I Can't Go For That: September 2011

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

ATL Itinerary

Thursgay
Time (est.)	Activity	Price	People Involved	Objective
4:00 - 6:00 pm	Pick up Kevo	n/a	Grace	To bring our Queen to us
6:00 PM	Southern Welcome Dinner - Mary Mac's or Busy Bee's	$-$$	Everyone	To fill our bellies with delicious fried southern food
8:00 PM	Get Kevo settled	n/a	Everyone	Time to unpack both of your unicorn pillow pets
9:00 PM - 12am	Going Out - ie. Claremont Lounge, El Bar, EAV, Sound Table, etc	$-$$	Everyone	Light libations and chill night out. The adults have work tomorrow.
12:00 AM	Sleepytime	n/a	Everyone	ZZZZZZZ

Frigay
Time (est.)	Activity	Price	People Involved	Objective
9:00 am - 10:00am	Breakfast/Brunch - Belly's General Store	$	Ken & Kevo	To only share 100 calories of sustanence between the two of us.
10:00-12:00 pm	Hangout around VaHi, Piedmont Park, etc.	n/a	Ken & Kevo	To walk off all that we ate.
12:00:00 PM - 1:00 pm	Visit Brandon at work/ Bietnamese lunch at Quoc Huong, Lee's Sandwich, or Nam Phuong	$	Ken, Kevo, & Brandon	To fill in the Vietnamese food void that Kevo developed since moving to NYC
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Nap or spontaneity time	n/a	Ken & Kevo	Neighborhood spotlights? Suprises? WHO KNOWS?!
5:00 - 8:00 pm	Dinner Time	$$	Everyone	Depends on what Kevo wants to eat - can venture to Duluth or stay local in town
8:00 PM	Bask in fullness/ ge ready for a nighttime activities	n/a	Everyone	Retreat back to homes to get ready for nightime festivities
9:00 PM - 4am	Night time activities - Minh's Bday party, Midtown, Reign, Gold Room, etc.	$-$$	Everyone	To cheers to the freakin weekend.
4:00 AM	Sleepytime	n/a	Everyone	ZZZZZZZ

Saturgay
Time (est.)	Activity	Price	People Involved	Objective
10:00 am - 11:00 am	Wake up	n/a	Everyone	To greet the morning sky!
11:00 AM	Brunch - Highland Bakery	$-$$	Everyone	To help cure our potential hangovers.
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm	Visit Mary's Bday	n/a	Everyone	To celebrate Mary's birth!
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Aquarium & Centennial Place	$	Everyone	To reenact scenes from LL Cool J's film, Deep Blue Sea
8:00 PM	Ken rejoins group; Homecooked Family Dinner	n/a	Everyone	To fill our stomachs, while keeping our wallets phat.
8:00 PM - 10:00 pm	30 Rock/ SunO's	$	Everyone	To fill our slankets with farts
10:00:00 PM - ?	Nighttime Activities - Noni's, Jungle, MJQ, etc.	$-$$	Everyone	The last night before our Queen leaves, thus we must celebrate!
?? Am	Sleepytime	n/a	Everyone	ZZZZZZZ

Sungay
Time (est.)	Activity	Price	People Involved	Objective
10:00 am - 11:00 am	Wake up	n/a	Everyone	To greet the morning sky!
11:00 - 12:30 pm	Church time or other morning activity	n/a	Grace, Brandon, & Ken go to church. Kevo can join or meet up with Kevin & others for brunch time	To make Jesus walk, so we don't go to Hell.
12:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Last minute hangouts, food, etc	n/a	Everyone	To savor our last moments with Kevo before he returns to concrete jungle.
4:00 pm or earlier	Take Kevo to airport	n/a	Everyone	To send Kevo back to the North (Vietnam). Crying may be included.

I love my friends!! I can't wait to see them tomorrow in ATL. It will be a Ciara, Ludacris, T.I. Weekend!!

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

By Kai-Aakmann. I'm liking how many different ways I can wear it. Especially the oversized turtleneck.

Future shopping endeavors include chunky scarves, oversized beanies, and olive green skinny pants.

