Author: r3t5nom

Im an inspired photographer, i feel I'm a nice guy who loves to help people and be there for his friends and I am lucky to have Mr. Alvarez as my teacher

Let The Stress Begin!

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As the week comes to an end and the weekend begins I am feeling more and more stressed out. I feel like I’m in a big way psyching my self out way more than is necessary but regardless, it sucks.

I really want to do well on my finals, more than ever before. I want to make my mom proud and my teachers proud but even more so my self proud. I am beyond sick of disappointing my mom and my teachers, I just want them to be happy for me and say good job instead of what I’ve always heard which is “you could do better” or “you need to do better” dissapointed

I want to be able to walk away from a final with a smile on my face and knowing that I did well, it’s horrible to walk away and know that you got a bad grade. F

One day I want to feel what it feels like to get an “A” on a final, and no Spanish class didn’t count.

Lets see if I can make it happen this time.

Hopefully this won’t happen!

GOOD LUCK ON YOUR FINALS EVERYONE!!!!

Funny State Farm Commercials!

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Out of all of the different company commercials on television, in my opinion State Farm has the funniest commercials. This company has such a unique way of incorporating elements about its company into commercials. They don’t just say what they have to offer, they make funny connections that both explain aspects of their company as well as make the viewers laugh.


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And this last one might not be the way people feel but I think that the next video is one of the greatest company videos EVER! It is perfectly set up to be as funny as possible and man oh man it sure made me laugh!

I thought it would be fun to make a post about something that makes me laugh and that will hopefully make the people reading this laugh 🙂

Do you have any funny commercials to share?
If so drop the link off in the comment box!

Drugs and Their Effects

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This past weekend I was when I attended an FMX (Freestyle Motocross) demo in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico as a photographer for Monster Energy. I met some great FMX riders and got to talk to them and ask questions about anything I pleased.

Every single one of those athletes came across as great guys who seemed like you could hang out with without effort. But isn’t it sad how sooner or later peoples real colors are revealed.

The following day, which fell on a Sunday, it was my time to leave Cabo and head back to school. When I got on the plane I noticed that one of the riders was on the plane. This guy who’s name I’m going to leave out, is the one rider who I talked to the most and thought was awesome to be around. He was extremely sick, you could tell just by looking at him.

When we were driving to the runway he was throwing up constantly and aggressively, the flight attendant and the pilot made the decision to return the plane to the gate and remove him from the plane because they didn’t feel like he was suited to travel.

I noticed how seriously sick he looked and I made a call to my mom and asked for her to come back to the airport to pick him up and take him to a hospital.

When my mom picked him up I had already taken off, so it was a waiting game for me to find out what was wrong with him. When I got to LAX I got a text message from my mom and it read “Max, he’s a major drug addict and appears to be in withdrawal, probably from heroin. Maybe just prescription drugs, but he has tracks.”

That was not the text message that I was expecting to get but man did it make sense. Things quickly got hectic. He was hospitalized for two days and then he left Cabo. He didn’t pay for anything, his parents and friends refused to help him, and he couldn’t afford it so my mom had to pay for the hospitalization of a guy I thought was a good person and was on the verge of dying at one point on Sunday night. And to this day he has still not thanked my mom for what she did for him.

Did I do the right thing in helping him…?

FMX In BCS??!!

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I had the opportunity to go and take photos for Monster Energy of an FMX (Freestyle motocross) show in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico which is located in BCS (Baja California Sur)last Saturday Night. Because I was taking photos for Monster I was allowed to hang out set up my camera gear up close to the big air jump and the Monster tent. The pictures that are shown were all taken by me.
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The FMX team that was partaking in this show was AMAZING. The riders were such talented athletes and young as well. riders
There were some insane tricks done at this show such as; The tsunami, Superman Seat Grab, and the Hart Attack.

The Tsunami: tsunami

The Superman Seat Grab: Superman seat grab

The Hart Attack: hart attack To top off the night, one of the most incredible aspects of that night was the fact that the FMX riders stuck every landing and managed to not fall once. At one point I overheard the riders talking about how bad the ramps were and how “sketchy” they were, but regardless of the condition of the ramps they went out and gave the fan filled crowd a hell of a show.

