Diggy Simmons

Diggy Simmons- {Shook Ones Freestyle} from philthegod. on Vimeo.

The son of Run from the great Run DMC and the nephew of the business mogul, Russel Simmon, Diggy Simmons is set to take hip hop by storm but through his own talent on the M.I.C and not just from the family name. I have high hopes for this kid.

Karma: action, seen as bringing upon oneself inevitable results, good or bad, either in this life or in a reincarnation

I haven't blogged in over a month. I wish I could say that I've been too busy to blog but the fact of the matter is I've been lazy.

Oh well. I can continue to try and do better.

Lately I have a feeling Karma is about to give me a swift kick in ass.

Magic Mushrooms

I could go for a bag of magic mushrooms too bad I live above the influence....

Cee-Lo Green - Fuck You

I guess he’s an X-box and I’m more Atari

But the way you play your game ain’t fair.

Reshma Shetty

'Royal Pains' Star Reshma Shetty

I love her accent!

Prop 8 Overturned!!

Prop 8 Overturned!!! Equal rights for everyone! Nice to be out of the 1950s...

"Race restrictions on marital partners were once common in most states but are now seen as archaic, shameful or even bizarre. When the Supreme Court invalidated race restrictions in Loving, the definition of the right to marry did not change. Instead, the Court recognized that race restrictions, despite their historical prevalence, stood in stark contrast to the concepts of liberty and choice inherent in the right to marry."

500 days of weezy

"This is not a mashup album, this is an album about Wayne."

http://www.500daysofweezy.com/

Shannyn Sossamon

I was watching a Knight's Tale last night and it reminded me how attractive Shannyn Sossamon is.....

Faux News

Every time Faux News does a bogus news story a baby cries.......

Donkey Kong

I used to have a huge NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) collection. I probably had close to 500+ games. A couple of years ago I got tired of the games taking up space in my apartment so I sold them for a nice little profit.

Anywho, the picture above is a t-shirt design from teefury. I started buying a great deal of their limited editon t-shirts. You should check them out sometime.

Here's to you Mario and your never ending struggle to save daisy and princess peach.

I wonder if anybody ever told Mario nice guys finish last....

Kick Ass Elmo

Kick Ass was an amazing comic in my opinion. It was definitely a fun read for me. I was slightly disappointed in the movie but very few movies are able to go from comic to movie as we saw with the horrible work they did with Alan Moore's Watchmen.

I ran across this picture while looking for cube art.

Hip Hop

It's Friday not that it really matters to me.

Mos Def, Black Thought and Eminem on the cypher....

Aquaman Dead

Damn you BP!!! Not Aquaman too! NOOOOOOOOO!

Lazy: encouraging inactivity or indolence

I've noticed that I really haven't been writing much on my blog. I've mostly just been posting interesting things I find here and there while I browse the net.

The truth of the matter is I only post those things because I'm to lazy to actually write on my blog. I post those things to give my self the illusion that I am actually blogging.

I enjoy blogging because I like to look back on blogs months later and see how I was feeling at a particular time in my life. When I just post interesting things I find on the net it's less enjoyable for me to look back on.

I need to stop being lazy and start writing more......I'm also getting rusty.....

Comic Books: NERD BLOG

If you already didn't know I have an affinity for comics. I love comics. I have been reading comic books ever since I was in elementary school. Comic books have always been a good friend to me. They taught me how to read and write.

I have often heard stories of people's parents discouraging them from reading comics growing up. My mom was the exact opposite. She loved the fact that I was reading something instead of spending hours in front of the tv and playing video games. I have fond memories growing up of my mom taking me to the comic book store to buy comics every week. I remember for my birthday my mom would give me $100 to buy as many comics as I wanted. Back then $100 could buy you quite a few comics.

As I got older and went off to college, I stopped reading for awhile. I'm not certain why I stopped. Maybe because I felt it was childish or maybe a lack of funds. Regardless of the reason, I stopped. A couple of years ago I randomly decided to walk into a comic book store in Madison, TN called Comic City Too. I started to build a rapport with the owner of the shop who had recently just purchased the business from the previous owner. He started recommending a few good books to pick up and just like that I was hooked again.

I started spending an absurd amount of money on comics every month. Even with the 20% discount I get because I'm a frequent customer. I have to streamline the books I read for a while. I'm attempting to limit myself to only 10 titles a month. Let's see how long that holds.

The BIG 10:

The Walking Dead (my personal Favorite)

Proof

GI Joe Cobra II

Green Lantern

Green Lantern Corp

Because I'm a self proclaimed X-Men fanboy:

X-Men Legacy

Uncanny X-men

X-Factor

X-Force

New Mutants

The BIG TEN doesn't include the Graphic Novels that I pick up. They usually come out ever 6 months or so. These include:

Fables

Jack of Fables

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8

Scott Pilgrim

"Nikki"

"Nikki" Dante Basco (Def Poetry)
Season 2, Episode 2 (S02 E02)

Top 5

My friends and I often talk about our top 5 celebrity crushes. Here are mine in no particular order. I would also like to note that Lucy Liu used to be on my list and has been replaced by Freida Pinto. Although she had been replaced, Lucy Liu will always have a special place in my heart. Well, without further adieu....

