

The author of TACTOLOGY apologizes for not posting anything newly updated for the past two days. Ollie had a long weekend only coming back to a week full of work. He does promise to update tomorrow once he gets the chance. Thank you for your patience and committment for keeping TACTOLOGY alive.

If you haven't already, show your support for TACTOLOGY by including your vote at this month's G-SPOT WEBLOG AWARD at HUSH AND LISTEN.

Live it. Love it. Rock it.

Random Pictures for a Random Night

2007-06-07T23:53:00.000-07:00

TACTOLOGY IN PHOTOGRAPHY

Jaybe taking a pix of me in the movies..[Industry, CA]

Me with the ladys at Dave & Busters [Irvine, CA]

Me and the Cuzin before we got rid of our Sidekick III's [Walnut Hills, CA]

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CELEBRITY OF THE DAY
PARIS HILTON

Like Paris in the Summer,
Or Barbie in the Spring,
She lives it at the fullest,
With her silver sparkle bling bling.

Thats hot.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?
DO YOU AGREE WITH PERMITTING PARIS HILTON TO LEAVE JAIL AND SERVE TIME UNDER HOUSE ARREST FOR THE REMAINDER OF HER PUNISHMENT?

Britney Relaxes in Mexico

2007-06-06T22:09:00.000-07:00

It's been a good couple of days since I last updated about little miss Britney Spears! I've been sort of out of the loop with her since there's no real bright news about her in the media. I mean, I think everyone is just focusing on Lindsay Lohan's DUI incident, or even Paris Hilton behind the bars. Whatever the case, I'm actually kind of glad that Britney has her time to redeem herself. I know she's having some "Mother-Daughter" issues, but then were not all perfect children. So without further adew, heres some new 411 on Britney. Oh! and thanks to the request from fellow blogger, RUNWAY JOCK, Britney is back!

So for the past couple of days, Britney headed down south to Punta Mita in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for a way to rejuvenate herself, aka a vacation. In the full picture compliments of BREATHEHEAVY.COM Britney is shown having a good time drinking some orange juice with Alli, her BFF for the moment. I don't know about all of you but she seems like she's having a good time. Her hair almost look real enough to be considered a perm! Until...

...She turns puts on a bathing suit and turns around! I was almost speechless after seeing this one. Also taken in Mexico, it seems like she's enjoying the beginnging of what we call a Summer vacation. I'm so jealous! I haven't gone to the beach, not once, since Summer began! But yeah. Lovin or hatin the crack?

At work today, "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" was rolling through my head. I remember when this song first came out I wasn't actually digging it. But I guess after all these years, it does have a catchy ring to it. It sort of makes me want to watch Crossroads again!

My Eyes On Gay Marriage.

2007-06-04T22:08:00.000-07:00

I got an email yesterday from KHALELIAN yesterdasy asking me to discuss my opinion on the ever-so-dear subject of GAY MARRIAGE. I was actually at the movie theaters when I got that email from my Palm, and when I retrieved it, I was in a state of comtemplating. What is my belief about gay marriage?. Anyway, KHALELIAN, the author of HUSH AND LISTEN, asked if I could submit a comment on his blog. Instead, I'm just going to dedicate a post about it. Here it goes...

First off, I believe that there are two sub-categories regarding gay marriage. One needs to think about where or under what circumstances is this marriage going to take place. Is it going to be a union in front of the eyes of God, and be taken in a church? Or is it going to fall under the hands of the political spectrum and be a legal issue? I believe that either way, marriage should be a result of reason.

I hope, that most of this reason derives in the form of love. Two hearts, one love. Simple right? Wrong. It gets complicated. Most of the time, other environmental factors affect the union of two men, or two women. There's the family, then the religion, and is some cases, employment can be a struggle. In the structural-social ladder of society, homosexuals are still struggling to be considered "normal people." Many tv shows and newspaper editorials are dedicated to humiliating the gay community, while or even mocking them, stating that it's a "disease" to be gay. No matter where you go, something will push down the gay community, especially gay marriage.

When it comes to marriage, the first thing I think of is committment. Being committed to someone, whether it is man to woman or man to man, should always start off with a base. Base of love, history, experience, romance, etc., Basically, KNOW WHO YOU'RE MARRYING. It's a struggle to try to introduce gay marriage to society, yet another when you are actually the fool, knowing that you are not going to be committed to the man/woman you are about to say "I DO" to. But this goes for anyone, not just 'the gays.'

Another issue that society is concerned about regarding gay marriage is 'the children.' The media has been a key source in portraying gay actions and behavior in magazines, television, movies, music videos (thanks to xtina), which only means that the word "gay" doesn't have to be whispered as much anymore. Children are a great part of our future and if they are willing to accept homosexuality at a young age, I would hope that by the time they make important decisions for themselves as well as for the general population, that homosexuality would also be acceptable.

We're already seeing it everyday: gay senator, gay actor, gay talk show hosts (Rosie and Ellen), and we're still waiting on Clay Aiken! But the truth is, were evolving. The gay community is evolving from the people known as the carriers of AIDS to the people who took over Design TV. So why is it that when the words "GAY" and "MARRIAGE" are in the same sentence, everyone stops what their doing and make a huge deal about it? For me, its curiosity for change. I honestly don't know what the gay community is like in other countries besides the US, but from where I come from, the common population would rather ask themselves, "Should I risk my life by having a gay friend?

Ollie and Jaybe's 2nd Year Anniversary

Now looking at this issue at a more personal point, I do support the idea of gay marriage. I've been in a committed relationship with Jaybe for over 2 and a half years and our love for each other is still growing with new experiences. We already proved ourselves by being domestic partners for over a year, stating that IT CAN WORK OUT! I know that in order for a gay marriage to be successful requires a lot of TRUST and SUPPORT. We all know how easy it is to be tempted by other (attracted) people, but once you can overcome avoiding cheating or casual "hookups" then you're on the go for a great relationship. We also know that it can be hard getting that extra boost of support from some friends and family, but you'd want that relationship to work out, the bulk of it must come from the support from each other. Who knows? Jaybe and I may or may not become official husbands, but we do know that we don't need that official title for our love to be qualified.

Live it. Love it. Rock it.

First Day on the Job

2007-05-31T22:44:00.000-07:00

Boy what a day. My day started off earlier than normal considering the fact that I had to wake up early for my first day of my new job. I know I may be complaining about the earliness, but I know when I look back at this blog a year from now, this would all be baby steps.

So my work environment. I'm basically working in a cubical, the standard working place in a business setting. Although I was getting a little ZzZz on the job, my motivation this time was honestly the money. I have not had a job in a little over 2 months and I've been feeling degraded for missing out on most of life's opportunities, especially with the friends.

The people were nice. I sat next to this older filipino lady who helped me out with a lot of my work. Which leads me to a subtopic. Why is it that everytime I meet a new filipino person, the first thing the ask me is DO YOU SPEAK TAGALOG? When I say no, but explain that I understand a few phrases, they go all ballistic on me, LIKE ITS A CRIME THAT I DON'T FLUENTLY SPEAK TAGALOG. Anyway, then she asked if I've ever been to the Philippines. When I told her that I NEVER BEEN TO THE PHILIPPINES, she tripped up twice as much. It's not that I never had the opportunity to go, because my parents go every year, it's just that I've been so focused with school where it would conflict if I did decide to go. And plus, I WILL BE GOING TO THE PHILIPPINES FOR THE FIRST TIME in the end of June. Kapish?

I also met this other fella, a cool guy named Chris. He helped me out with the third thing I had to do today. It was really interesting talking to him because he is invovled in dancing and even knows some people that I knew as well. Since Jaybe is into dancing, we had a dancing conversation and he told me that he danced for Cal State Fullerton's TEAM MILLENIA for a couple of years and still supports FUNKANOMETRY, a dance team in San Diego. And then, when I told Lerissa, who coaches my high school alumni dance team, she knew him too! Turns out that he's a well-known choreographer in our area, and is respected in the hip hop dance community. So yeah, that was cool.

Anyway, I'm pretty tired. I should be going to sleep soon. Oh and my boyfriend Jaybe has been updating his blog like no other and even joined the PLUBLOGS community. Check him and his hot pictures out at JAYBIO.

As for now..goodnighters!

Oh. and Happy Birthday Dad. Wish you were here. I Love You.

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TACTOLOGY IN PHOTOGRAPHY

JAYBE AND ME in Glendale, Ca

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CELEBRITY OF THE DAY

NICOLE RICHIE
A woman who can make fashion an endless journey.

G* SPOT WEBLOG NOMINEE

2007-05-31T21:48:00.000-07:00

HUSH AND LISTEN is a very unique blog I've came across ever since I started TACTOLOGY in April. The creator and author uses his creative mind and imaginative skills to write some very deep essays, poems, and words to read. His talented imagery and photos that he uses not only excite my imagination, but takes it to a whole new level when I add his words into the picture. If you haven't already, check it out, you'll be amazed!

