Sup Guys, I play around too much.
There's just too much fun things right now where I dont think its possible to keep up. Events which l feel like half the time are birthdays. Things to work on, tv series to watch, anime alone is backlogged like crazy. Movies, video games to play on a serious and casual level. There's too much good entertainment right now. And then there's stuff l wanna work on. But a lot of stuff is taking a backseat.
Pretty much, Tekken 8 has taken a total backseat cause sooo much is happening w Street Fighter 6. Anime is being held off because lm behind on just reg tv series. Things lm trying to learn are on the side, its progressing slowly because lm dividing up my late night time. Real estate slowly is picking up again too. Then birthdays NONSTOP and some weddings and some bbqs... then Vegas coming up...
Im gonna just do as much as l can for now and when it hits Sept 1st. Im gonna chill out. Maybe go anti social hardcore for 2 weeks to sit and focus on a few important things and non important things such as collaging Elden Ring PVP clips lol. I LIKE having these clips to look back on.
Anyway... past several weeks.
Some pics of the past cause nostalgia.
5/20 Monday got up at 7am for a productive day. Finally made this jalapeno grilled cheese recipe on Instagram and yooo it was pretty dope. But regrettable later. I was hurting like 15 mins after lol. Im mad dumb. Watching youtube and anime since My Hero and Demon Slayer came back. Lunch time, started doing work. Mostly checking up on clients and sending out emails.
Hung w Jeremiah watching youtube and smoking hookah. Went to for pizza’s and watched more youtube. Hit my Mom’s house to eat a small dinner w my mom and grandmother. Finally got her the Mother’s Day Gift that was massively delayed. But atleast we got it to her. I just wish l got to give it to her w my dad and sister but its ok. Just gotta find a place to hang it now. Thanks for the food mom. Brought more food home to go and relaxed till Helldivers 2 time.
Jumped on Helldivers 2 w Ryan Peter and Mel for a while taking on Bots lv8 and lv9. Def needs new stuff in the game as we blow through the content way faster than the devs prob expect. Ended the night, cooking some of the left overs from earlier from my mom’s. Just rice broc and shrimp and watching youtube on the Daily Show and The Why Files.
Tues got up late, cleaning out files and taking care of things for work. Swung by The Lab to chill as not enough entered for Street Fighter 6 sadly. Hopefully next week. We chilled, lit the hookah and talked bout tons of nerd stuff all night. George, Erik, Khajuan, Jimmy and me just having a good time for 4 hours. Hit home to eat soup dumplings and then AKUMAAAAAA!!!!
So theres a chance l’ll be switching. Worked on Akuma allllll night. Lots of training mode and then when l felt comfy, just did some online matches in battle hub and later placement matches to be placed in Diamond. I like being placed in Diamond cause l have to get good at stopping the hardcore good flowchart people use in Platinum and Diamond. Akuma is just… really fun and solid. Wayyyy more interesting than he was in Street Fighter 5. Not as powerful as he was in Street Fighter 4 but that game was all kinds of crazy.
Weds still up playing and watching youtube w food on the side. Didnt really do anything else. Lunch time took a work break to check up on clients and hop on a call but had a really lowkey day. Back to more Akuma for a while and then by 2pm, l finally passed out hardcore.
Thurs got up at 2am and was cravvinggggg an omlette sandwich for some reason. Ran downstairs and made it, threw on mad tabasco sauce and ate while watching youtube on Akuma. Soooo many videos on Akuma and stuck to mostly the ones that are reliable sources. Watching a lot of pro players use him as well and then back to training mode and ranked on and off all late night and morning. Finally did work when it hit 10am and then at lunch, got lobster rolls at Cousin’s lobster as the food truck was at the Oxford Valley Mall. I love lobster so much. Top 3 fav food. I dunno… may be back to #1. Oysters and pho and the other 2. Finally fell asleep in the afternoon again.
Friday got up at midnight. Made food, watched youtube and worked on Akuma for hours. Ranked for 3 hours. Training mode for 5 hours nonstop. Writing down everything and analyzing combos in the biggest detail. I noticed some japanese pro players were ending combos w M Tatsu instead of the typical L Tatsu - cr.hk/H DP and yooo… this guy has everything. They end in M Tatsu for less damage and even more corner carry, still gets oki after 2 forward dashes at +3 pointblank. Akuma can really just pick all kinds of options for ending combos.
A bat was in the house… so tried to catch it. It flew upstairs and l couldnt find it. Later on, told the roomies and we tried to find it but no luck. It was the size of my hand. Napped and later on had dumpling sessions. Let the guys know we had a bat issue. Brando helping me spread word. Made bulgogi for everyone and played a lot of Street Fighter 6 w my Akuma against Jesse’s Akuma and Ed and Taf’s Ryu. Had a solid night w the guys and we just nerded out. Late night, while Taf was still over, the bat came down and we took boxes and eventually caught it. Let our friend Bruce the Bat out. I was kinda sad. I was kinda liking him. But diseases, bat shit all over the house, l think its best if we let him go. Ended the night watching youtube before passing out.
