Hi,
I am simply writing to say hello. It has been a while. I'm in the midst of doing things for the business so i have little to no time for things that are not that. It is essentially killing the relationships i have with people outside of the business. Not only with time, but it has become apparent that i'm so detached from the rest of life that I am seemingly left speechless in non-business related topics. Besides certain things that come on 'The Daily Show' and 'Adult Swim'. Case in point this blog... oh well. There will be a trade-off; some means of balance. :-)
Peace.
Friday, July 15, 2005
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
Writing material...
It's so funny, i have SO much I can write about right now, but i can't write about ANY of it right now. Keep coming back, cus there will be a time i can just go "there was this one time...." and just go off. Provided i don't bust my situation at that time... but still. Wow, i am essentially overflowing with everything i can't say. But i will summise it with... life is a trip.
Peace...
It's so funny, i have SO much I can write about right now, but i can't write about ANY of it right now. Keep coming back, cus there will be a time i can just go "there was this one time...." and just go off. Provided i don't bust my situation at that time... but still. Wow, i am essentially overflowing with everything i can't say. But i will summise it with... life is a trip.
Peace...
Saturday, June 25, 2005
Too busy to write...
Well, write more than this. Most of my time goes to the company. Check it out.
Precize Productions
We're actually really nice, we just need to reach people in the music industry. Soon enough though.
Peace.
Well, write more than this. Most of my time goes to the company. Check it out.
Precize Productions
We're actually really nice, we just need to reach people in the music industry. Soon enough though.
Peace.
Monday, June 13, 2005
The MOS DEF-initely...
I don't know if i've logged this, but northeast mosquitos are insanely tiny yet just as annoying. This problem is only compounded by the lack of A/C up north, thus we got to put the windows up to stay cool. (Minor help staying cool, but hey, cooler is cooler.) Point is it is easily believable that they pass through the screens. This leads to that sucky paranoia where you think you are being bitten by mosquitos more than you actually are. In fact your never definitely sure that they are even in the room. Can you understand why I hate them so much? They drive you crazy. The ONLY creatures i go out of my way to kill. I actually enjoy their demise. Death to all mosquitos!! Insecticide! (This blog has no real point other than to place a new post between the last and the next one.)
Peace.
I don't know if i've logged this, but northeast mosquitos are insanely tiny yet just as annoying. This problem is only compounded by the lack of A/C up north, thus we got to put the windows up to stay cool. (Minor help staying cool, but hey, cooler is cooler.) Point is it is easily believable that they pass through the screens. This leads to that sucky paranoia where you think you are being bitten by mosquitos more than you actually are. In fact your never definitely sure that they are even in the room. Can you understand why I hate them so much? They drive you crazy. The ONLY creatures i go out of my way to kill. I actually enjoy their demise. Death to all mosquitos!! Insecticide! (This blog has no real point other than to place a new post between the last and the next one.)
Peace.
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
You suck at life...
When you have to argue that you are NOT dead... you suck at life.
President Mugabe of Zimbabwe denies that he died last week. You can't write this stuff.
President Mugabe: I am not dead!
Peace.
When you have to argue that you are NOT dead... you suck at life.
President Mugabe of Zimbabwe denies that he died last week. You can't write this stuff.
President Mugabe: I am not dead!
Peace.
Sunday, June 05, 2005
Who lines up ducks anyway...
I'm writing songs. Commercial R&B songs. It's actually hard, I can't get deep, cus I'll lose people or have folks saying "What's that mean?" but I can't get too light or else I'll sound like everybody else and/or corny. Though they are almost one and the same. Darn the masses, if they wanted more we could give them more, but more fails miserably and leaves people unemployed.
Dah well, K.I.S.S. is the phrase.
In a hot room steady writing songs with my days.
Getting thangs in line for the next movement.
What do you do?
Peace.
I'm writing songs. Commercial R&B songs. It's actually hard, I can't get deep, cus I'll lose people or have folks saying "What's that mean?" but I can't get too light or else I'll sound like everybody else and/or corny. Though they are almost one and the same. Darn the masses, if they wanted more we could give them more, but more fails miserably and leaves people unemployed.
