Note: I decided to keep my attempt at poetry to myself for now ( Read more... )

It's so hard to stay focused on gettign better sometimes because it's so easy to take experiences and make them have an either positive or negative impact on you. Last night I went to Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam and I can scarcely verbalize how it made me feel. Some of it was painful for me, it hit so close to home. It made some of the pain ( Read more... )

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The man that I tutor asked me what I wanted to do when I grew up, what I was going to school for. When I told him that I wanted to do International Humanitarian Law and diplomacy he asked me what that was, and suddenly I couldn't explain it. I couldn't give an example. Is this a sign ( Read more... )

Get By - Talib Kweli ( Read more... )

This is how I feel tonight: King of Sorrow by Sade ( Read more... )

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Do you ever feel really mellow and chill and levelheaded and you don't know where it came from? That's what spring and good music do to me. I just wish that there were some ppl that enjoyed chillaxin with me to the same music. Right now I'm listening to Radiohead and a little Jamiroquai. It's a beautiful thing... I wish I could articulate it ( Read more... )

The Fiasco has finally ended... and a good time was had by all. It was supposed to be dry... but the booze started to flow freely around 11 b/c my bloody RA (who said he was coming) didn't come. I suppose everything worked for the best. I did a tequila shot and it was foul. (NEVER AGAIN!) Everyone else boozed like it was going out of style... ( Read more... )