I just found this video by Nas, “Sly Fox,” a scathing criticism of mass-produced media, empty analyzations of violence in hip hop, and the racism and shallowness of the FOX franchise.
That’s some shit right there. I’ve got newfound respect for Nas.
Archive for November, 2008
A couple of weeks ago we visited my friend Heidi at her family farm in rural north-central Indiana in Pulaski and Starke counties. It was a sunny and gorgeous day harvesting and washing pumpkins for the upcoming Halloween holiday, the kids running around us, playing with fat, sleepy puppies, while we worked our butts [...]
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Tractor, Winamac, originally uploaded by feminaerecta.
Huh:
In his new book, Society Without God, Phil Zuckerman looks at the Danes and the Swedes—probably the most godless people on Earth. They don’t go to church or pray in the privacy of their own homes; they don’t believe in God or heaven or hell. But, by any reasonable standard, they’re nice to one another. [...]
I haven’t had any good news in a long while. I so needed this today.
All I have to take is one class and I can do it online, which means I don’t have to quit my job to get my teaching license. Since I don’t have to quit my job, we’re going to be [...]
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Teh Snuggles, originally uploaded by feminaerecta.
I chuckled when I read this bit on the stick being inducted to the National Toy Hall of Fame, because E spent a good part of the summer in the backyard setting up and knocking down sticks in increasingly elaborate TKD forms.
I wonder if the cardboard box has a spot in the hall [...]
Swear, this is what I love about hip hop:
This has had my butt moving all week.
I got new glasses. They’re pretty cute.
Last night was phenomenal, yes.
I start my own new beginnings. I have a meeting with an academic advisor week after next, and today I picked up my academic transcripts so I can go back to school.
I’m finding out what my options are.
My math and foreign language grades are embarrassing, but I still [...]
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