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guys night out

2008-05-26T19:25:00.000-07:00

this is what happens when four dudes get bored on a sunday night.

Reunited

2008-04-07T14:20:00.000-07:00

Last night, we all went out for some pho & ramen for the first time in at least a couple months. The part of Tim is played by Mike Y.

hellno kitty

2008-04-06T04:21:00.000-07:00

Our new house cat

Let's Groove Tonight!

2008-02-03T14:27:00.000-08:00

As promised, the video from Vegas.

New York, New York, Nevada

2008-01-31T11:35:00.000-08:00

Things I Miss about NY:

1) convenience - bodegas. 24 hour delis.

2) places staying open until 4am (altho have discovered that a couple places out here are open that late or later).

3) not having to drive when you go out - have to look for parking, pay for parking / parking ticket / cover - and then leave at 1:30am. and get there by 10pm. ew.

4) shopping - I'm pining for you, East Village shops!

5) food - Momofuku!

6) walking around.

7) riding my bike around. I hope that thief is enjoying my bike!

8) seeing shows - and ohmyrockness.com.

And so we went to New York this weekend!

The hotel in Vegas, that is. (yuck yuck) Walking around the miniature version of New York felt a bit monster-from-Cloverfield-like.

It was underwhelming because the shops were not real NY shops/bars (ie Magnolia Bakery, Serendipity, CBGBs - that would have been awesome!) and the building models felt too small.

However, the rollercoaster was suprisingly scary!

I scream like a girl. Simon belts out a were-dog-coy-ote combo. The footage was also reminescent of Cloverfield.

We went there for Simon's birthday, and were very conservative. Might even say we had the Frommers experience of Las Vegas (whose demographic seems to be upscale yuppies in their mid- late forties - based on our China experience).

We had lunch buffett at the Bellagio:

Overall, the brunch was just ok, but that duck leg was Ammaazzing. Thank you fleeting vegetarianism to allow me to sample that.

We saw the Bellagio water show:

They played God Bless the USA. Is this a July 4th celebration in the Midwest accompanied by an all you can eat Ribfest? I was disappointed that it was all white instead of different colors, but the parts where it shot up like a geyser were pretty cool.

We walked down the strip and passed all the opulent hotels. It felt like Rodeo Drive - as opposed to Las Vegas. My favorite was the Venentian - by far.

Pretty stunning!

Simon made us walk all the way down the strip to Treasure Island because he thought they had $1 craps. 7 hotels (all with $10 minimum tables) and 2 hours later - he pulls open the doors to Treasure Island and says - "Oh, I think the $1 craps was in Belluxi, Mississippi." Meanwhile, Justina's and I's feet are throbbing. We ended up playing $15 craps minimum table and my lucky rolling won us about $100 each! Thank you beginners luck.

That night we ended up making a video that may possibly be beyond our editing capabilities - but that video will be up soon. We shot it in our hotel room, which was Piimmp. It was a one bedroom suite at the Signature at MGM.

I got the craps bug - and that's all Simon and I could think about doing the second day. - we tried to re-summon my craps luck - but we lost $60 each. Then I won $40 back in blackjack. Tim met a guy in the bathroom who was down $100,000 for the day. Is it more shocking that he was meeting people in the bathroom or that someone lost $100,000 and wasn't phased?

The glassed-eyed people at the slots, the lack of windows and no immediately discernable way out of the casinos added a dash of sadness to the environment. In addition to that was an element of cheese, such as the show, "Thunder Down Under," which featured PG 13 gyrating Australian gigolos.

But the most disturbing thing out there were posters of a diesel Carrot Top.

Which led to the debate - do stars come to Vegas to peak - like Hannah Montana is doing - or to die - like Carrot Top. I guess both? For Carrot Top - his future looks bleak:

* via mishmash.com.

All in all, an unsinful visit to Sin City.

Little Tokyo

2008-01-24T21:00:00.000-08:00

Spent a lot of time in Little Tokyo last week. Apparently there are only 3 official Japantowns left in the nation. San Jose, LA and San Fransisco. So I feel lucky to be close to one.

Dan, Tim, Simon and I had Boba and Ramen at a famous noodle shop - apparently The Original (it was not as good as Momofuku tho!). Dan made a good point - was it really before the noodles in Asia?

Little Tokyo has a cute village plaza that has a consortium of little shops - vintage clothes stores, sneakers, octopus balls, mochi and bakeries, toys etc.

Thankfully, the anime figurine comes with "alternative soft brest parts in which you can put gel inside." Wonderful.

These Nikes cost $4500.

