Friday, December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas all!!

So this Christmas, I didn't ask for too much because of our current situation, but I still got gifts anyways.

Some cash from the Godmother
Talarias from my mom
2004 French Blue XIIs and OG Nubuck XIIs from my cousin
Jacket from my dad
I still think Christmas was good for me. I'm getting to that age where I know how to get what I want and how to go about it so gifts weren't really as important for me because all I was going to ask for were for more shoes, clothes, a new cell phone, laptop, Zune HD, Nintendo DSi, and an Xbox 360 Elite with none other than Modern Warfare 2, Tekken 6, Left 4 Dead 2, and Fallout 3 Collector's Edition for that downloadable content goodness. Oh well, that's what getting a job is for. :)
Will post pictures tomorrow after this madness!

Monday, December 7, 2009

Around the Sun Day 7


Around the Sun Day 7, originally uploaded by ShawnTheTruth.

Finally feels like Christmas now that our family has picked up our Christmas tree. Surprised it's this big this year with our current financial situation, but it looks great. Hopefully it didn't cost too much so I don't feel as bad that our mom is trying to make us forget about our hard times with Christmas around the corner.

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WDYWT 12/7/09, originally uploaded by ShawnTheTruth.

So I had a pretty late start with school this morning despite having cleaned up a ton of stuff so that we could leave the house a lot quicker. Decided I wanted to wear my Bandaids one last time before I cleaned them using the fatjodz method of shoe cleaning. Haven't worn them much since then because they were hella dirty and I think I stepped in dog poo so they've been under my bed. Now that I remember, I have to clean up under there..Grr... Anyways, I figured out a way to replace my wrestling shoes after their tragic death on Saturday during my second match against QO and I'm managing to be able to get my wrestling shoe grails, the black/silver Adidas Beijing Adistar wrestling shoes for this year. Can't wait, but I know I'll have to work extra hours for Vance. It'll all be worth it though, been wanting them since last year, but have never had the chance to save up money for it.

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Wanted to always take a picture of my cockatoo, but never found a right time to until today.

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Around the Sun Day 5, originally uploaded by ShawnTheTruth.

So today, my foot burst through the soles of my wrestling shoes. Lasted me 4 good years. The bottom reads
"QO 8-8 12/5/09" and the second line reads "Never again!" in reference to how I was cheated in terms of the scoring in my match with Austin Williams, the 171 for QO.

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Day before my first match and found myself staring at my wall where my hat was so I decided to take it down and take a shot.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Around the Sun Day 3


Around the Sun Day 3, originally uploaded by ShawnTheTruth.

Just realized I desperately need a new bottle of Jason Markks. Sucks not to be able to clean my shoes up properly without it.

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Around the Sun Day 2, originally uploaded by ShawnTheTruth.

Second day of Project 365, realized I didn't bring these to the person I bought them for. Been so tempted to be a fatty and eat these all up

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Around the Sun Day 1, originally uploaded by ShawnTheTruth.

First day of Project 365, late upload. Decided to finally take a shot of my Domo cups that I still have, wish I had some of this right now for all this work tonight. Grr...

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Blah...

Lack of updates, FTL.
Keep updating tumblr over this when it should be tumblr reminding me to keep my blog updated.
Had some heavy stuff go down over this weekend...
Quite possibly no camera... :(
Still unemployed...
Wrestling season started... ehhh... so far.
Girls playing games; really starting to annoy me... questioning whether or not I should move on.
Just trying to make the most out of what I can; Making lemonade out of God's lemons that he dishes my way, good or bad... hopefully it still tastes just right.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

FML

Going to the wrong place&

Not going to the party&

Cat vommitting on backpack&

2 College Applications to finish&

Missing Assignments at the end of a marking period&

World Lit Paper&

Extended Essay&

Still no progress on this job

...

Bad Halloween/4 Day Weekend

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

All Conditions Gear



Coming soon to The Sole Truth very soon!

-Shawn

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

I <3 Air Max '87s

Sore


So the varsity field hockey game got cancelled, kinda wished that it wasn’t so Mrs. Dolan wouldn’t have marked my homework as being not finished when I actually did do it, but didn’t bring it because I didn’t think I needed it to study since I was taking the test during STEP.

Also, tried lemon squares thanks to Jessica. :) Freaking delicious.

Anyways, the lab in IB Biology was a good refresh from the boring notes we’re taking even though it wasn’t the most exciting lab possible. Dialysis bags are still pretty boring.

