Iron Wood.

That is the color The Lamsion is going to be. Yep, we done picked it today. After 43 minutes of discussion with the Moms, the Toms and the Pats, we have made the choice:

I love it. If I don't I do hope I learn to love it.

Here is the trim, Silver Sands:

So who is free this week? <3

Btw, I am doing my last load of laundry at Hemmingway Gardens right now. We done get new washer/dyer delivered Friday. Thanks Mom.

PS. Thank you Nick for The Home Depot hook up.

Imma Michael Phelps a Bitch...Set a New World Record...

In case you all don't know. That line is from Chow from NBA's second multi platinum hit:

http://vimeo.com/9316726 [pw: slores]

So here is why I am listening to it. I wanted to see what our video looked like on a 30" 720p LCD TV. It is weird. But I picked this bad boy up yesterday. It made 1 dent and 3 scratches in Priscilla [that is the Z3's name, who is named after my late grandma.] Was it worth it? You tell me. $100 for 30", putting it at around 3 bucks an inch. I got lucky on this bad boy. Well I ain't going to lie, good deals on Craigslist require 2 things, good timing and quick reaction.

Don't act like you don't read it everyday, this is taken from my FB profile:

Bio	luck is where preperation meets opportunity.

Since my ass paid for this domain and renewed it, it is time to show it off. You can always go to my FB by typing in this: youenvy.me. Yep, I am retarded. Don't worry, I did not buy that domain for myself, it was a project my old coworker [Steve Young, shout out] and Chow worked on, but learned that photo tagging was already rampant. =X

Back to the topic on hand, I got home around 2 yesterday and saw the ad on Craigslist. It was a couple of hours old so I figured that I had no shot at the 30", I told Peter about it and he told me I was a failure for not checking earlier. That motivated me to get this TV, did I need it? Nope, but who the heck can get a TV for $3.xx/inch? So I shot this person an email and thought nothing about it. I was very courteous and open and of course gave her a story to fall in love with. My brother and I just moved out of our mom's house and am looking for a TV to watch and think this the perfect one yada yada. So I get a call an hour later from a number from the nickel and dime [that is 510 for you ebonic illiterate mother fckers, which btw I saw on someone's FB that the FBI is hiring ebonic translators? shit son, I might got a career on the horizon.] and I noticed her accent was very similar to my mom's. So I ask her how come she is selling it and she informs me that she is moving to Taiwan. At that exact moment, I knew this slickdeal was mine. I did not hesitate and busted out my Mandarin, she said oh you don't sound like you are from Taiwan, I then said I am an ABC but my mom is from Taipei, we become BFF's, she gave me her address and the rest is history son.

How you like it?

Thomas is going to use it for his office.

The next Craigslist adventure, lead me to this:

No lie, I only watch ESPN, no idea why I have another 800 channels.

I am wondering if I should go into detail about this story. But anyways, I got this bad boy because the father thought your boy was a "very polite kid." I wanted to inform him I was 28, but that would have killed his buzz. I could tell he wanted his son to be like me, it was the sparkle in his eye when I handed him the $380. <3

That is all for today. I am bringing a broom...Go Bumgarner!

Too Good To Be True.

So in life, we all been told: If it is too good to be true, it probably is. So I saw a shitty ass ad on Craigslist last night for a 42" LG LCD TV for $200. I was like, I ain't got shit to do. Let me write this fool an email. He responded. Very poorly, but we had an open line of communication. Long story short, 9 emails later I get his number, address and a time. I google map his house to make sure I won't be driving to an alley with 2 c notes. It looked pretty legit, but the short emails and the low price made me weary. I got Tum to go with me. I rang the doorbell and saw all his stuff was in boxes. He was moving out of state. Life is good. I turned it on and it worked perfectly. I love life.

Gonna mount that bad boy this Thursday. I just ordered all of the mounts and wiring from Monoprice. Hopefully it gets here before Thursday, so I can get my protege [Peter Tong] to help me. I'll be owning him at basketball tomorrow, so it is the least I can do.

Goodnight. Going to clean up the outside of the house tomorrow. It is time for a Lamsion wardrobe change. FAITHFUL. Willis is still a beast.

Office of Rust.

Got it. 22" LCD for the bathroom. Ordering all of cables/wires/mounts from monoprice tonight. Huge install next week. After that, will start cleaning up the outside and start the painting.

What do you think? Another 26" next to the monitor? Or a 42" on top of it.

Winning...Makes Me Smile...

Won my first game ever with the Zanker Sores. Life is good. Came home and decided to flip the TV around.

Holla atcha boy. What you think? It will be mounted of course and a clean install. Aka no wires, aka no more Omar.

