Traditionally in Haitian Households Good Friday is celebrated by a feast of different fish and salads….I remember when I was young I asked my friend Nate Hampton if he new what Good Friday was…he looked at me and said “The Good of the Friday” HA!! I always thought that was hilarious. Now I know it’s true.
Stay FOCUSED, POSITIVE and PRODUCTIVE
Buy/Listen to The Hit Single “Take Our Time (Right Away)” produced by Tye Hill from the soon to be released Ep “Ladies Love Mixtapes”
Tuesday was such a strange day. I wake up and check my facebook and all I see are pictures of this beautiful infant who is six months old.
Jonylah Watkins 6 months Old
This child is yet another victim of this rising murder rate in Chicago. I make a concerted effort to avoid this news because of how it makes me feel. I feel like we are being attacked by negativity everyday and not watching the news is not enough anymore. We have to shield ourselves from a constant barrage of bad news. Fast Forward >>>>>>>>>>
So…. Im at work Tuesday and its just like any other day. Im helping customers and kind of going through the motions, just another day. Of course my co-workers are discussing this horrible tragedy that I have been trying to avoid and I try my best not to comment on it. I never do.
The day continues…faxing…answering the phones…being corporate….work. Occasionally I may hear someone speaking on their cell, sometimes they talk LOUD!! Today this “young lady” was in the vestibule talking REALLY LOUD and saying every curse word you could think of to whomever she was having a conversation with.
Security approaches her and asks her to step outside if she is going to speak so loudly…She calls him a name and then says F U as she goes outside. Then she comes back in as if she is about to be serviced. She was escorted out.
I’ve had conversations with many people concerning this energy that people seem to be emanating. For some reason it seems as though negativity is fighting for its life and people seem to gravitate towards it so easily. Why is it like this?
The reason I blog is to speak my mind and represent a voice that is working to turn the tides and tip the scales when it comes to how powerful we truly are. It is up to us to make a choice and not buy into this low energy.
Speak words of power, be kind to people, embrace the spirit of love.
When you pay to much attention to media in general you will be bombarded with BS. Its time to be selective and deliberate. Speak Life Into This World and see the world Change. We are blessed. Thats right.
What are your thoughts on this current state we are working ourselves out of? How do you stay encouraged? I would love to hear your thoughts. :-)
Stay FOCUSED, POSITIVE and PRODUCTIVE
Buy/Listen to The Hit Single “Take Our Time (Right Away)” produced by Tye Hill from the soon to be released Ep “Ladies Love Mixtapes”
Marshall (The Sovereign) sums this project up perfectly.
This album is a commentary on hate. It exists on a continuum spanning from the comical to the satirical to the serious….which songs exist where on the continuum is largely to be determined by the listener. In between songs is featured production by Vision 77 and Sean Ace. These two, plus Jus Cuz, complete all the production on the album. And Sampshon comes in and reminds of the opposite of hate. Lyrics by Sean Ace, Jus Cuz, Precise, Cya, and the Chancellor. The madness is sewn together by DJ Kwest_on.
1.) Intro
2.) Surrender (ft. Sean Ace, Precise, Jus Cuz, Cya, The Chancellor; prod. Sean Ace)
– Welcome to your demise.
3.) Things Get Better (ft. Sean Ace, Precise, Cya; prod. Jus Cuz, Sean Ace)
– The system’s hate.
4.) The Manual (ft. Precise, Sean Ace; prod. Vision77)
– Pages from the playbook of the haters we love to hate.
5.) In the Room (ft. Cya; prod. Jus Cuz)
– An acknowledgement of the surrounding haters. We see you.
6.) Archenemy (ft. Cya, Jus Cuz; prod. Sean Ace)
– We hate better. Also a shout to North Korea who as of January 2013, named the USA their official archenemy. You guys are funny. Watch that shit.
7.) Light it Up (ft. Precise, Sean Ace, Jus Cuz; prod. Jus Cuz)
– A general hate public service announcement.
