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Summer Sampler!

2010-08-17T14:30:00.002-04:00

JaimeC Summer 2010 from Jaime Colon on Vimeo.

1080p download
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WSEEQO4G

720p download
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7TYFULL5

More work...

2010-07-18T05:02:00.001-04:00

has been done.

nice job devon

2010-07-16T00:38:00.001-04:00

the job is nice, devon. the stuff you did here to the video archive. we are chopping away at that in good time.

AHHHg

2010-07-08T13:42:00.001-04:00

So I finished the team samplers section and I'm working on the solo samplers section. Almost finished!

you know

2010-07-07T11:00:00.003-04:00

I think we should make an in depth personal sampler of Christian this summer.
It doesn't even have to be a trick sampler. He's just insanely interesting, and the world should see that.

Yeah, that's right~

2010-06-24T14:22:00.000-04:00

I'm cleaning things up on the blog, etc.

Shout out to Haime!

2010-05-12T20:05:00.002-04:00

He's kept this blog+site up and running for years now! I can't even imagine the amount of time he's spent designing and redesigning it, promoting it, and keeping it running! He's quite the captain, I must say.

Gracias, Señor Jaime!

g

2010-03-14T16:43:00.002-04:00

bffdnfgnfg

TUCG Black and White

2010-03-09T13:54:00.002-05:00

I posted it like this hoping it would be better on the eyes...

It isn't though. =T
I failed so hard with those colors.

FF Gathering 07 (TUCG) B+W from Jaime Colon on Vimeo.

CONSTRUCTION

2010-03-05T12:42:00.002-05:00

please be patient, don't kill each other either.

Goals+help...

2010-02-13T02:18:00.000-05:00

new layout/colors
new banner
organize online video collection
take pictures
give everyone access to post on the blog
promote the blog (facebook+other blogs+tt+school+work etc...)

i made new tshirt designs, some day ill upload them haha...

To Devon, about the tribute...

2010-01-28T00:43:00.000-05:00

Devon! Thank you very much for the tribute! This means a lot coming from someone like you. It's good to feed off your positive energy and be able to stay connected in this community through you. You keep me on track and keep me from falling off. Every session I'm like, "I wanna impress Devon with :: :: ::".

You've also grown to be such a great friend to Hilary and I, and more so you've found a permanent spot in my heart and in the circle of FF. I seriously consider you close as family. I trust you 100%, for all the crap you've helped Hilary and I through (and that's a lot, you know~)
You're the man Devon simply put! Your enthusiasm and artistic and creative sense is a real treat, and I hope we'll stay close for life.
---
And everyone else, thanks for watching and commenting! This is a good collection for myself actually. It's a good reminder of what I can do, and what I should be able to do easily. This video has been pumping me up for a 2010 sampler! It WILL be good...
OH, and A+ for "at the drive in"!!!

Well...

2010-01-25T21:58:00.000-05:00

Im in the mood for a good ol' fashioned wcg session. Ill be arranging it with Steve in a few days. Saturday hopefully around the normal time~

Haime Tribute Sampler

2010-01-18T18:36:00.000-05:00

Jaime's done some pretty insane stuff in the past few years. I edited a quick video of some of my favorite stuff of his:

May the coming years bring you excellent tricks, Jaime!

Birthday session!

2010-01-14T02:19:00.001-05:00

Session at wcg on saturday. starting at 1pm. we can trick until fatigue. 10 bucks

its my birthday on sunday, ill be 26! :)

see you soon~

Session...

2010-01-09T01:28:00.000-05:00

just incase you don't know...

session at 1pm, wcg tomorrow

Ah man...

2010-01-09T01:25:00.001-05:00

I just watched a ton of my raw videos from 2006 and 2007. Just some trainers, and man was I strong, fast, confident, and brave! I need to bring that sense back to my tricking. I've become cautious to the point of ridiculousness. lol

I'm scared of things now, that I've been landing since 2002! That's a big load of crap!

~Must change that~

Seriously...

2010-01-08T13:45:00.000-05:00

If you can draw, make some sketches. If you're not that good at drawing, still give it a shot please. Scan and upload or give it to me when we meet.
Mike Wong, Jen Yu and Devon that applies to you three directly. haha

Well yeah I just would like some art from some friends of mine. I will try to upload some crappy Jaime art too.

New York Gathering!!! 09-10

2010-01-01T06:37:00.001-05:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Everyone have fun? Was everybody safe? I'd hope so...

<----- by the way these pics are the WORST! haha

Well:
I had a session with Tony and his karate team at a gym in CT. It was pretty cool, there's a lot of new talent coming up these days! :)

This weekend NYG (New York Gathering, hosted by James Yu and Jen Ma) is happening. FF finally has a pretty decent crew showing up. Emily, Justin, Devon, Trevor, ANDY, Hilary and myself will all be attending. And some friends of mine may also show up. (Calif and Blais). Hopefully everything will happen the way we'd like it to. Especially for Jen and James seeing as how they've put so much effort into this event! I'll be editing a video of the Saturday night session, and I'm actually excited about editing it because I have a good amount of support from my "film crew". ;)

So, happy new year and best wishes to all!

Back online...

2009-12-30T13:52:00.000-05:00

This was from a few weeks ago~

This was edited by Devon~

haha

2009-12-30T00:10:00.000-05:00

teenaged years, funky hair and pimples

Here it is guys!

2009-12-06T02:34:00.000-05:00

this is what I was talking about. (the weird tv/ video clip) that "bizarre" shit I mentioned from my "stumbleupon" account.

http://www.neave.com/television/

and here's a near knee death situation. I'm not injured but it did hurt! I should be fine by next week. :)

edit: twice in one session?!?!

2009-12-02T14:25:00.001-05:00

http://www.hostrocket.com/webhosting.html

check it out

we need to pay the bill soon or no more site

:T

I'll be taking some money from you guys next time I see you for the website.

update...

2009-11-29T21:37:00.000-05:00

lets train this upcoming saturday, wcg. 1-4ish
i tried to train at daggets yesterday, it was lame...
kids EVERYWHERE. no music.

i might also not make it to epic. =T
nyg will happen. we have to make reservations like this week!!
i got a new laptop. =) its good for editing, better than my desktop.
its a sony vaio

anyways call/text me or post up

OH. MY. GOD.

