Still not asleep. Probably because I woke up at 2:30pm today. Anyways, I feel like I've been living like a vampire lately. Being masochist only provokes me to act more like one..but I seem to notice I do a lot of my best thinking and performances at night: I always look forward to doing something whenever the sun begins to go down, I tend to be more active and go to Barnes & Noble and read Health and Fitness magazines, New Tattoo magazines and other MMA magazines until it's time for me to go to the gym and train capoeira. I'm so glad I don't go back to school for another month because I'm still enjoying getting 7+ hrs of sleep every(night)day now. I feel better during the week and am showing for it in many ways. My skin's a lot more clearer now because I'm getting more sleep and working out more with plenty of sleep (at least in my theory since I know I produce more growth hormone during my sleep which promotes so much health to my bones and muscles and other tissues throughout my body). I know loading trucks may not be considered a workout but I think of it as my light cardio warm down that lasts 4-5 hours. Picking up 1000 boxes that could weigh anywhere from 1-150lbs is no joke especially when you've worked out at the gym for 2 hours training capoeira, hitting the weights, ab training, and maybe a 3 mile run that same night (if I'm feeling like I'm on BEAST mode) haha. My body is showing for it too: I'm down to 185lbs compared to 194lbs a couple weeks ago. My parents were shocked when I told them how much I weighed, especially knowing that I'm only 5'7 (on a good day) But it's mostly muscle mass and some water weight so I'm not trippin. I'm starting to see my abs again and can tell that my overall core strenth is a lot stronger than it was last month. I'm training capoeira just like I used to when I took Berinjela's and Xango's classes on base and in Oakland and Vallejo.
Only one more month of freedom and it's going to be great. I think the week of my birthday (August 19th) I'll be starting my new shift which will be 5pm to ~ 10pm. And I get a promotion too =). A whopping 50 cents but I always appreciate my health benefits @ UPS. side note: I still need to make an appointment for a check up because of my daily headaches- hopefully it's nothing major and just a regular case of "I hate doing this shit so I'll give myself a migraine" type of headache. haha.
I got 2 tickets for next week's Rex Navarette stand up show @ Pepperbelly's in Fairfield for Lila and I. I can't wait to see him with my baby cakes! Rex is hella fucking funny and I've been an OG fan since 2000?....I remember my freshman year at Fairfield High when the teachers in our district when on strike and all of my friends and I spent our last 4-5 weeks of the school semester watching nothing but movies in the ROTC room and going swimming whenever we wanted too. I think it was Alex? that introduced me to his cd " husky boy " and I was crackin the fuck up. His oriental aisle, yoko john and ESL jokes were epic. Anyways, I can't wait to see him and it's gonna be w/ my Fairfield friends too!
My birthday is coming up and I'm gonna celebrate it @ BLUSH in Sacramento Thursday, August 20th. Even though my 24th birthday is the 19th..I'm still down to celebrate it on Thursday. Matt texted me earlier and said " You're not gonna celebrate ya B-day in frisko?" I almost forgot about how much fucking fun I always have at SF clubs but I've been so MIA from the club scene the past year I couldn't forget. I've been so distant from the clubs that I'ma celebrate it twice..and I'm going to BLUSH on that Thursday and some frisko club on that Saturday. I might go to suite 181 since I've always had a crackin ass time there. And I want to take my baby out there because that's almost the only "COOL" frisko club that she hasn't been too (even though I heard suite 181 turned in east oakland and is filled w/ nothing but yadadas who mean mug you at the club and musty dudes trynna holla at girls...) haha.
Capoeira.....................
Video party this Sunday! I can't wait because I've been missing my CDO FAM BAM for so long. They really are my family and always have my back no matter what. Everyone is like the brother, sister and cousin I've never had especially with the fact that we all understand each other in our own ways and no matter how long any of us may not see each other, the next time we see each other again it's as if we saw each other the day before. And for this brotherhood I've been a part of since December 2004, I will forever remain greatful. I'm gonna crash at Beri's house on Saturday and get some training down- I have to know hella sequences for my next belt (YELLOW CORD!) and am physically and mentally ready. I've been working on my cardio so much and weight training to get my strength back up again that I'm in the perfect shape to learn more capoeira tricks, kicks and all kinds of shit. LOGAN IS READY SON! ORRAHH!!!
Anyways I've been watching hella LA INK lately and still can't wait to get my next tattoo which will hopefully be around my birthday of my last name, MENDOZA on my abs like a true mexican! Orale !!!!.......
VIVA LA RASA HOMITOS....
-PAZ
Friday, July 31, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Success
For those "hip hop heads" if you don't know who Eyedea is than you’re the most ignorant being that has yet to hear and see Eyedea and abilities. They're still in my top 3 for any music genre. Eyedea's lyrics hit hard and go deeper and have more meaning and relativity than any other "mainstream hip hop or rap" peroid. I noticed that in a lot of his songs he writes about and uses medical, psychological, sociological, philosophical terminology than any other music artist I know that's out there aside from Sage Francis, Atmosphere, P.O.S., Alias and Sole. (basically, aside anyone else than the Rhymesayer's artists) haha. Eyedea's new track, burn fetish has been playing on my cell phone on repeat all day at work and I just love the lyrics and delivery. Even though it's emo and 1/2 depressing lyrics, it's real and I can relate, and/or have related at one point in my life or the other. (Eyedea & Abilities - By The Throat ALBUM is fuckin awesome!