I've noticed that there was a G* SPOT WEBLOG AWARD that is awarded every month and noticed the different blogs in which were nominated. Surprisingly, TACTOLOGY has been nominated for the month of JUNE 2007 which, according to khalelian, is PRIDE MONTH. As much as I'm flattered, I'm actually excited to be nominated. I would have never thought that 2 months into creating this blog would it be nominated for such an award. So, for those who've been constant readers or newcome readers, VOTE FOR TACTOLOGY! Sounded nice? lolz no seriously, if you're interested go to HUSH AND LISTEN and vote for me on the right hand side of his page. If I don't win, it's cool. If I do...I'll give all of ya a cupcake!

LIVE IT. LOVE IT. ROCK IT!

New News is Good News

2007-05-30T20:36:00.000-07:00

Today was an adventure. Me, Jaybe, and The Deuce headed down to San Diego again to take care of some business. Jaybe had to take an entrance exam for his school that he's planning on attending in the Fall. Since the test was two hours long, me and my bro ended up driving around the area. We routed ourselves to the Mission Valley Mall. The mall wasn't really that great. I mean, I remember going there like a year ago and all we bought were pretzels. But yeah, we ended up in the SUNGLASS HUT and we both tried on sunglasses. I loved these two PRADA SUNGLASSES! They fit me beautifully for once! lolz. Here's what they look like:

STYLE# PR58FS

STYLE# 16HS

I was heading more towards the first one, what ya think?

Afterwards, we headed to the NORDSTROM RACK where I found these two contemporary/modern black wooden chairs that would go perfect for mine and Jaybe's apartment were planning on moving into this Fall.

We've been talking a lot of what type of interior design were heading for and can't wait until we actually start buying everything. It's exciting! Now we know how TIGGAH AND POOH feel about thier new home. We also headed to BED, BATH, and BEYOND and found so many cute little things like shower curtains, rugs, and bedsheets that could help incorporate our design and ideas.

Anyway, we headed back to Jaybe's school and heard some good news. Turns out, Jaybe placed really high in his scores. He placed at the 93rd percentile overall, having 100% score on math. He's always been a math boy and I'm so proud to be with someone so smart on that subject. He's a big helper when it comes to our bill in high-end restaurants since he knows whats a good amount to put in. But yeah, Good Job Boo!!

We ended up having a good lunch with our close friend Nadine and her boyfriend Ian at the FASHION VALLEY MALL. Now that mall was more of our familiarity since it had high end stores. Loved it! We ended up eating at CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN which is a great place for a lunch! We got to know more about Ian since this was like the actual first time getting to know more about him at a personal level. Since he's from Chicago, our conversations were interesting ranging from difference in accents between LA and Chicago, to weather, to schools, etc. After lunch, we departed our ways and me and the boys headed to more apartment viewing.

I never realized how traffic the 15 HWY could be. I even missed an exit and got ourselves lost. San Diego could be a real complicated city to drive in, which is totally ironic coming from an LA boy. Anyway, the drive back home was tiring, only because I was exhausted from going to point A to point B to C D E F! lolz I swear, we drove a circle throughout San Diego today! But it was good because we got more familiar with more areas that we never knew existed!

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Other news, is good news. I got a new job today! Well, its actually a temp job since I'll be heading to the Philippines in a month. The pay is great and it is full time. So we'll see how this goes. I actually start tomorrow from 8 to 4:30 in the early evening. This could be good because I'm planning on using this money to pay off more of my credit card bills and save for more apartment "stuff." Perfect timing, I guess. But for sure, I'll be posting more about this job in the next few days. Yikes!

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TACTOLOGY IN PHOTOGRAPHY

Showing some from the TREO.

Britney and The Truth

2007-05-29T18:16:00.000-07:00

Dear Fans,
I just wanted to reach out to all of you and explain some of the things that I have been faced with recently.

It's so funny how many stories are put out there about people. It's like we all want our side of the story out there as well, but at the end of the day only a few people care to hear what is really going on since the bad is always so much more interesting than the truth. I don't know why, but this is so weird to me. I used to be angry at the tabloids for printing horrible things about me, but now I try to just be numb to what I see. I saw Tyra Banks once get really upset and cry on her show because they made her look fat. We all want a certain image of ourselves out there, and at some point we all do really care what other people think or we wouldn't be here.

Recently, I was sent to a very humbling place called rehab. I truly hit rock bottom. Till this day I don't think that it was alcohol or depression. I was like a bad kid running around with ADD. I had a manager from a long time ago come in and try to direct me and my life after I got my divorce. I was so overwhelmed I think that I was in a little shock too. I didn't know who to go to. I realized how much energy and love I had put into my past relationship when it was gone because I genuinely did not know what to do with myself, and it made me so sad. I confess, I was so lost.

This letter is to not place blame on anyone, although I do see the world with a completely different set of eyes now. Being in that vulnerable state and taken to dinners and parties with friends and finding out later you paid for everything was a huge learning lesson for me. I think the whole problem was letting too many people into my life. You never know another persons intentions or what another person wants. I feel I was too open and looking for answers when I had it all to begin with. I have had to cut so many people out of my life. It is so sad, because if anyone is a family person...it is me. When I was little I remember every night watching movies with my family and feeling so at peace. Dancing and singing all the time just like a little girl should. Now recently I find with my children that I want them to have that feeling all of the time. I am having to face a lot of things right now since I have children of my own. A lot of insecurities from when I was little are coming up again. It is like we are never good enough.

I know everyone thinks that I am playing the victim, but I am not and I hate what is going on right now so much. Maybe this is the reason for this letter...to maybe allow people to look at me differently. It is like when you are a real woman and say what you feel and how you think things are supposed to be, that people just say you are a "bitch."

I feel like some of the people in my life made more of some issues than was necessary. I also feel like they knew I was beginning to use my brain for a change and cut some ties, so they wanted to be in more control of my life than me. I think it is actually normal for a young girl to go out after a huge divorce. I think it was a bigger issue because I had not gone out in such a long time. I am 25 and I do still have a lot to learn, and I am going to make mistakes everyday, and I am sure every mistake I make will probably be on CNN or Good Morning America. I am only human people and I love you for still loving me.

I am sitting here at home and it is 6:25 and both of my sons are asleep. I am truly blessed to have them in my life. Everyday is so surreal. Life in general is so surreal and crazy.

I just hope this letter made some of you think a little bit more of me and where I am coming from. I just want the same things in life that you want...and that is to be happy. It is just so weird because everyone has their own perception of me and how they think I really am. It is so weird how stories are told. There is your side, my side, and the truth. Somebody has to figure it out. I guess we will never really understand or figure out life completely. That's God's job. I can't wait to meet him...or her.

Love, Britney

Quote of the month...
It is ok to disagree with people regarding certain issues. Youre not being true to yourself if you succumb to others opinions because you feel guilty.

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I <3 You Britney,

TACTOLOGY

OP LOFTBED SCHOLARSHIP

2007-05-29T11:28:00.000-07:00

So I came across a FASTWEB Scholarship online today. It's actually a fascinating scholarship because it doesn't follow the "I deserve scholarship money" essay format. Instead, I was just suppose to creatively answer 4 different questions that were given. Oh and also attend an accredited college or university in the 2007-2008 school year. Since I'm deciding between Cal State LA or Cal State San Marcos, then I definitely apply to this scholarship. The scholarship is called the OP LOFTBED scholarship and is found at their OPLOFTBED WEBSITE. Anyway, here were the questions, and my hopefully creatively thought-out answers:

1) If you could trade places with someone for 24 hours, who would it be and why? (Answer must be between 80 and 120 words.)I would trade places with the infamous, Miss Britney Spears! She has lived through it all, from big to small. By the 25th hour, I would have experienced a life unlike many others. I grew up as a Mouseketeer, performed with the ever-so-popular boy band named NSync, won a Grammy, have married twice with one annulment and a divorce along the way, and have 2 beautiful baby boys within a two year increment. In addition to my success, I would gain weight and lose it, party with Paris Hilton, and above all, have the money to build my own bed from OP Loftbed. Oh, and an OP Loftbed for each of my baby boys! (They 'Drive me Crazy').

2) What is the greatest "life lesson" that you have learned so far in your life? (Answer must be between 80 and 120 words.)"ALWAYS WEAR CLEAN UNDERWEAR." I remember when I was 15 years old and went to the beach with a few of my friends. My father taught me the "change under the towel trick" whenever I needed to change from my underwear into shorts. Apparently I didn't change my underwear that day and we all know how messy that could look like. As I was performing my father's little secret, the wind picked up speed and my towel flew away. I literally ran to catch my underwear, naked, until it hit the girl I had a crush on. She picked it up, saw my mess, and shared it with her friends. Since then, I'll always remember to wear clean underwear.