Pretty sure I aced my retake of my quiz that I made stupid errors on in the original. Should’ve looked at the probably more attentively, but I’m certain I got all of my answers right this time around.

Workouts today pretty much killed my entire lower body, pretty sure I’ll feel it tomorrow morning, but it was just what I needed. Haven’t squatted, done deadlifts, or any power cleans in the longest time.

Now I’m left with the task of finishing these two essays that STILL haven’t been finished. I’ll probably take a run with one of my friends after I finish my other homework before I take them both on.

Oh and I still have to finish my applications for Florida and Maryland! This week is going to be tough, but I’ll pull through.

Until my next break for procrastination,

-Shawn

Monday, October 26, 2009

Back to business!

To start off my new week with a classic clip from Family Guy.

Anyways, this week starts the first full official week of pre-season wrestling workouts now that Coach Lowe isn't coaching JV Field Hockey anymore. I'll most likely miss out on Tuesday's workout because I promised I'd be managing for Varsity's playoff games and to show support to fellow Sen10r teammates.
Lately, I've been listening to a lot ( And by a lot, I mean 10+ times everyday) of Mayer Hawthorne. My two favorite songs so far. It's even got me thinking of trying out for Motown at the Mill even though I am in no way confident of my singing ability, but I've got the soul man?


Anyways, I'm pretty excited about the November DXC even though I'll be flat broke. I've also had not so much luck with my job at Sears, they still haven't called me back those bastards. I'll try again tomorrow (... or should I say today?) after workouts.
I've also had a pretty big urge to get some Huarache LEs. They're just so fucking dope. UGHHHHH... being a broke photographer/shoe customizer sucks. I really want a pair of Scream Greens... freaking grail status right here.

If someone can find a pair 11-11.5, let me know? Haha.
Anyways, I just got $25 today from my uncle after visiting him and stuffing myself at his house. Hopefully I can get at least $100 before the 14th so then I can at least get something at the DXC. But the drops from Triumvir are so tempting... decision decisions...

Until next time I'm caught procrastinating to spit mad rhetoric,

-Shawn

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Back to school



So I was supposed to make some sort of post a while ago to update this, but at least I'm getting a bit better with keeping this updated. Anyways, school starts in two days, really not ready. Still need to finish my summer reading, the bane of my existence. I mean I've read the books, but the analytical portion is what I haven't done. The last thing I want to be doing though, is spending all Sunday night/Monday morning working on the essay/poem annotations.

Anyways, since I last updated, I've went to see the Goods with my cousin. First time I've ever bought my own ticket for a Rated-R movie, feels great except the $10.50 price. Saw live boobies that I paid for, only another year before I can buy my own porn. Saywhat?? Haha, sike... sticking to free shit. The movie was pretty funny all in all, pretty glad I went to see it instead of District 9. Pretty sure I can easily watch D9 on OVG anyways so it's probably not that enthralling for me to watch. Besides, The Goods has Will Ferrell and Jeremy Piven! More than enough reason for me to watch. However, I felt some parts were overdone to make it seem more epic than it needed to be. I understand it's a movie, but I felt some things were forced as though the director's said, "Let's just throw in a female sex-crazed pedophile! We haven't seen one of those in years!"

Speaking of Jeremy Piven, Entourage has been having a great season until last week's episode. Just hoping they redeem themselve's with tomorrow night's episode. Not much happened really, was expecting a lot more since Drama busted his boss trying to get at Jamie-Lynn, but instead Drama ended up being his bitch which really disappointed me since I figured Drama to be just the badass older brother that just fucked shit up.


Also, not as much action with Ari Gold nor any Sloan. THE PEOPLE DEMAND MORE SLOAN!

Aside from Entourage, I've also been heavily following Hung which is actually a pretty great show. Maybe it's because I've always wondered what it'd be like to be a "Happiness Consultant" aka man whore. Except I detest the word whore, I wouldn't even refer to any woman with that term. I mean there's sluts, but you can't call someone a whore, it just sounds like some Elizabethan shit. Anyways, the show's been great. Heavily anticipated Ray boning his neighbor's wife and I haven't been let down. She's seriously hot as fugg... Wish I could find a video of her, but oh well. You have to see the series to see it anyways. A little mad about the last episode with Jemma since she was hot too, but it would've defeated the purpose of the series if all went well between the two. She was a weird bitch though in the beginning which made things hard to follow until later in that episode.

The reason why I like this show so much is probably because of how Ray resorts do doing something he would probably never do by choice when hard times come and it's pretty much a motif about American society doing unspeakable things just to get by. Some tough shit, but at least some of it can be laughed at in this show.

