jazz and hip hop…good night world.
Teams v. Star Slinger- The Yes Strut
Oh yes…Summer SoCal spinning on repeat <3
I’m absolutely for higher education…but damn this system of private loans. Banks, I shake my fist at you. Unfortunately, my #1 reason why I haven’t gone into graduate school yet. Wrong mentality? Maybe. But surprisingly Suzy Orman has a point. If I could be a student forever…I would. If it weren’t so expensive…haha… But you know…student of life is good with me for now too.
Half-Way there
It’s always important to keep your goals in mind. New Year’s Resolution 2012:
3) Improve the way I organize things at work- learn to maintain instead of clean-know when to prioritize and take initiative…make sure my director will give me a sparkling reference with no sugar coating needed.
Half way through the year, and unexpectedly was able to cross this one off quicker than I thought. It’s only the beginning- hustle harder and watch me shine…to spread light and love that is.
The submitter of this photo swears that the following story is 100% true. No posse was hidden in the car with their discreet video cameras and slow-smirks blazing, but maybe this was a masterpiece of NYC subway performance art all the same:“When I ride the R train I like to beatbox. If I hold my hand out sometimes people give me money, other times I get dap from the youngsters (it’s a sign of respect apparently), but most of the time people try to ignore me as I remind them that even after all these years It’s (still) All About The Benjamins.This day was different. On this day my musical stylings were matched by this lyrical genius. He tilted his hat, folded his newspaper and proceeded to be the Fresh Prince to my Jazzy Jeff. We held the train under the spell of our call-and-response. We channeled the greats from an almost forgotten era…Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Premier & Guru (RIP), Eric B. & Rakim. For a brief moment, time stopped. We were a two-man revolution. There were no contenders. We never spoke again.”
I can’t take credit for making this up, it was just a picture on google images and I decided to paint it on canvas. It hangs above my door as a reminder of my goal to move ro SF. But damn…I sure am falling for Oakland.
Had two matching frames but decided to use the other for personalized notes and a Sam flores copy by me for dimension.
Finally made one of my very own :) woulda used fabric behind to save the wall, but I love the mint paint color too much.
The Hunger Games ignorance and connections.
Check out these tweets of people who failed reading comprehension and were disappointed that the characters Rue and Thresh are black. SMH world!
Connections: and we are surprised that people like the man who killed Treyvon exist? Tweets seem innocent enough but are so telling that stereotypes are so deeply imbedded in peoples minds. Murder because a kid was wearing a hoodie and “suspicious”? Outrageous. But it all starts and snowballs with “innocent” ignorance as seen in this link.
