• The (Metro)Link Between Life and Death

    The greater Los Angeles metropolitan area has a population of over 17 million people. This population is sprawled across five counties (Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino) which encompass an area of roughly 32,000 square miles. The Southland is huge in terms of overall are…
  • Reading Between the Liner Notes

    My right arm has been hurting lately, and I know exactly why. I have a laptop computer and I’m too lazy to get a mouse for it. For the few hours each day that I am on the computer, my right hand hovers over my computer’s touchpad. The constant clicking with the index finger and the motions of the…
  • Xanga Forever

    One of my favorite singers right now is Avril Lavigne. I have all of her albums and B-side singles. I know the lyrics to upwards of 80% of her songs. I have tickets to see her in concert this coming May. There is no doubt in my mind that I am her biggest 30-year old Filipino optometrist fan. Bu…
  • LINER NOTES

    My right arm has been hurting lately, and I know exactly why. I have a laptop computer and I’m too lazy to get a mouse for it. For the few hours each day that I am on the computer, my right hand hovers over my computer’s touchpad. The constant clicking with the index finger and the motions of the…
  • PLAYING FAVORITES

    I always find it amusing whenever someone asks me what my favorite movie is. I honestly don’t like answering that question. I know why people ask that question; they’re usually trying to get a better understanding of my personality, as if my taste in cinema is reflective of it. That’s why I almos…
  • SINGING WITH REGRET

    There is a coffee house on the first floor of my apartment building called Romancing the Bean. If there was such a thing as an uber-cool coffee house, then I suppose this would be it. The place is decorated like a pretentious living room, and it’s always playing music by really smooth black jazz a…
  • PATIENCE

    I finally fucking own it! The three biggest life-characterizing things in my life: 1. Miami Dolphins, 2. KRS-One, and 3. Robotech. The animated series Robotech premiered in 1985, and this cartoon changed my entire fucking life. It ended with a cliffhanger, and a sequel was never successfully pr…
  • SAYONARA, CHINK!!

    ...and, now, something old (I'm burned out): I spent about 3 months in Gainesville, Florida for a student internship. Gainesville is a little town in north-central Florida and it is best known for being the home of the Gators of the University of Florida. I worked at the Veteran Affairs hospital…