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-)

Dr. King's Dream?

On this day, 40 years ago, one of the greatest men who ever lived (in my opinion of course) was assassinated. And with his last breaths went the self control, self worth, pride, hope and leadership of the black community. There have been many days like this one when i sit, and i think.. and i wonder... has Dr. King's dream died? or has it just transformed into this nightmare that we as a generation are dealing with. It seems to me that as a community with no leadership we have fallen prey to many societal ills and reverted into sort of a childishness. We take pride in our worldly riches no matter what the cost of obtaining them was. Whether it be selling drugs, disrespecting and exploiting our women or doing the same to ourselves. Is this Dr. King's dream being realized? I wouldn't think so. I feel that as a community we need to do some self checking and assessing what really needs to change in our world, and it starts with one person looking inside and asking the hard questions.

What am i doing to make myself a better person?

How am i presenting myself to the world?

Am i contributing to the edification of my community or am i indeed a cancerous growth who infects everyone i come in contact with?

In my opinion in relation to how far we need to go (myself included I do take ownership for my shortcomings) we have not accomplished a damn thing since Dr. King gave his life for us and our cause. Sure we can congregate in the same places as everyone and as a whole we dont face the same types of overt racism and discrimination that we have in the past, but at what cost? Black on black crime and drug abuse are still killing us, there are STILL more black men in Jail than college, and i cant turn on a damn tv without seeing some sort of negative picture of my fellow black people. Whether its the sambos and coons shuffling and smiling on BET and other networks, or my beautiful women being exploited and diminished WILLINGLY. I dont know what disturbs me more the fact that we treat our women this way or that they allow it.... the fact that we have been historically oppresed or that now we have taken on the task of oppressing our damn selves!

With that being said, i think that it is time that we as individuals start doing some self evaluations. I dont mean to preach (yes i do) but it is about time that we stop being statistics and stereotypes. We need to start living the dream of a great man. His dream, OUR dreams will be realized. I personally guarentee it.






"When that devil’s bullet lodged itself inside the body of Martin Luther King, he had already begun an astonishing mobilization of poor, Black, white, latino Americans who had nothing to lose. They would challenge our government to eliminate exploitative, merciless, and war-mongering policies, nationwide, or else “tie up the country” through “means of civil disobedience.” Dr. King intended to organize those legions into “coercive direct actions” that would make of Babylon a dysfunctional behemoth begging for relief. Is it any wonder he was killed?" -June Jordan

Quote of the week

"There is a man who exists as one of the most popular objects of leadership, legislation, and quasi-literature in the history of all men. . . . This man, that object of attention, attack, and vast activity, cannot make himself be heard, let alone understood. He has never been listened to. . . . That man is Black and alive in white America where the media of communication do not allow the delivery of his own voice, his own desires, his own rage"- June Jordan

Humph

Have you ever had one of those weeks where try as you might you cant find a damn thing interesting about it? Like i mean where u dont know what you did on a specific day because every god damned day was essentially the same. Wake up go to school go to work go to sleep.... grrr i hate the monotony its driving me crazy......

Red Sox fan at the colleseum lol

Today the dodgers played the Red Sox (my favorite team) at the collesium lol... And im there with Stokes (yankee fan boooooooo) his brother and beau. I have on my red sox hoodie of course and alllll of the drunk mexicans are mad doggin me lol.... i mean there were like 100,000 dodger fans there and lil ol me haha.... so the red sox are whoopin ass and im talkin shit cuz thats what i do lol... and all of the dodger fans are like boooooooooo sit down!!! and im talkin shit right back lol... anyway we r leaving the game and im just walking and this drunk mexican dude with a "redsox suck" shirt cuts me off and puts his arm on me and says "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO RED SOX SUCK BOOOOOO" and hes giving me the thumbs down and kasey is over here laughin his butt off lol... then his friend joins in with the booing and im shouting "WORLD SERIES CHAMPS!!" then this dude tries to turn around and rub his but on me lol so i decided okay time to go hahaha.... just another day in the life of a Red Sox fan :)

Does the slipper fit???

Davidson advances to the elite 8 tonight! For those of you who dont follow NCAA basketball, NOONE expected this at the beginning of the tournament. This is what we play for! Davidson, a small private college has been dominating power schools (Gonzaga, Georgetown, and now Wisconson) led by this man to the left. Steven Curry (son of sharpshooter Dell Curry, like you really care lol) who has become the fourth player in NCAA history to score over 30 points in his first 4 tournament games... YIKES...ladies watch out hes going leauge so u might wanna scoop him up haha.... anywhoooo watch out for Cinderella team Davidson... GO WILDCATS!

Quote of the week

"Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today." Malcolm X