One Amazing Person....(one of many)

If you haven't seen 'God Grew Tired of Us' about the lost boys from Sudan...you must!!!! Don't get turned off by the fact that it's a documentary, it's totally dope! It definitely left me with much admiration for these men. I couldn't do what they did....
Here's a video of John Bul Dau on The Hour....he was in the documentary and has come such a long way from the refugee camp in Kenya.

Sweet Sixteen

Why do peeps hate on Miley Cyrus so damn much??? She's on the AMAs tonight and it happens to be her sixteenth bday as well. She looks darling and she's a great speaker on the red carpet. She seriously seems like a regular teenage girl as far as her demeanor which i can appreciate as someone who was always trying to act better and older than i was in my teen years.
Whats with the hate people??? Jealous cause a sixteen year old girl is better than you???
Either they don't exist to us, or we're hating on them....go figure.....sheesh

What Politicians USED to be like.....

I stole this from perezhilton.com
In regards to Proposition 8...i totally agree with this man
The only problem is that to have this mentality as a policitian, it kind of makes it hard to stick to 'policies'.
Oh well...it's a great theory!

"All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression."

- Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and one of the most influential Founding Fathers

:(

I'm actually kind of terrified by the potential state of the world at the moment. On one side we have this long awaited accomplishment by Barack Obama, and of course with great achievement comes haters. Witnessing the underdog succeed can be quite a blow to the ego of those snotty republicans and others that feel like they have to be above certain cultures and social circles. Suddenly there is all this protesting of laws and propositions and racial slurs and pointing fingers etc. etc.
We are so fragile as a population....i could list all the ways but i'm sure you feel it too. Lets love! Please!

New Mixtape!!!

I totally looooove this mixtape right now....


dj NaNa's Fall to Winter Mixtape
http://www.sendspace.com/file/n3v6re

I'm usually not a fan of mixtapes but I haven't stopped listening to this since i picked it up on Halloween.

dj NaNa just somehow does it right everytime.

You can download it by clicking on the link.

Prop 8

Is 51% of the vote really enough to amend a constitutional right?? Guess so!! This is pretty damn disgusting to me. One massive step forward with electing a black president and several massive steps back with deciding that gays don't have the right to marriage. Especially in a state that is so democratic, it's hard to believe that Proposition 8 was passed. Some say it was the high turn out of African-Americans that were suspected to vote in favour of Prop 8 because of cultural beliefs that made the difference. Other speculation points the finger to the Mormon church. I imagine it was a combination of those that truly believe that marriage is reserved for a man and a woman. That's just it, we live in a democracy and there just happen to be about 2% more people that don't approve of gay marriage than those that do. What puzzles me is that the 51% took rights away from the 49%. Because they don't agree with what the 49% percent would have the right to partake in if they so desire, they take the right away completely. Maybe this is an inaccurate analogy on my part but this is the way that i see it. Actually it reminds me a tiny bit of the holocaust. Hitler squashed the rights of Jews....i know that's an extreme comparison but in a nation that has happily elected Barack Obama as their leader with much hope for PROGRESS, the removal of rights is so counter-productive.
One day i think this rant is going to sound ridiculous...as in 'what? there was a ban on gay marriage?? wtf!'...Same as women and blacks not being able to vote, among other rights restrictions. With a president like Obama, i believe the masses are going to inadvertently be cured of inequality over time. That's a pretty extreme belief, but may i remind you of Martin Luther King's 'I Have A Dream' speech!
And for those of you who truly are against gay marriage, keep this in mind...it doesn't mean YOU have to marry a gay person!!

The Role of Music

Listening to: Ring The Alarm - Beyonce

....and i severly disklike Beyonce

Everyday i listen to music that tells me a story about my own life. Today I'm bumping some random 'i hate you' playlist on imeem.com. It's not one of those days that i type 'love songs' into the search engine and sing along to barry manilow while basking in the glory of a solid companionship. Can't even stand to hear Heartbreaker by Mariah Carey, although it's apparently relevant to my vibe according to this playlist...it's too uptempo. I might start nodding my head to the beat and then hate myself for moving to mainstream.
It's incredible to me how much joy these songs that are supposed to make you feel shitty actually bring me up. It must be the relevance. I enjoy relevance!!!
Of course i relate the 'numbers in your pocket' to 'messages in your facebook inbox'. Come on, It's Over Now by 112 came out long before the heat that is facebook.
With the risk of appearing that i enjoy mainstream pop and slow jams, i have to make it clear that if i wanted to listen to actual music i wouldn't touch this stuff. But these tunes are just stories if anything, supplying only an extremely literal lyrical content.
Hopefully tomorrow my mood will be more underground-friendly...catch my drift?

On Second Thought...

I don't know shit about relationships....
mainly unsure about which point in a relationship a person would stop reaching out to other prospects. I'm not referring to boo's and exes...i mean straight up new random facebook/myspace whatever type chicks.....
personally i think when the word 'love' is mentioned in a relationship, thats kinda a declaration of exclusivity, no?
And here i am deciding to be a good girl....geeeez