3) What is the coolest thing you have ever found? (Answer must be 120 words or less.)
oploftbed.com (this answer was based on how I follow directions) In the DIRECTIONS portion, they told me to answer question 3 just by typing nothing else other than "oploftbed.com"

4) What book, written in the last 200 years, has had the biggest impact on your life? Why do you feel others should read it too? (Answer must be between 80 and 120 words.) "Green Eggs and Ham" By Dr. Seuss. It's a bright and colorful children's book, literally, about a weird looking guy named Sam who is trying to convince his friend (who for some reason has no name) to try green eggs and ham. I remember reading the book as a kid, curious as to why the eggs were green in the first place. In the end, the unknown friend finally gave in and accepted Sam's offer, having whole world party like it's 1999! After writing this, I realized how much this book impacted my life, especially on new experiences. No matter how ugly a situation or food entry appears to be, you will never know unless you try.

Anyhow, I hope I get the $500 scholarship. I'm suppose to find out no later than mid August. Till then, lets just hope and pray.

Memorial Day.

2007-05-28T23:39:00.000-07:00

Even thought I'm half asleep, I had this tendency to blog about my day.

First off, I have that one Hannah Montana song in my head. "You've got the Best of Both Worlds..." Maybe its because Jaybe's watching Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel right now.

Well my Memorial Day has been really eventful. The first half of the day was spent at my Grandmas house. There was a lot of food from BBQ, steak, korean Bbq, hamburgers, hot dogs, rice! hahah Lastnight, me and Jaybe even made some bread pudding and macarroni salad. It was really fulfilling. Omg and seriously! I just realized I need to really get a new digital camara! My blog has become so boring ever since we broke our cam. It has no recent pictures! But back to our Memorial Day, the Deuce, Jaybe, and I even headed out to play tennis for a couple hours. I even did the whole thing with playing shirtless at the park! lolz what a sexual experience! jk.

The second half of the day was spent at Shellister's house. She made us hamburgers, steak and maccarroni salad as well. Afterwards, we headed upstairs to her room and watched like hella old skewl videos when we were in high school. We watched our competition show from when we were in showchoir, and Jaybe got to see the old me. Yuck! I was like seriously dark and eww. But it was fun because it was a chance to look back.

So I got back home, and I was going through my regular routine online: check the blog, check my email, then check up on Britney on BREATHEHEAVY. So it turns out that the author of BREATHEHEAVY has made a myspace. He is actually one of the cutest white boys I've ever seen. He totally reminds me of Aaron Carter. These are the two of him shirtless. AHH!!

But then again, it makes me wonder how a guy so young like that gets all the new and scandalous info on Britney. Hmm..

CELEBRITY OF THE DAY
POLO RAVALES

TACTOLOGY IN PHOTOGRAPHY

Me and Jaybe playing with colors. <3

Orlando Bloom at His Best!

2007-05-27T14:52:00.000-07:00

So after watching Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, I have come to a thoughtful conclusion. I realized how masculine Orland Bloom can really be, yet isn't portrayed that way in his work. I remember when I first watched Troy, also starring Brad Pitt, Orlando was portrayed as a pretty boy, who was a "Lover and not a Fighter."

To me he's actually quite an item! He has the great looks, a hot body, and I'm sure his personality can even be a teaser. I remember reading the May 07 issue of GQ (or was it Details) Magazine. Included was a personal interview with Orlando. The writer used descriptive words when he was trying to describe the setting of the interview. Taking place on a rooftop building in West Hollywood and overlooking the city of Los Angeles, he mentioned how good it was to finally "sit down and enjoy not worrying about what's going to happen tomorrow."

That must have been a really good feeling. I mean he has been continuously working since the first Lord of the Rings has come out, and that was more than 4 years ago. I respect him not only as a celebrity, but as a person. His life resume continues to grow, just as his personal life is remaining consistent and out of the crazy tabloids. If I had the choice to become any Hollywood celebrity (besides Britney Spears), I would love to be Orlando Bloom.

On top of that, the third installment of Pirates of the Caribbeans was actually a great movie. Considering that I watched the 11:45pm showing on its second night, I was excited for the plot. It kept me alive and wondering "What is going to happen next?" The movie focused less on Johnny Depp and his role as the Almighty Captain Jack Sparrow, and pointed its gear more on Orlando Bloom's Will Turner and his "not-so-great relationship with Keira Knightly or his father. The effects were amazing, somewhat believable, and the locations of where they filmed it must have been an adventure. I remember watching the second Pirates on the Disney Cruise Line last year and how effective the ship and it's rocking movement added to the movie. On the other hand, watching it on land made it seem like watching any other movie.

CELEBRITY OF THE DAY:
ORLANDO BLOOM

Pinoy Gay Blogs

2007-05-25T17:56:00.000-07:00

I was going through some of my community pages on MyBlogLog and I fell into this guy's page. He was a member of the Pinoy Gay Blogs. So I decided to check it out and see what that was about.

Anyway. It has the same concept as any other blog community except its made for the PINOY people and the GAY/BISEXUAL community. So yeah I decided to be apart of it.

If you haven't already, check it out @ http://www.pinoygayblogs.com

SWEAT. MOIST. HEAT.

2007-05-25T17:11:00.000-07:00

Sweat. Moist. Heat.

The three words that describe my body right now. I just finished running outside with my bro. It was worth it! We normally run around 5 or 6 in the evening, but today we started running around 4. It was more hot outside, meaning more sweat, meaning more calories are burned! Anyway, I had this urge to take off my shirt while running, but then I still felt self conscious of a little flab that some bystanders/drivers would see. Eh, maybe next time. Ahh, I'm still sweating, I could feel the drips going down my chest and my face. And this is going to be a continued excercise for the desired figure I was hoping on acheiving before I head out to the Philippines. Oh, and thank goodness we bought more water today. These Aquafina stuff totally cools me down.

Plans for the evening would be to watch PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END with Shellister and Minji. We were hoping on heading to Downtown Disney to watch it to, ya know, get the whole Walt Disney experience. But we'll see how it goes.

Oh yeah..

I got my pictures in my email this morning from the professional photographers at the graduation ceremony from Wednesday evening. Out of all, this was the best:

I'm planning on buying one of those frames where it has the tassel all hanging on the side. Blah!

TACTOLOGY IN PHOTOGRAPHY

Me and Cherylster at Rage in West Hollywood, CA. circa 2005

BRITNEY CAUGHT LIP SYNCING

2007-05-25T00:50:00.000-07:00

Britney did it again! No matter how much I love my BRIT, I just can't seem to ignore even the worst news about her. So this one was published a couple days ago by EGOTASTIC and I barely read this piece of info today. I even watched the video and its funny how you see Britney turning around at the time of the skipping to avoid exposure and even doing the step and clap move. They say its a !class act, but I call it pure entertainment. No matter what happens to her, she still empowers my world! Go Britney!

Heres the Video

MUSIC BLOGS?

2007-05-25T00:21:00.000-07:00

I was browsing more blogs earlier today and I fell into this dude's music blog. I never even knew there was such things as a music. Actually I think it's a website where you can listen to music, watch videos, and blog about pretty much anything you want. Check it out at Chubibo. Yeah this guy had some pretty good songs that I never heard of. Yet, at the same time he had songs that I haven't heard since junior hign and listening to them totally brought me back there. But I also put use to his list by jotting down songs that would complement Jaybe's sister's Debut that shes having this August.

In speaking of her Debut, if any of you know ANY songs that are DEBUT-related, or even having a girl to womanhood type of a theme, that would be great! Let me know! I totally would love that as a feedback.

CELEB OF THE DAY

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

NEW PLACE. NEW HAIRCUT. NEW LIFE?

2007-05-22T18:30:00.000-07:00

As much as I've been holding back from blogging about anything, I can't resist knowing the fact that my ratings are dropping. It's not important that it gets high, but it's just important how un-informed the world is of my life. I feel like I'm giving the impression that I'm a very boring person, when in reality, I'm simply not. I'll try to take the time to recap my actions, jot down my thoughts, relive my dreams, and above all, reach for the stars!

So that was my thought 2 minutes ago. Here are my thoughts right now.

Ahhhh! One more day until my graduation ceremony!! Excited are we? Sure. So today was the beginning, yet the end of something new. Make sense? Well, I got the chance to actually get in the "running" mood. I ran 7 laps at the school's track and boy, did that feel good. I picked up my graduation robes too. I expected them to be black like any other colleges, but these robes are actually the same as my high school alma mater's, a dark navy blue. Tooshay!

