We celebrating 6 years of dating, and within that time, a little over a year of being engaged by saying, “let’s do it” and get hitched. @joolyaah , thank you for sharing this journey with me. I am beyond honored, grateful, and thankful to share this life with you and call you my wife. Thank you to everyone for the outpouring of love and congratulations. Thank you to our families for the continuous love and support. We love and appreciate y’all! #JulalaRawkTheBells2022

hey new friends 🤎 i realized there are a lot of new faces here lately, so i wanted to reintroduce myself. i’m julia — though most people know me as “julala,” a nickname my nieces gave me when they were little that somehow stuck and eventually became the name behind this little business. cookies by julala started over 10 years ago during a my stressful 9-5 job. baking became my way to decompress after long days, and i’d constantly text my friends to come grab extras because i always made way too much 😂 one of my besties finally told me, “you should start selling your stuff,” and somehow that turned into this little business and community i love so much today. my love for food and baking really comes from my grandma, who owned Nanay’s Restaurant in Long Beach. i grew up watching her cook with so much care, and i think that shaped a huge part of who i am. i’ve always loved sweets, filipino desserts, and nostalgic flavors — so naturally, that became the heart of what i make. anyways, shoutout to my husband @mikerawk for supporting every late-night bake, random flavor experiment, and “can you taste this real quick?” moment 😂 so yeah — that’s a little about me and the heart behind cookies by julala. just a girl from Long Beach coping with stress by feeding people butter and sugar 🤎 thanks for being here, seriously. — kindly make your way to my DMs and order, lol.

Happy Birthday to my loving beautiful wife, Julia (@joolyaah )! I am forever grateful and thankful for you. Home-cooked meals and uncontrollable laughs shared with you are my most favorite things in the planet. Thank you for being here for me and holding space when I feel like things fall apart. Thank you for being the ever so wonderful you. I love you! #julalarawk til infinity ♾️

Wuddup [insert your name here]! Hope everything is well. Here’s a pix of me and my girl @joolyaah for Valentine’s at @snapjarphoto . I guess you can say it’s hella serious. Anyways, we just chillin at the arcade. She prolly bored while she waits for me to beat these foos on Street Fighter. Smell ya later! Also the last 2 pix are bonuses. Ya welcome. Peace, JulalaRawk TCCIC

At the tail end of 2024, I started re-collecting some of the video games and consoles I grew up playing. Rolling into 2025, I kept that momentum going. Shoutout to swap meets and flea markets, thrift stores, retro game shops across Southern California (and a few out of state), as well as eBay, Mercari, OfferUp, Marketplace, Whatnot, and Encore. These have been the main spaces filled with people from the community where I’ve built relationships—and my collection. I wanted to create a space to document the journey on this platform and eventually grow into longer formats. The experience I want to share is still evolving. Hard Copy isn’t just about my collection; it’s about helping you build yours, too. You know—if you’re into that sort of thing. More details to come in a future post. For now, I just wanted to introduce myself and say hi. I’m Mike—welcome to Hard Copy. Peace to our journeys, individually and collectively. And thank you to my lovely wife, @joolyaah for my awesome Peanuts x Moleskin. Follow along at @hardcopy.collectibles

Happy birthday my love, @mikerawk you are a man who moves through the world with a singular mission: to bring communities together, in every shape and form, welcoming everyone from all walks of life. that desire to connect people is what makes your heart the BIGGEST I know. Being around you is a true gift, always filling my days with stomach hurting laughs, inside jokes, and endless TV show references. baby mike (sry i posted that) - is so proud and amazed at everything you’ve been through and everywhere you’re going to be. be proud of yourself my love, give yourself more credit. you fuccin deserve it. thank you for being born, and thank you for being you. Life begins at 40. At 41, the sequel drops—and it’s even better..happy birthday babe, i love you too much.

