Night Time Is the Right Time...

Saw one of my favorite Cosby episodes over the break...

Richard Pryor

One of the greats...

"I'm slower and some days are better than others, but I'm a fighter...I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think."

~Richard Pryor

December 1st 1940 - December 10 2005

Heading home...

Just to give you a heads up, I'm heading home early tomorrow morning, so you may not hear from me until next week...

Although it seems that things change every year back home...it's still home. It should be a good break...it'll be almost a whole week...should be refreshing...

well if you don't hear from me until next week then I'm probably stuffing my face and letting my ~itis set in as I lay on the couch....

Happy Thanksgiving...

In my next life...

...I think I'll be an Astronaut...

Its funny isn't it? I can't figure out what I want to be/do now but I've already got my next life figured out...

"And Im floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today...
...Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles
Im feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go..."

~Space Oddity by David Bowie

In/Rainbows

buy, rip, download, borrow, and/or steal this album....

Kicking it old school!

Not sure what is up w/ me and red shoes as of late....

These Vintage Red Nike Blazer Highs are the definition of old school! The suede looks as smooth as butta! Cot d@mn, I'ma overdose...

pics from END


itchy-scratchy!

Oscar the Grouch Un-Edited

The clip below contains never before seen clips of Oscar the Grouch speaking his mind on how he really felt...

***Viewer Discretion is Advised***

Vans Syndicate = Official

Vans Syndicate Max Schaaf pack. Classic representation of Vans signature styles...made of superb high quality leather and fire resistant suede and canvas so your foot doesn’t melt while your walking on the sun!






heat...

itchy-scratchy!

Top 5 things I miss about her...

High Fidelity

coffee table + books: Wall and Piece

The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists. Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.
~Banksy



Banksy is a well-known pseudo-anonymous British graffiti artist and his artwork can be seen around the world. It is often-satirical pieces of art on topics such as politics, culture, and ethics. His street art, which combines graffiti writing with a distinctive stencilling technique...

I've been following him for a minute and his work always impresses me. He is one of the best...







His work is not limited to graffiti...for example last month he opened up a gallery in New York called "Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill"

1 yr. down.

I can't believe its been a yr. already.  I'm surprised that I've kept it up this long.  The pic above is where it all started.  Everything I needed was in this picture...oh those were(n't) the days...

The ironic things is I started this blog 3 days after niki and we weren't even talking to each other then...

Your favorite producer's favorite producer...

J. Dilla (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006)

Hands down one of the best producers ever...

You may not know his name or face but you know his music.  look through his catalog and note how many songs you recognize/love...

Thank you for your heart, soul and music...R.I.P.

I'm a mac...

I bought a mac...I'm back...although i never left...



Thanks for the advice...

now i need to figure out how to work this thing...very, very different from windows...

Guilty Pleasures: Party All The Time.

Produced by the late and great Rick James....


~Eddie Murphy - Party All The Time



Does anyone else feel like partying??? maybe its just me...


oh yea I have the record (LP) too...

Childhood' questions and confusion...

man or women...maybe a transvestite??? i could never figure it out...



what do you think???

The Answer

I don't follow any particular team in the NBA but if Iverson is in the lineup I'm rooting for them and him...

I'm glad he made it out of Denver and landed back in the Eastern Conference...he is on a better team, Detroit Pistons, and has a better chance of making it to the finals this year.


Even w/ Billups, Denver is at best a 6th seed...

As real as it gets...

Ever wondered what photoshop looked like in real life?!? Art Snob Solutions made it possible...

No this isn't a screenshot from the desktop of my computer, it seems safe to say that this display is tangible, and was not created by computer graphics, or even...Photoshopped!

Click the pic to zoom in and see what I'm talking about




click HERE to see how it was made...


big ups to Gizmodo for the heads up...

My surpressed sneaker addiction + Hot Fi-yaa! = relapse!

I haven't bought a pair of sneakers since the beginning of the summer so I thought I kicked my sneaker addiction but after seeing these I realized that it was only surpressed. I'm starting to get that ichy-scratchy feeling...

Probably my favorite sneaker of all time...I have a pair of (beat-up) Jordan I's but they are mid cuts...these are the High cut version....straight FI-YAAAA!!!!

And they come out tomorrow...and I just got paid! IS THIS FATE?!?!?

I'm having a relapse!!!!

more pics HERE

Addiction: Video games

Today was a sad day for the gaming world after hearing about a Canadian teen named Brandon Crisp and he, like may kids his age (15) and older, played video games. A few weeks ago his parents became concerned about their son after realizing his "addiction" to playing Call of Duty 4...and after seeing how it was affecting their son's social life and grades, they decided to take away his Xbox 360.

This action ended up backfiring on them and Brandon ran away...this happened almost a month ago on October 10th...

I was hoping this story would end happily but unfortunately it didn't. Sources have reported that on November 5th hunters discovered what is believed to be Brandon's body in a field near what had been the police search area. An autopsy is currently underway to determine the cause of death and confirm the identity. Sources said they didn't suspect foul play. Click HERE for the developing story.

This story is so sad and I can relate to it b/c I, like Brandon and millions of other kids around the world, play video games. Although I don't play them as much as I used to, I understand the "dependency" that people have on them (whether good or bad).

I also understand the concern the parents had...When I was younger my mother took away my Playstation too...b/c of my supposedly "addiction". It ended up working for me and I realized how much time I was spending/wasting playing it but that doesn't mean it is the only way to address/fix this "problem".

Ironically, the game I play the most right now is Call of Duty 4.

When they eventually address gaming addiction there will be a fight to point the blame. Do you blame a video game company b/c they delivering product, the family or both?

Listen to Curtis Mayfield!

do yourself a favor...

On November 4th, 2008 @ 11pm (EST) Barrack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States of America.



pic from thefader