Dah well, K.I.S.S. is the phrase.
In a hot room steady writing songs with my days.
Getting thangs in line for the next movement.
What do you do?
Peace.
Monday, May 30, 2005
Jane Doe...
So a friend of mine recently started a blog and in it she mentioned her views on platonic relationships. Her view is that they are completely possible, whereas I view them as rare. She mentioned this and I believe it to be true, in most cases one party has unreturned attraction to the other. Instead of courting the person however they settle for friendship. I think the only cases where this doesn't happen is between homosexual males and women; which it may still happen in one of those "If he wasn't gay..." type of deals. See the thing is... people usually hang with folks that are around the same attractiveness as they are, were we to quantify attractiveness that is, give it a number and such. In fact, lets say i'm a 7 (out of 10)... then most of my close friends are probably 6,7,8s. This is the norm. Some folks have the friend that's a 3 or so, but you know how those things work out. At some point they've probably worked out the issues of "You pretty, I'm ugly... blah blah blah" until both are secure in who they are. However there are studies that conclude to what I said before. (Go find them.) The point is... if you are around someone long enough that you have no reason not to find attractive (meaning you very well should) then eventually the thought will cross your mind (probably multiple times). The way it works is that one or both of you is in a relationship already or some other hindering circumstance. Or (like alot of people) you believe that intimacy changes the friendship or something like that so you never let anything occur from fear of losing the friendship (that's a norm - hence the cliché: "I don't want to ruin our friendship"). Which is quite useful if your not the type of person who has those types of interpersonal fences, cus it's a good way to let someone down easy.
Now for those people who have a more liberal view on interpersonal relationships, sh*ts just not that crucial. As well, alot of would-be drama is saved due to that view; except when involved with non-liberals. (Liberal in this sense having nothing to do with politcal stance, more so the degree of nonchalance with which you cross the norms of relationships...be they friendly or romance.) So for these liberal people it's you and your friend and you both are nonchalant so mess never gets awkward cus there's no reason for it to be so why not explore? That's the thing that I wish more people could understand. Life is only as awkward as you accept it to be. In many cases you could brush mess off as 'not that crucial'. You're attractive, you're friends attractive, and the only thing stopping you is that you think thing will be awkward... that's BS. But that's how people operate, while the rest of us live happy freaky lives.
People rarely do the things that make the most sense. They really should. What would Plato do? The real platonic relationship is between those who very well could be intimate together but just choose not to; not for any reason but simply that they never feel like it. When they do they do, when they don't they don't. I would be interested in meeting those who have this mentality. I feel like we would be very cool. Dah well.
Peace.
So a friend of mine recently started a blog and in it she mentioned her views on platonic relationships. Her view is that they are completely possible, whereas I view them as rare. She mentioned this and I believe it to be true, in most cases one party has unreturned attraction to the other. Instead of courting the person however they settle for friendship. I think the only cases where this doesn't happen is between homosexual males and women; which it may still happen in one of those "If he wasn't gay..." type of deals. See the thing is... people usually hang with folks that are around the same attractiveness as they are, were we to quantify attractiveness that is, give it a number and such. In fact, lets say i'm a 7 (out of 10)... then most of my close friends are probably 6,7,8s. This is the norm. Some folks have the friend that's a 3 or so, but you know how those things work out. At some point they've probably worked out the issues of "You pretty, I'm ugly... blah blah blah" until both are secure in who they are. However there are studies that conclude to what I said before. (Go find them.) The point is... if you are around someone long enough that you have no reason not to find attractive (meaning you very well should) then eventually the thought will cross your mind (probably multiple times). The way it works is that one or both of you is in a relationship already or some other hindering circumstance. Or (like alot of people) you believe that intimacy changes the friendship or something like that so you never let anything occur from fear of losing the friendship (that's a norm - hence the cliché: "I don't want to ruin our friendship"). Which is quite useful if your not the type of person who has those types of interpersonal fences, cus it's a good way to let someone down easy.
