Are my reflectors working?

You've probably been to the Daiso in Japan Town, but I recently discovered there's a bigger one in the southbay! It's amazing how they can stuff a walmart sized store with $1.50 items. But to be honest not everything was $1.50, which was dissappointing. It's way cooler than the average joe "Dollar Store" because it's asian junk! You could practically find anything you want in there for cheap. I bought myself some dorm supplies as well as my halloween costume haha!

They even had a section for bike goods, so I had to see what I needed to Hulk Up my bike. I definitely needed some reflectors to blind those morons who drive like they're missing some chromosomes. At first I didn't believe they had any reflecting power so I needed a camera's flash to test them. They reflect right?

Tio Juan

I spent August 4th hanging out with fellow UCSD acceptee: Daniela V.

She wanted me to come over and help her with some applications that were due. I don't know about other UCs, but UCSD doesn't do a great job at informing incoming students about what is needed and how to prepare. The only reason I know is because there's a facebook group for the UCSD 2013 class. Such smart ppl out there....

I always begged her to take me to get mexican food cause mexicans know where to get thee bomb mexican food, chinese ppl know chinese food, etc.. So we headed down international and for a second I thought she was taking me to taco bell haha. We ended up at "Tio Juan". A locally famed taco truck parked on 40th Ave. and Foothill. It was literally my first time eating from a taco truck and it was actually really good!! I had a chicken burrito and she had steak. She claims their hot sauce is the best around and it was really good, nothing crazy but yummy spicy. So head over to "Tio Juan" taco truck today because apparently they got 5 stars on yelp haha!

http://www.yelp.com/biz/taqueria-el-tio-juan-oakland

Funk & Punk #3

- First of all, Robyn's video of "Handle Me" is beyond mesmerizing. All those funky outfits and boxes and whakydoodles just does it for me. People say she can't dance, but I beg to differ. She's not trying to go Beyonce on America, she's dancing with her own style. Plus her song is really catchy, she's considered pop/electronica/R&B and I think she blends those genres really nicely. She's 30 years old and I think her Jojo sounding voice is gonna last her awhile. She owns her own record label "Konichiwa Records" which I believe goes hand in hand with her song "Konichiwa Bitches". Anyways, give her a listen and I believe you'll find many of her songs to stick in your head until dawn.

- City and Colour has been a reoccuring acoustic band for me. The first time I looked at the singer I thought some country smash was gonna vomit out his mouth, but it's quite pleasant eh? That's canadian for you I guess. "The Girl" is very interesting to me because it seems to be structured weirdly. Front man, Dallas Green, basically sings the lyrics twice in a completely different tone. The beginning of the song is very melow, but the middle picks up with an upbeat rockish tone. I really enjoyed the ending of the video because they added in a little blooper kind of thing. "I broke my string". Haha another song I recommend by them is "sometimes".