That’s a resume!?

Certainly the coolest resume I’ve ever seen.

Iran… for a Buckeye TD!

I’m happy that many Iranians, especially the young population, are not just sitting around twiddlin’ their thumbs while Ahmadinejad swagger-jacks the country.

I’m happy  that Twitter is actually helpful for a change, playing a strong role in the demonstrations.

I’m happy that although many of the protesters don’t even support Mousavi, they still joined his supporters to take a stand against Ahmadinejad and a rigged system.

I’m happy that many of the world’s journalists  are sacking up and taking a stand on the matter.  The  mainstream media still needs to follow suit, however, because they are still referring to what happened last week as an “election“. 

Finally, and most importantly, I’m happy for the existence of this young Iranian protester:

Yes. That is an Ohio State hoodie. 

As a Columbus, Ohio native, I got teary-eyed when this photograph showed up on Facebook. I think Ohio State University should send a big box of football gear to these guys to protect them from the riot police. Can you imagine an angry Persian storming Ahmadinejad’s estate in a football football helmet and a throwback #45 jersey?  Insha’allah my Buckeye brethren,  ان شاء الله

 

I’m sad that these sort of things still happen in our world.

A.D.D. Search Engine

When hunting for infoknowledge and multimediums on zee interwebz, no search engine is better suited for those of us with Attention Deficit Disorder (not me, of course. I got zen focus) than Spezify. Go ahead and type in any word(s), but prepare yourself for OVERLOAD.

Super precious example search results: Sea Otters

 

Cool new website part 2:

Having trouble deciding where to eat? Where to go on vacation? Which Nascar driver to root for? Check out Hunch, a new decision making site that’s also pretty sweet. But I was joking about the Nascar thing. Don’t do that. Nascar is gauche.

BILLY BYRNE

The first of many designs to come. Billiam Byrningham is alive!

 

Imposteur Incroyable!

If you don’t understand French, Remi Gaillard is this prankster dude (the French Johnny Knoxville), and in this clip he disguises himself as a Lorient player and runs on the field after they win the Coupe de France! He greets the President Jacque Chirac, victory runs with the cup, gives a TV interview, and even signs autographs! Old boy is triple O.G. 

No Ticket No Muslim

(CAIRO) One morning on academic travel in Egypt, our class of approximately 20 students went to visit the Mosque/Madrassa of Sultan Hassan, pictured on the left in the above photo. In many cases,  non-muslim tourists are required to buy a ticket to enter a mosque, but of course, muslims may enter free of charge. With a Pakistani Professor, a girl from Bahrain, and a Muslim boy from Gambia in our class, we only needed 18 tickets. However obvious,  it should be noted that Kebba, the boy from Gambia, is a very dark-skinned African. Apparently the color of his skin convinced the ignorant Egyptian working at the entrance of the mosque to believe that he was “no muslim”, he must pay. The gatekeeper was a douchebag. He was very rude to our professor, causing a great scene, and delaying our schedule. Midway through the dispute, the jerk changed his whole story to say that only Egyptian muslims could enter without a ticket, meaning that everyone in our party would have to pay. A dialogue began:

“Egyptian!”

“Muslim!”

“Egyptian!”

“Muslim!”

And so on… I felt awkward, disturbed, but mostly angry at this greasy, mustachioed dirtbag. Being a western-educated,  tech-savvy people, our professor told the students to snap photos of the transgressor, so that we may send it to his superiors at the Ministry of Antiquities in complaint. I happened to be sitting behind him for one of these photos, looking devious. I wanted to choke slam him. We were eventually permitted to enter the mosque, because we had his photo and his coworkers convinced him we were superior beings. The photo turned out so great, we decided to make a movie poster. I named the butthole “Abu Trika” after my favorite Egyptian footballer. Go Al-Ahly!

Fresh Kicks > Diamonds

Bigger ups to the Cleveland Cavaliers for a better parody! Bronbron is my shit.

Beer > Walk-in Closet

Big ups to Heineken on an amazing advertisement. 

That’s how you let the beat build, BITCH

Let the beat build is one of my jams on Carter 3, but this NYU student named Nyle took the song to a whole new level with the video! It was shot in one take with live music! DANG!

Best lines:       I don’t need no sample, I got a girl with a banjo

                           I make you wish hard like Return of Jafar

WTWTA! YES!

I’m super stoked that Spike Jonze directed this. THIS TRAILER LOOKS UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!! Too bad I gotta wait until October, but I have a feeling it’s going to be one of my favorite movies ever, because it’s my favorite children’s book (followed by Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, which is also being made into a movie this year). I’m going to be Max for Hallow’s eve! 

