what the?

It was pretty beautiful hearing everyone blasting Michael Jackson songs all over the streets of Brooklyn.

NY Times-

“His race was very blurry,” said Ning Liu, 28, an electrical engineer who moved to the Chicago suburbs from China four years ago.

Still, it was Mr. Jackson’s changeability that, in part, allowed him to resonate with millions of people around the world.

Mr. Liu, who went to Gary to place flowers outside Mr. Jackson’s childhood home, said: “His voice, his look, the way he did things — it didn’t fit the stereotype people had of black people. People were not afraid of him.”

"That's Why We Don't Eat Animals"

Ruby Roth is an artist, author, and teacher living in Los Angeles. A vegan since 2003, Roth was teaching art in an after-school program when the children’s interest in healthy foods and veganism first inspired her to write "That's Why We Don't Eat Animals"

lately

"life changes in the instant" -Joan Didion

"Wow" i told myself, "what a cool boss i have now!" when i got my new job.
Three weeks later, my boss had to leave for personal reasons. For three weeks though she was a cool-ass bitch whom i laughed with and talked about everything to in Spanish. Our cubicle was like a working beauty salon, not too loud though-the real big boss is around the corner. Filing paper didn't seem that bad. It was kinda okay. The day she left she told me in one sentence, everything that i've been trying to say for a long time.It just rolled right out of her lips "Once you get used to people they fade away, but that's life." The perfect words to sum up a lot. Investing in myself and my family while expecting nothing from anyone else would benefit me more than seeing how shit has been going down. As Kim would call it, people are "let downs". I wrote every single person a letter. I don't want to see anymore disappearing acts in my life, fuck that. I'm good where i am and with who i already have.
My mom told me before i went to Florida the last time, "why is it that everyone you bring to the house always turns out to be a bitch?" "but this is different mom! I know it!" Ha! my mom, that woman is always fucking right. "Mejor solo que mal acompañado" is the old Spanish saying that i now really learned. Better alone than poorly accompanied.

MOVIE- Food Inc.

Faster, Fatter, Bigger, Cheaper...

"FROM: Hassel Lopez SUBJECT: lol i talk too much crap..."

So Hassel emailed me, after one of our long conversations, something very interesting, it is about why some people ( those who aren't crazy ) cannot realize or admit that what they do to themselves or others can be really fucked up; and if they do, why the fuck don't they stop? And why do other people try and help and then get caught in a whole other mess. UGH. But Hassel is pretty smart I would say, and thought it through....


(sic)
"Ok, so i took a break from writing my thesis! And came up with this crap. It's about what we were talking about today. Go to the link when you get to the name Tantalus(I hope it makes sense. Message me if anything)


It’s amazing how it takes people years to realize that they have lost themselves in trying to fix everyone’s lives. It’s horrible to think that precious time and thoughts you’ve devoted to others were time and thought that you could have dedicated to enriching yourself, instead of spending it on unappreciative people who would not know how to deal with life even if the answer slapped them on the face.

Granted, we all need help sometimes. I’ve come to realize that in order to live in peace we have to be a little selfish about most of the things that matter. This is to not be misinterpreted as to say we should be self-centered, and without empathy rather, it is to say we can help each other only if our peer is willing to help themselves first. This is the key. When we help others or think we can help others our desire to help clouds the fact that every mind is of its own, that every heart and mind can only be penetrated if it is willing to let you through. Otherwise our effort is in vain and alike Tantalus reaches in vain for water and luscious fruits, we will torture ourselves because we know the answers but are unable pass on the awareness of the obvious happiness they cannot see.

So here’s my conclusion, every person owns their own life. No one will take care of you in the toughest times, because it’s too difficult to deal with own lives and someone else’s too. It’s a matter of choosing, between ourselves and others. Problem is when we choose ‘others’ we lose ourselves and down the line realize we are completely empty inside , because we have nothing left for ourselves.


BYE
Hassel"



Funny enough, I found this great performance installation of work by Royal College of Art graduate Ioli Kalliopi Sifakaki designed a dinner service cast from her own body and then invited a dozen of her male friends to feast from the tableware.

The dinner service, and the dining furniture Sifikaki designed, are based on the Greek myth of Tantalus, in which Tantalus boils his son Pelops and offers him up as food to the gods to appease them.

This is [now] five years old.

Kanye's first album "The College Dropout" is one of my favorite albums ever, released in 2004 when he was humble and I was in high school. However a lot has changed since through the years. According to Wiki-"The album was recorded over a period of four years, beginning in 1999. After years of work that West underwent in order to establish himself as an artist, after dropping out of college to pursue his dream of becoming a musician, he emerged into the mainstream with his debut studio album. Upon its release, the album became a massive commercial success, expressing three ten top singles and selling over 441,000 copies in its first week alone. The College Dropout is widely considered a musical masterpiece, garnering 'universal acclaim' by critics.The album received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year and won Best Rap Album and Best Rap Song. It has since gone on to sell over three million copies."

He has just now though, released the video he directed of one the top songs from that album. What? after five years? Why? Well, take a look at his video and at the real sampled video/song by Marvin Gaye "Distant Lover".

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