Raw Ham doin big things

So my friend raheem is a freelance producer and he just did this short thing about flo ridas first BET awards... i dont give a shit about flo rida but raw ham is doin his thing.... check out his work.. maybe you can learn a thing or 2 (taylor hahaha)

http://www.bet.com/Specials/BETAwards08/betawards-videos/beta_video_myfirstbetawardsflorida.htm

just my thoughts

hmmm... so ive been thinking about what my first post back should be... i wanted it to be something interesting and what not but i just figured hey... its my shit i can write about whatever i want lol... so im gonna ummm vent my thoughts and feelings about a current event thats been all over the news for some reason or another for the past umm week and a half or so.... california will now legallly recognize gay marraiges...


man i feel like its about damn time.... i think that the government should do a lot of things but prohibiting the union of two people before the law is not one of them..... it really pisses me off because you have these hypocritical religious nuts (who only seem to get religious when theres either gay people or abortions are brought up for some reason hmmmm) who are all up in arms because now gay people can be married in california...

woooo big whoop...

i want to ask u a question mr and mrs devout christian... how are two gay people getting married going to affect you or society negatively? i mean.. what harm can come from there being more stable families in america that can help our declining economy or maybe just maybe be able to adopt the many orphans in the country... i mean... how can the benifits a spouse will recieve when their significan other dies.. or less orphans on the streets... or people actually reconizing the love that two PEOPLE share possibly evoke a negative response from you? what if someone told you you couldnt marry who you want because its not right in the eyes of god? wtf

oh and about this "preserving the sanctity of marraige" crap..... for 1 marraige is a legal contract confirming the union of two people before the law and government... people chooooose to make it religious... and if you really want to preserve its sanctity... please please please try something practical like ummm i dunno sayyy NOT CHEATING ON YOUR SPOUSE.... hmm or possibly NOT GETTING DIVORCES.....you never know.. these things may help....

but as far as this being a sin and an abomination before god... dont even come at me with that crap... whatever happened to seperation between church and state? oh and if you read the bible you would know that each sin is weighted equally before the eyes of god.... so all of you lying, fornicating, coveting, disrespectful americans are going to be in hell right next to your gay married couple neighbors if you believe in that sort of thing

let he who is without sin cast the first stone..... but if you live in a glass house u probably shouldnt cast it ;)

Okay im back

finally im back in the blog world... my life has been kinda uhhhh lets say hectic for a while... ive been trying to pass my classes so i can get into a damn school and leave smc behind sheesh.... lol... but i did pass the remainder of my classes... so soon hopefully ill resume posting interesting shit... if its not interesting.... oh well.. its just my thoughts ladies and gentlemen lol.... so.. catch u soon

lmao

at the end of the entry i said ill "keep you posted" lmfao.. get it? blog... posted... haha... well its funny to me

ehh

ehhh so i failed the test... i took it pretty hard i guess but a few people made me feel better :) so what i did was go to the schools i was planning on going to and i talked to admissions.... long beach gave me a flat out no from the other side of a window... bastards.... but dominguez was more personal and sensitive to my case... some lady is reviewing my transcripts and said she will help me sooooo hopefully she delivers some good news for me.... ill keep you posted

Wish me luck!!!

so yesterday i took one of the biggest tests of my college career... for the first fifteen weeks of school ive been failing my stats class pretty badly... i need this class soooo bad because if i fail none of the schools i applied to will accept me unfortunately.... then ima be at punk ass SMC for yet another semester which i dont want... smc is a great institution and what not... but im ready to move on already.... soooo to make a short story long... i need to get at least a 75 on this test to have a chance at passing the class.... wish me luck

Quote of the week

sorry.. i kinda missed last week so heres another 2 for one...

"To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant"-Amos Bronson Alcott



"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. The bamboozle has captured us. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back."- Carl Sagan


In closing.... protect your mind... think critically

Why rush?

So i haven't posted anything for better than a week.... I've just been preoccupied with trying to get out of smc lol.... i have 2 debates next week and a huge test in stats that i need to pass or I'm going to fail the class... talk about pressure.. but for some reason i don't feel stressed... i know what i need to get done but i feel like if i don't.... it wont bother me... ill just keep working til its done.. i don't know if that's a virtue or a vice.. (id appreciate feedback on that).... so between school and work i have to allocate my meager amount of free time between my friends and terri haha... i don't think that's working out too well either but again I'm not stressed....... man life is too short to live it with all kinds of stress and its long enough for me to do what i need to do.... I'm already predisposed to high blood pressure and diabetes... why make it worse :) so I'm just gonna coast.. achieving my goals when i do... there is no rush

Quote of the week

2 for 1... i couldn't choose between em

"Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent." -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.


