• lex_benzenethe parallels between fishing and life are endless. especially when you throw 4 people and an ex male model (who partied too hard in NYC 20 years ago) in a small boat, huddled together for 8 hours withstanding sun, heat, humidity, rain, wind, boredom and al jarreau; all fishing with the same rods and guide-prepared ikura bait only for the person sitting one foot and a half away from you to catch a 35lb king salmon leaving you writhing in excitement awaiting your turn before another 5 hours pass and you lose all faith in life and give up. but as with life and subsequent thumb twiddling, the only thing you can do is to continue to stay positive, keep plugging away and hope the "unfairity" of life decides to unleash karmic backlash which i poignantly deem - REVENGE FISHING. because all it takes is another 6 hours and a powdered donut for the next 30 seconds to unveil the biggest smile #EVVVARRRRR! dreamcast bass fishing paid off... @yuki__________#dontreallyknowhowtouseasemicolon#justthoughtitdbecooltothrowitinthere#REVENGEFISHING #ireeleditin#allbymyself #revebyrene #kingsalmon#aljarreau #youmadbro



















10:50 PM
   


"YUKI!!!!"  we whispered.... "BEEAAARRR!!!!"

for some odd reason, in an area with zero cell coverage, yuki was buried deep in her phone unknowingly walking towards the brown bear that had stumbled upon our path.  when she finally looked up in shock, we had caught up to her and together, we tip toed in silence to film the most amazing sight in front of us.  the brown bear had continued on our hiking trail looking at us periodically while searching for food.  he came across a hikers backpack and hiking poles, sniffing around it then nibbling at the grass around it.  as he walked away from us, we intelligently tip toed towards him while whispering to each other in astonishment.   as if there were any more bear protocols to break, we continued to film on our cell phones all while my backpack was full of leftover sandwiches.




Woman injured in Alaska brown bear attack


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FILE: A coastal brown bear eats a salmon in the Chilkoot River near Haines, Alaska. (Reuters)
A 20-year-old woman was flown to an Anchorage hospital after she was mauled by a brown bear Tuesday near a popular recreation spot on the Kenai Peninsula.
The Alaska Dispatch News reports that responders were called to the Upper Skilak Lake boat launch after reports that a brown bear had attacked a woman.
Central Emergency Services Capt. Terry Bookey says the woman suffered bites and scratches to her head, back and arm. She was conscious and breathing when emergency personnel reached her and her injuries were not life-threatening.
"It sounds like she had some pretty significant injuries and will have a long road ahead of her," Bookey told the paper.
Bookey says the woman tried to use bear spray but found it did not help.
10:16 AM
24 hours in HK...u can get a lot done.




4:54 AM
3 bottles the night before a flight??  i'll never learn.


11:09 PM
my phone rings...

"hey whats up"
"i'm depressed"
"why?"
"just broke up"
"oh...uhh...ok.  CONGRATS!  what u wanna do?"

**

my phone rings again...

"he's moving to shanghai"
"OMG. are u sad?"
"yea"
"congrats"
"hahaha"
"see u tonight"

**

i'm that guy.  that guy you call after a fight, after a break up,  after a broken wedding,  after a divorce.    and after a couple of drinks and after a couple of shots...my support group style doesn't give hugs but rather gives high fives and kanpai clanging.

i'd like to think that amidst the sea of debauchery there is a continual undertone of conversational perspective....and i'd like to think that i my blackhole of alcoholic hedonism reverberates with not just a good time...but an understated solace







基隆阿華炒麵！！！！  always delicious.


COSPLAY AT THE BEACH!!!







just a casual 60km bike ride around taipei city...



early surf in yilan....










the emotional grown up





1. EMOTIONAL GROWN-UPS MANAGE THEIR FEELINGS: THEY DON’T POUT, SLAM DOORS, OR GIVE YOU THE SILENT TREATMENT.
2. EMOTIONAL GROWN-UPS USE LANGUAGE THOUGHTFULLY.
3. EMOTIONAL GROWN-UPS HAVE EMPATHY FOR OTHERS.
4. EMOTIONAL GROWN-UPS OWN THEIR STUFF.
5. EMOTIONAL GROWN-UPS DON’T KEEP SCORE.
6. EMOTIONAL GROWN-UPS LOVE AND CARE FOR THEMSELVES.
7. EMOTIONAL GROWN-UPS PLAN AND FOLLOW THROUGH.
8. EMOTIONAL GROWN-UPS FIGHT CLEAN, NOT MEAN.
9. EMOTIONAL GROWN-UPS CAN BE FLEXIBLE.
10. EMOTIONAL GROWN-UPS DON’T NEED TO BE PROPPED UP
4:46 AM

after 3 hours of biking in the rain yesterday, i threw my runners in a bag and into the washing machine this morning and they turned out like this....FAAAKKKK...ROYALLY ANNOYED!!!



9:43 PM
five years ago, my office was on wall street, so i spent my hangover lunches sneaking off to dora's apartment to nap.  and on one of those afternoons, after i woke up from my nap, she went off to the hospital and gave birth to jillian.  afterwards, on hangover days, i would nap next to jilly.  i snored loudly, jilly snored softly.

four weeks ago, i stopped by chomo's place to say hi.  after i finished my sippy cup of vodka and soda, i moved onto three large whiskeys.  then i went to play with dylan.  he got so excited he peed on the couch.  michelle waddled around in pain.  chomo was on wife duty and wasn't allowed to drink.  after my drink was done, i left for dinner.  by 730 the next morning i got a text...."it happened, i'm a dad"

welcome to the world brandon cho. (i wish they named him benedict instead, haha"


one week ago, i went to visit lewis and about to pop with twins lisa.  we had a pre- independence day blast chugging beers, grilling, hanging by the pool and singing karaoke on the ps4.  lisa was doing quite well and decently active, while we just hung around getting shifted around the apartment.  i half expected the twins to pop out the next day as i drove back to LA at 6am.  but it didn't happen until the due date.

welcome to the world charlotte rose and branden chase chang.

 

"你朋友都結婚了。  你不急嗎？" － mom

7:55 PM
it took one hour for chung and i to finish the bottle the night before.  and we followed that up with cashbox until 8am the next day.  and followed that up with clubbing till 6am.  by sunday i was just having a hard time.  we're all over the world, we're all over the place, and we're always having a great time.

here's me puking on the top of the mountain


lets start with a picture of me puking at the top of the mountain


because this is what happened the night before...




after a morning of puking and hiking...this guy flies in from tokyo...


and so it began...







when the fourth bottle came out...someone had to put on a stop to it.  until the next night...and we ended up eating at 4am.


i just couldn't drink anymore on sunday...so rina drew #kittychan on me...




these pictures are pretty funny.  after dinner on friday night we didn't really have anywhere to go.  so we hit up the night market for some stinky tofu.  victor was excited for it.  chung was excited for it as well.  but as if he forgot the taste...this happened...Hhahahah...and obviously victor went to town.







4:27 AM
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