Cross Country

Here are a few pics from my travels. Stay posted for more travels soon! :D

PORTLAND
I love the skyline

Obviously.

Keeping it real, keepin it weird on the streets of downtown Portland

Saw this in a local waxing salon. Loved it.

Recently got to see the infamous Burnside Skate Park as seen in tons of skate video games

A day in the life, a trip for me to the grocery store:

My brother and I out to lunch in downtow:

DC
Went out to DC recently
Flying cross country is a lot of time on a plane, these are a few of my fav shots:

The only piece of art I made while out there:
(note: this is an actual, no photo shopped picture)
"Twisted"

Something else that looks twisted... Awesome pic I took of artist, Steve

Steve's art:

Other friend also named Steve, one of the best Dj's on the east coast, DJ Version Sound
He is so sweet and gave me this shirt. Be sure to follow the link and check out his music!!!

Of course I saw my gf, Ginger of Booshie Design.
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Me rocking a Booshie top :D

Me and Ginger: Muuuaaahhhhh!!!

Love this portrait of friend and amazing photographer, Paul I took.
Stay posted for pics from our shoot together!

We went to the famous Georgetown Cupcakes for the first time

The store was packed, and the cupcakes were beautiful, but they were expensive and too rich for my taste, I would rather have a Voo Doo Doughnut.
JusSayn.

-Having a blast traveling, and looking forward to more soon! xoxox

Derelict Peregrination Leg 1: Drive From Mobile, AL to Ponca City, OK

*you can click on each pick if you want to see it bigger*

Well I started off this endeavor with some freaking awesome wannabe MC Hammer teal sweats I picked up at a thrift store for $1.25 in Mobile, thinking I would need some comfy riding pants. Come to find out my mom thinks they are the most heinous things she's ever seen. More fuel to the fire, and I think I'll wear them until they disintegrate. Proper start to a road trip.

First stop was Vicksburg, MI. This bridge was the only landmark on the whole trip I wanted a picture of. I found it immensely aesthetically pleasing.
We partied at the Ameristar casino, were Dana, our shit waitress, after heavy tipping, and 8 drinks, still couldn't get my step dad and I crunk. Fail. But the bridge looks pretty in the background!
Me with a Sparks in a plastic cup (keeping it road ready, and classy. Well played! :) in front of the casino.
Second day we headed to North Little Rock, Arkansas. This is a shot of the downtown. I slept most of this day and most of the evening we were there. Dramamine kills me! I get really car sick, so I take Dramamine, which handles the car sickness, but knocks me out. Fail.

How I rode 800 miles. Shotgun with my mom's little dog, sweats and a sweatshirt. Again, keeping it classy.

The dog's shotgun position.

The last day of the trip we drove through Tulsa, OK. Gorgeous town, AND they had awesome radio stations. I really loves it!!

Went to Okie's in Musckogee for the best meal of the trip, and $6.95 Big Gulp sized Long Islands!! (see below)

See Katelin drink.

See Katelin act silly. ... Standard story.

We got some silly pics of signs along the way too!

Like this jewel. Though not sure who wants to do business with one of those...

Hate to run into him in a dark alley.

I wonder if you can get some crack there.

Easy things to forget.

And finally, today we arrived at Ponca City! Below is me right outside my Mom and step dad's new place enjoying an ice cold Sparks and the beautiful view. Part one, road trip section= a success!!

Peregrination Poem

Road Trip
Trying to find some answers
Making some life transfers
Making some moves
Trying to find some truths
Rearrange my life
With as little strife,
As possible.
See what's possible
And make shit happen
Get shit started
Get retarded

Quotes From The Dirty Dirty (South)

"I don't know if you know this, but I'm a pretty big deal down here."
-line dropped on me in a bar in Mobile, AL

"My dad married my mother in law, now I'm married to my step brother"
-info dropped on me @ a craft fair in Mobile

"So I walked in on my 15 year old son taking a shower with his girlfriend... Now she has his baby and they live in our trailor beside our shop."
-TMI from a beautician while my mom got her hair cut in Dauphin Island, AL

"Yeah, I love Sparks!! I drank 3 1/2 one time, cleaned the whole house and got drunk. Good choice!!!"
-Pat on the back from the teller when I bought 4 cases of Sparks in Dauphin Island

Cute 15 year old boy: "Need some help" Me: "Yeah. But what I need help with, you're not old enough for."
-My attempt at staying out of jail in Mobile

Mobile, AL...Sorta Like Las Vegas

My fucking ass, getting my blog on. This is what I look like... blogging on the reg.