I also got my haircut. Turns out, my original hair stylist of 2 years was fired for lack of attendance and no shows. So this was the first time in the 2 years where I had to try someone new to do my hair. I expected it to be chaotic, but it was actually pretty good. Her name is Susan (in case I forget in the near future) and she was also just as cute! Before I got there, I pictured Susan to be a fat latina women. I don't know why. Probably because every single Susan I've met in my 22 years of existence were always on the heavy side. But yeah, she did't straighten my hair as Jorge, my original hairstylist, would. Shabby but just as nice!

Like any other event, there would be pictures included in the post but I still didnt manage to fix the camara or purchase a new one. I am so in lack of funds right now. Yikes!

Oh My God! So yesterday was a really big day for me and Jaybe! We headed down to San Diego to go apartment hunting in the areas between our schools for next fall. Let me tell you, the customer service between each landlord should seriously get more work! There were a couple of times where we had to wait like no other, with me making random thoughts that this is discrimination! But that was just a random thought. No seriuosly, it wasn't until after we left where the filipino lady followed us to our car asking for any assistance. She was even willing to give us a tour. But I already started the car and I'm sure I did not want to come out again. So she left her business card and Wa La!

But bottom line is that we found a perfect place. It wasn't in our itinerary but it caught our attention just as we were going to head back home. The place is on a hill and overlooks a large part of this San Diego city and is surrounding by retail, restaurants, entertainment, and other small businesses. The apartment representive was extremely nice. She gave us the tour and even ASKED the people after us to wait while she gave that tour. (The other representitives in the other apartments didn't give us that treatment). But anyway, we saw the midsize one bedroom apartment and it was beautiful. Although it was furnished and completely modeled, we knew that we could rock a better interior design! It was spacious and the rent price wasn't that bad. Since it was too early in the season to determine an availability for August, we just added ourselves to the waiting list, at no charge! Oh yeah, ammenities include a large pool, a big gym and workout room, a private theater, an internet cafe, and a cabana room where we can throw private parties! To add to it, when we were signing our application, we saw two young boys working out in the weight room shirtless and sweating! They were like two little twinks you'd love to see online. What a tease! But yeah, we're going to wait on that one and hopefully that will be the place where Jaybe and I will settle. LOVE IT!

We even got to look at our schools where we'll be attending in the Fall. Jaybe was a little overwhelmed by the process of admission at his school, but we were supportive. He even had to take the entrance exam and him being so smart, did so well! He only had 13 minutes to answer a 50 question math and english test. Out of 25 he answered, 23 were right! And he had to get 18 correct. Once again, he made me proud! So hopefully that works out for him.

It seems really quiet and cold outside. San Diego weather was just as depressing yesterday. It didn't really help with the excitment because the whole day was gloomy. I'm typing shirtless wearing nothing but my plaid boxers. The window is open and the room is cold. It feels good with the breeze running agains every hidden part of the body. Ya'lls should try that sometime. What to do now? I'll see ya in a few.

RANDOM PICTURE OF THE DAY

Me, Arnel, Kyle, and Johnster with an unlikely photograph somewhere in 2005.

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5 DAY UPDATE: I'M STILL ALIVE

2007-05-19T15:01:00.000-07:00

Whoa! 5 Days and no blogging? Now thats a hardship!

The past few days were actually quite eventful. Lets see, I've had a straight week of tech rehearsal for our dance performance, my cuzin graduated yesterday and we celebrated, lastnight was our opening night, and today is our closing night for our faculty dance production!

I have so much to talk about, I just dont know where to start. But bottom line: I made new friends in my dance class who are all pretty cool in some nature. As I mentioned a few posts ago, I will be celebrating my gradutuation next week. My cuzin Dean graduated yesterday from California State University, Dominguez Hills with a major in Communications and a minor in Advertising. Totally Proud of that guy! It was good to see a lot of our relatives coming out to the ceremony to see him walk. Loved it! We had a lunch reception at a nice Hawaiian Infusion themed restaurant in downtown LA. It was called ROYS and it was awesome! I'm definately going back there.

Ahh my laptop battery is dying and I'm too lazy to go to my room to get my charger. I'll repost more later. Till then, ta ta!

TACTOLOGY IN PHOTOGRAPHY

Me somewhere introducing the Wynn Hotel somewhere in 2005.

CELEBRITY SHOWDOWN

2007-05-14T16:13:00.000-07:00

I was going through my old CELEBS archive and found this.

These were my favorite celebs at the time, and typically the celebs that I tend to update myself with, mostly regarding the gossips and all. I'm thinking of adding a CELEBRITY of the Day blog and label everytime I post. So come back to see some rare pictures of those who we love to be, or hate to avoid. Love it!

THE DAY OF THE MOMMIES

2007-05-14T15:21:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BELATED MOTHERS DAY!

So yesterday was the DAY OF THE MOMMIES! For me, it started as a morning workout. Me, the Deuce, and my sis headed to the park to play some tennis. Since I haven't played tennis for the previous two days, it was a great workout for me. After about 2 hours, yeah we wook up at 6 that morning, we headed to the flower shop to by our mom some flowers. We ended up getting her this nice arrangement of red roses that were exclusively accented with glitter. They were all gathered in a modern rectangular vase, but of course, had all the Mother's Day decor. We headed back home and surprised her with that along with those huge greeting cards. She loved it, and we loved watching her read all the individuals each one of us throughfully wrote.

The who day basically involved family. First, we headed to my aunt's house where we had a small shindig. The food was different. They made mexican dishes such as tacos, carnitas and chicken, chips and salsa, taguitos, and so on. But they there was also arroz caldo which was so good, better than the ones you buy at the filipino restaurants here. yum!

After lunch, my lil rebel cuz, bernie premeiered her new grand piano that my aunt and uncle bought for her. This girl is like 13 and she is a pro with the piano. I'm glad she carried on the talent of music. Anyway, I asked if she knew how to play Rent's "Season of Love" and she did. So there I was singing, not the greatest, but hey it was still good! That song led to more songs from Coldplay to Keane. I think she's a pretty fun girl with some type of a hidden dark side but I love it. Reminds me a me..sorta.

After hanging out a bit in the house, it was finally time to head over to Glendale where we were going to celebrate with Jaybe's fam bam. My mom ironically had work that night as well as having to work overtime. Anyhoo, as I was driving there, the sun reflecting towards my eyes made me so drowsy. I was seriously at that point where I needed to close my eyes and lie down. But with Jaybe being silly and singing to all the iPod tunes, we played it safe.

We ended up cooking dinner for Jaybe's family. We made fried chicken, filipino spaghetti, and vanilla and chocolate brownies. It was a really good dinner actually. I got to bond more with Jaybe's younger cousins as well as her sister, who was going through some hard times with her boyfriend. It was a full day filled with lots of emotions, but being there as a friend and guest hopefully set everything at a good mood. We even got to play Bonkers with Jaybes cousins and mom. Good way to spend Mother's Day with them.

I was planning on going to San Marcos today with my mom to show her around the area. I'm supposedly planning on attending Cal State University, San Marcos whether or not I get admitted into thier nursing program. But yeah, my older bro took the 4 runner to work, and that was the car we were relying on using. So now were here bored as a mofo!

Oh yeah! Jaybe talked to his mom yesterday about life and his plans with school. Since I'm planning on moving to San Diego, Jaybe was planning on attending an LVN Nursing program there as well. He was just unsure if his mom would accept that. So yesterday he had the chance to talk about that with her, and she said he could move in with me. Since we already live together, I'm the arrangement wasn't going to be a problem. It's all in the matter of rent money, pocket money, and just having money where we fall out. But we always find our way out of everything. So its official, me and Jaybe will be moving to San Diego! Were already in the midst of finding a nice apartments. We already found some good ones online, but were still planning on heading down there to observe evertyhing! Whoa! looks like there's going to be changes in the next couple of months. Love it!

Now regarding pictures. Our digital camara broke last week. This only means that there probably wont be any recent pictures up until we fix the cam or buy a new one. Any new camaras we should know about and invest in? We had a sony, and I'm still leaning on keeping it that way, but were open to all suggestions.

I guess thats all for now. I hope everyone had an excting Mother's Day as much as we had! I Love my MOM!

TACTOLOGY SOON TO BE GRADUATE

2007-05-10T18:40:00.000-07:00

Whoop Dee Doo. So its official! I AM GRADUATING! Since my CPR class ended early today, I had extra time to go verify my graduation status. I already received most of the graduation ceremony information, but I just wanted to make sure that I am getting a diploma. So yes, on May 23rd of this May, I will be receiving my Associate of Arts Degree in Pre-Nursing. Hey, it’s better than nothing. And don’t worry; I’m still going to reach for my Bachelor of Science, Nursing degree one day.

