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So this is a desktop screenshot of my netbook.

Yeah, I’m a little vain.  If you want to see it in a higher resolution, just right click the picture and click “view image”.  Post up screenshots of your desktops, I’m curious to see what yours might look like.  The comment button is just right below this post.

In other news, I was introduced to an amazing musician by the name of Zee Avi through a friend of mine named Darlene.  Please give her a listen, as her music is so refreshing and fantastic.

Keep it Steezy!

Random shit's? I mean "shots"!

Life in Hi-Def

Tonight me and the boys went out for dinner and a little shooting after work. Decided to try out the HD function on my camera.
Was a little rough getting used too but I'm working on it.


Figured I would give you a clip of some of the footage I shot tonight.

Please excuse the poor editing its my first.

Those Guys from Nick Risk on Vimeo.

History

Sooooo, how long has ThoseGuyss been, ThoseGuyss?  That is a good question.  Truthfully, I’ve known both Nick and Bruce since 2006.  Nick and Bruce were both part of a car club based in Orange County called Team Element.  At the time, Nick had a Bentley Green GTI and Bruce had an Imola Orange S2000.  Shortly thereafter, they both were invited to join Team Supastar, who of which I was an active member.

In all honesty, when I first met Nick, I didn’t like him.  I thought he was a cocky poseur who had no sense of style or taste.  You know what they can say, first appearances can be deceiving.  Let me take a moment to say, i regret my initial thoughts of Nick, as he has become one of my closest if not, my closest friend.

I mean seriously, if you met this guy looking like this, wouldn’t you think the same?

Here’s a shot of Bruce and I shortly after we all met.

Look how young and hypebeasting we were.  Some things never change.

So in closing, this goes out to ThoseGuyss, 3 years under our belts with many more to come.

Keep it Steezy!

Excitement!

Goooooooood morning internet!

I’ve got some exciting news, I’ve successfully installed Lightroom on my computer, and Ive just edited my first photo with it.

this shot was taken in 2007, when i took my mother and brother to Disneyland during the holiday season.  Gosh, look at that young, clean-shavened JoeTokyo.

anyway, I’m off to install photoshop now, as lightroom is still a bit scary to me, and i will also be installing counterstrike. 

Keep it steezy!

thoseguyss, going live

Well, it seems like ThoseGuyss are getting more and more technologically savy.  Our very own blog creator, and the original that guy, has picked up a new camera that is amazing.  It is the Canon Rebel t1i. It has a 15mp sensor, hd video, and a plethora of other features that I’m sure you don’t want me boring you with.  What I’m most excited about, is the fact that it is fully compatible with all eos lenses with which the 3 of ThoseGuyss have quite a few of.

On top of that, your boy, TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsJoeTokyo, just picked up a new addition as well.  Lately I’ve been feeling that my creativity as an artist was being stifled by the mundaneness of every day life, and that I needed a release of some sort to help me cope with the stresses that I am faced with on a daily basis.  As I came to this realization, I knew that I wanted to start writing again, and give myself a feeling of adventure and a reason to appreciate everything in my life, big or small.  To help aid in my quest for cathartic release, I purchased a, “netbook”.  Now you’re probably asking, just like I did, “what is a netbook?”  The short and long of it is, a netbook is a small notebook computer.  How small you ask?  Well its pretty darned tiny.  The screen tops out at 8.9 inches and is probably just a little bit bigger than a couple of paperback novels lined up back to back. 

It is the Asus Eee pc 900ha.  It’s actually really neat, and a steal at just under $300 with a 2gig memory upgrade.  If you’re really interested in it, check it out on amazon, as their price, and reviews were pretty much the deciding factor for me to make this purchase.  In truth, I am actually blogging right now with my new computer.  Sure the keyboard is tiny, and I find myself fat-fingering here and there when I type at an accelerated pace, but I’m sure with a little more keystrokes under my belt, I’ll find myself writing novels and screenplays at your local coffee house with no delay.

So besides being a neat little netbook, a neatbook if you will, one of the coolest features that really appealed to me, was the fact that it comes with a built in SD card reader.  If you were not aware, my little d5000 point and shoot camera, aka the canon sd790is, uses an SD card, which means if I find something interesting in my outdoor adventures, I can snap a shot quickly and blog about it within a moments notice.  Another appealing feature, is that this computer can run both Lightroom and Photoshop, my 6 year old laptop runs photoshop, but throws a hissy fit if I even look at the lightroom website. 

Alas, Nick is borrowing my sd card, since his new camera uses sd cards, so I have no fun pictures of my birthday adventures or exciting little toys, but I will attach this picture i just took with the handy little built in webcam.

My thoughts at this time are a little unorganized and jumbled, we had a fantastic night of karaoke and beer, and its 3am, I must be lonely…

5 points to whoever caught the reference.

So I bid you adieu and goodnight, and don’t forget

Keep it Steezy!

