saw the roots and the okayplayer showcase last nite. i'm in heaven. can jean grae sleep with me now? thanx.

the only downside is that that was like 24 hours ago and my ears still have a ringing thing going on. i'm getting worried about it. i can't listen to any music or anything or the ringing gets louder. ugh.

holy shit!! i just heard the new nelly furtado song!! okay, so, i never liked her and i still don't really like her, but i have to give her major props for powerless...

"paint my face in your magazines
make it look whiter than it seems...
...shove away my ethnicity
(quote from anomia: i heard that on the radio and was like "did she just say ETHNICITY!" ( Read more... )

yesterday was the zine fair, where words that stay (attempting to bring together perspectives traditionally marginalized not only in society at large, but also in those communities that purport to be accepting, but actually are re-imposing a homogenized version of reality) made it's slammin debut. we made a ton of cash [quote from darby: "if i'd ( Read more... )

i haven't been this stressed out in... well, in a semester, i suppose. once again, my credibility is up on the line as i face suspension from school for drugs. this time, though, the situation is really just absurd. i have to be drug tested twice a week and about a month ago i forgot to call in to see if my testing number had come up. i called in ( Read more... )

while looking up reviews of different professors during work, i came across this testimonial:

"The class content overall is pretty technical. However, if you are an honors student, and you aren't a minority, then chances are you are pretty intelligent, and you can keep up. Once you have completed the class, you will feel like you really understand ( Read more... )

i wrote something for the zine the other day [and i remembered how lovely it is to get totally swept away in writing. i feel like i write so seldom now that i forget sometimes how totally compelling and cathartic an experience it can be. (i wonder if, when i ever get a chance to go back to painting like i used to, i'll remember how great it is to ( Read more... )

last nite after our haus meeting, one of my beloved homies told me that sometimes things i say make her uncomfortable and that she's not used to "the way i talk," and that she has to get acclimated to it, and "maybe it a punk thing ( Read more... )

the internet is dangerous ( Read more... )

wheeee! i can feel depression setting in; well, i guess it's time for the suicidal bitch who never wakes up to take over again....

see yall in a few months!!!!

wow. last nite was just wow.
went to charm city art space in baltimore to see:
carrion
clancy six
exosus
and medic
and let me say: every time i tell myself i hate all this whiteboy hardcore nonsense, it's fucking me up all i have to do is go to another show like this and totally forget all that bullshit. freak dancing with samieee in the pit, ( Read more... )