Re-Domination with a forceful vendictive furious attitude of fury!

First off, to the 3 people that might read this, just know this is an introduction back into re-domination and after this quick timeline recap I promise to write less boring nonsense about my life. This post is more for time capsule purposes for me since most of my life has been swept under the rug the last couple years. I feel like I went from a wounded baby fawn stumbling aimlessly through the darkest forest on the planet, and exited the woods as fire breathing great white shark with two machine guns firing out of my shark nostrils at the same time. No biggie.

The last time I updated anything on the Drivel I was living in a studio apartment in Los Angeles. A small hipster suburb called Los Feliz. At any given moment I was surrounded by ironic mustaches, skinny jeans, extra baggy beanie caps with excess yarn (smurf hats), really important people at coffee shops with pencils in their mouth staring intensely at their mac lap top like they are working in something super important, untrimmed facial hair and aspiring musician/writer types. It was actually a cool neighborhood and I would live their again, I mean I met the guy that created the Disney afternoon at a open house a mile from my place. I owe that guy my life!Ultimately I would have to say L.A is where I would prefer to live but currently I am embracing the the O.C.

Over the last year and a half I've had some interesting new developments. I established a good job, quit said job to attempt starting a business with a friend, met some interesting people that I envision remaining friends with for as long as life determines, adopted a new favorite basketball team (Clip show/Kings will always be numero uno), pounded some sand with my bare hoofs, saw the S.F. Giants win 2 out of 3 of the last World Series, made a few bucks, spent a few bucks, bought my dream car, bought my dream beach cruiser, had a few relationships, lost a few relationships, dropped a few pre-mature "L" bombs, received a few pre-mature "L" bombs, witnessed a few good friends tie the knot, walked my aunt down the aisle, gave first wedding speech at her wedding, won some, lost some but overall...Crushed it. 

I am currently residing in the O.C. If you're at all familiar with Sacramento I live in the Roseville of the O.C.. Imagine if Roseville pumped itself with even more steroids and douche baggery and you have Newport. I can't complain however. I've never been in an area with such a concentrated amount of the opposite gender as easy on the eyes as I've seen here. Between beach babes, the beach and 4th of July I'm pretty committed. I will say I miss the shit out of my friends and family in Sacramento. If I could transport everything important to me in Sacramento to Newport Beach my life would be perfect. Homesick is a bit of an understatement. I am used to being constantly surrounded by a good group of friends and family. I am pretty much a wolf pack of one these days. My mission to get at least one good Sac town homie to make the move here will be endless. I feel like Maverick when Goose died, just no more wing man. Mayday mayday! Mavs lost control in the jet wash, going into a flat spin out to sea!Eject!Eject! Wait what?

I am still working in the real estate industry, at least until the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Angels of Orange County fax that 10 day contract over to me. There are positive and negatives about my current career. Positive it pays o.k. the negative I think I am losing years off my life from the stress. I am one that fancies a good hair brained scheme. I habitually am concocting some sort of Zack Morris type plot to make some quick or slow bucks. I'll just say if an opportunity to get out of the business came knocking, I just might invite Mr. opportunity in for a cup of Joe to discuss the details.

That's about all I got for now. I know I'm leaving a lot out but re-domination has been established. Stay tuned for more excellence to come from the Driv.

Pipes OUT! (mic hits the floor).

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Year of the pitcher huh? is anyone checking pitchers for steroids or just hitters?

It just occurred to me the other day that major league pitchers are throwing some serious heat these days. They got guys approaching 106 MPH fast balls Aroldis Chapman. Every team these days has a closer that hits 100MPH's it seems like including the beard himself ole B. Wilson of the S.F. Gigantes. Seriously what's going on? I mean we all know about Roger Clemens being indicted by the Supreme Court and all the shenanigans he's pulled but i can't think of any others. it appears the steroid era is over at least for hitters that is. There are still guys that rake but I'm doubting anyone is going to sniff Barry Bonds record of 73 big flys in a season.