(There were only 50 made in collaboration with Stash - a graffiti artist from NYC)

The inaptly named Family Mart doubles as a Spencers Gift Shop.

I was the only one immature enough to find it entertaining. Dan, Tim and Simon were not amused. However, Simon and I let out a nostalgic sigh upon seeing Pocari Sweat and Oolong Tea in the fridge (as seen in China).

We went back again with my cousins Jennifer, Christina, my Uncle Randy. We had Japanese Curry for lunch.

They had their first pinkberry. I paparazzi her azz.

We went to the Murakami exhibit at the MOCA.

Murakami mocks Manga.

That is his spunk.

Murakami animates Kanye West's music video, "Good Morning."

Meh. Right? (the track here is the intro version, which is not the same version used in the mv)

There was also a really cute short by Murakami, which my uncle aptly referred to as, "The poop story." Unfortunately I do not have it.

I bought this t-shirt - designed by Japantown's own Jared Leto.

Also got green tea as big as your head.

Definitely going to go back to Little Tokyo and take time to shop.

I love exploring the area. There's random cool pockets. Areas I want to check out: Downtown Silver Lake, Eagle Rock (just heard about this last night from Dyana - it is supposed to be like the East Village in NYC), Runyun Canyon, Chinatown, Pasadena and Malibu. LA is a lot different than the douchebaggery I imagined. Of course, once in a while, it's apparent.

There's no rhyme or reason to why I find a koochy comb amusing, but not pick-up truck balls.

Day 11323

2008-01-24T00:51:00.000-08:00

of Simon's life (plus or minus 4 days according to Justy). Here is how he spent it.

Latest Video

2008-01-21T16:44:00.000-08:00

Was debating whether or not to put this on here. It's a remix of a scene from Bourne Identity which reminded me of another movie when I saw it in theaters.

QT

2008-01-08T16:48:00.000-08:00

It's rare that all 5 housemates hang out together - be it due to work, travel, friends, family etc. However last night was a rare occasion where watching adults in spandex yelling things like, "I'm going to eat you alive," brought us together.

American Gladiators - 2008 edition!

6206 Karaoke

2008-01-07T01:57:00.001-08:00

It has been raining all weekend. Joe brought us out of our doldrums by bringing home his parents' karaoke machine. Suddenly, we Became his parents / ourselves in 30 years. I remember feeling very Asian.

*Justina came home 1 day after this session.

Back due to unemployment

2008-01-03T22:19:00.001-08:00

Random things I have learned out here:

1) The term "cholo." It refers to Mexican males/gangsters who "dress in chinos, a wifebeater, sleeveless teeshirt or a flannel shirt with only the top buttoned, a hairnet, or with a bandana around the forehead, usually halfway down over the eyes. Cholos often have black ink tattoos, commonly involving Catholic imagery, or calligraphy messages or family names." According to my boss, they also wear tube socks up to their knees and ride around on low rider bikes or drive low rider cars.

There's even a music video about how to Lean Like A Cholo:

2) How to drive stick. Joe let me borrow his car after my work car got returned. Simon gave me a 20 minute crash course in the Target parking lot at 1:30am. There were definite growing pains: stalling on the 101 in stop-and-go traffic, stalling while trying to make a left while on a hill and having to wait 5 light cycles before finally getting it, trying to creep up to red lights hoping they'll change to green before I get there so I don't have to stop and change gears, rolling through stop signs, developing a fear of people stopping too close behind me because I may roll back into them, developing a fear of hills and getting anxious about the drive home after work, wondering if I'll stall in the middle of high speed traffic on the highway and therefore die. However, after a couple emails consulting Joe (how should I turn off the car? should I downshift while approaching a stop light?) and getting used to his car - I've finally gotten the hang of it.

3) I love Pinkberry. Hooked after the 2nd time. I drove 40 mins out of the way to get one once.

4) Shopping blows. Or I have not found good spots yet. So far I've been to malls (blah - your typical Bloomies, Macy's, Banana Republic, J.Crew fare - although Justina took me to Mango, where I ended up buying a couple tops) or you have Melrose - which is split into the high fashion end (Fred Segal, D&G, Miss Sixty - meh) and the Vintage/thrift/Wet Seal-type stores end (need to sift to find good items). However, they go all out for their storefonts.

5) Climate out here is DRY. I feel dehydrated a lot, and my skin is freaking out. I have had a zit on my forehead for 6 weeks! After 2 more broke out right next to the OG one, I finally broke down and got a facial. They proceeded to stab them all, making them all the more visible because there is now 1 huge black dot and 2 bright red dots, making an Orion's Belt of zittery on my face. Lord.

