Military Commissions Act Review? yay.

-Thank God! - it appears some democratic senators and such are going to review the Military Commissions Act of 2006, or as i like to call it, the that-thing-threatens-to-rip-the-fabric-of-our-constitution law.

randoms

-Mario Medley! - (google video) - play! a video game symphony

conflicting stories

Here's one story from Time in Partnership with CNN claiming that the "boomerang" effect of college graduates is and has been in constant decline, whereas another story at CNN Money is discussing fears from kids moving home and never leaving again.

The problem here is these two stories are on the same network, and one that i would expect be more diligent in achieving some solidarity, but i could be wrong. maybe the same company having two conflicting reports up is a good thing... theyre promoting free speech. thats it, lol.

-trp

randoms

-there's a new common video at the rap up for the movie Freedom Writers. it's above average.\

-ocean's 13 trailer - no julia roberts.

square one.

back to square one. i must say im one contradictory ass motherfucker. first im one of the first people to get on the blog phenomenon(back then i had a livejournal) when it was still fresh, then i decided blogging was lame and deleted my account and bottled up my muse altogether. but i can now realize the cathartic properties of putting your words on paper/screen, even if nobody ever sees it but you. so here i am again.

back at what can only be described as my updated livejournal, only this time i'm a little more adamant about its purpose and the possibilities if i play my cards right.

so i apologize if too much of my personality comes through in my writing, i appreciate it when authors project their virtual selves detatched from their personal lives, and a sense create an entire new persona. this conflict with expressing the truth makes a social art such as journalism all the more difficult to wrap your head around. you never quite get it, but your working knowledge is akin to our own constitution... a living document, able to be changed and/or modified.

i read an article in XXL about nas, where (paraphrasing) he explained that he was happy to be so contradictory, because it makes him human. and if the human element if my writing is what is going to make it successful for me, is it wise for me to deny the reader that? am i better or worse at the craft for it?

i don't know if any of this matters, anyhow. my audience is small and distinct: people who for some reason find me interesting enough to read my prose. and i get the feeling this small section of society will tire of my words soon enough.

i wrote on my facebook page (which i promptly deactivated... again) that life is a perpetual disappointment machine. i recognize my tendency toward hyperbole for the sake of distinction, but sometimes it truly feels

"...as if i'm nothing more than a hamster in a wheel..."


-trp

DJ Clue - The Professional 3

I heard some of this tonight in my friends car smokin, and was unimpressed. theres a song with paul wall and mike jones that is underwhelming, but theres one with cam'ron thats a banger, except that cam'ron is on it. we promptly switched cd's.

more fish sounds better than average obviously, and its no fishscale... obviously.

Chamillionaire - Mixtape Messiah 2

i saw this @ the rap up, and im a cham fan, and a rap up fan, so i gotta spread the word... mixtape messiah 2 is hot by my own ears, and i think you'll agree. hes got a ridin remix with akon that sounds nice for akon:



1. Guess Who's Back Intro
2. Hip Hop Warning
3. Hip Hop Dead Skit
4. She Gonna Already Know
5. Let Em Know
6. Tryin To Change Me
7. Picture Me Rollin
8. Chamillionaire Speaks
9. Game Gonna Cost A Free
10. Game Gonna Cost A Free Break
11. Riding Overseas Feat. Akon
12. Show me What Ya Got Feat. Famous
13. Answer Machine 2
14. Chamillitary Radio Skit
15. International Money
16. I Run It
17. Get Ya Umbrellas Out
18. Get Ya Umbrella Break
19. Man Hold Up
20. Roll Call Reloaded
21. Outro