Sat morning got up early and got Ryan and Bill and took them to the airport. Got some chicfilla and watched youtube and then some Paranormal activity as l missed that movie. Took a nap and then got back up and hit Ricky’s to chill for a session. Chilled w Ricky, Dcint and Phil and played mad Street Fighter 6. Dude my Akuma was getting roasted. Its still week one. Mostly, the dropped combos or freak out moments. Had a good time at Ricky’s and really nice meeting Phil. Got home to watch Paranormal Activity 2 and then went into training mode for Akuma and Luke. Im still gonna keep up w Luke since l dont think the adjustments will be that much and just incase for tournaments.
Sunday AdamW picked me up and we got Brando on the way down to Baltimore for Bounme’s BBQ. Thank you Bounme for always hosting. Me and Boom always been similar in the fact of
Like hosting things
Outgoing
Gamer
Hookah addiction
Hates sunlight
And in general, a lot of things. I appreciate him still hosting bbqs and yooo, Bounme’s cooking in general has always been beyond solid. Car ride down felt really short since me Adam and Brando(3 guys who cant stop talking) talked bout everything. Got to Bounme’s at 315pm ish and we’re talking bout old party stories. A lot of poop and vommit was mentioned but THOSE ARE THE GOOD STORIES!!! That and also when cops show up. Those are always the best party stories. Lit the hookah and met some new people who came through. Shotgunning beers, talking bout trend dances which l tried to do the Slickback. Yo the ribs omgomgomg and yea… more ribs, less other stuff. 8 hours passed really fast. It fellttttt like 5 hours. Just nonstop talking, eating and smoking. W the slickback and pushups and shotguns inbetween lol. Good seeing other friends l havent seen in a while. Adam was happy l was getting worn out to pass out in the car ride home, which l did. Just a really fun solid day at Bounme’s and l like being one of the first to show up and one of the last to leave. Maximize my time there ya know? Helped cleaned up and passed out pretty hard in Adam’s car on the ride home. Thank you again for driving Adam. Woke up when we got into Philly, dropped Brando off and then Adam dropped me off.
Took it easy at home, just eating a lil and watching youtube.
5/27 Monday l just slept…. All damn day. Only woke up to answer texts about a home and fell back asleep. Finally got up at 9pm lol. Just took it easy all night, watching shows, eating, smoking hookah. A lot of Street Fighter 6 and some of this anime Psycho Pass that the baltimore squad suggested.
Tues still up, just a full nerd day. Only did some work in the afternoon for a lil. Everything calmed down a lot though compared to the spring time. I dont mind tho. My mind was scrambled in April.
Took a nap in the afternoon and then got up at 6pm and hit the Lab and took 5th of 13 for Street Fighter 6 and also 5th of 13 for the Akuma Only tournament. Threw up $20 for the winner to help. Thank you Mike for the pizza! Akuma is so fun and we all got to nerd out about him for a while but yoo… l gotta get these combos down. The timing sometimes is just odd. You gotta wait a lil bit longer than you’d think sometime before hitting the next button and you end up doing the combo too quickly which it wont come out. Glad more friends came through though and hopefully the Street Fighter 6 numbers can get back up into the 20s. I miss when the game first dropped, having 40+ people tournaments. Getting so many matches in and never knowing who youre gonna face. Hung out there really late.
Got Wawa on my way back home and started watching this documentary McMillions into weds.
Weds still up, finished the documentary. I love documentaries lol. More youtube and then Street Fighter 6 working on Akuma all morning. Nothing else really. Just drilling. I feel like in this game, if anything, Akuma can be my main or secondary. I dont see myself not using Akuma or Luke in tournament. Ed is just so much work and carefulness. There are def things l love about him in Street Fighter 6 but the anti air issues(even L DP incase of empty jumps) and how so many things he does is long winded that open to jump ins and yolo impacts, such basic ass things to get hit by. Its weird, l play BETTER against higher level players w Ed than lower levels cause at lower levels, they jump and yolo impact so much, l gotta just… not do anything but wait. Cammy is fun but as always a bit too linear. Zangief is purely for fun. Hoping another big body comes in season 2 like Hugo or Abigail. I feel like Hugo will be back as they’re gonna rotate it. Slept in the afternoon.
Thurs got up at 2am and watched youtube and psycho pass into the morning. Got on Street Fighter 6 for Akuma and Luke training and then ranked matches w Akuma. Did real estate work and another project in the afternoon and ended w some youtube before sleeping again early in the afternoon.
Friday got up at 4am. Youtube, Street Fighter 6 and work up all morning. Got my haircut by Happy in Room 209 in Chinatown and got my fav chongqing spicy chicken from Emei afterwards. Hit home to eat and watch this documentary on Ashley Madison which is pretty crazy. More youtube videos on Akuma and then eventually passed out at 630pm.
Sat got up at 4am. Watching mad youtube on Street Fighter 6 and playing some for a while till it was Taf’s family business grand opening. Swung by Chalfont to get some acai and see Taf. It was really nice to see how many people came out. Not just saying it cause he’s my friend but it was really really good. And knowing its healthy is nice too. Sam came through after and we played a ton of Street Fighter 6 and worked on Akuma stuff for a while. Had mad fun playing and it was fun to go over and brainstorm so much stuff. Its crazy how a new character in a video game is like an advanced new toy. We watched a ton of videos and l eventually passed out early at 7pm.