On top of the whole graduating thing, I also ended up buying a Fullerton College sweater. Since I’ve been attending FJC for 2 years, I decided that I wanted to buy a Fullerton sweater. So, from the options that they had at the bookstore, I had to choose between three different colors; black, red, and blue. Now the black had to be eliminated only because they didn’t have a small. So now it was narrowed down to red or blue? I knew that the blue was a typical color for any college sweater, and since I had this vision or should I say, feeling of wanting a red hooded sweater, I ended up choosing the red. It was ironic, because I wasn’t able to find the red sweater until Jaybe found it in the back of all the other reds. We thought that someone was trying to hide that small from me! But woo hoo!

On top of that, I also bought my graduation announcements. I’m so lame. I know that getting an Associate’s Degree isn’t really a big thing, especially from where I come from. But hey, we all live once and not a lot of people can say that they have an Associate, right? Like I asked my friend Lerissa and Kat what they thought and they weren’t too fond with the whole “walking for an Associate.” But on the other hand, there’s this girl in my yoga class who said that she’s planning on traveling to Europe once she gets her AA. It’s like, getting her AA was her lifelong goal! I don’t know. That’s why I’m considering getting this degree as a stepping stone, and hopefully one day get that BS! Yea baby Yea!

So just for fun and to you dirty readers out there. I was in the midst of writing the second paragraph of this post, until I was interrupted for playing a few games of tennis with my bro and Jaybe. I ended up leaving the laptop on. When we came back, Jaybe headed straight for the laptop and ended up finishing my paragraph. Its a little too graphic for our nature and if your under 18, I’d cover your eyes. Here it goes…

On top of the whole graduating thing, I also ended up buying a Fullerton College sweater. I walked into the room and I saw Jaybe with this other guy. At first I was shocked but then I noticed that the guy under my boyfriend was none other than Sam Milby. So instead of getting mad, I joined in. To my surprise, they told me to wait my turn so I just sat at the foot of the bed watching my boyfriend fuck Sam Milby. When they finally finished, they told me to to take off all my clothes and lay down with my ass on the air. Sam Milby forced his dick inside my tight hole while my boyfriend shoved his big dick in my mouth.
Yeah.

He’s horny and silly like that.

IMAGINE THE POSSIBLITIES!

2007-05-10T15:06:00.000-07:00

Whoop Dee Do.

love - jb

MAY 9 HOROSCOPE

2007-05-09T14:34:00.000-07:00

Aquarius
January 20 - February 17
You are in a terrific position right now to make a significant move in your life, dear Aquarius. With a great deal of physical energy coupled with incredibly high self-esteem, you have what it takes to make a major push toward the larger goals you are striving for. There is opportunity coming at you from all angles, and the energy at hand is fast and furious. Your strong, courageous nature is ripe for hopping aboard the open boxcar when the train comes zooming by.

Reading this sort of gave me a positive sense as to what my future has in store for me. All that positive energy and higher self-esteem are two big things that I really need to hold on, especially if I want to go where I am destined to be. Even though my feelings right now aren't at its greatest, I know that everything will still pull through.

God, I have a lot to do today. Most importantly, I reallny need to start my personal statement essay for Cal State San Bernardino's Nursing Program. I've been cutting it off lately, but I think today would be the perfect day to do that.

Oh and me and Jaybe are planning on washing our dogs today, ChIP and ABER! Its been a while since they had thier last wash! Too long actually!

This is CHIP when we first saw him at the shelter. Its his darn eyes we fell in love with!

And this is ABERCROMBIE, (ABER for short). Yeah he may look like a girl, but he is owned by two gay boys!

NO GAS ON MAY 15th 2007

2007-05-08T14:19:00.000-07:00

Don't pump gas on MAY 15th

In April 1997, there was a "gas out" conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.

On May 15th 2007, all internet users are to not go to a gas station
in protest of high gas prices. Gas is now over $3.00 a gallon in most
places.

There are 73,000,000+ American members currently on the internet network, and the average car takes about 30 to 50 dollars to fill up. If all users did not go to the pump on the 15th, it would take $2,292,000,000.00 (that's a almost 3 BILLION ) out of
the oil companies pockets for just one day, so please do not go to the gas station on May 15th and lets try to put a dent in the Middle Eastern oil industry for at least one day.

If you agree (which I cant see why you wouldn't resend this to all your contact list. With it saying, ''Don't pump gas on May 15th"

SAM MILBY

2007-05-08T10:39:00.000-07:00

I was viewing my BLOG LINKAGE and I came across a photo slide show from FILIPINO HUNKS. We need more guys to look like Sam, including myself! I mean, he's a very handsome guy, and from the fact that he's an All American, it shows that its possible for some of us to be filipino stars. Oh well, that would be a great thing.

Learn and Earn More About Sam Milby at Mr-Milby

WHAT IS DESTINY?

2007-05-07T18:31:00.000-07:00

I’ve been thinking. What is destiny? Is destiny something that you want? Is it something that you need? Is it a future or even a place? Is it the state of realizing that wherever you start today, manifests into where you’ll be tomorrow? What is it? I’ve been thinking about my destiny. I’ve been thinking about where I’ll be, let alone, who I’ll be.

I know one thing for sure. I know that I want to be successful. I want to finish and graduate from college and at the same time, experience my remainder days in college. I want to have a stable and well-paying career, and at the same time, happiness. As of right now, I’m heading towards becoming a registered nurse. That’s my primary goal. In a matter of 4 years, I’ve attended two different colleges and switched between two different majors. I live off the edge. I’ve been successful consecutively since my days as a child. But that was then, and this is now.

As I’ve mentioned earlier, I will one day become a nurse. I’ve been committed to reach this goal, since I’ve realized what I do today, extremely matters into whom I am and what I’ll be. In this case I continue, to search for my destiny. I already found a part of life, I believe is an important ingredient to the purpose of life, Love. I’ve been committed with Jaybe for a little over two years, and within these past few years of knowing him, I’ve learned so much about how love works, and how to relate it with life. He’s been completely supportive with everything I believe and everything I’ve represented. He has watched me grow from being so dependent upon others, only to help me rely more on myself. I know that destiny has brought him to me as much as it has brought me to him. Love is something we’ve created and experienced and we both know that everyday should be celebrated with eachother’s love.

Another part that makes me question destiny is happiness. Will someone’s destiny always bring him or her happiness? What if someone was destined to fail? What if they were destined to commit a terrible crime and live off life in between the cracks and crevices of the earth? I want to have a happy and satisfying destiny. I don’t want to survive life without the thrill of waking up in the morning knowing what I’ll be doing or who I’ll be waking up next to. I know that the presence of family makes one’s life work. Although relationship tend to fade or scratch, I hope that my relationship with my family remains in true connection. That would be happiness. Distance can grow, but attachment can remain. Ever since I was a kid, I carried a strong attachment with my family. This is part of the reason why I’ve become so dependent with others, I guess. Either way, it’s a mold on how I became who I am today.

That felt good. It felt good thinking about life and where I want my destiny to be. Even though I still wont know where I’ll be in the next few years, decades, or lifetime, I hope I remain being myself. Jaybe always reminds me how important I am to him and that alone makes me feel special for being myself. Wow. Thinking about that made me think of an equation. Life + Love = Destiny. Hmm. I guess that is true in this context. You cant live life without love. And If you take away love from your destiny, life will left alone. It all makes sense in the end.

WE ATE, SIPPED, PLAYED, UNO!

2007-05-06T15:36:00.000-07:00

So I officialy have a problem typing blogs on this laptop. It seems that everytime I start a new blog, I tend to accidently highlight the whole entry on the little fingerpad, and OOPS delete everthing! This is my second attempt.

Okay, so I was talking about my Thursday night. It all started out when I got a missed call from Kristin. A couple minutes passed and then Minji called. Turns out we were going to hang out! Excited! Now what to do? We made plans to meet up at BANANA BAY in Rowland Heights, CA. And afterwards, after months of waiting, watch the premier of SPIDERMAN 3!!

So we met up at banana bay. Shellister was there first since she went straight from work. Me and Jaybe got there next, then Kristin and finally Minji. We even had to order for Minji, only because we were all hungry, and knowing how busy that place gets, we knew it was the best thing.

I ordered beef pad see ew, which was totally out of the ordinary for me since I tend to order more than just one entry. Jaybe ordered the fried pork chop with rice and a thai iced tea. Oh and I got my fav drink, pineapple juice. Yum! We all shared fried wonton and fried calamari as our appetizers. I regret not taking pixes of our food, but we go to that restaurant a lot, so that’s no biggy. It was a really good dinner because we all got to catch up with everybody’s lives!

After dinner, we were all suppose to go to the theaters and watch Spiderman 3 but….