8.) Pay Up (ft. Sean Ace, Jus Cuz; prod. Jus Cuz)
– A shout to haters of money.
9.) Addicts (ft. The Chancellor; prod. Vision77)
– Be it hating on yourself or the government hating, the hate is hard to stop.
10.) Interlude: The Voice (prod. Vision77)
11.) Sweet Love
– No hate here, baby.
12.) Chicago Style
– An ode to the city where hating on our citadel is more an overly conspicuous display of unbridled and sad ignorance than a respectable declaration of war from a worthy adversary.
Whats Good World!!!!
Welcome to the ninth topic in this series entitled What Ladies Love.
Its been a while since I posted anything with respect to this series because I have been sooooo busy, however IM BACK!!! If you would like to read the previous post you can click here. We got some good feedback from that one. Now lets get to it.
Last night I finally got around to watching ‘Silver Linings Playbook” after much belly aching because of the snub “Beasts of the Southern Wild” and Quvenzhané Wallis received from the academy. I got over it and decided to see why the academy chose Jennifer Lawrence as best actress and why people where so into this movie.
If I were to judge a book by it cover or rather the posters used to advertise this movie, I would have dismissed this as a date movie. The only reason I had any level of interest was due to an interview Bradley Cooper the lead character did on “Fresh Air” with Terry Gross on Npr. The story seemed to have some more depth, so I dived in.
***SPOILER ALERT***
Bradley Cooper’s character Pat Solitano is released from a mental illness facility that he was placed in because of an episode he had after coming home and finding his wife in the shower with another man. In my opinion he reacted just as I would expect any husband to react when he catches his wife sleeping with another man. HE BEATS THE SHIT OUT OF HIM!!
Whats interesting about this is that Pat leaves the facility intent on getting back with his wife. He says he has grown as a person, he lost weight and he has learned that in all the experiences in life it is best to stay positive and find that “Silver Lining” He meets Jennifer Lawrence’s character Tiffany who is a widow and as a result has become this promiscuous woman about town. They initially bond over their experiences with familiar medications.
Pat’s dad played by Robert De Niro is a Philadelphia Eagles fan who is banned from the stadium because of all the fights he got into and he is highly superstitious and says Pat brings him good luck during the Eagles games and that he should stay and watch them with him, and he is OCD. Each one of the characters has this quirk that defines them. It made me want to examine this a bit deeper.
I can really relate to Pat and his desire to get back with his wife. I remember when I was fresh into my separation I thought that if I could change some things, focus more on what I wasn’t doing before and become a better person that my wife would take me back. I just knew that she loved me and that we could overcome any and all obstacles. I was out of work so i found a job. Then I discover that she is pregnant with another mans child. This almost destroyed me.
I watched the scene in the movie where Pat catches his wife and could see myself in that same position. I’m happy I wasn’t in that position cause Im sure it wouldn’t have had such a happy ending. Now…does the fact that I would have possibly reacted the same way make me mentally ill?
I am kinda of shortening the scope of Pats illness, he was dealing with it all of his life and that specific moment he snapped. Tiffany lost her husband a Police Officer suddenly while he was trying to rekindle the spark in their marriage, as a result she became promiscuos and was given medication to help deal with her depression.
The way I see it all of us have this capacity to be considered mentally ill based on our quirks and how some people may perceive us. The one thing I got out of this movie was that each and every character was dealing with some type of stress that affected who they were mentally.
As much as this movie is about mental illness, it is mostly about overcoming it. Pat embraced positivity and exercise and believing that having hope works. Tiffany represented that extra push…that voice of raw truth that all of us need. Jennifer Lawrence did an Awesome job with her character. I still think Quvenzhané Wallis should have won…lol
Now…with all that being said…I want to ask… Are all of us mentally ill/crazy and can it be overcome? Share your experience. I would love to read what you think. :-)
Buy/Listen to The Hit Single “Take Our Time (Right Away)” produced by Tye Hill from the soon to be released Ep “Ladies Love Mixtapes”