2009-11-16T23:12:00.000-05:00

Tampere Open 2009's shirt has a crab on it. Let's go to Finland. RIGHT EFFING NOW!
I love Team Unito!

Yo guys

2009-11-06T00:29:00.001-05:00

session on saturday. 1-445ish
wcg
10bucks

lets train hard!

Yes

2009-10-31T01:49:00.001-04:00

Happy Halloween!

FF_2009 is now rendering

Hilary, Devon, myself and possibly Tony are going to a session in NY today. It'll be a good mix up of old school and new school kids in attendance.

Possibly Devon, Hilary and I will film and edit a sampler of the night. I'm sure we'll have a good amount of material to edit.

Anyways, enjoy your weekend regardless of what you may be doing. Have fun!

UpD8

2009-10-28T20:54:00.000-04:00

This is a post to update the blog because it needs an update. Jerry Jackson is featured on the BBC??!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9VKSqjtLe8

Oh my...

2009-10-04T18:52:00.000-04:00

So much footage to go through~

tutorial pack!

2009-09-28T03:03:00.000-04:00

...Soy curioso...

2009-09-27T12:49:00.000-04:00

James Yu himself is declaring an NY gathering this year. as of right now looks like it'll be around end of December/ first few days in January. I definitely want to go but i have to go back to school on the 4th of Jan. Anyone else interested? what are y'all winter schedules?

here is thread

detsfw

2009-09-15T13:53:00.000-04:00

Im really close:

and Im also editing a sampler from that day.

Im thinking of hitting up wcg this saturday. anyone down?

huweh...

2009-09-10T17:12:00.000-04:00

Yep
I trained at wcg today from 11-1. It was excellent!
They have a new red carpet and it looks awesome!
The sound system is good.
We can train on weekends too I just gotta call to give them
A heads up.
I peeled a kiwi with my bare hands and ate it like an orange.
That is good.
My day is good...
Landing new and creative tricks makes me happy...

Qucik rej~

2009-09-09T12:49:00.001-04:00

I went to the Trickadelphia session that just went down. Hilary filmed and I edited this one. Also I got to spend time with a good friend of mine from high school (Loc Lam), and there were a lot of "old school" trickers at the gathering. So this gathering was great for me!

ffEdit_Trickadelphia from Jaime Colon on Vimeo.

Also I talked with Steve from WCG. It seems like I can go in on Tuesday and Thursday mornings to train. I'll talk with him about a time slot where we can train together, possibly on Saturday or Sunday. That, my friends is good news!

//F.F\\

2009-08-30T18:40:00.000-04:00

Goofy Pictures up on my facebook, Go on my page and find the album titled "OK Computer" to view them, OR click this link and sign in: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=264950&id=644320313

nice

2009-08-27T00:55:00.001-04:00

http://zoomquilt2.madmindworx.com/zoomquilt2.swf

Stumbled upon this today...

2009-08-26T02:17:00.001-04:00

Anders Sandberg / asa@nada.kth.se

http://www.aleph.se/Trans/Individual/Mental/rules.html

Mental Heuristics

A heuristic is a "rule-of-thumb", advice that helps an AI program or human think and act more efficiently by directing thinking in an useful direction.

Some of these heuristics are age-old wisdom, bordering on cliche, but most are actually helpful.

If you want something done, do it yourself

Comment: Obviously true, and doing it is usually very good for your self esteem. A surprising amount of work can be done this way, and experts are not always necessary. However, there is a risk of becoming overworked if you try to do everything yourself - we all need other people after all.

Never procrastinate anything you can do right now

Comment: Very powerful. There are many things that can be fixed or solved with a minimum of effort, but are often pushed aside as unimportant. Unfortunately they won't go away, and in time the feelings of guilt for not having done them will make you even less likely of fixing the problems.

When you have several things you could be doing and don't know which to do: Just do any one of them!

Comments: If you cannot decide between two or more possibilities, then there is a good chance that the differences don't matter. However, most people begin to hesitate in this kind of situation (Fredkin's paradox). If you are conscious of this, you can just choose one choice randomly or according to some standard method.

Always assume that you will succeed

Comments: If you don't expect to succeed in an endeavor, then you will not do your best and will not notice possible solutions, while if you feel that you will eventually succeed you will concentrate all your power at the problem. Of course, there is no point in attempting what you cannot do, a certain amount of self-knowledge is always needed.

If you can't find a solution, change the rules.

Comment: Remember that there are no no-win scenarios.

If you cannot do anything about something, there is no point in worrying about it.

Comment: Worrying is stressful, and in most situations doesn't accomplish anything - it just wastes energy. Instead of worrying about things, either do something about them or find ways around the problem. One useful idea is to write down your worries on slips of paper, and then put them away in a box. Regularly, once a week or so, you open the box and see what you can do about the worries that are still relevant.

Do not rely on conscious decisions for speed - Just Do It

Comments: The conscious mind is surprisingly slow, conscious choices and actions are delayed for a significant time (a reflex acts within some tens of milliseconds, an unconscious reaction to external stimuli circa 100 milliseconds and a conscious choice several seconds). The duty of the conscious mind is usually to inhibit rather than start action, and if you become too conscious of what you are doing in a tense situation you will hesitate or slow down.

It is a good idea to learn to rely on your non-conscious mind, since our conscious mind is slow and has very low bandwidth while the other systems in our brains have a tremendous capacity and actually do most of the real work anyway.

Don't try to explain away your actions for yourself

Comment: While we often do things we do not want to explain our real motivations for before other people (out of fear of embarrassment, anger or loss of image), it is a bad idea to try to convince oneself that the motivation was anything different from what it was. It will only reduce your self-knowledge with deliberate misinformation, and it is often valuable to understand what motivations you have (even if you dislike them or would never admit them in public).

Listen to your intuition, but do not believe it unconditionally

Comments: Intuitive or emotional thinking, analogies, "gut feelings" or "flashes of inspiration" can sometimes give fantastic new insights or show problems from a new direction. Unfortunately such thinking isn't always reliable, and quite often completely wrong! Such insights should never be accepted because you admire their beauty or they are intuitive, only because they fit with reality.

Work

2009-08-15T20:55:00.001-04:00

This week was great! We successfully hosted the Strickingz guys at my place, we tricked and hung out all week! We got a chance to relax over Christian's a little bit. We went swimming over his place and ate like, tons of food. We also messed with his weird webcam thing on his computer and took hilarious pictures. Hopefully those will be posted in time.
Currently Strickingz are over Devon's house in Heath, MA. If you'd like to hang out or train with FF and Strikingz make an effort to contact Devon. Best way I'd imagine would be through TT or the tagboard on the side of this site. Maybe facebook would be another good option.