Sunday go up early and watched a ton more videos on Street Fighter 6. Was on work calls for a while w new clients and did some Magic the Gathering Arena reading. Played a lil Magic the Gathering Arena as l miss it and decided to check out decks in the Historic game mode as keeping up w Standard l feel like is only worth it financially and time investing if its my MAIN game. So Historic makes much more sense.
Ryan and Zack came through and we chilled. Lit the hookah, talked bout a lot of bullshit and watched Godzilla Minus One which l really liked a lot. Afterwards, played more Magic the Gathering Arena and watched youtube.
6/3 Monday got up early and looked at things going on w Magic the Gathering Online vs Magic the Gathering Arena. Arena is the future though. Online has so many issues. Its just old ya know? Playerbase is also a huge factor. Smoothness is important. Accessibility, cost. And then just entertainment wise on the small things is also nice which pushes me towards Magic the Gathering Arena.
Watching mad youtube, deciding on decks and reading up on the Street Fighter 6 patch notes. Hit my tenant’s and met up w a contractor about some water damage and ceiling fixing for a lil and then got gas and got food at Giant. Back home to do more work for a while and then made sloppy joes and smoked hookah while watching the documentary Dancing for the Devil which is pretty nuts. Dude… weak minded fucking people. Its terrible to see people manipulate people and ruin lives and at the same time, how can people be sooo fucking dumb to fall for such bullshit. Imagine working over 60 hours a week for $100 because you believed you were working to make your minister happy so you can go to heaven.
Hit my mom’s to eat dinner and had a nice dinner. Got her a lil gift and went over the repairs for the tenant. Stayed up all night as l decided on Magic the Gathering Arena deck. Mardu Reanimator. It was a top tier deck last yr but not as popular but l need to play what l think is fun first. In multiple games, l played top tier stuff that l didnt think would be fun. They were effective but l still didnt have fun. Example, Hearthstone - Freeze Mage. Really solid but just stupid boring to play. Its how l feel about Control players. Its really good but this is what you ENJOY doing on your free time? Ended the night watching Hardcore Henry cause l saw an old clip from it and that movie is just mad fun.
Tues ran around doing errands and taking care of small stuff on my PC. I feel like its always a game keeping my PC organized as l like everything being mega clean in place but w so much photos, gaming clips and notes… it can be a lot. Hit The Lab for Street Fighter 6 and went 2-3 as we did a round robin. I hindsight shouldve actually stuck w Akuma the whole tournament. I coulda went 4-1 but it happens. Right now is awkward as lm transitioning. It seems like lm def full committing to Akuma. Im still gonna maintain playing Luke though since its not that much work. Had a really good time hanging w everyone though as always. I love that l can light my hookah there as well lol. Talked a lot w Geobraun(George) and he’s one friend that l really like just talking w about fighting games as he’s very logical and doesnt have his emotions overtake his thinking. We tested out some stuff too. Just a really solid hang out as always.
Hit home to eat hookah and watch youtube.
Weds got up and smoked hookah and watched youtube and then headed out to meet up w Shemmay at King of Prussia. So there’s this soup dumpling spot that just opened called Nan Xiang and l knew of it from Shemmay and others from their other locations but never had it.
We met up and got a ton of food and yoo… soup dumplings are always a good time. Afterwards, we ran around KOP mall. Old school style just looking around and going from there. Took pics in a photobooth and mostly shopped clothes. Shemmay found me some really good stuff at Uniqlo. I always liked that brand but never had a lot from there cause l dont shop for clothes all too much. But found nice fitted jeans that stretch AND are comfy. Before the trade was… fitted and uncomfy or loose and comfy. But you cant have both. So happy l found them. And then she found me other joggers and sweaters that def give me a different more wholesome look. Thank you Shemmay. Got some bubble tea and ran around a lot more stores. Really solid full night hanging. I do gotta get a squad to visit her at Rose Bar again soon.
Afterwards, got home and Matt and Amy swung by to watch Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8 footage. Just lit the hookah and chilled. Ate, watched some youtube and played some Magic the Gathering Arena and got to Gold 2.
Thurs got up at AJ came through and we got Cousin’s Lobster Rolls at Oxford Valley mall as he was curious to try it and l love that food truck. He saw l hit attending on facebook and hit me up from there. Ate and then played a ton of Street Fighter 6, going over mad Akuma stuff. Figuring out stuff and playing w friends on Akuma is so much fun. New characters is always fun in general. Just a new puzzle to understand. Watched matches and went over more tech.
Brown came through too to work on his hiring process for his company and just good to chill in general. AJ picked us up wings and watched a ton of youtube and then Stars Wars Acolyte eps 1 and 2 before sleeping.
Friday got up early and hit Best Buy thinking of getting an IPad for just having downstairs w me while l bum, take notes for gaming, Magic the Gathering Arena on my sofa. Got some pizza and hit home to chill and watch Keith Gill Roaring Kitty’s livestream but yooo the halts were ridiculous the whole time. Still have a solid amount of AMC and GME. Maybe l’ll get lucky.
Played Street Fighter 6 w Jeremiah for a while and then watched youtube, mostly watching Summer Games Fest and then did work for a while upstairs. Hit back down for more Street Fighter 6 testing and then watched youtube and Demon Slayer. Studying more Street Fighter 6 pro Akuma matches and slept at 10pm. Def a different Friday night but lately lve been lowkey on the weekends.
