Tiff.....Q: What's red and white?

Nick, the following people/things do not jive with me personally........

All the odd numbered people on your list minus TAFT ('cause she watches futball)
Ronaldo's hair-duo
The A's.
Pyro-spectacular extravaganzas....that just sounds too exciting for me.
90 degree weather with 500% humidity (Philly weather).
Going to work on days that end in -day.

I'm with Nick on the camping thing....you can count me in. But, we also figured out that we go camping quite often as camping is composed of three of the following four stipulations:
1. no internet access.
2. no cell phone service.
3. no ps2.
4. no t.v.
Therefore, I go camping pretty often.

Tiff......A: This guy I just needed a reason to post that picture.

ECP

nick's notes....

tiff, sorry to hear about your unfortunate sun burning incident. i'd appreciate a point of clarification though....is it that u look like a freak only now, b/c of the odd burning pattern upon your body? as for your next camping endeavor, u can put me in the down to go catergory - just so long as it fits into my schedule (and if u lemme know sooner as oppose to later - or even last secondish, it'd make it easier to fit into my schedule).

just like to let everyone know about the baseball game goings on w/the firework show....this is the list of the peoples i have tickets for b/c i've got them on my confirmation list for going (accuracy of confirmation list from 10% - 99%); 1)alan, 2)anup, 3)angalie (don't know how to spell anup's girlfriend's name), 4)dan, 5)ed, 6)jane, 7)jeff, 8)nast, 9)nick, 10)phil, 11)regan, 12)tiff b., 13)val c., and 14)val r.
so lemme know anyone if this list doesn't jive w/u personally.

Monday, July 1, 2002
1:43 PM
Davis

Hello to all those still remaining in blogland. You know this site really sucks sometimes. I had a little entry all perfectly written up and everything yesterday and when I went to push publish, the darn thing started experiencing technical difficulties. And I tried to go back to make sure my entry at least got posted and I was left with a blank space, as if I had not just spent the last 20 minutes writing. Dumb blogger.

So here goes attempt #2.

First, congrats to Brazil on claiming their 5th World Cup title. And congrats to Michelle on watching her very first World Cup match. I actually felt kinda sorry for Germany's goalie, Kahn, especially after Brazil scored their second goal. Sucks he had to end it that way, but so goes the game of soccer.

The real reason I'm blogging is to see what people's plans are for the 4th. I know everyone's going to the baseball game on the 5th (me included, which I am very excited about because I finally get to hang out with you all), but I wanted to know if people wanted to get together the night before. Phil has offered his place for some 4th of July festivities and I think it would be fun to give his new place a nice warm 3rd floor welcome (Phil, if you actually lived on the 3rd floor, that would be way too perfect). So how about we do that if no one has any other plans? And I wanted to see if I can rally up some folks to go to an MLS game on Sunday the 7th at 6PM. The (1st place) Earthquakes are playing the L.A. Galaxy over at Spartan Stadium in San Jose and I think it would be a fun game to watch. Tickets run about 20 bucks. Only a few of the World Cup players will be in action for that game (Cobi Jones, still my all-time favorite player, plays for the Galaxy and of course there's Landon Donovan for the Quakes. Jeff Agoos too, but he's injured and he sucks anyways). Give me a heads up if you're interested.

Off I go to study the inner workings of the human nervous system. Be jealous, be very jealous.

From the air-conditioned computer lab in Davis, this is Taft signing off.

tiff lam writes:
what is white with red spots all over? ME suckers! i went camping this weekend and i got sun burned! not like it hurts or anything...only when i walk, sit, and lie down. it could be worse...i could have gotten burned ALL over and be really miserable. god wouldn't want that...he would rather have me burned on random parts of my body so i would look like a freak. i am completely white in some areas and brutally red in others. why god? why would you do that to me?!?!?
besides getting burned...i had a really relaxing weekend. too bad none of you guys and gals made it. i plan on going again before the summer ends...will keep you all posted but i plan on getting rejected in the end.
for some reason, i have vanessa carlton's song stuck in my head. such a catchy song...and i can kinda sing it without breaking any glass- that's always a good thing.
its nice to see that tiff, phil, reeg and i are still dedicated. THANK U for changing those pix, reg. my sister thinks this is a porn site with the pix of phil and val. mucho gracias!
enough of me
tiff lam

