justeezy.

RIP BIGGIE SMALLS

“Stay far from timid
Only make moves when your heart’s in it
And live the phrase ‘Sky’s The Limit’”

From raaachem.com:

The text for the left brain reads:

“I am the left brain. I am a scientist. A mathematician. I love the familiar. I categorize. I am accurate. Linear. Analytical. Strategic. I am practical. Always in control. A master of words and language. Realistic. I calculate equations and play with numbers. I am order. I am logic. I know exactly who I am.”

And for the right brain:

“I am the right brain. I am creativity. A free spirit. I am passion. Yearning. Sensuality. I am the sound of roaring laughter. I am taste. The feeling of sand beneath bare feet. I am movement. Vivid colors. I am the urge to paint on an empty canvas. I am boundless imagination. Art. Poetry. I sense. I feel. I am everything I wanted to be.”

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“You have your way. I have my way.
As for the right way, the correct way,
and the only way, it does not exist.”
-Friedrich Nietzsche

Check this out… Got this in email & thought it was awesome!

In Washington , DC , at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, this man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, approximately 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After about 3 minutes, a middle-aged man noticed that there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds, and then he hurried on to meet his schedule.

About 4 minutes later: The violinist received his first dollar. A woman threw money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.

At 6 minutes: A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.

At 10 minutes: A 3-year old boy stopped, but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head the whole time. This action was repeated by several other children, but every parent – without exception – forced their children to move on quickly.

At 45 minutes: The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.

After 1 hour: He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed and no one applauded. There was no recognition at all.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before, Joshua Bell sold-out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100 each to sit and listen to him play the same music.

If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made…

How many other things are we missing as we rush through life?

Enjoy life NOW… it has an expiration date…

Happy holidaaaze!
peace & love,
justeezy.

Can I just say, I love my life right now? I’m FINALLY living in a city where live shows are not only in abundance, but is the norm.

I’ve been having an absolute blast interning for Rifflandia (local three-day music festival) for the past few weeks. I get to spend my days updating and monitoring the festival’s social media, researching music and local businesses, and editing paperwork. I feel so blessed to be spending my time with such humble & dedicated people, and putting my energy into something that I fully support and am passionate about. Needless to say, I wake up all jazzed for my day!

After researching through the 112 bands that are performing this year, here is my playlist for who I’m stoked to see:

You can create your own playlist through http://grooveshark.com, and submit your playlist to tweetpost@rifflandia.com, or send us a message on Tumblr (http://rifflandia.tumblr.com), and we’ll re-post!

source: myk1e.com

“Freedom! You askin me about freedom. Askin me about freedom? I’ll be honest with you. I know a whole lot more about what freedom isn’t than about what it is, cause I’ve never been free. I can only share my vision with you of the future, about what freedom is. The way I see it, freedom is the right to grow, is the right to Blossom. Freedom is the right to be yourself, to be who you are, to be who you wanna be, to do what you wanna do.” Assata Shakur

Crawlture Jam x Goldstream Gazette
The Colwood Crawl is symbolic of the jams within ourselves that restrict us from being consciously aware of our environment, that hold our natural flow hostage and limit our imagination.

“At first people refuse to believe that a strange
new thing can be done, then they begin to hope
it can be done, then they see it can be done
- then it is done and all the world wonders
why it was not done centuries ago.”
Frances Hodgson Burnett

“So, what are you guys?”

Ahh, there it is. The inescapable question that corners me at the beginning of any romantic ‘something’ I enter. A slight eyebrow raise, pleasant smile, and shrug of the shoulders is my standard reply. I don’t mean to be rude or anything. I just don’t care. Yup, I don’t care what it means… to society anyways. I care about what a relationship means to me (and of course the dude whose in this thing with me)… but I really don’t care for a standardized label to dictate what my relationship represents to the world.

Lemme break it down.

Wait. These things usually go best with a disclaimer: I am not against labeled relationships.

Okay. Anyways.

Those who heavily focus on relationship labels/titles tend to trip over the trivial, consequently creating problems out of nothing. For example, I once knew a girl who expected a phone call from her man first thing in the morning, at lunch time, and before bedtime. Everyday. “That’s what BFs are supposed do,” she said. First of all, says who? Second, phone calls are nice… But to set that expectation for every single day? That’s a little rough (and seriously, who the hell has the time?). Don’t get me wrong, routines and patterns are how humans make sense of their worlds. However, placing expectations on norms accordingly to society’s standards (and not their own), is merely their own attachment to the idea of what makes a relationship, and not the relationship itself. Having a non-labeled bond allows individuals to focus on what matters the most without any hindrance: the connection, and the possibility of what both parties can learn from the connection and each other.
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“Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain. And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy; And you would accept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields. And you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief.”

- Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet.

A mini skit we shot for our Interpersonal Communications presentation on ‘conflict in relationships.’ We would like to thank the Academy.. Value Village for the sweaters..

P.s. Cross-complainers, take note! You don’t have to win at everything, negativity included.

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“The reality of the other person is not in what he reveals to you, but in what he cannot reveal to you. Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says but rather to what he does not say.”
– Kahlil Gibran

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Props to “JP” and Casey Affleck for making this mockumentary… God knows North America needs a reality check when it comes to Hollywood and the media.. This film reminds us to not let our brains run off with what we “see,” and that reality is what we make it to be, not according to what the media puts out.