But all that aside I'll be back to work on Monday. I also have tons of projects I'm working on.
Site maintenence
video tutorials
Andy R (elim) sampler
FF and Strikingz sampler from this week
Devon is also working on a video project. It'll be pretty epic in nature. And with all THAT aside I'm trying to read a certain book and get back on my regular training regimen. So I'm pretty busy. Everything will be posted with time but please be patient...

2009-08-10T10:06:00.000-04:00

YEAH!

Here's the low down on some session locations, and options-

Trevor:

Haime. Yes.

I'm recovering from NJG today, but it's not that bad.

Tuesday Over The Top has open gym

Wed Glouster gymnastics and showtime cheer have open gym

Mon-Fri Holliston open gym is 1:00-3:00

My grass and trampoline is always open

Maybe other options in your area?

Watcha think capn?

Springfield weather:

Forecast Conditions

High °F
Low °F

Precip.
Chance

Today
Aug 10

Isolated T-Storms

91°
71°

30%

91°F

Check Flight Delays

Tue
Aug 11

Scattered T-Storms

88°
66°

60%

88°F

Wed
Aug 12

Isolated T-Storms

86°
64°

30%

86°F

Thu
Aug 13

Partly Cloudy

85°
64°

10%

85°F

Fri
Aug 14

Isolated T-Storms

82°
67°

30%

82°F

Sat
Aug 15

Partly Cloudy

84°
65°

20%

84°

Cape Cod weather:

Forecast Conditions

High °F
Low °F

Precip.
Chance

Today
Aug 10

Isolated T-Storms

83°
71°

30%

83°F

Check Flight Delays

Tue
Aug 11

Scattered T-Storms

79°
67°

60%

79°F

Wed
Aug 12

AM Clouds / PM Sun

75°
64°

20%

75°F

Thu
Aug 13

Mostly Sunny

72°
64°

10%

72°F

Fri
Aug 14

Isolated T-Storms

75°
67°

30%

75°F

Sat
Aug 15

Partly Cloudy

75°
66°

20%

75°F

YO!

2009-08-09T20:54:00.000-04:00

This week is trick week you guys!
I don't have to work and strickingz will be at my house all week. Its also possible my good buddy James Yu (Crazyasian) will be around for a little while too. I plan on really beefing up the site, taking loads of pictures, making a trick sampler with the team and friends and just hanging out and having a great time all week!
Maybe we should go to beaches, and swimming pools, fields, dojos, and gymnastic centers. Nightly we should play xbox360 at my house. (but you must control your volume level because Hilary still has to work this week. chill with the yelling...)

Im sure we'll have a great week. If you want to get involved and help with session planning (or offer ideas for session locations and times) post the basics on the tagboard and I'll work on it. Check the website at least once a day, and usually at night before bed to stay updated.

Im free all week so either post on the tagboard or call me if you wanna hang out.

My new sampler!

2009-07-28T14:04:00.000-04:00

JaimeC. 2009 from Jaime Colon on Vimeo.

If you don't have blogger accounts or you forgot yours, leave a message on the tagboard and I'll create a new one for you.
The new layout is still in the works.

And I might be downgrading the server so we'll just use youtube/vimeo for our videos and like photobucket and blogger for images.

yo

2009-07-25T01:32:00.001-04:00

anybody have access to a good camera? for taking action shots?

yoo

2009-07-24T12:51:00.000-04:00

The online video battle between me, jim ng and jefferson lewis (jester, and jayel) is due by tomorrow night.
I have some work to do! Ill be training with Andy R tomorrow in the Cape. If anyone wants to come just text me or email me (furioushaime84@hotmail.com)

Also I have a new blog layout in the works, its almost complete!
I should have it out by sunday night. :)

Things that rhyme with orange..

2009-07-22T00:56:00.000-04:00

Door Hinge././. But here's some stuff for you to read.

Sonic Youth's new album is called The Eternal and i just bought it, as well. It's eerie, as Sonic Youth has always been, and really fucking good. i was worried that they might not be able to pull off another good full length album but it has to be among their best and i'm impressed and glad. Perfect amount of noise and guitar, and the lyrics are simple enough to remember but unique enough to make you daydream. female & male vocals is always a plus too. if you aren't a sonic youth fan yet this is a good place to start. Buy it.

The Mars Volta's new album is called Octahedron and is Omar's idea of an acoustic album, even though electric guitars, synthesizers, and drum machines are used throughout. It's much easier to listen to than their previous records and focuses mainly on Cedric's droning and nut-grabbing vocals. The only common theme i can pick out is one of mourning and homicide, probably referring to the drug cartels in mexico overriding the federales and murdering innocent people. "Let the wheels burn, Let the wheels burn. Stack the tires to the neck with a body inside," is the chorus to one of my favorite tracks on the album, "Teflon". At worst, I've heard the album described as "it sounds as if taking back sunday were actually talented," which isn't even much of an insult. Personally, i dig it. even though there isn't much depth to it and you might not be able to listen to it as many times as your other Mars Volta records, you'll still find it haunting and intriguing. Buy it

Also---____--- Hocine, Amar, and Adrien are coming to the east coast on Thursday. They're looking to train, visit New York City, and enjoy themselves. I think they like ladies too. Anyone who is willing to transport, house, feed, trick with, fuck, or help out these friends of ours in any way, Please message Hocine on facebook, contact him on TT, and if need be, just let me know and I'll relay the message. Unfortunately Jaime, Devon, and I are pretty busy through the end of the summer and into Autumn, and they're looking to stay for a month, so we can't do as much as we'd like to help them and spend time with them. But anyone who checks the site and is down with FF and StrikingZ & wants to help, well.... it would be much appreciated.

ALSOALSO, if anyone is going to San Francisco's Outside Lands Festival at the end of August. . . Bring me :)

___

Justin, let's hang.

LAter

i AiN't dOWN WitHat BULLSHIT

2009-07-07T12:52:00.000-04:00

Whats Up !!!

Justin - Sorry i didn't get back to you about that little shindig you had. I wanted to go but my friend's band was playing so i couldn't make it. But next time . .

