Posts Tagged ‘runyon canyon’

really, I don’t. My life is boring, I’m over everything….. I just like to kick it… I don’t even want to work extra hard anymore…. I used to chase the millions and then once I actually made a million? I said fuck all this, I mean, I could obviously come up with a genius scheme if I put my brain to work outside jewelry because I know I have a billion dollar network, but there’s just so much congestion in everything. I’M NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT IT. I like my life, BUT I think others like or love my life more than I do. *WRONG MOVE* Love yourself, for real! Remember early on in my blog, I wrote, it’s easy to make a million dollars, but keeping it is a whole other story. (quoted from my former boss Dr. Dre) and speaking of a billion…. I texted my homey Travis aka Travie McCoy yesterday about how proud I am to see another cat who I met here on the internet years ago (#NT) off niketalk.com and he’d talk about his band Gym Class Heroes and how he was going to be famous, he just knew it…. well fuck bro, you definitely are and I told him I got the remix to his current smash hit and it’s called “I wanna be a GaZillionaire” so fucking bad….. lol.
he replied, well Bun B already did Trillionaire, so let’s get it! haha
all this while I was shopping for household cleaning products at Target yesterday smh…..

so anyways, Wed I had to get over to the Santa Monica Airport Barker Hangar where they were filming a big commercial with my homey Apolo…. had no idea who was in the commercial when I got there, but once I did arrive, I saw my homey BIG (what his friends call him since the early 90’s) aka Shaq Diesel…. I met Shaq in 1990 when he was up for the Wooden Award and got to play a quick pick up game with him… someone by accident tore his necklace that his grandma gave him and he left to go back to his room….. we ended up being cool from then on because I don’t think he played ball with many asians…. anyways, my boy Chicago aka Tony was in a movie with Shaq called Blue Chips and that’s when we connected again….. later on, Shaq got traded to the Lakers and from there, he was my homey for real…. won’t go into the crazy stories…. So I see Shaq on set and he’s like whatchu doin here? I said I’m here cuz of Apolo…. Shaq said, “be careful of Apolo, he’s a freak” lolololol. I KNEW IT! (JK) so anyways….. directing the video was an old friend and big director Brett Ratner, so it was fam all around…. the commercial also starred Venus Williams and Eli Manning and it was for a new Oreo Double Stuff cookie…. anyways, I kicked it for a minute and shot the shit with the homey’s…. Tony Robbins was there on set with his wife and it’s funny because Tony Robbins is the person who is one of the biggest inspirations to my mentor and big homey Mister Cartoon….. Cartoon will preach about Tony Robbins on a regular and break down his story and I personally think Mr. Robbins didn’t have anything directly to do with Cartoon’s multi million dollar empire, but if that inspires my boy, then I’m good with it….. I saw cartoon later that evening to finish the main portrait/back piece tattoo that’s taken me over a year to finish! I still have to add the left side city scene with cars, buildings, drank, my street in k-town, etc…. and the right side city scene which represents beverly hills now….. anyways. I had to grab Apolo’s franco chain and cross to color match the 14k and give it a more rich color with some gold rhodium….. so that’s why I came by, also, Apolo wanted a thicker chain for his dog tags and so we swapped out a heavier/thicker chain at my shop for him…..
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I have no idea what the storyline of the commercial is, but I think Apolo looked so cute in that skater outfit. lolol smh…

my big homey and my little homey

Shaq’s size 23 kicks!

went to Apolo’s trailer and had to take a pic of his infamous skates….

outside Apolo’s trailer was Shaq’s SRT-8 charger with the widebody kit and the mean ass lip! I think my boy Herman from DUB had something to do with this whip….

might be more than a 7″ lip

what Apolo’s cross and chain look like now with the color matching…. (blackberry pic)

After I left the commercial and then was at the Slauson for a little bit, I headed out to ship out a few of those Gucci Digital Watches that everyone has been emailing us about…. we finished some new styles…



we made a yellow diamond gucci watch with the big donut bezel….

