I got Top 5 on it..

..A very special R. Kelly edition. He's scheduled to be in court at 9AM (which was actually about 30 minutes ago) where the judge will inform baby K if he's able to go on with his tour...which is actually in Chicago tonight. Pedophile or not, "golden shower" giver or not, I still love you Kells..always.

1. "Feelin' On Your Booty"
2. "I Believe I Can Fly" (MP3)
3. "I'm a Flirt" Remix (MP3)
4. "You Remind Me of Something"
5. "The Zoo" (MP3)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

It's a little late, but it still counts....
HAPPY 24TH BIRTHDAY PENDEJO ENDEMONIADO!!!!
To my favorite damn friend, Mark, who sends me the scariest and meanest text messages in the middle of the night just to give me nightmares ("A demon has a straw in your belly button and is sucking out your guts", "A demon will impregnate you while you sleep"), wakes me up super early with even more rude comments ("Just because you weren't that physically active yesterday don't mean you can skip a shower today!"), goes skydiving with me, is always hungry and willing to eat anywhere at anytime, really only knows two dance moves (in reverse), drives the whole way to and back from New York because I start dozing off after 27 minutes into it, calls me when he sees a come up at the thrift store only to tell me I'm too big to fit it.... I could go on and on....but I won't... you already know.

;)

Start investing overseas.

Dollars are out, Euros are in..and people like Warren Buffett, Jay-Z and that one Victoria's Secret model Giselle are demanding to get paid in any other currency BUT ours. Do I find this a little scary? Hell yea. I can't help but think that the American economy is pretty much fucked for the time being and for a long time to come. The dollar has been depreciating for a while now, hitting an all-time low around the end of November and it's still not looking good. As of today, this is what the exchange rate looks like : 1 Euro = 1.4403 U.S. dollars. Man, I don't want to sound like a downer, but really..what the hell? Jay-Z's new video "Blue Magic" (above) has him flashing euro..but really, all I want to see him flash are a few hundreds here and there. Is that too much of a request?

Trendy keffiyah wearers....

Man, unless you planning on going to an anti-war rally or pro-Palestinian march... take that shit off. It's been bothering me for a miiiinute. There's been plenty of recent articles talking about Muslims being offended by the new hip-hop trend of famous rappers sporting keffiyahs around the neck, but I have been just as equally offended by the average hipster wearing them, urban outfitters selling them, and not because I'm hating but because people are just mad oblivious to shit.

The same people are some who will remain ignorant to what the garment represents; it's a symbol of freedom. Yet Palestine is far from free. Not for nothing, but how ironic that you'd see brainwashed- Israel-supporting- Americans who don't give a shit about Palestine, nor do they even know what's going on, wearing them? Traditionally, it is worn by Muslim freedom-fighters, and not around their necks as a scarf, but as a head dress... something that is STILL so shocking to some when they see women wearing (as a sign of modesty) and are quick to call them oppressed. Just the same with ANY other cultural/religious symbols.... I'm not going to wear the star of David for trend's sake, nor will you see me driving my car with a Jesus fish affixed to my bumper, you won't even see me wearing a kilt.... it's just not my culture so why am I going to desecrate anothers' sacred symbols?

“Men died fighting in a war for that. Arafat wore it. People took bullets in the back fighting for that! [Rappers] don’t know what the meaning of that is.. they’re ignorant! They go overseas and they go to Dubai then they come back and say, ‘look at the new trend I started’. It’s disrespectful!” (from Sandrarose.com)
It's more a political statement than anything, how it started.
This is shit I notice more and more, and I'm not saying only Palestinians/Muslims are entitled to wearing them....I'm all for it as long as you know what you're rocking and you stand behind what it truly represents. Not even just with the keffiyeh, but it just happens to be another easy example of exploitation. It's nobody's fault, ya'll just be blindly buying and wearing shit. For all you know, you could be wearing something that was once worn in support of so-called terrorism. You don't know.

And I ain't even gonna front like I don't have one, but I'm also Arab and I've also always been aware of what it's symbolized.... AND, I also got it in Egypt at a bazaar when I was like 9 years old.

(THIS site had a good discussion going on this....)

Put your Furberry and Houndstooth scarves back on, they look nicer on you anyway.

Newest HDR photos!!

Cold ass weather....





Wait I love this comment bossbob left on my Flickr:

bossbob50 Pro User says:

your work is so thrilling -it gives me chest pains. Seizes my heart - grips my artisitc empathy in a vise.



WOW....thhhhhanks. I could not stop laughing.