Sat got up to eat, hookah and test stuff on Street Fighter 6 and then hit Go For Broke in Philly. Good job Kyle as always running the tournament. Went 2 wins, 2 losses. Chocking on some combos and mostly punishes. Good hanging w everyone there. Fun watching friends matches and cheering them on. Also landed the Demon for the win for the final game in both my wins lol. Even though l told myself, dont worry bout it too much and just combo into lv3 when l can.
Afterwards, swung by Elwyn/Albeana’s for Albeana’s birthday. Happy Birthday Bean!! So just mad drinks and some of the guys got food. Thank you for the hoagie Andy! Stuffed face and just bounced around from the living room to the kitchen socializing all night. Fanny attacking people. Vapes everywhere and nerded out talking hardcore bout music. Angela’s bar graph vs pie graph for her analogy. Charles Xavier blankets and cake. Solid night w everyone and hit home late.
Watched a lil bit of this documentary on Hitler on Netflix before sleeping.
Sunday got up and hit Home Depot to get dry wall for my other property’s ceiling and the tenant had a ceiling leak from a leaky toilet. GIODUSHGOHGO but for how long she’s been there and the few times she needed me, l cant really complain. So got a truck and brought over the drywall for the contractor to work on. Got Honeygrow and yooo l love that spot so much.
Watched youtube and re-watching Star Wars Acolyte ep 2 cause Jeremiah was passed out half the time we watched it earlier. Played Street Fighter 6 w Jeremiah for a while and then back into training room for a while. Julian hits me up for Fortnite and played some games w him. Getting a 2nd place and yooo.. Its been a while since lve been on Fortnite but the new update is soo good. Played some Street Fighter 6 ranked matches for a while. Ended the night watching youtube on gaming trailers and Pro Street Fighter 6 matches.
6/10 Monday got up to do work all morning. Later on watched the Ubisoft stream and lm indifferent. They make some good stuff and they make some meh stuff. Bummed on my PC for a while and then hit my Mom’s for dinner. Just a simple dinner as always w my Mom and Grandmom. Got more food at Giant on my way home and bummed watching and finishing the show The Sympathizer which l enjoyed. Played mad Magic the Gathering Arena and watched youtube to end the night.
Tues hit my tenants to check on the ceiling repair job and yooo… finding a good contractor is so hard. Guy damaged the ceiling light during the repair. Hit home to chil and watch youtube for a while. Hit the Lab after and we only had 4 of us for Street Fighter 6. Hoping we can get these numbers up. Working w Jimmy on Akuma and theory fighting w the guys.Went 1-2 and just chilled, smoked hookah and had a good time w everyone. Hit home to run ideas more in training room w Akuma. Optimizing him is a bit more work because EVERYTHING works but finding out whats the best choice is a bit tougher than that. Ended the night watching some Netflix before sleeping.
Weds back to my tenants to check on the repair job. Head throbbing from the stress its giving me. Got Mission BBQ on my way back and yooo l dunno why l dont go there more. Ribs and brisket omfgg soo good. Gonna try to make it myself as the portion size is the only complaint.
Played some Street Fighter 6 w Jeremiah and then later on Ryan came over and we watched the Baki vs Kenshin movie which l enjoyed. Just a fun side movie. Watched some youtube and always good chilling w Ryan.
Ended the night playing Street Fighter 6 training room and ranked matches.
Thurs got up in the afternoon and ate more mission bbq and watching Netflix on the Hitler documentary. Watched The Boys and yooo l missed this show so much. Bummed on my PC for a while and then worked on Akuma in training room for a while. More food, hookah and Hitler late night into Friday.
Friday started the day w Street Fighter 6 ranked matches and then got more Mission BBQ for a potluck. Hit Ryan and Dennis’ birthday and yooo so much food. Stuffed face hard but overate. Lit the hookah and had drinks, running around spot to spot socializing. Nice having a lot of our old squad together. Happy Birthday Dennis and Ryan!! Hype for Dennis and Emily’s wedding coming up too. Had fun talking mad gossip over drinks. Giving out new nicknames to the squad. Trashbag Emily is easily one of the best nicknames ever. Hung out late and good just being together w this group as we dont get to see each other as much as before.
Hit home to play Street Fighter 6 training and ranked matches late night and watched some youtube before sleeping.
Sat got up late and Ryan and Adam came over. Smoked hookah, watched youtube and then we hit JB Dawson’s to stuff face. Twisted shrimp and a Twisted burger, dude l love JB Dawson’s. Back to my place afterwards where l lit the hookah and we watched a ton of stuff on youtube.
Afterwards, played some Elden Ring. Almost done the game again. Just getting ready for the DLC. Did some Magic the Gathering Arena readings and then started watching Joko Anwar’s Nightmares and Daydreams on Netflix and yooo its sooo damn good. I love horror anthologies. Anthologies in general are just fun.
