koapthesql

So I'm coming back. Three orders of biznazz:
- Rename Journal
- Redecorate
- Re-friend

So I'm not keeping KOAP. It's just not me. I'm thinking of renaming to KOAPtheSQL, which is a nod to the past, and a nod to the present, because I'm a database analyst and I write dozens of SQL queries a day. Geeky, but if I'm going to plunk money on a rename token. Meh I'll probably just do it. I'm probably going to go friends only, mainly because of yanno. moms. exes. Gateways to either.

I guess with the plunking of money I can properly redecorate. Probably something mobile-friendly because the mobile apps for LJ are frankly, not that great at all. I really just wanted to be able to view my own journal which apparently is difficult unless I'm just a moran. Totally possible.

I'd like to reconnect with as many folks and catch up with as many people as I can. So if you know of people, let me know. LETS TAKE BACK LJ!

It's funny, I look back at what I've said and done and I don't regret anything. I read my profile to my gf and we both laughed. Because I was 27 when I wrote that. I'm 33 now and well, I guess things have changed. Maybe. :)

I have no idea what this new LJ is, I haven't even looked around. I don't even get on my Facebook as much.

But times have changed. I'm thinking of rejuvenating LJ. Or some other presence. Not sure. But I just wanted you all to know that I'm alive and still ticking. Find me on G+ or FB if you like if you haven't already.

--c

Since I use my MySpace for mostly my photo business stuff (http://www.myspace.com/csoriano), I figure I gotta have a personal place to say hi and what not. So I think, even though I've been rather disappointed with LJ's direction in terms of their choices, that I'm going to start a new one and finally retire KOAP, thank you for reading it. So yanno, if I take your picture and you like it, that you're not afraid to say that I took it on your journal. hahaha. So if I add you, man you better add me back, or there'll be some furniture moving in this piece! jk. I miss you all, I really do.

So to say adieu, here's something beautiful that's of course NSFW, thanks to the wonderful Rodney Carrington. It's from his latest thing called Live at the Majestic I think? And it's a moving, powerful song that brought me to tears called "Show Them To Me". And yes, it is NSFW.



Anyhow. I hope you enjoyed. here's something I did recently of some recent stuff. Once I get the new LJ, so SO much more to post, pics and news. What should I name it...ideas? Come say hi, ok? wannash[at]gmail[dot]com. hahaha. you wanna shat eh? ok i'm silly.

surprise! I'm still alive. I think so at least.

For those of you wondering, yes, mortgage lending is in a bloodbath right now. My company is just fine, in fact we're reaping the benefits of all these prime and subprime lenders going under. 33 to be exact as of today. I can't say it's a beautiful thing b/c the internal people all have families to feed and what not, but the housing bubble has officially burst. housing values are taking a dive thanks to crooked appraisers from the last 3 years, investors are no longer buying/servicing 100% loans and people are seriously just walking out on their loans. I heard one lady foreclosed on her house, didn't make a single payment b/c she didn't like her loan and when the lender asked about payment, she asked where to mail her keys.

Amazing. We'll see what happens. I've been a very busy boy. Day job is crazy b/c of all the fallout. All those loans are now making their way to us. And photography is doing great. I had a moment where I completely burned out. I was getting no love, I felt used and abused and I didn't feel validated. I tore down my MySpace, my Model Mayhem and Glamour1 profiles. I was just tired of it all. But I got over it. And I'm pleased with the way things are going. I can't expound on everything, but here's what's up:

- I'm the official photographer of the 2007 Central Valley Tattoo Expo. April 28-29, if you love tattoos, if you love Kat Von D, you have to come. I'll be there snapping, and I'm just jazzed at the business potential that will come from this.
- I'm represented. My friend and photo assistant Megan and her friend Tonya started a marketing company. I am their first official client and they have done great things getting my name out and handling my bookings. If it weren't for their connections I would not be where I am. Watch out for Luma Marketing!
- Don't tell my mama, but I might be shooting..ahem. adult pictures. I've been contacted by some industry peoples. Won't say more b/c I don't want to ruin it. We'll see. I LOVE and IDOLIZE Suze Randall. Her photos and videos are so technically sound for porn. She makes it beautiful.
- I will be shooting my first catalog soon. :) Details are still a little sketchy, but you just might see me shooting for a popular local store.

Anyhow, I'm feeling like poo, so I'm gonna step away, but if anyone local wants to wear a swimsuit for moi, I wanna practice for an event that I'm doing in May in Pismo. I wanna shoot swimsuit on the famed Blossom Trail, where rows and rows of crops have their blooming flowers. It's really pretty.

I really do miss you all and reading as much as I used to. When I'm not at work, I'm working on pics or shooting. I get on maybe for 30-45 mins a day, and it's normally on MySpace b/c they allow 300 pics. Speaking of that, wanna see my work? go there: http://www.myspace.com/csoriano I have a slideshow right there. Add me if you haven't already! :)

( you know I gotta show a couple pics, of course :) NSFW I think.Collapse )

Happy New Year! I spent it passed out b/c of jetlag. Didn't even realize it passed, honestly. I must say, that I completely love my family. I will also say that I need to get drunk more often. And that when everyone has to work, a week is really too short. Got in Xmas night and it was an ordeal. My sister and her fiance are just a fun comedy of errors. But I got to eat at places I haven't in a while. Sonny's BBQ, KRYSTAL!!! and that is it I think. I didn't get Guthrie's, Bennigan's, Waffle House, etc. I'm a bit sad about that now that I think about it. Maybe I'll take the next 3day and figure out how to get to FL, if not, just to TX b/c they got all that shit too. Dallas was BEAUTIFUL both ways. Orlando was *85* degrees. I wanted to choke a bitch, seriously, I had ALL winter clothes. I was miserable. Sucks the layovers were so short.

