Japultra Blog

the randomly updated journal.
December 1, 2008

Schiller ft. September - Breathe Lyrics

Author: Japultra - Categories: Popular Media

I’m not sure why ALL the sites on the Internet have the lyrics for this song incorrectly and with improper grammar. I went to Schiller’s site and the lyrics are posted there. Why all the confusion, people?

Here are the correct lyrics - although there are some parts where September definitely isn’t singing the words correctly - or at least it doesn’t sound like she is.

i need a vision, a straight line back to you
just give me a reason to do what lovers do
i need to know you, don’t say i ever did
and if i can’t hold you, it’s time to set me free

i can’t breathe, my love
i’m swimming in the dark beside you
came here to find a friend
but you got me lost again
i can’t breathe my love
been following the path behind you
but somehow i’m lost again
is this the bitter end, for us

you could have been sunlight to my
reflecting moon
i’d warm your december, you’d keep me cool
in june
we should have kept flying, our eyes on the distant sky
but we went and landed, where feelings
come to die

i can’t breathe, my love

November 27, 2008

Thanksgiving

Author: Japultra - Categories: Life - Tags:

I had almost forgotten what the purpose of today was. Trying to figure out what everyone was doing and deciding on what I wanted to do today and seeing what coworkers were doing had made me forget that Thanksgiving was a day to be thankful.

There have been many things that I am thankful for this year. All the changes that have been positive for me, the friends & family that I have, the experiences that I’ve gone through, and everything else in between that has brought me to this point in my life.

November 6, 2008

Complete and utter frustration and disappointment

Author: Japultra - Categories: Life, Popular Media

I just realized today how hypocritical it is that 70% of black voters voted for Prop 8 and against equal rights. Only 40 years ago, blacks were fighting very hard to gain equal rights, and on Tuesday, blacks, by more than 2 to 1, denied gays and lesbians the right to marry.

On June 12th, 1967, the Supreme Court declared it legal for a black person to be able to marry a white person - a move many thought broke the sanctity of marriage. On November 4th, 2008, 70% of black voters in California voted for Prop 8 because they believed it would ruin the sanctity of marriage.

This shit is just too unbelievable.

November 1, 2008

A little update as to the last few weeks

Author: Japultra - Categories: Life

I’ve been in LA since the 21st of October, so almost two weeks now. I’ve spent so much money moving into my apartment, from rent payment to purchasing household items. I started work on Monday and just finished my first week yesterday. It’s gone pretty well but I really feel like I haven’t settled in at all. I still feel very uppity about it and wish I knew how to do more of the tasks by heart.

I ended up going to Monster Massive last week with Paul because his friend got sick. I just couldn’t turn down the free ticket. Paul van Dyk was there, as well as Markus Schulz, Sebastian Ingrosso, and Steve Angello. I’m going to see Kaskade next week and I’m super excited about that!

I ended up not doing anything last night for Halloween, but I’m old. And I don’t feel like going out as much anymore. I feel so old. x_X

October 18, 2008

A Call to All Democrats

Author: Japultra - Categories: Uncategorized

Please, please go out there and vote! Vote Obama. Please lord, vote Obama. We don’t need more Republicans in the office fucking things up for the country. The rest of the world is undeniably pro Obama. It would be a hands down win if the world were voting, but it’s not. Dumb Americans are. So, the intelligent Americans out there, please get out there on November 4th and vote!

Californians, please also remember to vote NO on prop 8! This homo wants to get married someday. Prop 8 is a major step backwards for human rights and for equality. I drove past a bunch of people holding signs for Yes on Prop 8 today and as I was driving by, I was trying to figure out what to do. Should I honk? If I did, would they think I was disagreeing with them? Taking the time to think about what to do caused me to pass by them without actually doing anything. I was so pissed off and realized I should have just stuck my finger out my car and flipped them off, but it was already too late. Just because “God” dictates how you and your family should live does not mean you have the right to dictate other people’s choices.

Anyhow, to all those religious nuts - God loves homos. She told me herself.

October 14, 2008

The Phantom Wounds

Author: Japultra - Categories: Life, Random

Have you ever noticed cuts, bruises, or scratches on your body that seem to have appeared out of nowhere? I’ve definitely had them before, but a few days ago I noticed one on my leg that is considerably very large for a phantom wound.

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This one came out of nowhere. I haven’t been drunk in weeks so I know it wasn’t a drunken accident, but I don’t remember walking by or brushing anything that would gash me this deeply. Hmm… maybe it’s ghosts.

October 10, 2008

How much is your life worth to you?

Author: Japultra - Categories: Life, Random

The other night a friend from back east calls me with a proposition. He had been playing poker with a group of guys and one of the guys was apparently filthy rich. Let’s call him Mr. X. Evidently, Mr. X found my friend to be very attractive and propositioned him to have sex for money. Mr. X is an older gentlemen whom I “would not find attractive”. My friend - let’s call him Mr. Y - asks me if I would live with Mr. X for a few months and have sex with him for an insanely large amount of money.

I crack up when I hear this because the little bitch wants to pimp me out. “I’m not trying to pimp you out or anything,” Mr. Y says. “but I do get a cut of it if you agree.” Remind me again what the definition of a pimp is, someone, please, because I must be confused.