Sunday got up late and hit Peppi’s for hoagies and pizza. Hit home to eat and watch mad youtube. Ryan came over afterwards, lit the hookah to watch youtube on meme stocks and then finally House of the Dragon at 9pm. I really love this show. Good hanging w Ryan and then afterwards played Elden Ring for a while. At 1am, Mango hits me up seeing what l was doing. Mango and Kim come over to chill. We smoked hookah, had soju and ate all night lol. Eating pizzas, ramen, snacks, icecream. Watched a bit of this kdrama but we werent really following and then watched Gerald’s game which we all seen before but wanted to rewatch. Chilled till bout 4am. Afterwards, kept playing Elden Ring. 1am Mango hits me up. Mango and Kim come over and we just bum, watching movies, smoking hookah, eating icecream lol. Just a good 3 hour random late night hang out.
6/17 Monday still up playing Elden Ring. 10am started doing work and being productive. Got some new clients to get started. These interest rates are still really hurting everyone though. Ate and smoked hookah and watched youtube for a lil till l passed out at 2pm. Got up at midnight lol.
Tues up all night, making alfredo penne broc and watching mad youtube on Akuma. Played Magic the Gathering Arena for a while and got to Platinum 4. The goal is to hit Mythic next season just for the sake of doing it. Cleaned hardcore downstairs for a while and then bummed on my PC till 9am. Had a full day. Stuffing face, smoking hookah and watching Star Wars Acolyte. Joko Anwar’s Nightmares and Daydreams is amazing on Netflix. Really weird shit. Played some Elden Ring and then took Jeremiah to get his wisdom teeth pulled. Just bummed on my phone waiting for him to get out.
Got home and finished up all of Elden Ring again besides Malenia. This time lm having even a harder time on her lol. Just preparing for the DLC. Smoked hookah and watched youtube and then hit The Lab. Went 2-2 in Street Fighter 6. I feel like lm killing myself half the time, messing up combos or freaking out in clutch moments. Something l def gotta work on. In the Akuma only tournament, l went 4-0 taking 1st place. Good hanging w everyone as always. I love just sitting at that main table, smoking hookah, watching matches and talking w people. Its mad chill.
Hit home to watch more Star Wars Acolyte and youtube w Jeremiah before sleeping hardcore cause l was up for an insane amount of hours.
Weds l slept for 16 hours… got up at 8pm… lol. Took it easy and watched youtube.
Thurs up all night watching shows and youtube. Got on Street Fighter 6 to answer questions in training mode and played ranked for a while. Finished up the Joko show on Netflix and yooo.. I enjoy really odd supernatural stuff. Played some Elden Ring and then hit Chinatown to get lunch w Elijah to go over the next events w Go Rae. We ate at Emei and thank you for the lunch homie! Dude… Emei l think is my main fav place in Chinatown now. Chongqing Spicy Chicken and any fish dish. Good meeting though and hype for the next event.
Hit home to chill, smoke and watch Elden Ring related videos on youtube for a while and passed out early.
Friday got up at 4am and played Elden Ring like crazy. DLC is sooo fucking good. The new content is fun to play, looks badass, has more versatility. There’s sooo much great stuff. They did such an amazing job. Moses came by in the morning to get mail and chill for a lil as he had to get stuff done in PA. Took a nap in the evening and got up to play more Elden Ring all night. Peter and Brad got on and had to get started. Brought them through the first area to get started. Fun playing co-op Elden Ring again too. Fun fighting Invaders as it’s exciting. Having such a good time.
Sat slept all day and got up at 6pm. Did some real estate work first for some friends on listings they’re interested in and then got back on Elden Ring all night. Was on the phone figuring out if I was going out or not but people were bailing and then ended up staying in. Just more Elden Ring all night w Peter and Brad. Nothing too crazy. Took a food and youtube break and then kept playing all night.
Sunday got up late and got Ryan from the airport. Due to the storm, had to wait a while before he got out. Just watched youtube on my phone till he finally got out. He got us Wendy’s and we hit back to my place to watch House of the Dragon. Thank you Ryan. Wendy’s was sooo good but yoo… Ryan… we cant eat this anymore hahaha. Our bodies arent built for eating junk anymore. Afterwards played Elden Ring all night into Monday.
6/24 Monday played Elden Ring through the night and started work in the morning. Played more Elden Ring as lm playing it on both my Str character and my Dex character and lm really enjoying both styles of play. Never really been a Mage player in any game. Tried it out before and its just mana management and kiting enemies. Finally slept at 2pm.
Got up at 10pm and bummed on my PC for a while and then played Elden Ring all night again cause l have a problem.
Tues still up playing Elden Ring till l got hungry and made food and lit the hookah and rewatched The Mist. Just thought of it and how good it was and had to rewatch it. Watched more youtube and then napped before hitting The Lab.
Got to The Lab and didnt do so good, messing up and dropping combos into lv3 multiple times… went 1-2 ughh.. The remaining players that still come to The Lab for Street Fighter 6, we’re all pretty even playing besides Eric and George taking a consistent 1st and 2nd. Kenny does well when he shows too. But everyone else, anything can happen. Its a bit pokemon like on some people who can consistently beat others and lose to others. Good games though and good hanging w everyone. Hit back home to hop on Elden Ring w Peter and Brad for a while. Just getting items and helping them through places. Fun anytime we get invaded. Its like the most exciting thing - Invasions. Just the hype of ‘Oh shit there’s an invader!’ is always mad fun. Played late and then messed w M.Bison as he released. He’s stupid good. Watched some youtube into weds.