Now for those people who have a more liberal view on interpersonal relationships, sh*ts just not that crucial. As well, alot of would-be drama is saved due to that view; except when involved with non-liberals. (Liberal in this sense having nothing to do with politcal stance, more so the degree of nonchalance with which you cross the norms of relationships...be they friendly or romance.) So for these liberal people it's you and your friend and you both are nonchalant so mess never gets awkward cus there's no reason for it to be so why not explore? That's the thing that I wish more people could understand. Life is only as awkward as you accept it to be. In many cases you could brush mess off as 'not that crucial'. You're attractive, you're friends attractive, and the only thing stopping you is that you think thing will be awkward... that's BS. But that's how people operate, while the rest of us live happy freaky lives.
People rarely do the things that make the most sense. They really should. What would Plato do? The real platonic relationship is between those who very well could be intimate together but just choose not to; not for any reason but simply that they never feel like it. When they do they do, when they don't they don't. I would be interested in meeting those who have this mentality. I feel like we would be very cool. Dah well.
Peace.
Saturday, May 28, 2005
Different Area Codes...
So... it is official. I have been to NYC.
I have walked the streets (a bit) and ridden the subway.
Looked out the 30th floor window of the place I stayed everyday to the Brooklyn bridge (we just south of the lower east side of Manhattan; which seems near the west side of the island, but nevermind that).
Good ole Cliff St. It was fun.
Also I discovered the addictive substance that is Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The whole game really is one big racial slur that you just can't get that mad at cus yeah... there were/are people like that. So... dah well. Fun game though. Plus it's rare that the protagonist of anything is Black, so... yay!
Alright, me go now, they have digital cable at the place i'm staying. That means a WHOLE BUNCH of channels.
Peace.
So... it is official. I have been to NYC.
I have walked the streets (a bit) and ridden the subway.
Looked out the 30th floor window of the place I stayed everyday to the Brooklyn bridge (we just south of the lower east side of Manhattan; which seems near the west side of the island, but nevermind that).
Good ole Cliff St. It was fun.
Also I discovered the addictive substance that is Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The whole game really is one big racial slur that you just can't get that mad at cus yeah... there were/are people like that. So... dah well. Fun game though. Plus it's rare that the protagonist of anything is Black, so... yay!
Alright, me go now, they have digital cable at the place i'm staying. That means a WHOLE BUNCH of channels.
Peace.
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Gala...
We (me and the Mrs.) just returned from the senior Gala. I got to where a Tux. I looked damn sexy. The Mrs. had this little black number (which I picked out.) Compliments all night. I like being sexy. Vanity is good in small doses. It's like crack. A little crack never hurt anyone. (The former statement is completely untrue, lol. Wow.)
-Peace
We (me and the Mrs.) just returned from the senior Gala. I got to where a Tux. I looked damn sexy. The Mrs. had this little black number (which I picked out.) Compliments all night. I like being sexy. Vanity is good in small doses. It's like crack. A little crack never hurt anyone. (The former statement is completely untrue, lol. Wow.)
-Peace
Monday, May 16, 2005
Redefining Hip Hop
We came we saw, we broke the muhphukin' stage! Melodesiac is the new new. God bless.
Check out the website.
-Peace
We came we saw, we broke the muhphukin' stage! Melodesiac is the new new. God bless.
Check out the website.
-Peace
Sunday, May 15, 2005
Saturday, May 14, 2005
Monday, May 09, 2005
The Translator...
The morning of my birthday, I walked from the southeast end of campus to the northeast end to start work on a final project. I get to the comp sci building and realize that I can't get in because I gave a friend my ID. So i call them and ask them if i can come pick it up from their place (the southwest side of campus). It's agreed. I start walking over to her spot. At the top of the hill, I see a gentlemen coming down a side street to my right, and this lady emerges from the building to my left looking for attention as if she is supposed to meet him. "Sir" she exclaims, "Sir! Can you help me?" I look to my right at the gentleman before I realize that she is addressing me. She's frazzled and hurried. It's currently 9:52AM = She explains that she is looking for the American Translators Association certification exam. So I let her know that I honestly had no idea what she was talking about but would see if I could help her. I'm from Texas, we have an inherent hospitality.