Finally Relaxed

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All the stress is gone after the last two weeks. I had one of the most stressful two weeks that I have had in a long time. But with the help of my teachers and friends I was able to pull through and go off to my Thanksgiving break nice and relaxed.
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Being home provides a form of comfort that you could never find anywhere else. Family and friends are two of the most important and amazing parts of my life, and seeing them is great. I love home.

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Thanksgiving is a great time to remember what is most important in life, whether it is family, friends, food or money haha.

I really love this holiday!!!

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What do you think about Thanksgiving?

Sickness Creates Problems

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I was majorly sick last week. I had a horrible cold and I could barely breathe. But from that point on Monday morning I knew things were going to escalate to a whole new level of problems. But this time they would involve schoolwork and the act of falling behind in school.

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I have spent this past weekend trying to catch up on all the assignments due and I am to the point where I am completely overwhelmed with work.

The feeling of not being able to finish every assignment that is due is one thing, but the feeling of not being able to finish every assignment that is due and every assignment that was due the past few days that you weren’t in school is horrible.

I bet that most people already know that missing school causes you to get behind in your classes, but for those who don’t know this yet, please take it from me that its better to go to school and do the work you need to do day by day than to miss school because your sick and end up having to make everything up at once.

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Has this happened to you?

Isn’t it horrible?!

The Art of Having Fun

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Today I went on a school weekend trip to Los Angeles California to the Hollywood Walk of Fame and it was fantastic. Obviously it didn’t look like the picture above, but man do I love that picture!

I had such a great time walking around and looking at all the different stars on the floor and who they represented. While I was walking and looking at these stars I was also thinking to my self how some of the people represented were chosen.

But I think that my favorite part of this day was the Madame Tussauds wax museum. The sculptures are absolutely unbelievable. They were detailed to perfection. Even the eyes looked real.

To finish my day I went and had a GREAT lunch at California Pizza Kitchen, where I had the best four cheese ravioli I have ever had.

God I love my life!

What did you do this weekend?

Private School Cheerleaders=Irritating Teenage Girls

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Today I traveled to the distant land of Orcutt California with the girls JV and varsity volleyball players as their manager. First off we rode in a bus that seated almost exactly the amount of players going and the bus ride was too long. Secondly, the bus ride back was too long.

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But it wasn’t the bus ride that got me irritated and grumpy, it was the Orcutt volleyball teams cheerleaders that just triggered my frustration.

They were loud.

They were obnoxious.

They were CHEERLEADERS.

And not the kind of cheerleaders that look like these and do things like these:

But more like these:d

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I believe that it is disrespectful to cheer while the other team is attempting to serve the ball. Cheering is fun, it is something that gets people amped up and ready to play but everything has its time. When the other team is serving is not the time.

Am I the only one who feels this way?

How do you feel?

Deadmau5!!!

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The concert of the year!

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They have some great music and are one of my favorite groups to listen to. Deadmau5 introduces piano into their electronic music and by doing so they make the music more appealing to a larger crowd. They also have an awesome logo and character that represents Deadmau5 and that is a mouse head!

I heard some GREAT news a few weeks ago and that was that Deadmau5 is going to be performing at the Santa Barbara Bowl on October 27th at 1122 N. Milpas St!

You can go and buy tickets HERE!

I think that the coolest thing about a Deadmau5 concert is that it’s really interactive and fun to be at, especially if you have good seating. The DJ wears a Mouse head and makes awesome music, what more could you want at a concert haha!

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WOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

In-N-Out or The Habit

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I’ve had both In-n-Out as well as The habit and I’m a big fan of both but there is no doubt in my mind that In-n-out takes the gold in my race. In-n-Out’s burgers in my opinion are better in almost every way except maybe the cheese.

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The habit is definitely not far behind though, they have really good milkshakes, and way better french fries than In-n-out.