My oh my, how the time flies. Seems like you blink, and 365 days have passed. You’re a little bit older and a little bit wiser.

I thought I would take this time out to go back into the vault and look at all that has gone down in 2008, for the lovely T*U.

Walk with me, won’t you?

We moved into a new building. Realizing that the T*U office could only be run out of the back of a 95 Chevy Astro van for so long, we stepped up to the big leagues. We have our own bathroom!

We added Brandy into the mix. We still aren’t quite sure what exactly she does, but she’s here on time every day, except when she’s late or doesn’t show up at all. Thanks Brandy!

Little Miss Sunshine, Elliott, also came into our lives. Whether we need him to clean up the warehouse, go get us a bag of only green M&M’s, or to guard the watercooler, he does it no problem. Plus, the fact that he pays us to work here is nice.

Darrce came into our lives…and now she won’t leave. Seriously. Someone come pick her up. Please.

Jimmy Nakamura held it down in Hawaii…there’s a rumor going around that they may make him the new spokesmodel for Spam. I’m serious, Google it.

The rebirth of Larry “LINK” Linkogle. With a new physique and a new movie on the way, 2009 is gonna be gigantic for the Metal Mulisha founder.

We saw the birth of both Chonan and Tiki as personalities…I never knew Chonan could be so funny, he is hands down one of the most hilarious people I know.

As for Tiki, well, I don’t think I liked Tiki when I first met him. But, that’s what everyone says that knows Tiki. Once you hang out with him for long enough, you realize how funny and great of a guy he truly is. Plus he has a funny beard.

We added Clay Guida into the crew. Somehow, despite seeing Hans in that jacket, Clay still wanted to be a part of the team.

We made our presence felt at IMMAE…by having me dress as a hot dog.

We made our presence felt at ASR…by having me dress as a banana and run around with a scantily clad Darrce.

Hans got to meet Fedor.

Doze was able to take his shirt off for a pic at GrapplingX.

We learned that Fresno isn’t that bad of a city, thanks to our trips up north for Cage Combat.

We got to meet the breakout star of TUF, Stankie.

Contest winner Tommy has now just become our homie Tommy, along with Gage.

Professional poker player Perry Friedman made us HUGE in Rome.

Comedian and actor Nick Swardson would like you to know, that “YOU WILL NEVER GET THIS!”

The squad that gets sweaty together, stays together.

There’s a billion other things I could write, but I will leave you with some random pics that make me smile.

A big THANK YOU to all our supporters, it’s you guys that keep this T*U train running. You haven’t seen nothing yet, I promise.

See ya next year!

-Loco

He put on a valiant effort, but unfortunately it wasn’t enough, as Brad Blackburn got the decision victory at UFC 92…Chonan was primed and ready for this fight, and his hair was no exception. Our hats go off to him, and as always, win or lose, we’re proud of him.

-Loco

CHAMPIONS Sports Bar & Grill was once again home to the UFC viewing party where Hawaii T*Uers were at.

I was able to bamboozle my friend T-O-Double-D (teamhk.net) into helping me put up the visual propaganda for this event

I had to employ the help of a TALLER friend for this one

A PACKED house of about 200+ people showed up to watch the fights and with one of the MANY prizes that were being given out

 This lucky guy won our GRAND Prize of the night, one FREE passed out and Drunk female! 

This Unidentified Asian Gang member and extra from the movie GRAN TARINO was wearing his T*Unit gear and yelling “GHOST TRIANGLE BITCHES!!” So I had to get a pic. the Rum& Cokes seem to give me “asian eyes”

 OMG! Wandi got KTFO!!!

The next UFC Viewing party will also be held at CHAMPIONS with MORE prizes and give aways from OTM Fight Shop Hawaii, Triumph*United (of course), The guys who put this together for me Ronald N and Todd TANAKA and more 

A special thanks to my MC for the night and Photographer “Wild Wild WES”

 If you are on the Island of Oahu during any of the UFC events, swing by and check us out!    -JimmyNaks

Now that’s LOVE.

-Loco

-Loco