9:53AM = We check the largest room in the building she came from (she hadn't checked there yet).
9:54AM = I called my homegirl who was going to open the Campus Center at 10AM to see if she possible was there a bit early and could let us in, "No, but i'll be there in two minutes." she said. So we head down to the Campus Center to meet her.
9:54AM = I call Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) to ask if they know about any exams on campus since they are supposed to be given a list of all room reservations. They tell me they don't know anything about it.
9:56AM = At the Campus Center we wait for about 2 minutes and then the lady (obvioiusly getting more and more frantic) so she suggests that we go to the Dining Hall where she originally got the information to go to the wrong building. So we go there.
9:58AM = The lady talks with some manager in the back who resolves to call TUPD just as I had, this time he puts the french lady on the phone. She askes and they quickly respond.
10:01AM = The lady wants to run to Cabot to catch the start of the exam. She can't run nearly as well as I can, so i feel bad cus I don't want to burn off, but I don't want to just be lightly jogging along side her like I don't take her problem seriously. So i suggest that I will run ahead and find the room its in then come get her. Agreed.
10:04AM = Found the room, go back get her, she goes in talks to the test administrator and explains her situation. Everything is good, and I go off on my business.
I'm nice.
Peace.
The morning of my birthday, I walked from the southeast end of campus to the northeast end to start work on a final project. I get to the comp sci building and realize that I can't get in because I gave a friend my ID. So i call them and ask them if i can come pick it up from their place (the southwest side of campus). It's agreed. I start walking over to her spot. At the top of the hill, I see a gentlemen coming down a side street to my right, and this lady emerges from the building to my left looking for attention as if she is supposed to meet him. "Sir" she exclaims, "Sir! Can you help me?" I look to my right at the gentleman before I realize that she is addressing me. She's frazzled and hurried. It's currently 9:52AM = She explains that she is looking for the American Translators Association certification exam. So I let her know that I honestly had no idea what she was talking about but would see if I could help her. I'm from Texas, we have an inherent hospitality.
9:53AM = We check the largest room in the building she came from (she hadn't checked there yet).
9:54AM = I called my homegirl who was going to open the Campus Center at 10AM to see if she possible was there a bit early and could let us in, "No, but i'll be there in two minutes." she said. So we head down to the Campus Center to meet her.
9:54AM = I call Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) to ask if they know about any exams on campus since they are supposed to be given a list of all room reservations. They tell me they don't know anything about it.
9:56AM = At the Campus Center we wait for about 2 minutes and then the lady (obvioiusly getting more and more frantic) so she suggests that we go to the Dining Hall where she originally got the information to go to the wrong building. So we go there.
9:58AM = The lady talks with some manager in the back who resolves to call TUPD just as I had, this time he puts the french lady on the phone. She askes and they quickly respond.
10:01AM = The lady wants to run to Cabot to catch the start of the exam. She can't run nearly as well as I can, so i feel bad cus I don't want to burn off, but I don't want to just be lightly jogging along side her like I don't take her problem seriously. So i suggest that I will run ahead and find the room its in then come get her. Agreed.
10:04AM = Found the room, go back get her, she goes in talks to the test administrator and explains her situation. Everything is good, and I go off on my business.
I'm nice.
Peace.
Sunday, May 08, 2005
1% Republican. | "You're a complete liberal, utterly without a trace of Republicanism. Your strength is as the strength of ten because your heart is pure. (You hope.)" |
I actually don't think the questions were liberal enough.
Oh well. Not surprising.
Friday, May 06, 2005
Nassa
The Real History Channel.
The Old Negro Space Program
Um, I'm wrapping up finals, so take this and love it.
Peace.
The Real History Channel.
The Old Negro Space Program
Um, I'm wrapping up finals, so take this and love it.
Peace.
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
School's out for ever!!!