5. Eva Mendes

4. Jamie Chung

3. Freida Pinto

2. Stacy Dash

1. Gabrielle Union




PS Girls are like M&M's...different colors on the outside but on the inside they're all sweet!

Freida Pinto

The co star of Slum Dog Millionaire! So beautiful!

Crayon: a stick of white or colored chalk or of colored wax used for writing or drawing

"Life is like a box of crayons. Most people are the 8-color boxes, but what you're really looking for are the 64-color boxes with the sharpeners on the back. I fancy myself to be a 64-color box, though I've got a few missing. It's ok though, because I've got some more vibrant colors like periwinkle at my disposal. I have a bit of a problem though in that I can only meet the 8-color boxes. Does anyone else have that problem? I mean there are so many different colors of life, of feeling, of articulation... so when I meet someone who's an 8-color type... I'm like, 'hey girl, magenta!' and she's like, 'oh, you mean purple!' and she goes off on her purple thing, and I'm like, 'no - I want magenta!' " - John Mayer

Odes: a lyric poem usually marked by exaltation of feeling and style

Loving me may be one of the most dangerous thing a woman chooses to do with herself, but those who dare never die. Odes are eternal.

Def Poetry

I miss this show. It was so raw...
"Pussy" Ishle Yi Park (Def Poetry)
Season 3, Episode 2

The Fund Raiser

Cause Nigga?!

I'm tha cause!

Cause I wanna a house!

Cause I wanna a yacht!

Cause I wanna get this gwap, nigga!

That's tha cause!

music moves my soul

Music! Who doesn't enjoy it?

New comic book day

Well, new comic book day is tomorrow. Starting tomorrow I will not have picked up my weekly pulled comics in three weeks. I'm dreading the cost of three weeks worth of comics.

The Green Hornet

Seth Rogen as The Green Hornet!? Oh well... the trailer looks pretty cool.

Matt and Kim Fall Tour!

Yep! They are coming back to Nashville and you know yours truly will be there! Last time I saw them they were with The Cool Kids....

New BANNER!

Shout out to my buddy Tommy Dood for hooking me up with the new banner!

Check out his work at usedBatteries Photography

Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan

I've always wanted to go to Japan more than any other place. I'm not sure what my fascination is with the country but as far as I can remember since I was a young lad there was no other place in the world that I wanted to spend time.

Here's to you Japan. One day you and I will unite!

Lust: intense or unbridled sexual desire

"Initial attraction is for the most part always lust,

but a smart woman can wade through it." - Kay C.

Mark Ronson & The Business INTL - Bang Bang Bang

Diggin this song and the video is so DOPE! Thanks to my friend for turning me onto this song.

Aris Mendoza

The lovely Aris Mendoza. I first saw her on an episode of Everybody Hates Chris.

Perplexed: filled with uncertainty

Dear Journal,

Very Doug Funny esque....

My current mood at the moment is that of complete and utter perplexion. I can't shake this feeling I have and I wish it would just go away. I'm not sure what to do about it but alas I do know the root of the problem.

While I was in the process of writing this current blog entry, I just had an epiphany......I need to listen to my own advice.

GO BOSTON!

Not necessarily because I'm a Celtics fan. I just detest the Lakers. GO BOSTON!

Judge: One who makes estimates as to worth, quality, or fitness

Sesame Street teaches kids to judge people

They got a character on there named Oscar, they treat this guy like shit the entire show. They judge him right in his face, “Oscar you are so mean! Isn’t he kids?”, “Yeah Oscar! You’re a grouch!”

He’s like “BITCH! I LIVE IN A FUCKING TRASHCAN! I’m the poorest motherfucker on Sesame Street, nobody’s helping me.”

- Dave Chappelle

Unthinkable: Impossible to imagine; inconceivable

Below is Drake's verse from the remix of Alicia Keys' song "Unthinkable". Every once in awhile a verse in a song will speak volumes to how I'm feeling about certain aspects of my life at the moment. The first song to every really do that in hip hop was Kanye's song "Spaceship. Now, years later, Drake's verse in "Unthinkable" does it to me again.

"Ugh, Tez keeps telling me he just turned 30
having dreams of being single forever he’s getting worried
and I’m scared too because I’m in the same boat
good women are rare too, none of them have come close
me I have’nt changed much, you know how I play
better safe than sorry
instead of searching for substance at every single party
baby being part of this life
I feel like I’m bound to end up with somebody
that’s been with everybody
I need you to rescue me from my destiny
I’m trying to live right and give you whatever’s left of me
cause you know life is what we make it and a
chance is like a picture, it’d be nice if you just take it.
Or let me take it for ya
I’m just down to ride
or we can roll around the city until we finally decide
I got more than a thing for you, tattoo and ink for you
right over my heart girl I do the unthinkable"

Beach: a shore of a body of water covered by sand, gravel, or larger rock fragments

I just got back from Destin, FL and I am BURNED!

