For over a decade, I have failed to figure this out. Just listen to it and see if it comes to you. Share your thoughts here :-)
Friday, June 26, 2009
The Greatest Mystery the King of Pop Leaves Behind
First, props be to the king of pop who just passed away. Great humanitarian and entertainer who the world judged and judged until his death (black folks didn’t even claim him 24 hours ago…). Hope the legacy remains in tact as time passes, but I have a question that maybe YOU can answer - what the hell was "Smooth Criminal" about?
For over a decade, I have failed to figure this out. Just listen to it and see if it comes to you. Share your thoughts here :-)
For over a decade, I have failed to figure this out. Just listen to it and see if it comes to you. Share your thoughts here :-)
Monday, June 22, 2009
I Love This Game
I stopped playing basketball five years ago (2004). I didn’t lose the fire for the game. I remain an ultra competitive person and still retain the mind to play the game well. The problem was that I hated playing with random guys who never liked to play defense, but had no problem dribbling on their own for forty seconds without crossing the free throw line. I play to win: go hard on defense, rest on offense by rotating the ball, and communicate with the team. Of course this sort of formula hardly ever works when playing pick up games so eventually I got bored with it. So I started living vicariously in the athletes who played the game I love, but then a pattern became clear to me in college basketball and the NBA:
College Basketball: Here’s what you need to win - Get a penetrating point guard, a few guys who can spot up for shots, some size for the glass, and some prestige so the refs give you the benefit on nearly every call (and so ESPN can talk about how great this team is based on clout built from decades ago that gray haired aficionados still remember). Now that sounds like a ‘duh’ situation except for the fact that in application, but it is incredibly boring to watch because it becomes a basketball flowchart.
NBA: Same formula except that the superstar tends to get more acclaim than the franchise (unless we are talking Lakers, Knicks or Celtics) and some centers actually dunk the ball. Few teams actually run plays consistently in the NBA, but all of them revert to a pick and roll with their two best players as the chosen offense for the last six minutes of a close game.
In Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Cleveland Cavaliers even said screw that and just handed LeBron James the ball at the top of the key from the tail end of the third quarter until the end of the game, not one set play. If LeBron James was not LeBron James then the Cavaliers easily lose but he is an amazing talent who willed them to victory with 37 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists (that would be like if one lioness took out five grown wildebeests on her own). The Cleveland Cavaliers are coached by Mike Brown, THE FREAKING NBA 2009 COACH OF THE YEAR, AND THAT’S THE BEST HE CAME UP WITH!!!! Witnessing James be a one man crew may be fun to some, but that was like a basketball felony to me. No superstar should be forced to do it even if he can because, as expected, he looked exhausted the next game.
Please tell me I was not the only sick of these damn things showing up even AFTER the Cavs did not make the Finals.
NBA players, coaches, general managers and the like get upset with fans for be critical and telling them how to do their job. I can understand that to a degree. If I have never had sex I can’t tell another man how it feels to be inside a woman, but I can at least tell him what hole to put it in. To be frank, I see a lot of NBA players, coaches and general managers just putting it in the wrong hole. Mike Brown is a coach example. Kobe Bryant is also an example although he won a championship this year, he remains a player who does not respect his teammates (and if he could, he would dribble it alone for forty seconds in a game winning situation) - I will let Bill Simmons, my favorite sports columinst break this one down (I recommend reading his whole column, it‘s amazing) :
I swear this man takes all my ideas and publishes them before I can. I don't even say they are my opinions any more, "Bill said this (insert genius sports analysis)."
My Chicago Bulls are another great example of how not to find the hole. Other than the attempted trade for Kobe Bryant (yeah, a tad ironic for me) they have not done much to shake things up. AND NO, I WILL NOT TALK ABOUT SIGNING BEN WALLACE TO A FOUR YEAR, $60 MIL CONTRACT JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE SCARED OF THE PISTONS HAVING AN AGINIG, NO OFFENSE HAVING… OMG I HAD FORGOTTEN THAT… DAMN! AHHHHHHHHH! I‘m seriously holding my face right now. That would be like convincing someone to make a trade in Monopoly based on the argument that the baby blue property (Oriental, Vermont, and Connecticut) on the board was more valuable than that dark blue (Park Place and Boardwalk) because the dark blue only has two spots while the baby blue has three… Then they did make a trade that made Cleveland better and is probably the catalyst to LeBron staying in … See this is why I don’t think about this stuff.
Yep, it's that crucial sometimes. I do not recommend playing Monopoly with people you do not like, it's gonna turn out even worse than this.
Chicago Bulls (1966 - ) Draft History
http://www.basketballreference.com/draft/draftteam.htm?tm=CHI&lg=N
*Side note: To make a point, I was going through the Bull draft history and just remembered that we drafted LaMarcus Aldridge and traded him before he played a game in a Bulls uniform. I refuse to even look up what happened. My subconscious just does not want me to remember for a reason.
*goes to weep in a corner for a few moments and nibble on a cookie*
Sigh, ok. John Paxson has an obsession with the same sort of player - an athletic, high energy big man without an offensive game, who crashes boards but has the “potential” to be a star (basically the flow chart star from the NCAA flowchart). This is not a bad pick and can work out if given the right situation, but this does not work out when you always have three to four players on your team who are supposed to play the “ athletic, high energy big man without an offensive game, who crashes boards but has the “potential” to be a star” role. Now we have a new GM considering giving Ben “Shoot Over Triple Teams” Gordon a contract worth over $10 million a year (hell, let’s just be consistent with all the Bens and give him the “Wallace” contract) when he could not be a starter on 20 teams in the NBA.
Shrug, wakarimasen. John Paxson wa baka ni shimashita.
After typing those last few paragraphs, I’m too upset to even think about basketball for a few days. Maybe I’ll finish my main point later on a different day.
I need to apply to be an NBA GM. HAHA, GM.
Maybe that’s not funny.
College Basketball: Here’s what you need to win - Get a penetrating point guard, a few guys who can spot up for shots, some size for the glass, and some prestige so the refs give you the benefit on nearly every call (and so ESPN can talk about how great this team is based on clout built from decades ago that gray haired aficionados still remember). Now that sounds like a ‘duh’ situation except for the fact that in application, but it is incredibly boring to watch because it becomes a basketball flowchart.
NBA: Same formula except that the superstar tends to get more acclaim than the franchise (unless we are talking Lakers, Knicks or Celtics) and some centers actually dunk the ball. Few teams actually run plays consistently in the NBA, but all of them revert to a pick and roll with their two best players as the chosen offense for the last six minutes of a close game.
In Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Cleveland Cavaliers even said screw that and just handed LeBron James the ball at the top of the key from the tail end of the third quarter until the end of the game, not one set play. If LeBron James was not LeBron James then the Cavaliers easily lose but he is an amazing talent who willed them to victory with 37 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists (that would be like if one lioness took out five grown wildebeests on her own). The Cleveland Cavaliers are coached by Mike Brown, THE FREAKING NBA 2009 COACH OF THE YEAR, AND THAT’S THE BEST HE CAME UP WITH!!!! Witnessing James be a one man crew may be fun to some, but that was like a basketball felony to me. No superstar should be forced to do it even if he can because, as expected, he looked exhausted the next game.
Please tell me I was not the only sick of these damn things showing up even AFTER the Cavs did not make the Finals.
NBA players, coaches, general managers and the like get upset with fans for be critical and telling them how to do their job. I can understand that to a degree. If I have never had sex I can’t tell another man how it feels to be inside a woman, but I can at least tell him what hole to put it in. To be frank, I see a lot of NBA players, coaches and general managers just putting it in the wrong hole. Mike Brown is a coach example. Kobe Bryant is also an example although he won a championship this year, he remains a player who does not respect his teammates (and if he could, he would dribble it alone for forty seconds in a game winning situation) - I will let Bill Simmons, my favorite sports columinst break this one down (I recommend reading his whole column, it‘s amazing) :
Kobe '09: Change we can believe in?
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/090616&sportCat=nba
If you're playing the "Shut up, Kobe was better this spring!" card, your only real evidence is two signature Kick-Butt Kobe Finals Games (Games 1 and 5). But if you're selling the "Kobe finally gets it" angle, then why was he gunning for 40 points at the tail end of a Game 1 blowout when he had already taken 30-plus shots? In Game 2, why did he go one-on-four for the winning basket (and miss) and ignore three wide-open teammates? Why did everyone so willingly gloss over the fact that, from the second quarter of Game 3 through overtime of Game 4, he missed 31 of 46 shots and kept shooting, anyway? Or that, near the tail end of Game 5, Kobe was so desperate to drain the clinching dagger that he clanged two 27-footers and allowed Orlando to climb within 12? Or that he didn't have a single clutch moment in the Finals other than his sweet dish to Gasol during their frantic Game 4 comeback?
I swear this man takes all my ideas and publishes them before I can. I don't even say they are my opinions any more, "Bill said this (insert genius sports analysis)."
My Chicago Bulls are another great example of how not to find the hole. Other than the attempted trade for Kobe Bryant (yeah, a tad ironic for me) they have not done much to shake things up. AND NO, I WILL NOT TALK ABOUT SIGNING BEN WALLACE TO A FOUR YEAR, $60 MIL CONTRACT JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE SCARED OF THE PISTONS HAVING AN AGINIG, NO OFFENSE HAVING… OMG I HAD FORGOTTEN THAT… DAMN! AHHHHHHHHH! I‘m seriously holding my face right now. That would be like convincing someone to make a trade in Monopoly based on the argument that the baby blue property (Oriental, Vermont, and Connecticut) on the board was more valuable than that dark blue (Park Place and Boardwalk) because the dark blue only has two spots while the baby blue has three… Then they did make a trade that made Cleveland better and is probably the catalyst to LeBron staying in … See this is why I don’t think about this stuff.
Yep, it's that crucial sometimes. I do not recommend playing Monopoly with people you do not like, it's gonna turn out even worse than this.
Chicago Bulls (1966 - ) Draft History
http://www.basketballreference.com/draft/draftteam.htm?tm=CHI&lg=N
*Side note: To make a point, I was going through the Bull draft history and just remembered that we drafted LaMarcus Aldridge and traded him before he played a game in a Bulls uniform. I refuse to even look up what happened. My subconscious just does not want me to remember for a reason.
*goes to weep in a corner for a few moments and nibble on a cookie*
Sigh, ok. John Paxson has an obsession with the same sort of player - an athletic, high energy big man without an offensive game, who crashes boards but has the “potential” to be a star (basically the flow chart star from the NCAA flowchart). This is not a bad pick and can work out if given the right situation, but this does not work out when you always have three to four players on your team who are supposed to play the “ athletic, high energy big man without an offensive game, who crashes boards but has the “potential” to be a star” role. Now we have a new GM considering giving Ben “Shoot Over Triple Teams” Gordon a contract worth over $10 million a year (hell, let’s just be consistent with all the Bens and give him the “Wallace” contract) when he could not be a starter on 20 teams in the NBA.
Shrug, wakarimasen. John Paxson wa baka ni shimashita.
After typing those last few paragraphs, I’m too upset to even think about basketball for a few days. Maybe I’ll finish my main point later on a different day.
I need to apply to be an NBA GM. HAHA, GM.
Maybe that’s not funny.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Shocking New News
I don’t read the news the way I used to: too much violence, slick conspiracies, updates on rich white young people, (insert something else depressing or irrelevant to my life) so for a headline to capture my attention is rare.
For example, it is rare that college athletes get dismissed from their university. It has to be something that embarrasses the school. DUI, cheating on test, stalking - HA! No one even has to know. I have seen college athletes do in person do some shit that would get my ass five to ten years in a local Tennessee prison next to NRA aficionados.
Did you know that Pedobear used to be a college athlete?
The rules are different for college athletes and this is especially true in college towns (cities that revolve around the college campus). The number one thing for them is money, point blank. It’s not until they an athlete embarrasses their reputation that they lose some clout which in turn affects money from donors with their … ok I’m gonna stop there cause I would love a sponsor :) . But it is obvious that the # 1 goal is to win; to win is to add to your reputation. Conduct can be swept under the rug, tossed into the sea, and all evidence blown to bits by the atom smasher wrapped inside the rug with an adamantium rope tied together by Kryptonian strength. So I am always curious when they are dismissed. It’s like, “What did you do that was that bad?” Here’s the headline:
“Nebraska wrestlers dismissed after posing nude” but if they wanted to give you the complete context it would say, “Nebraska wrestlers dismissed after posing nude (for a gay website).”
My thoughts went in this order, “Hmmm… huh… ohhhh, LMAO!” *wipes crying tear* Ok ok ok ok, so peep this: One of the guys has paid fines for possessing or consuming alcohol as a minor, trespassing and assault (who the hell can afford to pay fines for all tho ...keep going). None of that merit’s a dissmissal, but posing nude for a gay audience does. I don’t know much about Nebraska and would simply assume that most folks there are Christian, and would not approve so then the university has no choice otherwise it looks as if they condone or do not mind gay culture. Shrug.
Another crazy story was the recent ruling by a court that a woman must pay $ 1.92 million for 24 songs ($80,000 each) she downloaded via an unnamed P2P service. Read that last sentence one more time.
Yeah, it’s outrageous. Some of you are probably uninstalling Sharezza, Limewire or whatever it is that you use right now, but I still have a load of questions about how this information was obtained. Each time these lawsuits occur, no one ever mentions HOW they caught anyone. Think about it: they would sue everyone if they could. Much more effective would be shut down all torrents and P2P services but they can’t so they ruin one single mother’s life along with the next however many generations of her family just to SCARE YOU. Sadly, I bet everyone in her family is trying to get adopted, become a refugee in Iraq, something, anything, cause NO ONE WANTS THAT DEBT.
"Yeah it is tough out here, but it's better than being two million bucks in debt."
You either laugh or get mad. I’m just gonna eat these cookies, sip this mil.. What’s that? Cow flu in milk? *spits milk on computer monitor*
Another unnecessary happening:
Animal group PETA condemn Barack Obama fly murder
The New Obama Agenda!
For example, it is rare that college athletes get dismissed from their university. It has to be something that embarrasses the school. DUI, cheating on test, stalking - HA! No one even has to know. I have seen college athletes do in person do some shit that would get my ass five to ten years in a local Tennessee prison next to NRA aficionados.
Did you know that Pedobear used to be a college athlete?
The rules are different for college athletes and this is especially true in college towns (cities that revolve around the college campus). The number one thing for them is money, point blank. It’s not until they an athlete embarrasses their reputation that they lose some clout which in turn affects money from donors with their … ok I’m gonna stop there cause I would love a sponsor :) . But it is obvious that the # 1 goal is to win; to win is to add to your reputation. Conduct can be swept under the rug, tossed into the sea, and all evidence blown to bits by the atom smasher wrapped inside the rug with an adamantium rope tied together by Kryptonian strength. So I am always curious when they are dismissed. It’s like, “What did you do that was that bad?” Here’s the headline:
“Nebraska wrestlers dismissed after posing nude” but if they wanted to give you the complete context it would say, “Nebraska wrestlers dismissed after posing nude (for a gay website).”
Associated Press
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Two Nebraska wrestlers, including one who won an NCAA championship in 2007, have been dismissed from the team after posing naked for videos and photographs on an Internet pornography site.
Paul Donahoe and Kenny Jordan were let go Tuesday, three days after a blog posted images of them taken from Fratmentv.com, a Web site featuring naked or partially clothed male athletes.
"The history of behavior of these men, including the current matter, does not reflect the standard of excellence we aspire to on and off the mat," coach Mark Manning said in a statement. "We have outstanding student-athletes in our program and we will move forward in a positive manner toward our goals.
"I want to personally apologize for any embarrassment that may have been caused for our athletic department, the university and our fans," Manning said.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3532146
My thoughts went in this order, “Hmmm… huh… ohhhh, LMAO!” *wipes crying tear* Ok ok ok ok, so peep this: One of the guys has paid fines for possessing or consuming alcohol as a minor, trespassing and assault (who the hell can afford to pay fines for all tho ...keep going). None of that merit’s a dissmissal, but posing nude for a gay audience does. I don’t know much about Nebraska and would simply assume that most folks there are Christian, and would not approve so then the university has no choice otherwise it looks as if they condone or do not mind gay culture. Shrug.
Another crazy story was the recent ruling by a court that a woman must pay $ 1.92 million for 24 songs ($80,000 each) she downloaded via an unnamed P2P service. Read that last sentence one more time.
(CNN) -- A federal jury Thursday found a 32-year-old Minnesota woman guilty of illegally downloading music from the Internet and fined her $80,000 each -- a total of $1.9 million -- for 24 songs.
Jammie Thomas-Rasset's case was the first such copyright infringement case to go to trial in the United States, her attorney said.
Attorney Joe Sibley said that his client was shocked at the fine, noting that the price tag on the songs she downloaded was 99 cents.
She plans to appeal, he said.
Cara Duckworth, a spokeswoman for the Recording Industry Association of America, said the association was "pleased that the jury agreed with the evidence and found the defendant liable."
"We appreciate the jury's service and that they take this as seriously as we do," she said.
Thomas-Rasset downloaded work by artists such as No Doubt, Linkin Park, Gloria Estefan and Sheryl Crow.
This was the second trial for Thomas-Rasset. The judge ordered a retrial in 2007 after there was an error in the wording of jury instructions.
The fines jumped considerably from the first trial, which granted just $220,000 to the recording companies.
Thomas-Rasset is married with four children and works for an Indian tribe in Minnesota.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/18/minnesota.music.download.fine/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
Yeah, it’s outrageous. Some of you are probably uninstalling Sharezza, Limewire or whatever it is that you use right now, but I still have a load of questions about how this information was obtained. Each time these lawsuits occur, no one ever mentions HOW they caught anyone. Think about it: they would sue everyone if they could. Much more effective would be shut down all torrents and P2P services but they can’t so they ruin one single mother’s life along with the next however many generations of her family just to SCARE YOU. Sadly, I bet everyone in her family is trying to get adopted, become a refugee in Iraq, something, anything, cause NO ONE WANTS THAT DEBT.
"Yeah it is tough out here, but it's better than being two million bucks in debt."
You either laugh or get mad. I’m just gonna eat these cookies, sip this mil.. What’s that? Cow flu in milk? *spits milk on computer monitor*
Another unnecessary happening:
Animal group PETA condemn Barack Obama fly murder
PEOPLE for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is upset with US President Barack Obama killing a fly during a televised interview - and are sending him a parcel to prove it.
The Daily Telegraph reports PETA is sending President Barack Obama a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, a device that allows users to trap a house fly and then release it outside.
“We support compassion even for the most curious, smallest and least sympathetic animals,” PETA spokesman Bruce Friedrich said.
“We believe that people, where they can be compassionate, should be, for all animals.”
During an interview for CNBC at the White House on Tuesday, a fly intruded on Mr Obama’s conversation with correspondent John Harwood.
“Get out of here,” the President told the pesky insect.
http://white--house.com/barack-obama/animal-group-peta-condemn-barack-obama-fly-murder
The New Obama Agenda!
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Let's Read
*I am aware that books are underlined but I don't know how to properly use html so books will be in quotes until I properly update this post.
I’m an odd fellow. I read all sorts of stuff. Only two genres will always remain out of my stash forever: romance and urban “gutter” fiction (books like “Where My Baby Daddy” , “I Wish A Motherfucker Would” , “ The Motherfucker That Could” … you get what I mean). So far I’ve just been rereading books but have not immersed in anything unfamiliar, partially because I’m uncertain of where to even begin.
Honestly, I kept saying I would begin reading since I got out of school in May and have successfully stalled each time I would nestle a book between my hands, but then the power for my house went out for five days which in turn erased my hesitant phase. Here’s what I read during that time:
Sun Tzu’s "Art of War"
Barry Eisler’s “The Last Assassin” and “Rain Fall”
Art of War is a book that discusses how one should lead a group to victory and the intractires of understanding your opponent. The Barry Eisler books are a series about a half Japanese, half American male assassin known as John Rain. Rain is charismatic and calculating but also contemplative and loyal which makes for a very interesting mix of situations. I’m putting both descriptions pretty cut and dry but I certainly would recommend reading any of the John rain series in conjunction with “Art of War” - makes for a new understanding of the self and the vulnerabilities we all have.
