I threw tools to you even to subdue your own DNA

"Mama spoiled me, the neighborhood express loyalty"

A complete brain block is the state of mind that i'm trapped in. so, i'll keep this Jaz-O track on repeat and lounge for a few until something comes to me. I need a writer life-line. Where's Regis?

Hit up the Deval Patrick rally on Friday where he brought in fellow Chi native Barack Obama. Both speeches were pretty good. My favorite part was when he said something like, "I've stopped listening to the experts. I've always wondered what exactly qualified some of those political pundits on television as the de facto experts in their field. It's like they randomly just appear and are supposedly super-informed on every issue and strategic implication of even the slightest misstep on a candidate's part. But whatever. Patrick has got the governor's gig on lock. It's a wrap for Kerry Healey.

Did some other stuff this weekend as well. Hit up two conferences, an outdoor festival, and church. Tried to keep some balance, stay grounded, and have some fun as well. Turned out to be a decent weekend. Ain't mad at that. Hoepfully, it'll only spell good things for this coming week. Mad stuff to follow-up on the workfront. Mad students to get in touch with to shore up some plans. And the inevitables headaches have already started to arrive as holiday travel season draws nearer. I need to go ahead and hit the lottery and call it a day.

Gain the whole world for the price of your soul

It's funny how money change a situation

lemme go ahead and get this off my chest real quick before I forget.

KANYE WEST is a punk-a$$ b!tch.

Don't go fronting like you really representing and then come out your a$ like a little punk a$ b!tch. and THEN try to pop ish because you had the dough to do what you wnated to do, yet you still didn't get over so now you wanna whine about it. arrogant muthafuqas make me mad. and i don't fuqing like being mad.

Now even when you're gone you can still be reborn
And, from the night can arrive the sweet dawn
Now, some might listen and some might shun
And some may think that they've reached perfection
If you look closely you'll see what you've become
Cause you might win some but you just lost one

First of all, i wasn't had to become lost. Secondly, the Justice vs Simian video was pretty ill. It had me rolling. Thirdly, is this not the same dude who had everybody on his nuts became he "spoke up" about katrina. And make references akin to the tune of him being one of the only peopl in hip-hop who speaks from his soul and has a message? Give me a muthafuqing break, B. It ain't about you, homie!

I think I could possibly be overreacting, but this is just ridiculous. Man the fuq up. Come real with it. If you're really a b!tch, then be that. But if you gonna front like you for the world, then just be clear with it; your fronting, that is. Cuz we been seen through that shT, son.

And lastly, the dude is an entertainer. Just a new-age reincarnation of Puffy. I don't do that new nickname shT. Stick to the basics. Two wack rappers with more ghostwriters than balls of their own to clutch.

But remember not a game new under the sun
Everything you did has already been done
I know all the tricks from Bricks to Kingston
My ting done made your kingdom wan' run
-Lauryn Hill, "Lost One"

this is a link to watch the dumb shT in all its glory

My life story strictly business never blew my chance

A unique sound from the streets and it's just so sweet
My Livin' Proof life story, let me break it in PEACE
-Group Home, "Living Proof"

I sit alone in my four-cornered room staring at candles

had some time to go through my papers, gather my thoughts, and think about some extra shT.

pensive. yeah, that's about right. just call me Pensive Pops today because that's the mood I'm in. and the meditative meaning as a matter of fact.

so anyways, why do i feel overworked yet bored? it's such an awkward feeling to have. like when you are mad hungry to the point that you forget about food and start getting delirious because of your deprivation.

i have a lot of stuff that i need to go ahead and throw away. get some of this clutter out of my periphery. papers, magazines, and some other assorted and random-a$$ shT that should take an L.

plus, i've been doing too much thinking about travel, yet not enough doing. so i need to hop my a$$ on the highway and make some moves. not too mention, the last two months of the year are upon us. So, i need to seriously revisit the goals and "plan" i laid out at the outset and assess what i have accomplished and what remains to be addressed, tackled, conquered, reworked, or forgot about altogether.

only then can i make room for some other ideas, goals, and fresh blood to encircle my membranes in preparation to breath the air of a new, blue skiy that awaits...god willing. nahmean.

and yes, the geto boys were the shT!