Weds morning took it easy. Did some real estate work. Luckily things are picking up again. Hit BJ’s to get mad food and stuff and ughhh the increase of prices during inflation is very noticeable. Spent over $200… Usually my BJ trips are $100. After inflation the past year, $160ish. But over $200 on this trip. Hit home to do more work for a while.
Played some more Street Fighter 6 and rewatched Mission Impossible as lm gonna re-watch all of them. More Street Fighter 6 and then some youtube. Finally slept at like 8pm.
Thurs got up at 8am and took it easy. Bummed for a while on my PC. Working on my typical junk and then did work at 10am. Later on played Elden Ring and just did PVP invading people for hours. Adjusting my build and replanning and testing items. The thing about invading is there are sooo many fun weapons. Then you can invade in different areas. Just getting somewhere high and harassing w projectiles is always mad fun. Mimicing as an item and jumping other players as they fight the other in world enemies is mad fun. Then when taking out the Host’s other players and finally getting into a 1v1 situation. I love it so much.
Lit the hookah and watched youtube for a while afterwards. A lot more things w real estate picked up and was on calls for a while w friends and past clients. Later on played a lil Elden Ring till the Presidential Debate. Ughhh it was bad… These are our choices. After, slept early.
Friday got up at 3am for some reason. Watched some Whyfiles, ate and smoked hookah and went back to sleep. Got up at 1pm and hit Chinatown for my haircut at Room 209 from Happy. Got some bubble tea and chongqing spicy chicken, one of the best dishes ever and then hit home to eat. Me and Jeremiah watched The Boys and smoked hookah and then got on Street Fighter 6 for training and ranked matches w Akuma. I do wanna work on Luke a lil since l dont wanna fully lose how to play him. I still like Luke and think he’s a solid character. I gotta get use to some changes w him and also just incase things change w Akuma or some buffs happen w Luke. We’ll see. But for now w EVO close by, l gotta focus just on Akuma.
Hit NYC to pick up my sister Allison. Gave Grace a ride back home too and just had a chill night. There were options to go out but we were all beat. Just watched youtube and ate.
Sat got up early as hell. The birds, the lights. It was rough. Just watched mad youtube, smoked hookah and snacked a lil. Later on Allison and Justin came back and we hit this bubble tea spot that you can rent out rooms for games in the back. Got bubble tea and then met up w a real estate agent to talk bout expanding in NYC. Got some homework to do and gotta see if I can take the state testing for NY without needing to take classes since classes take god damn forever. Really nice meeting her and thanks Allison for setting it up.
Hit back to the room where they were playing Mahjong. Chilled playing Magic the Gathering Arena but had work calls inbetween. Afterwards hit back to Allison’s to apply this product that has water bounce off your windshield which l got for myself and love. Headed out to meet up w Mel for snacks and bubble tea in Flushing. Been having too much bubble tea lately. Good hanging w Mel and stuffing face. Hit back to Allison’s to pick up her dog Ari to bring back to my mom’s. Got 2 orders from Noodlecraft cause l always liked that place and its literally right around the corner from Allison’s. On my way home, got mad tired. From the lack of sleep. Had to get to a rest stop and actually slept in my car for 2 hours. Felt much better and then drove the rest of the way back to my mom’s to drop off Ari.
Got home to eat and rewatch Venom 2 and then passed out hard.
Sunday slept all day. The rain was pouring hard and l just slept really good. Got up at 8pm and showered, caught up on all the meme’s everyone sent and hit downstairs for House of the Dragon. Ryan came through. Jeremiah got us some food, thank you homie. Lit the hookah and enjoyed another episode of House of the Dragon. Watched a lil youtube w them before hopping on Elden Ring all night till 4am. Hit upstairs to do work and upload photos and bum.
7/1 Monday still up doing calls and playing mad Elden Ring. Shit is so addicting. There’s a lot of complaints the game is too hard. There are sooooo many things you can do to make the game easier. You just gotta do SOME thinking. People wanna take ONE or TWO weapons and just run through the game but there are different enemy types, different bosses. Things hit differently. Statuses and types of damages can make it way easier. Then there’s the just get good. Its wild people WANT the HARD GAME to be easier. THIS IS ONE OF THE POINTS OF THE GAME!! To figure it out.
Anyway, back to workin on real estate and another nightlife event at XOX along w Go Rae Soju and then worked on the wedding speech some more w ChatGPT which is doing a good job but the jokes are toooo family friendly cringy. Was on calls for a while and then headed out.
Got a birthday gift for SteveC as he wanted this certain Commander deck for our play through. Got a burger and fries from Red Robin and hit home to eat and watch mad youtube.
Later played Street Fighter 6 working on my Akuma and a bit on M.Bison to enjoy him and understand him. M.Bison is really well made. They just dropped 2 bombs, Akuma and M.Bison within a month. Also Ed was really well made. Its insane how 3 for 3 characters are simply SO FUN. And also all happen to be really good lol. More youtube and then some Street Fighter 6 matches against Jeremiah to figure out M.Bison some more. Watched more youtube then slept at 9pm.
