Buffalo Exchange & ZIA's

ARIZONA
does have its lil HOT SPOTS
I hit up two of mine Sat [AUG 8,09]
Buffalo Exchange & ZIA's


is a used clothing store on 7th St & Missouri Rd in Phoneix, AZ.
They buy & sell used and vintage clothes brought in by fellow Arizonans from all over from Phx to Scottsdale, Glendale to Tucson, Tempe to Avondale haha
They sell everything: jeans, shirts, sweaters, shoes, heels, hats, shades


The thing about Buffalo Exchange is that because they buy used clothes, every visit they got something new & different and if you find something great you better buy it then and there or someone else will!
Buffalo Exchange has any from a Marvin the Martian shirt at $13 to True Religion Jeans at $55 and everything else. I go mainly to sell my old clothes which Buffalo Exchange in exchange will give you [35%] cash or [50%] store credit for your [good quality/wearable] clothes they purchased.

Well I brought in about 10 articles of clothing.
REAL nice clothes, nothing bad bout them, certified bank. Right? WRONG.
The man checking my clothes only accepted 2 of my jeans and I only got 15 BUCKS BxTCHES!
While my bro brought some jeans & shirts and made 53 BUCKS
i hate him right now...

then WE took a redeeming trip to... my musical haven


a record store that sells new, used and old albums & records.
Located on 19th Ave & Indian School Road but ZIA's are located all throught the state of AZ. The sell everything from reggae, rap, pop, adult, hip-hop, r&b, Top 20, rock, world, dance, everything even local artists like
the AZ rapper Willy Northpole.
The cool thing about ZIA's is the used CD's they sell are HALF OFF [50%] so a brazillion of their CD's are like 6.99, 7.99, 8.99 bucks... its a steal considering theres no place under the sun can still selling albums from years ago like Maxwell, Xscape, Will Smith, Atmosphere, Smilez & Southstar, S Club 7, BBMak, Brandy, Lauryn Hill, etc

I spent a good half an hour with 7 albums in hand before I finally narrowed it down to just 2 CD's.

I bought

LMFAO Party Rock & N.A.S.A. The Spirit of Apollo



and we end the day with

bird shit!
on my windshield :D

Mikeman

Hello [HELL NO] from the SCARY AS HELL black bug at my door

So Thursday (July 2, 2009)
Mom & I are coming home from picking me up form work.
As were arriving home we see something pretty big on the wall by the porch light?


(now if we can see it from pulling into the driveway its pretty big)

So were in the car saying "its a rutabaga," and some other stuff just playing around. I get out the car to see what it is cuz regardless, I have to open the door to get into the house.



I approach to see what it is - its a GIGANTIC BLACK ASS BUG
its like the size of my 2 fingers (and i got big long fingers)


its a BIG ASS BEETLE and that's all I know
Long black antennas, 6 long legs, wings for days, a sharp pincer & put the fear of idk what in me. TERROR was what cam over me...
Lord knows black ppl & bugs don't mix.
[And if you dont know I AM AFRAID OF BUGS]
It was "larger than LIFE," I have no idea where it came from? why it was there? NADA, but it scared the SH!T outta me.

So if there are any entomologists out there,
please enlighten me about the bug that greeted me at the door.

Frightfully yours,
Mikeman

25 Random Facts about Mikeman

25 Random Facts about MIKEMAN

1. I bite my nails

2. I love celebreality
(Celebrity news x reality TV)

3. Pyrophobic > fear of fire

4. Student Athletes who ONLY wear athletic clothes irritates me! Like all you have to wear is basketball shorts, white tees or team attire, tube socks and flip-flops??? [Im sorry if this is you]

5. I’ve got the biggest sweet tooth ever!

6. I’m a perfectionist

7. Music is my EVERYTHING...like you have no idea! From waking up to going to sleep. I have so many different types of artists I love & listen to that I could care less if you like or not. But if you do we on the same page. Genres: Underground, Rap, Hip-Hop, R&B, Soul, Latin, Reggaeton, Reagae, Dancehall, Pop, Alternative, Grime/Garage, Pop, Dance and etc you know all the way down to those undefineables. Music is my heart and soul and without it i truly think ill cease to exist! A true music fan…no addict!
(Glo, Reggie, Vero, Frankie, Jessica - I know you feel me)

8. I love seafood!
(Crab legs, lobster, skrimps, clams, calamari, and fish...yum!)

9. I’m afraid of dying alone...not the fact that i can’t find anyone but girls i talk to become good friends...NOT GIRLFRIENDS :(

10. I’m pretty SPont@n3ouS & rand0m. Not like "Oh! I’m random" but like I really am and not everyone can handle that. (right Veronica & Evelyn

11. Even tho I’m tall (6’1’’ to be exact) I hate feeling short when standing next to others taller than me

12. I talk way too much

13. Textaholic

14. Although I’m BLACK I relate more to my CUBAN side and sometime have to remind myself “I am black” as far as the eye can see. I feel sometimes I suffer an identity crisis not knowing what I am at the moment because I’m both BLACK & CUBAN. And my exterior is black but my interior is Hispanic. So no NOT all the black stereotypes or Latino stereotypes work apply to me. I’m too Hispanic to be FULL Black and too Black to be FULL Hispanic But this doesn’t mean I deny either side. It’s a constant battle…I’m Black & Latino and Hispanic & African American whichever way you wanna slice it I am it. And I love it, I couldn’t wish me any other way :)

15. Je parle le français

16. Fashion/clothes/personal style is very important to me…as I’m pretty sure you’ve all see/noticed. I rock what I want ….. & swagga jackers are WHACK!

17. “I may have BIG LIPS but I have even BIGGER TALENT” – Fantasia

18. I’m a sucker for chicks in heels

19. I trip, I fall, I’m clumsy….U love it

20. Fortune Cookies piss me off

21. Even tho Arizona gets 100 and HELL degrees I love it to death…certified AZ kid

22. I’m never easily intimidated

23. My friends make me better and are honestly all I need to get by. I thanks them so for all they’ve done for me despite them ever truly ever knowing.

24. I ultimately want to become a fashion designer
[men x women clothing, pants, shirts, shoes, heels, etc]
Yes, I have a name for it
No, Im not releasing it via the internet…yet
If you like me you’ll like it

25. REAL TALK: What lies behind this big ole smile of mine are far less glamorous than the truths and realities of my life.

Manny is BACK!

Yo! on the real, Manny is like the coolest!
[But lemme get U up to speed on this dude.]

After years of treating out dirt in our garden
(cuz everyone know AZ dirt is hard & dry as hell)
we planted some roses (red & pink).
They grew up to be the biggest & baddest flowers in any garden on the BLOCK! & With that kinda rep its sure to attract visitors like bees (damn b*tches), wasps (Err), butterfly aka Mariah Careys (haha) & hummingbirds. But I'd have to say our most frequent and most liked visitor is...Manny the Praying Mantis



He came to out house 1 yr and comes & goes as he pleases and is fly as hell! I mean who else can say they have a Praying Mantis as an occasional pet!
This dude is like an alien form outta space.

Manny's the SH!T