*This pic is a few months old ie brown hair, but you get the idea: whiskey, hoodie, laptop

Here in Mobile, AL we have so much time on our hands, Mom and I have been getting our paint on. Last night's craft project was making Christmas cards. This was mine: A Christmas cock holding a COCKtail.

Duh, what else would a Santa hat wearing penis be holding?? The only question is now, who to send it to...
Wow, only in Mobile will you have to pull over to let the Grinch and his train of shenanigans pass. Priceless.

The Grinch up close. Um...yeah.

One night we went on a Christmas light hunt. We penciled that in between watching the Ellen show, and our daying trip to the RV Office. Anyways, the below house won the 'Lights on a house award'

The view from Mom's 5th wheel here at trailor park. Excuse me, Mom's corrects me, here at the 'RV Resort' :)

The winner of the RV 'Best of Christmas lights' Pretty impressive with the strand of lights and mini tree. Well played.

Got this in the mail today. Someone must like me

Not many pictures, but as happening as Mobile, AL is.... It's sorta like going out five nights a week in Vegas...oh wait...No, but really it's fun getting to spend some quality time with my mom, and getting some insight on the Southern culture that I would never got the oppurtunity to experience. We're still not sure when we're taking this show to my hometown Portland Oregon, where our family is for Christmas, but until then, we are taking it easy in Mobile, Alabama. But who knows what adventures the weekend hold...

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LA For The Weekend For The Mini Ride And Drive Event

Just some of the sick swag I got! Above, a rare Travis Pastrana DC hooodie, and below a Rob Dyrdek's brand Rogue Status tee. Love it!!
Inside Eddie's company Dynamic Autosports The warehouse at Dynamic

Some of the cars at Dynamic Dez's race car, yes I got to ride in it!! : D
Proferssional pic of Dez's car. SO much fun to ride in!!

Dez's sick racing helmet on display at Dynamic

Future race cars

The two stickers I need, from each of Eddie's companies

The Mini Ride and Drive Event @ the Home Depo Center I went to work at

Some of the mini's on display

Dez and I in the JCW (check my hoodie :)

The JCW Dez drove me in, AND I got to drive

Ride along with Dez in a mini!!

The man himself Mr. Eddie Kim hard at work as always.

Me 'hard' at work ;)

Tons of people showed up for the event, who wouldn't want to drive a race car on a pro made race track?!

While I was in the O.C. I got to go to the infamous Roscoe's for chicken and biscuits-it was bomb, duh.

Dez and his roomate Travis took me to watch the UFC fight on Main St in Hunnington Beach

Awesome bar, and great fight!

After we broke down the event, the whole racing family went out to a wonderful meal

Dez and his Snuggie. Legit, it was a real Snuggie.

Trav sleeping. Why are boys sleeping so cute?!

I met Eddie and Dez a couple weeks ago when they were out in Vegas for a car show. Eddie asked me to come out this weekend to help with the Mini event, I had so much fun with them in Vegas, I of course said yes! But it wasn't until I was writting this blog post that i realized how prolific Eddie and the shit she's involved with are. Like read this blurb:

"The shop (Dynamic) has since grown into one of the largest distributing and tuning facilities in the country. The list of former Dynamic employees, cohorts, accomplices, and all-around lackeys reads like a virtual who's who of today's industry leaders. Peep the list: Cosworth's Eric Hsu; A'PEXi USA founder, Toshi Hayama; DSport magazine's Michael Ferrara and Robert Choo; Import Tuner magazine's founder, Ed Eng; Prelude guru, Aries Dionisio; Omni Power's Steve "Omni" Rothenbuehler; Design Craft Fab's Gary Castillo; Sakata Motorsports' Naoto Negishi; and, of course, at least one guy from Honda Tuning mag-the list goes on. Dynamic has been busy tuning some of the top racing teams' vehicles, conducting testing for magazine geeks, and even hosting a big-wig industry executive every now and then for the day. And after 17 years, there's no sign of any of that stopping. You might say that Dynamic is the tuning world's crystal ball. Want a glimpse as to what record might be broken next or who tomorrow's movers and shakers might be? Just look inside the shop." -Honda Tuning Magazine

What an honor to be hanging with people doing such big things! You can also check out their blog Gruppe S Engineering. Stay posted, because this isn't the last with Eddie and Dynamic Autosports!! :)