As far as the rest of the house - Simon tried the Master Cleanse - which is a diet consisting of drinking 1 quart of salt water every morning, followed by a lemonade concoction every time you get hungry. No solid food allowed. You are supposed to do this for 10 days, losing 2 lbs a day and cleansing out your colon.

I was supposed to join him on day 2, but after diluting myself into thinking that I could do it for a couple hours, I realized I did not want to nor did I think I had the willpower to do it.

Justina is still in HK. She's bringing back a Wii for the house as well as acquiring games in the way that Asians do best - wink nudge.

Joe is back from making a cheerleader into a master debater, but just for the holiday break.

Tim had a friend over for the holidays. He went to the Rose Bowl game, but our team - Illini - lost.

I leave with footage of the writers' strike outside NBC: (music is from the radio)

one more year

2007-12-12T00:23:00.000-08:00

it is justina's birthday.

cynthia has reached her sanity threshold and is now jumping on the bed.

sumer and her friend are coming to visit us tomorrow.

karen lee will be here in january.

joe is being made.

i miss being in love.

that is all.

THANKSGIVING

2007-11-27T00:18:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving ya'll! We celebrated this special holiday 6206 style baby! We had Hotpot (Huo Guo) and Turkey! Now, as some of you might remember, we had AMERICAN style CHINESE hot pot. Check out what they like to eat in their huo guo in China...

DEFINITELY NO PIG BRAIN in this one! We had lots of veggies, and fish balls, and meat. Let me just say this now, I will NEVER again take my mom for granted when she goes shopping for these ingredients!

My friend Dyana (and her brother Ben) and I
made a turkey, from scratch ya'll! It got it's butt stuffed full of stuffing, and apples, and celery, and onions. It was juicy!

And after dinner, we made these

CTOWN's friend Dan approves as you can see

As a side note, Dan is currently working on AMERICAN GLADIATORS

and is in the process of getting me an audition to be a GLADIATOR cause my body is SWOLL son! My codename will be THE RICE MAN, and everytime I beat a guy down in the joust, I'll say, "No more Mr. Rice guy."

AND, as if that wasn't enough, this being Hollywood and all, a celebrity dropped by to say hello

AND TO TOP THAT OFF, he brought over another celeb friend, too!

Wow. What a night! I give thanks to everyone who reads this blog. Who I DO NOT give thanks to is the members of this house who have seemed to forgot that we even have a blog. I hate them. No i don't. Yes, I do. Merry Christmas!

SIMONYIN PERFORMER SERIES

2007-11-12T00:56:00.000-08:00

Also, here is another rehearsal video. We are 28 days out from our first show.

SIMONYIN PRODUCER SERIES

2007-11-12T00:32:00.000-08:00

wow. the SIMONYIN PRODUCER SERIES has really taken off! So, due to popular demand, here is installment THREE. And in case you were wondering, yes, she did get it from her mama. Enjoy!

is it november already?

2007-11-06T14:42:00.000-08:00

This is ridiculous! The year two thousand seven is almost over. Soon Thanksgiving will be here, and then Christmas, and then New Years, and then 2008! Good Grief!

Speaking of Good Grief, anyone that is in the LA area, should come see the new Christmas show I am in rehearsals for...
You'll see singing, dancing, prancing, and me in HOT PANTS (one of those is false).

Here are some house updates:

SIMON

Rehearsal schedule

And when I'm not rehearsing, I should be doing other more productive stuff, but instead, my second installment of, THE SIMONYIN PRODUCER SERIES

Shout out to THE WOODMAN. He LOVES these videos.

CTOWN
She is working her ARSE off! On many an occasion she has said that this job will make a woman out of her. I think Guilin already did that, but who am I to tell her otherwise? She works so hard that when she gets home, she just collapses from exhaustion...literally.

JUSTIN
All she does is come home and read scripts and watch movies that her "clients" make.

Although, we did go grocery shopping last night, and Justin made me a wonderful bowl of noodle soup. It was amazing. Justin, if you are reading this, I want a bowl right now! Also, her mom is on Facebook. Wow.

TIM
Tim is also in a new show.

He also talks to our neighbor who only speaks Spanish. Apparently, she gave us these rocks.

JOE
After leaving MTV cause he was sick of the bullshit, Joe is now constantly away, shooting shows for MTV.

We also had a house meeting

and it was decided that yes, i should, indeed, wash my hands after urination.

I have way too much time (and apparently pee) on my hands.

Peace out homies.