1990 and 91 saw the most most no hitters in a 2 year span with 14 (7 both years), but that's mainly due to lack of steroids being used in that era minus Bo Jackson, Rob Deere and Ron Gant who were obviously snorting lines of juice off each others biceps. Hitter's now have adapted to high velocity pitchers and are more skilled athletes so throwing a no no is no easy task. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that throwing a 100+MPH fastball is equally as impressive however. Have you ever been in a batting cage and faced 90MPH's? The ball gets on you in a ridiculous way. 90MPH's is bp in the bigs though unless you have Mariano movement and location but if you add 10 more muffs to that it's almost unhittable. Right? At least it's gotta be pretty damn hard. What are these guys doing today that they weren't doing 10,15,20 years ago? Nolan used to hit 100+ like it was his job but he was a freak. A hay bail chuckin, bronco bustin, rootin tootin freak of nature. Even Nolan's fastest recorded pitch was only 100.9 MPH's. look at this chart that is outdated now but breaks down the fastest recorded pitches through 2005.

I don't know what's going on here but Bud Selig may or may not need to shift his attention to the juice babies standing on the mound.

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I'm going going, back back to O.C. O.C.! 4 moves in one year! Is that a record?

All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go...Yep you know the song. Oh man this should be interesting. So it appears Pipestradamus is taking his show on the road again for the 4th time since last July 4th when I first established presence in So Cal. it's been an uphill grind getting stationed in one spot so far. I moved from Sacramento to O.C. last July 4th, then  to L.A. in October, and then I downsized apartments a block away 2 months ago and now a job transfer and a terrible commute that I would make you wish the Apocalypse did happen have caused another move! Can a brotha get situated or what! This has to be a joke right? Like is Ashton Kutscher going to pop out soon and tell me Ive been punk'd? Come on!

So I am moving in with 2 gals who both seem pretty cool. Apparently I am replacing their father figure behaving current roommate that lectures them about staying out late and murders mice for sport. I'm pretty confident I should fit in a bit better. So June 1st is the big day. I'm really not looking forward to packing and moving again this year. I may have just puked a bit thinking about it. The good news are things are starting to look up. My job is picking up and life is getting interesting again. Living in an apartment by myself was pretty much making me go mental. There may or may not have been Leprechauns and unicorns prancing around my apartment at one point, the jury is still out on that one.

So if anyone needs me Laguna Hills stalking the female cast of Laguna Beach. Psyche!

On the road again -Willie Nelson

Just can't wait to get on the road again.
The life I love is making music with my friends

And I can't wait to get on the road again.
On the road again

Goin' places that I've never been.
Seein' things that I may never see again

And I can't wait to get on the road again.

On the road again -

Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway
We're the best of friends.
Insisting that the world keep turning our way
And our way
is on the road again.

Just can't wait to get on the road again.

The life I love is makin' music with my friends
And I can't wait to get on the road again.
On the road again
Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway
We're the best of friends
Insisting that the world keep turning our way
And our way

is on the road again.

Just can't wait to get on the road again.
The life I love is makin' music with my friends


And I can't wait to get on the road again.

And I can't wait to get on the road again.

It's all about Monday funday

No cable...No problem...Seen every movie on the shelf...No problem...Knocked back a couple Pacificos? Now we got a problem. So I'm home alone like Macaulay  just hoping Joe Pesci comes and tries to break in so I have someone to hang with. Him Larry (was that his name) will probably be trying to break out by the time Im finished with those a-holes. I'd even let the pigeon lady in the crib at this point.

So for those that don't know my newly established "bff" Krista is who I stay with in OC since I work out here. Congrats to her on finishing her first year of law school. I'd sooner shove bamboo chutes up my fingernails before going through law school so kudos to those that make it through and congrats again Krista on sticking it out.

Digressing. So her and her law pals are out for the night and it's a night strictly for the law pals. No big whoop because I'm shacked up in beautiful Laguna Beach where there is so much to do...Errrr. Monday huh? Tomorrows Tuesday and we know how I feel about Tuesday's wretched existence. Im thinking I might go for a walk, maybe stumble into a hotel and sit in a hot tub, maybe catch a flick from the red box. Who knows I may just get crazy and go pick a fight with a dolphin that I saw doing flips in the sea yesterday. Ya dolphin! You think your better than me because you have a air hole and a dorsal fin?! Snout check pal. Boom! punk'd by a real mammal that has feet and a opposing thumb. I'd like to see your porpoise ass play Legend of Zelda with that flipper. Not happening bud. Beat it Flipper!

My team doesn't have to show up to win the championship-

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Rate my unstoppable fantasy squad.