Felt Useles...

So I did work...

Installed 7 of these bad boys. I mean 6, 1 room didn't need it.

Ikea...Is this shit real?

I spent two hours and thirty-eight dollars. This is what I got.

Whoever can guess the MOST expensive item and the LEAST expensive item, wins lunch. =)

The Long Awaited...Furnished...Yea Right...

So this is what my bedroom set + my sleep number 4k looks like!

Whatcha think? Decent for 860? Please ignore the mess, cleary the kid has yet to clean his shit up for the honies!

Let me give you a glimpse of my desk from Wigix now in The Lamsion:

Looks boring, dont worry.

Can't decide on the shoe collection. I will work on this this week.

The guest futon is now here and assemebled. Feel free to pass out at The Lamsion.

Fck this ceiling fan.

Sleep time. Thanks for the party Henry/Haley. Happy Birthday Tam!

Getting Cozy...

Its been a week or so in which I have been sleeping here at The Lamsion. It has been quite fun. Everyday I realize I am missing A, B, C and then I wake up and go buy it. Today I went to Target and picked up some placemats [I opted for the vinyl one, 3.99 vs 1.99 cloth ones] and some good undershirts, since you know your boy be skinnier now. On a tangent, I done made a bet. 15lbs in 29 days. I am on day 14 and have lost 9lbs already. I got a slim 6 to go, cake son. But I have been really eating close to nothing [most of the time, sans reunion weekend] and drunk $50 Carl's Jr. bags. I had the following to eat today: 1 Peach, 1 Beef Patty from a 3 day old Carl's Jr Jalepeno burger, 1 Bagel Bite [yes one.] and 3 cups of Diet Dr. Pepper. Oh yeah and a half bowl of cereal at 11am. I did the following exercise: Isanity [Max Cardio, FML.], Basketball for half an hour and then two softball games. I am doing great right now, I feel so skinny. Haha.

I apologize for the lack of photo updates. I do not have my freaking card reader here and cannot update my pictures. But I am going to take some pics of how my room should be set up. Sorry for the shitty updates, but the reunion took a lot out of me and I am finally fully recoverd. No joke, best, or 2nd to best party of the year. Second to The Lamsion housewarming. Here are some examples of how great the party was:

Yeah, don't know what is going on here. =X

How many reunions got NBA superstars?

Yep. See you guys soon. Party is ending soon.

Ten Years...

It is finally here. I been MIA this past week because we have been cramming for our 10 year reunion. Everything is prepared. Let the setting up start. See you guys on Monday. I been moving over 1 car load...not that much since I only got room for 1 seat of stuff a day. I will show you what my room looks like in 2 days.

Holla.

Thank Me Later...Thank You Now.

Thanks Steven/Ann! I got all that! Shorts on clearance for $5 boxers were $1.25! Bowls were 1.99. Holla!

Thank you Peter/Jackie/Simon. I got some other stuff too, but I don't think its family safe.

Check out my first couple of meals:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=466840&id=650325250&l=bd9b59b767

Photo Bed-date. [Sort of like Update]

I must be from DC. Cause I just pulled that trigger.

Yep. It's done son. Paid for it. Delivered tomorrow. Here is a blurry pic. After much deliberation. I went with an impulse purchase. Those are the best, cause if you fcking hate it, it ain't yo fault.

Now, let me tell you the story behind this wonderful furniture set. So I had lunch with Kathy and Mad today and tried to explain to them the situation about my bedroom set. Kathy was one of the two people who voted no, against it. She said it was Ikea-ish and also girly. That really made me think. So after my salad with dressing on the side and 4 fries from Pluto's, I made my drive over the Scandinavian Design. As I was about to turn into it, I saw a sign. FURNITURE LIQUIDATION. STORE CLOSING. We've all seen that everywhere, its just a way to get someone into the store and then rail them. I decided to do my due diligence and just stop by, walk through and then give ScanDes my credit card. I walk in and immediately fall in love with the bed set above.

It was black.
It was not Ikea-ish.
It was sturdy.
It was real wood.
It was slick.
It was MANLY.

I was sold. Now I had to come up with THE PLAN. I was trying really hard to decide which angle I was going to go with: The Honest Approach vs The Nothing To Lose Approach. I knew I was walking out with those pieces, I just did not know how low I could get it. Right off the bat, I see the "Clearance Price" of $1295. Give me a fcking break, it better come with the owner's daughter at that price. I sit there and start texting pictures of it to Tum and then the guy notices that I have been there for a bit.

He walks over and says, "you like?"
I look up and say, "yeah it is cool."