when I go home, I always watch The Filipino Channel (TFC). There's a whole package you can order, it starts at channel 2060. It's great. There's a show we watched quite a bit of called WoWoWee. It's an amazing concept: limited native Filipinos let in, and then any Filipinos living abroad who want to come, they come to the show. This is a daily phenomenon. We didn't get a chance to do it. People died from a stampede of trying to get in. Because they want to be on Philippine tv and in one section, the host, Willy, goes around and people give US DOLLARS. It all goes to charity, but why don't we have a show like that? It'd never work of course, but it's a fun variety show. I know now how to do a dance called the "Boom-Tarat" dance I believe it's called which includes a lot of hip gyration and it's how i'd fuck you, basically. If you do it well enough, you get let into the "bigatis" which is how you win prizes.

Anyhow, love me some Filipino television. They even had Cheryl Burke from Dancing With The Stars on there for a segment, b/c she's half black/filipino of course. That was cool.

But again, too short. Drove to Orlando on the 29th, stopped in Gainesville so I could see the university. It all seemed so surreal. Everyone kept asking me if I was a Cali Boy; asking to see if I was coming back. And somehow, I ended up AGAIN seeing my ex, Paula. She works part time at Panera. I had to laugh, b/c I ALWAYS see her. Of COURSE I saw her at Panera. haha. Much love to you of course Paula. xo.

It's all a blur. And now I have to don shirts and ties again, and figure out a way to remember to write 2007 on things now. Flew back yesterday, after sleeping for 1 hr after being drunk at my boy Mikey's wedding. Drove to Tampa at 3am, had to drink energy drinks. And I'm still jetlagged. But I'm thankful I got to see my family, if only for a couple hours each day. Have a pic of Lake Alice in Gainesville, I stood next to a real gator! I'd never seen that before.



New years resolutions? I decided to not drink so much soda, and that I have to expand my photography, and visit the following places:
Seattle, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Oregon, Texas, Vegas, Utah, Montana. Just for the ability to see the beauty there. I meant the landscape, it'd be cool to visit you all as well ;)

So yeah, Seattle. adrienned, I would love to take pics of you and Romeo in the next couple. I'll foot the flight. Lemme know. I wanna see the needle.

And I think I might get a tattoo from every place i visit too. Dunno.

Anyhow, back to unpacking, etc. Go Gators! :)

h've made it known that i'd love to move to dallas; in fact my dallas office is looking for some fort worth sales reps. my layover is only an hour. otherwise shannon or marci or wendy or janet would be gettin a holla. anyway. need salad. got way too close to pooping on the plane. love you all and merry CHRISmas!

so i guess i was wrong in that i thought i paid my att bill. and to reward me. i have no internet for xmas. bloody ducking lovely. x ill be in florida for an actual xmas with the fam. i'll post more ap i know. otherwise. happy holidays. i need more models to shoot. and i'm craving pho.

thanks to everyone who are wishing me happy bday on myspace. everyone keeps asking of what i want for my bday and i've said each time. TITS. nobody thinks that's fun tho. feel free to hook a brotha up. thanks. god work is so busy. took me 3 hours to write this. love you all

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I had my tryptophan and then some.

Anyhow, just wanted to say hi. Been busy, work's crazy and trying to book as many shoots as possible.

I have a little Christmas Card shoot thing going on, $50 bucks gets you shots on a CD. Here's a sample:


Anyhow, my lil sis is flying in with her fiancee tomorrow to Oakland, so I'm going up there and we're taking engagement pics on the beach it looks like, hopefully I can find the beach. haha. Then I'm going to Sacramento to shoot some other Christmas Card shoots, and to hopefully hang out with pixievixen.

Saturday I'm leaving and coming down through Tracy and Modesto hoping to shoot more, and then home in Fresno on Saturday night, Sunday, more shooting. So as you can see, I'm just trying to book as much as possible b/c I need moolah.

$50 is a great deal imo, please book me if you'd like to have some pics to have for your Xmas cards, or to develop through Costco, Walgreen's or whomever does them now. My number is 559-348-8880. Feel free to txt or call.

That's all. Buying my ticket home to Florida from Christmas-New Year's. Going to be in Orlando on the 30th.

I have lots of new stuff to show, hopefully I can keep up enough to show you. I may be into some new stuff too, keep your eyes peeled. :) love you all.

Busy busy...Hope you all are well. I'm having a shoot on sunday if you have nice straight teeth and wanna model and smile a lot. let me know. Otherwise...so tired. Just got back from a Halloween party/model mixer. Was fun! Props to Megan, turned what's usually a 30-45 min setup and breakdown each into a 15 min deal. So hope you all have a wonderful Halloween. :)



That's Cody. I work with her quite a bit now. She's awesome. More pics soon or you can just add me on Myspace. But for now, must go back to sleep. Work tomorrow. And if you're wondering if I'm doing a costume this year for work for $100, I am, but b/c I'm an Account Exec I can't really take the money, as it's always been an internal staff thing. But I'm going as a rejected student from Hogwarts School of Wizardry. I'm poor, and I have a V-neck sweater and shirts and ties :P I might go with the afro tomorrow. If I can find it though. hmm. love you all.