Jaime - We've been playin' some telephone tag and i AiN't dOWN WitHat BULLSHIT ! Let's hang

Devon - YOU SHOULD hang WITH US !!

Trevor - hi I have a new OJ fetish. not orange juice. not simpson. but Orange Julius. let's do it

Tony - Same Goes for You

I dunno if anyone sti|| checks the site but if so, i expect prompt responses cause it's been faar too long.

~FF

2009-06-11T01:21:00.001-04:00

as the saying goes: bread.butter.cheese=victory?

anyhow jim ng shall not win this one~
i will be victorious!

2009-05-17T23:50:00.001-04:00

Mind uploading is the concept of transference of consciousness from a human brain to an alternative medium providing the same functionality. Assuming the process to be possible and repeatable, this would provide immortality to the consciousness, as predicted by futurists such as Ray Kurzweil.^[8]

Mind-to-computer uploading

Main article: Mind uploading

One idea that has been advanced involves uploading an individual's personality and memories via direct mind-computer interface.The individuals memory may be loaded to a computer or to a newly born babies mind. The baby will then grow with previous persons individuality and may not develop his own personality.^[who?] Extropian futurists like Moravec and Kurzweil have proposed that, thanks to exponentially growing computing power, it will someday be possible to upload human consciousness onto a computer system, and live indefinitely in a virtual environment. This could be accomplished via advanced cybernetics, where computer hardware would initially be installed in the brain to help sort memory or accelerate thought processes. Components would be added gradually until the person's entire brain functions were handled by artificial devices, avoiding sharp transitions that would lead to issues of identity. After this point, the human body could be treated as an optional accessory and the mind could be transferred to any sufficiently powerful computer. Persons in this state would then be essentially immortal, short of loss or traumatic destruction of the machines that maintained them.

OH YES!

2009-05-17T11:06:00.000-04:00

I tricked yesterday, and it was great! I came back from my illness, with the sickness. THAT is a good play on words yes? Or no, well anyhow I filmed a lot of good things yesterday. I thought I was going to be fatigued because I was sick for about 8 days. I went to the doctor to get my right knee, ankle and wrist checked out. I thought maybe I had a fracture in my wrist and ankle but I'm ok I guess. A mild sprain in my ankle (well mild now, but not a few months ago), a sprained wrist (from punching a bag too hard about a month ago) and my knee is pretty swollen. I can just ice it all and take pain relievers. I'm fine...

Hilary and I are doing good so far with our opposite schedules.
We beat Assassins Creed, and Mirrors Edge for 360. We saw Wolverine, Star Trek and Angels and Demons recently.
Wolverine was ok, and so was Star Trek, I had really high expectations though. Angels and Demons was really well made and it was very suspenseful. The plot reminded me a lot of the plot in Watchmen.

Yo folks...

2009-05-08T21:55:00.000-04:00

So yeah I've still been pretty distant from you guys. I'm sorry...
I'm going back to 2nd shift at work. =(
I'll be working 12-830 pm for awhile, then I'll be doing 330-12am shortly afterward.
Hilary and I are working on, making it work out. She still works 1st shift (7-4pm). We figure we'll have more personal time during the week and we'll enjoy our weekends together a little more. I hope this is true and remains true for however long this may be.
Also we're moving back to Springfield at the end of this month. We'll be living in her parents house, because her parents are moving to Texas and we'll get the Springfield house.
=)

As far as training:

Yeah I've been pretty much going two solid good weeks of training and conditioning then I hit a point where I get sick and fatigued and I loose interest. I make some serious gains in those two weeks then I stale out.
Then after a week, I get back at it again.

What I can say is overall I'm happy with my progress but it's not worthy of my expectations I have for my next sampler. I will not show you guys the goods until I'm there.
I want it to showcase my skills as a tricker who has been around through the different generations of tricking.
;)

OMG!

2009-04-15T18:17:00.000-04:00

It hasn't fully set in yet, but I am totally amazed at this video project Devon! It's perfect in all ways! Great music and great shots! You've got good camera angles in relation to the, uh, lighting.
A truly epic video, and inspiring! I'm looking forward to working with you on our next project. Which we'll begin working on this weekend.
=)

It may have seemed like I've been doing nothing but I've made some gains myself. I'll edit a short sampler so you guys can get a small idea of what I've been doing. But Devon, damn kid you've done it! I'm totally pumped for teh future, which is now! Now is the future you know, we will make an awesome video anyways!

See you soon man, and um... I want the HD downloadable version so I can watch on my TV repeatedly!

For the Captain

2009-04-15T14:46:00.000-04:00

Assignment from Devon Ingraham-Adie on Vimeo.
Password: iamfurious
I'm not feelin this being posted outside the blog right now. You're all welcome to watch it. Since it's mostly footage of you guys, I'll release it if it's the general consensus. Hope it's enjoyable, this is the standard definition version.
-Devon.

Happy Holiday!

2009-04-12T15:27:00.001-04:00

Happy Easter! Happy Resurrection day if you're Christian...
Enjoy the day with you're family if you can, if you're alone or with friends still enjoy it!

Devon's project will soon be released and I will return to practice with the team. =)

UpD8

2009-04-06T20:19:00.000-04:00

I left mined laptop in the strong arm of David, so I can't editz at the moment. I'm lacking footage, but I'll make this vid-yo for El Captain and the lulz. Also, Tony, I have your ipod case.

Flawless Victory

2009-04-01T22:42:00.000-04:00

I nom'd minedself some see ess four. No more formatting issues for this crustacean! Plus like... the snow is finally gone from my house!

Many barnacles to the dude or dudette to first name the men in the image

She said "asah"

2009-03-28T14:10:00.000-04:00

yep...

We were hanging out last weekend in Boston, it was a good time.