Tues another chill day. Working on the wedding speech and nightlife flyer and watching my friend Stephen on youtube on the side. I have his videos saved on a separate playlist when lm just chilling and doing work. He gives the nerd news and has a solid radio voice.
https://www.youtube.com/@InfernoOmni
Started cleaning hardcore and then had to do more real estate work as l got new clients. Finally some chill time to play Elden Ring for a lil and then watch youtube before hitting The Lab. Didnt do so hot as l went 1-2 again ughh… but then we did the M.Bison only tournament and l got 2nd place of 11 players, going 8-2. Maybe I am a M.Bison main lol but nah he’s stupid good. We’ll see. Maybe I will learn and enjoy playing M.Bison for ENJOYING the game but not for tournaments. Maybe he will be a tournament character. Who knows.
Hit wawa on my way home to get mad food, eat, watch youtube, smoke hookah and slept.
Weds got up early morning at 6am and worked on real estate, nightlife, wedding speech and other side projects all day. I just like when everyone is asleep. Doesnt matter if its late night or early morning… when people are sleep, l can focus.
Lunch, made mad snow crab legs and yooo soo fucking good. Watching youtube and then played Elden Ring for a while. I just was invading for hours. Its so addicting. Im gonna figure out more spots l like to invade in. Invading w both my Str build and my Dex build and its THE HUNT that makes it so fun. Getting to the enemy and trying to kill them in their game.
Jeremiah got back home and we played some Street Fighter 6 against his M.Bison and then headed out to get dinner w Brown Joena and Julian at JB Dawsons. Solid dinner and thank you guys for dinner. Its crazy, Brown is right across the street but he’s so busy, l dont get to chill w him that often. But he’ll always be my best friend, even if l dont get to chill w him as much as l’d like. Hit home to smoke and passed out at 8pm.
Thurs got up at 3am and watched youtube and played Elden Ring till it was like a normal day time. Worked on stuff for the new real estate clients and then watched the new episode of The Boys. The Boys is so fucking good. Took a nap and then back out for SteveC birthday bbq. Happy Birthday SteveC!!!!!111 Got to catch up w him, Breslin and Hackney and got to meet a lot of SteveC’s family. I see his outgoingness and humor now. Really nice cool family. Good nerding out, smoking hookah and stuffing face. The smash burgers were really well done and his mom made really crispy wings. Def glad l got to chill w them but was also going to see them the next day, minus Hack.
Afterwards, hit MattK’s bbq and just had a good time eating hot pot and playing games. Lit the hookah and had a good time chilling and playing some Street Fighter 6 w Matt. Good hanging w the squad and then hit home to meet up w RyanW. It was also Ryan’s birthday, Happy Birthday Ryan!! So we just had a chill celebration. Just watching the Southpark Special on Obesity and yooo l love southpark so much. They take the stupidest things about society currently and just make fun of it for how ridiculous it is. Its easy material. Take the crazy shit going on and make jokes on how ridiculous it is. Good hanging w Ryan for his birthday.
Ended the night watching some youtube on Elden Ring and Street Fighter 6 stuff.
Friday got up and hit SteveC’s for Magic the Gathering Commander. Been a while since we been playing. Been playing Magic the Gathering Arena on my iphone and ipad and enjoying it again but Commander is something else. Plus l really like my decks in Commander. Dihada is still easily my strongest deck as its not only the game l won, l did the most damage on everyone and also took out everyone. My Urza deck is ok. The Vampire deck Alex gave me for my birthday is mad fun but l dont understand it yet. Lastly, the Warhammer Necron deck isnt bad, def has its moments but not a killer. Just Dihada is a ‘Good Stuff’ deck of just dropping Legendaries and swinging in. Had mad fun w the guys playing a ton of games.
Headed out to pick up mad pregame stuff. Liquor, chasers and junk and then hit home to change. Headed back out to Carol’s for pregame in Philly. Met some of Carol’s sorority sister’s Keya and Anna and had a really fun pregame. Lit the hookah and played kings and other drinking games to get started. I like that we started early too for more hang out time. We swung by Noto and got 2 bottles for Latino night. Which some of the music was hype and some of it was too chill. Had fun dancing when the music was good but it was like on and off. Did shots and drank redbull and then we headed out to Tango. Swung by Kenny’s table to say hey to everyone and socialize for a lil before getting our own room for song and shots. Hit up Mango and she happened to be there too. Partied there for a lil while till we did an after party back at Carol’s. Picked up Domino’s pizza on the way and just chilled eating pizza, smoking hookah. Got home mad late.
Sat still up, just watching youtube and smoking hookah. Finally napped at like 8am and then woke up couple hours later for house showings w SteveY and his family. Really nice to meet his fam finally.
Got food to hit home to eat and smoke hookah while watching youtube. Went back to take another nap and then got up for Zack/Marisa’s bbq. Happy Birthday Elwyn and Angela!!! Got there and stuffed face w mad food for 30 mins. Lit the hookah and had a good time just bouncing around the house w everyone. Ran outside to do fireworks and the squad was really responsible with it but forgot the bucket of water. Still, lit the fireworks safely away from cars and stuff. Had a good time till the cops came lol. I felt like I was in high school when the cops showed up. Like ‘ohhh shittt its the cops!!’ Packed it up and headed inside for cake for Elwyn and Angela. Played some of the finger game which…. I gotta stop calling it The Finger Game cause it sounds really bad but l dont know what its really called. I feel like no one does. But its a fun game where you guess the number of fingers on the cup at the end of the countdown and last person still there does a shot or two. Practiced my wedding speech w everyone and yoo l bombed so hard. Good reality check to make me practice harder.
