Mind Power Collective

dope fundraiser in berkeley tonight. had a good time reconnecting with grad school folks and other progressive educators. its interesting to see how other folks organize, and to learn from their practice. wish i could see em more often ( Read more... )

eat it!

i bought fake spam and made budget sandwiches for a meeting tonight.  is fake spam an oxymoron? i gess i mean generic spam.   anyway, it tasted crazy salty.  im debating wether to baon it for work tomorrow.  does anyone got any good spam recipes?  hook a hungry brother up.

im also tryin to eat relatively healthier.  no diet for me, thank you ( Read more... )

little miss sunshine.

is not me on monday mornings.  i hate waking up early.  i can stay up and write, think, organize til 4 in the morning or all nite, but have me wake up at 8am is a challenge.  But discipline is important.  And im learning to discipline myself to be punctual, prepared, and persistent.  I woke up at 6:15 this morning.  I was proud ( Read more... )

breathe and stop.
drove to socal today and jus soaked in all the scenery off the 101.  400+ miles of straight thinking - some radio. but mostly just thinking.  there's a healing quality to silence.  in that time, i realized i need to do more cultural work, if not for propa sake, at least for stress sake.  came up with a few artistic concepts...lets ( Read more... )

the fishhold

so my community of fish. not doin so hot.  and i needed to do an intervention today.  one of my dwarf african frogs is sick, and floats along the surface.  sometimes i think its dead, until i poke at it with a stick, then it starts swimming again. poor guy.  maybe it needs a lady frog.  or another dude frog.  either way, i support.

dance ( Read more... )

so fuk machismo.  straight up...ima lil bit scared of the dark.  my lights went out in my bathroom and my kitchen at the same time just a few minutes ago.  im normally not an easily scared guy, but after some shit me and my brother have seen, experiences on a hawaii ghost tour, and some other random run-ins with not so alive-ppl, ima lil bit wary ( Read more... )

last night's thought: is it possible to burn out even before you light the candle?
this morning's thought: quit bein a b*tch and work your ass off!

The end.

i woke up this morning feeling chestpains.  i don't know if it's heartburn or heartache.  i took TUMS to take care of the first possibility.  not sure what pill to take for the 2nd possibility.

being at schools in daly city. languages divide. borders divide. filipinos with accents. shunning people. groups. cliques. placing histories, retracing memories. students and teachers sharing. shaping knowledge. im learning ( Read more... )

pacifica filipinos. tryin to find place. brown in sea of white. mergin g communities. she speaks of tryin to fit in. tryin to find her place.

paper bags tellin stories. fandangoed histories. brown paper bags. creative students.

wrote message to utz. telln ute i still believe. encourage to keep goin. encourage them to continue.