I had a studio shoot today and I decided last minute to shoot a look outside. I’m so glad I did because they turned out to be my favorite from today! Check it out:

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I also heard they have good polish sausages on the second floor.

You know you want it:

The Debut.

So I shot a Debutante this passed weekend with my bro and Jen. The shooting was alright, nothing too exciting or nerve racking. Come to think of it, the whole process went smoothly, or as smoothly you can go with Filipinos.

Anyway, aside from thinking it was ridiculous spending over 10 grand on an 18th birthday party (save that shit!), I got to thinking about what it was like back then when I just entered college.

I was invincible.

I didn’t have a care in the world. Even the fact that I got kicked out of San Diego State from academic probation didn’t phase me. Yes, I was fucking kicked out. Failed letter and all. The boot. Whatever you wanna call it. I re-applied the following semester, after a long and winded semester at Southwestern College. I basically raised my GPA by taking 6 classes and getting straight A’s.

Then there was the time when I punched a window and nearly amputated my right arm. WTF would I do without a right arm? I’d probably have a buff ass left arm but damn, I can’t imagine not having two arms. How would I double fist it at a club?

I’m nearing 28 now. Not so invincible right? I’d like to think I’m a lot smarter than I was back then, especially in terms of right choices… but I’m not so sure that’s the case. Because I am older, the decisions I make seem more mature, but does that mean they’re any smarter?

Spending 1,500 dollars on a Louis Vuitton bag while drunk (as hot as it is), is probably just as bad as the time I jumped into a wall on purpose and made a huge hole in my bestfriend’s house.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that I’m no longer invincible. Age is no longer an excuse for my dumb ass decisions. I can’t look back 10 years from now and say, “Oh shit, I did that because I was 27.”

I think I’ve done enough stupid shit in the past that I should be paving ways instead of following foot prints. I shouldn’t need to make mistakes in order to learn from them in this chapter of my life. It’s not like I have a kid and I need to lose him/her to realize I need to stay attentive 24/7. Awful example.

But yea. This chapter of my life is about making something of myself. And with all the wrong decisions I’ve made in the past, I should be able to weed through that and move forward.

Maybe a debut isn’t all that bad after all? Nah. Put that shit in a savings account, non accessible, till you’re 30.

Not as crazy as usual, but still needed!

Don’t let her innocence fool you. Turn your back and she zooms away. Start folding clothes and she’ll throw her piggy at you. Walk fast and she’s jump on your heels. Drop your food and she’s like a Mexican at a Walmart sales bin. OK, that last sentence was racist, but she is of descent and I guess it cancels it out right? Like when I make fun of Filipinos?

Totally the same thing.

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“Don’t let your Harvey Milk’s legacy finance your oppression”

We launched our Holiday Campaign for work yesterday and the shots turned out extra fabulous with some photoshop work. At first, there was some skepticism about how the final product would look because it really didn’t look all that exciting pre-photoshop, but I must say… it turned out fantastic.

I saw these images on the net from last weeks protest in San Diego with 25,000 supporters. I still haven’t seen an aerial shot of the human rainbow.

Check out the images…

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I have never finished an entire chapstick. It’s probably because I’ve lost at least 20 of them.

First they were chapped, now they’re burnt. I hope a third think don’t happen to theemmmmmm

aka – Hey let’s fuck up peoples lives at the expense of our employees!

http://coloradoindependen…family-announcing-layoffs

More layoffs at Focus on the Family

Ministry spent more than $500,000 to pass California’s Prop. 8 gay marriage ban

UPDATE: Focus on the Family announced this afternoon that 202 jobs will be cut companywide, bringing the total number of employees to around 950.

Focus on the Family is poised to announce major layoffs to its Colorado Springs-based ministry and media empire today. The cutbacks come just weeks after the group pumped more than half a million dollars into the successful effort to pass a gay-marriage ban in California.

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Retail version! I love it:

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This shit was hard first time around the course, second time went smooth sailing from the adrenaline. Team Pud Mies:

Seriously, this is one of the MUST HAVE FREE applications for mac. Forget stickies. This is the app it should have been and more. You can actually draw on your post-its, write notes and set alarms. Since I have a tablet, I’m gonna find this extremely useful at jotting down notes and to-dos on the fly. Yes. Check out a screen cap:

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This Saturday, November 15th, there will be nationwide rallies against Proposition 8. In every Major U.S city, rallies will be held, and combined, these rallies will be one of the biggest organized simultaneous rallies in the U.S. One of those will be here in San Diego.