My life's been so-so lately. Parent's are still trying to find a way to allow my dad to keep his social security checks he's been getting in, but child support has been trying to take that from him to give to us since he hasn't been paying for quite a while since he was unemployed and from then on my mom hasn't bothered about it especially since he's been giving us half of his checks when he received his disability checks. All that money, however, has been going to pay the mortgage which has meant not much going for us. Hell, we still haven't gotten a single thing to go to school with so basically me and my brother will have to start my Senior year and his Freshman year with old school supplies. Still not all that bad though since I bought myself a used Northface pack last year for pretty cheap. I still need a new one since it's been getting a ton of wear lately (I abuse my packs a lot) so I can probably try to save up for one if I can get a job. So far, I've just been searching around places to see if there's any places hiring aside from the mall so that I don't get stuck with minimum wage. I mean shoe discounts would be great, but if I have a well-paying job, it can go a long way. My father's been pretty devastated about child support taking so much of his money, but I suppose that's what's to be expected when we try to avoid our problems even though it was unintentional since he was fired and had no place to stay except with family in another state. He even was considering selling my (his) camera which I really needed for photography as well as listing shit up online since I'm so broke. I even bought another memory card to replace the one that his D50 came with since the lock slider button had been broken off and I couldn't remove it from the lock mode.

To stray away from depressing you guys about my situation, might as well tell you guys what I'm getting. I recently bought a pair of all white size 11 Air Max 90s (Air Max IVs, see I got it right UFB!)
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Planning on making these my weatherproof leather Infrared Air Max 90 customs. Still have to finish my Hufquakes, but I figured that I'd be able to finish Infrareds a lot easier and faster to have more shit that I can wear for school.

Photoshop Wars

Okay, so I was supposed to do a more meaningful post as an update before school start. However, photoshopping pictures of fatjodz (fatjodz.blogspot.com) has really consumed up my time that I should've been investing on finishing up summer reading. In my eyes, I think I won in terms of having the most photoshopped pics of him, but since my photoshop skills lack, he may have won even though I may have had better ideas than his. Jodz, if you ever do read this, know that you suck, haha. Don't ban me...

Anyways, here's my contributions:



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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Shooting Stars

So last night, I went to go watch the meteor shower with one of my close friends because she didn't have anyone to go with. Little did I know that her situation the other day was as serious as she had made it to be on Facebook so I was surprised when I saw her limping. Being the nice guy I am, I let her use one of my crutches so that we could make our way to the baseball field without her looking overly pitiful. Apparently, she had gotten surgery on one of her ass checks, well right below it which I found pretty ironic because of how she used to flaunt it and now she had to go to the hospital because of it. Anyways, we finally get there after a few minutes of walking and waiting for her to catch up with all her limping. She had originally invited whoever was interested to drop by and watch the meteor shower, but no one else ended up showing so it was just the two of us. Pretty romantic, eh? Well nothing really happened, we just talked for a bit until some guys come over who were going to do hookah while they waited for the meteor shower. Getting tired of waiting about 30 or so minutes after the supposed meteor shower time, we end up chilling with the other two guys waiting. After about an hour or so, we end up hitting up McDonalds. Still a pretty fun night to get out of the house and probably the first time I stayed out that late with a friend. Anways, lesson learned: Don't wait for meteor showers on a cloudy night in the city.

Also, not having a camera is seriously pissing me off. Time to start saving up for a new one, I guess.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

You see this, this my new haircut!

Promised to myself that I'd do a better job of updating, just wish I had my camera.

I got a new haircut today, nothing new. The usual stuff, but it's great to finally get my haircut by someone else. Just been doing it myself for a while on my vacation and it wasn't that great as you can see by my last post. Also, having a dad who would rather be bald than have his hair normal didn't help me when I tried to make him give me a shape up and clean up areas that I had missed. He ended up rounding off my hairline which made me look like I was wearing a helmet, haha. Anyways, I got my haircut today because I had to have my senior photo taken soon which I'm pretty excited about. 

After my haircut, I took the bus home because I didn't want to be apart of any of the nonsense with my mom having to make me help her at her job. I learned that they stopped giving out transfer slips on the bus which sucks and they told me I'd have to pay $5 for an all day fare pass which is ridiculous to me. I also forgot I had my student ID on me which is from my sophomore year since I lost my new one I took. While waiting for my transfer bus, I saw a kid from my school jerking which literally made me SMH. I just find it kind of sad that being in the DMV, kids can't even do the local dances, but have to follow some faggy SoCal fad that they ripped off the bay and gang dances.