Updating the members page

2009-03-21T23:52:00.000-04:00

Well I was thinking we should all write a little blurb about ourselves for the members page and send Jaime a photo of ourselves, as well as take some new team photos! I don't know what you guys had in mind, but maybe write a little about how you got into tricking, what it means to you, how you met the team, music that you like, location, aspirations, Things you like besides tricking, your birth date, I dunno- anything interesting about you that lets people know who you are! what do you guys think?

lil' Session

2009-03-19T22:38:00.000-04:00

Friday night. contact me the Devon.

hey

2009-03-15T15:37:00.000-04:00

Hey guys, it's been a while Sorry for being so hard to get in touch with lately. I was in Colorado during February break and i went to a hardcore show the weekend i got back so i didn't train with you guys that night. the following wednesday was my birthday and i woke up with a fever and the flu so i was out of school for 3 and a half days with that and sick for 8 days. i didn't do anything but sleep and shit i was pretty out of it. after that i had hella work and tests to make up in all of my lame classes so i was occupied with that until about last tuesday. I haven't trained at all since i last saw you guys, i think it was at the rempfer session. other than school work i've been taking an SAT preparatory class that sucks. so all in all school has basically been "Snakin' my cakes" as devon put it. Other than fatigue i've been feeling a lot better, although i have seasonal affect disorder so all this up and down whether has been taking a toll on me mentally.. im ready for some chronic sunshine. I'm really sorry to have kept you all in the dark for this long with regards to my whereabouts and shit, especially Jaime & Devon. with any extra time i've had i've just been playing guitar as usual and skating when it's nice enough out. Anyway that's the news with me, Hope to trick with you all soon. I'm feeling good that everyone seems pretty active and optimistic about the team (again, mainly Jaime & Devon--> you guys are keeping me excited about it). Later~

YEAH...

2009-03-14T22:50:00.000-04:00

So here it is. Mind you this isn't creative at all. It's a standard text I downloaded. All I have to do is type an "F" and it automatically creates this logo.

I've waited so long because I want to do something creative with this, but here is for very feverish beings...

new shirts, version 1 and 2

and here's the link to the text file:
teh text file
(first one at the top)

DEVON!

2009-03-14T08:58:00.000-04:00

You have a video report due by the 14th of April. You must incorporate all current active members of the team in a video presentation that highlights all the strengths and weaknesses of the group. There are not any limitations or requirements really. Just that it be very innovative and interesting. Use your network wisely! Connect with friends, carpool to sessions, make this report happen!
The only acceptable formats I'll be taking are mpeg2, and WMV.
WMV settings are:
image quality, 100 percent
bit rate, 10mbps
1440X1080
deinterlace

Do not ask for help from me, by now I'm sure you can do everything I can do and more as far as tricks and editing goes. I want to see something similar but different. Use your skills to motivate and inspire the team to do as you wish. Make them want to make this happen! Surprise me with your edit!
...side notes:
try to connect with rare or old members for extra credit!
As for me I'll be doing my own thing for awhile. I have some injuries and personal business I must take care of. I'm still willing to show up and hang out at sessions, and I'll be back full swing soon enough. New shirts should be up by tonight!

2009-03-06T13:05:00.000-05:00

also...

2009-03-06T08:54:00.000-05:00

Oh and hilary is coming to the session. Devon had dinner with us and taught me how to play chess. And I also beat super mario bros. 1 for nes.

yo mångs...

2009-03-06T08:44:00.000-05:00

Yeah so last weekend Hilary and I went to see the taste of chaos show at the webster in hartford. We had some fun. I went mainly for pierce the veil. This band bring me the horizon killed the show though oh gosh! Thursday was kinda ehhh. Maybe their style didn't go well with the other bands.
But anyways hilary and I had a good time. This week we're going to a hockey game.
Aside from this stuff though YES ill be training with the teabm again starting tomorrow. I learned a few things on my own so I intend on showing you what I gots!
Congratulations to mystery man on the dblness. I think there will be more mystery mangs tomorrow so beware...
Plus... Stay in it. More video projects must be made!

today

2009-03-02T17:09:00.000-05:00

I had to go to the ER, I have swollen lymph nodes. The doctor took some blood and a urine sample. Turns out I'm ok, I just have to take antibiotics for a few days. I might not train tonight because I feel a little light headed. Oh yeah, I trained outside on Saturday that was cool. Hilary and I in our spare, spare, spare time have been trying to conquer some games. I'm going to make a section on the navigational bar for our gaming journal eventually but here it is...
----------------------------

We'll be posting all the games we have conquered, in no particular order.

Ninja Gaiden 1/nes: complete
Mega Man 3/nes: complete
Shadow of the Colossus/ps2: complete
Final Fantasy 7/psx: complete
Final Fantasy 8/psx: complete
Tomb Raider Legends/xbox: complete
Metal Slug X/final burn alpha: complete
Kung Fu/nes: complete
Zelda, Ocarina of Time/n64: complete

YES!

2009-02-26T16:11:00.000-05:00

My job here is done...

The FF Project 2009 from Jaime Colon on Vimeo.

2009-02-26T08:07:00.000-05:00

Well I'm at work so I can't check for errors so I'm crossing my fingers hoping there isn't any mistakes.
It should be 14 mins long.

http://www.vimeo.com/3378230

All done!

2009-02-25T17:27:00.000-05:00

Uploading...

as expected...

2009-02-25T05:34:00.000-05:00

The first rendered result is a failure. None of the transition effects were in the video and it was in fast forward for some odd reason.

I'm now restarting the computer and attempting a reencode.
=T

yes dogs:

2009-02-24T21:47:00.000-05:00

It's encoding at the moment. It still needs to be double checked for errors, and all that other stuff. But yes, it's done and I'm pretty content with the result.

It's pretty "messy" and random. It's also very noisy and visually stimulating. There are overly obnoxious clips with awesome underlying subtle elements to it. There is so much to appreciate in this video that, viewing it only once won't do it any justice whatsoever. So please, when you give yourself a chance to watch this video please take the time to really separate yourself from whatever you're doing and give your full attention to the video. Listen carefully to everything and watch for all the random awesomeness that this video holds.
Much time was spent on filming, and capturing, and converting and all that other nonsense so doing this is the least you can do for Hilary, Devon, the rest of our FF family and I.

Most of all, I must thank Hilary for being the amazing camerawoman, trick supporter, girlfriend, and well; my overall little caretaker through this whole period. I've been coming home from work and neglecting her and some of my responsibilities to complete this project. There's been times that I left home late at night to film and train with the team, and not spend anytime with her.
=T
She's been cooking me up awesome meals and holding down the household and keeping the team together and keeping my mind focused on my projects. =)
Devon deserves a big amount of credit and praise as well. He's also responsible for hours of footage compiling and session arranging. He trains regularly and has that never ending enthusiasm for the team. He also often offers to lend a helping hand with whatever I may be having trouble with. So without saying much more, I can say that this project wouldn't have existed without him and his "fire".
He is a great guy, and it's great to have a good friend like him...