KUDOS TO SYLVIA FOR FINALLY CHANGING THE PICTURES... THANK GOD1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anyway, I know I published my blog twice.. I just didn't want you guys to overlook it *hheheheehh*

=)
PHIL

Philly Phil Phil sits at his half-desk at Mervyn's during Lunch*

Hello all,

I felt that I would like to share my thoughts on Tiff's blog,

1) I think people on't write in here as often b/c some are busy, but I think other just don't feel like they have anything to talk about. I think that they do read the blog and enjoy reading it, they just don't know what to say or what to write about. (for all of you who fall into that category, just write what's on your mind, regardless of how mindless you think it may be)

2) also I think that people sometimes don't post comments b/c either 1) they don't know how to send a reply 2) they'd rather send a whole blog responding to it (like I am)

3) I do not know why you are so self-conscious.. maybe the more you write the more you analyze yourself and critique everything you say and do... that usually makes me people more self- conscious, I like to think of it as more of a self-awareness.

4) I think you could have a bbq for your b day. If you want in davis have it there... don't plan it around people, plan it around your day.. it is your b-day (just ask when people are available)

5) June did go by pretty quickly.. however my job still sucks

6) what's eveyone doin july 4th..??? I was thinking eveyone could come to my place (since I haven't had a housewarming) and watch fireworks on the 4th. I believe they have fireworks over the bay..... anyone down to come down or across the bridge for that matter????

7) I think I will stop writing for now...

hope to hear from you all sooon

PHIL =)

*Philly Phil Phil sits at his half-desk at Mervyn's during Lunch*

Hello all,

I felt that I would like to share my thoughts on Tiff's blog,

1) I think people on't write in here as often b/c some are busy, but I think other just don't feel like they have anything to talk about. I think that they do read the blog and enjoy reading it, they just don't know what to say or what to write about. (for all of you who fall into that category, just write what's on your mind, regardless of how mindless you think it may be)

2) also I think that people sometimes don't post comments b/c either 1) they don't know how to send a reply 2) they'd rather send a whole blog responding to it (like I am)

3) I do not know why you are so self-conscious.. maybe the more you write the more you analyze yourself and critique everything you say and do... that usually makes me people more self- conscious, I like to think of it as more of a self-awareness.

4) I think you could have a bbq for your b day. If you want in davis have it there... don't plan it around people, plan it around your day.. it is your b-day (just ask when people are available)

5) June did go by pretty quickly.. however my job still sucks

6) what's eveyone doin july 4th..??? I was thinking eveyone could come to my place (since I haven't had a housewarming) and watch fireworks on the 4th. I believe they have fireworks over the bay..... anyone down to come down or across the bridge for that matter????

7) I think I will stop writing for now...

hope to hear from you all sooon

PHIL =)

(Not so) Deep Thoughts

Thursday, June 27, 2002
4:35 PM
UCD Computer Lab

Questions:
1) How come people don’t write in here as often anymore? Is it that eveyone’s just busy? Has the appeal of this worn itself away? Is this, like so 5 minutes ago?
2) How come people don’t post comments on other people’s entries? I’ve always got a comment on what someone else says. Is it just me?
3) I still wonder what people think when they read my blogs. Do I even make any sense? Do I sound as retarded as I think I sound?
4) Why am I always so self-conscious?
5) How come I can never get into baseball? I’ve tried. But nothing, I just feel nothing.
6) Hmmm….who should I ask to watch an MLS game with me? Who should I ask to go to Warped Tour with me? How come I don’t know anyone else who listens to punk music?
7) Should I have a BBQ for my birthday? If I do, then I’d want to have it in Davis. But we all remember what happened the last time I had a BBQ in Davis. Do I really want to put myself through that again?
8) Where the hell did the month of June go?
9) Geez, how long have I been sitting in this computer lab?

