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Its All About the Photos

I've been documenting my life as seen through the lens of a point and shoot. Its been vivid. Silhouettes definitely do us justice.

If Only

So I'm home, I've escaped hell for a while for jury duty and a visit to the bay for football games and family. In the meantime, I come to view home as this oasis; there's all these books to read, FOOD and most of all my family. I've really missed them in my two months away and home is as epic as I imagined it would be.

I've been reading The Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac Shakur and for the first time I feel like men actually experience love in the same way women do. I used to think their hormones and thought process almost prohibited them from doing so but I've been wronged.

Why Must U Be Unfaithful

Why must you be unfaithful? For women..
Men, you shouldn't listen to your selfish heart
It doesn't really have a brain
Besides keepin you alive, it's existence is in vain
And how could I be so mean, and say your heart has no place?
Because mortal men fall in love again
as fast as they change their face
I may be cruel, but think awhile about the hearts that you have broken
and match that, with the empty vows and broken promises you've spoken
Now I'm not saying females are perfect
cause we know, it's not true
But why must you be unfaithful
if her heart is true to you?

Living

Yesterday I did some more "living life" events and on a whim went to Huntington Beach with some friends. It was fun walking down the street barefoot eating jolly rancher chews playing absolutely senseless games on the shore. Good thing I didn't drop my phone in the water, its typical of me

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Free Willy

Funny that as animals, humans enjoy spending so much time looking at and playing in salty water. Who knew a hydrogen-oxygen marriage could be so provoking. Phones never do the scenery justice

Cool Ass Returns

With summer boredom and brings the onset of the meaning of life itself. I just had one of the most meaningful convos last night since I've been in college. It wasn't even long, was slightly repetitive but none the less it was of substance.

Anywho, I've decided to live life, not let material things be an issue and just be happy with myself. As soon as I get this camera, my life will be complete.

1,000 words

Lets call my first edit, waft. Enjoy.

Keyboardless

With stuff like this coming out, my Vaio is already outdated. :(


Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

Google Sky

Just when you thought Google Earth was crazy and being able to look at the liscence plate of the car in your driveway wasn't enough, Google took something and made it astronomical, for real. Google Sky allows viewers to see detailed images of photos taken by the Hubble telescope, Mars, the moon and what we know as the sky.

Google Sky chronicles a panoramic of the sky with detail, labeling a describing different gallexies and even directing you to the nearest google search engine results about them. On the moon, each of the apollo landings have been labeled and on Mars a heat sensitive topographic layout of the planet has been generated. As late as I am, Google Earth was Launched in August of 2007 and I still think it's pretty amazing, but see so for yourself.

Cue the Boos

Thanks to the wonderful world of Yahoo homepage, celeb gossip and trashy performances, in case you haven't seen Kanye's performance on Saturday Night Live please save your time because it's definitely not worth it.

West definitely ruined it for himself, even with the help of an auto-tuned, voice enhancing microphone and someone in the backgroup to hit all the falsettos he refused to sing. I felt bad for him until I read he's been accused of lip synching, then I was thinking "Word? it sounded good enough to be lip synched?" Like, that was a really bad performance, now with the reassurance of gossip news telling me that was not really him, I can sleep easier knowing Kanye can do better, maybe.

But really, that was him. Gossip is lying and if they're concerned about him lip synching, they should really be concerned that he performed that bad live. Go figure, I thought lip synching is suppose to make you sound good.

And I included the performance just you could procrastinate a little longer.

Believe the Hype Kills

So I was bored and looking back at some old facebook history I had on my feed. I find it pretty amazing how much of a documentation of my life facebook has become whether it be involuntary or with intent. None the less, I'm guilty once again of partaking in the worldly pleasures fueled by hype, and hype kills.

So allow me to reintroduce the top hypes of the year, in no particular order, more like a "Remember When..."

1. Hands down, the top hype of the year was Barack Obama. Label me guilty again because even I could not resists stretching my fingers over the keyboard to spit my nickels of knowledge and opinions about him. Considered phenomenal, "lesser of the two evils," hope, change, progress and the effervescent "black cool," I would have to say just as my profile documented my life, other's profiles have done the same for them, and Obama definitely showed up for months in status updates, homepages and blogs, and even as religious and political preferences around the world.

Rallying for Obama also managed to fuel instances of black pride, patriotism and the campiagn that "change has come to America." Obama became buzz central worldwide, and at times I wondered was I the only who one thought the rest of the world was in love with him. From songs to shirts to posters to tattoos, hairdos and Halloween costumes, he has been it all.

2. Savedarfur.org? Yes, Savedarfur.org is what I thought was going to be the bane of college students existence to help a country in need. Not at all. Savedarfur.org actually seemed to pop up more like a disclaimer for punchlines, and what made the act so bad is everyone, including myself, have only publicized the situation without making in progress.

Save darfur only raised temporary awareness for thing such as genocide, but other sites advocating social welfare popped up like Free Rice , and Self Help Africa. This was all only hype and I wonder if anyone besides myself felt like more agency should have been taken for something so unrightfully claimed. So I guess since it was on the Tyra show and represents another inhumane act, I can expect next years awareness fad to be female circumcisons...