Kristin and Michaele refused! Ahh. Nope that was just dramatic. They basically had to wake up early tomorrow, and knowing that the movie was more than 2 hours, it was totally understandable. So instead, since Minji already bought the tickets for us, we just went back there and switch those tickets for a Friday night show. It was going to be fine.

While we were there, we saw the movie trailor for THE SIMPSONS MOVIE. And since it was one of the most creative trailors that we’ve ever seen, why not take a picture with it?

After we got our new movie stubs, we still realized how young the night was. Me, Minji, and Jaybe ended up craving some boba, so we went to TEN REN’S in Rowland Heights and decided to dine in there. Since the environment there is very trendy and youthful, might as well make it fun for us too.

Since Minji is korean and cool like that, she for some odd reason, had a UNO cards and a deck of playing cards in her purse. IT WAS GAME NIGHT! Lolz

I ordered an Amazon Teaser, which is a blend of boba and some other exotic fruits. Jaybe ordered a regular black iced tea, and Minji ordered the hot black tea. For the heck of it, we also ordered some sweet toast, just to get the game started!

First we played UNO using Minji’s Care Bear cards. Since its been a while since either of us played uno, we had to look at the directions and re-read everything. But when the game started we all got so into it.

After a few games, we picked up the playing cards. These cards were a little unique only because their STARBUCKS game cards (note to the readers: Minji has been a Starbucks employee since we were in high school together almost 4 years ago. ) and those cards were I think 3 years old? Good timing to use them huh?

So we ended up playing Pusoy Dos aka. Big 2. For some odd reason, I kept winning at 2nd place. Minjia and Jaybe kept switching for 1st and 3rd and vice versa. It was funny because I kept teasing to them that I average at a 2nd place level, but they teased me that I was 3rd place because I never get 1st. Boo to them! Haha

Our old friend, Lisa, came by to say hi. It was really good seeing her although it was so random. I remember I had a crush on her in elementary school. Ahh, those little innocent days. But yeah back to the game! Lolz

Our waiter was pretty cute, so in the end we asked him to take our picture and this was what it looked like.

On the way to the door, I also got to see Clara, which was another friend I knew back in high school. I was actually in the same grade as her older sister, but Clara is too cute to not to be considered.!

We basically called it a night after that. Since Jaybe had a Disney orientation the next morning, we had to fill the car up with gas. I was a little low on the money, so I asked my mom for her card and she gave me a 20. Still good still good.

PLUBLOG!

2007-05-03T16:22:00.000-07:00

So I ended up typing this whole blog, but gosh darn it, I accidentally erased it! AHHH that was a first!

Anyway, what I mentioned earlier was that I joined this new blog ring site. It's not your typical site only because it focuses mainly on the LGBT Community. Its called PLUBLOGS and its a site where you can be informed for more than just reading other people's blog from around the world. The main categories that I'm into is the FASHION and ENTERTAINMENT, and the SEX and RELATIONSHIP categories, only because those two apply to me the most I guess.

I hope that if you have not already, check it out and get the chance to read about what others are saying, feeling, thinking, experiencing about within the LGBT community. Then we can all say that we relate somehow.

Oh, and theres also a photo blog, which contains 18+ adult material which some of you might be interested in as well. HAHA

As for me, I'm going to take a nice nap with the boo boo. I think he fell asleep already waiting for me. blah.!

Just an old random pix of myself with Jaybe's cute fedora hat.

THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH!!!

2007-05-02T21:01:00.000-07:00

Yup thats right! D-I-S-N-E-Y-L-A-N-D!!! Haha I so did not have to spell that out for you. But yesterday was a fun day for JBX. Right after class, me and Jaybe headed to eat lunch with our good friend SA. Turns out that our hip hop class is losing its fate by letting us out early, let alone not dancing at all.

But anyway, after eating a kids beef bowl at Yoshinoya, we headed straight to the Disneyland in Anaheim, CA. Well we did have a main intention of going there besides to have fun. Last saturday, Jaybe auditioned for the California Disney's Electrical Parade. Sadly, he didnt make the final cut for that parade. Instead, he got the part to play a baker for one of the summer's pre-parade routines! I think that is going to be so cute, my boo boo playing a baker. Can't wait to see him perform before I head out to the PIs.

So yeah, we had to go to the Disney Cast Members building so that Jaybe had to sign some paperwork. I didnt really know if I was allowed to go in so I ended up staying in the car and playing Super Mario on his Nintendo DS and taking random pictures of me.

So around 4ish, we finally got to go. It was so sad, because in order for them to take Jaybe's picture, he had to take of both of his earrings. Poor boo. I love him either way.

Now it was a decision whether or not we should go to Disneyland first or California Disney. We chose our hometown, CALIFORNIA ADVENTURES, since they closed at 6 and Disneyland closed at 8.

We ended up riding the California Screamin' since we knew that was going to be a fun ride for sure! The wait wasnt even that long, it took us about 15 minutes or less to go on. It was so fun, I still got the thrill from the high speed.

Afterwards, we noticed what a good day yesterday was. Like the weather wasnt too warm, nor too cool. Maybe because it was the time of the day? Either way, we were silly-er after our first ride.

We didn't really know what ride to go on next. I was heading for the ferris wheel but Jaybe was still a little frightened of rides that keep you in air for a long time. So cute. So we went on the "kiddie ride" Golden Zephyr. Seriously, that ride looked kiddie but even I was scared since it had like sudden turns on at a high altitude. Afterwards, we decided to hop over to Disneyland since we didn't want to waste our day. But beforehand, Jaybe wanted to take some pictures at the infamous C-A-L-I-F-O-R-N-I-A letters. He took a picture with the "R" since thats his first initial and it took him a couple times just to get the right shot!

He ended up loving the one of him hugging his "R"

I was going to pass on taking a picture, but he urged me to take my "C" So I stood on it.

On the way to the park, he decided to take some random picture of me. But I thought I looked hot so I'll that to this.

Our first ride in the park was INDIANA JONES! First good news was that we waited 5 minutes to get on. Seriously I felt as if no one was there, or we were just getting the good rides with the least amount of waiting time. The ride was fun, we sat on the front he had the steering wheel, but then again he always does =P

We had the munchies afterwards, so Jaybe bought some ice cream. It was perfect timing because I was at that point of wanting to sit down for 5 minutes. So we just overlooked the Fantasmic lake and watching the little duckies. Through time, we just kept on getting hungry.

After that round of snacks, we reached the main castle and we were shocked by how small it actually is. We remembered when we were at Florida last summer and how much bigger the castle is in Disneyworld. So we sat down and took more silly pictures.

The next ride we went to was Alice in Wonderland since its been a while for the both of us to ride that. It was the same, colorful, and youthful. We came up with the idea to make Roxine, Jaybes younger sister to have a Alice in Wonderland theme for her debut and call it ROX IN Wonderland. We texted her the idea and she opposed. So then we went to the Storybook ride, yeah that one with the sperm whale. Jaybe never been on that ride so I wanted to show him what it was all about. That ride was actually the only ride where we had to wait the longest. Ironic wouldnt you think? He thought it was cute, only because of the little structures of all the Disney locations and characters.

MATTERHORN was next! (finally) and yeah we had our own bobsled! He took the front cuz I called rear! lolz. Makes me question if he'd prefer the front now. hmm.

Afterwards we wanted to go to the BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ride, but the line seemed too long. So we noticed that STAR TOURS had a 5 minute wait and decided to go there. Oh and we skipped SPACE MOUNTAIN because we knew that the parade was going to start within the next half hour and we really didnt want to miss that.

After STAR TOURS, we tried to find a good spot for the parade. I think the theme was THE THOUSAND DREAMS PARADE. Cute. It has a fancy touch to it. But yeah, we didnt find a bench for us to sit on, so we sat on those little green gates that run along Main St. Again, we got the munchies, so Jaybe went to go find us a vendor that sold churros...while I stood waiting like a princess..

Till he finally came...

And we were still hungered, so...

He bought cotton candy, and got me...

Frozen Lemonade!! I wanted a water, but he told me that they werent selling water at the vendor he went to. Still Good Still Good!!

So the parade finally started! Jaybe was quite a little annoyed because there were people who were pushing in front of us. And there was also this handicapped old dude on a wheelchair who was hitting Jaybe with a balloon. I couldn't help but laugh but poor boo. The fun part was the parade though. Jaybe said that I look like PINOCCHIO!! I took it as a compliment!

Then I saw my favorite Disney Princess, Belle, so I had to get this one. Too bad she wasnt looking at the camara though.

Once the parade ended, we were trying to beat the traffic towards the exit. Since it was only two of us and everyone else had large families, we got out pretty darn quick. We headed back home just in time for dinner where mommy cooked us some nilaga. It was so tasteful because it's been a while since my mom cooked, period! And then we had a great night ending it with some SEE'S CANDIEs that we bought on monday.