Monday, September 26, 2011

50 Documentaries to see before I die

~~50. Spellbound (2002)~~
49. Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991)
48. The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)
47. One Day in September (1999)
46. Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1998)
45. Decline of Western Civilization: The Metal Years (1988)
44. Burma VJ (2008)
43. When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006)
42. Catfish (2010)
41. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)
40. When We Were Kings (1996)
39. Biggie and Tupac (2002)
38. March of the Penguins (2005)
37. Inside Job (2010)
36. Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
35. Paragraph 175 (2000)
34. Brother’s Keeper (1992)
~~33. Tongues Untied (1989)~~
32. Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001)
31. Jesus Camp (2006)
30. Farenheit 9/11 (2004)
29. Man on Wire (2008)
28. GasLand (2010)
27. Tarnation (2003)
26. Murderball (2005)
25. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
24. Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)
23. The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2000)
22. Shut Up & Sing (2006)
~~21. Exit Through The Gift Shop (2010)~~
20. Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
19. Touching the Void (2003)
18. Food, Inc. (2008)
17. Street Fight (2005)
16. Bus 174 (2002)
15. Crumb (1994)
14. Dark Days (2000)
13. The Fog of War (2003)
~~12. Bowling For Columbine (2002)~~
11. Paris Is Burning (1990)
10. Grizzly Man (2005)
9. Trouble the Water (2008)
8. An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
7. The Celluloid Closet (1995)
6. The War Room (1993)
~~5. Super Size Me (2004)~~
4. Waltz with Bashir (2008)
3. Roger and Me (1989)
2. The Thin Blue Line (1988)
1. Hoop Dreams (1994)

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Note

Tonight is one of those nights, where I believe I need to edit who I surround myself with. I believe, when I lived in the bay I chose very well who I would befriend. Here, I think I was too eager, too desperate to gain acceptance. I need to re-evaluate, who I'm considering a friend, and really ask myself, is this person going to help me make wise decisions, or going to halter my progress.

I think about this a lot, whether Im making progress or not. I would feel so guilty, if I moved all this way and to learn nothing about myself. I could receive the same education back in California, but I chose New York because it represented a position where I could grow and become more independent. That mission is always on my mind as I make my choices here. I am always trying to learn, to experience something new. If I wanted to be comfortable I would've went to UC Berkeley. I'm here. I'm here to stay. I want to make something of myself here.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Aww

I just received the kindest email from my Japanese mom.

Hello Kevin!

Thank you for your kind e-mail, and sorry for having not sent you a mail for long time. I got not good sometimes and was a little busy, but of course I have never forgotten you and I was often thinking about you.

My middle and youngest sons are going to Europe this time soon. If they went to USA, I would definetly contact you.

How about living in New York? I wish you will get used to there soon and enjoy your new life there. But even now you sound lile be so!

As coming the summer vacation, the number of tourists to Nara are gradually returning but not to normal. We even feel it happy. This summer is terribly hot in Japan. Is it also hot in N.Y.?

We, some members of our volunteer guide group, are now prepareing to issue twice a year news papers about Nara, our activities and etc. This one features the special products of Nara , of course ? of foods.
I am writing about Somen, like fine Udon. and I also wrote about you, an American student who knows about Sun Goddess, Amaterasuomikami from Nintendo.

As an another article, we are writing about the free experimence of wearing Kimono for women or Hakama for men and attending tea ceremony with Kimono. I want you to experience them nex time you will come back Nara.

Please take care of yourself and enjoy your new life! Hope to hear from you soon!

Best regards,
Ayako

I miss Japan so much. When can I return?

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Amy Winehouse - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

Obsessed with this song lately. I long for this feeling.

Fashion Week

NYFW has come and gone. I fought through the craziness that was the Missoni x Target pop-up shop. Ended up with a few ties, a comforter set, a weekender bag. I wear my goods like a proud battle scar. I see others with pieces of the collection on the street and I feel we are connected somehow. Like brothers and sisters who both shared in battle. I share the same smug expression because we know that we got first dibs on what caused the fashion world to go into disarray.

Also nabbed an invite the the Tadashi Shoji runway show. Thanks JB. It was such an intimate space, I really felt like I was somebody there. Even though no one knew me, I still felt fabulous. The show itself was beautiful. The gowns. Can't wait to have an optometrist's income to buy those for my mom.