3. Lil' Wayne, Kanye and T-Pain, but mostly Lil' Wayne, were thee top music fads of the year. Lil' Wayne became so popular, I personally feel like he just stopped trying, not that he wasn't still good but when you sell a million albums in one week, it's safe to assume that your voice is good enough. These three artists just decided they could officially do whatever the wanted musically and we would love it anyways, and as consumers, we proved them right. I would have to say that T-Pain took the initiative to introduce Lil' Wayne and Kanye to the world of auto tuning and they have officially been turned out. Now, we have the pleasure of lyrics so slurred and sloppy we have to carry around the words just in case the opportunity to sing along comes up. These three are most definitely the music fads of the year.

The Other Cool Ass

So it must feel good to be Obama, right? Nominated ____ of the year by every website, magazine and tv show to have ever been created, even ones that don't exist. So we know a plethora of things about his recent life but what about way back when? What about the days when Obama was "chill as hell". Check out some photos taken by Lisa Jack for Time Magazine... I bet. And this smokin' hot video on youtube. I know, its late and the punchlines are corny.

African American Express

Not really, in fact I'm sure few black people will really ever have the chance to behold such a glorious specimen of human life. Made of titanium, weighing a total of 12 grams, three times your average credit card and a first month set up fee of $5,000, not to mention the chance to land on the moon, hosted by your favorite Japanese space explorers, literally, this will never be your average credit card. If you haven't guessed by now, I'm talking about the Centurion Card, also known as the Black Card.

Not even offered to 95% of America, those of whom who are already in the top 5% of the world's wealth, the black card has ridiculous statistics in America alone possessed by only a few in that select 5%. This is the only card that can buy you happiness. I just happened to run into a blog about the black card, full of legends, maybe even myths about just what a black card can do for you. I can almost guarantee for those of you who value materialism, the minimum $250,000 annual spending requirements can buy the happiness you desire.

Just to jog around it, here are some rumored legendary moments the black card experiences:
1. The black card has a monthly newsletter, so exclusive, it doesn't even have a name
2. The largest known purchase was a jet for $30 million
3. One of the most outrageous, yet "cost to be the boss" rumors I read was child needed some sand from the Dead Sea for a religious project and the cardholder called the concierge and a motorcycle was dispatched for a handful of sand which was then couriered to London.

Internationally, cardholders receive the service of a personal concierge, which basically becomes your personal assistant when it comes to things you don't want to do for yourself, like book hotels, harass the restaurant owner into closing early for your special party, and looking into that digital camera you wanted. And, if you have a secondary cardholder i.e. spouse/mistress, they too receive all the benefits at your expense. Upon enrollment you get access to unlimited concierge, valet and no black out dates for all flights, ever, and the personal shopper at Gucci never hurt either. So guess once you go black, you never go back?

And of course imitation is suicide, which is why rival companies such as Visa and Matercard offer similar cards with no-where-near comparisons. The Matercard platinum for instance has a $99 annual fee, with a concierge and unlimited companion flights, but you don't get exclusive offers and the concierge service acts more like an operator than a personal assistant, so I've heard of course.

But then I wonder, with all this wealth and upfront imaginary money, why are there still people starving in Ethiopia, war in Iraq and not a cure for HIV or cancer. These people should just buy these people out of it, or at least enough happiness until they die miserably from something avoidable. Despite my taste for material wealth, I think I would call my concierge and schedule something on the magnitude of Oprah's fame and make all the starving children full and happy. Yes my friend, its that exclusive

Some last words:
"I went to the malls and I balled too hard
'Oh my god, is that a black card?'
I turned around and replied, why yes but I prefer the term
African American Express "

Kanye West- "Last Call"

1,000 Words

I've been inspired to buy a camera. Consider me visual, I love pictures, appreciate sunsets and cold, clear days, and pay particular attention to details. Of course this blog will have updates of my visual excursions but in the mean time, please add more math to the hit list for The Big Picture. The pictures are crazy amazing and document the world in 2008 through photography.

From the recent terrorist bombing in Mumbai to the presidential election and even those astronomical events city lights will never let us see. I'm in love again, but this time it's almost tangible. I can't really think of a clever, syntactical way to work in how much I love Annie Leibovitz, I would have to say she began my interest in photography way back when...

Although editorial and almost cliche, Leibovitz is easily my favorite photographer. She's done celebrities from the likes of Michael Jordan, Scarlet Johanson and Jack Nicholas. She's even emabarked on a series of photos that bring animated Disney movies to life using celebrities. I'm waiting to see how she does with Princess and the Frog (upcoming animated film premiering Disney's first black priness). And yes, that's Beyonce as Alice.

"Me and My Lonesome Ass Friends"

When I was young and used to ask my grandma about homeless people, she used to always tell me to never assume or question why someone was homeless. Some of the best people in the world are homeless and don't underestimate them.

As a matter of fact, I was Pasadena the other day, and I wouldn't have remembered this woman if my aunt wouldn't have pointed her out back in March for her attempt to disguise herself. Well, its December and she's still on that same corner, Lake St. and the 210 exit. Could it be a scam?

Anyways, peep the raw homeless talent.



two versions, this one is original and auto-tune free..

Not So Good Samaritan

So I guess I'll think twice before I help anyone out ever again.

Seriously, They're Serious

While browsing Youtube, I know you will come across some of the raunchiest, funniest and most outright appalling videos. A couple weeks ago, I had one of those moments. This is completely ridiculous, and I'm wondering where are the rest of the views for the video...

Damn, who's mom is that?