This time around

Hanson - This Time Around

California Dreams =)

California Dreams Season 2 Episode 5
"Let's Spend Some Time Together"

Changes

Two weeks ago, I was offered a job of a lifetime.. career wise. For years I had been slaving away working for my father's company, a company built from nothing practically, and I had been learning the business along the way in hopes to take over it one day. Well, it was never really a matter of if, but more like when would that opportunity come. He's still young in most circles and not ready to retire. So I figured in my 5 year plan, I would just start a small company and kind of just get my foot in the door with the commercial construction industry.

Things changed up a bit for me and definitely for the better. I was offered a job to take over the parent company to my father's company. My position and job description would strictly be taking the steps and initiatives to help run this company. It won't be some dead end job that leads me nowhere. The time and effort I put into my work will pay off in the long run for me. My 5 year plan could be much better than I previously expected.

It's an honor to be viewed as the chosen one and anyone would be ecstatic to be in my position but to be perfectly honest, I had doubts of accepting the offer right away. I spent the whole weekend thinking about what I'd be giving up to work 40 hour weeks and be constricted by the time. After managing both Hello Sushi locations, I swore to myself that I would never be on salary again and work set hours. I always felt like I missed out on things because I always had to work or couldn't get a shift picked up. This will probably make more sense of the life style I live where I tend to attend everything that is in my interest like Hornets games and concerts. I get to travel and play basketball for a league in Alabama or even coach and play for other teams. I've gotten used to spoiling myself with the do whatever I want mentality. I felt like accepting this job would mean I have to give it up. But I spoke with the owners and they allowed me to continue do the things I love as long as I find a balance. Hopefully this all works out the way we all want it to.

Oh my gosh

Jenny Suk - O.M.G.
She's goin pretty harddd....

Every once in a while

Sometimes we all need a reminder of what it means to be happy and not only that but we need a reminder of what it takes to become happy. Life doesn't hand this great feeling over on a silver platter like we all desire. Instead, we are a bunch of broken pieces but keep in mind that those pieces can be put together like a puzzle and make us whole once more.

In my March archive, I posted a series of entries stating what the H initial in my name stood for. Here's a reminder that we can use every once in a while [each one is linked].

The H is for _____.
1. Him/ Her
2. Heartbreak
3. Heal
4. Hope
5. Happy


I found a reference to my blog in my friend's blog. It's nice to see that others can agree with some of the things I say.

Back to Back Champs!

It was 8 months ago when the NBA season officially kicked off. With it coming to an end Thursday night, I am more than pleased with my Lakers repeating as champions. They came up big on a night where Kobe couldn't do anything right on the offensive end. This victory was hard earned and more sweeter than the previous 4 championships. You see these guys out here every night giving their all. To both teams it's more than a game. It's a passion. As a coach, I couldn't have been any happier that the Lakers proved that rebounding and defense are the keys to winning a championship. Scoring makes the game fun and more enjoyable but when so much is on the line I'm proud that my team went back to the basics. I have all summer and fall to enjoy this championship because once October rolls around, it'll be back to work for another 3 peat. Even though they won it all last year, it's been awhile since the Lakers have had this sense of victory. It's definitely not 2001 anymore and Kobe is much older. I just want to enjoy his game play while he's still around.






Images of the finals

No Love

Eminem f/ Lil Wayne - No love

You've got a friend in me

As negative as I can be towards myself at times, there's no doubt in my mind that I know how great of a person I can be. Maybe it's just my time to be dramatic or feeling like my goals should be bigger and better. One thing I'll never forget is that a big factor of who I am is strongly based on the people I surround myself with. Being a friend and being great is easy when you have the friends I have. I see them for who they are not just with me but other friends, family, and significant others. There is a lot of heart between all of us. In recent months, we've looked towards each other for comfort, escapes, social outings, advice and so on. With all of that behind us. We can face the day knowing we all have a chip on our shoulders and a great group walking by our side.

Out of the dark

Matt Hires - Out of the Dark

I remember having this song on repeat when I first heard it from Grey's Anatomy. I decided to post a live version but definitely check out this song. It's a must listen.

Preorder is June 15*

Yeah, let's take that asterisk and blow it up to the size of Tiger Stadium. As an iPhone user and slight fanatic. I was quite disappointed to wake up at 4 A.M. to find out that I couldn't preorder my phone just yet and that Apple had no idea when it will be. I feel like this should have been handled better but hopefully I can blog from that sucker pretty soon. Super duper sad face.

Dream on...

I was riding back from Biloxi the other night and was listening to my Top 30 playlist and my friend suggested to me to find the Glee version of 'Dream On' by Aerosmith. I must say, she never lets me down because this version goes pretty hard.

ESP?

So this past weekend I met someone through my friend and in the hour-long time that she was introduced to me, it's like she had me all figured out. I barely spoke as I watched everyone pre-game at my friend's place but I guess I'm just that easy to read. By the time we got to Harrah's, she drunkenly got into a conversation with me asking me which girls did I want at the club. I politely responded that I didn't want anyone and I was just there to be with friends. All of a sudden, she starts to spill it all out to me. She tells me things that I've always heard like how I seem like a nice guy and girls like guys that are assholes. She asked me what I thought about my mutual friend and how attractive she was. Lastly, I think she figured out the lobster ordeal WITHOUT a single word from me. What the heck right? For a drunken stranger, she was pretty on point. But then it makes me wonder if she was fed any info beforehand or am i JUST THAT EASY to read... I found it funny and was kind of spooked that she knew what was on the dome. Props to her.

I'm back

Greetings friends and readers. I've had such an interesting few weeks that it's been hard to keep up with things. I've had the occasional post of a song that I'm listening to but it's nothing that really reflects the mood that I'm in.

As we approach the midway portion of the year, I can look back at my well-documented entries to see how much I've progressed. Earlier this year, it felt like the days would last forever. But eventually those days quickly turned into weeks and those weeks turned into months. I know that in life, we are all continuing to climb the mountain and reach for the top. The fact that I say the top gets higher simply just means that more things come up to further your ultimate goal. You can perceive it as good in the way that we continue to set more goals for ourselves. Or it can be depicted with a negative context that simply means more shit comes up than we choose and we have to find ways to deal with it. I would like to say that I'm more of at a plateau in my life or this time of the year and I've steadily been on it for a few weeks now. I've come to realize that I love how things are for me right now. I'm single but not looking. I'm guessing that means content? Haha. But I stay occupied with things that I consider my passion and I'm enjoying the close bonds with my friends. Nothing bad ever happens but when great things happen, I don't let it get to me because as quickly as something good comes, it can be gone in the same amount of time. Every day adventures are great but even I can say that it's burning me out a bit. June will be my time to rest, well after the 19th which actually only gives me a solid week and a half to rest before the July fun kicks in.

I wouldn't say that the old Daniel is back, but the part of me that I enjoy and that people enjoy to be around is definitely back. I believe more that it's really just a new me. or a Daniel that's evolved into something better by means of being smarter and happier. There's no particular reason why I'm happy. I just celebrate the fact that I am. I'm definitely going to finish the year off the way it should have started. It looks like I have a lot of making up to do.


T.I. - I'm Back

The crying moon...

Wow, I'm such a fob lol



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