Asian Nation

2007-10-17T00:51:00.001-07:00

This past Friday, we went to a random strip mall storefront owned by a sweet, old Korean couple to sing karaoke. They had a wireless mic there! Get with it, all hard-wired and thus restrictive karaoke venues!

Saturday, I ran errands. Last week, I bought the following for a total of $5 on Magnolia Ave.

That night, Joe and I randomly decide to go to San Diego. Justina was already there for a film festival. Simon was working on Saturday night. Joe's cousin lives down there and it's only 1 1/2 hours away, so why not! We get there and ditch the fratty bar scene for the beach.

After the beach, we went to a burrito place. The burritos are amazing out here. They also have these drinks.

The flavors are: Jamaica, Horchata and Tamarindo. I tasted each one. Not an immediate fan, but they seem popular with the locals.

The guy that helped us was awesome.

Yes, that is a gold AK-47 medallion.

I have been living like a freshman in college. Going out and then eating Jack in the Box at 3am. Freshman 15! ha. sigh.

I am still in my palm tree awe phase. The mountains and palm trees as a constant backdrop still amazes me.

It's been my bday for 1 hour. My roommates surprised me with cake and a balloon after midnight! We were watching tv and everyone left to go to Ralph's. I had no idea! I heart my 6206 roomies.

freelance or die muther f'er!

2007-10-12T03:43:00.000-07:00

So a lot of you have asked for this, and who am I to deny you? Here is an exterior picture of the house.

And here is the money shot.

We've spent many a day by the pool and many a night by the fire. I must say, living with these guys has made me feel like I never left New York sometimes, except for the awesome weather, gigantic living space, and oh, no freaking metro!

There was a moment last weekend when Greg Woo came to LA, and we had dinner at a Japanese joint. It was him, me, Cynthia, Joe, Mike Y, Gary Gabisan, Justin, and I was like, "wow, I'm in the East Village right now, and we all just got done shooting a Top Ten Chi Countdown!"

Whoa. Talk about mind explosion. I was expecting Woody and Cheriyan to walk in at any moment. Now if that happened, I would have exploded for sure!

So now, I spend my days freelance producing, while still acting and auditioning (shout out to Joe and Mike's company, GREY TV)!

Check out my latest producer gig!

There is obviously more than just that, but it's a far cry from an emmy, that's for sure.

Anyway, producing is fun. and i must give credit where credit is due. Please check out this site for my mentor's page. thank you my brother!

It's 4:00AM west coast time right now. What the freak am I still doing up? The answer: being entertaining as hell with this post right now!

Check out my "production" schedule for these past days.

Anyway, we've hopefully, got some pretty creative ways in which we plan on showing you the interior of the house...and other going ons.

Stay tuned!

Delayed Random moments of week 1

2007-10-11T22:07:00.000-07:00

This past weekend I stumbled upon the best street in the world. Magnolia Ave. Thrift shops galore. Half of the stores were closed because it was Sunday. Most things close here at sundown. Car washes - stores that are not in a mall - it's weird.

I am still living out of my suitcase. It's driving me nuts. I burrow through my clothes every morning, inevitably making a mess all over the room, tossing everything onto my bed only to toss everything back into the suitcase at bedtime. I've hung up 12 things with the 12 hangers I bought at Ralph's - the grocery store. I'll get it together soon.

GPS system - as dependent on this as a newborn baby. It has a suction problem and falls off the window a lot. Being that I can't drive without it even for a second, when it fell one time, I immediately tried to fix it, causing me to drive with elbows and thus swerve. This angered the man behind me whose violent ape noise faded up and faded out as he zoomed by me. It left me a bit shaken.

Sorry for lack of pictures. My camera is broken, but we promise to have more pics and videos up soon.

to all those drinking hater-ade

2007-10-11T02:38:00.000-07:00

is it in you?

man, when we first started this awesome blog, i thought that it would bring us closer as a team, as a household, as a family. never did i ever think that this blog would be used to destroy us.

Here is my rebuttal to justins last post.

and no, chris yong, for the last time...you may NOT see my "junk."

Week 3

2007-10-09T13:09:00.001-07:00

Even though i've only been embedded for three weeks, there has been plenty of developments to report on. My main concern is that while i do have 3 Chinese roommates, none of them have agreed to make me General TSO's Chicken or Chicken with Broccoli , both of which i love, yet still have to purchase from outside sources. I think this is ridiculous and a waste of domestic resources.

Simon, now in his elderly years, has given up on wearing pants while at home and has been forcing us to watch his magic shows. His juggling skills are pretty impressive though. He combats the effects of old age by the playing the guitar at night. Sometimes he wanders into my room without warning while i'm sleeping. Each of which doesn't bother me much, but it's weird when he combines these habits.