C Kurt Suzuki

(Oak - C)
1B Brett Wallace

(Hou - 1B)
2B Robinson Canó

(NYY - 2B)
3B José Bautista

(Tor - 3B,OF)
SS Ian Desmond

(Was - SS)
OF Brennan Boesch

(Det - OF)
OF Grady Sizemore

(Cle - OF)
OF Alfonso Soriano

(ChC - OF) OF
Util Ike Davis

(NYM - 1B)
Util Andre Ethier

(LAD - OF)
BN Nick Swisher

(NYY - OF)
BN Chipper Jones

(Atl - 3B)
BN Jonny Gomes

(Cin - OF)
BN Vladimir Guerrero

(Bal - OF)
BN Jorge Posada

(NYY - C)
DL Josh Hamilton

(Tex - OF) DL

SP David Price

(TB - SP)

SP Kyle Lohse

(StL - SP)
SP Dan Haren

(LAA - SP)
RP Justin Masterson

(Cle - SP,RP)
RP Carlos Zambrano

(ChC - SP,RP)
RP Aroldis Chapman

(Cin - RP)
P Matt Capps

(Min - RP)
P Rafael Soriano

(NYY - RP)
P Derek Holland

(Tex - SP)
BN Brandon Beachy

(Atl - SP)
DL José Contreras

(Phi - RP)
DL Neftali Feliz

(Tex - RP)
DL Johan Santana

(NYM - SP)

The results are in...I am a cubicle monkey now!

Just real quick since Im wrapping my day up here in a minute. I started a new job in L.A. quickly got transferred to Irvine. Now I only live in L.A. on the weekends and pay rent blah blah blah. The commute is brutal so that's not an option to drive from L.A. to O.C. everyday. The good news is my new office is cool as shit. I like the people I work with and there is deffinitely a game plan and things are moving forward. I'm deffinitely living a different life now vs. 3 months ago when I worked from home and would meet Zac a few times a day for lunch, coffee, power meeting, whatever. I am now a cubicle monkey. I do have a pretty sweet view though. Or i'm not far from a sweet view.

I win everything, everywhere, everytime

Me 3 months ago:

                                                                                      Me today.

Here is a run down of some of my favorite all time movie quotes: Toss some in for me.

One of the all time best lines in a movie "so it was you" by Kelly McGillis. You know the scene where they are in the flight simulation class and Maverick and Gooseman are describing how they were in a G negative inverted dive with a mig. "You know foreign relations, the bird". If you don't think Charlie Blackwood's (Kelly McGillis) drawers just evaporated instantaneously then your way off! So this got me to thinking about blogging about some more classic lines from flicks I like. I'll just compile a few but I encourage some feed back por favor. Or not and go fuck yourself for riding on my blog wave of excellence and being a non contributing pile of shit brain.

1. Office Space
Lumburg: Peter. Don't you think it's time we have a talk?
Peter: Not now Lumburg I got a meeting with the Bob's pfffffft.

2. Top Gun
Charlie Blackwood: So you're the one.

3. Top Gun
Tom Cruise: I will fire when I am god damn good and ready! You got that Ice...man?

4. Ferris Beuller's Day Off
Ben Stein: Beuller? Beuller? Beuller? Beuller?

5. Rambo
Sylvester Stallone: Nothing is over. Nothing. You just don't turn it off! You asked me I didn't ask you!

6. Goonies
Sloth: Hey you guuuuuuuyyyysss!

7. Napoleon Dynamite
Bully: Napoleon...Give me some of your tots.

8. Talladaega Nights
Ricky Bobby: Holy moly, that's like lookin' up Yasmine Bleeth's skirt!

9. Dumb and Dumber
Jim Carey: So your're saying there's a chance?

10. Tombstone
(a)Doc Holliday: I got two guns. One for each of ya.
(b)Doc Holliday: Why Ike whatever do you mean? Maybe gambling isn't your sport. I know, let's have a spelling bee.

11. Forgetting Sara Marshall
Fat waiter kid: Did you get a chance to listen to my CD
Russell Brand: I was going to but I just kept on living my life.

12. The Break Up
Vince Vaughn: What kind of bullshit move was that?
Jennifer Anniston: I'm sorry, what? What happened?
Vince: Oh don't be coy with me. You sent that animal over here to attack me when I was hung over and weak.