Also skimmed through Chancellor Williams’ “The Destruction of Black Civilization - Great Issues of a race from 4500 BC to 2000 AD”
and Terry McMillan’s “Waiting To Exhale” (not a bad book at all, I just don’t get much from the overall story).
I read both of these a while back but didn’t really want to finish both a second time.
My big read this summer is Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “The Idiot” which is a humbling 564 pages in what seems to be size six print.
The story is based on a 19th century prince who is completely sheltered from society. The larger themes involve what this sort of ignorance would mean for an individual and those surrounding him or her. The prince is forgiving to a fault and tends not to understand when others mean to deceive him (like that guy who doesn’t get that bitches are bitches so treat them as such instead of getting hurt over and over; come on, you know someone like that, HAHA). According to the introduction, Dostoevsky’s intention was to write the story of “a truly beautiful soul” and it is said many times that his actions are supposed to mimic those of Jesus in some way. Intrigued? So was I. Hope the read is worth it.
I thought about reading some more Herman Melville… maybe later…much later. I think I'll have enough brain farts trying to figure out an idiot.
It won't be this bad, but ya'll know what I mean
I’m an odd fellow. I read all sorts of stuff. Only two genres will always remain out of my stash forever: romance and urban “gutter” fiction (books like “Where My Baby Daddy” , “I Wish A Motherfucker Would” , “ The Motherfucker That Could” … you get what I mean). So far I’ve just been rereading books but have not immersed in anything unfamiliar, partially because I’m uncertain of where to even begin.
Honestly, I kept saying I would begin reading since I got out of school in May and have successfully stalled each time I would nestle a book between my hands, but then the power for my house went out for five days which in turn erased my hesitant phase. Here’s what I read during that time:
Sun Tzu’s "Art of War"
Barry Eisler’s “The Last Assassin” and “Rain Fall”
Art of War is a book that discusses how one should lead a group to victory and the intractires of understanding your opponent. The Barry Eisler books are a series about a half Japanese, half American male assassin known as John Rain. Rain is charismatic and calculating but also contemplative and loyal which makes for a very interesting mix of situations. I’m putting both descriptions pretty cut and dry but I certainly would recommend reading any of the John rain series in conjunction with “Art of War” - makes for a new understanding of the self and the vulnerabilities we all have.
Also skimmed through Chancellor Williams’ “The Destruction of Black Civilization - Great Issues of a race from 4500 BC to 2000 AD”
and Terry McMillan’s “Waiting To Exhale” (not a bad book at all, I just don’t get much from the overall story).
I read both of these a while back but didn’t really want to finish both a second time.
My big read this summer is Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “The Idiot” which is a humbling 564 pages in what seems to be size six print.
The story is based on a 19th century prince who is completely sheltered from society. The larger themes involve what this sort of ignorance would mean for an individual and those surrounding him or her. The prince is forgiving to a fault and tends not to understand when others mean to deceive him (like that guy who doesn’t get that bitches are bitches so treat them as such instead of getting hurt over and over; come on, you know someone like that, HAHA). According to the introduction, Dostoevsky’s intention was to write the story of “a truly beautiful soul” and it is said many times that his actions are supposed to mimic those of Jesus in some way. Intrigued? So was I. Hope the read is worth it.
I thought about reading some more Herman Melville… maybe later…much later. I think I'll have enough brain farts trying to figure out an idiot.
It won't be this bad, but ya'll know what I mean
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Quote of the Month (Originally written 7/3/07) -Malcolm X
"The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses."
It is time people really take an honest look at self and consider why they do the things they do. Why do you think what you think?
Consider this: If you are born into a Christian family, no one has to tell you the ancient civilizations were full of people who were sinners (therefore, dehumanizing them as less than). Polytheism (belief in more than one god) is considered laughable in today’s society and no one in the modern “civilized world” takes any of their stories or gods seriously because of the fact there is more than one god (this would include all ancient Africans, Native Americans, and Asians).
People say dragons and stuff like that were made up and mystical things that could never happen, while burning bushes that talk, staffs turning into snakes, and seas being parted into two after a man is endowed with the power by God are all part of one particular story; then again, maybe it was a metaphor.
Miseducation is not always as blunt as saying "This is it!" Sometimes it is simply omitting facts.
I find it hilarious that so many people can’t even disagree amongst so-called friends. Instead just deferring to the majority opinion of the clique. If you can not disagree with a friend, who can you disagree with?
It is a group mentality, a sort of “self check” through peer pressure. People believe things and yet have no reasons for their opinion. Baffling and appalling that these same individuals want to be acknowledged as mature adults.
No one can have an opinion without an informed understanding of said topic weither it be political, musical, religious, regional, personal, and so on.
Remember that next time you have a “real” discussion.
It is time people really take an honest look at self and consider why they do the things they do. Why do you think what you think?
Consider this: If you are born into a Christian family, no one has to tell you the ancient civilizations were full of people who were sinners (therefore, dehumanizing them as less than). Polytheism (belief in more than one god) is considered laughable in today’s society and no one in the modern “civilized world” takes any of their stories or gods seriously because of the fact there is more than one god (this would include all ancient Africans, Native Americans, and Asians).
People say dragons and stuff like that were made up and mystical things that could never happen, while burning bushes that talk, staffs turning into snakes, and seas being parted into two after a man is endowed with the power by God are all part of one particular story; then again, maybe it was a metaphor.
Miseducation is not always as blunt as saying "This is it!" Sometimes it is simply omitting facts.
I find it hilarious that so many people can’t even disagree amongst so-called friends. Instead just deferring to the majority opinion of the clique. If you can not disagree with a friend, who can you disagree with?
It is a group mentality, a sort of “self check” through peer pressure. People believe things and yet have no reasons for their opinion. Baffling and appalling that these same individuals want to be acknowledged as mature adults.
No one can have an opinion without an informed understanding of said topic weither it be political, musical, religious, regional, personal, and so on.
Remember that next time you have a “real” discussion.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
25 Facts That Might Save Your Life +_+ O_O !_!
1. You know how some people are sex fiends? I’m a cookie fiend.
2. I am the reigning Fall 2008 Monopoly champion (currently in the lead for the spring season with 5 wins under the belt).
3. I am a really good athlete and still have a passion for playing the game; however, since people don’t actually play sports no more (for example, dribbling the ball by themselves for 35 seconds and never making it beyond the free throw line yet they still refuse to play defense) I stopped altogether. But I maintain the sexiness. Someone gotta get it one day.