Randomness:
-The best thing I read today: "The Clean Sheet," an article on MLSnet.com. It’s basically just some dude giving his thoughts on the world of soccer. He and the soccer writer for ESPNmag.com are some of the best, most entertaining writers I’ve come across lately. I give props to anyone with good writing abilities (that includes the always witty Regan, Ed, and sometimes Jeff). Anyway, here’s the most interesting little tidbit I found:
"For sports marketing geeks who follow this kinda thing, it’s dancing Cantona vs. Footballitis in the World Cup final as Brazil (Nike) faces Germany (adidas). Both companies had the chance at a dream final with both teams in their kit, but instead each company will have one in the final and one in the third-place game with Turkey (adidas) against Korea Team Fighting (Nike)." I don't know about you, but I found that to be quite interesting. Nike might have the upper hand on this one. But again, you never know.
-Thoughts on the NBA Draft last night: That was some boring ass shit. Next time, I’m just not gonna bother watching and read who went where on ESPN.com or something.

Last Night’s Discovery:
-I think my left eye is smaller than my right eye. In the recent pictures I’ve seen of myself, I noticed a slight difference in size. I think it’s from the time I got hit in the eye with the lacrosse ball last year. Damn you Lila (my teammate that hit me). Or maybe I have a lazy eye and never realized it. Or maybe I got a lazy eye from getting hit in the eye (is that possible?)

Playing by Numbers:
+5: days until my birthday
-11: days since I graduated
+1: month until the Tahoe Lacrosse Tournament
-50: how much I owe on my credit card
+10: people left in the computer lab
+3: hours I’ve been in this computer lab

Yes, I think it's time to go too.
~Laxataft

Yes!! I finally got this picture thing to work. It's about time. Dang this turned out to be kinda big. Oops. Sorry Regan, I couldn't get that pic of Donovan shirtless from the SI for Women magazine to work.

~a happy taft

It's gettin hot in here

Wednesday, June 26, 2002
12:38AM
Davis

Damn, we hit the high 90s today up here. At 9AM this morning, I was already sweating as I got ready for class. Then biked from shade to shade to avoid getting heat stroke. I got a mild case of heat stroke my freshman year before a lacrosse game. We were going through warmups before the game and there was no shade to be found and the sun was beating down hard on us. I pushed myself too much and almost passed out. Not fun. So be careful in the sun, kids. The weather people say tt's only gonna get worse and head up towards the 100s in the next few days. Fan-friggin-tastic. Summer in Davis is kinda weird. This town keels over when all the students leave. But then it's invaded by all these high school kids. Right now all the volleyball girls are out here, with their short ass biker shorts and knee pads, for some big tournament Davis hosts every summer. When they leave, in come the cheerleaders, with their curly haired ponytails and glitter, for cheer camp. Oh dear.

**Sole soccer thought of the night:**
I like the little chant song thingy that the Korean fans sing during the games. It's very uplifting. Too bad they got the boot. Damn Germans. You know how Seinfeld always sneered when he said "Newman." That's what I kept doing when the German goalie kept making a save. With fists clenched, I sneered, "Kahn, you bastard."

**Let's change gears and get into some music**
1-That Amerie song "Why Don't We Fall In Love" is tight. Same goes for N.O.R.E.'s latest. Good beats, good times.
2-That Avril girl's song "Complicated" is catchy, but the video sucks. She looks too innocent-teeny bopperish to be looking like she came off a sum41 video shoot. The video doesn't go with the song at all. I hate when artists do that.
3-I went into Borders yesterday just to browse around and ended up spending two hours in there. I came in thinking Ashanti's cd would be good, Pink's would suck. After almost an hour at the listening station, I walked out the store disappointed in Ashanti's debut (the only good songs being the three singles on the radio now) and annoyingly impressed by Pink's efforts. I couldn't believe how many decent tracks there were on Pink's cd. But I refuse to buy it because she annoys the shit outta me. So if anyone's got it, can I burn it off ya?
4-After Borders, I mozied on over to the used cd store in town and walked out with two new cds for my collection. Hey Regan, I followed your advice that you gave me a way way long time ago (you probably don't remember) when I asked your suggestions on some decent underground hip hop groups. People Under the Stairs' disc Question in the Form of an Answer popped out at me and I remembered you had mentioned them and so had my cousin. So I popped it in the cd player at the store to check it out and got sucked in immediately. Went through all 22 tracks. The other cd I walked out with: Jurassic 5's Quality Control. Needless to say, I was very happy with my selections when I walked out the door and still am. Money well spent. Hey Regan, you'd be surprised at the hip hop selection they've got out here in Davis. You wouldn't think they'd have much, but it's quite impressive.