Ninong Unko Mike highlight reel. I didn’t want to strain myself before the season. Shoutout @byandby.llc for the fresh crewneck. @officiallittletikes @dudeperfect @lakers holler at me.

another lap around the sun, 4th to be exact 🌞🐾 @mikerawk and I couldn’t love this girl more if we tried—she’s the best pup pup ever and we’re beyond grateful she’s ours. Here’s to more treats and tacos, more cuddles, and more smothered kisses everyday. thank you for loving us darlita.

Had to take a break from groovin’ at #noparkingonthedancefloor hosted by @nativesol by coolin’ in @nicasnecessities & @bvillan_art booth checcin’ on my Pokemón. I keep them close to my chest. Grab yourself a dope rice bag tote or fanny pack. The mahjong print lining is a nice personal touch and chef’s kiss.🫰🏽love to you and yours. Shoutout to community. We need each other now more than ever. Shoutout to mi love @joolyaah for the capture! #julalarawk #nicanecessities #longbeach #lbc #4thstreetlb #kirkland #kirklandsignature #upcycle #ricebag #supportingsmallbusinesses #smallbusinesses #nativesol #nintendo #nintendo3ds #pokemon

9 years together. 3 of them wonderful years – married. You know, I wish I had the wisdom of Yoda. (I wonder if Yoda was ever married or was ever in a relationship before becoming a Jedi). But if I can give any advice, it’s to love with everything you got. When you do that, it opens up a world that allows you to be the better version of you. That’s when the real cool shit happens. The “magic” and “fireworks” is in everything. It may not be every single moment, but that spark happens everyday. The support in all things journaling and stationary or hunting for retro video games and golf may seem like hella washed boomer activities, but I can assure you that giving yourself the opportunity to love with everything you got fills the heart, mind, and soul. Thank you for giving it all you got, @joolyaah . You’re all that and a bag of chips. Happy Anniversary, my honeygirl! #julalarawk

9 years together, 3 years married—and I still like you. Like really like you, forever💙 Thank you for being my best friend, my calm in the chaos, and my favorite human @mikerawk . We’ve got something pretty special and i thank YOU for that, also shoutout to me for being your built-in comedian for life. i love you forever, cuh. #julalarawk

“Join the resistance, young Jedi, break capitalism – watch the federation die.” Still reflecting about the energy @theparamountla had this past Friday. A big thank you to all the staff, security, and sound engineers for providing a safe space. So good to see @lyn.mmg @jbayani (thanks for grabbing my tote bag!) @misseseel @prophiphop @jedi_lbc1ty @sal_paradyse and hella homies! @faithsantilla and @fatgums set the tone for the night with such powerful words. @theneighborhoodkidsmusic (Do not sleep on ‘em!) for setting the stage on fire! And the @beatrockmusic chairman himself, @bambudepistola and @djphatrick for reminding us to organize together as a community. —- It’s for sure a TLDR situation, but I’ll document and share with y’all. I want to say 2003, I joined the joint Filipino clubs, Kasama x Gimmik. Mt. Sac and Cal Poly Pomona joined forces and that was my introduction to community building. Went to Friendship Games and saw The Native Guns. The rest is history. Woke up like I was a Sleeper Cell. I was never exposed to Philippine history, let alone the Palestinian occupation so I took it to myself to learn more. Fast forward, I put my bro @eratheoutlaw27 on to Bam, in turn he put me on to punk. We went to a Bam show in ‘08 between “I Scream Bars For The Children” and “Exact Change” Rich said to me, “Dude it would be dope if you get to open for Bam one time” 16 years later and a handful of Beatrock shows later, my sis and Beatrock tour manager @sheppi.soluna made that happen. Thank you for putting me on, Sheppi! —- A major shoutout to my wife @cookiesbyjulala for supporting and providing treats for the greenroom, my brothers @cruzahenri @thatdudedan_e @freddyg721 for pulling up, @bobbie_v @nicab00 @bb_phoebe_v @lrxmothership @daniel.thomas.shea @discoveringpanda @on.ree for supporting. Hope y’all enjoyed your first Bam show! Love y’all! Shoutout: @beauryan @golflinx and @joolyaah for the photos!