Monday May 3 2010

The heat is what we've been waiting for. We hope for it to stay steady. I know I do. Ups and downs in temperature coupled with the pollution of this huge basin have bruised my lips, making them prone to unfriendly peeling and pain. Not appreciating the pain, but appreciating the lips' need to regenerate themselves. The birds chirped later than usual today, past the mark of noon even. Sounds of ancient djembes filled my mind as I stirred my simple breakfast meal of grits this morning. Early lunches and skipped workouts defined my physical day, but Guinea, Marseille, and Bahia filled my brain. Hoping for more patience and discipline as I listen to the foreign sounds of bossa nova and smell the sterile scent of the library basement. Sense has left me.

u wanna see words, but i give you videos of music

im a suckerrr for female/male duets. and bossa nova was always my favorite kind of music to play on the saxophone. big test tomorrow, but all i am thinking about is Rio de Janeiro , cardboard (i know, dont ask, i been thinking bout that ish all day), messing with oil paints, playing with this ektar100 film, my (future) dog, and practicing that "zh" sound i keep hearing in these portuguese bossa nova songs. i promise ima put some pictures and interesting posts for you o-so-abundant readers out there. but it's finals season and unless u really wanna see what's really-eally behind the thoughts mentioned above (econometrics, the french subjunctive verb tense, how to hound down a copy of last years macro theory final), ill steer away from posting things of the sort.

think ima eat a peach tomorrow and grow to new heights. u should try it too.

Go'on & let Elis sang to you too...

FRACTAL GEOMETRY....

..has officially held my mind hostage for the past two weeks. It's all around us. You are a part of it. This wonderfully beautiful chaotic system is based on mathematical iteration that allows for a series of recursive patterns. It makes me so excited I can hardly write words for its beauty.

listen.

easily included on my list of favorites. raw. u dig? i do.

youth

I see these kids on campus almost everyday skating away. While I often privately admonish their seeming truancy, I also envy their carefree attitude. Watching them skate and do tricks while I tote books and calculators honestly makes me a little jealous, but it also makes me realize that life is to be LIVED. I used to think of skateboarding as an activity for the idle mind, but the wit and character of young people like the ones I met above changed my view a bit. The culture of skateboarding may be a pastime of those considered 'rebels', but it's still a pastime - no different than baseball or bowling - practiced by people who seem to be momentarily carefree and LIVING as they want.

I hope these young fellas skate when they feel like it, LIVE how they wanna, all the while getting that homework done.


G'nite.

AIN'T NO WAY IN H*LL.....

...am I gonna attempt to brave the DMV here in the middle of Los Angeles.



this picture is in no way a real representation of what goes down in the 213/323....this is watered down

P.E.A.C.E.

Positive

Energy

Activates

Constant

Elevation