January 2010
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“Time is a gift, given to you, given to give you the time you need, the time you...”
– Norton Juster (The Phantom Tollbooth)
December 2009
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“You can’t make any decisions because you don’t know what you want....”
– A quote from some article I sorta related to but couldn’t completely agree with.
The quote I can agree with though.
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“I get to go to lots of overseas places, like Canada.”
– Britney Spears, America’s Hero
via Dumbest Quotes of the 2000s
“Dear Rob: I sure don’t like so much God stuff mixed into my horoscopes. Can you...”
– What my Free Will Astrology is telling me this week for Scorpio. But I like all the God stuff. :(
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WatchLykke Li doing Rick Ross.
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Do You Have An Afro? →
A really awesome flickr set featuring, what else, afros! Super sweet portraits.
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“i may never win this race
i may never have money on me
it all seems a lottery...”
– TVT-Noi Boi
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It’s currently about 60 degrees here in South Texas and the sun is shining. I’m going outside!
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I never try to argue on the internet, I honestly...
Me: The justice system is screwed all over. There was a similar story out of England of a graffiti artists getting 5 years. And another out of NYC ,artist 2ESAE, getting up to 7 years. It's all an attempt to make an example of this really petty crime. Harsh fines and maybe probation is understandable (I'm saying this from actually appreciating graffiti as an art form). Things like this are crazy and really adding to the overpopulation of our prisons and a waste of our tax dollars taking care of these "criminals" who aren't going to be able to change their lives around through jail. Just a stamp on their record that's going to make it hard for them to go out into the world after this and be a contributing member of society.
Some internet dork: It's not so petty if it's your stuff they spray paint all over, what if it was your car or work truck, or your business that you've saved for years for and work 60+ hours a week to keep open? And some bonehead with a can of spray paint who most likely doesn't even know what a job is writes crap all over your window or property?? Maybe 8 years is a little harsh, maybe 3 years of 60 hours a week wiping other "taggers art" off of buildings and bridges would teach him some respect.
Me: Sorry, still petty. I am smart enough to use my words wisely. Murder you cannot erase, the emotional scars of being robbed or raped cannot be erased. Paint can be wiped down or painted over. And if you had actually read my response instead of finding the first thing you could disagree with, you'd actually see that I said there are means in which this could have been handled. Also, as someone who has lived in impoverished neighborhoods (ghettos), I have experienced it firsthand. I have seen ugly tagging but I've mostly seen beautiful works of art. That's more than what community leaders are doing for us. They are quick to beautify upper class communities but we cannot get parks, community gardens, & abandoned buildings torn down or turned into something useful like a rec center. Let's start with where the real problems are at instead of throwing them behind bars where we don't have to deal with it anymore.
Some "other loon": I was in Paris last year, looking forward to the "beautiful city". I was stunned at the graffitti throughout the city. A sad commentary on this city and a sad commentary on the morons that think of themselves as "artists", when they are only scum defacing a beautiful city!
Me: It is a commentary on the city, "other loon". While it is a popular tourist destination, it is an urban area where there isn't enough being done for it. Unemployment exists like here in America and so-called community leaders are quick to build over instead of build up. No one is saying it's cute to spray over the Eiffel Tower but groups like the Graffiti Research Lab are doing things for the arts community. And beautiful images are popping up all over buildings that aren't being used. No one is saying what this kid did was right and that he shouldn't be punished. He does, however, deserve a sentence worthy of his crime. You can't fix this with 8 years of hard time. And you can't use examples like this as a depiction of a whole art genre. We need to open our minds rather than opening our wallets for this kid's future with the prison system.
< I showed some awesome Paris graffiti and the posted a link so this loon could see some other examples>
Other loon: If you read back through all of my posts you will see that I did not agree with the sentence. Your photos prove my point. THese are vandals posing as artists.
Me: I was never denying what you may have written which, no I didn't read. But if you read my last comment, you'd see it was not directed at you, but for those who failed to actually look up this woman's record. Also, if you can't see the beauty in it, it's not something I will argue with you about because opinions are like rectums. We all have one. What I was trying to say about your Paris comment is that it's like any urban city. It has problems and a bunch of kids are running around with spray cans in hand because that's their passion, they don't have anything better to do and because city leaders can't open parks, rec centers, supply proper books and, hey here's an idea, canvasses and art supplies in schools so that they may have something better to do. Graffiti won't end with these things coming in but they most definitely won't diminish with harsh treatment. And, with less people being accepting of it, young people will do anything to rebel further. By saying it's trash, a smile will appear on their face and they'll keep doing what they do. That's the what young people (and older folks too) do. I'm sorry if you may not understand that.
Other loon: Paris has a problem with a pack of ignorant immigrants, determined to destroy any vestige of the old Paris. Algerians with a limited mentality carrying paint cans and Muslims suffering from mental problems sucking on the socialist teat of France!
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If I celebrated Xmas, the gift I would want are...
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WatchFleet Foxes seem most appealing to me in the winter time. Maybe their next work will be more summery.
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copycats:
Reading Rainbow Theme Song by 8bit...
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Is It Just Me Or...
Does everyone else hate this Best of the Decade, Worst of the Decade, Important Moments of the Decade, Most Underrated, Overrated of the Decade etc lists that are going on? I can’t even remember what I ate for breakfast two days ago let alone what was so damn influential these past 10 years. Granted, 10 years ago I was 12. Was I that aware throughout my teenage years? All I know is that...
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