justeezy.

Milton Glaser, designer of “I heart NY” (source)

Photo by Eric Johnson, Glaser said of this quote: “It’s the most intelligent and appropriate thing I’ve ever heard about the nature of love, particularly at a time of overwhelming narcissism.”

I love putting my ipod on shuffle for this very reason.. forgot about this track!! Dedicated to that evening after the S. Villa concert.. back when I could still get away with reckless, unadultured, irresponsible Fun.

Single released in ’92, off “Mecca and the Soul Brother” | Samples: “Today” – Tom Scott, “When She Made Me Promise” – The Beginning of the End | RIP T. Roy

The best Goddaughter in the world!

Dedicated to all the Debbie Downers out there! woh wohhhhhhhhhhh

1 month left in Etown, gotta make the most of it! I guess technically it’s less than a month since one of those weeks Krispi & I will be in NY (!!!!!). But anyways, there’s something about being outdoors that helps put shit into perspective. Thankful for these summer nights, the walks, balcony chills, the drives around town, the sky & stargazing, and above all, the company to help keep me sane. xo.

How it is with us <3 Gonna miss this.



I need an iphone.

THICKER THAN WATER: Arthur and Daniel Chmielewski of HAVEN from hypebeast.tv on Vimeo.

I consider it a blessing to witness the process of a growth, from the time the seed was planted. HAVEN is continuing on into the full-leafed, branches for days, forever-growing tree that it’s meant to be. HELLA PROUD OF YOU BOYS!!!!!

Download her mixtape, “Psycho Therapy” here.

Single released in 1996 off their ’95 “Blackface” album

I’ve always wondered if it was at all possible to fall in love with someone you don’t know anything about. The undying question was finally put to a halt last Friday when I met my cousin’s 4 year old daughter. Before I go on, I must say that along with feeling like an alien of the family all these years, the broski and I have pretty much been the “kids” of our family since forever. We’ve always dreaded going to family functions in fear of being gnawed at from our relatives, The flock of eagles eyeing us up and down each time we met making sure we would be worthy enough to carry on the shu torch. “Work hard now, Play later!” “You look a little chubbier – You should watch what you eat, and maybe you should exercise more” Ok, not horrible advice, but seriously do you gotta say this right now – in a crowded Chinese restaurant? From across the table while we’re eating? And does everybody have to be so bareface in their agreement, all nodding in unison? Seriously? Obviously as we got older and grew some backbone, that fear slowly dissipated, but it never took away the feeling of dread. Most possibly because they didn’t really know know us, and we didn’t open up enough for them know know us. Until she and her brother were born.

Tonight, at a typical chinese family’s BBQ, I suddenly found myself shed under a different light. As my older cousins, aunts and uncles all observed us “kids” interact, watching us have a dance break to the not-cheesy-at-all instrumentals of “Yankee Doodle” and “Livin La Vida Loca”, I could feel them shifting the title on to the next generation: the new “older sister with her younger brother”. The pressure’s off, yes! But beyond that, I’ve never felt the feeling of “family” more than I ever have tonight. In that moment, it put so many things into perspective and it made me really understand the real importance of being around your family. It was always kind of bothersome to think that I initially found this kind of love with my friends (who pretty much was like my family for a long time), and not my blood family, even though I was always aware of their Love’s existence. It’s reassuring and relieving to know that this kind of unconditional love is available anytime, anywhere, even if (you thought) it wasn’t for you… or there for you. Even If you threw it away, it would still be there anticipating your next return.

She’s not a stranger because she is blood, but in all my existence of living, besides my cousin in NY, I have never felt a connection with anybody else in my family… Let alone a child! It’s like I know how she works already and love her (so soon!) for who she is, even though I don’t know the details of her life. Her shrieks of joy upon seeing me let me know the feeling was mutual, even more when her mother relayed to me that she has been asking about me since we first met. It’s… nice! Suddenly, there’s yet another reason for my existence. Another role that has been bestowed… and this time instead of it being tossed into my direction, it has been graciously handed down to me. It’s a blessing. In the words of Ms. Evans, “I never knew there was a.. Love like this before” hahahah. Now in the presence of these young tykes and the sudden awareness that showing my true colors (and not hiding in fear that my own blood won’t accept me as I am) is what is making me see what being a “shu” is all about.

Now I wonder this instead: what else exists in my life that is already in fruition, just waiting for me to discover it and see it for what it really is?
Dang Sush, you were right =] (nyoun.)

“they can move the island, but never it’s place in my heart” haaa dope. I LOVE YOU LOST!!! I will never forsake you! hahahahaha.

Just as a hidden sadness resides in the heart of true euphoria, just as the seeds of great achievement often sprout first in a cauldron of adversity, so too no end is ever really complete without a new beginning stirring inside it. Though we divide life into categories in order to understand and master it, experience itself is seamless.

“I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks. I have a tendency not only to see the best in everyone, but to assume that everyone is emotionally capable of reaching his highest potential. I have fallen in love more times than I care to count with the highest potential of a man, rather than with the man himself, and then I have hung on to the relationship for a long time (sometimes far too long) waiting for the man to ascend his own greatness. Many times in romance I have become a victim of my own optimism.”

- Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat Pray Love

“Caper Distribution is based in Canada. We rep street smart menswear labels that hail from the creative arts and design hub that is Melbourne. We distribute clothing to independent retailers and agencies in North America, introducing brands whose core design ethics are to keep ahead and make functional garments that last. We get along easy breezy with cool people and work hard too.”

The homies Jamie and Zeshan have started a distribution company based out in Vancouver, BC and were kind enough to send me the limited “All Good” tee off the Spring 2010 line a la “Mont La Roc“. There’s something dope about having a new fresh new tee in your hands, I can’t really put it into words… maybe it’s because I know it will never be in this shape ever again. I tend to wear the shit out of all my tees and then they all inevitably become the ratty comfy tee that I wear with everything. Trois times a week. Yup Im that guy. Anyways, so far Caper Distribution reps “Mont La Roc” (Melbourne, the designer injects a zany sense of humor into his art mixed in with pop art and his love for 90s Hip Hop), “Heist” (Melbourne, simple clean lines…rawr), and “NOIR” (Japan).. so many dope pieces to choose from… but… how could I resist Crash Crew?

For a more detailed look into the brands and what they are all about, peep their website: http://www.caperdistribution.com/

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props to the sush for utilizing my beloved BB’s camera as best as she could… and for being cool with this impromptu “photoshoot” in the middle of our sidecurb chillin’ sesh. haha. I’ll take better ones Jammers I swear! maybe. Oh well. It’s Alllllll Goooood.