Today.... oh Today.... today was a joyous day for me. Today was the last day of classes EVER! I will never again suffer through such institutionalized torture against my will. So long i've been a student; no more. It is an interesting crux. I nearly don't know how to identify myself. Not in greetings, but more so in the sense that school has been a given for so long, it seems odd to be without it. Like getting a cast removed after breaking your limb. You are happy to have it gone, but it was cozy inside. Well, I shall find my comfort in sleep. What remains is a deceptively high bar known as finals. I feel like I don't have jack to do, when in reality I have nearly half a semester's work to catch up on, a 25-page paper to complete, and an original project to finish. Feels like nothing, as if somoene asked me to run a mile for a billion dollars. I'm like ... "that's all", attempting to deny the fact that I don't run very often. Enough about me, how are you doing? So long we've been in school and now not? What is up?
Oh, for all of you who care, I talked to steven. His commencement was today I believe, or yesterday. I think yesterday. He is moving in to his new place w/ his roommate, somewhere in OK. I couldn't tell you specifics, it's all OK to me. I am glad he's doing well though.
Bah dah dahdah...
Peace.
Today.... oh Today.... today was a joyous day for me. Today was the last day of classes EVER! I will never again suffer through such institutionalized torture against my will. So long i've been a student; no more. It is an interesting crux. I nearly don't know how to identify myself. Not in greetings, but more so in the sense that school has been a given for so long, it seems odd to be without it. Like getting a cast removed after breaking your limb. You are happy to have it gone, but it was cozy inside. Well, I shall find my comfort in sleep. What remains is a deceptively high bar known as finals. I feel like I don't have jack to do, when in reality I have nearly half a semester's work to catch up on, a 25-page paper to complete, and an original project to finish. Feels like nothing, as if somoene asked me to run a mile for a billion dollars. I'm like ... "that's all", attempting to deny the fact that I don't run very often. Enough about me, how are you doing? So long we've been in school and now not? What is up?
Oh, for all of you who care, I talked to steven. His commencement was today I believe, or yesterday. I think yesterday. He is moving in to his new place w/ his roommate, somewhere in OK. I couldn't tell you specifics, it's all OK to me. I am glad he's doing well though.
Bah dah dahdah...
Peace.
Friday, April 08, 2005
Tuesday, March 02, 2004
[23:02:51] Berendth: heehee
[23:02:57] Berendth: i'm an a-hole sometimes
[23:03:37] Apple: lol you are?
[23:03:37] *** Auto-response sent to Apple:
ran to the campus center...
running from the germs...
or trying to infect EVERYBODY!
{Evil Laugh} Mwa ha ha ha ha....
[23:03:42] Berendth: yep
[23:04:09] Berendth: so yeah, i was at practice for this dance
[23:04:49] Berendth: and the choreagrapher starts going off on one of her cussing storms telling us how we aren't getting mess right
[23:05:34] Berendth: but it's funny cus she doesn't give counts when choreagraphing - which is an essential part of teaching a dance to people -
[23:05:51] Berendth: so during this rant, i start taking pictures of the members of my step team
[23:06:08] Berendth: i mean she wasn't really saying anything i cared about
[23:06:15] Apple: lol
[23:06:17] Berendth: so then she gets upset cus i'm taking pictures
[23:06:28] Berendth: and she starts going off indirectly on me
[23:06:42] Berendth: so i walk over to my jacket and stuff and start to get my stuff ready
[23:07:09] Berendth: just in time for... "if y'all think taking pictures is more important than this right here, then just leave"
[23:07:12] Berendth: lol, so i did
[23:07:40] Berendth: my partner had already left, so i wasn't leaving her stuck out
[23:07:55] Berendth: and really i'm sick so i didn't want to go to practice anyway
[23:08:15] Berendth: plus i NEVER wanted to do the dance in the first place
[23:08:21] Berendth: so really it all worked out well for me
[23:08:28] Berendth: hehehe
[23:08:56] Berendth: don't be evil like me
[23:09:03] Apple: lol
[23:09:07] Apple: tsk tsk
[23:09:16] Berendth: heh heh heh
[23:10:12] Apple: are you going back?
[23:10:39] Berendth: when?