4. I love my family and friends but almost never let them know. It really doesn’t show @ all.
5. I play videogames all the time but just play other people’s PS3, 360 and Wii (Go dorms!).
6. SOMEONE (you know who you are) “borrowed” my Aladdin DVD (limited freaking edition) and never gave it back. I still weep about this when I’m alone.
7. I hate, hate, HATE being taken seriously all the time. This has ended some potential great friendships and romantic rendezvous.
8. I don’t like the word ‘penis.’ Makes me want to reach and make sure it’s still there.
9. I’ve had some sort of facial hair since age 3. Three. Just so you know it wasn’t a typo.
10. I hate smelling perfumes of my ex-girlfriends. My mom occasionally wears the perfume of my first girlfriend…
11. I was born on the 23rd of October. This means I’m on the cusp of Libra and Scorpio. At times, I have traits of both.
12. Do not challenge me in any videogame unless you know some crazy hax. I will OMGWTFWASTHATSHITPWNYOU.
Honestly, had I known your girl would be there to see it, I wouldn't have done you in like that.
13. I am of no particular religious doctrine.
14. I can sleep through anything under 130 decibels if it’s a sound I recognize.
15. I fear writing. I never know what I will find out.
16. I have lived in Los Angeles (CA), Chicago (IL), Memphis (TN) and Knoxville (TN).
17. I refuse to buy a shoe over $40 unless it goes with a suit. In the 8th grade, I wore this red suit with red shoes and a white cape. Didn’t do me much good though because I was basically still scared of girls back then. Sigh, what a lameass.
18. I still think Shaggy on Scooby Doo was black. This dude never wanted to go check out the mystery. He heard a noise, he went the opposite direction. He always was eating Scooby’s Scooby snacks. I mean come on! On a similar note, why the hell is Goku a white guy in the Dragon Ball live action movie? Goku is Asian! I don't see any white American slaves in movies.
Don't let me ever be a movie director. I'm gonna screw everything up in Huckleberry Fin!
19. I prefer small crowds. Hard to act as if I like you if I don’t. I mean it’s doable but if it’s not a job I have a choice.
20. I will not date anyone who rates 8 or above on my sexy meter anymore. This will be explained later on in a blog.
21. I don’t trust the government. Doesn’t mean I don’t have hopes of a better tomorrow, but it’s just a bunch of men making decisions, not a machine attempting to do what’s best for all.
22. I was a gullible child. Two specific things come to mind. One day, my cousin told me we were made in a factory and I cried for hours. Later that week, he told me that Aisha, the yellow Power Ranger, stayed across the street from his house. Needless to say, I watched that house from his window the entire day which scared his neighbors.
OOOOOOOOOO, to this day! Hott! (that's for you Mercerdes)
23. Music I listen to: Japanese, hip hop, rock, jazz, (old) R&B.
24. I am looking for a girlfriend. I thought about this in some detail long ago but I understand how dwindling the #s are. Just peep this:
Let’s say I want to look for a black girlfriend. Most black women in the U.S. are Christians. I am not. There goes probably 75% already. Now let’s take race of the equation and I still say it’s around 60 % of women are out of the question. Now, from this 40% who don’t care about my religious priorities, what percentage are not certifiably crazy? From that number, are their teeth nasty? Does she mind cooking or cleaning occasionally? Can she take a joke?
When I finished my random lists of things I would prefer, the percentage was something like .00032 %.
Sigh, how many concessions will I really have to make?
25. I got a YouTube channel that will be regularly updated along with two different blogs separated for poetry and the other for random stuff .
Check ‘em out later.
Word is bond.
2. I am the reigning Fall 2008 Monopoly champion (currently in the lead for the spring season with 5 wins under the belt).
3. I am a really good athlete and still have a passion for playing the game; however, since people don’t actually play sports no more (for example, dribbling the ball by themselves for 35 seconds and never making it beyond the free throw line yet they still refuse to play defense) I stopped altogether. But I maintain the sexiness. Someone gotta get it one day.
4. I love my family and friends but almost never let them know. It really doesn’t show @ all.
5. I play videogames all the time but just play other people’s PS3, 360 and Wii (Go dorms!).
6. SOMEONE (you know who you are) “borrowed” my Aladdin DVD (limited freaking edition) and never gave it back. I still weep about this when I’m alone.
7. I hate, hate, HATE being taken seriously all the time. This has ended some potential great friendships and romantic rendezvous.
8. I don’t like the word ‘penis.’ Makes me want to reach and make sure it’s still there.
9. I’ve had some sort of facial hair since age 3. Three. Just so you know it wasn’t a typo.
10. I hate smelling perfumes of my ex-girlfriends. My mom occasionally wears the perfume of my first girlfriend…
11. I was born on the 23rd of October. This means I’m on the cusp of Libra and Scorpio. At times, I have traits of both.
12. Do not challenge me in any videogame unless you know some crazy hax. I will OMGWTFWASTHATSHITPWNYOU.
Honestly, had I known your girl would be there to see it, I wouldn't have done you in like that.
13. I am of no particular religious doctrine.
14. I can sleep through anything under 130 decibels if it’s a sound I recognize.
15. I fear writing. I never know what I will find out.
16. I have lived in Los Angeles (CA), Chicago (IL), Memphis (TN) and Knoxville (TN).
17. I refuse to buy a shoe over $40 unless it goes with a suit. In the 8th grade, I wore this red suit with red shoes and a white cape. Didn’t do me much good though because I was basically still scared of girls back then. Sigh, what a lameass.
18. I still think Shaggy on Scooby Doo was black. This dude never wanted to go check out the mystery. He heard a noise, he went the opposite direction. He always was eating Scooby’s Scooby snacks. I mean come on! On a similar note, why the hell is Goku a white guy in the Dragon Ball live action movie? Goku is Asian! I don't see any white American slaves in movies.
Don't let me ever be a movie director. I'm gonna screw everything up in Huckleberry Fin!
19. I prefer small crowds. Hard to act as if I like you if I don’t. I mean it’s doable but if it’s not a job I have a choice.
20. I will not date anyone who rates 8 or above on my sexy meter anymore. This will be explained later on in a blog.
21. I don’t trust the government. Doesn’t mean I don’t have hopes of a better tomorrow, but it’s just a bunch of men making decisions, not a machine attempting to do what’s best for all.
22. I was a gullible child. Two specific things come to mind. One day, my cousin told me we were made in a factory and I cried for hours. Later that week, he told me that Aisha, the yellow Power Ranger, stayed across the street from his house. Needless to say, I watched that house from his window the entire day which scared his neighbors.