GREAT DAY FOR A TUESDAY, HUH?!

SOCIAL HOLLYWOOD

2007-05-01T22:48:00.000-07:00

Its official! I'm a blog addict. Not only am I browsing through the pages of other fellow bloggers, I already think about what I'll be blogging about as the day proceeds, and apparently, it seems as if I blog events 1-2 days after it occurs. This only means that everytime I blog is a few days late. I'll try working on that so that I could blog more current events.

So Social Hollywood? This is the venue and upscale Morrocan restaurant off Sunset Blvd where we celebrated one of our good friend's 24th birthday. The celebrant? Mr. Jason Tadeo. I have known him through my cuzin, since they've been childhood friends since the beginning of time.

Dinner was reserved for 6:15 in the evening, but since me and Jaybe were coming from the Walnut Hills and taking a pre-photosession in the car on the way there, we were expected to be late. Now keeping in mind that this was a surprise dinner, little did I know of what the exact plans were. It turns out, while Ryan [Jason's boyfriend] was planning an intimate dinner consisting of only two of them, Jason wasn't suppose to know that there was a pool of guests waiting for him. As me and Jaybe pulled up to the valet, BOOM I saw Ryan and Jason and me being so retarded, I ended up waving to Jason. THERE GOES THE SURPRISE! Right away, Ryan called Dean and Dean called me telling me the surprised was ruin. DARNIT! That sort of set my mood up for the dinner.

The Celebrant Jason and His Boyfriend Ryan.

Dinner was actually quite festive! The menu consisted of fine dishes and I did not know where I'd start. So I started off with a drink. It seems that the spirit of the evening was the Promegranite Run which was Cruzan light rum and promegranite juice mixed with sweet soda and a splash of sweetened lemon juice. It was fab! Just perfect! Not too alchy and not too lite at the same time.

I ordered the Pan Roasted Salmon with braised artichokes, sunchokes, celery and truffles. It was delicious! Since it was salmon, I knew that it would be nice and juicy, yet cooked to a slight crip!

Jaybe ordered the Roasted Chicken Breast and Chicken Leg Morrocan Cigars, couscous with dried fruits and nuts. His dish didnt really top off the roasted chicken from the Storyteller's Cafe in The California Disney Resort, but it was still delicious.

I got to try some other dishes that the others ordered such as the Filet Mignon with lobster bordelaise as well as the Mac and Cheese side dish. They, too, were delicious.

For dessert, the entire party shared the sampler platter which had 4 different types of their special desserts including a well-lit creme brulet. I didnt really get the chance to try everything but the arrangement was pretty. lolz.

Then the waiter gave the bill, which was creatively placed in a cute black ceramic lady's pump. I thought it was so cute, Ryan ended up taking the damn thing, and now I'm using it as a paperweight. Interesting enough, I love how I ended up using it instead of just ignoring it and giving it to my mom.

I ended up paying about $170 for me and Jaybe. Although we were estimated to pay about $100, it didnt really matter since we were there to celebrate a good friend's birthday. And since I didn't carry any cash, I'm glad my cuzin was there to help out with the valet. thanks cuz! haha. I was even short on tipping the guy, even since he had to wait a little longer for me to realize the car was out. He was all, "HURRY UP BLACK BENZ!" I ended up tipping him $1. YIKES!

We were suppose to join the party at THE ARCLIGHT and watch IN THE LAND OF WOMEN. But, due to our high bill, we passed and called it a night.

So that was our night. Not really.

Once we got home, me and Jaybe ended up playing with the camara and did some type of a photoshoot. Hey, we were stunning that night! Haha. Here were some of the best...

So that was our SOCIAL HOLLYWOOD experience. I totally recommend that place to anyone who are in the wills of trying something new. If you like modern restaurants and are willing to pay a lot for a little, (excellent customer service), then go for it!

Top: Me, Cuzin Dean, Jaybe Baby.
Bottom: Ryan, Jason
Compliments to Sara for taking the picture.

A TACTOLOGY PROPOSAL

2007-04-29T23:25:00.000-07:00

I was thinking of making a TACTOLOGY ICON. I wanted something fancy, yet modern. I was leaning towards something that was more retro and colorful, but I decided that being black and white would make it a little more dramatic. So here it is, The new Tactology icon.

BRITNEY SHOPS AND SLIMS

2007-04-29T21:52:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, April 28, Britney shops in between her upbeat dance rehearsals and progressing recording sessions. Here she is shown strolling through the streets after shopping at Naked Baby Boutique.

I'm totally digging her slim body, but I'm still quite concerned about her style. I mean its cute and sassy, but a lil ronchy? I don;t know, what do you think?

Compliments of breatheheavy.com

ONE DAY BLOG SILENCE

2007-04-29T16:30:00.000-07:00

Silence can say more than a thousand words.

This day shall unite us all about this unbelievable painful & shocking event and show some respect and love to those who lost their loved ones.

On April 30th 2007, the Blogosphere will hold a One-Day Blog Silence in honor of the victims at Virginia Tech. More then 30 died at the US college massacre.

But it´s not only about them. Many bloggers have responded and asked about all the other victims of our world. All the people who die every day. What about them?

This day can be a symbol of support to all the victims of our world!

All you have to do is spread the word about it and post the graphic on your blog on 30th April 2007. No words and no comments. Just respect, reflect and empathy.

THE LANDLORD

2007-04-29T15:39:00.000-07:00

So I came back home lastnight and my sister told me to check out this video starring Will Farrell and a lil cutie. Check it out!

The Landlord

SHELLISTER'S 22ND BIRTHDAY

2007-04-29T14:10:00.000-07:00

So even though I'm about a month late (yet totally excusable because I didn't have this blog at the time), I think I'm about ready to blog about my Shellister's birthday dinner at Bucca Di Beppo at Brea, CA. Shellister, also known as my best friend since 1st grade, and I have been through so much together and on this night, April 6th we celebrate!

So the night started off when Me and Jaybe suprised Shell by picking her up for the dinner. We surprised her by bring a boa and a tiarra that she had to where the entire night. It was something different because it was called for unexpectedly! Surprise Shell!

Then we took a picture together in her house, just for the sake of taking a picture in her house! lolz

The bouquet of flowers that Shellister is holding was from me and Jaybe. It was an asian style themed bouquet meaning that it wa glittered and detailed for its youth and beauty. I thought they were beautiful and fit Shells because of its purple/lavender color.

Here's Kristen and I being silly. She knows she wants to kiss my sexiness! haha just kidding. I think she wanted a sip of the wine i was holding.

And here I am finally taking the sip. I dont exactly remember the name of the wine, but all I remember is that it was very light and crisp.

Theres the four of us being silly: shell, Jaybe, Me, and Kris.

Thats Me and Minji at the bar. Aren't they beauties!?

And this is our last picture together that night. Jaybe ended up going to RAGE, just in case you were wondering where he was. He was being missed!

This is the infamous picture of Shell busting a groove when we were singing her "Happy Birthday". She had to stand on the booth and CHA CHA! Good times, and the best!

Here's a video of it. Its pretty funny if you know Michaele like I do.

Happy 22nd Birthday BEST!

EXCLUSIVE: BRITNEY PERFORMING AT HOUSE OF BLUES

2007-04-28T16:03:00.000-07:00

Breatheheavy.com is the FIRST site to report this exclusive information:

"Britney will be playing the House of Blues in San Diego on May 1st, Anaheim on May 2nd, as well as the House of Blues on Sunset Strip on May 3rd. She is going under the bands name The M + M's."

Get your tickets!:
San Diego
Anaheim
Los Angeles on Sunset
Las Vegas

WE <3 SAN FRANCISCO

2007-04-28T11:37:00.000-07:00

I was going through my computer folders and photobucket and it made me feel like posting some SF stuff.

This was pretty recent. It was mine and Jaybe's first day at San Francisco. We <3 that place!

This was our last night there. Enjoyed Union Square with a warm Vanilla Teamer! We did the basics. Shoped, Dinned.

GO FULL HOUSE!! HAHA the first day we arrived there, we knew that was the first place we had to visit! It was so beautiful because that park overlooked a lot of the city.

Our First Night, we ate at a Diner a block from our hotel. It was good. I ordered a chilly cheese dog. and yup, thats me holding my pickle.

This ones a classic! The Golden Gate Bridge experience! hahaah yeah..We basically love to share our kisses, especially with ginormous monuments!

Me and the CUZIN!! Pulling our way through. ITS MINE BITCH!

The three of us! I think this was at ASIA SF! God we sexxxy!

I <3 My Cuzin! ITs okay, were only FIRST cuzins! hahaha.. ASIA SF brings a lot of fun!

Me and the cuz in front of Girradhelli chocolates!

