2017 + the kobe 7 statue, 1.14.22

2017 was 5 years ago. i’m still thinking it’s 2017 in many ways. i can’t believe my days at firebirds were half a decade ago. those were great times. people from there come up on my timeline and i’m thinking like damn, we’ve really seen each other grow regardless if we keep in contact with each other or not. i wonder why we always look at the past as simpler days, because i’m sure back then my life was complex to me in the moment. with the way life is going, indeed those days were simpler and i miss them. maybe nostalgia is a reminder for us to simplify our present, who knows.

can you tell i’m still mind blown 2017 was 5 years ago??

also, the kobe statue came in last night, which was way earlier than i expected. curious as to how it ended up on ebay, i messaged the seller. hopefully they respond because i’m interested in how they got their hands on it. like us, items have journeys, too. but for this display, i think the journey ends here on the corner of my dresser.

-ratha, 9:45am, 1.14.22

catching up with b, 1.13.21

tonight, b called me. it’s been a minute since we’ve spoke on the phone. i can’t even remember the last time we did. i had to tell b tonight that without him, my life in apex wouldn’t have been as magical as it was. he was one of the major forces dictating the direction of my life during that time. he said his daughter is 12 years old, about to be a teenager. i remember when he had her in ‘09. '09!! whenever b and i speak, it’s always a good conversation. i ain’t never met nobody that has a more interesting life than him. life happens, and it happens to him often. i’ve always admired people who tell stories from experience because it shows their ability to take risks and live life in the present. perhaps also because i want to see that same courage in myself. it’s wild because he remembered my number by heart. that’s some real shit. only persons number i remember besides my immediate family from my apex days is mindie. she gave me her number by our lockers on a piece of paper and it’s forever engrained in my head. she’s married with a kid now, go figure.

life happens, but i’m glad i have people like b who can bring a bit of magic to my life like i’m a teenager growing up in the late 2000’s again.

-ratha, 11:34pm, 1.13.22

the kobe 7 statue, 1.12.22

i like collecting different things such as figures, plushes, sneakers, etc. but my favorite is promotional items. promotional items have stories to them. they were manufactured for a store display or they were given out at a product launch or perhaps they were gifted to executives/team members a part of the project. when i got my black mamba usb for the kobe vi, i went to worthpoint to google other promotional items that sold for anything kobe related to nike. worthpoint is an archive of things sold on ebay. people use it to assess value of what they’re selling, and buyers use it to assess prices of items they are interested in.

a few months ago, a nike kobe 7 metal statue was put up for $10,000. i thought it was so cool that i put it on my watchlist. the seller offered it for $6,500, but i wasn’t interested in paying that much. last week, an identical statue went up for sale on ebay. the bid began at $99.00. i thought it was finna skyrocket, but still i kept an eye on it. tonight, as the auction ended, i decided to put my bid in. i called e and consulted with him about the item. i put what i thought was a low bid and told myself if it’s meant to be, it’ll be. i end up winning it for $153.50, which to me is a steal. crazy thing is the guy shipped it this morning. it should be here by end of week, if not early next week so i’ll take photos when it comes in.

i’ve been selective with my displays lately, but this is a grand piece for the collection no doubt about it.

-ratha, 11:05am, 1.12.22

snow overnight, 1.11.22

whenever i work from home, i sleep in a little more, not because i’m lazy, but because i don’t have to deal with the one-hour commute. I woke up at 8:30pm and my mom says my dad shoveled the snow by himself before work. i didn’t even expect or know it was going to snow. this happened last year, too. i told them to wake me up if that ever happens again and they didn’t lol. luckily it wasn’t that much, maybe an inch or so, but i still felt bad. it’s also extremely cold outside, so that didn’t help as well. my hey google says it’s 7 degrees but feels like -2, sheeeeeeeeeeeeesh.

even on wfh days, i’m thinking i should wake up normally from now on.

-ratha, 9:13am, 1.11.22

always next season, 1.10.22

last night’s chargers game was the most skressful i’ve ever seen, and i’ve seen plenty of heartbreakers since 2004. i can’t even count how many fourth downs we had. then to be on 4th and 21 and get a td was insane. last second td to mike williams to force ot. hitting a fg to make the game even in ot, then to have the raiders win on a last second fg hurt. the game was literal insanity. i done had about 6 heart attacks in the fourth quarter alone. what an end to the season.

not the ending we wanted, but we’ll be back, trust.

oh, and how did my colts lose to the jags, smhhhhh.

-ratha, 9:57am, 1.10.22

week 18, 1.9.22

chargers got flexed to the sunday night game. we play the raiders, win and we’re in. i love primetime games, it’s the best watching games on tv. the colts play the jags at 1pm, and it’s win and we’re in with them, too. we got two w’s to pick up, and i’m sure we’ll get them.

fingers crossed.

-ratha, 11:28am, 1.9.22

saturdazeeee, 1.8.21

happy gday to my sister first and foremost. so today i woke up dummy late, around 1:10pm. i don’t have anything planned besides recording and writing. the snow seems to be melting, so it looks like we’re back to work monday smh. i just let bagel out and we ran and played in the backyard snow. when i came back in, i had a package. it was the valentines day forces that came out last year. i was talking to money about it and he said i should cop before valentines day because that’s when the prices finna go up. it made sense and i was able to secure a pair for a decent cost. they fuego in real life frfr.

i got an outfit to go perfectly with it, might have to step out one of these days.

-ratha, 3:14pm, 1.8.21

wfh snow, 1.7.22

work from home schnowwwwwwwww day. it’s coming down pretty decent, no cap. my parents got the plowers coming, but since i parked the sequoia out, ima have to shovel a little bit. i also gotta shovel the backyard for bagel. it shouldn’t be too bad, i think i can get it done by my 2:00pm meeting.

after that, hello weekend!

-ratha, 12:44pm, 1.7.22

11 sumn hours, 1.6.22

i got in at 7:40am to start a reaction. long story short, i didn’t end up leaving until 7:00pm. the whole reason i got there early was so i didn’t have to stay late, but i did have to stay late lmaooo. not even a week back, smh. it’s all good though because it keeps me busy, but damn lol. at least tomorrow is a snow day so all of us are working from home.

this is making the vegas trip my brother called me about earlier this week more and more needed.  

-ratha, 8:12pm, 1.6.22

the dressing, 1.5.22

hit the before-work-workout this morning. it felt good to be back in there, especially early. i went about my day working. because i had a meeting at 1pm, i figured i’d take a late lunch then have the 2nd half of the day fly by. my mom texted me in the morning saying how i forgot my salad dressing on the counter, and i’m thinking it’s no way because we had a conversation about that specific dressing as i was packing my lunch. sure enough when i go to one of the work fridges to check for my dressing, it’s missing. one thing is for certain and that’s that moms are always right lol. i ended up ordering crab rangoons and a chicken katsu bowl from dumpling daughter. i had to walk to get it and when i went to my bookbag, i realized i forgot my headphones. i said fuck it and was one of them people today who plays music on their phone while walking.

i was forgetting everything, smh.

-ratha, 4:11pm, 1.5.22