[23:10:49] Berendth: meh maybe
[23:11:00] Berendth: lol, only cus i had fun being evil
[23:11:08] Berendth: i kinda like degrading her authority
[23:11:25] Berendth: i mean in theory we all are there to help her out
[23:11:29] Apple: hehe
[23:11:30] Apple: ok ok
[23:11:32] Berendth: none of my guys want to do the dance
[23:11:45] Berendth: so it's not good for her to go off on rants like that
[23:11:51] Apple: no it isn't
[23:12:52] Apple: hehe it never is
[23:12:56] Apple: good for you for walking out
[23:13:00] Apple: i probably would have done the same
Had to be there... peace.
[23:02:57] Berendth: i'm an a-hole sometimes
[23:03:37] Apple: lol you are?
[23:03:37] *** Auto-response sent to Apple:
ran to the campus center...
running from the germs...
or trying to infect EVERYBODY!
{Evil Laugh} Mwa ha ha ha ha....
[23:03:42] Berendth: yep
[23:04:09] Berendth: so yeah, i was at practice for this dance
[23:04:49] Berendth: and the choreagrapher starts going off on one of her cussing storms telling us how we aren't getting mess right
[23:05:34] Berendth: but it's funny cus she doesn't give counts when choreagraphing - which is an essential part of teaching a dance to people -
[23:05:51] Berendth: so during this rant, i start taking pictures of the members of my step team
[23:06:08] Berendth: i mean she wasn't really saying anything i cared about
[23:06:15] Apple: lol
[23:06:17] Berendth: so then she gets upset cus i'm taking pictures
[23:06:28] Berendth: and she starts going off indirectly on me
[23:06:42] Berendth: so i walk over to my jacket and stuff and start to get my stuff ready
[23:07:09] Berendth: just in time for... "if y'all think taking pictures is more important than this right here, then just leave"
[23:07:12] Berendth: lol, so i did
[23:07:40] Berendth: my partner had already left, so i wasn't leaving her stuck out
[23:07:55] Berendth: and really i'm sick so i didn't want to go to practice anyway
[23:08:15] Berendth: plus i NEVER wanted to do the dance in the first place
[23:08:21] Berendth: so really it all worked out well for me
[23:08:28] Berendth: hehehe
[23:08:56] Berendth: don't be evil like me
[23:09:03] Apple: lol
[23:09:07] Apple: tsk tsk
[23:09:16] Berendth: heh heh heh
[23:10:12] Apple: are you going back?
[23:10:39] Berendth: when?
[23:10:49] Berendth: meh maybe
[23:11:00] Berendth: lol, only cus i had fun being evil
[23:11:08] Berendth: i kinda like degrading her authority
[23:11:25] Berendth: i mean in theory we all are there to help her out
[23:11:29] Apple: hehe
[23:11:30] Apple: ok ok
[23:11:32] Berendth: none of my guys want to do the dance
[23:11:45] Berendth: so it's not good for her to go off on rants like that
[23:11:51] Apple: no it isn't
[23:12:52] Apple: hehe it never is
[23:12:56] Apple: good for you for walking out
[23:13:00] Apple: i probably would have done the same
Had to be there... peace.
Monday, January 12, 2004
::SIGH::
Well, ladies and gents, the best weekend i have had all break has come to an end. My lady love has departed back home. Sucks cus it was a catch22. We didn't have to wait for the weekend to pass to see each other (meaning she would have arrived tonight). However, she wasn't able to stay as long as she would have been previously. Although the other flip is that leaving now means the time when she comes back will be sooner. So i believe. It better be. I'm back at work. I don't know what else will happen, but that is that. Meloncholy.
Peace.
Well, ladies and gents, the best weekend i have had all break has come to an end. My lady love has departed back home. Sucks cus it was a catch22. We didn't have to wait for the weekend to pass to see each other (meaning she would have arrived tonight). However, she wasn't able to stay as long as she would have been previously. Although the other flip is that leaving now means the time when she comes back will be sooner. So i believe. It better be. I'm back at work. I don't know what else will happen, but that is that. Meloncholy.
Peace.
Tuesday, January 06, 2004
The Tufts Daily: "While tanners often get their fake bronzes to improve appearance, not all are purely in it for vanity. The Tufts Ballroom team, for example, gets fake tans in an effort to 'look Latin,' since they compete in Latin dancing."
Is anyone else slightly bothered by this?
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