Monday, August 31, 2009
Vlooper - Neon Blaster Venus (Trust Me this is DOPE)
I am so sorry that I couldn't have posted this at the beginning or even in the middle of the summer. However better late than never... Shout to the folks over at Strictlybeats for this one. This might be the illest summertime cool-out joint in a while. I don't know to much about Vlooper, but the music speaks for itself... Sort of a Dillaesque (yes Dillaesque has made it's way into popular or not so popular lexicon, deal with it). Well here it is... just in time for your Labor Day zone out.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
The Fruit Doesn't Fall Far From The Tree...Unless It's On a Hill
“Look at this dude with skin tight jeans on. He looks like he has on Parasuco’s” That is what I was thinking yesterday as I walked through the mall. “Look at this chick with all that make-up on. She looks like MiMi from the Drew Carry show.” That is what I say almost everyday in reference to women. (Learn how to do your make up and what works for you.) I’ll admit it. I am a people watcher. I love to watch people. Watch their gait, their mannerisms, their attitude, their clothing, etc. That is what I do. And in doing so I have come to the conclusion that The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From The Tree…unless it’s on a hill.
I have been watching people for years now. I have pretty much perfected the craft. I can tell a lot by just observing and watching people. I can tell if they work out, if they are hurt, what their style is, what they ate for breakfast, how they like it, etc. But I think one of the most important and entertaining things to watch is when you see a child and its same sex parent. It is very intriguing.
And thus I have learned, ignorance breeds ignorance, inconsiderateness breeds inconsiderateness, stupidity breeds stupidity, rudeness breeds rudeness and ***holes breed ***holes. Seriously just take a look for yourself. If you are considering dating someone or marrying someone please meet, watch and talk to the same sex parent. You can find out a lot about a person by doing so. Because that adult was and is their role model on how to be a person and adult. If the mom or dad is ignorant so is you friend. If you walk through a mall and see a child, not a toddler or younger, acting up following close behind will be a parent doing the same.
Have you ever been out somewhere and saw a teenage girl dressed inappropriately and thought to yourself or aloud, “What in the world is this child doing and why are they dressed like that?” To only look up and see their mom dragging behind looking like a 40-year-old prostitute. The Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
How many times have you been in contact with a rude and thoughtless teenage boy that acts stupid? Then you see their dad and all you can say is “Oh, okay!”
When you have a rude child or an inconsiderate child or just a plain old child that is an ***hole don’t be mad at them. Be mad at the parent because they are that way. If your girlfriend or boyfriend is mean and nasty it is because they are immolating their mean and nasty parent.
My main point is the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree…unless it is on a hill. Meaning the apple will roll further down the hill and get even lower than the tree it has come from. This is an ever lasting routine as long as there is a hill with nothing to stop it. The child will get worse and the generations after will be even worse than that. It is a hopeless cycle.
To continue using my ever so clever and well thought out analogy and metaphor. Think about it as I stretch it just a bit. The tree is not on level ground. So it is trying it’s hardest to stay upright and rooted so it can stay where it is. Gravity or life will make it fall if it isn’t sustaining itself. To sustain itself it must focus on itself very intently. Now, if and when the tree bears fruit or offspring it cannot and will not look after the fallen fruit/offspring thoroughly because it is too busy sustaining itself for self-preservation. Unfortunately, the fruit rolls down the hill to an even lower spot.
You still with me, cool. Let us continue to stretch.
Now if there is an apple farmer/gatherer or just plain concerned person to help the fallen fruit/offspring out a bit and take it to higher or level ground the cycle will not repeat itself. At least for that one offspring and coming offspring. All it takes is one person to lift that offspring/fruit or child to a higher, better place. There is no need to worry about the tree getting upset because it is still busy sustaining itself and not really worried about the offspring.
Now, some smart person might ask, “Why not level the field?” Because you have to bring in tons of extra soil (what is needed to grow something) to level the field and some of the original trees might get buried. The smart person asks again “Well, why not move the tree?” Have you ever tried to move a full-grown tree? It takes special equipment and it is a long drawn out process that takes time. Because the tree’s roots are firmly planted in the ground because it has been trying to sustain itself on the hill for so long. The fruit/offspring is easy to carry/lift to level or higher ground.
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree…unless it is on a hill. Are you there to catch or help a fallen fruit/offspring? You should and could be. Are you watching a tree on a hill and its fruit roll even lower down the hill? You can do something about it. And most importantly, Are you the tree on the hill trying its hardest to sustain? You can ask for help. People are there to help you and your fallen offspring. It is easy right now for your fallen offspring because they are small and easily shifted. It will be hard for you because as I stated before your roots are firmly deep into the hill to sustain and live. But there are specialists that know how to help you out and can move you too to higher ground.
As a matter of fact Mr. or Ms. Tree you can stop you fruit from rolling down the hill. You have to be strong and spread you roots and bust out of the thing holding you back. But you still need help to get to higher ground.
This was a long and difficult to understand blog but so was my experience. Take it and learn from it. Pass it on. This could be your first step as a fruit cultivator.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
What language do you dream in? &%$#@*^!
So here I am again with a quick question or two on obscenity and profanity. What the flying motherfuck is profanity, and what makes it so profane? As a frequent user, I would like some moral and grammatical clarity. Let’s see… Here is the Webster’s definition: pro‧fan‧i‧ty /prəˈfænɪti, proʊ-/ Pronunciation Key - Pronunciation [pruh-fan-i-tee, proh-]
–Noun, plural -ties for 2.
1. | the quality of being profane; irreverence. |
2. | profane conduct or language; a profane act or utterance. |
3. | obscenity (defs. 2, 3). |
Origin: 1600–10; <>profānitās. See profane, -ity]
—Synonyms 1, 2. blasphemy, sacrilege. 2. Swearing, malediction; curse.
That ladies and gentlemen is the Webster’s definition copied and pasted.Let’s start with number one, the quality of being profane; irreverence. Profane? Excuse me? Are you fucking kidding?! Profane?! I won’t go to Webster’s for this one. Profane is usually defined as anything that is vulgar or contemptuous. Let’s take the word “fuck” for example. How it is that such an expressive and versatile word such as fuck be considered vulgar or contemptuous is beyond me… In modern daily usage, the versatility of the word is such that it can be used as a transitive verb (she fucks him), intransitive verb (she fucks quite often), noun (he is a dumb fuck), adjective (my fucking head hurts), adverb (this remote control won't fucking work), adverb enhancing an adjective (his sister is fucking crazy), interjection (when the fuck did this happen?), or an exclamation (Fuck!). Fuck is also one of the few words in English commonly used as an infix, as in absofuckinglutely, infuckingcredible, and congratufuckulations along with several other expletive infixes. Thanks to “The F Word” second edition; copyright 1995 to help clear that up. Now that we have briefly explored the versatility of the word fuck, should we still consider it vulgar? When some one says the word vulgar, I feel as if I am in a 16th century church and someone is soon to be flogged for some offense against the pope. Slavery was vulgar, the holocost was vulgar, and police brutality is vulgar. Thus leading me to the second part of the definition; irreverence…
I’m going go out on a limb here and say that, to be irreverent you had to have some reverence or at least knowledge of the concept at some point in time. This may be where the trap is set, so I will be careful… Reverence for who or what? The church, your parents, the government, I think not. As all of these institutions have or will systematically fail, do they still deserve reverence? If so, why do they deserver it? Most people derive their sense of morals from a “higher being.” In the absence of an incorruptible, tangible earthly representative of this “higher being” moral authority, is just given away there is no line, no election, not even a raffle. There is no regulation, no review board; it is simply unchecked, unfettered authority. We have all heard the saying, “absolute power corrupts absolutely.” How many children have to be abused, how many unnecessary wars have to be fought before this “authority” is challenged; before our so-called reverence is tested? Reverence to me has become the mutated offspring of an incestuous union between respect and fear, there is supposed to be a natural balance of the two tempered by curiosity. That is how I see it, but no… we hand out authority like drunken philanthropists on Halloween.
