December 2008
11 posts
The Year In Photos
I like to take pictures. I take a lot of them. Photojournalism is certainly a profession I’d be interested in if I knew I could make a comfortable living for my family and myself. Here’s some great pictures from 2008, from the NY times. http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/photo/2008-year-in-pictures/?hp
Top 40 Music Videos of 2008
Pitchfork posted a link of what they consider to be the top 40 videos of 2008: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/147701-top-40-music-videos-of-2008 it’s certainly worth a few minutes to check out, but I’m not sure I agree with it all. Pitchfork, as well as a few other prominent music blogs have an obvious leaning towards “indie” and “underground”...
Higher Learning
What a movie. It follows a few college freshmen as they make their way through the first months of school. It goes beyond parties, to rape, race relations, and gender relations. I watched it for the first time a few years ago, eighth grade, I believe, and i was floored. I caught it again today on Encore, and the thirteen year old movie had the same effect on me. Highly recommended. Lawrence...
Christmas Song...
One of my favorite songs of all times…not many contemporary songs make it into my “Christmas” playlist…in fact, this is the only song written post-1990, on the play list. A Beautiful Song…
Merry Christmas!
First and foremost, merry Christmas! Enjoy it, only comes once a year. Recently, a lot of my friends have been talking about not using AIM and just using the facebook chat application. While the application can be convenient at times, i find it generally annoying. First of all, it clutters up your browser window. Secondly, and most annoying, you must have the facebook window, or tab, open in...
Gettas Blog
Check out my boy Gary’s blog gettas.blogspot.com the blog is dedicated to us, the fam, the gettas. holla. I am going to made an administrator there, as well, so keep up on that, too.
YouTube favorites
People say you can tell a lot about someone from the books they read. Well, I suppose the same is true for the videos they have saved in their YouTube favorites. Here area few of mine: What You Know About Math? Billy Collins - “The Lanyard” Eminem - 9 Minutes Of Freestyles Wyclef Jean; Canibus - Gone Till November Ice Cube-Today Was A Good Day Peter, Bjorn & John “Up Against...
Some Holiday Spirit
Prerequisite Reading: http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?section=magazine&id=3789373 How cool? Too cool. In a world where parents get into fist fights in the stands, this story reminds us that there are people who know that sports are greater than a ticket to college.
8 Rules for Writing Fiction
Kurt Vonnegut is one of my favorite authors. Here are eight guidelines he gives for writing fiction. Kurt Vonnegut - Eight Rules for Writing Fiction Publish at Scribd or explore others: writing howto
Ye Olde Articles
Here are the Articles, in PDF format… Ye Olde Articlef of Non Publish at Scribd or explore others:
First Entry
So this is my blog, and for my first entry, I’d like to show my love for one of the greatest bands of all time: Led Zeppelin. No one rocks harder than these guys did. “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You” is a prime example of this. Check it. Particularly at 2.20