Day 69 (Fri., Aug. 6)

Today's is my cousin Danny's birthdate. That's him above at his b-day celebration last year when I went to visit for the summer. That's my boy. I should call him "Blue". This week I have watched the movie Old School. That is perhaps the funniest movie I have seen in the last five years. Anyways, in the movie there's a character named "Blue" and another character called "Frank the Tank". "Frank" always screams out "You're My Boy, Blue!". So, Danny's my boy! and so "You're My Boy, Blue!".

Anyways, Danny and I are eight months apart. I was the first baby of my generation. When I was born, there were no kids on my mother or father's family. So, being that him and I were the babies for a long time, we were spoiled and we did everything together. I called him up today to wish him a happy b-day. I miss my boy.

Speaking of missing my boys. Today is also the birthdate of two other cool guys that I know. The first one is Walter de Leon. Who knows where homeboy is now. But, in junior high school, that used to be my boy. Also, it's Nevin Barich's birthdate today as well. Nevin is one cool cat. I met him while working with the Los Angeles Daily News. He is pretty good at what he does, and if you have any questions about boxing, then he's your boy.

Today's assignment was quite fitting for the type of day that it was. I was asked to shoot two Mexican League soccer teams that were practicing for their game tomorrow at the Cotton Bowl. I say it's quite fitting because Danny loves one of the teams that I shot today. He loves the dirty little team called Chivas Rayadas del Guadalajara. Now, don't get me wrong, this is a top-notch soccer club. I say dirty because they are my favorite team's rival. I am a pretty smart man, as you can tell from reading my journal, so it's quite fitting that I'd chose wisely when choosing the greatest soccer club -- Club America -- as my favorite team. The hate between both clubs is so great that it splits families apart. Not ours, but it sure makes for good debates at the dinner table. Some times it's funny teasing, and some times it's just down-right hate. In fact, let me show you a funny moment in the life of Chivas vs. America teasing at the Cortez household...

Here's Danny playing soccer for his team last year. I did some photoshop magic and was able to give him the very nice looking canary yellow jersey that Club America sports. Now, for a loyal Chivas fan that he is, this was just torture and down-right crude. But, funny, nonetheless:

Hahahahaha... That's all I can say: Hahahahahaha. Viva el America!

Ok, so I guess this is a good gift I can give my cousin for his birthdate. Some good photos of his favorite team and his favorite player. Below are the photos of Oswaldo Sanchez, he is the goalkeeper for Chivas. On the first photo, he practices penalty kicks, but since he is a Chiva and he sucks, then someone scored a goal on him. The second photo shows a bunch of the Chivas teammembers horsing around with a golf car as Oswaldo Sanchez just looks on. Well, one thing for sure, these guys know how to have fun. They almost flipped the little car over, as you can tell with the car's wheels coming off the ground.

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