Don't forget to check out MTV's new show "Sorority Life," that's based here in little ol' Davis. It's some funny shit. I could care less about the sorority. I just like seeing them go around town and watching to see if anyone I know was caught on camera. I still don't understand how the Greek system and rushing and all that crap works. How much would you guys have paid me to just go rush for the hell of it and pretend I'm Jewish, just to get on camera? Damn it, why do all the brilliant ideas hit me late.

hasta luego,
~tafty

i guess i'm the lucky one to follow regan's infamous blogs...just to let you know, reg, the rest of us are pretty damn jealous of your writing stylz. mucho props to THE MAN!
my condolences to all the people who have run into some bad luck recently: keep ya heads up but don't stand next to me...bad luck is contagious you know! j/p...hope everything gets better for all of you as the week goes on.
have any of you guys and gals gone to the Bubble lounge...it is way fun! a little too cheeky cheeky for my taste but it has a great atmosphere. its a champagn bar but you can get regualar alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks as well. needless to say, i got tipsy after a half glass of champagne and someone had to finish it for me. seriously, i need to work on my tolerance. after the bubble lounge, we went to 550. the last time i went to 550 it was cool b/c they played hip-hop and stuff... but on saturday it was ORGY nite. not fun. they played dance/techno/jungle/crap all freakin nite. if you wanted hip-hop, you had to go OUTSIDE to dance. so i ended up dancing outside with a bunch of cigarette and weed smokers...quite interesting...i think i got high off of second hand. first time for everything!
to jefe: thanks for coming out to play some football (real football not soccer). it was fun right? thanks for your relentless defense...we shut them out 38-0! woohoo!
that's all from me!
tiff lam

ITS A CRAZY LIL WORLD, ITS A 
BLOGGY BLOG WORLD

Guess who's back, back again...the
Reganator...after a brief hiatus I'm back, with a few more stories to
divulge...while we're on the theme of car accidents, I felt left out and decided
to get into one also!  A hit and run seemed plain (sorry Michelle), old
ladies are too boring (ditto Phil)...so  a nice black SL500 Mercedes
convertible seemed like a good target...remember fellas, this is LA...I most
likely hit a freakin' leased car anyways...so here's the reenactment:  I'm
driving with V-maysta southbound through a yellow, but this northbound prick
(ooh fightin' words) thinks he can beat me and makes a left, so I try to veer
left to avoid his car but unfortunately my front right side hits his rear right
tail...good thing my Escalade was in the shop, because Sen-Dog (my car, not the
Cypress Hill rapper) got into a lil accident...you think people with nice cars
would know have to drive them and yield...geeeeeez...then he has the audacity to
say that I ran a red....straight bananas...stay tuned for the latest on the case
involving Reegsta the Damaja V. the Englishman who can't drive...

On a happier note, I had my second brush
with fame in a week...while shopping for shoes (what else?) at the Beverly
Center, I came across Vince Carter of the Toronto Raptors and Lil Bow Wow of the
wack prepubescent rapper genre at Champs Sports...didn't really chop it up with
them, but saw and observed them...blinded by all the ice they were rockin...this
is LA, and I guess its normal to see larger than life figures (true for Vince,
since he's like double my size, but a misnomer for LBW, since he's like half my
size)...not sure if I told you that I saw that "Crazy" guy who
"Don't Wanna Miss a Thing" because his girl "Janie's Gotta
Gun," which in turn got him "Jaded" and forced him to "Walk
this Way"...yes, I saw Liv Tyler's daddy, Steven Tyler, at Wood Ranch BBQ
and the mall across the street from my place...dude looked strung out, but I
guess they all do...I repeat, this is LA...

