Park Behind The Blue Line...

Before I explain the meaning behind today's blog entry title, let me tell you something about my weekend...

This past weekend, Kelvin and I headed off to Tampa, Florida for our annual Buccaneers game. Since we are such time managment geniuses, we decided to catch the Red Eye flight to Houston-Tampa. If you ever want just 2 hours of actual sleep, I highly recommend the torture. On our lay over in Houston, only devouring a Wendy's breakfeast burrito and walking endlessly along the A/B/C/D/E wings of the airport allowed me to pass out temporarily on the benches of our terminal. Just imagine Tom Hanks wandering around in the movie Terminal (Hilarious!). At this point my mind already entered a state of delirium; mental garbage swimming in and out of my cranium via iPhone.

6AM At Houston Aiport

Thanks to Fon's email, I was able to entertain myself on the notion "Can a single guy and a single girl be just friends?". So I did some digging. Based off a recent poll on the Internet, the results state the following:

18% = Not Likely
38% = Sure, but it's not easy.
12% = No way, my ex bf/gf left me for his/her "friend"
32% = Yes, I have tons of guys/girls that are just my friends

Exhibit A: Ted and Barney in "How I Met Your Mother". They both caved into the seductive prowess of Robin Scherbatsky; all three are single friends. Exhibit B: "When Harry Met Sally" principle. Many great scholars agree (i.e. Tom Leykis) with this notion. Simply stated, a single guy and single girl can only be friends when one does not find each other attractive = Un-Porkable. Here's a percentage to think about. Are 32% of your single friends not good-looking enough to shag it in the bedroom? Look at it from another perspective, are 67% of your attractive single friends (same or opposite gender...depends on your preference) on The List of Porkables?

This takes us back to my initial spill on "Park Behind The Blue Line". The origins of the concept derived from the self-parking setup at the Renaissance Hotel in Tampa, FL. Since Marriott and International Shopping Plaza shared the same parking lot, hotel officials decided to draw a blue line on the pavement to indicate to hotel guests that they must park behind the Blue Line. This is where I made the connection. Friends always park behind the Blue Line, because if we openly shared our sexual intentions with one another the friendship is ultimately doomed. Yes boys and girls sexual tension will always be in the equation. Now look around and see who are your friends and who are not...LOL

The Closing Of A Chapter In My Life....XXs

9.20.08

The conclusion to my 20s, ended with an awesome Birthday weekend. In many ways, you can think of Super Saturday as the official ending to what was a memorable summer. The LAM Clan Birthday Slam (say that 5 times in a row..haha) Beach Party was a total success, drawing together our closest friends to partake in such a grand spectacle (move over Beijing Olympics). How many people can say they witnessed an Iron Chef Cookoff competition, Superbowl XXX, and American Idol all in one day....PRICELESS!

I'm not going to give you a recap of what went on this past Saturday; however, I do have the LamChop awards for the stud and studdette performances.

Santa's Lil Helpers Award = David, Phi, and Trinh. Thanks for showing up early and setting up guys.

Best Line of The Day = "Is this the real size of a football? It is soooo BIG!" by Becky "Beck Beck" Zhou.

Biggest Asssssets Award = Gotta go to our neighbors, Jugs R' Us and their twins(Blond and Brunette chick). If anyone has pictures of them, please forward it to me.

Iron Chef Award = Who would prevail in the Bacon battle in Kitchen Stadium? Iron Chef Korea or Iron Chef China? There were suppose to be 3 judges; however, Ivan and I could only find ourselves to to do the judging...

Ivan picked Iron Chef Korea.
I picked Iron Chef China.
You be the judge. I'll put a poll to the right of this blog for you to vote.

Superbowl XXX Offensive MVP Award = I nominated Myself, since I had a spectacular offensive showing throwing for 2 Touchdowns and 1 Touchdown reception (Fanatasy football stud in my book).

Superbowl XXX Defensive MVP Award = I gotta give it up to my best friend, Kelvin. He was all over the place making interceptions, pass deflections, and tackles.

Superbowl XXX 6th "Wo"Men Award = Gotta give it up to my offensive line, BD: Becky and Daisy. I wouldn't be able to stand in the pocket comfortably if it weren't for them. Plus I had a nice booty view....LOL.

I Got The Munchies Award = Gotta give it up to Dominick (Actually his Mom...Thx Auntie!) for providing all sorts of Balls: Fishballs, Squid balls, and Shrimp balls. I never experienced a group of people thirsting for tasty balls.

Bring Out The Family Award = The Bute Family...Awesome to see Kent/Amei + Baby Girl/John come out to the beach once again.

I Just Came For The Food Award = Christoper Chan and Christine...HAHA JK, you know I love you guys. This award could apply to everyone who attended...Ivan Who? Kenneth Who?

The Drunk Award = I know many wanted this one....but only one can be crowned. Our winner is Aileen. Trinh was a close second; however, Aileen turned it up in the 4th quarter by puking.

Best Song Award = Sweeet Caroline....BAH BAH BAHHHHHHH.....SO GOOD SO GOOD SO GOOD!

William Hung Award = Only one person comes to mind....Michael Lee!

National Geographic Photography Award = Julie and Jinie for their awesome play-by-play snapshots of the festivities. Without them, everything would of been just a blurrrrr....Here are their links:


http://picasaweb.google.com/julie.tran/IvanAndKennethSBdayIronChefEdition
http://picasaweb.google.com/JinieK/HuntingtonBeachIvanKennethBday?authkey=vAYqzpiUd0s

Videos:
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I can't think of any other awards. However, I wanna thank everyone for coming out and showing your support. It was a blessing to see those close to us celebrate the most important birthday weekend of all....HAHA