Brown Skin Lady.



Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Side note, or question. Why do fat girls think that tight clothes are going to somehow enhance their overall appearance?

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succulent on the inside

POWERFUL MEMORIAL DAY QUOTACIOUS QUOTES

pow·er (pour)
n.

1. The ability or capacity to perform or act effectively.
2. A specific capacity, faculty, or aptitude. Often used in the plural: her powers of concentration.

"Your emotions are a result of your thinking" -- Andrew Doan, on the power of positive thinking.

"What a difference a DAY makes." -- Matt Costello's T-shirt, on the power of being.

"I love it. The more people the better." -- Beth, on the power of playing host(ess).

"I'm taking a video of my homie dancing, and sending it to my other homies." -- Dave Weiner, on the power of technology (when a girl asked him what he was doing with the treo 650

"Chatty" -- Carlos DeCastro, on the power of buying plants that resemble the respective owner's personality. (Veronica's plant).

"Oh yeah, I cause a lot of problems for my family." -- Carlos DeCastro, on the power of instigation.

"Two Confuscious's...Confusci?" -- Andrew Doan, on the power of plurality.

"It was her birthday. And we went Sake Bombing." -- The friends, on the power of humor.

"That wasn't funny." -- Alejandro DeCastro, on the power of honesty.

"Hey these are my brothers. Not the Asian one." -- Ana DeCastro, on the Power of brown people (when introducing her brothers).

"I ordered a bucket meal. And they gave me a snacker for free. It's just a chicken strip between to two pieces of bread." -- Matt Costello, on the power of the King City KFC (the only one with that still serves the chicken little.)

"Tannie" -- Veronica Brooks, on the power of burnt people.

"Ron Burgundy." -- Josh Weiner, on the power of Dave's mustache.

"Immaculate collection, next?" -- Josh Weiner, on the power of Madonna's music during a sunday afternoon memorial day bbq.

"If you start cooking, people will eat." -- Beth, on the power of initiative.

"So do you have anything else besides your nose or ears pierced?" -- Andrew Doan, on the power of obnoxiousness to 18 year old UC Santa Cruz freshman (before I showed her my nipple.)

"Now you just need a mustache, and you'll be just like Dave." -- Veronica Brooks, on the power of molester-type mustaches.

"Wake and Bake. I know your steez." -- Dave Weiner, on the power of Visine.

"You know my steez." -- Andrew Doan, on the power of undisclosure.

"Andy and I unsupervised? That could be trouble." -- Dave Weiner, on the power of single people.

"Can I have a Grey Goose and Ketel?" -- Andrew Doan, on the power of being unsupervised at a bar.

"Soooooooo good." -- Everybody, on the power of Mac N Cheese.

""Had epic time. Thanks 4 coming up. Tell the crew thanks. Need 2 do it again soon." -- Josh Weiner via text message, on the power of summary.

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And the Power of Spring Love?

Josh and Beth
Connor and Kelly
Carlos and Veronica
Alejandro and his girl
Ana and her R.A.
Chad and his breezy.
D-Money and his girlfriend.
Daven and his plus one.

Very Endearing.
No Doubt.


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Saturday, May 28, 2005

how ill is this yo? posting from daves 650? at cha cha chas of all places...sangria takin me in a more zen like environment...
culinary school on my mind.

living
laughing
loving

happy memorial day to all yall!

big ups to...
ali
dave
josh
veronica
acat
carlos

one.
let's make some plastic cups empty tonight.


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Friday, May 27, 2005

My favorite BIG line: invisible bullies, like the Gooch.

But it seems as though everybody has forgotten who the Gooch is.

I wish I had VH1 Soul.

Just to get a glimpse at old Com vids.

This is grown folk music: YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.


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Tuesday, May 24, 2005


explore the world to return where my soul begun

Never looking back or too far in front of me,
The present is a gift...
And I just wanna Be.

Or should I call this Common and Kanye West present Can I borrow a dollar for the College Dropout so he can buy Water and Chocolate.

(What with Kanye producing 9 tracks and appearing on 4).

I've been looking forward to this record for quite some time now ever since both performed the Food on Chappelle.

5 years ago, I was in full backpack mode in line for Rahzel and Mixmaster Mike, when I was approached by a Common Street team member who gave me a poster promoting LFWC. I promptly swooped up two, thinking how Connor would dig one of these suckers.