As for my other furious brothers, I must thank you guys for being that awesome eccentric bunch of guys you are! I also thank you guys for giving me respect and coming through for me when I need it. It's like whatever I ask you guys for, you guys always deliver the goods.
=)
You guys are an awesome group, and you'll always be important to me.
I know I've been through a rough stage in my life these past two years, and I must say you guys have supplied me with so much to overcome my troubles, plus you had the patience to wait it out and help me through the dilemma. None of you guys skipped out on me and that means a lot.
Devon, Justin, Ryan, Trevor, Sean, Christian, Tony, Wong, Andy, and David...
Thank you so much for being what you are and being a part of this. You guys make me proud beyond words. I can promise this year will be good for us all~
I <3 FF

news tidbit:

2009-02-24T08:49:00.000-05:00

I did some pretty neat editing to the video last night before going to sleep. Today I don't have anything going on when I get out of work so I'm pretty sure I can complete the video by tonight. Pl
ease keep in mind that I'll still need to render and encode the video and then upload it. If all goes well I'll supply a download link that will be good by mid day tomorrow.

...digestive enzymes are awesome.

shimata...

2009-02-23T11:45:00.000-05:00

Well you know life is pretty good when a privilege feels like a chore...

I'm at work wishing I was elsewhere. At the same time glad that I have a stable well paying job.
I'm still conditioning myself and working on the ff project. I can't wait to finish it so I can get back to Hilary and clean up my pc.
On that note I want to devote a huge thanks to Hilary for being understanding of my wishes and for supporting my tricking. Also she loves the team, and made a lovely female version of the ff shirt!
She is, without a doubt the best woman in the world.

Also... Andy's newest sampler is awesome!

ANDY

2009-02-22T17:38:00.000-05:00

Here is some Andy and FF made of blocks:

SHIET!

2009-02-22T15:08:00.000-05:00

Its 3pm, I've been awake since 8ish am working on the new ff video. So far I have 13mins of _roughly_ edited material. I predict the video will run 16 minutes.

Its all sequenced individually so the tough part is cleverly sticking the sequences together to make it flow nice.

Man, this project sure is a pain in the ass but Im sure the team will love this!

oh my...

2009-02-19T11:51:00.000-05:00

The ff video is insane! Still much work must be done to it. Just know this project is king and it'll be worth the wait!

Devon...

2009-02-18T17:01:00.001-05:00

Yeah Devon to answer your question you can train at the dojo if need be, anyday...
Just like after 9pm is best.
I hope you and the team and get together and do up a good session. And Devon, but of course get some good footage with your camera~

Zoookizoom for now, I'm off to edit land.

Yo guys...

2009-02-16T22:04:00.001-05:00

I'm just letting you guys know that I'm taking a quick break from tricking for maybe a week and a half or so. I'll be getting back into it hard in early March. I want to rebuild myself, and work on my strength and flexibility.
If you still want to train at the dojo at 9pm on Mondays and Wednesdays just give me a quick call and I'll put you in contact with my father.
:)
I also have a ton of footage I'm editing at the moment so if I attend a session and record more I'll just be putting myself into a deeper hole- HAHA~
I must complete this project, currently it's going smooth...
A huge thanks to Devon for the capturing efforts!

loopkack camp...

2009-02-10T09:11:00.000-05:00

Here is the link to the vimeo version of the loopkack session @ aviator:
http://www.vimeo.com/3158603

I can't do a quality check on the vid cause I'm on my phone but it should be decent. =)

update...

2009-02-09T09:02:00.000-05:00

I finished the aviator samp and devon is capturing footage for the new ff vid. Rempfer will be in town weds. Trevor and our new guy dave armstrong will be there too.

We just added andy r and dave a on friday last week. =)
Big things happening!

blackberry post...

2009-02-08T02:21:00.000-05:00

Hilary and I got our new phones today... I'm in love with this thing!

Yo...

2009-02-06T06:08:00.000-05:00

I would like to go to the Street of Gymness today...

Hopefully Armstrong, Alling, Adie and Arre will arrive. All you bastards have A's for last names!

Haha, anyways I gotta go to work, call/text me to confirm or decline.

(I think Trevor said from 6-9pm)

Amigos, adios---->tu primo Colorado. Javier Lopez si corazon.

kitteh cats

2009-02-01T00:22:00.001-05:00

Pumpkin: She was our first cat, we got her from a co-worker of mine, because one of her cats had kittens. She could not find anyone to sell the kittens to, so she gave one to me for free. She was about 2 months old when we got her. =)
She is a polydactyl tortoishell. (a cat with a congenital physical anomaly, with more than usual number of toes on one or all of its paws as a result of a cat body type genetic mutation.)

She loves to play and hide around. She makes a lot of spaceship noises and eats a ton of food. She loves taking naps with us and sleeping with us at night. She also loves getting treats for scratching her post. And yes, she loves paper and plastic bags. She's strictly an indoor cat...

Peanut: He was our second cat we got, from the mspca. He was such a nice guy, he was a year older than Pumpkin, and very tiny. And also very quite. He developed a neurological disorder that really did a number on him, so we decided to put him down. It was really hard on us and Pumpkin... Not much more to say except he was an awesome cat, and Pumpkin's best buddy~

Nieman: We had this cat for like 2 days... He had a rough past. We thought we had the patience to deal with such a cat, but was mistaken. Pumpkin was not liking this fool too much. And often he'd hiss at her. He weighed about 30 lbs, but was running all over the apartment, making all sorts of loud noises. He would've been awesome if we had our own house, and if we didn't have another cat. But yeah, he didn't work out in our setup so I brought him back to the mspca. I really felt bad for that, but it wasn't working out. This nigga' did chinups on my clothes rack... seriously. He jumped from my bed onto the damn clothes rack, and did a full chinup-> then released and fell on his neck. It was insane!

Archimedes: He is the latest addition to our family. VERY energetic cat, very playful, greedy, but yes he is very friendly. We call him meadies or meats for short. We also got him from the mspca. He has all different kinds of noises he makes. They sound funny, sometimes he sounds like he's forming words. Him and Pumpkin play fight all the time. It took them along time to warm up to eachother, but they finally like eachother a lot. They do everything together...

lame~

2009-01-30T17:18:00.001-05:00

Yeah, lame

Yes!