we also made a cognac colored diamond gucci donut bezel, but didn’t ice it out completely… just did the bezel for a lighter budget

we fully iced out a black gucci joint by request…. we custom made a affordable black diamond band

normal 5 carat white diamond gucci with the red band

and speaking of #NT earlier….

you gotta be a real asshole…. but there are tons of them out there lol
Scrooge McDuck from Duck Tales haha
it’s a big piece!

remember that invisible princess cut cross we made Apolo? well we made another one for a friend but in 14k white gold…. VS stones, so clean!

so later Wed night…. I headed down to Skid Row to see my Soul Assassin family….
and to finish my back piece… finally!
shout out to Cartoon, Estevan, Sal, Marco, Victor and the homey Danny Trejo was there chillin too….

I will not continue to finish finish the back piece as I want it to be until 2011 because I want to get a little tan and enjoy my summer and asia trip

so I got home around 2am, went to bed at like 3am which was really fucking stupid because….
I HAD TO WAKE UP AT 6AM TO GO HIKING AT RUNYON CANYON WTH MY GIRLFRIEND, APOLO AND IAN! smh

I woke up after blinking my eyes for sleep….
went to pick up Apolo and damn I was tired… it was hot up there, I didn’t have a hard time because we did the easy route, but Apolo and his boy Ian ran up the trail all the way passed the main top area where the bench is and kept going onto mulholland and even made a left to a blocked off dirt trail and then ran back down! LMAO! sheeeeiiuttt!!!!!
so there’s also another high road trail which sucks! but when I saw on the internet where Apolo trained and hiked in Colorado during his hay days, I was like FML! DAMN!!!
anyways, we went down the dirt trail with the stone steps and stuff real easy and I think it was because we were there with an Olympic Champion and his energy permeated ours in the car ride over? lol

fyi, they’re both standing on a rock that is like 7″ higher than the ground lol…. pee wee never gets tired when we go to runyon!

again, Apolo on top of that rock lol

so we leave runyon, I take them back to the hotel…. me and Nic then hit Nate and Al’s to get some breakfast…. we end up sitting next to Larry King haha!
we went back to the house to shower and then headed downtown because I had to get something lasered onto Apolo’s tags….. downtown even on a friday around 11am is dead these days and thats fucking sad! it used to be so packed, it was ridiculous! anyways….. seen the downtown legend Mosey by his shop and then his son my boy Shayan running around Hill st scheming on his master plan lol.

after that, we hit the Alley for shits and giggles…. I saw so much fake shit, it was crazy…. I mean, we started this diamond G-Shock movement which I’m sure most of you already know, but damn! they had crazy cheap fake diamond gshocks that didn’t even have cubic zirconias…. they had diamond cuts! smh…. seen fake ipods that looked identical to the ipod, I mean, I saw fake sunny delight smh…..

so then we headed to Target (I know really am I writing this in my blog?) haha….
then went back to the hotel to meet up with Apolo for a very late lunch…. shot the shit and talked about next levels and things….. went back home and took a nap…

apolo took this pic of me thinking it was funny…. surprise! it’s not funny…. it was fucking hot outside yesterday by the pool…. this is my shade trick

later me and Nic hit Nikki’s in Venice Beach for a birthday party and ran into some old school friends…. which is when I realized for the 94th time that I am an old fuck and hate being in a club….

when we got back to my place, I was hyped… why? BECAUSE JERSEY SHORE WAS ON MY DVR! THE SEASON 2 PREMIERE AND OHHHHHHHH YESSSSSSS! I got something to look forward to for a few months! haha