And when I heard LFWC for the first time, I thought...instant vintage.

Sixth Sense, The Light, Questions, Funky For You, Assata....

Classic!

Then Erykah's ass got a hold of homeboy and Electric Circus dropped.

Ugggghhhh...Crochet Pants?

But it seems like every okayplayer artist has to experiment. Mos Def - New Danger, The Roots - Phrenology, Kweli - Beautiful Struggle (to a certain extent). And that's ok, I think it's human nature to rebel against oneself.

(If that makes any sense.)

Anyway it's good to see Common getting back to the basics, coming full circle here and just making good music. He's got all the ill producers on Be:

Kanye.
James Poyser of the Soulquarians.
Dilla.

Lyrically crisp (of course, it's Common), and with a production team like that, we get a solid all around effort (and at 45 mins, a very tightly constructed package) from the artist formerly known as Sense.

He spits hard (the MC Common Sense) on Corners, The Food, Chi-City.
He's got that soulful side (which all women adore about Common) on They Say, Love Is and Testify.
And he's got the funky-for-you balance (my personal favorite) on Be and Go.

Buy the album, dammit.


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Thursday, May 19, 2005

Dreams are a funny thing.

Somtimes I dream about building igloos with my landlord.
Other times I dream about my students.

I have dreams about running out to first during the bottom of the 2nd.
And throwing the ball to the fans all the way along the third base line.

I dream about strumming a funky bass line.
Dreams of playing in an electric orchestra.

I dream about dreams.
I had a dream last night I was able to rattle off all 250 of the names in Ursula Rucker's Shabuya Roll Call Hour in Waok (Ay) Player.

I have dreams of smacking tina turner and giving her flashbacks of Ike.

(I'm just playin.).

I have dreams of hearsay.
Did you hear that Andy's a chef?

I have dreams of being surrounded by only the most positive people.
I dream about love, and the risks inherently involved with the concepts of it.

I dream about being possessed by a euphoric aura of enlightenment and asking those I hold dear to my heart...

"No really, how are you?".

I dream about Mushrooms.
Jazz.
And Charlie 2na coming thru.


I dream about being a Page 2 Columnist. A Page 3 pop culture critic. And a Page 6 gossiper.

(Gossip is more like a nightmare.)

I dream about downright ugly things.
Old folks mugging me and judging me.

I dream about my new bitch: corporate america.
And how she's giving me lots of action right about now.

I dream about flirting with disaster.
I dream about fucking women if only because of my image.
Only to confuse the sex with power.
And then the power as love.

I dream about conclusions and consequences.
I dream about using the adjective 'beautiful' to describe almost anything:

Quadratic graphs.
Ponies.
Culinary arts.
Ronna.
Life.

One.


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Wednesday, May 18, 2005


The Path of Han


Hey cbass, I'm not a big fan of the Weave myself.

Note to Jim Tracy: when your starting pitcher gives up back-to-back home runs after his 90th pitch, you should probably take him out so that he doesn't surrender a third homerun in the same inning.

Oh wait. Exactly opposite happens. He leaves him in.

Idiot.

Dodgers really frustrate me.

But as Jeru says, Life is a constant struggle between dyanamic opposites.

Or in the case of the blue crew, 1st place to 3rd place.


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Friday, May 13, 2005



The world's most beautiful game. In a street version.

Street Cred is soooo 2003.

But still, freestyle 5-5 soccer, using Ronaldinho?????

Oh man. I just got a partial.

Best Buy. You are my friend.

(And I can purchase a fan too. Hotter than a mug right about now.)

Steppin out to early BEP, Weekends.

Appropriate, huh?

!Feliz Viernes!


andycat stayed in the red at 11:57 AM


Wednesday, May 11, 2005




You know, if I was Korean, and my last name was Choi, I'd definitely buy Hee-Seop's jersey.

(But then again the Dodgers don't have last names on the back of their jersey's this year. Go figure.)

Hee-Seop Choi! Hee-Seop Choi!

Batting .400 over his last 12 games and hit the go-ahead 3 run homer last night!

That's it. I'm growing out my hair so that when I step in the batting cage, my hair will stick out the back of my batter's helmet.

Just like Hee-Seop.


andycat stayed in the red at 12:00 AM


Tuesday, May 10, 2005


Ninja, Ninja. Rap!