In defiance for being placed in the storage room, Cynthia has occupied Tim's room since he has been away. It's going to be fun watching Tim try to regain his territory. I will document this event for everyone. She's also fighting back by stealing everyone's sweaters when they leave it in the living room. On the other hand, she has proved to be a useful resource for organic goods. Every night she cuts up about 3 watermelons and walks around with a tray of it for like 4 hours.

Justina, in an attempt to reduce competition for Cynthia's produce, recently tried to kill me with a kamikaze technique while driving us to Blockbuster. Lucky for me, the oncoming pick-up truck was agile enough to dodge the maneuver. Other than that she has maintains a calm demeanor. However, the complete opposite comes to the surface when you give her alcohol. It's crazy, I'll will also make it one of my goals this year to capture this phenomenon on tape so ya'll can see. She also likes to leave wrappers for things all over the house.

I'll have more updates for you all soon, as long as i can hold off Justina's assassination attempts...

Justin is here!!

2007-10-08T23:30:00.000-07:00

ALL NIGHT Simon & Cynthia are complaining about me and joe not blogging on our site - here you go - you wanted it, you got it!

Here is my spill:
So Simon never washes his hands after going to the toilet, he claims that,
"MY WEE WEE IS SO CLEAN, why bother?? why are you SO afraid?"
Then I will be running to the corner of the room and be like,
"EWWW, that's so gross!"
As I said that, he came closer and said, "hahha don't be scared, come over sweetie!" with that evil wink ;> (you know how that goes.)
Then he said, "oh, by the way, your boyfriend called today." And then he took out his phone.
And of course, I leaned over and asked, "Who?"
And he said, "HAha!" and as he said that, he put his "dirty little fingers" on my innocent face!

GROSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!
THIS IS RIDONCULOUS! I can't stand this no more, It happened multiple times before. I dont think he understands how dirty and disrespectful that is. And of course, the generous and kind Justin would never yell at the ignorant Simon. I respect elderly!! He just needs to learn his lesson. So if you would please help me teach this old man, reply to this post.

if you agree with me, please kindly reply to this post and STOP SIMON FROM PUTTING HIS URINE ON ME OR SPREADING HIS GERMS/ DISEASES TO ME AND MY ROOMMATES!!!
I hope the old man will learn from this lesson. After all, I just want him to be a better person. - PEACE

Thank you for reading! I miss you all! =)

NY vs LA pt 1

2007-10-04T08:21:00.000-07:00

A couple quick, random observations:

- I tried to order an egg sandwich on a roll. They asked me again what I would like it on. A roll. Blank stares. I don't know if lack of roll knowledge is just that one shop or if this is a city-wide situation.

- The girls wear high heels to work.

- My boss asked me to go on a run "right around the corner." I say, oh, I'll walk. Blank stare. I felt like Anne Sullivan teaching Helen Keller a new word. W-A-L-K: then demonstrating on my boss' legs - one foot in front of the other. Turns out, "right around the corner" means 5 blocks away, and everyone drives everywhere, even if it's just across the street. I walked anyway and discovered that:

- Drivers are nice to pedestrians! You are treated like a disabled. I was jaywalking like I often do in NY, and I was half-way across the street. The other side stopped for me in the middle of the road and they had 3 rows behind them. They must pity people who don't have wheeled-legs. Maybe my jaywalking freaked them out.

On a side note - I saw my first "celebrity" sighting. During one of my walking jaunts, I saw Kennedy, one of the OG MTV VJ's doing a link outside of some hotel/club/restaurant. I also walked by NY style - pretending not to care.

first post with the most with your host giving a toast while eating roast...and i don't mean to boast, but i'm fly

2007-10-03T23:05:00.000-07:00

Welcome to our own version of the Real World, North Hollywood!

Joe. He is the slut of the group. And the house alcoholic. If we had a hot tub, he would be the first one to jump in naked.

Justin. She is the den mother. The kind who tells you to clean up stuff while at the same time throwing her bag of chips on the ground.

Tim. He is the house treasurer. He makes sure the bills are paid on time, and that we aren't overcharged for our water.

Cynthia. The last member of the house. She arrived 2 days ago and is already going crazy. She definitely gives the house a new energy. We'll see how long she lasts before LA beats her down.

And then there's me. I'm Simon. I am the unemployed slacker of the house, constantly waiting for the call that will one day make me famous. So that pretty much means, I sit around the house all day, waiting for my roommates, and best friends, to come home....so we can do stuff like this: