vanilla ice??

(written on 7/16)
i started working tuesdays again to make a little extra. while i was on my lunch break, vanilla ice came thru the store. mad random.

a couple hours later, some cornball ass tall skinny black kid comes in and gets mad excited when he sees the terry kennedy grey patent supra's for sale. once he picked up the shoe, i asked him if he needed a size. he bought them and it added a quick $150 towards my sales goal. on his way out, outside the store vanilla ice walks by and supra kid yells to his friend "was that vanilla ice" and then they both speed walk out the store and follow him.
smh.

laters,
-J.P.

filming and chillin and 20 bucks.

(written on 7/16)
filmed the running shirt throwing scene and laundry king scene today.

then me and ling met up with amie lun to chill and catch up.
i realized that i knew amie for like 12 years now. since the ms. parisi/ p.s. 225 days. dont really have many friends that i have known for that long. crazy.
went to homecrest threw a frizbee around, swung on the swings, walked around sheepshead, got slurpees, walked to brighton beach and just chilled.

got bit 5 times on my right leg by some random insect that was chillin in the sand.

went home and my vegas uncle was at my house about to leave to go back to vegas with my cousin.

on their way out my nanay- aunt from queens, gave me a hug and snuck 20 bucks into my hand like straight drug dealer style. hahaha she usually does this everytime she leaves my house. after she give me the money and exits my house, she tells me to be good. i guess the $20 is for reassurance.

laters,
-J.P.

work and difara

(written on 7/16)
work today.

then after work, me and adel hit up espn zone to get our weekly session of air hockey with the ling hook up. hahaha

after we hit up difara's. got there like 30 mins early but there was already like 20 ppl in front. by the time 6:30 came another 20 more ppl came. when we got in everyone placed their orders. about 5 mins later a square pie came out and it was for individual slices. since everyone ordered pies me and adel were the first to get pizza. good shit. got 2 slices for me, adel got 2 and i got one for ling.

good day over all.

laters,
-J.P.

Michael Jackson memorial at the Apollo

yesterday noon i went to harlem to stop by the Michael Jackson memorial gathering going on outside of the Apollo Theater. I had a lot of time to kill so i just chilled there for like an hour and a half cuz carmen had her check up appointment.
it was pretty fun. i got really busy and packed. hundreds of people came thru showing support. every news channel was there. the vibe of the place was dope. everyone just started chillin, singing and dancing. i decided to jump into the circle for a quick minute but then the circle got a lil bigger. i didnt want my wack ass taking up too much floor time so i danced my way to the sides as another person came in lol.


once i got there, people started preaching and etc.

every one was writing little messages so i made one myself. its a little corny but i didnt wanna just put RIP like everyone else so i thought of a lyric to put and what came to mind was a line from the chorus "you are not alone" -"though we're far apart, you're always in my heart"

white girl started dancing and got mad attention. then after a couple minute the typical "go white girl" chant started.

later on i met up with carmen and we went to check out the alife sale. shit was cheap but nothing rele interest me. saw a fitted for 10 bucks so i couldnt pass. i was gonna get the tims for like 70 bucks but i passed.

when i was coming home, i noticed the sky looked mad weird. my camera wasnt buggin out, the sky was really orange.

laters,

-J.P.

goodbye michael jackson

i havent updated in so long due to laziness but i had to take time out and write a brief entry on the loss of a legend.

his death was so random. i was watching transformers and then angelica got a text from jesse saying "michael jackson is dead" i got so bummed out, my left eye unconsciously watered a little.

i wanted to tell the whole movie theater but the movie was really loud and it was coming to an end so i didnt wanna interupt it. then when the credits started to come and people started to walk out, i yelled it out "Michael Jackson just died!!" like an 1800's news square announcer. everyone else was shocked and a few people questioned me.

i remembered reading an aritcle on AOL news a few months ago about his bad health and how it was killing him but i didnt think he would actually be gone so soon and sudden. in an interview done by martin bashir on abc a couple years ago, "michael said he was going to live forever." as crazy of a statement that is, it seemed very believable.

i grew up a big fan of michael. ever since i was young, i would sing his songs, dance, jump on my tip toes and throw my hat across the room.

song of the day
michael jackson performing man in the mirror live during the grammys. i still get goosebumps watching this clip. you can feel the passion and energy from his voice and performance.




rest in peace michael. your unique presence, music and talent will be missed.
-J.P.