Anyways, after getting home I had to rush to get my bike out so I could make it to the post office on time to cash a money order since it was almost closing time. Before making my way home, I stopped at the dollar store and picked up some jerky and Arizona since I was pretty hungry and thirsty from cycling down to the post office. I also took my Street Fighter shirts to the dry cleaner and found out how I could've saved $11 just by buying Woolite dark instead. Well, at least I learned how to get stuff dry-cleaned from first hand experience at the cost of getting ripped off. I also figured out I have this girl stalking me which is pretty weird. Anyways, that pretty much summed up my day. My legs are still kinda sore from all that pedalling, but it's mostly because I'm out of shape. Just got to get on a new workout plan I've been wanting to do for a while now.

Monday, August 10, 2009

Been a while...

Sorry that I haven't been updating my blog as frequently as I would have wanted to. I've just been pretty busy as of late with being ineligible for the first marking period and having to go to summer school as a result, to being in North Carolina for a month with family, and just overall laziness to update combined with just being apathetic about the whole situation. Since I've been in North Carolina, I've just been doing a lot of soul searching to try to get my head together and reflect on what happened. I also had to look at my own parent's lives and realize that making their same mistakes won't get me where I want to be in my future. On the same topic, my dad has been in the hospital quite frequently while I was in North Carolina and even missed my birthday on the 13th, which pretty much sucked for me because I figured my dad was capable of keeping himself healthy without me or my brother being around to remind him.


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Did a lot of driving around in this. Gotta love being out in the country in this.


Aside from that summer school was probably what I needed to help myself get my head together to do well in school. I pretty much showed myself that I could actually do well and get exceed my typical expectations in school. My visit with my school counselor also helped me to just do my own thing to get to where I want to be since I'm even at more of a disadvantage than the rest of my IB Class in terms of getting into the school I want. 

Returning to weight lifting with my former teammates was also a bit more of a struggle than I had thought it'd be. Having to swallow my pride to approach them was probably one of the more difficult thing I've done recently. Just not being able to be apart of the team I've been with for the past three years ago has been a great pain to me. On the brighter side, this time allows me to focus on wrestling and track now as well as try to get a job during school while still having time to do well in class.

Some things I got over the summer were my Laney Air Jordan Vs that I had shipped to my grandparent's house in North Carolina which I'm planning on restoring. My 3Sixteen SL-1000xs came in as well right before I was about to return to North Carolina from the week that I had to be in to go to appointments.I also had Jason ship out my gray Huf Quake v3 which has been my fitted grail for quite sometime especially after having San flaunt it at me whenever we'd get on StickAM, but I never got around to taking a picture of it. I also used part of my birthday money that I got from my godmother to buy a new copy of Street Fighter IV and a new memory card for my camera that my dad still has until the end of summer.


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Some minor yellowing and the paint on the midsole is chipping in unsightly places, but now that I have the right paint, I can fix that which will just leave me to acquiring seaglow to restore the soles back to an icy color.


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I really like the fit of these, easily way better than the typical Nudies and APCs I see around in terms of quality and fit. Also took some updated shots of my 514s as well, like how the earth tone came out in the shot.


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Monday, June 8, 2009

DC Dunkxchange 2009

Alright, I had to update because George posted a shout out on his blog so I'll post up the DC DXC's pictures here. I was pretty angry I didn't have the customs ready, I loafed the night before and I couldn't clean them up as best I thought I'd be able to with the acetone and the RIT Color Remover doesn't remove everything. I seriously don't want to scrap this custom project because I've put in too much work and money thus far just to scrap it. I've got to find a way to cover up the stains on the mesh. Well... I kinda got off topic now. Anyways, I suppose I'll start off with my fit.


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I had to pixelate my face because I had a weird look on my face.


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With Futuras. I think I'm gonna need a new pair soon. ;)


Now back to the DXC, I got there by Metro. Took the 58 to Shady Grove were I was surprised to find some kids from my school waiting there for me because one of their mom's saw me while I was waiting for the bus. Kinda disappointed they had beasty fits on and they had to wear the glasses, but for their sake I'm not posting their pics up here.


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When we finally did get there, line wasn't as long as I had expected which was good. There I found more kids from my school in the front, but that didn't matter because I had the front of line pass.


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Okay, I'm being lazy right now, I'll just post the rest of the pics and update with captions and my evaluation later.



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