Let’s delve deeper into the definition of profanity… Obscenity, what constitutes an obscenity? Is it a raised middle finger, exposed genitals, or maybe an act of extreme violence? Perhaps obscenity is anything that is deemed offensive by someone else who turns a profit or makes a career out of simply being offended. Why is it that pornography is considered obscene? What is it about people engaging in sex acts on film that is so offensive? Why, because it may excite someone? Is it because it may lead to adulterous thoughts and feelings? (I know that this is a gross under simplification, however guilt and shame themes that will be explored in later posts.) Oh, the shame! Shame in craving sex, nasty pornographic sex… I think not! Personally, I think there is more shame in not craving sexual gratification, but that may just be me. True obscenity to me is a child who has been forced to fight in a war. Ignoring the legacy of slavery is obscene. Obscenity is female circumcision and child prostitution. What is truly obscene, are the present day conditions in Haiti; in what can only be described as a direct result of the exploitive nature of colonialism… These things are not just obscene, they are criminal, and to not prosecute and persecute the offenders to our utmost capacity is what is obscene.
Is it ever OK to be purposely profane or obscene? That is not a question for me to answer. However, I do think it would be hypocritical for me to deny my own profane nature and to not seek atonement for my own personal obscenities and atrocities, so thus I submit my opinion. Fuck it. Suck my dick. I don’t give a shit, bitch! I am kidding of course… or am I? Thanks for reading. Peace until…
Please Wake Me When This is Over ... !!!
Baseball, which was considered by many as America's pasttime, should now be considered America's bedtime because it does nothing, in my opinion, but put people to sleep. There's a reason why 99% of the America is so entrenched in the NFL Training Camps and hearing Brette Favre pay homage to Aaliya with his back and forth on his retirement or whether race is the underlying factor with Michael Vick, figuring that Peyton Manning wouldn't have gotten this much attention had he injured Marmaduke.
It is because with all of the steroid controversy, baseball has truly lost alot of it's luster. I don't know if I am watching a sport or a Jada Fire flick with all that crotch grabbing and spitting. Without a doubt, football has taken over the #1 slot in America's race for their most beloved sport. It is a known fact that football's legion of die-hard fans have grown over the last decade or so.
Now if we go down the line and compare the 2 sports you will see that football vs. baseball is as compelling as Steven Seagal vs. Al Bundy. One negative that baseball has against it is that the bulk of its season runs parallel with football and basketball. So, in most cases, people will only tune into baseball once the football and basketball seasons are over. But even by then, most people are out and about trying to enjoy the summer weather and not glued to the tube watching grown men grab themselves in public.
So watch football if you are interested in viewing nonstop hours of action. I was very pissed off when I watched my first entire baseball game and after 3 or 4 hours of what I thought was supposed to be action, the score was 2 to 1. You mean I had to sit through 3 hours of that for only a couple of runs scored ? Hell, they should at least give each team 3 points on the board for even suiting up for the game.
Football, on the other hand, is an on-field battle between 22 men. Even if the game has a low score like 6 to 3, you know you will be guaranteed some action. This is why football is one of the only sports that they televise on Thanksgiving. What better way to enjoy a meal with your family, outside of them just not being there, than to watch a football game ?
Even baseball players will tell you how engrossed they are into football. There's a reason why the Super Bowl is the most televised sports event ever and people would rather watch reruns of Laverne and Shirley than watch the World Series It is everyone's infatuation with football. Even college football is immensely popular. You hear of the popularity in college sports as far as football and basketball, but the only thing I have heard about college baseball is, okay forreal, I haven't heard anything about it. I am starting to wonder if it even exists. College baseball might just be like the Loch Ness Monster - you hear about it all the time, but no one has actually ever saw it.
As far as professional sports go, there still is no comparison between football and baseball. The NFL will always reign supreme over the MLB. And this is not just an opinionated editorial, it should definitely be taken as fact. If anything that was said is doubted, watch both games in its entirety and decide for yourself. If you agree with me, then SCORE, and if you don't then you are out (I guess I learned something from baseball after-all).
Back off to sleep I go ... I'll just hit snooze a couple of times until September 10th gets here.