2009-01-28T22:06:00.000-05:00

Its a celebration!
We now have a new location to train! I just got back from a session and it was good!

Mondays and Wednesdays from 9pm-until. And weekends are totally available, anytime! So if we're low on cash we can just do a session there~
If we have a crew it'll only cost us about 20 bucks for all of us, not each person.
=)

So bring some cash, but not much. Plus the Vietnamese place is right around the corner from the training spot!! =D

So yes yes yes, let us progress!
Call me for the directions and what not, I dont wanna post addresses and stuff...

Yeah...

2009-01-24T09:59:00.000-05:00

Originally I was going to the NY session with the Kack kids, then I backed out, then I changed my mind again. I'll be going...
=)

All you youngin's convinced me to go, I'm very touched that my presence will be appreciated that much...
Sorry to my team mates, I tried to make plans with you guys and then I kinda just, stopped contacting you guys this week. Well, I promise we'll get back at it next week. And possibly we'll have our old location back. You know, the old gym for free for as long as we want. =)
This will be good to prepare us for the warmer months. We gotta get good so we can make some sick spring and summer videos!

(This is Mike Wong and I in one of Aric's video projects. I can't wait to see what became of this stuff, we did some sick stuff that night!)

Also, Hilary is the best person in this world... Even better than Captain Planet and Hard Gay mixed! She's been supporting me and the team with everything!
She's been keeping me motivated for training and helping me with training and eating, etc. She's been holding it down and deserves all the praise in the world!

But, watch this incredible video!!

Mr Double ABCD - ATG 2009 from Scotty Skelton on Vimeo.

YepoW...

2009-01-15T20:59:00.000-05:00

Yeah my frikkin 25th birthday is Saturday...
I'm going to buy a new pair of boardies and blast tricks out @ ALL american gymnastics!
I feel really good, conditioning and training has been going according to plan, I have a good feeling about Saturday. My body promised it will supply me with a few birthday surprise "tricks"~
:)

I'd like to chill at Christian's if he's available? Video games and dancing. I want to dance.
haha

I haven't called anyone...

Do people want to pay for my session? That'd be grandmasterfully wondrous! If not it's all good...

el plan...

2009-01-15T19:28:00.001-05:00

Yeah so we know what saturday is :)
Are you up for tricking, Jaime? you guys wanna do something afterward like bowling or something? I'm up for whatever, the more the merrier!
-Devon

Man on Wire

2009-01-14T13:14:00.000-05:00

I recently saw a documentary made in 2008 about the man who tightrope walked between the tops of the twin towers in 1974. Philippe Petit and a small group of friends snuck themselves, and over 500 lbs of equipment to the top of either tower of the world trade center. They rigged up a tightrope overnight and, at 7:15 in the morning "The 25-year-old Petit made eight crossings between the mostly-finished towers, a quarter mile above the sidewalks of Manhattan, in an event that lasted about 45 minutes. During that time, in addition to walking, he sat on the wire, gave knee salute and, while lying on the wire, dialogued with a gull circling above his head."
Here's the trailer for the documentary:

This is the single most motivating thing I've ever seen in my life. I recommend that every one of you watch it.

We need more updates

2009-01-09T17:08:00.000-05:00

and more tricks. I'm going to the new gym (which is now kinda the old gym) tomorrow at the time (2-4 unless we can go earlier). Gotta train.

Greetings+Trevor message

2008-12-25T21:41:00.000-05:00

Merry Christmas/// and Happy Holidays!
Everyone, I hope you have good and safe holidays, and enjoy some good food and rest...
:)

Mr. Alling, I need you to work something out for the team. You are the one out of all of us that has the most connections at gyms across the state.
I need you to be responsible for setting up a training schedule for us. A set time, set place, same price, same amount of time to train (unless it's on a "train till you get fatigued" basis.)
Two times a week would be good.

For one thing, I have some goals I MUST achieve this year. At least on a personal level. I'll need to be training quite often. I'll need as much support from you guys as possible. I'd like for you guys to be just as enthusiastic about training as well...
I won't push any ideas on you guys, but if you wanna get down with some hardcore training you'll know who to come to. :)

Back to the subject, Trevor asap work on getting a consistent training location and time. One of them places with just an open spring floor where we can get rowdy and crazy would be best. But I won't be too picky...
Be quick my crustacean brother~

2008-12-24T10:57:00.000-05:00

Well I payed teh bill for teh website! Enjoy my new sampler, "Seasons Part 2".
HD download:
1440X1080
de-interlaced
262mb

_+_+_+_++_+_++_++_+_

Standard quality download: (if you're not sure if you can view HD footage on your computer, download this standard version just incase)
710X478
de-interlaced
60mb
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Yo...

2008-12-10T19:00:00.000-05:00

Devon and I began brainstorming for a new FF video project.
HD
Mini Documentary, 20:00 mins.
Lots of music
Funny
Sick tricks (Huge progression from all!)
Random
Sort of like the CKY videos...
I want it to have a Spanish title (Christian and Sean, brain storm!)
Guys also think of some songs you'd like to hear in it

Christian I know you have ideas, so post please. =)

Featuring:
Jaime, Hilary, Mike, Devon, Justin, Ryan, Trevor, Christian, Andy R., Sean, Tony, Rob

Anyways, we must train. All american this weekend?

1337 EDITORZ

2008-12-10T09:50:00.000-05:00

ANDY MADE A VIDEO OF OUR ADVENTURE!
Here it is! It is!

OMG HOW DOES IMBEDZ?
*gives up* (I got you covered) -Jaime

I drove r8 far on Saturday to tricks but no body showed up 'till the session was over (except Maxx. He arrived and tricked for about an hour. Thanks for keeping me company, Gabe!) Trevortex, Kyle, and Jim showed up with about 30 minutes left, but those queen bees opted for another gym.

I was left by my lonesome until I called Andeh and he let me stay over his house (thanks Andy's parents :P) and we went to CCG on sunday. We had a nice gym session then went outside and tricked it up in the snow.

This is series of photos depicting my emotional disposition throughout the experience.

sea lo que sea

2008-11-26T20:28:00.000-05:00

Session soon? I have an idea, not for the session but for a proyecto. im down to trick dondequiera

We must unify, and rise to the challenge!

2008-11-22T09:41:00.001-05:00

Find your power animal!
I pretty much was -free typing-. This is all very relevant. Sorry if it seems a bit jumpy from topic to topic...