PLEASE DO NOT COMPARE THIS TO THE FUCKING LAME FAKE KOREATOWN REALITY SHOW THAT HASN’T BEEN PICKED UP OR EVEN SHOT YET FOR TELEVISION (only reason why I’m bringing this up here is because some of you momo’s keep writing or leaving links to the show like it’s new news or like I wouldn’t know or be asked to be involved in something that’s going on in my backyard, cmon mang…. you have to shoot a pilot, then shop it around… they’ve been denied by all the major networks so far so it seems… but there is still G4, spike tv or even HULU maybe? ….. that’s why some of this reality tv shit is so gay, I have a sizzle reel and I shot a pilot but after I got a deal with a major network…. they shot their own pilot and IF they get picked up, they’ll have to begin shooting… so until then the shit tyrese is doing is almost suicide for their show, shit is waaaaay too forced from the stories I hear and I can’t begin to colorfully describe or be specific and unique with my words on how bad a look this will be. I mean, they could witness an actual murder on camera and it wouldn’t get ratings. at best, it’d be like the artist who’s label bought all the units/cd’s to get them a gold album plaque when in actuality, they didn’t earn it righteously and they lost money, not make money spending on marketing to get a gold record)

p.s. THE END haha
have a great weekend y’all!

naw not talking bout my big homey/ex boss Dr. Dre…. I mean ME!
enough is enough!
back around late 2006 to late 2008 I got up to 200 lbs.
said fuck this shit… I need to get right!
before my bday in Jan 2009, I lost 48 lbs! thanks to Adam aka GOAT Goldston….

so now starting today I need to lose like 10 or 12 lbs…
I’m around 173 and want to get close to 160 for my boracay, philippines/asia trip diet!

I got the magical supplements (all natural vitamins, no extra shit) that I used back a year ago….
and I’m not eating red meat this time around….

so to kick off my diet?
my girlfriend decided to show her cousins a good time (since we missed the OC fair this week) with some deep fried snacks…. the old school way! now we got a deep fryer, but that shit is a nightmare to clean….

smh….

SMFH!!!!! I can’t even front… the deep fried twinkie was crazy good! we attempted to deep fry ice cream, but we would need the actual deep fryer to do that… fux it

now speaking of deep frying shit and frying pans and skillets….
my boy E-Dazzle thought I didn’t know what time it was? he don’t know I’m back to the future, all time zones covered…. no watch on! GOOD SHIT BRO BRO! haha

youngsters won’t know what the fuck this is… in fact 99.9% of the readers of this blog won’t know what this is.

anyways, hit up Runyon and got a great hike in… ran into the homey Dennis from Crooks and was shocked to death to see him! haha. good shit D! damn you was dolo too! wow, my girl has to wake me up and kick my ass to get in shape!

got a few more orders this week, the Gucci watch with white diamonds flew off our shelves… thanks everyone.
I got a piece I’m making for a 18 month old boy! smh hahahahaha

just booked my trip to Vegas for Magic and I’m headed to the Bay next month for sure…. along with Houston next month…. still haven’t got my conf. for Caribana in Toronto yet…. meanwhile, I need to get out of town again…. but still waiting on pops condition to stabilize.

p.s. I just ordered my Fall 2010 L-R-G gear and WOW! in 5 years, I haven’t seen a line this ill! shit is all what I love and loved about this brand! all the clean basics and nothing extra-ISH! so much clean shit.. they introduced a skinnier jean, a true skinny instead of the slim straights and mad henley’s and just clean button ups! they also introduced a Skinny Fit woven shirt now, so you don’t have the wide shirt syndrome!

thank you jonas, jesse & gully

FINALLY FINISHED REMODELING MY MASTER BATHROOM!
fuck man! re-tiled the floor, replaced the vanity, all types of shit…
also moved around a lot of shit in the crib…
gonna have another small private garage sale very soon… and best of all;
I got my 3-D flat screens coming!

everyone have a great weekend…
I want a new car btw

yes, I have some nice PVD chains to show you guys, but let me finish(yes kanye)

What random and boring weekend, but it was just what I needed….
Friday
me and my girl hit up our usual 2x a week hike at Runyon Canyon…. ate a healthy breakfast then got my day started and didn’t have to vomit from all the exercise…. YEEEEAAAYUHHHHH!