"The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'" - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

4/20

So of course today is april 20th 2008 aka 4/20 aka the smokers holiday... everyone out there be safe smoke responsibly lol... now i have friends who are potheads and i have friends who are diametrically opposed to even the thought of smoking cannibus... so you may ask me... how do you feel about the subject najee? im glad you ask! lol.... i feel like 4/20 is a great holiday and here is why

1. its an effective, peaceful way to rebel against an unjust national law (even if it isnt your initial intention)

2. it promotes solidarity and community (how many times have u been at a smokeout party and just passed blunts to whoever and met new ppl)

3. it helps the economy by sending all the zombies to 7-11 lol

yeah yeah i hear the people already "but weed is against the law u shouldn't do it and its unhealthy" to that i give a big big BULLSHIT! first of all all of the incredibly addicting, unsafe, and unhealthy things that ARE legal you arent saying shit about... such as tobacco, caffine (yes its a drug dumbass), alcohol and what not...

secondly i say... its a complete waste of government resources to arrest people for possession of small ammounts of marijuana... completely ridiculous when there are people running around with crack and heroin feeding poison to communities around our country.... get your heads out of the crack of your ass and catch the real criminals... this is also why i support DECRIMINALIZATION of marijuana... theres a difference between that and legalization buttt if it is decriminalized i feel like we can fairly asses if as a country we want to take the next step.

and thirdly... whens the last time you heard of somebody smoking some weed and going crazy and killing ppl or running people over or something extreme.. im guessing never....

now with that being said.... see yall suckas on the day after (get it? probably not but its okay ill tell u if u ask)

Maybe its just me.....

 

is anyone else disgusted by the amount of attention flava flav is getting? have u seen the trailers for this dumb ass show "under one roof"? this shit is ridiculous... every time i see this man and his prolific ignorance i want to puke..... it makes my head hurt to think that this man is a walking negative stereotype and he will have a prime time show on national television and we as a people are not taking to the streets to kick ignorance in its ass... instead we sit on ours and tune in.... man u people really need to wake up before even I lose hope!!! 

Seattle pics

okay so as you all know i spent this last week in seattle... it was cool... good experience i think... glad to get away from home and LA for a little bit but im back home and theres no place like it... so anywho... here are a few of the very few pics i snapped en route.

yeahh... i dunno i pretty much look like an idiot lol

as u can see terri really....

REALLY didnt want to be photographed

man i never knew the airport could be so boring... im taking stupid pose pics

ummmm this picture sucks

this is my wonderful cousin robbin who put up with my shit while i was out there hahaha

10 minutes going in.... 40 coming out lol

this is the first goose ive ever seen in real life... it suprised the hell out of me

space needle

some weird fountain
KEY arena!!! i got to go to the last seattle supersonics game possibly in history... hello Oklahoma City

the ppl of seattle arent very happy with clay bennet lol

these were just a few random pics that i took during the course of my trip.... it doesnt really summarize it or anything so i really dont even know why i took em lol.... but hope u enjoyed... if not... eh lol

quote of the week

"A person will worship something, have no doubt about that. We may think our tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of our hearts, but it will out. That which dominates our imaginations and our thoughts will determine our lives, and our character. Therefore, it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping we are becoming." Ralph Waldo Emerson

i chose this particular quote because i think it is extremely pertainant (spell check sorry) to my community as a black man... think about it.... we worship money and ignorance and wonder why we are not furthering ourselves as a community... think about it... who do u worship

no ideas original

man have u ever noticed that sooo many ppl have become so obsessed with "swagger jacking" and dont want their swagger jacked... its funny to me because



1. Im sure NOTHING (with few exceptions of course) that you have done or thought or wore (or worn, i dont know which one really fits here but im not an english major so eh lol) is TRULY original... i mean when u think about it... no matter what u do.... someone has already done it, gotten tired of it and jacked someone new so stop bitchin.