I was writing a little something today and thought "Always follow and fulfill YOUR dreams, for if you don't you will remain unsatisfied and continue to avoid your self empowering life. It's always good to be a part of someone's dreams or even be responsible for making one's dreams come true, but if you don't fulfill your own dreams you won't truly be who you are and will just fill in the shoes of someone else.
For the longest time I always thought I was just like my dad from the characteristics we both shared to my one time dream of joining the Air Force just like him as well. Once I went to college and took numerous classes on philosophy, psychology and other pre-physical therapy coursework, I soon realized with my education and interest in health, the body, exercise fitness, and martial arts that my dreams and characteristics now as a 23 year old man are way different from my adolescence. When I wrote this thought to myself down I immediately thought of Eyedea's Now track. Here's the lyrics that sparked all of this in the first place..haha
Success aint only based on self esteemIt takes a sense to differentiate betweenWhats yours and someone elses dreamsI felt the screams climbing up my cold spineSaying nows the time to put in all the energyTo get rid of the enemy... I said it so.
I was writing a little something today and thought "Always follow and fulfill YOUR dreams, for if you don't you will remain unsatisfied and continue to avoid your self empowering life. It's always good to be a part of someone's dreams or even be responsible for making one's dreams come true, but if you don't fulfill your own dreams you won't truly be who you are and will just fill in the shoes of someone else.
For the longest time I always thought I was just like my dad from the characteristics we both shared to my one time dream of joining the Air Force just like him as well. Once I went to college and took numerous classes on philosophy, psychology and other pre-physical therapy coursework, I soon realized with my education and interest in health, the body, exercise fitness, and martial arts that my dreams and characteristics now as a 23 year old man are way different from my adolescence. When I wrote this thought to myself down I immediately thought of Eyedea's Now track. Here's the lyrics that sparked all of this in the first place..haha
Success aint only based on self esteemIt takes a sense to differentiate betweenWhats yours and someone elses dreamsI felt the screams climbing up my cold spineSaying nows the time to put in all the energyTo get rid of the enemy... I said it so.
Fix Your Face Vol. 2
Got off of work at 430am and decided to look up some new music. For those that haven't heard travis barker's first mixtape, Fix Your Face Vol 1 w/ DJ AM (Fall 2008) , http://www.trvsdjam.com/downloadpage/download_box.html. But you could also check out their Fix Your Face Vol 2 that just came out this past month free on their website too.
no tracklisting provided by TRV$DJAM because they want you to just enjoy the good ass music.
Trust me, their first mixtape was fuckin awesome. I still listen to that mixtape in its entirety.
Monday, July 27, 2009
My first blog bitches!
I've always wanted to make a blog to just let people know what's up with me, but not only that but informed about whatever's going on around my area, new music (because I've always had a good ear for music, even having music 1/2 a year it's even on the radio), training logs I do when I workout at the gym, exercise science topics and health tips for a long and healthy lifestyle bit by bit. I also have always written slam poetry since 2005. But for some reason of lately I've been storing them in my head and freestyling my poems if I remember them to myself whenever I drive back home from work at 4am.
Shit's been going up and down ever since I got hired at UPS last September with my school performance, connections w/ friends and just every other little thing that stresses your typical college student working 2 jobs with 1 being an 11pm-4am part time job and 2x/week physical therapy internship along with a weekly lab to spend time w/ disabled kids (which I loved because I got to bring my brother, Richard, to CSUS for Project P.L.A.Y( a non-profit program where students and parent bring their kids w/ anomolies and other chromosomal changes.
But I'm glad to announce that the in 4 weeks I'll be transfered to the 5pm-10pm shift @ UPS which will finally give me the proper sleep I've desired ever since September 2008, which is a good 8hrs of sleep and still waking up with plenty of time to go to class around 9am. The only downside of this change in shift is that I was really looking forward to Sac State's MMA Club which meets 2-3x/week from 8-10pm this fall semester but it's all good. I'd rather train capoeira and go on 4-5 mile runs during the week anyways. I can't wait until October of this year because I will get my yellow cord! I've been waiting so long to perform and play capoeira with all of my CDO (Cordao De Ouro) capoeira bay area fam bam and all other CDO capoeiristas from chicago, paris, brasil, so cal etc. This even't gonna be crackin as fuck and as always, we always through bomb ass after parties that weekend along with a big BBQ party that Sunday of the weekend. I'll keep you guys posted.
One of the most important aspects of this blog I've started is that I get to give advice and my daily perceptions on everything I encounter, observe and have experienced in the past from relationship issues whether it's with your girlfriend, friend, classmate, someone you see every time you go to the gym or starbucks or whatever. My fiancee, Lila, and I always have good talks about what we believe in and why and just everyday shit we go through which truly lets us vent out our emotions, perceptions about everyday topics which helps us understand ourselves more with complete humility and respect. You have to always respect someone who's willing to share their true feelings without thinking what the masses may approve or disapprove of.
