December 2010
71 posts
“If I read the Bible half as much as I read your mouth, I wouldn’t have to...”
– Black Swan
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. It is self-preservation, and that is...”
– Audre Lorde- Retweeted this more than half a year ago. Ran into it again/now… Timing is, and always will be, everything.
“Gratitude is the intention to count your blessings every day, every minute,...”
– Book- “Living Life as a Thank You: The Transformative Power of Gratitude”
Right now.
jorgebrito:
I wish for friends, good alcohol (no drunkenness), a comfy couch, a mellow playlist and some stimulating discourse on life, love and growth. Which one of my homies can make this happen tomorrow?
Wish I was close to you sun. This is my wish on the daily- just add some good food and an occasional (throwback) hip-hop track that makes me stop the conversation/throw my hands up/and say...
What I Learned While Playing Daddy in Chess
I learned to play chess while overseas. I’m not good at by any means, but I did get a firm grasp of each pieces abilities and purpose on the board. (I think)
Either way, buying my dad a chess board was a big deal- because I know how much he loves the game. Learning to play was a bigger deal (and part of the gift), because now I would also be able to play him in it… not just sit around...
Christmas Morning Conversations
My 6yr. Old Sister: How is Santa Claus so smart?
My Dad: He went to college.
My 6yr. Old Sister: They didn't make fun of him?
My Dad: Na, he didn't have the beard then.
When I start crying, I know it's time to write...
word.
“It’s crazy right? To love someone who hurt you....
Freewrite from the month before last
Title’s are tempting
I can’t always map out wrong or right
But calling you mine just seemed fitting
Felt a lot like certainty
Not so much like possession
Just potential
A sure thing in a bucket of blind folds
Something to sleep to
And a face worth waking up for
As for you
Titles must’ve sounded like land mines going off
Secret agendas, unknown expectations
Friendly fire’s in pure form
Like tight...
Freewrite from last month (and something like a...
I thought that if I sat still
You’d eventually find me
Deserving
So I learned to float in attempts at complimenting the ocean that you are
But floating feels a lot like drowning when the tide comes rushing in
And this friendship
Is more dead man than doggy paddle
What seems like little action
As it becomes gradually harder to breathe
I can’t hold this position and keep my head above water
What...
“Tried to help people- some people I couldn’t. That’s my moms in me....”
– Joe Budden
“… then somebody came along & tried to hurt me - tried to make me feel...”
– Lauryn Hill
“Forgive- sounds good. Forget- I’m not sure I could. They say time heals...”
– Dixie Chicks
This is Faith
alysiasache:
Where you experience pain, I too experience pain.
But I also experience growth.
Where you find disappointment, I too find disappointment.
But I also find patience.
Where you recognize coincidence, I too recognize coincidence.
But I also recognize miracles.
Where you see reality, I too see reality.
But I also see possibility.
This is Faith.
I want (read: deserve) to be appreciated the first...
That’s it.
Huge exhale.
Wow. Soulja Boy compared himself to Tupac.
dearpaigeyv:
Nigga, Nono. he needs to go run into something.
No… Just no.
(via aron2390-deactivated20100912-de)
I don’t typically support usage of the N-word, but in this case… so be it.
“Losing my mind to the constant tape playing action that has led to my...”
– Peter Cooper. My man!
aftertherainweforget asked: Brandi my love, I miss you! I see from your pictures you've just been traveling the world huh? I bet its nothing short of amazing, and your so lucky to be able to experience all that :) Miss you again and hope to see you soon, Have fun and be safe! Luv Ya!
coloredgirlconsideringrevolution asked: Your blog is beautiFULL...i think you're going to upgrade my playlist!
“I wish I was that someone that you come from every time you get there, and every...”
– Andrea Gibson
RACE CARD
tabularasae:
(Front)
(Back)
“I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically, in whom...”
– Anaîs Nin (via ephiesays)
“I am not a bad choice. I am a good choice you refuse to make.”
– Korim
I Realize
I’ve been cheating lately. Looking at older post… if only from a week ago (while I was traveling), I was actually writing. I’ve been re-posting like crazy, and acting like it still makes my blog my own… with no contributions from me. Shameful. My head has just been all over the place. I can’t commit to any thing life changing in this moment (while typing, not in...
“I find it distressing, there’s never no in-between. We either niggas or...”
– Mos Def (Black Star), ‘Thieves In The Night’ (via jorgebrito)