HOESBEASTIN!!!

Stepping into the HYPE!


So I found myself buying my 2nd set of BBS RS. There's 2 reasons why I bought these, 1 I never put my 1st set on a car which made me kinda irritated. 2 Who doesn't love a set of BBS wheels on a miata.


The wheels are 16x7 +11 all around. They will fit great on the car cannot wait to re drill and mount them up.

it's amazing...

...how a set of wheels can change the entire look of a car.

ill fitment

So for a month, i've been rolling like this. To tell you the truth, it's been quite embarrassing.

But i've been patiently waiting on these bad boys.


Yup, i stretched a 205/40 on a 9.5" inch wide wheel.


They were originally 16x7.5 and 8.5 +14 all around. With the help and support of GoldMember and MrRisk, I had them redone and widened to 16x8+14 and 16x9.5+18. I also had the faces powder coated in a dark purple. You'll notice in the pics, they always look blue, but in fact, they are a dark purple. For some reason, these wheels always photograph blue, but look purple in real life.

This picture is a better representation of the color.


Here's the fitment on the wagon. Don't worry, i plan on installing -3 camber on the rear, and removing the 10mm spacer i have on there for that uber flush look.
There it is folks, expect a better shoot once i get the camber installed.

The Feast!

So JoeTokyo and I hit up, Thai Basil for dinner tonight. It was pretty much the amazingness.

here's the food:




and some minutes later




time for food coma. Lates

I love Thursdays, Part 2!

I for one, love Thursdays as well. Oft times, you can catch me saying, "I hate, not-Thursdays." If you didn't know, Thursday is Karaoke night over at TJ's Locker Room in Orange County. Master Bruce posted up some pictures he took from a previous Karaoke Night, so I thought I'd do the same and post up some shots I have from my little camera.

Here's a picture of some of the regulars, from left to right: Greg "the beez", "turbo" tim, and MasterBruce

This is our good buddy Ryan and his Designated Driver who wasn't designated to driver afterall

Anthony, aka "GoldMember" aka "DrunkMember"

TurboTim and I mean muggin it.

MasterBruce and I doing our best dirty sanchez impressions

ThoseGuys!

Clearly, DrunkMember is SoberMember here.

"Damn, check out that beautiful man over there"

The beer is usually flowin on Thursday nights, at TJ's, a pitcher goes for $7.50. There's also a Taco Bell in the same lot, so if you're hungry, they've got you covered.

Yeah, i get pretty mean when i'm drunk... Allegedly, i'm also pretty mean when im sober. Go figure, right?

This is from last Thursday, 05/07.

Alas, I didn't get to attend TJ's last night, as I came down with a mild case of the Swine Flu, but it's ok, I'll be back in full force next Thursday.
Until Next Time
Keep It Steezy, Really Easy

DarkSideM3

This is a continuation of the previous teaser post I put up last week.


This Techno Violence M3 sedan belongs to my good friend Geoffrey Tunang. Geoff and I first became e-buddies through an e30 enthusiast forum some years ago. Fast forward a few years, we became real friends after he had long since gotten rid of his e30.



I first met Geoff when I met up with my friend JonPham in the OC to do some "ILLEGAL STREET DREEEEEFTING!" seriously, it was a fun night. At the time, Geoff drove a red e36 325i coupe if i'm not mistaken. It was dumped on some kosei k1's and had an open diff. We drove all around to random parking lots and slid around for a while before moving on to another. The last lot we went to, we drifted for about 5 minutes before a couple of guys came out of an adjacent building and asked what we were doing. I replied, "oh, just some drifting, care to watch?" to which they replied, "uhh well, we go to church here, so we'd appreciate it if you didn't do that here."
Anyway, Geoff's come a long way from then, and he's seriously a talented driver. He's recently become an instructor for the BMWCCA and did amazingly well at the el toro drift event reccently attended by our very own MasterBruce.
Geoff's setup is pretty legit. I won't get all technical, but if you want to know, you can check it out at his blog, PerfectFitment. He's lowered on Ground Control coilovers with a pretty stiff spring setup and some 18" forgelines in a width and offset to make your children weep with fury.
Geoff's a funny kid, I'm pretty grateful to be able to call him my friend, and happy that I was able to feature him on this blog.
but seriously, with a stance and fitment geometric equation like that, you'd be dumb not to jock that steeze.

here's a vid of geoff doing his thang. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSr3MMnSIvg

anyway, this is karlotron2.0 saying,
keep it steezy, real easy

another teaser

I've been waiting to use these for a while now. Its so close I can almost taste it.

A little down time.

Thursdays. In my opinion they are almost better then Fridays. Every Thursday night you can usually find those guys at the bar, signing karaoke, and enjoying the company of good friends. So I thought I would let all of you see just what we do on Thursday nights.

The spot you can always find us at.

VIP parking.


Until next time, keep on pushing for greatness everyone.