OOOOOOOOOO, to this day! Hott! (that's for you Mercerdes)
23. Music I listen to: Japanese, hip hop, rock, jazz, (old) R&B.
24. I am looking for a girlfriend. I thought about this in some detail long ago but I understand how dwindling the #s are. Just peep this:
Let’s say I want to look for a black girlfriend. Most black women in the U.S. are Christians. I am not. There goes probably 75% already. Now let’s take race of the equation and I still say it’s around 60 % of women are out of the question. Now, from this 40% who don’t care about my religious priorities, what percentage are not certifiably crazy? From that number, are their teeth nasty? Does she mind cooking or cleaning occasionally? Can she take a joke?
When I finished my random lists of things I would prefer, the percentage was something like .00032 %.
Sigh, how many concessions will I really have to make?
25. I got a YouTube channel that will be regularly updated along with two different blogs separated for poetry and the other for random stuff .
Check ‘em out later.
Word is bond.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Who's World Is This? (Orginally written 1/1/07)
I came into the new year doing nothing but kicking it with my little brother. Not a glorious way to bring tidings but I made it ight. I spent the last hours of 2006 making phone calls to folks and trying to finish quarrels that hadn’t yet been resolved. Notice I never said apologize. I ain’t a big enough man to apologize to those who don’t deserve it, or simply forgive from the goodness of my heart. Aaron ain’t going to even front like he doing it big like that. If you were an Ass in my book 24 hours ago, then you under the Ass tab right now, no hard feelings.
Unfortunately for you, I hold some incredible grudges.
I made no New Year’s resolutions since I’m too far from understanding from the man I will become. I want to set attainable goals, not lofty expectations that I won’t be able to handle when the floor falls out again. I know that I will be more to myself than before. People who knew me before I hit college know I’m generally a quiet guy who observes until questioned. Up to this point, I had been more outspoken no matter the subject. I wanted others to be more observant. Pay attention to surroundings, to our future, for our children. Comfort in apathy now becomes complete complacence later in life. I judge none but I do feel a sense of defeat because I know as one man I haven’t done much of anything.
Nothing will change without a shared frustration. Nothing can be done without majority. What you think 9/11 was about?
But it all begins with one. We all have things we hold as important. I have spoken randomly with so many folk, so much ambition, so much denial – “Yea, I see what you mean but see…”. I saw the denial in myself and I feared the ambition cause I saw what it was doing to the minds of my peers. Ambition was overtaking the values they claim to hold dear. Interesting.
Some ambitions were as simple as wanting to be excepted and be liked. Who doesn’t like being liked? Unfortunately, they put putting on all sorts of masks. Some ambitions were of lust, greed. “Live for today,” a bunch say. “Do it while you young,” is how others put it. Why do something now you won’t be comfortable with when you older?
Learn from MJ: Just be yourself.
As I said before, I haven’t judged before and I won’t start now. I’m probably more flawed than any man I’ve ever encountered. My resolution is just to try to find the man I’m going to become and live as that man will. I’m not going to say he’s this perfect fellow. I’m still gonna cuss when I see someone super bounce on Halo, I’m still gonna cut a man if he touch my daughter without permission (when she get here, love you baby girl!), and so on. Life teaches us how to deal with situations, and Life is different for the individual. I may not turn out the way others figure I should but that’s cool cause we all been through separate issues.
I just want to say to everyone try to live in ways that you won’t regret later, fuck the year. Life doesn’t begin with the year. It’s not all about the now, it’s the journey that counts. As a writer, I understand that each time I write on a sheet of paper I start a new world. It is the same in how we choose to live. Remember that you have control over what is important to you and what you do from here on it. Remember those who look up to you and what they will do with your example, even if they are not here yet.
Happy New Year! And keep life precious…
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Lay-Z
If I am currently watching the SEC Championship game, Florida v. Alabama, and getting more and more annoyed. I wonder why I study ANYTHING. I'm watching some crazy, inexcusable mistakes (specifically Alabama special teams) and then I notice the pile of notes in my peripheral for an eight page paper due in the next few days. I like learning and all but there are much easier ways to make money.
Recently, New York Knicks guard, Stephon Marbury was suspended one games pay: $200,000. The man makes $200,000 to play ONE GAME. NOT THE FULL GAME, just playing in it. I ain't hating, it's just an astronomical number in my head. I'm going to become an English teacher (middle school?). I will start off with some around $40,000 a year. I have to work for half a decade to make what Marbury will in one basketball game. This is something I considered even before the recent "depression" the economy has hit, but it is even more funny to me now.
So why do I not pull a Lil' Wayne? Just ghostwrite some songs with no cohessive thought pattern (stuff "no one would have thought of" because a talking bear that juggles active chainsaws while riding a unicycle is awesome if I never heard it before...!), tell the artist to just flow the lyrics, and occasionally talk about banging bitches cause even bitches love that.
Or I could strip! And being real, what's wrong with stripping? They look and throw money. You flash and make hundreds a night. What the hell could be easier? I can't hate on that if you got bills you trying to pay or whatever (notice I did not say I would date you, I just can't hate on that).
A lil skinny for my taste but I'll toss you a dollar for trying.
Just a quick thought of the day and an excuse to post something on this blog since I haven't updated in months.
I'm gonna do better.
Recently, New York Knicks guard, Stephon Marbury was suspended one games pay: $200,000. The man makes $200,000 to play ONE GAME. NOT THE FULL GAME, just playing in it. I ain't hating, it's just an astronomical number in my head. I'm going to become an English teacher (middle school?). I will start off with some around $40,000 a year. I have to work for half a decade to make what Marbury will in one basketball game. This is something I considered even before the recent "depression" the economy has hit, but it is even more funny to me now.
So why do I not pull a Lil' Wayne? Just ghostwrite some songs with no cohessive thought pattern (stuff "no one would have thought of" because a talking bear that juggles active chainsaws while riding a unicycle is awesome if I never heard it before...!), tell the artist to just flow the lyrics, and occasionally talk about banging bitches cause even bitches love that.
Or I could strip! And being real, what's wrong with stripping? They look and throw money. You flash and make hundreds a night. What the hell could be easier? I can't hate on that if you got bills you trying to pay or whatever (notice I did not say I would date you, I just can't hate on that).
A lil skinny for my taste but I'll toss you a dollar for trying.
Just a quick thought of the day and an excuse to post something on this blog since I haven't updated in months.
I'm gonna do better.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Step # 1 To Saving Hip Hop
The guy who "plays" Rick Ross, without the beard, at his real job as a correctional officer.
Each form of media glorifies traits that many would call immoral. For example, in movies we see actors portray a vast array of personalities from evil geniuses, cross dressers, murderers, child molesting preachers, the list goes on - actors/actresses are given awards and praised for being able to cross different mediums to reach into these roles. Somehow, hip hop personas never turn off.