Furniture Guy: "You like it, I give you good price, you buy?"
Nothing To Lose Approach Pat: "Of course. But I do not want that mirror, I want a second nightstand."
FG: "Ok, let me see $1295 + $179, $1400 out the door. What do you say?"
NTLAP: "Haha, that is cute, no thanks. I was on my way to SD and am ready to buy a set there, but if you can convince me otherwise I am on my way out. Give me your best price, I will pay cash right now."
FG: "Ok, cash? $1300 delivered."
NTLAP: "You have to be kidding me. Thanks for your help, I am going to look around."
FG: "Ok, sorry I can't do better, what do you want to pay?"
NTLAP: "A fair price, SD can deliver my set and have it installed for 800 [this was a lie, but it set a bargaining point and I wanted to let him know I was ready to play ball. even if I was going to pitch a shutout, he was down.] and it is brand name."
FG: "No way, not possible. Sorry."
NTLAP: "No problem, thank you."

At this point, I realize they put the prices of the pieces on the back of the "Clearance Price" and started to do some maff [that is mathematics for your fools].

Bed: $349
Dresser: $399
Nightstand: $179
Mirror: $169

I ain't a genius, but no matter if you carry the one twice or forget to round down, that is no where near $1295. So I knew this was my angle. It was over. I was going to exploit this smuck and fcking run this town [at least I'd like to think that, I know they won't sell shit without making a pretty penny. I ain't that dumb]. So I walk over to him and have this conversation:

Exploitation Pat: "Hey, so if I just want the bed, how much would it be?"
Furniture Guy: "Let me see, $349."
EP: "Oh ok, I might just do that...what if I just want the bed and 2 nightstands and no dresser."
He gets the thing again and flips it over.
FG: "The bed is $349 and each nightstand will be $179."
EP: "Ok, and how much if I don't want the nightstand but I want the dresser?"
FG: "$399."
EP: "Ok, that adds up to $1050, so you what else is included if I buy the set at the Clearance Price?"
FG: "Oh, sometimes these prices are wrong, but the front one is always right. So it is $1300 cash still."
EP: "Haha, look, if I bought it piece by piece it would have been a grand, I am not going to pay your listed price, but I am going to buy a bedroom set today. It might be from you or it might be from SD. I truly do not care, they both are the same. Let me know the best you can do. I won't counter, I will just buy or leave."
FG: "Ok, let me ask my uncle."

I get on GChat and tell people I am about to run this store. Then he comes back.

Furniture Guy: "Ok, he said $860 but you pick it up."
Pat The Owner: "Good job, done."

He probably made a hundred bucks off of me. No biggie. I was going to give SD 1k and now I saved 100 bucks and got a real legit wood bedroom set. Today was a good day.

Tomorrow looks like this:

9am: Comcast
10am: Costco
10am: Safeway
10am: California Ranch
11am: Cook Lunch
12pm: Lunch with Guest, Nicole.
3pm: Wait for my bedroom set.
4pm: Return party furniture.
5pm: Insanity.
6pm: Basketball. Ruin Peter.
9pm: Twin Creeks. Softball with Rip City.
11pm: Paint Baseboards.

Mom said I'm busier than the president. If she said it, it must be true.

Btw its 3am and I just finished this:

My bedroom is caulked and painted. Ready for the new furn. Goodnight.

You Got Spunk, You Got Something All The Girls Want.

Let's go backwards.

I just got back from The Lamsion after Tum and I assembled 4 bar stools. They are air adjustable black/chrome from BBB [Bed Bath and Beyond for you non cool people]. Yep, they were a steal. 69.99 a piece, but with 4 20% off coupons from Stephanie Pham, they became 55.99, times four and minus gift cards from the Patel's [Hemminway Shoutout] these four bad boys were a whooping 218.xx out the door. Enjoy the classy-ness.

Please note the body fat monitor/scale in the background. Will note it in the post.

Nice?

We went to the Grove [Monica's place] to pick up some stuff Nicole graciously left us. 1 garbage bag and 2 cardboard boxes. Inside were tons of stuff such as seasoning, silverware, tupperware, knives and so much to list. We cleaned it out and kept what we needed!

Thank you Nicole Kang.

And wine glasses!

Want to Thank Joey/Michelle for the Target GC.

Thank you Dong Vinh/Will Lu & Oanh/Maddie. 

Look how nice it looks in the drawer!

Tons more stuff and additions. Pics coming when projects are done. Might have found a bet set at ScanDesign. Goodnight.

Lack of Updates.

Been running around trying to get little stuff done. Tons of new toys from visitors and tons of trips to Target, will post updates in a couple of days. Fixed some stuff good day.