Prepping Up for the PI's

2007-04-28T10:45:00.000-07:00

Its still 2 months before me and my family head out to the Philippines. I'm still quite psyched from the fact that this is my first time going there. As a result, I decided that I need to start getting ready for what life could be like there for a 3 week period. I know one thing for sure..I need to go SHOPPING!! I ended up buying these shorts at ExpressMen the other day. The fit was alright. It wasnt too baggy like all the other cargo shorts that I've been trying on.

Yeah. I ended up taking that image from Express Fashion website.

Now I have to find a shirt for it.

PHILIPPINES EXTRAVAGANZA TOUR 2007

2007-04-25T23:00:00.000-07:00

So I took the initiative to make our interary for this Summer's vacation to the Philippines. It's still quite raw, but the main points are there.

Hope it all works out!

BRITNEY'S BODY TONES UP

2007-04-24T22:35:00.000-07:00

In BRITNEY news, Breatheheavy reports that she is toning up for a nice bod! Today she worked out by busting some dancing moves at the MILLENIUM DANCE STUDIO in North Hollywood, Ca. Just by that picture alone, I know BRITNEY will come back with a BANG!

ASIA WINS TO BECOME THE NEXT PUSSYCAT DOLL

2007-04-24T22:11:00.000-07:00

So its official, Asia wins the competition. Boo Hoo. My favorite competitor was Chelsea but its all good! I was getting all ancy at the point where Melissa and Asia confronted each other in the bedroom. My favorite line that Asia said, "You need to go see a psychology." Yeah, I understand that she has a baby and all, but girl, you need to work on your speakin skills! HAH!

So this is the New Doll

ASIA

This is who everyone was WOOTING for

MELISSA

And this who I hoped would've won

CHELSEA

Now that the shows basically over, my Tuesday nights are free. Oh and as of yesterday, HEROES is back!! AHH That was my fav show before the PUSSYCAT DOLLS premiered!

LAWRY'S PRIME RIB EXPERIENCE

2007-04-22T19:55:00.000-07:00

The whole day yesterday was dedicated to celebrate Nate's achievement on passing the LVN State Boards. We've all been awaiting this night the entire week, and finally we can now saw that we all have a fascinating experience.

First off, me and the boys played another set of SCRABULOUS. I already forgot who one, or even lost! Probably me again. It was such a lazy day. Then we had a nice lunch at CAPITAL SEAFOOD RESTAURANT in Rowland Heights. Parking was a bitch as always. Nate even flicked this one dude off cuz he didn't let us pass. People can be so blah nowadays! Anyhoo, lunch was delicious as always at that place! I love chinese broccolli.

Then we headed back home chilled again. A lot of "doing nothings" this weekend. We all got into the whole WHO WANTS TO BE THE NEXT DOLL shindig on MTV. Well, it was the first time for my mom and christie to watch that. So basically, they were pretty much into it.

Evening came along, and we all decided to attend mass at ST. DENNIS in Diamond Bar. It was a really pretty church. I even took a picture of the waterfall outside the main entrance.

It was funny because instead of sitting in the actual part of the church, we ended up seating in those little rooms that were meant for babies to cry in. We basically watched mass through a huge window.

After mass, we headed to WHISKEY BARREL in Walnut and I bought some lotto tickets. One for saturday and one for tuesday. (yes i believe that one day I could have a few extra million dollars! (Later turns out that none of my numbers for saturday was drawn darnit!)

We got home, got all dressed up and cute-ified! I wore all black. I don't have a particular reason, I just felt like wearing all black could represent my simplicity for the evening. We took two cars: the Mercedes Benz C230 Kompressor and the Infinite G35. Hey, gotta represent ourselves somehow, right?!

Anyhoo. The venue was pretty. My first impression was WTF because as we all got out of our car (its valet only), we noticed all these young teenagers coming out of the restaurant. I swear they looked as if they were just 16 or 17, having one of them celebrate a birthday. Well, as we were waiting for our table, the valet dude pulled up a BENTLEY coupe. All I know is that a)that car costs over $100,000 and b)the owner must make bank! So yeah, guess who claims that car..one of those darn teenagers! Seriously, I thought I lived a blingy life as a young teen with my benz, but now I have nothing on that!

Dinner itself was amazing. I started off the celebration by announcing a toast in recognizing Nate, our celebrant. I basically mentioned and reminded everyone why we were there, to celebrate the Deuce on passing the boards. It was so great seeing everyone there all happy and proud, especially my mom.

Now for what we actually ate, I ordered the Lawrys Cut, which at first, I thought was going to be too fullfilling for me. I mean, you get the actual prime rib, which is already gynormous! And then you also get the mashed potatoes with gravy, but the best part was the cream of corn! That made everything so much better! Heres what it looks like.

We all knew we were quite full, especially Honeylyn, but you can't have a complete dinner without dessert! So, afer pondering through the dessert menu, we all made up our minds. Nate ordered the creme brulee and I ordered the Haagan Daaz hot fudge ice cream. That was delicous, even though it could be tricky, because most of the top of bowl was covered with whipped cream (making it seam like its all ice cream when it wasnt).

So we were all happy by the end of the night. How much was the dinner? Lets just say it was well worth it. I believe it was in the mid $300s. We even took some home.

After dinner, we drove to West Covina to go visit Candyl at work. Well actually, since she were to get out at midnight lastnight, Nate just wanted to surprise her and make sure that she got to her car safely. Something a nice bf would do. I mean, its West Covina! We got home, late night, and a good dinner. That was a great family-time saturday.

Oh and Minji came over to borrow my blue sleeping bag. (Random)

SCRABULOUS FRIDAY!

2007-04-20T17:37:00.000-07:00

So even though the weather is a bum. It's basically all wet outside, me and the Deuce decided to follow through a new and interactive hobby. Derived from the infamous SCRABBLE board game by Milton Bradley, we have now started the SCRABULOUS trend. We basically created our own user names and decided to play each other. But then again we also played others as well. This is sort of what it looks like when I played Nate (Canate).

Yea he beat me again.

Play me sometime! Username: ollieaber

Shall I Introduce Myself...

2007-04-18T17:10:00.000-07:00

So this is it. This is the part of the "blogging" process that I've been thrilled to do, or if anything, been trying to avoid. It's my first blog and I don't know whether I should talk about me, why I made this, what I'll be blogging about, or why the sky is blue. But in reality, this is MY blog and I get to do whatever I want to do here.

So lets start with a handshake. My name is Chris. I am 22 years old and I have a life unlike many others. I'm not going to get into detail tonight, but I promise you, if you continue to read this in the near and distant future, you will be suprised by what I go through; the people I meet, the places I go, the food I eat, and so on and so on.

I think I decided to make this blog back when I started college. But then again, I was living the Xanga days and that was a failure. So this is it! A new start, a new beginning, a new life? Not really. I'm young. I'm still going through many types of experiences and I believe that everyday is worth a living. This is going to be my memory. Anything and everything that I believe is relevant to me at the moment or even towards my future shall deserve a blog! Hooray! Something true for once! HOPEFULLY I could commit to this because a lot of things in my life looses its committment.

Speaking of committment, I live in a committed relationship. My partner of two exciting years lives in a special place in my heart. His name is Ralph but if you really wanted to get personal, call him Jaybe and I'll call him Ardee. Weird huh? He's an alias. But he's great. I'll probably be mentioning him like 85% of the blogs because we are together like siamese twins playing with krazy glue! But if you wanted to know more about him, I rather you read his blog at JAYBIO! He's an interesting guy, click that and you'll see why.

Aaaaand back to me. I have 3 siblings. Two brothers; Nate, 20 is a guy with high ambitions and strong goals. Hes living a 6 year relationship with a sweet girl, Candyl. They're good people. High goals and accomplishments in life. Oh yeah I call Nate, Deuce, sometimes. I still dont know why. Christopher, 28 is the eldest. He is ..... a guy. Not as clear as to who he is yet, but still on the lookout for what life has for him. Christie, 27, is my older sister. She's been a successful role model throughout my entire life. Has a great job, stable relationship, and constantly high in fashion! I call her Fat sometimes because we tease eachother back and forth. And my mom. No matter what...She is the BEST MOM EVER! And then theres Chip and Aber. Chip is mine and Jaybes blond Lhasa Apso and Aber is the familie's CocaPoo. Chip is cute and Aber barks too much! I also will be introducing my cousin Dean, 23. He is like my 3rd brother. Me and him do everything together from shopping to traveling. We compliment eachother and through time, you'll see why.

And I still skipped talking about me. But I guess thats all you need to know. Have fun with it because my life is full of surprises!

ooOOh! And expect random posts about random things I found online. I tend to save a lot of pictures, especially of Miss Britney Spears, but I'll limit them to something more worth looking at. YAY!!