I guess part of this is because hip hop is the guinea pig for the drug wars, homophobia, dudes wearing pink (ok, this one I can't argue against), and others issues that originate elsewhere. Seriously though, it seems that black folks from the gutter want to believe that hip hop artists are really those sort of people because they want to make it to that high status themselves. Artists are becoming popular off street cred and so they continue to live the lie.
Rick Ross ain't the only one. Ice T said he was a pimp but now I can't think of a role he played on TV or in a movie where he is not a cop. Ice Cube, formerly of Niggas With Attitude i.e. "NWA", makes family movies now. The only time Lil Wayne has ever been shot was when he shot himself before he signed with Cash Money Records. I could continue this forever sadly.
I say all this to say we got to stop taking entertainment as reality. Phase one of bringing back the essence has yet to commence.
"Ha! You thought I was jumping off this bridge with you!"
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Break bread, then hand them the book
"Philosophically speaking, we are people too!"
Black folks are an odd bunch. The rhetoric of the black culture screams self-pity. Now before black readers get upset, just breathe a quick second... ok, cool. There are a nice amount of issues black people have in the U.S, but few of them are unique to black people.
Even self-hatred exist among white people when they call their poorer counterparts “white trash.” White trash tends to reference poor white folks who do uncivilized things like kissing cousins (although European nobility kept their lineage by keeping it in the family.. shrug, I guess they forgot). It is simply a difference in social class which also results in a difference of culture. Similarly, I have been around “educated” black folks that spew out mess like this: “I love black people but I can't stand niggas!” This coming from the people who are supposed to speak to the ills of their less fortunate brothers and sisters.
I say we blame Sepiroth for everything. Yes, put your head down in shame.
Black Americans who have a voice often talk about stuff like abolishing the word 'nigger', the fact that most black folks don't know their history (the rhetoric of the statements is always directed at the 'uneducated'/ignorant nigger), and other tangents that do not deal with the most important issue: lack of basic necessities: food, shelter, and clothing. But let's explore the two issues above for the hell of it:
Black folks don't know their history: Before you hand a man a book, you have to give him a way to sustain necessities. I see a lot of college professors and students talk all this mess about how it's because those “niggers” don't know their history (it is not always that blunt but the implication is clearly there). However, when I try to engage them in conversations about African history pre-slavery, they draw blanks after talking about anything other than Egypt almost every time. That whole “we were all kings and queens” stuff does not mean much either since most people would have been peasants. That was not “our” (shared for all Africans to have) gold, that was “their” (the royalty of the nation) gold. It's also an incredibly materialistic and ethnocentric way to garner support that mimics “the man's ploy”, but I will digress on that particular point.
Find Kemet on a map? What the hell is Kemet?
A man or woman without a decent wage who is barely making financially obligations week to week don't give a damn about what happened that long ago. They are trying to keep from getting put out on the street. It would be neat to know but knowledge alone feeds no one (hence, Kanye West's skits about college degrees on his first album). No one goes to college simply to get the knowledge. College helps give one a better chance at securing a good job. Once jobs are plentiful and money goes into neighborhoods to bring real long-term necessities to fruition, we will see a change. And then people can learn about Africa, including the educated folks...
The word nigger:
It is absolutely silly and unproductive to have a funeral for the word nigger when the actions continue. We need to have a movement to resurrect brothers and sisters, not a funeral for niggers cause niggers don't die...
Niggers are like roaches. They are never going to go away. Learn from them what we should not become because niggers don't die.
“Project Roach” , Nas' Untitled (2008)
Ignorant people will always exist. There is no way to reach a utopia where all people act in accordance to law/good even with the promise of Hell. People labeled 'niggers' often lack the basic necessities because the ghettos do not have money being spent in smart ways that are productive to the community or even the long-term needs of the individual.
I ain't got no house but the hos gon love this shit!
Let me be very clear about this: black folks do come into money but they often spend it on dumb shit. I know a girl who recently graduated from college with a bachelor's degree and a pretty decent job. The first thing she did was lease a brand new car although she still lives with her mother. Conversely, we got folks “in the hood” talking about how “the man” holding them back but they putting rims and new amps on 20 year old cars. Even once a person has money to take care of necessities, that person must learn how to spend their money which is where a book can come in. The ignorant come in both the poor and the more well off, but the truth of the matter is that those with more money often have a better chance to do well because they have a stable base.
I can not properly cover everything in a thorough manner and keep this at a concise format, but I simply want to give an example to people so that they can apply it to other situations. Before anything, people must have food, shelter, and clothing. A lack of any of these three is guaranteed to spell disaster for any community. After those three things, we may address other issues. Trust me, if you didn't have food to eat, a place to sleep and clothes on your back on a consistent basis, you wouldn't give a fuck either.
As important as anything I mentioned, but I never got to it.
Friday, July 25, 2008
The older I get, the less I care
Let me clarify: I can only control me. I can’t stress over every ill of this world.
For example: I can’t begin to understand why a preacher would talk about how lost black folks are and how they don’t know their history, etc. and then proceed to put up a picture of a white Jesus. I know that the new covenant changed the laws of the converted Christian so the Old Testament does not apply; however, there is no a description of Jesus describes anything other than a man of darker tones.
Some say it don’t matter and it is ok to have white Jesus up because it does not diminish what Jesus did. Well it does not diminish what Jesus did, but it does matter. If it didn’t matter, why would anyone bother to put a white Jesus up in the first place?
People always spread themselves out across a plot graph when we are all just regular people. Having money, a talent, or (insert whatever you like here) does not make a person a higher being or more worthy of praise. Everyone is flawed. We have been taught to accept social/gender/racial/political/religious stratifications as just things that happen and then plot accordingly. Even the educated black person often makes the distinction between themselves and the ignorant “nigga” while constantly going on about how hard being black in the U.S. … Paradoxical truly.
I don’t care to constantly make these issues a topic of discussion everyday of my life. I’m looking forward to becoming an English teacher and coming home to my wife and kids. I’m going to help my family and those within my reach. No one person should attempt to carry the burden of a particular cause on their own. Real talk, my friends, I got ya’ll and you all know I got mad love for each of you. When the shit hits the fan, I’ll give a wall to get behind. We take care of each other.
Do what you can where you can, but life is too long to stress over every little thing. Be confident and believe in yourself and who you are, hence we end with the words from our future president:
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. ~ Barack Obama
* Portrait painted by Carl F. Hess II and signed by Senator Obama. Check out more of his artwork @ http://www.chessartworld.com/
For example: I can’t begin to understand why a preacher would talk about how lost black folks are and how they don’t know their history, etc. and then proceed to put up a picture of a white Jesus. I know that the new covenant changed the laws of the converted Christian so the Old Testament does not apply; however, there is no a description of Jesus describes anything other than a man of darker tones.
Some say it don’t matter and it is ok to have white Jesus up because it does not diminish what Jesus did. Well it does not diminish what Jesus did, but it does matter. If it didn’t matter, why would anyone bother to put a white Jesus up in the first place?