later in the day, I got to link with a homey of mine who I met off Niketalk and benballer.com back in the day who’s also down with the G.O.O.D. folks (ye, ibn, don c) and we haven’t talked in a long ass time! he copped a lot of OG 1 of 1 methamphibians back in the day and my guy Ian always dressed fresh, kept it consistent with the grown man steez and always pushed something less obvious… lol. He was in a new body Arnage this time smh lol…
We sat down at the Polo Lounge and I didn’t know what to expect, but he tried on a bunch of different things I brought and loved the quality, but decided to keep it G and went with a tight prong set diamond stud chain…

this is what Ian works with lol… not the typical gucci or LV type cat… I fux with you Ian!

As we were having our lunch, it was pretty open inside which was nice, but I heard some girl screaming loud talking like she was me but prettier(not so much anymore smh) and that girl was Kimora Lee…. I remember when she was a seat filler for award shows and then when her and Russell hooked up and I was hoping she didn’t see me because she is 1 of very few people who could out talk me smh…. I’ll end this part of the story right here, because fucking just because haha.

Anyways, I shake out of the meeting late and decide not to head back to “IF”, but instead I decide to head home and watch as many episodes of True Blood as I can possibly watch…. I can’t believe I’m so late on this shit! I once channel surfed and thought this show was based during the 1800’s because of a scene I saw and some of the ads looked really gothic and old, but DAMN! they do bad on this show and get their major fuck on! other than that, the story is really good and I’m NOT into vampire shit…. I made some Tofurkey sandwiches for dinner which is my new addiction…. vegans/vegetarians have come a very very long way since garden burgers, etc… this really tastes like meat, so I’m substituting this for turkey or whatever meat I was eating in sandwiches indefinitely.

oh yeah… I finished making the matching diamond buckles for my boy Rex’s 16 carat (now 17 carat diamond g-shock 6900’s)

Saturday….
woke up to a tofurkey egg white sammich and some granola and yogurt (I’m really trying to lose 8lbs) and because I went to bed so early… I woke up at 8am WTF? man… for those who don’t know, I’ve been waking up around 7am to 8am for the last 3 months and getting a lot of shit done…. but never on the weekend am I up and about at 8am… I was kinda confused… but my girl wakes up this early every day, so she’s used to it. We head to go say Hi to moms in ktown…. grab some treats then head down to IF…. I check my mail and see my boy Ryan Loco has given me the illest gift someone could give me in the year 2009 (no joke)

illest wallet I’ve ever owned, already putting it to use! THANK YOU RYAN!
Ryan hosts Tap Out radio and has been heavily involved in MMA activities from sportswear to management for the last 5 years.

while I’m out working/chillin…. my boy Johnny is over at the L-R-G sample sale with his kids copping some clothes… his son JC is 16 years old now (I remember when he was 3!) and I would like to thank everyone who showed up to the sale and used my blog coupon! Appreciate it!
Johnny sent me some pics that are too cute to not post


my god daughter getting lost in the big clothes…. L-R-G does make toddlers/kids clothes now

So we head over to the Grove to check out Shrek and I’m like eh, looks good, I’m kinda hyped, but whatever, I’m sort of over 3-D as it makes me dizzy sometimes… BUT after watching Shrek Forever, the final chapter, it was one of the best movies I’ve prolly seen this year, no joke… during the movie I’m texting back and forth to a friend negotiating some deals on Kaws 4 foot companions…. shit ain’t no childs play like the 1000% be@rbrick’s…. these shits hit $10,000 + per companion….. smh… so I got 1, but I want all 6, so I bought a few and added to my collection…. and I’ll be picking them up later this evening with the help of my homey Alex because Homicide is being a hater and won’t let me use his truck haha.

Head back to the crib and decide to stay indoors because I’m too disgusted with myself at this point to be outside in public after spending that kind of paper on toys(could have bought that Nissan Cube fully loaded and some rims!)…. but I gotta tell myself the shit IS art and these are true art sculptures and are worth a lot of money and Kaws is done making anymore 4 foot companions for Medicom corp.