In upcoming news though, Lila and I are going to celebrate our 2 year anniversary! Holy st. mother of god..hahah I can't believe that it's even our two year anniversary because it's felt like we've been going out for 3 years. I think it's because the first year we were together, I lived in Fairfield and she lived a few miles away from me and literally stayed at my house for roughly 330-340/365 days of the year. Just being with her everyday made our relationship stronger with each passing day. Fortunately we never gave too much too quickly meaning, we never spilled out everything about us in a given day or week or month. I know this because I've been a victim of this back in high school; I went out with a girl for only 2 weeks because in those two weeks I learned everything about this girl and I was shortly bored with her and had to sadly break up with her. We still keep in contact and talk to each other and have an alright friendship which I'm glad to say. But what more can two people who are 14-15 years old say when all they do for 2 weeks is talk about their entire being, past and shit? haha. Being 23, one has to always know with any kind of new friendship or relationship, you always want the other person to want more or at least be interesting/looking forward to the next time you guys kick it or have a conversation.
Anyways, I think this stuff was all a ramble but I try to organize it. I don't like to read my blogs over and edit it so this was all written straight out without a pause. I'm like that with my poems too. I write poems in two forms: written in my journal and typing them straight out on the computer. I notice when I type it up I always write more because I can simply delete or add more words to my vision. But yeah, I think I'm done for now.
-Logan
Shit's been going up and down ever since I got hired at UPS last September with my school performance, connections w/ friends and just every other little thing that stresses your typical college student working 2 jobs with 1 being an 11pm-4am part time job and 2x/week physical therapy internship along with a weekly lab to spend time w/ disabled kids (which I loved because I got to bring my brother, Richard, to CSUS for Project P.L.A.Y( a non-profit program where students and parent bring their kids w/ anomolies and other chromosomal changes.
But I'm glad to announce that the in 4 weeks I'll be transfered to the 5pm-10pm shift @ UPS which will finally give me the proper sleep I've desired ever since September 2008, which is a good 8hrs of sleep and still waking up with plenty of time to go to class around 9am. The only downside of this change in shift is that I was really looking forward to Sac State's MMA Club which meets 2-3x/week from 8-10pm this fall semester but it's all good. I'd rather train capoeira and go on 4-5 mile runs during the week anyways. I can't wait until October of this year because I will get my yellow cord! I've been waiting so long to perform and play capoeira with all of my CDO (Cordao De Ouro) capoeira bay area fam bam and all other CDO capoeiristas from chicago, paris, brasil, so cal etc. This even't gonna be crackin as fuck and as always, we always through bomb ass after parties that weekend along with a big BBQ party that Sunday of the weekend. I'll keep you guys posted.
One of the most important aspects of this blog I've started is that I get to give advice and my daily perceptions on everything I encounter, observe and have experienced in the past from relationship issues whether it's with your girlfriend, friend, classmate, someone you see every time you go to the gym or starbucks or whatever. My fiancee, Lila, and I always have good talks about what we believe in and why and just everyday shit we go through which truly lets us vent out our emotions, perceptions about everyday topics which helps us understand ourselves more with complete humility and respect. You have to always respect someone who's willing to share their true feelings without thinking what the masses may approve or disapprove of.
In upcoming news though, Lila and I are going to celebrate our 2 year anniversary! Holy st. mother of god..hahah I can't believe that it's even our two year anniversary because it's felt like we've been going out for 3 years. I think it's because the first year we were together, I lived in Fairfield and she lived a few miles away from me and literally stayed at my house for roughly 330-340/365 days of the year. Just being with her everyday made our relationship stronger with each passing day. Fortunately we never gave too much too quickly meaning, we never spilled out everything about us in a given day or week or month. I know this because I've been a victim of this back in high school; I went out with a girl for only 2 weeks because in those two weeks I learned everything about this girl and I was shortly bored with her and had to sadly break up with her. We still keep in contact and talk to each other and have an alright friendship which I'm glad to say. But what more can two people who are 14-15 years old say when all they do for 2 weeks is talk about their entire being, past and shit? haha. Being 23, one has to always know with any kind of new friendship or relationship, you always want the other person to want more or at least be interesting/looking forward to the next time you guys kick it or have a conversation.
Anyways, I think this stuff was all a ramble but I try to organize it. I don't like to read my blogs over and edit it so this was all written straight out without a pause. I'm like that with my poems too. I write poems in two forms: written in my journal and typing them straight out on the computer. I notice when I type it up I always write more because I can simply delete or add more words to my vision. But yeah, I think I'm done for now.
-Logan
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Atmosphere - Leak at Will (2009)
http://www.mediafire.com/?wi5knzem5zm
TRACK LISTING:
01. C'MON
02. THEY ALWAYS KNOW
03. THE ROPES
04. WHITE NOISE
05. FEEL GOOD HIT OF THE SUMMER PART 2
06. MOTHER'S DAY
07. MILLIE FELL OFF THE FIRE ESCAPE
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