Mr. Y, who has a boyfriend, does not wish to do this for fear of being unfaithful. “Break up with your boyfriend,” I tell him. He does not want to do this. “But you’re single,” is his reasoning for why I should have no hesitations to execute this sexual arrangement. After a lengthy explanation to him of why I would never do this, he still does not understand, although he feigns it in his voice.

We left the conversation with me asking him to humor me and to find out how much the guy would actually pay to sleep with me. I haven’t heard back.

October 7, 2008

Stupid people need to leave

Author: Japultra - Categories: Random

The Catalyst:

$1300 / 1br - Master Bedroom in 2 bed 2 ba Penthouse Apt. (Downtown)

I’m offering a sublet on the master bedroom in my penthouse apartment from Oct. 21st until the end of November.

Asking $1300/month - price negotiable.

This is the layout of the floorplan:

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More information on the apt building can be found here: [link removed for the purpose of this entry]

There will be a parking spot. The building has a gym, guest parking, resident lounge, pool, spa, rooftop deck. Serious inquiries only please. Thanks!


hi, is your place still available? do you have any pictures?

is the 2nd bedroom closed off?
i’d like to take a look, pls let me know when i can take a look!
thanks!

Sandy


Hi Sandy,

I’m not sure what you mean by is the 2nd bedroom closed off. I don’t have any pictures as I haven’t moved in yet. I’ll be moving in on the 21st myself. The apartment at this point is completely empty. If you want to take a look at it, you can go directly there and talk with one of the leasing consultants and they can let you see the unit. It’s xxx.

So tell me a little bit about yourself!

Jason


Hi,
I didn’t know you’re renting it out. I thought subletting it and no body’s there. I thought subletting the master room but i noticed the 2nd bedroom was in the floor plan.

thanks, i’m not looking for a roommate though.


Thanks for letting me know, although I’m not sure why anyone would assume the 2nd room wouldn’t be occupied.

Jason


Because You did NOT state that (Clearly)  you’re looking for a roommate. When i think Sublet, the owners are usually
gone for the summer for example and want to sublet their house out to someone. You are looking for a renter and

to share a roommate. Got it? THaNK you!


Sorry, I don’t think it’s logical to assume that. There are plenty of sublets where there will be other roommates. In fact, I have never heard of anyone renting out only one room and locking up the others. There are many instances on Craiglist where a room is being “sublet” but there will be other roommates in the apartment.

Use some common sense next time around. An ad does not need to state that it is explicitly looking for a roommate for you to derive that the chances of someone else living with you in a 2 bedroom apartment are much greater than 0%.

Got it? Thank you!

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Author: Japultra - Categories: Popular Media - Tags: , , , ,

I can’t help by tear up every time I watch this show. The people they are helping really deserve the help they are getting. It’s really sad a lot of the things that they go through and it must be quite fulfilling and rewarding to be able to make a huge impact upon these people’s lives.

Jason Goes Back to LA!

Author: Japultra - Categories: Life - Tags: , , , , , ,

It’s been quite awhile since I’ve updated everyone on what’s going on in my life. In the last few months, so much has happened, but I won’t disclose everything and I’ll limit the writing to the occurrence of the past few weeks.

First off, I got my lower wisdom teeth removed last week. They were impacted and the right one had not even come out of the gums yet. The removal was long overdue and I was glad and nervous to have them removed. The recovery has not been as bad as I thought. My face has been a bit swollen but nowhere near squirrels preparing for winter.  I’ve been taking vicodine daily and should be fully healed hopefuly within 3 days. I’ve been missing the gym because any clenching of the face hurts and it’s almost impossible to lift heavy weights without clenching your face - trust me, I tried. After a few unsuccessful attempts, I decided just to go home and not risk prolonging the healing process.

Aside from the whole wisdom teeth ordeal, I’ve been looking for a new job these last two months, with emphasis in Los Angeles. Last year, when I was ready to move, I felt like I had learned all I could from the city and was bored. I had my sights set on Europe and the notion of Europe overshadowed the idea of LA by miles (or should I say kilometers). After I chickened out of moving to Europe (I had a lot of good reasons why), I still had the mindset of leaving LA and so decided to move up to NorCal. San Jose has been my home for the past 8 months. In a lump sum, I haven’t been happy since relocating here and I’ve realized how much I loved LA.

I was ready for a hard search because the last three years, since graduating college, I’ve always had a hard time finding a job I would be happy with that could offer me the career growth I was looking for, but I wasn’t going to allow myself to move back to LA without a job that didn’t pay at least $xx a year and I decided I would be moving downtown. LA’s downtown is a changing, evolving area and I wanted to experience something new.

Not only have I had bad experiences with job searches, I was searching in a time when our economy was at its worse in decades and unemployment was at a 17 year low.  For some twist of weird fate, I was able to find a job paying more than my minimum requirement to move, at a company with great career growth potentia, and directly downtown where I wanted to live and work.

So two weeks from today, I’ll be loading up a Uhaul and moving back down to LA. I’m still finalizing the roommate situation, but I’m sure that will work out also. So, here’s to LA: take 2!

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