And a Regan-related rambling isn't
complete without a few words about sports...(1)  the world cup...did not
watch a minute of it...didn't know futbol could affect americans the way it
did...I don't know about up there, but it seemed like I saw a freakin Mexican,
South Korean, American, or Laker flag on everyone's car down here...the futbol
seemed to link everyone together, but I'd still rather watch women's golf, even
if they're fat...btw, Landon Donovan (who is way younger than you Mrs. Tiffany
Robinson) is featured in the current SI for Women as part of the Sexiest
Athletes feature (told you I'll read anything)...but the thing I found baffling
was how did Mike Dunleavy Jr get more votes than TIGER WOODS?!?!...thats not
just bananas, that's banana splits...Ohno was #1 for you curious kind...(2) 2002
draft...a select few of you will now have received an invitation to play in a
game where you can decide the picks of the draft...this is RSVP VIP only! 
If you'd like to receive one, please email me ASAP...note to Warriors: choose
GOD and avoid the blue DEVILS...climbing: Jared Jeffries, fallin: Qyntel
Woods...baller status: Juan Dixon...star: CARON BUTLER...(3)  2002 US
Open:  Congratulations Tiger...a lil late, please forgive me...

'Til I type again...all comments
appreciated =)

Reeeeeeeg

 

 

 

nick's notes....

hey tiff, so when are u gonna get your lisence??? and for lessons, maybe u should have michelle teach u how to drive - that way maybe some of her driving karma will rub off on u. oh yeah, and congrats on graduating from davis.

phil- thanks for taking me to the giants game at beautiful pac bell park, and i got u scheduled to go to the A's game on the 5th for some baseball and a fireworks show.
anyone else who wants to see the pyrospectacular just lemme know sometime this week so i can buy u tickets when i go to buy them. and if u go, u'll get to watch the best team in baseball, the Oakland A's (as they've just finished treating the mariners' ace like a piñata - to make this they're 16th win out of 17).

also, just wondering if anyone's interested in watching any of the san francisco bay area pro-am games at kezar....b/c the prices are pretty good, i'll even pay for anyone who wants to go.

another thing, who'd be interested in exercising some during the after work hours. so far jeff (i think) and i plan to go running, most likely around lake merced, and so if anyone wants to join us - that'd be nice....and it might help to motivate us to keep up the exercising when there's more people going.

Monday, June 23, 2002
2:46PM
Davis

Don't worry, no long ass blog from me solely about soccer. But before I do get into other stuff, I just have to address a couple soccer-related items:

-to Phil: Hell yeah I will still be watching the World Cup. Hello, South Korea's kickin ass and they're still in it. They got Germany tonight, or I mean tomorrow morning at 4:30AM. I'm there. Plus, I still got the MLS to watch. I'll take that over baseball any day. Plus there's the NBA draft quickly approaching, which I'm mostly only watching to keep track of Williams and Dunleavy. So there is life after US World Cup soccer.
-South Korea and Turkey in the finals, think it could happen? At this point anything's possible. I'm kinda rooting against Brazil just because of all the injury faking and ridiculous 5-year old shit they pull on the field. Damn it Senegal, why'd you have to lose Turkey, I was rootin for ya.
-Donovan is hard core. No rest time for him. He flew straight back to San Jose after the Germany game to make it to his Saturday MLS game with the Quakes (anyone wanna go to a game?). He got to the field an hour before kick-off and played the last 5 or 10 minutes or so. Damn. Now that's dedication to a team.

Now that I got that out of my system, I have to get something else off my chest:
-With all these stories about people getting into car accidents and all, you wonder why I'm still hesitant to get my license. Please, I beg of you, please stop asking me about the license. Normally, I just wouldn't care about getting teased about it, but with everyone, and I literally mean everyone pestering me about it these last two weeks, I've reached my breaking point. And I know you all must be going, "well if you just get your license already we'd stop bugging you." Well I'm doing what I can and trust me, the minute I get it, I will personally call each and every one of you. Even if I do get it, I already know the jokes won't stop because it'll go from, "when are you gonna get your license" to "dang you finally got your license tiff, it's about time" and I'll be hearing that over and over again. So please, I beg of you. Let me be. And I'm sorry to sound all bitter, really I am. But when you hear the same joke literally every single day by every person you come into contact with, you get to a breaking point, which I was just pushed over. Even before some people congratulated me on graduating, they teased about the license. And I was kinda hurt by that. I'm just being straight with everyone, that's all.

I need to get all this frustration out of my system. Think I'll go throw against the lacrosse wall and then go for a quick run. Lord knows I need to run after all the food I ate this past week.

signing off,
~Taft