Park Day with the Thai Family

i spent saturday morning with the thai family.  a day in the park after pho was a great way to start the labor day weekend.

on our way.  marie thai pays no attention to the road as she poses for a picture.

sendy riding a camel in the playground desert.

deciding how to get off...

heng and sendy swinging.

heng-ing around.  hahaha.  wow.

marie thai's turn on the swings.

sliding around.

peace.

it's ok to act like a kid once in a while.

climbing to the top of "eiffel tower."

not the ugly duckling any more.

postcard picture.  that bird was king of the lake.

tire swinging.

monkey bars.

9,000 rpms on the tire swing.

yours truly striking the usain bolt pose.

marie thai insisted on the jumping picture.

check out my vertical.

marie thai looks like she's getting in trouble.

the thai family...my favorite chinese family.

going home.

sneak peek

New Acquisitions

I splurged a bit this past weekend and got me some robots.  

A San Diego Comic Con EXCLUSIVE: Transformers Universe Nemesis Prime.  Even the name is sinister.  I picked this up from someone who actually went to the convention.  Gotta love craigslist.

Love the box art.  Enjoy the view because this one is staying inside.

I usually don't like repaints, but Nemesis Prime is definitely an exception.

Soon after meeting up with a complete stranger to get my robot fix, I decided to see if the nearby Target had any interesting subjects to consider.  Behold in his mispainted glory, Transformers Universe Powerglide. 

I don't know why they went with white for this figure.  His genertion one version was red with white accents, not the other way around.  Nevertheless, Hasbro stuck with the old school bomber look and even kept the basics of his transformation true to his G1 ancestor.

And just for comparison, here is G1 Powerglide.  I think the modern version is a bit of an upgrade.

I also picked up Transformers Animated Soundwave because I love Soundwave in all his forms except the Titanium series.  Also, he rocks a red Flying V that transforms into Laserbeak.  Truly the epitome of the Rock and Robots mindset.

It was a good weekend.

Photoshoot: Gibson Les Paul Standard

Here is my main guitar, the Gibson Les Paul Standard in Honeyburst.  I named her Paris after the blonde celebutante that graces the pages of so many tabloids around the world.

I replaced the original pickups with Zakk Wylde's own EMG 81/85 active pickup set.  This baby roars and squeals with the best of them thanks to these pickups and their friend that is sitting pretty in the background.

The Les Paul is definitely the standard when it comes to rock guitars.  Grover tuners make sure that my baby doesn't go out of tune when dropping to D.

A tribute to a fallen metal legend graces the side of my axe.  I saw Kerry King of Slayer do this on his stage guitars and I decided to do the same.  Dimebag was one of the reasons why I got into heavy metal and rock in the first place and if it wasn't for him and his divebombs, I might be blogging about turntables and drum machines.  Thanks, Dime.  Getcha Pull!

This natural top is hard to come by.  Most Les Pauls come in flame tops.  I personally don't like them.  The original nickel hardware and black speed knobs complete the iconic Les Paul top.

Paris hanging out with some friends in the background.  My ESP LTD Alexi Laiho Signature Series, Zakk Wylde pedalboard, Marshall TSL 602, and if you look carefully, some members of the Gorillaz as well as the extremely rare OBEY themed action figure.

Lastly, here is Mr. Robot trying to figure out how to play guitar.  The dilemma is simple yet crucial.  He has no hands.

Rock on.

Random Snap: Grimock's Meal

grimlock trying to get in on a small meal.

photoshoots coming soon~!

sneak peek

what you know about gibson?

stay tuned, junior.

new art

there's a dance club near my workplace called club bahia.  recently, a lot of new graffiti pieces have been thrown up in the parking lot.  here are some of them.

i love graffiti art and can confidently draw up a nice piece, but i've never worked with spray paint.