December 2010
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Listen closely...
From Jay-Z: Decoded:
“Great rap should have all kinds of unresolved layers that you don’t necessarily figure out the first time you listen to it. Instead it plants dissonance in your head. You can enjoy a song that knocks in the club or has witty punch lines the first time you hear it. But great rap retains mystery. It leaves shit rattling around in your head that won’t make...
The game has changed...
…a lot since I last attended church which, with the exception of a friend’s wedding, has been years. I’m crackin’ up at all the tweets and facebook posts that my friends are doing while at midnight mass!! Lmao.
Anyway, Merry Xmas and Happy Holidays to you all!!
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Simple Enough...
I saw a homeless person at a freeway off ramp this morning with a sign that said “Smile”. She was going from car to car, pointing to her sign and getting people to smile back. When I offered to give her some change she said “I don’t need money. A smile in return is payment enough.”
That’s the type of person I would’ve loved to chop it up with, but of...
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Favorite Videos of 2010
I just thought about doing this post last week, so I’m probably missing a lot of other good videos. But for now, here’s my list: Top Picks (in no particular order):
Fatgums x Bambu - Peddlin’ Music
This was one of my favorite songs from their Peaceful Riot EP in ‘09. I’m definitely glad that Fatgums decided to make a video for it…I just didn’t know the...
Something different...
I was going through my previous posts and noticed that I either put up a lot of youtube videos or go on super long rants about music or some issue that gets me fired up, so I just wanted to switch it up a little.
I’m in a pretty good place in Life right now. Some people don’t like the idea of feeling “content” because they associate it with “settling” or not...
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Do the Math...
Being stuck in traffic gives me a lot of time to think, so today I was thinking about just how much time I spend in traffic. You ready to do some math? (hopefully it’s correct)
A.) Everyday I commute approximately 2 hrs & 15 min round trip from Long Beach to Mid-City LA (1 hr there, 1 hr & 15 min coming back).
B.) 2 hrs & 15 min x 5 days = 11 hrs & 15 min per week
C.)...
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