Got home late and worked on adjusting the wedding speech for a while and then lit the hookah and watched some youtube before sleeping.
Sunday got up and smoked hookah and worked on practicing my speech and adjusting it a bit. Watched some youtube and then headed out to Emily and Dennis’ wedding. Congrats you guiseeee!! Very happy for them. So first was the tea ceremony at the Shofuso Japanese House in Fairmount Park. Next me and Dennis hit the lil island. Emily came out and we did the ceremony and it went really smooth. Congrats on getting married Dennis and Emily!! Thank you for giving me the honor to wed you two.
Next hit Tendenza for the wedding. The Suit Squad came through and god we’re such douchebags lol. Shemmay made it over and l introduced her best l could to everyone but prob over introduced as l def got yelled at for introducing her to people she’s met before. Ran around cocktail hour socialzing and stuffing face like crazy. Oysters, crab arms, sushi and jumbo shrimp… DUDE I always love cocktail hour. The food is just so banging. Had mad fun and glad cocktail hour went 1.5 hours. Shemmay was happy too as she came a lil late so lm glad she got mad food. Got into the wedding and got our seats. Watched Emily and Dennis do their fancy dance and ran around taking pics and jumping in the photobooth. Glad Jon and Sam were at our table as l love them but l dont get to spend enough time w them. Same w Keith and Linda too. Keith is a big reason why l know so many people of the OG Squadron. He introduced me to them wayyy back. Def over ate and yooo the guys and the shots, l felt like we were at the bar for 40% of the time. Just shots constantly to back to eating and mentally, it was a bit unstable lol. Later on, the music got more hype as the DJ lm sure knew to play the bangers after everyones done eating and drinking. Had fun dancing w everyone. Having those light tubes always helps. Its something so simple and small but so good. Partied late and had such a good time being there w everyone. End the of the night, drove Nicah back and then Vince and Thuy back as they were gonna uber back. Thank you Shemmay for coming w me!! Hype to chill w her again.
7/8 Monday got up early and did work for a while as so much is going on. Still nightlife events, EVO Vegas coming up, new real estate clients and other small projects that lm playing w. I like messing around w new ideas. Luckily the costs arent high. Smoked hookah and ate lunch and then back to work for a lil till my brain felt overwhelmed and l took a nap. I multitask too much and honestly…. I THINK MULTITASKING ISNT GOOD. I think its actually BEST to focus on one thing. When you’re done on it. You move to the next thing. Its just my worrying or whatever makes me multitask. So what l usually do is l dont open emails though l see it till l am able to work on it. Same w a text message or anything else. I feel its better to be highly focused on one thing and then the next.
Anyway, got back up and hit house showings w Steve, Olive and Steve’s parents and daughter. Saw a really solid potential home. Got chick fil a and hit back to do research on that home for a while. Ryan and Zack came through to watch House of the Dragon and gahh finally, some craziness. We kinda all knew this episode was gonna have shit go down cause its been a bit slow. Thanks for coming over homies. Got on Street Fighter 6 for training and ranked for a while then watched youtube, smoked hookah and ate soup dumplings into Tues lol.
Tues hit house showings w Joyce and her family. A new client l met through my mom. Thanks mom. Saw a home in my old neighborhood that has potential. Really nice meeting Joyce and her fam and then hit home to do work for a while. Back to another nap as lve been getting no sleep lately.
Back up to do work again and work on an offer and then hit The Lab. Totally unfocused lol. Went 2 wins 3 losses on the Round Robin. Good games w everyone and just another chill night w the Philly FGC, smoking hookah, playing games and talking Street Fighter along w other things. Got home to do more training and played some ranked matches and then watched youtube into weds.
Weds awake on and off for working on getting this offer accepted. Im very thankful for my team and lenders. Not only do they do great work but other people know of their good work too. Got the offer accepted and part of it was because the listing agent knows my team leader Mary and knows my lender Gunnar and felt much more secure to work with us. Very happy for Steve and Olive. More paperwork to work on and then worked on my event coming up.
Hit downstairs to hookah and just play on my phone for a lil and then got chinese food from Plum Tree. Stuffed face and watched some youtube and then played Elden Ring. On headset w Peter and Brad as we were all working on our own things. Couldnt join Peter’s game to kill Dragon’s but that area, its no biggie. Ended the night watching youtube and then the new Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. Its not bad, its just… what you expect. Some fun action, some humans doing stuff that kinda help but who cares and thats bout it lol.
Thurs got up early to do work. Other friends getting back into the market. Real estate is picking back up but these interest rates, l get it. And the FED is just not helping at all. For the younger generation, l dunno how they’re gonna make it w how the United States just treats its citizens. It just keeps getting harder the younger and/or the poorer you are. I feel like by 2075… the USA will be rich and a lot of poor. W the middle class being totally wiped out. The median income is just several thousands away from being what’s considered lower class. That’s pretty wild. Anyway…
Just knocking out stuff in my emails. Sending new listings to friends coming back on the market and working on the newly accepted offer and then working on the event for Sat evening and night at XOX.
From Emily and Dennis' wedding, photoshop credit EmilyL
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