taking "d-Lo has questions" global

sup people, so in the time off I have between jobs, I booked a last minute trip to Rome!!! I am headed on Friday to Italia for 5 days. so expect some tasty questions from the land of pasta & pizza. anyhow, I have a couple easy ones for you as I continue to plan the details of my international escapade.

do any of you have travel tips or special recos for d-Lo's adventures abroad? also, I'm traveling solo, so do any of you have friends or fam that are in Rome right now (preferably good looking, smart, and awesome people that I can relate to)?

leaving with style

so today is my last day working at Renegade.I've had a great time working at this fun company with a bunch of really good people. i thought about putting together a sappy goodbye note and then I realized I'd be missing a valuable opportunity to make fun of some people. so in honor of my amazing collegues, here are some of the highlights from my time at Renegade:

• representing asians by beating everybody in the office and dominating the Renegade ping-pong league
  
• vinick not moving his feet while playing ping pong
• kortum's ping-pong paddle that did nothing to improve his game both on and off the court
• neil getting demolished...
• stealing Jon Rossi's name from the top of the ping pong ladder
  
• gordon pepper
• betlyon taking daily pictures with gordon pepper
• a renegade getting paddle spanked by another renegade with gordon pepper thumbs-up-ing in the background
• reading strange articles posted above the urinals in the men's room
• listening to Nebraska bitch about how spicy mustard is
• eating a whole roasted chicken for lunch
• watching Rody eat french fries for lunch everyday
• watching Rody get a new cell phone every month
• giving scott hazleton much needed amazing advice on dating
• jade giving advice on how I should not give scott advice and how scott should ignore my advice
• the "old JC" regularly cursing a storm and spilling diet coke all over her desk
• steve-o's strange youtube video marathons
  
• hunting down for our client pink and red m&m's with hazleton at 2am.
• vernon + ivy's loud asses
• having more than 1 other asian in the office
• dance parties with erin
• vinick dozing off on all-day conference calls
• sabra's HOT SOUP
• castillo's tight ass jeans
• sitting in a tiny cube between dina and rachel jabbering away about nonsense and match.com
  
• levine's weiner hot dog running around the office crapping everywhere
• lindsey's "jarboe face"
• lara and I dropping knowledge on some college kids
• learning that I couldn't eat gluten
• hunter....(long pause)....trip hunter....(and his GQ threads)
• this blog!!
• evan's inferior blog about my blog
• shobita's strong to heavy indian accent
• random mailbox drops from lauren
• BearingPoint!
• and of course the best highlight of them all - FASHION FRIDAYS!
  

so today's question is dedicated to my fellow cohorts at Renegade: what are some of your highlights?

PS....if there's anything I learned or gained from my experience here, its style (I already had the raw handsomeness and physique of a spartan warrior). so to leave my mark on Renegade history, I asked some fellow Renegades to strike a pose while sporting my new kick-arse future Friday shades. now this is FRESH!

my last Fashion Friday

so I wanted to announce that today is my last Fashion Friday. I'll be starting a new job, and it just wouldn't be right to rock the radical threads in a place other than Renegade. but that doesn't mean the mythical magic of the Friday fashion will be gone forever. the magic of the Friday shirt, kicks, and cap might just be re-incarnated and re-emerge in new forms. I've got some stuff up my sleeve...no pun intended!

but before you start getting teary eyed and break down crying like a bitch...I just wanted to say thanks to all those who have supported me in my attire adventures. I couldn't have done it without you. shoutouts to my friends...fam..god...and eva mendez cuz I want her to have my babies. it's been an amazing ride, and I look forward to future Friday fun.

so my question for the day is: what will you do without d-Lo's Friday fashion?

terms of endearment

"a term of endearment is a word or phrase used to address and/or describe a person for which the speaker feels affection. Terms of endearment are used for all different reasons, and span throughout all age groups. Such words may not, in their original use, bear any resemblance in meaning to the meaning attached when used as a term of endearment, for example calling a spouse 'pumpkin'." - wikipedia

more examples:

Baby
Babycakes
Bunny
Cutie
Darling
Honey
Girl
Love
Misses Keeshes
Monsieur Sweetie
Sugar
Sugarton
Sweetheart
Sweetie
Tuts
Weetie

ok..this is insanity! the person who decided to call their wife or husband "pumpkin" is a maniac...the most mind boggling part is that there must have been a whole group of maniacs calling their wives shit like "tuts" otherwise it wouldn't be a tradition nowadays. i don't know...maybe I'm the crazy one, but it just seems plain silly to say "hi babycakes" when you can say "wasup playbeezy you be looking amazin for a big azian"....instead.

so my question is: are terms of endearment crazy or cute??

mating calls

LADDIIIESSSSS..MY MERCEDESSSS...

the wise tracy morgan talks about his patented "mating call" in the video below. and I just think its so fascinating how he devises this amazing call to action. he breaks down his weakness of having "a loaf of bread" instead of "biscuits", and turns it into a strength by beckoning young femalions to "eat". genius...pure genius. i really think we do need more positive role models and examples such as tracy (and myself). young men need idols like us so they can hone their skills and be the best they can be on the playing field.



but while tracy and I might be masters of the mating call, we're always open to learning new things. so my question for you is: what are some original and creative "mating calls"?

the asian captain morgan

so I decided to resign last week from my job at Renegade, and will be starting a new gig at an ad agency called Berlin Cameron. it was a tough decision to leave a great agency, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to work on a brand like Boost Mobile. anywayyssss...to remember the "good times" I've had at Renegade, I thought it would only be fitting to take some picture of me in the office doing my favorite good-times pose...as the asian captain morgan.

so my question for you is: which is your favorite captains pose?

#1 - the fax machine


#2 - the photocopier


#3 - the mini bball hoop posterizer

jason b. vs jackie c.

"Hapless martial arts hero Jackie Chan knocked amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne out of the top spot at the box office this weekend." - Reuters

I was surprisingly shocked to read that this past weekend, the crazy-kickin-chinaman beat out the whoop-anybodys-ass-whiteman in the box office. go china! sorry...gotta represent the motherland.

which reminds me. for those of you who didn't realize it, the name "d-Lo" was not a blatant attempt at associating myself with "j-lo" and her fine self. in fact, this outstanding nickname is derived from the initial of my english first name + my Chinese last name. yes i know...extremely clever and smart...I'm asian...I can't help it. in fact, now that I think about it, I might have all the "goods" to become the next asian all-star. I can't do a back flip and kick anybody, but I look damn sexy, I obviously have style, I obviously have mad "game", I obviously can blog well, I am genetically predisposed to being a genius (because I'm asian), I'm tall (for an asian), and I was born in Hollywood. enough said.

but lets not talk about me, lets talk about jackie versus jason. who would win in a fist fight...the martial artist or the amnesiac assassin?

my friday kicks

awwwwww snaps!!! so my Friday shirt got tired of hanging out with the Friday hat. F.S. ditched F.H. for some new love from some new diggity dope kicks. enough talk, check em out my fresh new pair of nike air max sneaker freakers!




my question: how fresh are my new Friday kicks?!