2. the sincerest form of flattery is immitation... stop bitchin cuz ppl wanna be like you that just means youre doing something right.. your personality is appealing your style is cool or something to that effect so shuttup!!! complain when no one wants to be like your dumb ass lol\

JUST A THOUGHT if i offend u... oh well lol

oh and ill be back in la tonight :)) so that means ill put up some pics from my trip... i took very few though so dont get ur hopes up lol

random

so im commenting on juliens blog... on r. kellys stupid ass hair (go look) and i had to type in that stupid word that looks all funny to protect from spam lol... so i look at the word and its "oodaweed" lmfaoooo OO DA WEED... random as fuck

Please retire these!!!

Ive done this once before but this is just a list of words and phrases that im sick of and are just plain ignorant and need to retire...some of em i use but im cutting them out of my life now!! any you want to add just drop in the comments

ain't
conversating
no homo
axe instead of ask
fo sho and variations i.e. 2sho
bitch
nigga
blood
cuz
what it do
TIU
youlll (wtf)
jerkin
burnt (im not even sure if ppl still say that lol)
turnt/geeked up
poppin
wats hood (what??? who says that json? lol)



ummm there are a lot more ill add em as i think of them or are suggested... but please my good people i implore you stop using these dumbass words! lol

Its time for me

Have you ever just been so completely exasperated that you dont know what to do with your life? well today was one of those days for me :\... i dont know sometimes i feel like nothing i do is enough... not by my standards and not by everyone elses standards.... i think thats why i chose the quote i did this week... that quote is more for me than anyone else (sorry lmao) but sometimes i feel like i should just give up.... sometimes i dont feel black enough, not smart enough, not funny enough, not wise enough, not bold enough, not HUMAN enough.... just simply not enough...... but now im thinking.... maybe i am enough... maybe i just dont have enough time to appreciate me and BE enough... (confusing right?)... so tonight... in my hotel room... its me night... im gonna turn on my jaccuzzi... (yea i have one in my suite, sweet right? lol) pour myself a drink..... turn on some sports... play some jazz... and celebrate.....

celebrate
being
ME

Quote of the week

How do I change? If I feel depressed I will sing. If I feel sad I will laugh. If I feel ill I will double my labour. If I feel fear I will plunge ahead. If I feel inferior I will wear new garments. If I feel uncertain I will raise my voice. If I feel poverty I will think of wealth to come. If I feel incompetent I will think of past success. If I feel insignificant I will remember my goals. Today I will be the master of my emotions. Og Mandino, “The Greatest Salesman in the World”

Seattle eh? i can dig it

okay so this is seattle.... ive been here for about 28 hours and its pretty cool.... its a laid back city... i feel like i can wear my red hat around and not have to look over my shoulder every couple of steps but who knowwsss... i dont think ive seen "the hood" yet haha... but from what ive seen i think that i could live here... only... theres one...... major..... flaw....... THE WEATHER!! omg... its friggin freeeeeezing brrrrrr..... i looked at the thermometer outside and it said 42 degrees..... WTF! im from LA born and bred... i dont know what the heck 42 degrees feels like... and on top of that its raining! not like a thick rain... more like a mist... a constant... unrelenting... mist... goodness... i thought it was spring! but its funny because these dudes from alaska im training with are like walking around with just their shirts on chillin... meanwhile im trying to put on every piece of warm clothing i own.... to them this is warm... sheesh! it just goes to show you that everything.. i mean EVERYTHING is relative... even weather.... But my cousin picked me up and we ate some thai food and chatted about this and that (i havent seen her since i was like 10) so it was a good thing.... i love spending time with family... sometimes theyre the only people who understand you... even if they dont really know you.. you know? But ummmm i feel like im rambling right about now so ill cut it short... good evening

Im LEAaaving on an airplane

So im about to spend this week in Seattle for work... (stupid pointless training)... Stokes has been generous enough to let me use his camera while im out there..hopefully i wont break it cuz lord knows i dont have the money to pay him back lol..... but who knows what kind of stuff ill see up there or what it will make me want to write about.... hopefully it wont rain on me (stupid northwest).... so with that IM LEAAAVING ON AN AIRPLANE, DONT KNOW WHEN ILL BE BACK AGAIN!! (look that song up... its a classic) catch yall suckas on the flip B-)