dreams for dusk.

..diary of a hip hop romantic.

permalink My grandfather, whom I called “Nay” and none of us know why. (Taken with instagram)

My grandfather, whom I called “Nay” and none of us know why. (Taken with instagram)



permalink Chef Jeff. (Taken with Instagram at The Biergarten at The Standard, Downtown LA)

Chef Jeff. (Taken with Instagram at The Biergarten at The Standard, Downtown LA)



permalink I love graffiti art in florescent. (Taken with instagram)

I love graffiti art in florescent. (Taken with instagram)



permalink “Uptown Bill”…..caught my eye while headed toward a meeting.  (Taken with instagram)

“Uptown Bill”…..caught my eye while headed toward a meeting. (Taken with instagram)



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Blessed are those who have no misfortune, for they have counted it all joy.


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in spite of all our communication technology, no invention is as effective as the sound of the human voice. when we hear the human voice, we instinctively want to listen, in the hopes of understanding it. even when the speaker is searching for the right words to say. even when all we hear is yelling, or crying, or singing. that’s because the human voice resonates differently from anything else in the world. that’s why we can hear a singer’s voice over the sound of a full orchestra. but we’ll always hear that singer, no matter what else surrounds it.
— [episode four. touch].


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[#touch. episode four. had me in tears, again].



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[i love this. bonus point: ending voiced by Ted Williams].



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Just recently, I started doing a daily quiet time/meditation, scheduled in my calendar everyday, at least fifteen minutes but whatever the spirit calls for. I’m more refreshed after it’s over than any other time in my day. I read a scripture, pray, then, simply, I’m quiet, waiting, and the renewal comes. Thought I could be doing it wrong originally, but then I remembered that God never leaves those who are actively looking for Him.

jussayin.

xoxo.



permalink Taken with Instagram at Los Angeles Zoo

Taken with Instagram at Los Angeles Zoo



permalink Taken with Instagram at Los Angeles Zoo

Taken with Instagram at Los Angeles Zoo



permalink Taken with Instagram at Los Angeles Zoo

Taken with Instagram at Los Angeles Zoo



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Rrrrr.

This feels like a strange yet somber horror film, a la Zombieland, my entire body is under the covers, the industrial soul piercing fire alarm is screeching and flashing like paparazzi and I have my headphones on attempting to hide….blasting Elton John’s greatest hits, starting with ‘goodbye yellow brick road’. That, or this is my ending scene of a personal titanic.

Sigh, and they said until 4 pm, I just need a little more sleep. : {



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and in other news..

so, i saw ‘the hunger games’ last night and it wasn’t that great. way too much compacted into 2.5 hrs. i didn’t read the book but i hope my 10+ friends who are, like what they get. honestly. this movie, tho, had almost the compaction of ‘red tails’ but at least that movie was necessary.

the hunger games:

  • Rue was AMAZING. [great enough for me to suggest it].
  • there was a typo in the intro.

..the end.

***update***

SO. i just found out that people are mad that Rue was black. they were mad. that. Rue was black. the first thing i noticed was the predominately white cast and how unrealistic that was. no one’s going to be that white (blonde and pale) in 100 years, which is when i think this movie takes place. please stop.

Rrrrr.

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on the subject of lgbt and telling / not telling.

i feel people should be whatever they want to be, choice or not. [my liberal side].

the part i’ve never understood, tho, is why anyone would want to tell their guardian who they want to have sex with. [the complication].

i just don’t understand why that’s appropriate.. or even matters. [my heavier conservative side].

if, then, it’s not about who you like to have sex with or if you’re not having sex with the person, how is it considered lgbt..?