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Life may be be about the journey, but work is about the results. keep them separate. or don't. fuck it do what you want.

Kid Cudi - Day N Night

Kid Cudi is the future of hip hop, yea I said it. He is on Kanye's label GOOD music, and he sure knows what he is doing. can you not like this song?

Let's hope we never know how accurate this is.

this is an interesting little device I found on the wonders of the internet. It shows you what happens if a nuclear bomb landed in your area. How far would be affected and to what severity. To try it out, go to: http://www.carloslabs.com/projects/200712B/GroundZero.html

Slumdog Millionaire

One of the best movies I have ever seen. You are downright silly to not go see this. It has so much in it, it combines real life tragedy of a third world country, with a quirky romantic story, and artistic indie style of cinematography. Seriously, it is as good as I say.

R&B and Folk Rock.

This is whats been coming up on my iTunes these days. Simple folk rock and some retro modern R&B.

Noah and the Whale - Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down

Asaf Avidan & The Mojos




Raphael Saadiq

Minus the Promo

The intriguing Seattle indie band, Minus the Bear, has posted a Soundwave promo video on YouTube. It's pretty sweet, no one quite makes indie music like these guys, they're so creative and unique. Check it out.

Seven Pounds

One of the best movies I have seen in a long time. Will Smith shows again how talented he is and complimented by Rosario Dawson, you will not be disappointed. I know the trailer does not tell you much about the story, but it is all you need to know. Go in with a clean head and learn as you watch. It might make you a better person.

If you liked the Pursuit Of Happyness, you will love this. go see it asap.

my view on politics as a whole.

I do not understand economic theories, and I do not understand finance. These subjects are like a different language to me. But I do understand ideology and the nature of Americans. I understand how people think, and how they act even if they don't understand it themselves. I understand that everyone in this country, not just some people, have rights. The biggest problem in our nation is that some people are hesitant to give up their "privileges" and sacrifice anything for the better of many. I understand that the wealthy have worked hard to get where they are, and that they don't see why anyone else can't just do it. That all they need is drive, right? wrong. Some people have barriers that don't exist for others. Whether racial, financial, mental, physical, social, family oriented or emotional, these are the barriers that Americans face everyday. There is no mathematical equation that will solve this, it is not an equation. It's not that everyone is not the same but more that everyone is different. Republican or Democrat, the goal should be to remove as many of these barriers as possible so that more Americans can succeed. It should not be to restore these barriers and keep people behind the fence. The truth is that there are a lot of politicians who do not care about the middle class or the lower class. They do not want anymore people joining them as the elites, they just want to fight to keep their place .

The problem I have with economic formulas, is that it does not take into count the human variable. You cannot just sit back in your chair and assume that a+b=c and that it will help the economy. You have to really dig deep into social issues, because that is what moves Americans and can create real change.

they are not too young to remember.

I have no real experience in this area, but using my own intuition, I decided that the earliest years of raising a child are probably the most important. I have seen some people who take on the attitude that the first couple years will not be remembered by the child and can therefore be sacrificed in some ways that would make it easier to survive. But I think that your child will eventually learn how you felt about it at that time, and unless it sees you devoted to it, it will question your love in some ways. It might think that on some level you did not understand its importance since the beginning, that its something that came with time. I'm just saying this because I know that from the day I was born, my parents did whatever they could and sacrificed themselves instead. This set the foundation for our relationship and it was a positive one. I have a large amount of respect for my parents for how devoted they were to me all my childhood but especially right after my birth. They did not chalk the first couple years up to my lack of memory, and that is love. in its purest form.

Heroes get remembered, Legends never die.

It recently came upon me where my love for the New York Yankees is derivative from. I must admit it has dwindled over the years, but it still remains large enough for me to claim it so. I mean they are this greedy team with no heart, just a bunch of guys who are living for big money. They sell their souls for a plethora of reasons: money, fame, success. I believe it is a real rarity to find a Yankee who is there for the right reasons, yet I still follow them and root for them. I, myself, prefer to choose a more selfless career path along the road of nonprofit and mission driven companies, looking to make change with my life's work and sacrificing the size of my own paycheck. So why do I support this team with completely different ideals then I have myself? I think it's just because they remind me of my childhood. Growing up I idolized the Don Mattingly and Steve Sax's that I saw on TV. They were not even a very good team at the time, but they caught my attention.

Growing up in New York, I was torn between my childhood dreams or being either an artist or a New York Yankee (unfortunately I did neither.) But they remind me of the days I spent playing ball with my father in my tiny yard. They remind me of using stones as bases and transforming every tree into a foul pole. So I don't watch the Yankees to see superstars play and brag, I watch them because for me its a folky game that I can reminisce with. Because for me I don't see big names hitting homeruns and collecting paychecks, for me I see my father and I playing catch in my yard.

other end of the pencil.

you can write by yourself,
or someone can help you.
and it can be beautiful what you wrote,
or maybe even drew.
but for whatever you may have created,
after all the art is through.
its the other end of the pencil,
that decides what is true.

but there will always be subtle reminders,
of what was left behind.