WHAT MIKE SAW

Fart II: Walnut & Diamond Bar Skaters Unite

In the 80’s it was STOVE TOP STUFFING.  I would call my mom while Joey called his MOM and things always seemed to work out perfectly.  In the 90’s, it was all about the HOT POCKETS.  The United Kingdom lent us their hundred-year recipe for the meal of champions, or what they like to call meat pies.  Whatever is good for ROBBIE WILLIAMS is good enough for me.  But that was in the 90’s and even though they were great TIMES, they had to inevitably come to an end.  Then into the new decade/century/millennium.  I was no longer a kid and I was old enough to go to war for this country, so I began to eat adult food.  That meant things like Double Doubles, Sourdough Jacks, and BALUT.

But as we all know, life has a way of coming full circle.  Although I am no longer I kid, I should probably have one pretty soon.  I’m not saying I’m having a kid or anything like that, but I will need to find out the delicious after school snacks Gunther (what I will name my kid) will be allowed to eat.  And since I will definitely train Gunther into action sports (preferably INLINE), what better way to do that than to look back at some of our old videos?

These things seem ancient especially with the spastic video quality.  The audio in this is so off it often times confuses me.  And the music.  Let me just suggest maybe taking an E pill to enhance your viewing experience.  I think I might have been watching a lot of TRAINSPOTTING when I made this video over a decade ago.

It features some of us Walnut and Diamond bar skaters.  These were the later years of skateboarding.  When most skaters started driving, the importance of their skateboard became less relevant.  Others like Brad and David; they kept it real.

* I know it says “WMD” or Weapons of Mass Destruction.  Actually that’s a typo and it will take way to long to re-export this video.  So WMD it is.  And just so you don’t get confused, Fart was the title of our original skateboard movie.  When this came out, everyone just referred to it as Fart II instead of its original title.

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Boones Sponsorship Video

I’ve been sick at home for several days now. I was a bit worried I may have contracted the H1N1 virus considering I just got back from Mexico City. But that wasn’t the case thank Jah. I just got viral gastroenteritis. I have two theories of where I may have acquired it. I either got it eating at a restaurant in Mexico, or a late night binge at Carl’s Jr. the night after. The only other meals I had within this time was at Chipotle and a home cooked meal my tender prepared for me; both of which I highly doubt caused me this living hell.

So all I do is watch the Filipino Channel all day and overdose on Gatorade and chicken soup. I’ve lost a load of weight and considering I just recently came off a master cleanse, I kind of look how I did back in high school during the RAVER days.

The video below is of another time when I got really sick. I love fine wines and since Boones Farm is my absolute favorite beverage, one of my best friends (and ambiguous lover) Brian and I tried to get sponsored by them. The objective: to drink as many bottles of Boones Farm possible. The results are documented below. You can probably guess how they responded after seeing this.

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What Mike Saw #10

I’m proud to claim that a few years ago, I invented the term “shiny shirt club”. A shiny shirt club is any club with a one-word name (Mood, Pulse, MAMI, etc.) frequented by bros with SHIRTS that shine. But the shine doesn’t just stop at the shirts. The luster gets carried on in everything from the hair, to the MUSCLES, to the bling. The GIRLS are pretty fantastic too. It’s pretty simple really and we’ve all seen them because we’re constantly bombarded with their exclusive appeal and sweet looking FLYERS. However I never really get invited to these clubs because of the way I LOOK but that’s fine by me. I’m comfortable with who I am.

I must admit though that I am jealous of my brother who took the label one step further, for our people (ORIENTAL), and called the Asian clubs, “SHINESE Shirt Clubs.” Damn that’s good. And that is something I am fond of and wish I were completely apart of.

This is the 10th episode of What Mike Saw. It’s been three years since I put one together. This video is dedicated to all the “Shinese” shirt bros. And it’s also dedicated to the NBA, which I miss very very much.

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