For other areas in CA please visit:
http://jointheimpact.wetpaint.com/page/California

Throughout the nation:
http://jointheimpact.wetpaint.com/?t=anon

There is a rally in EVERY state.

Remember that this is a peaceful march and rally. We are at the County Administration building for San Diego because that is where marriage licenses are issued. We have a mayor and city council who have consistently supported marriage equality and we are grateful to them for that. We are also not targeting any religious or ethnic group. Our opposition wants our movement to appear divisive. We are going to reclaim and reframe the discussion. We are about gaining equal rights for all and ending bigotry and discrimination. This is a cause every proud American can support!

There are 2 coordinated events happening in San Diego. The first one is a march which starts at 10:30 at 6th & Upas in Balboa Park. The march will go through downtown and will end at the rally site at the County Administration Building.

At 1pm there will be a huge rally at the County Admin Building. It’s located at 1600 N. Harbor Drive right near the Star of India on the bay. This is going to be a huge event and we expect well over 30,000 people and we expect national media attention. We encourage everyone to come out and protest Prop 8 and stand up for equal rights for everyone.

Please make a big effort to reach outside of our community for support. Invite your family, tell your co-workers, knock on your neighbor’s door, make calls and send texts. If individual rights can be taken away by a simple majority vote, what is next? We must unite and fight for our rights. Please note, however, that this will be a positive and peaceful protest.

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Thank you all that have been supportive through this tough time!

Needed some fresh air today:

Download David Archuleta’s self titled album here! I have mine on Pre-order off iTunes which includes 3 bonus tracks. This is the retail version without tags.

We shot Arlyn, Kat and Tiffany as a continuation for their “Danity Kane goes Asian project.” I’m looking forward to doing the group shoot with all 8 of them at the studio! Should be killer. Here are some images from today’s shoot:

For the record, the bathroom at work is disgusting. It’s been “remodeled” once but really… it’s more like it was just cleaned up really well.

Anyway, I can handle shit stains on the bottom of the bowl (god bless your soul) but what I don’t understand is when that shit, literally, is on the side of the damn bowl.

Can shit be explosive? Has your shit ever been so EXPLOSIVE that it hit all areas of the damn toilet bowl? Cause that’s just disgusting. You need to either a) get your asshole checked or b) change your diet. That ain’t right.

Omega Turf to the rescue:

Without the snow on the ground…

I look about how I feel. Cold.

First and foremost, I’d like to thank my family, friends and co-workers for supporting me and millions of other Americans. If I take anything from this, it is that those that are most important to me back up my rights. So THANK YOU.

I do want to express my feelings and what I’ve gone through in the last few weeks of my life.

It’s been a turning point for me to say the least. The strong and insurmountable support I’ve gotten from you had me in tears last night seeing the Yes on Prop 8 prevail. Not so much tears in that so many people are still hateful towards Gay people, but tears because you and your support have showed me hope.

During the entire 27 years of my life, I’ve never once been the victim of real life discrimination. Well, maybe I shouldn’t say never, but it wasn’t really laid out in front of me… and if I was, it was masked out really well. Well enough for me to not realize it existed in my world.

Rallying in my neighborhood was an eye opening experience for me. I’ve never been called “Faggot” before and in the first 30 minutes of standing on the corner proudly and peacefully with my “No on Prop 8″ sign, I, along with my friends – gay and straight – were called faggots. Minivans with kids yelling out “Yes!” and other obscenities is not the way of God. Instilling hatred in your kids is not the way of the future.

I know ignorance exists, I just didn’t realize it was so close to home.

A women yelled out “What about our children?!?!” implying that Gay marriages will impact their lives negatively. I’m sick and tired of parents using their children and blaming other people for their inability to raise their child.

Being gay is not and will never be a choice. I grew up like any other kid. I played outside till the sun went down. I had two best friends that loved sports and loved being boys. We built sand rocks in the playground and threw them at other kids. We loved legos, Transformers, Thunder Cats, Street Fighter and the list goes on. We were kind of menaces since we broke windows and threw tomatoes at cars (sorry mom!). I was even around my brother and his friends a lot of the time. Break dancing, fighting and partying.

Was I any different from them? Yes and no. But when is being different bad? The difference was, even though I liked all those boy type stuff… and even though I played just like every other boy, I also had my own collection of stuffed animals that I would organize along side my bed every night because it was comforting to me.

I didn’t learn that through television, or through another person. I didn’t LEARN or CHOOSE to care about my stuffed teddy bear “Dandy”. It was just how I felt. It was ME.

