you should care about...

2010-02-23T11:03:00.000-08:00

So I'm about to resurrect this page, with the same concern i had when i started it... who really cares? But the same goes for my facebook and twitter accounts which... it must be said, I have a love/hate relationship with. then again, i think i have a love/hate relationship with everyone and everything. haven't decided whether this will be a public or private blog.

I concurrently have the need to share what's in my head as well as be sure not to share too much for fear of people actually realizing how nuts i think i am. So I'll start with a rehash of something I did a couple years ago:

IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?
So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button

Opening Credits: Build God, Then We'll Talk - Panic! At The Disco

Waking Up: Success - Jay-Z

First Day At School: It's Me Bitches (Remix) - Sheek Louch & Jadakiss

Falling In Love: Working Together(Boyz Noise Mix) - Gonzales

Fight Song: Never Change - Jay-Z

Breaking Up: I'm The Shit!!! - Killer Mike <-- lol

Prom: So Many Tears - Tupac o.O

Life's OK: Till There Was You - The Beatles

Mental Breakdown: Exodus - Bob Marley & The Wailers

Driving: Time Travelin(A Tribute to Fela) - Common

Flashback: Beach Chair - Jay-Z

Getting Back Together: White America - Eminem <--rofl

Wedding: Trill Recognize Trill - Bun-B (hahaha)

Birth of Child: Tension - Little Brother

Final Battle: So High - John Legend (shrug)

Death Scene: The Future - Diddy (mmk.)

Funeral Song: Dope Boy Fresh - Three 6 Mafia f/ Chamillionaire (lol)

End Credits : Bitches Ain't Shit - Lil Jon (REALLY?... lmao)

The Next Song That Came On: EdUcation - Dr. Dre f/ Eddie Griffin

maybe my itunes is trying to tell me something lmao

graduation in sight.

2007-09-08T04:10:00.001-07:00

I'm taking 15 hrs this semester, and 12 next semester, and that should be adequate to graduate in may (08). Yeah It's been hella long but whatever... to each his own.

2007-08-06T07:52:00.001-07:00

Man i ain't touched this hoe in a minute. Captain's log, 6/8/07:

Summer school is kickin my monkey ass. These classes are hard as hell. I go from doing statistics for 2.25 hr straight into corporate finance for the next 2.25. At 5:45 everyday my brain does a sigh of relief, only to have to go home and continue diving into the same complex and difficult to remember material I've been slaving over all day. And don't ask me about the damn project I had to turn in... freakin bullshit.

what the fuck...

2007-03-28T09:01:00.000-07:00

i shouldn't have to censor myself in my own blog. this is MY shit. if you don't like what you see, stop visiting. especially people who i don't even know. because we can make the shit personal. its nothin.

spring bunk

2007-03-19T08:49:00.000-07:00

so. the break has arrived. there's a clipse concert on wednesday i kinda wanna hit in austin, but it's looking unlikely; my car has been actin an ass, and since the past month has easily been one of the worst ever as far as me and mine is concerned, I'll likely let that show come and go. Anybody comin' in town gimme a holla...

"i'll be arooooouuund..."
-Cee-lo

ain't this some bullshit...

2007-03-01T06:35:00.000-08:00

...my goddamn FIN 338 professor dropped me from his class after marking me as non-attendant for the first two weeks, even though he speaks to me damn near everyday asking me "Is this your first day here?" in his little annoying accent that makes me want to jab him in his voicebox.

Then, in order to reinstate me in his class, all thats required is for him or me to write a letter to the registrar stating what the mixup was and that I was still enrolled in his class, and the fucktard wouldn't even do that.

I mean, I thought professors were supposed to HELP you... if that's the type of student-teacher interaction that is commonly found, then fuck it just gimme the book. that's that bullshit...

Soundtrack of your Life

2007-02-28T07:31:00.000-08:00

Jacked this from a chick I used to kick it with; I liked the idea:

IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?
So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button

Opening Credits: Back Back - Lil O

Waking Up: Game Flies High - The Game - Big Mike - This Is Why I'm Hot Part 4

First Day At School: The Boogie Man Song - Mos Def - The New Danger

Falling In Love: Vibrate - Outkast - The Love Below

Fight Song: Retaliation is a Must feat. Mddl Fngz - Bun B - Trill

Breaking Up: No More Fun and Games - The Game - The Documentary

Prom: You Really Got A Hold On Me - The Beatles - With the Beatles

Life's OK: I'm Looking Through You - The Beatles - Rubber Soul

Mental Breakdown: We Get Low - Memphis Bleek - The Understanding

Driving: It Don't Feel Right - The Roots feat. Maimouna Yousef - Hip-Hop Docktrine: The Official Boondocks Mixtape

Flashback: Attack - System of a Down - Hypnotize

Getting Back Together: We Don't Care - Kanye West - College Dropout

Wedding: Family Business - Kanye West - College Dropout

Birth of Child: Self Conscience - Nas, Prodigy - Nas and Ill Will Records Present QB's Finest

Final Battle: Girl - The Beatles - Rubber Soul (that's just gay)

Death Scene: Got To Give It Up - Marvin Gaye - The Best Of Marvin Gaye

Funeral Song: Last Of A Dying Breed - Young Jeezy - Thug Motivation 101: Let's Get It

End Credits : Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club

The Next Song That Came On: Takeover - Jay-Z - Jay-Z Unplugged

Video: Nas - Can't Forget About You

2007-02-07T06:21:00.000-08:00

my favorite song on the album for a while... the video does it justice, imo:

spotted @ nahright, courtesy of onsmash.

alot going on...