I'll admit it. I'm somewhat intrigued by Vanilla Ice. Prolly started with the Hammer/ Vanilla backlash of '92, when MC Serch and Ice Cube started clownin.



Then there was the 2000 Vanilla Ice: Behind the Music, his appearance on the Surreal Life, and now VH1's reinventing Vanilla Ice series.

Anyway, with all that said, I think his most underrated song is:

Ninja Rap.

Yall know what I'm talking about, in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II -- Secret of the Ooze, when the fight between the turtles and the foot clan breakout at a Vanilla Ice Concert.

O fo sho! Classic scene in the history of cinema.

A couple of mutants bust through the door of a club Vanilla Ice is playing at. But does that stop the Iceman from performing?.

Hell nah! He'll make a rap about the fight right on the spot!

The innocent club-goers are at first scared but then think that the club owners must've hired some turtles and mutants in costumes to put on this live show. The crowd starts moving to Vanilla's rhymes!

After Donatello and Raphael destroy the mutants with some fire extinguishers and a brief melee with the foot clan...

...the turtles start breakin! Oh man, that makes me smile.

How can we forget about such classic lines as:

YO! It’s the green machine -- Gonna rock the town without bein’ seen
Have you ever seen a turtle Get Down? -- Slammin’ Jammin’ to the new swing sound.


Somebody stop me before I bust out into the Roger Rabbit.


andycat stayed in the red at 10:20 AM


Saturday, May 07, 2005



Kentucky Derby. #10 Giacomo. 50-1. $2 paid $102.50.

Of course I didn't win.

But it sure was an exciting two minutes.

Oh, remind me that when the Preakness happens in two weeks to make 10 $2 bets on all the long shots. They all gotta be at least 10-1.

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Actual Conversation with one of my professors

So Andy, heard you had some sort of gambling problem. Heard you were betting on horses during lecture.

Not really a problem. More like an escape. Plus I have that Asian gene which prohibits me to focus on anything else once I've placed a bet.

Have you ever thought about counseling?

Been doing it for years.

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Not that I'm actually proud of the above conversation. I just enjoy the absurdity of it all.


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Thursday, May 05, 2005



I like it.


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Monday, May 02, 2005



Hee-Seop Choi! Hee-Seop Choi!

I just like saying his name. Has a catchy rhythmic syllable scheme to it. Good to see him getting his swing back what with the 4-4 night, the grand slam, and the double over the past few games.

Wish I had that interview clip of him saying in his deep Korean Accent, "I just try to hit homeruns."

That would be my cell phone ring.

Go Dodgers! Swept the Rockies.

Hee-Seop is a big asian dude,

6'5, 250? Are you kidding me?

If I was that big of an asian dude, I'd get so many chicks.

I think it would be fun to have Asian night and play miniature golf with Hee-Seop, Norihiro Nakamura, Pat Turner, Connor , and D-Money.

We could even form a Table Tennis Team and join a league.

(No that's not me. I look more like him.)

I love Asian people.


andycat stayed in the red at 7:15 AM


Sunday, May 01, 2005

Yeah. Last night, or should I say this morning, was a ruckus good time. Happy 24th Birthday to my homeslice, Daven Bhavsar.

Homie Roll Call/ Quotacious Quotes from a night at the bar.

"My night just got so much better." -- Patrick Turner, upon my arrival to 'Guys', the bar Daven's birthday was held at.

"Have you met Larry?" -- Scott Newman, on Pat's drunken alter-ego.

"Are you kidding me? She was skankalicious!" -- Veronica Brooks, observing the hot Peruvian girl I was chatting up.

"It's funny how some girls can either think you're a complete ass or god's gift to women." -- Patrick Turner.

"So which one are you?" -- Chad Joseph.

"What happened to that girl you were talking to?" -- Saro, on the fly honey who offered me a cigarette as we starting talking.

"She started making out with that guy." -- Andrew Doan, pointing out that guy..

"You read my site? I love meeting my fans!" -- Andrew Doan, after Daven introduced me to a girl who enjoyed something I had previously written.

And the quote of the night from the guest of honor himself...

"The blog: DOING MORE THAN YOU KNOW. Get a shirt with that [phrase], I'll wear it." -- Daven Bhavsar, after above mentioned girl googled his name and my site appeared mentioning how Daven was 'perpetually cool'.

What great friends I have.


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