Excerpt from the blog of Uncle Ruckus

On Barack Obama:

First of all, Barrack O’Babooma need to be thankin Jesus Christ above. White folks felt so sorry for his black azz, they let him pretend that he’s the president. Then again, it is the white man’s nature to be so good and giving. Praise Caucasians. Like every other white man, I worry bout what he doin to the Whitehouse, itself. The smell of menthol cigarettes in the Oval office. Dog fights in the Rose Garden. And a stripper pole in the Lincoln bedroom. It’s an American Tragedy! I heard, everytime he walks into the West Wing he hollers “West Side.” And according to my inside sources, him and his 1/8th breed daughters did a drive-by on the Lincoln Monument. Far as the economy goes, he giving America the “Full Ni**ah Experience. “ No jobs. Nowhere to live. And horrible education. Give him another month and it’ll be free peanut butter and Malt Liquor for everybody. I can’t wait till we get a white man in office so we can get back to peace, prosperity and hating other countries that we don’t fully understand.

Too Funny! Season 3 starts Sunday!

via: (Unlce Ruckus Blog)

Blinky

What?! Who were you expecting?

Window Seat

I posted the single a while ago. The video was released a few days ago. Erykah faces misdemeanor charge for the video. Video inspired by Matt and Kim!

Matt and Kim! Lessons learned, the video that inspired the video for window seat.

Tightrope: a dangerously precarious situation —usually used in the phrase walk a tightrope

Janelle Monae "Tightrope" Ft. Big Boi

I am Curious Black

What do you when the person you dig has no interest in you?

Anyway, LPN school is getting closer to completion. April 23! Three days after my BDAY. Now I really need to find an RN program to get into.

All hail king Neptune and his water breathers. No snail thing too quick for his water

I just want to run up and push it all down...I'm such an ass. It's pretty cool nonetheless.

" American architect Bryan Berg has succeeded himself as the world record holder in number of cards stacked. He built a replica of the Venetian resort in Macau inside the hotel itself. The creation is composed of 218,792 cards (4,051 decks) with no glue or other aids to hold them together. The feat took Berg 44 days. The hotel replica stands almost ten feet tall and is 33 feet long!

‘This has been the most ambitious project I have undertaken to date,’ Berg said.

‘It’s really like a real construction project because you have to engineer every single adjacency and every support that’s supporting everything above,’ he added.

‘I was inspired to stack cards by my card-playing grandfather; maybe I can inspire some visitors at The Venetian Macao to try their hand at building their own structures.

‘There couldn’t be a more fitting place to build the world’s largest house of cards than at the world’s largest resort hotel,” he added. "

via: neatorama

Down for the Count

It's Friday! I'm on break from class all next week. Oh, what to do?

Olivia Munn = Olivia YUMMMM.

Happy Hump Day!! I'm going snowboarding this weekend. You can find me on the bunny slopes!

Nick Gentry

Artist Nick Gentry has found a muse on our throwaway culture. He paints onto discarded computer disks and cassette tapes.

via: Changethethought

No, not Yoga, it's an Exam

I took my Obstetrics final today. One hundred sixty questions about women's vaginas......ugh!

Change: to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone

Nothing new to report today. The world is the same today as I left it yesterday.

Let's focus on practicing love, tolerance, and diversity....

Grace Park

Annoyance: an unpleasant mental state that is characterized by such effects as irritation and distraction from one's conscious thinking.

YOU'RE NOT BLACK!

Three words that are always ultimately spoken to me when someone feels comfortable around me. Regardless of their race, white, asian or spanish, those three words always seem to get uttered.

Although I often let it roll off my back when people say this, It still annoys me a great deal. Their reasoning for this statement is often because of the way I talk. Evidently I don't speak "black" enough for these people, although I'm not sure what speaking "black" means. Sometimes it's because I dress a certain way or act in a way that's not "black". Whatever their reasoning behind the statement makes no difference to me. I know that I am black. When people first see me they don't hear the way I speak all they see is the color of my skin and begin to make assumptions like; He's black so he must talk and act like this....

I'm not really sure where I'm going with this blog. I suppose I'm just venting. I guess what I'm trying to say; The "YOU'RE NOT BLACK" joke is not funny to me. While I may smile and slightly laugh on the outside. I really want to punch you in the face and say "SHUT THE F@CK UP", well not really but you get the point. I've heard all the jokes a million times by a million different people. What does it mean to be "black" beyond the color of ones skin?

Vesnyca

via: VESNYCA

Baptiste Debombourg

"This is the work of French artist Baptiste Debombourg."

via: Make:

Gee, I love K-POP

I know this is an old song but I LOVE K-POP !

Star bellied sneetches....

Oh, the things we could learn from the star bellied sneetches....

Dr Seuss's books are probably some of the most amazing pieces of literature ever written. The simple format that they are written in are for the benefit of children but adults can also learn from the messages within his books. There are very few books that I can honestly say that had an impact on my life and The Star Bellied Sneetches are one of those books that had a tremendous impact.