2007-02-05T04:56:00.000-08:00

since this hurt someones feelings, it no longer exists. feelings are important. unless they're unfounded. then you're just a homo.

Apple IPhone

2007-01-10T09:16:00.000-08:00

The beast ( @ AppleInsider)
-im sooooo getting one of these. throwing the old treo 650 out the window, even though i just got a new replacement from cingular. yes. its that crucial.

EDIT: correction; the only way you can get an iphone at launch so far is to sign a new 2yr contract.

nothx.

randoms

2007-01-06T11:10:00.000-08:00

PhoneZoo - you sign up and you can make your own ringtones and upload them to your phone. seems like i'm behind the curve on this, because this should have existed years ago, and it may have, and i may be. but im here now. and thats what counts.

and, all you sexy ladies out there with a brain and a dry sense of humor, the female friend ive had the longest (something that rarely happens; me having a female friend) has finally broken, so i need another one. im taking apps. lol.

-trp

Talib Kweli & Madlib - Liberation

2007-01-02T09:40:00.000-08:00

continuing the trend of talented artists releasing free shit, Talib Kweli and his Blacksmith compadre, Madlib, made a 9 song cd and released it on the internet, entitled Liberation . this just a week or so after chamillionaire released mixtape messiah 2 on the internet free. its a good time for free music, so gobble it up, niggas!

download (rappcats.com)

-it sounds pretty nice. obviously it has a very organic feel, given the artists who spawned it, so its not much of a banger, but it'll marinate on your mind and soul and you'll look up one day and love it. at least that's my prediction.

Military Commissions Act Review? yay.

2006-12-31T01:37:00.000-08:00

-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

2006-12-30T08:38:00.001-08:00

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

conflicting stories

2006-12-30T08:22:00.000-08:00

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

2006-12-29T11:03:00.000-08:00

-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.

2006-12-29T00:51:00.000-08:00

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

2006-12-26T19:58:00.000-08:00

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

2006-12-25T10:41:00.000-08:00

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

NEW TRANSFORMERS CHRISTMAS MOVIE TRAILER !

2006-12-21T11:29:00.001-08:00


good shit.

nas : hip hop is dead

2006-12-19T13:39:00.000-08:00

nas : hip hop is dead

...is everything i expected it to be, an a-class album, but its sorta lame that they included the edited-ish version of "hip-hop is dead" with the tamer chorus:

"If hip hop should die before I wake, I'll put an extended clip and body 'em all day/ Roll to every station, wreck the DJ (roll to every station, wreck the DJ)"

instead of what i originally heard long before anything else dropped:

"If hip hop should die before I wake, I'll put an extended clip inside of my AK/ Roll to every station, murder the DJ (roll to every station, murder the DJ)"

just sorta lame. but since i bought mine from best buy, i get access to another track at some website, "Where Ya'll At", one of the songs that was recorded but didn't make the album. maybe theyre saving the rest of them for The Lost Tapes 2, which is slated to be released in 2007(?).

-trp

intelligence rant

2006-12-19T07:40:00.001-08:00

ok so. here's the earth... damn that is a sweet earth, you might say! rawr!

just kidding. if you don't get it, dont' bother. ok so. there this thing called freedom of speech that everybody gets into a tizzy about. something about no limitations (except for sedition, libel, and slander) on what you can say to somebody? ill get back to you on that.

people are real happy about this freedom of speech thing, and although i understand why, i'd still say they all need to shut the fuck up. because half the people concerned with their freedom of speech shouldn't be saying shit anyway.

we live in a new world of free media, via the internet. since the appeasement of corporate interests took the mantle of the press away from the people a really long time ago (FOX NEWS), what we have left is what has become known as 'the blog', short for weblog, which is a misnomer anyway.

blogs are many things to many people. to some, an overblown journal, others, a means of reaching out to an audience, and some people just think its cool to have your words available for everyone to see.

if your name is gore vidal, this is a good idea. if you are a fan of bill o'reilly, not so much. frankly, what you say doesn't fucking matter, because you're stupid. we should only listening to smart people, honestly.

i know its the common "American Dream" image, coupled with religion, that makes smart people follow idiots, but wake up. look at the footage of dubya back before you knew beyond the shadow of j.lo's ass that he was fuck up... even though you didn't KNOW, you knew.

and you voted for that asshat anyway. shame.

to be honest, you have to be one of two things (at least)to even consider yourself conservative:

a.) be rich

b.) be dumb

otherwise, if you think for yourself(at all), or you believe in the redistribution of wealth, you ain't it.

i went off on a tangent, but to all you dumb people out there, stop writing. you're making it more difficult for the savants of the world to wade through your bullshit.

sincerely, management

new torrents

2006-12-15T06:49:00.000-08:00

i know i sort of support piracy by doing this, but in my own sick mind, im also promoting better music, so here you go:

snoop dogg - tha blue carpet treatment

-like it

nas - hip hop is dead
-like it, learning to like it more

young jeezy - the inspiration
-"luv it", but probably has a short shelf-life... it IS jeezy. but its also the greatest combination of thumping, resonant beats and absolute coon-sense ive heard in a minute... that timbaland song is the thing of legend...

at first i might have gone out on a limb and said that jeezy made a better album than nas, but then i came to my senses after hip hop is dead marinated in my head for a bit.