Getting ready for the big time

With any luck, kiddies, I will relocate the Den over to OakMonster.com over this LONG weekend. Yes, we have MLK Day off. I’m sorry if I’m gloating. I used to not have it off, and now that I do, I take a little pleasure in rubbing it into folks who don’t. Hehee. Telling you, man. I *AM* evil. With the move on the way, you may see the lack of updates and perhaps even odd things at this joint. And when you peek at OakMonster.com, you may see different thing everyday. In the meantime, I’ll keep the new adventure over...
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I’ve gone and got tagged

I was just minding my own business, going through my daily blog reading list, and then *BAWHAM*, KorBua tagged me. Because she’s like a twin sister I never had–and seriously, we shared the same birthday, 9 years apart–I must oblige. 6 WEIRD THINGS ABOUT ME THE RULES: Each player of this game starts with the ‘6 weird things about you.’ People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 6 weird things as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don’t forget...
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Whelmed

A quote from 10 Things I Hate About You: Chastity: I know you can be under whelmed, and you can be overwhelmed, but can you ever just be, like, whelmed? Bianca: I think you can in Europe. That would probably best described how I feel right now. As you’ve read, it has been a CRAZY weekend. Work hasn’t been absolutely quiet either. So I felt like I have just been “on” since Saturday. I was going to blow off the steam by going running tonight but it just wasn’t in the stars. My healthy, veggie-filled Korean lunch started to hatch...
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Partying with mom

DSC02797 Originally uploaded by theoakmonster. The Phromyothis celebrated New Year’s Eve in style. Wish I was there! (But soon, with the magic of Photoshop, I shall be there too!!) More on the Flickr album. And yep, my mom is doing fantastically! She loves being at home. Her friends also appreciate the ample parking and freedom to hang out and be as loud as they want. Hehehe....
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What can I say about the weekend?

You know what I was going to say about this weekend? Of course you do. Fan. Fucking. Tastic! Well, except for the death of Mario Danelo. Everything else has been fabulous. First of all, I went running on Friday. Well, I did “run” for 10 minutes straight at 3.2 (or was it 3.7??) speed before I started to run out of breath. That really surprised me given that the last time I tried to run, I ran out breath in the first 5 minutes. The machine is making me keep a pace, so that helps a bunch. I know I...
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“One heck of a kicker”

In my USC college football watching career, I have never seen anybody else kick off all the way to the other end zone on almost every kick they way you did.RIP Mario Danelo. You’ve made us Trojans very proud. Mario Danelo is congratulated by teammate Michael McDonald (16) after kicking one of three field goals against Cal in the fourth quarter at the Coliseum on Nov. 18. (Wally Skalij / LAT)...
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