May 2009
35 posts
In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for...
– Buddha (via reluctantbuddha)
Nothing will work unless you do.
– Maya Angelou (via reluctantbuddha)
The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned.
– William Somerset Maugham (via reluctantbuddha)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-5-24) →
XV (52)
Drake (38)
Gucci Mane (37)
Playboy Tre (32)
Print (30)
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AH: yo this cam is a fool
me: ehhhhh I got mixed feelings
some really great moments though
AH: yeah
me: spend the night
the song, not an invitation
AH: lmao
25 and Over
5oh7:
Sars’s awesome essay on Things you can’t do after you turn 25:
Past the quarter-century mark, you see, certain actions, attitudes, and behaviors will simply no longer do, and while it might seem unpleasant to feign a maturity and solicitousness towards others that you may not genuinely feel, it is not only appreciated by others but necessary for your continued survival.
There is a place to stand
where you can see so many lights
you forget you are...
– Naomi Shihab Nye
excerpt from Spruce Street, Berkeley (in Yellow Glove, 1986)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-5-17) →
Stanza (99)
Nesby Phips (72)
Dj Klever (45)
Cam’ron (41)
J. Cole (32)
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The Day of The Sun
Arriving early at the limit of understanding, I managed to find a good seat, and settled in with the others, who were fanning away the heat with their programs full of blank pages. The orchestra was in place, and soon the show started. First, deep space rose high and flooded the stage, immersing all the spots where our thoughts could have fixed if our minds had thoughts. Which they...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-5-10) →
Nesby Phips (152)
Nes Phips (32)
Dom Kennedy (31)
Kenna (29)
Dj Klever (21)
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Kanye West f. Young Jeezy - Amazing
directed by Hype Williams
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you...
– Lao Tzu
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-5-3) →
Diz Gibran (29)
Kid Cudi (19)
Prynce (8)
Jackie Chain (6)
Fam-Lay (6)
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In Blackwater Woods
by Mary Oliver
Look, the trees are turning their own bodies into pillars of light, are giving off the rich fragrance of cinnamon and fulfillment, the long tapers of cattails are bursting and floating away over the blue shoulders of the ponds, and every pond, no matter what its name is, is nameless now. Every year everything I have ever learned in my lifetime leads back to...
I am your friend and my love for you goes deep. There is nothing I can give you...
– Fra Giovanni Giocondo
We construct ourselves through behavior.
– David Brooks - “Genius: The Modern View”
The New York Times - May 1, 2009