Kids aren’t taught about drugs in school, yet some still choose to abuse. It’s up to parents to teach their kids what is right and wrong. So when these supporters blame Gay people for what their children will be taught, it’s a cop out because they don’t want to deal with it. They don’t want to have to deal with another “Birds and the bees” story. They don’t want to sit their child down when he or she asks, “Why are those two guys/girls holding hands?” But just because they are too lazy to parent their child, DOES NOT GIVE THEM THE RIGHT TO BLAME GAY PEOPLE.

The very thought that Americans won’t vote for Obama simply because he’s half black are the same thoughts that lead to wars and are the same thoughts that lead to Proposition 8 passing. They are the thoughts that ignite hate, fear, discrimination and ignorance. These thoughts are thoughts of people who lead their lives thinking they’re good people not realizing their mentality is no better than those of world wars or those that took my rights away.

Obama said it right. With respect to Americans, he said that though in his belief, a man and woman should marry, that does not mean he doesn’t understand that Americans, regardless of sexuality, should have EQUAL RIGHTS.

I believe in evolution. I believe in it through scientific fact, but my mom and grandmother raised me up in Church. I believe that they have the right to trust in their faith. It’s what keeps them going and keeps them hoping. Through them, I have found God. I don’t go to church, but I do have faith. God = faith and hope in all things good.

So with Prop 8 passing, it’s easy for me to lose faith in God; the same way it’s easy for yes supporters to blame gay people for their kids’ future. But I’m not going for the easy way out. I can still believe in God, in faith and in hope because I know people like you are out there.

“I take heart knowing that in the past, the popular vote would’ve kept schools segregated and interracial marriages illegal.” It’s time for the Supreme Court to do the right thing. It’s still not over.

So this was my long winded thank you. Thank you, seriously for everything. You’ve become my hope.

I am ecstatic right now! This is some of the best news I’ve heard in awhile. Doesn’t look so good for Prop 8, but President Obama is damn good news.

Vote NO on Prop 8

I just had one of the most interesting conversations with a friend. He was messing around with me about him voting Yes on 8 and you know, naturally I started to get upset and heated but I wanted to know his logic.

Of course he had no logic since he was just fucking with me but I did say, “Had you really voted yes on 8, I can’t say that I would have looked at our friendship the same.” To be quite frank, our friendship would probably turn to mere acquaintances had he really voted yes on 8.

“You would really let politics get in the way of your friendships?” he asked. Ok, way to make my already irate day, turn to disgust. First of all, this Proposition is clearly not just about politics.

I can handle and respect people’s judgement on candidacy, policies and agendas but trying to take away or prohibit a right all Americans have for ONE group of people is nothing short of discrimination. This is more than “politics”

This is where a line between Church and State is clearly… not there. How is this Proposition, which is mostly endorsed and backed by religious conservatives, considered out right “just politics?”

It’s not.

I rallied yesterday and the biggest argument from people who support YES were that “we were sinners.” Look at the Presidential campaigns now. So many lies and racism going on. Sin? You were shouting at us with so much hate and you have the audacity to preach to me that I’m a sinner? Really? Oh wait, but your God probably thinks it’s ok for you to yell and harass people and call them names. Your God likes that you’re a bigot. You’re God allows kids to yell out their mini vans hateful words. Cool man. Good for you. And good for your church.

My question is, why are they trying to place… let me rephrase that, SHOVE their beliefs down other people’s throats? It’s not fair and it’s not the way of America. People didn’t come here to get their rights taken away. They came here for freedom.

Obama said it right. Though in his belief, a man and woman should marry, that does not mean he doesn’t understand that Americans, regardless of sexuality, should have EQUAL RIGHTS. It’s clean cut man. It’s clear cut.

I believe in evolution. I believe in it through scientific fact. But I would never, never in my life vote on something like banning church practices in CA. For the record, even though I believe in evolution, I also believe that a God does exist.

My mom and grandmother raised me up in Church. I believe that they have the right to trust in their faith. It’s what keeps them going and keeps them hoping. Who am I to say that should be banned? Who am I to say, just because I myself don’t pray, that they are not allowed to?

Who are you to say I should not have the same rights as you?

If this prop passes, millions of Americans who opposed this ban will feel the worse they’ve felt in years; perhaps their life. I personally will feel discriminated against and saddened tremendously.

If this prop fails, it’s supporters will forget this happened in 2 months and carry on with their lives. Let us carry on with ours.

VOTE NO on PROP 8