So today I'm making an entry based off of the overall sense of comfort that everyone on the team is falling into. This comfort (more like lack of effort) can be good for creating a sense of peace within, but guys we are not ready for that sort of thing! Understand that things are happening around us, and we are falling far behind. It's easy for us to look back at the things that we've presented to the community, and feel good about the things we've done. Or possibly even feel as if we're better for whatever other reasons. I also understand that my lack of leadership is also a big contributor to the current problem of the team. But know, this is not the end! Things will get better before they get worse.
Tricking can seem like a waste of time, I know. Tricking is difficult. Tricking can consume you. Tricking can depress you. Tricking can make you feel alive. Tricking can make you feel and think many other things depending on your situation in life. But what we must learn to do is to separate our personal ideas and issues, and unify as a team. In a synergistic manner we must progress in this amazing community!
One thing that needs to change immediately is the effort that we put into our training. Tricking at such a low intensity is, well... FAIL. Not just as far as power, but more like the courage involved in trying to learn new techniques. One thing is for sure, we are not going to have these young bodies forever. We may not have a carefree situation in which we can try to center ourselves around training. So with that said we must take advantage of our situation and maximize our training!
Go big, be experimental. Definitely don't be over critical or pretentious. We can continue to learn, we are always n00bz. Don't let your ego get in the way of being experimental, I am very guilty of this. Or also, don't not try (lol) or use a technique because it is overused in the community. That philosophy will only make you look bitter and hinder your progress.
I want us to get back to that progressive mindset, we are being way to relaxed and at the same time pretentious. That is a bad combination. I have to address this issue because it is very apparent how our popularity and "shock value" in our videos is dropping drastically. It's not to late to change, and it's not too late to late to bring the best out in ourselves for our team!

Random Quote from Norman Vincent Peale

"Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong."

Oh yeah...

2008-11-22T00:03:00.000-05:00

I just finished editing a Devon sampler. It's great, but I won't release it without his permission.

More camera issues!

2008-11-21T20:44:00.000-05:00

Oh man, well yeah...

Once again I'll be having to send my camera out for repair! The firewire port on it is broken. So I can't capture any footage!!!
I had intended on capturing quite a bit this weekend. It looks as if my plans have been deaded, by the dreaded fault prone HV20...

I must say I love the quality of the film and I love all it's features, but damn the faults! Anyways, let's cross our fingers and hope that the repair company can fix it themselves rather than sending it out to canon, in which it'd take like a billion years for it to be back in my possession!

Aside from that I have arranged a session at noon-2pm at that place that's normally from (2pm to 4pm). Somewhere in western Ma.
(I've been leaning toward keeping our training plans, contact info, and addresses discreet so we can keep our sessions limited to those we invite. This is crucial in these times.)

Also, please try to refrain from crude language. Haha, well it's all good but just don't be overboard like a DMX track- "or something".

And thanks for the shout out mom... Pretty embarrassing. (haha)

D.A. 2008

2008-11-12T06:17:00.000-05:00

Devon Ingraham-Adie 2008 from Devon Ingraham-Adie on Vimeo.

Download
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1440X1080, for newer computers:
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Edited by Devon Ingraham-Adie and Jaime Colon.

Filmed in Western Massachusetts. One clip is from Acadia National Park in Maine.

Run time: 2:11

Basic info:
I filmed this video over the summer and fall of 2008. I've pretty much spent my time drilling the tricks and combos in this video, so it's all pretty consistent for me. During the period I spent filming this, I was experimenting a lot with my training, and trying to balance it with getting shots for this project. At times I got pretty discouraged, but I've gained the ability to have a productive session pretty much anywhere in any condition (a few of the clips in this are in the pouring rain).

Other info:
I have a Canon HG10, which records in a format completely foreign to every editing program ever. Jaime and I spent a complete 4 days on a 2 minute video, trying to convert, encode, edit, and pulverize the mountain of footage I had recorded over the past 5 months. If left to my own competence, I don't think I ever could have converted this heinous format, let alone make this video. Jaime Colon is a genius and I am so grateful to have him as a friend. Thank you Jaime and Hilary for letting me stay at your house these past few days to work on this video. I can't even begin to describe what great hosts you two are and how much you've helped me. You two are the best.

To Team FF:
Thank you guys so much for being such an awesome, committed group of friends. Meeting you all is definitely the greatest thing to happen to me.
Christian: You are king at like, everything. I really look up to your creativity, motivation, insight, and maturity. You're a really good friend with amazing potential for everything!
Tony: It's awesome hanging out with such a you're modest, kind, and a really good person. Thanks for training and reppin' FF!
Justin: Knowing you is like knowing the damn messiah. You're such an awesome and fun guy and your attitude is fucking perfect. You're like my fuckin' hero for real.
TREVOR: You do so much for everyone around you and don't ask for a thing in return. I don't think I know anyone more selfless and committed to making everyone happy. It's awesome hanging out with you. Your knowledge of all things great is so damn impressive!
Jaime: You've done so much for me it's unreal. You're my main inspiration for obvious reasons.
Hilary: You're so awesome and badass! You're just the kind of person that don't take shit and I love that. I literally couldn't imagine our FF family without you. Thanks for being so supportive and just so awesome in general!
Ryan: You inspire me so much. The stuff you were doing this summer blew my mind. Keep on killing all sorts of swing thrus and misslegs. That shit is the tits.
Andy: You're a great guy with an awesome attitude. It is people like you that make me feel great about living in this world. Keep on rockin' it!

To all my other Tricking friends: You guys motivate me so much. It's awesome watching your styles evolve and being able to learn from you guys. Anyone that complements and critiques me keeps me really motivated... Basically, thanks for tricking and sharing the love!

Devon or Justin...

2008-11-12T06:09:00.000-05:00

Do one of you guys still have "JaimeC_Make a Move" the mpeg-2 file? The original file that I gave both of you the night I edited it, the night you guys were at my house...

If so, do not delete! I'll be needing that.

yo. .

2008-11-09T00:12:00.000-05:00

Jaime.. You were right man. Tell me that aint some wilddd shit!

by.the.way~ Vietnamese food, short-shorts, and hip hop mix. and im not being facetious.

Cool sessionzzz hoy

OH MY GOD!

2008-11-07T17:19:00.000-05:00

ArrrrGHGHGHGH! Screw this project!