13. Donnie Brasco
Lefty: I got cancer of the prick

14. Life (Thanks Dubb for the reminder)
Eddie Murphy: We on deck!
Martin Lawrence: On  deck for what?
Eddie: For what!? That upper room niggah! We next. You like baseball, you know how they say on deck? We on deck.

15. Braveheart
Longshanks: Not the archers. My scouts tell me their archers are miles away and no threat to us. Arrows cost money. Use up the Irish. The dead cost nothing.
16. Braveheart
Ginger viking: McCulloch.

17. Gladiator
Maximus: Maximus: [after swiftly dispatching another gladiator] Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained? Is this not why you are here?
18. Rocky IV
Ivan Drago: You will lose.

19. Bull Durham
(a) Ebby Calvin LaLoosh: Why's he calling me meat? I'm the one driving a Porsche.
(b) Larry: Sears sucks, Crash. Boy, I worked there once. Sold Lady Kenmores. Nasty, whoa, nasty.
 
20. Tommy Boy
David Spade: Look mommy the rhino's getting to close to the car.


Do me a favor and add some quotes to the list so i can update it. Or don't and be lame.

      

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Another weekend in the books. even Usama Bin Laden got crushed in the "HT" wake of domination.

Big week. Big weekend. Big month. I got back to town Thursday last week to walk in to my house and the first thing I see is a business Bowles on my couch ear piece in, lap top open, game face on. Not to much domination took place Thursday but the rest of the weekend was not so lucky.

Friday I took my culinary skills to the grill and fired up some tri tip and corn on the cobb. The night kind of crept up on me so the cobbs may have got a bit charred. After dinner we hit up Bar Lubitsch for mild to moderate action. Pretty uneventful so not to much to report.

Saturday was beautiful so the "HT" and our honorary "HT" geust Bowles took our action to Malibu to catch some rays and run a few streaks and curl routes on the beach. Our pass completion ratio may have been low but the presence managed to get established with authority.

Sunday we decided to take in a little L.A. Doyer (Dodger) game. We got approached by who may have been one of the most crafty salesmen since Billy Mays. We rolled up to the entrance without tickets yet and the scalper approached us. He informed us that the game was sold out due to it being 1981 Dodger World series t-shirt day and all of L.A. had come out to partake in the free tees. Nobody in their right mind was going to miss this game according to our toothless homie. "Ok bro how much"? I asked the scalper. $120 was his response. "No thanks we're out" I said. Then he dropped the most profound sales line on me i've ever heard...Tickets cost theyselves! I immediately slammed on the brakes as i was slapped in the face with the reality that this man was correct. Tickets do cost theyselves. Actually i drove off and found out the game was not solt out and we could get any seat in the house. So we got our free tees, Bowles put his right on because it was bigger than his little brother's shirt he came with and Zac chucked his to me which I ended up giving to some waterhead lady later since I figured she needed it more than me. we found our seats and I posed for a pic in Dodger stadium in my Will the Thrill jersey (wear it doyers). I immediately got shit from the crowd but gave them the "bring it hands" so I earned respect for being a sport. so the word on the street is that Dodger dogs are the thing to get so we grabbed a couple Doy dogs. Pat got a side of nacho cheese but that's what you do when salad is your arch nemesis. Andre Ethier continued his hitting streak that was cool. If he brakes the record I can say i saw the 27th game of the streak. The Dodger's got crushed and we left the stadium to go home for a little pork loin and portabello and fruit salad bbq. The word leaked out that Usama got anhilated Sunday night so we capped the weekend off with a little Eye of the Tiger and USA chant and Boom! back to work. Tuesday is my bitch.

Peace out Bowles. See you and Sac in July.

Solid little weekend.

Geust of the week: Patrick (Joe) Bowles

Crash! Bam! Boom! Splat! That's the sound of the Bowles plane landing at Burbank yesterday. Some of you may know Bowles as a crafty businessmen slanging fake ID's and throwing raging parties at Club Fordham,which you would not be admitted into without first coughing up the $5 cover, or you may know the adult entrepreneur wheeling and dealing investments and real estate Bowles. Just a true blue hustler through and through.

This should prove to be an interesting weekend as most do when Bowles is in town. What kind of shenanigans we will get into is yet to be seen. Chances are the arrests will be to a minimum as well as the debauchery as he is on the wagon like a good jew boy but domination will not escape the vice grip which Pat puts everything into that crosses his path.

More to come later...

Bowles...

 

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