Give dude a Big Mac!

This is what happens when Pharrell goes to a Parisian McDonald’s before it opens, trying to get a Big Mac when they haven’t even started making breakfast.

FREE TOFA!

                                                                                    nice mugshot.

 My younger cousin done gone and got himself locked up again, but this time for a while, at least a year or two I heard.  I just got a letter from him, and it helped me understand how twisted it is to be young and stupid in a shitty place like Kentucky. It’s a pretty funny letter, but also sad. There is no greeting, no signature, and  he fails to explain why he is even in jail. Oh but requests that me and my other cousins give him money, of course. It’s a ripped half-sheet of yellow legal paper, covered front and back (Scan coming soon). Enjoy:

 Damn main, one toke over the line… AGAIN. this shit sucks, I just bought a bus ticket to C-bus too, the day I got popped man; cuz I was too hot in Lex and I was gonna chill out in in C-bus and get my mind right.  I miss you though man, you prolly think I’m a fuckin’ loser man but I need this dawg, I was movin too fast but I gotta lil’ Guap $ saved up mainz, bout 5 G’s so I’ll come see you right when I get out lil’ homayonaise. But naww, I’m done with the bullshit man, I was doin’ good when I first got out man but some fuckd’ up shit happened man, couldn’t write it down, but it was F’d up, it’s cool though, but when I get out man, it’s gonna be all chill, goin’ too Cali first, to visit ya’ll, than I’m gonna live with my boy in Houston, he’s a rehab counselor and said he could hook me up with a job, and already got my GED, so shit’ll be alright man. I need ta see you though freal man, light the city on fire soft AZZ NIKUH, ayy main, and shitz gay & expensive in here, this half a piece of paper wuz like 50 cents main. get my tru G cuzans together like Danny Phanny and them ta put money on my shit man, you can do it online dawg. www.fcdc.org or com, IDK freal, ha, and put my mugshots on my facebook man, oh, and hook it up for me, spread the word too FREE MODJESKI main. hook it up witta Guap. 

Metro Ballin!

I saw this clip back in high school and thought it was dope and I just remembered it. Naturally 7 is an American  a cappella R&B vocal group. On the metro in Paris, they do a special version of Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight”. The uptight Parisians are like what the f in the beginning, but everyone is loving it by the end.

Poonardo, RuBama, & GZB

              Poodle + Leonardo = Poonardo.

                 RuPaul + Barack Obama + Michelle Obama = RuBama                                                         

Lotus + Emil + Lel = Le Ghetto Zsugen Boyz

“Give me your rimz!” – Lotus (me)

“I shoot fifty-thousand gypsies and peasants.” – Emil

“My favorite color? Vodka clear.” – Lel

The Sound of Violence

Here be one of my all time favorite music videos. Cassius is a French house music duo consisting of Philippe Cerboneschi and Hubert Blanc-Francard, better known as Philippe Zdar and Boom Bass. Warning: Don’t forget to put on your space helmet!

Elephants

This dope woodblock print depicts the story of the blind men and the elephant, which orignated in India. I love the expressions on this print! Anyway, story goes that a bunch of blind dudes felt up an elephant to learn what it was. Each guy touched just one part, like a tusk, or the trunk, or the balls. Then they compared notes on what creature they were feeling. Of course, they disagreed completely, leading them to bicker all day.

Moral: Reality may be viewed differently depending on one’s perspective. What seems to be absolute truth may be relative, because half-truths can deceive us! 

The Genius/Gza

In 1995, Rza produced his fellow Wu-Tang Clan member/cousin Gza’s sophmore solo album, which stands today as one of my top 15 favorite albums ever, and the most triple original gangster collection of sounds ever assembled.  Rza’s beats are scary, minimalist, and gritty, meshing well with the equally terrifying vocal samples taken from the samurai movie Shogun Assasin.

Then there’s Gza’s lyricism, which is still dope, fresh, and pertinent in our world 14 years later. From Wikipedia: “Gza explores many motifs and themes, such as chess, crime, and philosophy.” I saw Gza live last week at Velvet Jones in Santa Barbara, and even though he didn’t show up until half past midnight, it was the rillest of the illest. He just popped in the Liquid Swords CD and proceeded to melt my face off from the first track to the end.  In my mind, there’s a small round-table of rappers, the royal court of live performers if you will, who really know how to blow the blunts out, and Gza is their military advisor.

Now who could ever say they heard of this?
My motherfuckin style is mad murderous 

Begin your enlightenment w/ this classic ‘95 performance of the title track: