The Bluetooth Story.

Yep, I did it again! I decided to change the name of my blog to make it more personal and not some corny aim screen name. If it were up to me I would have named it "This Shit's Bluetooth"...wait it is up to me. Well, I didn't want any vulgar word in the title and I thought, "The Bluetooth Story" was kind of cool....once I tell you guys the story behind it that is.

Now on to the story! "This Shit's Bluetooth" has to do with a memory I shared with Ian, a longtime friend of mine whom I lost last year. It was one of those times where he came back on one of his military leaves to hang with his family and friends. It happened one night where we all wanted to kick it but didn’t know what to do but once we did we hopped in to two rides that day, the infamous Previa van that he drove everyone around in back in the day and his latest ride the G aka G35. Our destination was to hit up one of the most people food trucks ever, the Kogi Truck. I remember the ride there; he would be showing us his collection of music by bumping a bunch of jams that he collected from his military buddies over there on the East Coast. It was cool riding down the street having people look at us like we were famous, haha. Once we finally got there, we didn’t anticipate the amount of people that would show, so the line was a bit long but that was cool with us. If anyone knows Kogi Truck then you know it's a fusion of Korean and Mexican food and people love to follow them on twitter and hit up whatever their next stop will be. We finally got our food and it was cool. We got kind of got a variety of things to share with each other and what not. After we were done eating, it was getting late but we didn't want to head back yet. Somehow we ended up at the beach. All of just walking towards the beach, crossing the parking lot, walking over the bike lane and stopping right before the sand. It was funny because we all were like what? Maybe it was the fact that none of us were really dressed up to hit the stand. We just ended up chilling there on the wall. It was fun times, people going back and forth on the bike lane. Whether it be on a bike, jogging, rollerblades, or whatever it was, the night breeze felt cool, so why not. Quick insight, since Ian got back he was always telling me these weird words that were the slang over there on the East Coast and he’d even tell me about so this rapper and this rapper having some kind of beef. Even the music he played that night, he was telling me, "Oh, you know Dougie meant getting a fresh hair cut?" (Song by Lil Will-My Dougie) I was like what? That doesn't even make sense. Now back to the story…!!! After we were done chilling on the wall and walking back, the boys in one group and the girls in another just talking about randomness. Ian was telling all of us another slang word and I was like you can just say whatever random word like "Bluetooth" and make a meaning out of it. It was then he walked up to his sisters while they were talking about something and he was like hey "That Shit's Bluetooth" and the girls were like huh? What? He was like "Oh, that's some of that East Coast slang." One of em was like, “That's just stupid, haha.” (While I cringe feeling offend a bit but smiling on the outside trying not to laugh.) The others were amazed and were like, “Yeah? Really? What does it mean?” Ian was like, "Oh, it means like...(as he pauses and uses his quick random wit)..Off The Hook." One of them was like, “Hey, that's kind of cool!” Once we got back to the house and the days following we just kept doing cool stuff and someone would just say, "That's Bluetooth! or "That Shit's Bluetooth!" Just a random story I thought I’d share. Ian was a cool person. He’d play along if you had a joke, he’d make you feel welcome if you felt unwelcome and best of all was his heart. His memory lives on through us and the stories we share. This is just one of the stories I can look back and go, “Hey, remember when?” Always thinking of you IAN!!

In honor of Ian I have decided to name my blog “The Bluetooth Story.” With each post, it will represent what is “Cool” or Off the hook” that’s going on in my life and it will also keep his memory alive. Maybe later I’ll shorten the title and just call it TBS or something; yes I know that acronym is taken but whatever! Thanks for taking the time to read/check out my corny blog. =]

R.I.P. Ian T.D. Gelig.

_AJaY_