"I'm really a black man but I don't want to disappoint everyone! What? I didn't know who else to tell..."
People always spread themselves out across a plot graph when we are all just regular people. Having money, a talent, or (insert whatever you like here) does not make a person a higher being or more worthy of praise. Everyone is flawed. We have been taught to accept social/gender/racial/political/religious stratifications as just things that happen and then plot accordingly. Even the educated black person often makes the distinction between themselves and the ignorant “nigga” while constantly going on about how hard being black in the U.S. … Paradoxical truly.
I don’t care to constantly make these issues a topic of discussion everyday of my life. I’m looking forward to becoming an English teacher and coming home to my wife and kids. I’m going to help my family and those within my reach. No one person should attempt to carry the burden of a particular cause on their own. Real talk, my friends, I got ya’ll and you all know I got mad love for each of you. When the shit hits the fan, I’ll give a wall to get behind. We take care of each other.
Do what you can where you can, but life is too long to stress over every little thing. Be confident and believe in yourself and who you are, hence we end with the words from our future president:
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. ~ Barack Obama
* Portrait painted by Carl F. Hess II and signed by Senator Obama. Check out more of his artwork @ http://www.chessartworld.com/
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
2st one! HAHA
Yo!
Welcome to my humble abode. Hajimemashite.
My name is Aaron. Watashi wa Aaron desu.
Nice to meet you. Doozo yoroshiku.
I’m a regular black guy: had a mustache since I was three years old and currently stand at a mighty 5’5 at the age of twenty. As a black male, I’m aware my life expectancy is coming up soon so I’ve lately tried to cut back on high risk activities like making eye contact with police, sun bathing and partaking in swine. I got bigger things planned than making it beyond the age of twenty-five, but I will certainly consider myself one of the fortunate with decent parents. Give due where it should be given.
Monster pig - This picture will make anyone think twice...
Last night, my girlfriend called me a “dick (in this case meaning a prick, or “mean person"). And she is right. I am a dick, but only to certain people. These “people” can be summed up as one of the following: habitual hypocrites, divas (ex. Brett Favre; male and female), uninformed extremists (like the girl who told me Jesus took the Jews out of Israel from pharaoh…) - folks like that. But I don’t even talk to these people, so the dick Aaron rarely comes out. Now when I talk about these people, the dick does come out but that’s about it (I know some of you don’t use “dick” in your vernacular but I promise you will be ok).
I talk about serious matters but sometimes in very facetious ways. I don’t think anyone can have a serious conversation about the current gas prices and not feel screwed and discouraged. No one I know can discuss the seemingly airborne STDs young adults carry and not feel a little depressed. Few can talk about war atrocities without feeling aghast at the findings of the true savagery that occurs.
“Over one hundred and fifty honorably discharged and many very highly decorated veterans testified to war crimes committed in Southeast Asia… personally cut off ears, cut off heads taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food stocks, and generally ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam… in addition to the normal ravage of war.”
- John Kerry speaking before the Senate of Foreign Relations in April 1971; quote from James Loewen’s “Lies My Teacher Told Me”
Life is real. I quote that to mention that many like things have occurred in this current Iraq war. People should know these things and not forget that real people go through these issues on both sides.
I want to discuss these things in ways that represent the core, the essence of the matter. To not simply accept that it happened, but to also question how it ever got to that point in the first place. I want to show that life should be appreciated and loved. The beautiful lies in what we take for granted everyday and I want to bring that out to you, the reader.
This blog will serve as a platter for random thoughts that occur in all their complexity. I will post some creative writing , some amateur analysis on current events. I hope that anyone who reads it gets something from it whether I talk about a determined sperm trying to make it to the womb, the death of chivalry, or the sexiness of a chocolate chunk cookie from the microwave served off of the delicate fingers of my girlfriend.
Word is bond.
Real quick, I want to give a round of applause to Microsoft for convincing Squaresoft to put Final Fantasy XIII on the Xbox 360 (HAHAHA, in your face Sony).
DREAMCAST FOREVER SON!
Welcome to my humble abode. Hajimemashite.
My name is Aaron. Watashi wa Aaron desu.
Nice to meet you. Doozo yoroshiku.
I’m a regular black guy: had a mustache since I was three years old and currently stand at a mighty 5’5 at the age of twenty. As a black male, I’m aware my life expectancy is coming up soon so I’ve lately tried to cut back on high risk activities like making eye contact with police, sun bathing and partaking in swine. I got bigger things planned than making it beyond the age of twenty-five, but I will certainly consider myself one of the fortunate with decent parents. Give due where it should be given.
Monster pig - This picture will make anyone think twice...
Last night, my girlfriend called me a “dick (in this case meaning a prick, or “mean person"). And she is right. I am a dick, but only to certain people. These “people” can be summed up as one of the following: habitual hypocrites, divas (ex. Brett Favre; male and female), uninformed extremists (like the girl who told me Jesus took the Jews out of Israel from pharaoh…) - folks like that. But I don’t even talk to these people, so the dick Aaron rarely comes out. Now when I talk about these people, the dick does come out but that’s about it (I know some of you don’t use “dick” in your vernacular but I promise you will be ok).
I talk about serious matters but sometimes in very facetious ways. I don’t think anyone can have a serious conversation about the current gas prices and not feel screwed and discouraged. No one I know can discuss the seemingly airborne STDs young adults carry and not feel a little depressed. Few can talk about war atrocities without feeling aghast at the findings of the true savagery that occurs.
“Over one hundred and fifty honorably discharged and many very highly decorated veterans testified to war crimes committed in Southeast Asia… personally cut off ears, cut off heads taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food stocks, and generally ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam… in addition to the normal ravage of war.”
- John Kerry speaking before the Senate of Foreign Relations in April 1971; quote from James Loewen’s “Lies My Teacher Told Me”
Life is real. I quote that to mention that many like things have occurred in this current Iraq war. People should know these things and not forget that real people go through these issues on both sides.
I want to discuss these things in ways that represent the core, the essence of the matter. To not simply accept that it happened, but to also question how it ever got to that point in the first place. I want to show that life should be appreciated and loved. The beautiful lies in what we take for granted everyday and I want to bring that out to you, the reader.
This blog will serve as a platter for random thoughts that occur in all their complexity. I will post some creative writing , some amateur analysis on current events. I hope that anyone who reads it gets something from it whether I talk about a determined sperm trying to make it to the womb, the death of chivalry, or the sexiness of a chocolate chunk cookie from the microwave served off of the delicate fingers of my girlfriend.
Word is bond.
Real quick, I want to give a round of applause to Microsoft for convincing Squaresoft to put Final Fantasy XIII on the Xbox 360 (HAHAHA, in your face Sony).
DREAMCAST FOREVER SON!
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