So we head back home and watch some True Blood and a movie I tivo’d called My Sister’s Keeper which is based on a true story about a family who has a daughter who has leukemia and decides to have another child specifically as a donor child to prolong or save the life of their daughter with cancer…. the donor child daughter gets keen to this and sues her family for medical emancipation and all kinds of shit breaks loose in the movie…. shit was emotional and I was like damn! 2 good movies in 1 day? lol

while I’m feeling like a complete dickhead for spending a lot of money earlier in the day…. My boy Jordan texts me and tells me about his recent dickfuck purchase…. He bought a prop from one of the original Batman movies…. he bought a Penguin from the Batman movie with Danny DeVito in it. lol

after I saw this pic via MMS, I felt a lot better about my purchase. lol….. Jordan you crazy fuck!

As I’m about to lay down and sleep…. I get a frantic call from my friends from Do More Media…. Dustin and Cody…. I don’t know if their girls read my blog, but all I can say is I saved the day! thanks for the Veuve rose’ guys!

Sunday
wake up early again, but got in 8 hours of un-interrupted sleep…. I see my boy Alchemist is on ustream from his airplane seat, so I decided to talk some shit….. he’s like YANGGG! YOU 1/2 JEWISH PIECE OF SHIT lol…. I retort and that’s how I speak to all my loved ones…
then me and my girl head over for some family time at my Mom’s shop….

killer Cam

As I have a flashback to my childhood when I used to be forced to go to Church every single sunday (fyi I hated church) I have a conversation with one of my old korean chingoo’s from k-town and he tells me a fucked up story…. typical Korean religious bullshit that could only happen to a religious korean family smh…. So his parents are getting a divorce because his mom over the last year has been giving this con man at their church (I believe he is the pastor too smh) who promised his mom that Jesus would come to their house and change their lives! My boy’s mom gave the guy almost 2 million dollars of their family’s life savings! 2 MILLION DOLLAR$$$$!!!!! Once his dad found out, he went bezerk and big time spazzed out! She said Jesus is really coming! what is wrong with you! So the dad said “If Jesus comes to our house on May 20th, I’ll forgive you” …. well Jesus never showed up smh…. I asked my boy this….. “real talk though, BUT WHAT IS JESUS REALLY CAME?” lol

anyways, we spend time with my entire family and I missed out on my boy Kai’s new store opening at Kingsbury on 3rd street…. “SHOP LIKE KINGS” sorry fam, I will definitely stop by today or tomorrow.

finally head over to my girls house and her mom cooked Chicken Adobo for me! man…

chicken adobo with potatoes and rice and a dr pepper while watching my lake show? are you kidding me? I’m in heaven!

watched my depressing Lakers lose to the punk ass Suns, but I’m like you know what? we’re still 10-3 in the playoffs which is tied for best with the Celtics… we play like shit and still barely lose…. Bynum you big waste of space! you’re softer than soup! 4 fouls and 2 points? smfh…. anyways, we’ll see Boston in the finals… it was written.

headed over to Yogurt Land to get right and end my night on a brighter note…. then headed back to the trap to clean up…. got restless and didn’t go to bed til 3:15am which is the latest I’ve been up in a few months…. but was up bright and early this morning at 8am!

btw, took only 1 hour to write this blog today!

SO ARE YOU FINALLY READY FOR SOME PVD JEWELRY? AWWW YEAHHHHH
okay, peep game…. great deals and REMEMBER THIS! SHIT SELLS VERY FAST! so act fast!

this is PVD on black GOLD fully flooded pave bead chain with black diamonds…. weighs like 60 grams and has over 35 carats of black diamonds on it

these set ups are:
Smaller Rosary Bead chain(33″ long) with 4.5 carat black diamond cross
Medium Rosary Bead chain (31″ long) with 7 carat black diamond cross

for serious inquires, hit up INFO@IFandCO.com and me or my cousin will reply asap.

thanks and have a great week!