justeezy.

Weeds is good enough, but Hunter just makes it all that much better. I knew he had sizzle to him back in Season 1!

Goodbye Daniel Radcliff, Hello Hunter!

Disclaimer: I am not a perverted creep.

Well, these aren’t the summer photos I meant to post, but here are just some random shots of me fooling around with my friend’s DSLR.

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For all you folks who complain that there’s no hip hop scene in Edmonton, come support yo.

Doors open at 8PM / Show starts at 9PM
TGG is performing from 10:45PM to 11:15PM

I smell some Black Dog after.

Listening to: Jay-Z – In My Lifetime (Big Jaz Remix)

Who remembers Backroom Vodka Bar? I just can’t seem to cut my losses with that bar, that was my joint before! I totally took that place for granted, never thought Edmonton would be without a true hip hop night. I mean, I guess there’s still Daaags on Saturdays with @sonny grimezz (Thank Fucking God), but nothing will ever replace those times at Backroom with @justinfoosh and @alloutecho . Anyways, for those who are sick of dancing to top 40 etc, put a huge red ‘x’ on Sept 4 in your calandars cuz that night is gonna be off the heezy.

Listening to: Craig Mac f. Q-Tip – Get Down (Q-Tip Remix)

Fastest summer ever, anticipating fall, looking forward to what life is going to bring me next.

Stay tuned for more flicks.

Listening to: De La Soul f. Common – The Bizness

Self-respect is the root of discipline:  The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.  ~Abraham Joshua Heschel

You know that one moment where you feel like everything is falling apart, the world is going to end, nothing and nobody can make you feel better? You’re crashing down, waaaay down. You feel like dropping to your knees,  and screaming “NOOOOOoooooooooo” in the Darth Vador voice. Ok ok you get it. But yes, you know that feeling? Well, It’s never as bad as you think it is. “STFU justeezy, you’re crazy.” No Im dead serious. During those moments of emotional craze, we automatically want to make ourselves feel better, we will do ANYTHING to bring us out of this misery.. even if we act a fool we justify it because obviously nobody likes pain. We think, “Im going through this horrible mess right now, while I am juggling all these things at the same time, so I deserve to act irrational and take out my shit on you.” Well, I think in reality, a lot of us just do not know how to deal with pain.

Guess what? Pain is good. Yessir!

In fact, this may sound slightly sadistic, but I kinda like this pain feeling. It makes me feel like Im growing as a person. It makes me proud of myself that I accept all sides of justeezy and can dissociate this shitty feeling from me. Pain teaches us many many lessons. Pain is what makes us stronger. Sometimes we just need to hit rock bottom. So that we know what’s good in our lives. Teaches us what to appreciate. Let’s us know what makes us happy. The feeling is horrendous, I will attest to that. But guess what? Good fucking thing it doesn’t last forever. And you know what else? Chances are there is at least one person in this world who is going through the same thing as you. Personally, I find that quite comforting. We are not alone in this world, somebody does understand what you’re going through. Because that’s what it is right? When we’re feeling that pain, we just want somebody to understand what we’re going through, we want to feel validated?

Most of the time it’s not even about validation though. Remember that it is always how we perceive things. Practicing self-control amplifies our self-respect. Ask yourself “Will I regret this later on if I say this?” Ask yourself who will benefit from this. If you are still feeling that you need to say what you need to feel a few days or even a week from your breakdown moment, then say it. At least you had some time to form your words in a respectable manner.

You can’t control anything or anybody, but you can control yourself. The best thing about that is, is that it’s all on you. Anything you say or do, you cannot blame the other person because it’s coming from you. Taking responsibility for your own actions and words is probably one of the best things you can do for yourself. Given any circumstance, we should always be putting our best foot forward. Because at the end of the day, all you have is you. And you’re the one who has to live with yourself, your regrets and mistakes.

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So creatively delicious.

If you could make a mixtape of your life, what tracks would be on it? For me, each and every single one of these songs have some kind of special meaning, and they all bring back that lovely nostalgic feeling. To this day, I can still listen to each and every one of these tracks on maaaaad rotation. Music will always be the food & medicine for my heart & soul.

26 tracks, cuz Im 26 years old

Come kick it

THE GREATER GOOD continues to skeet out bangers, and this by far is my absolute favorite song. Every morning like my national anthem I blast it at work on repeat and sing along to help start out my day haha, no lie!

“so you can dig up all my skeletons
don’t worry, don’t worry bout me
I’mma be fine, I’mma be good
I’mma get mine just like I should”

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Over 1000 downloads in less than a week? That’s pretty swag if you ask me, feel free to share this with everybody you know.. cuz music is meant for sharing.. and sharing is caring

If you wanna know what the story is on how Skeletons was created, check out their website: http://www.tggmusic.com..

I LOVED this book when I was a kid… and now I can’t stop watching the trailor!

This is a email forward that I received (props @kristiisrad), it really hits home right now. One of my “life” goals this year was to be more present in my day to day. I’ve noticed that as I get older, the days seem to go by faster and before I know it another year passes and I feel like nothing “huge” has happened or has been fulfilled. July has most definitely been an eventful month, it has been one of the hugest emotional rollercoasters I’ve ever been on. Really tough times, but guess what? I realized not too long ago that I have definitely been living more in the present without even noticing. So many times (especially as we get older), we become so focused on that end goal.. where we want to be, how we want to be, where we want to go.. that we lose track of our true essense (who we really are), what we appreciate, and things we love. We temporarily put those things on hold and take them for granted as we try and strive towards the bigger picture. But yo, this is life! The journey! All the hardships and pain that we experience, these are the moments that make us stronger, build our character, make us love, respect & appreciate ourselves, and open our eyes. If we didn’t have these times, we wouldn’t learn anything. We wouldn’t know what true happiness is. What’s the point of achieving that end goal if you weren’t even happy on your way there? Do you really think you would even appreciate it as much? Anyways, I could probably blab on about this forever, but I’ll please please read the exert after the jump…

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Compare love as a “Tree” standing on the bank of a river. If the river flows gently and smoothly – there will be a reflection of the tree so strong in the river that on a photograph it would appear as there are two trees. A light on the bank will reflect with similar intensity from the stream. It ripples are caused in the stream, the light will not be as strong, but if the river runs true, the reflection will strengthen.

In order to be able to love, one must love oneself. How can you give of oneself if it is not there in the first place. Condition yourself to loving yourself and the rest will follow.

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For some reason I find the world “Fail” completely hilarious when used as a retort to circumstances, people, places, things.. etc. etc. I can’t believe I’ve just discovered this blog now, but check it: http://failblog.org/

 Fail.. blog dot org?

Epic.

They have entries such as Ugliest tattoos gallery of fail/, t-shirt fail, and parenting fail (My lord, people are stupid).

Enjoy.