Family Time

Another stop on my recent travels was back home to the BAY AREA! I had to make this special trip and spend time with my Dad before he headed out to the Philippines for a while. It’s one thing to be on opposite coasts, but different continents is a tough one, so spending some QT with my favorite dude was a MUST! My Dad proved to me he can easily beat me in Wii Golf… BUT the best part of this weekend with my Dad was listening to Drake’s CD in the car and somehow he picked up on the hook for “Fancy” (Drake/Swizz track), and for the rest of the night it was “So, you fancy, huh?” lol …and he kept adding “think” to it and would say it with different inflections, tones, accents and implications…FUNNY! Maybe you had to be there… Ha!

Lucky for my Dad he has 3 Angels – me, Ade and Bologna

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And I’m happy to report that prior to his send off we got his laptop set up with Skype and G-Chat, and taught him how to use them, so we can see him and speak to him…cuz sometimes the Magic Jack just isn’t enough.

I can’t forget my brother Adam either, who hooked it up (as always), with the Korean BBQ short ribs! YUMMY!

Nothing like Family Time!

Desert Stop

I made an Arizona desert stop last week to shoot a couple story segments for a new Health & Lifestyle program I am working on ..and of course had to squeeze in a little time to catch up with a few Phoenix friends and this time it included meeting a couple of new additions.

Here I am with (l-r) Reina, Christy, me and Marette at Geisha

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And..Marette brought along her newest “best man” Alijah – he’s such a smiley baby!!

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Jaseon is an old school Phoenix homie who’s since moved back to the Bay, but he just happened to be in town to hang…it was like a reunion!!

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I also caught up with a fellow TV newser, Caribe and her sweetie Neveah… πŸ™‚

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YACHT-ing

I went on a yacht trip from Miami out into Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean (I suppose) for new Golden State Warrior Ekpe Udoh’s weekend celebration. Coincidentally I was filimg a segment for a future episode of On The Flipside! πŸ˜‰ The piece is in edit and I should have it out by the end of the month, but in the meantime, check out a few pictures from the outing… Shouts to Derick G and Daniel for helping me get the images and video shot!

Swimming in the water..one of my favorite things! Gotta have the “noodle!”

And the man of the hour… Ekpe – nice guy. I’m glad he’s reppin the hometown team!

We were even lucky enough to see dolphins swimming in the wild!

To view more photos visit Derick G’s site at: http://tharealderickg.blogspot.com/2010/08/exclusive-party-ekpe-udoh-private-yacht.html

Throwback – Hair Wars

Here’s another “throwback” video from February 2008. Check out my interview and demo with “Weavin’ Steve” … one of the best in the “weave” game!” He has all sorts of extremely creative “Fantasy Hair Designs,” including a “hair-icopter” – yes, it flies… and he even gets me in one of his exclusive looks! Watch the video…

He gave me more of a “patriotic” look! It is ALL made out of hair!

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Step Up 3D

I should probably preface this entry by saying I was pretty indecisive on whether or not to go see this screening. I had just caught Step Up 2 on TV last week and even though that one was pretty painful, I figured why not! At the very least I’ll see some great dancing. Okay, so all that to say… that is two hours of my life I’ll never get back! lol Within the first few moments it was obvious the story was gonna be super cheesy and very forced. The film tries way too hard to be “cool” and to me it comes off very silly. I don’t know if it’s just me getting “old” or being out of it…but the dance battles I remember were never like the ones in the movie and I doubt they’re like that now. So, maybe this film would be better off in a fantasy or sci-fi category! I’m not sure it needed to be 3D, but I guess they needed a gimmick to sell it. I’m sure there was lots of GREAT choreography going on, but again, just too much was happening where you couldn’t even see the full choreo to focus or the camera angles just kept changing up so it was hard to follow. I’m probably old school when watching dance, but I love to see the formations and technique too. Yes, this is a “teenie booper” type flick and I probably should’ve just skipped it altogether… It’s SUPER cheesy with the contrived storyline and lack of chemistry with the actors. And, in addition to the 3D gimmick, the effects came off funny to me too. It was just too “silly” for me!

EVERGLADING

At long last the “Everglading with Anjelah Johnson” video! Courtesy of Derick G. check out Anjelah’s trip to the Florida Everglades and the Billie Swamp Safari! I was able to take her there this past May while she was in between shows at the Improv’s in Hollywood and West Palm Beach, Florida. I love how my car gets to make a cameo in this production…and when I watched this edit I was cracking up just as much as that day when we were shooting it! πŸ™‚ So…click play now!!

Kudos and many thanks to Derick for putting this video together AND doing such a fantastic job with the edit! It’s one of the best docu-reality shows EVER..not biased or anything! hehe… Also, if you want to see my original post about Anjelah’s visit with pictures…click here – ANJELAH VISIT

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AND — be sure to visit Anjelah’s new blog — http://anjelahjohnson.tumblr.com