I took the top off my Maybach!

The upside of the new Ford bronco, you could takeoff all the doors in the roof very easily? Very cool. Also do they have it in a stick shift?

You are a real red blooded American, you would not get a loser Range Rover, which is anti-American. You would probably get a Ford F150 raptor bronco, which I think is probably the coolest car on the road, I’ve only ever seen maybe one or two, but it is very cool.

And still… The best smart strategy is get something that will hide dirt, like a white car, or even like a tan color a sand color, some sort of green color, think camo, desert camo, digital camo.

True Innovation

The reason why the whole Overlanding trend is a bad one, even the idea of modifying your car is bad because it is all predicated on accumulation, adding, and audition.

If you think about the real way to innovate, the real smart strategy is subtraction, which means, figuring out what to delete or cut out from your car.

For example, the number one most critical thing assuming you really want to create a real race car or a good sports car is figuring out what to delete. For example deleting and getting rid of the backseats, getting rid of all the sounding material inside the car, getting rid of the AC, power steering, Automatic gearbox etc.

Also a very very simple thing with cars and homes, just get rid of the trash, delete the trash, throw away the trash! Even with homes, the real optimal strategy here is to get rid of furniture, throw things in the trash, give it away, put it on the curb etc.

Even with clothes and wardrobes… Just make a big bag and it all, and start from scratch.

Or, better yet… Take your clothes, and start cutting off the sleeves! Or turn them into tank tops, or crop tops — don’t matter if you’re a guy or girl.

My new fashion trend

Assuming that you’re a straight guy, funny enough, I think actually the best fashion is probably from the gay guys; but the interesting thought: 

What is the implications of a straight guy, dressing like a gay guy?

In fact, even with Seneca… I’ve been confused for being gay, and I thought that was actually a huge compliment! Why? If you’re a straight guy, 100% heterosexual, and people think that you’re gay… It probably means that you’re doing something innovative or interesting.

Why so much anti-gay sentiment as a kid growing up?

I’m actually kind of curious about this… Where did the whole anti-gay sentiment come from?

Certainly not from ancient Greece, I don’t think people really thought about that. Certainly in the 90s, as a kid growing up… The common words “stop being so gay” or “that’s gay” or “faggot” etc — was probably the worst thing that you could tell another kid or guy.

Especially in rap and hip-hop culture music… To make fun of gay people or Tabash gay people, or being gay homosexual etc., was the worst thing that man could do.

But now, one of the grand upsides of gender fluidity is that you could just be a straight guy, and do whatever the hell you want! Nobody will really bat an eye anymore. 

In fact, ironically enough it seems that the street guys who dress kind of more like the gay guys, are the ones who are given more attention by straight beautiful women!

And it kind of makes sense… The guys who are straight who looked the most “gay“,  end up becoming the most interesting, mysterious, desired?

The new cowboys

So I think, that I never really considered, or grew up to was Cowboys, western films etc. But I did grow up watching cowboy bebop.

So recently, I bought one of these sun hats on Amazon for only about 10 bucks, and it has literally been the best hat of all time. Why? This summer in LA, the sun has become unusually hot, and the UV rays unusually strong… So bad that even putting on SPF 60 sunscreen, I would still get sunburnt on my face! And also the back of my neck!

This hat is amazing because it blocks and protects the back of my neck, which is the most annoying place to get a sunburn, and also the most annoying place to have to always reapply sunscreen.

A new trend I’ve been doing just walking around town with my 60 pound weight vest, and my son hat! And at first, I really hated the whole look of the sun hat, it just made me look like a old Asian lady. But now, I care less about what people think about me, I just don’t want the pragmatic thing of getting a bad sunburn anymore. And I don’t really have anything to prove to anybody anymore else anymore.

But now, I suppose my hat is getting iconic. Sometimes when people see me without my hat, they asked me if I lost my hat on accident? , one of the girls was a security guard, on one of the overcast days saw without a hat and she said it was the first time she ever saw me without a hat.

Actually the upside of the sun hat, I almost feel like Raiden from Mortal Kombat! Or it feels almost like having a modern day spartan hoplite helmet, having a very practical visor.

Black is more stylish?

Typically, it seems that black is always the most fashionable color. Even the sun hat I realized… The sun hat in all black looks quite cool! Why? Typically old Asian women or prediabetic hikers, always wear some sort of tan color, sand color, or white color. Never black.

I say only go black if it is uncommon to see black. Otherwise go white. Or a different color. 

I think with clothes , clothing, hats, shoes pants etc– typically I like black because it hides dirt, marks.

For example, I have my ERIC KIM satchel, which is all black leather, and when I am wearing a white shirt, it marks it with the black smudge. And also, I tried using the white sunblock, The one with zinc, which is actually supposed to work better, I ended up stop using it, because it left too many strange white marks on my black accessories, and also my face. I hate the look of the white washing of the face.

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