Happy bday Pac

He would've been 38 years old today. His legacy lives on. I can go on forever on how much of an impact he's had on my life. Happy born day Pac.

One of my favorite films. Just watched it today. Spike Lee needs to produce more b-bball flicks.

How to Install LOVE

Tech Support: Hello … how can I help you?

Customer: Well, after much consideration, I’ve decided to install
Love. Can you guide me through the process?

Tech Support: Yes. I can help you. Are you ready to proceed?

Customer: Well, I’m not very technical, but I think I’m ready. What do I do first?

Tech Support: The first step is to open your Heart. Have you
located your Heart?

Customer: Yes, but there are several other programs running now.
Is it okay to install Love while they are running?

Tech Support: What programs are running ?

Customer: Let’s see, I have Past Hurt, Low Self-Esteem, Grudge
and Resentment running right now.

Tech Support: No problem, Love will gradually erase Past Hurt
from your current operating system. It may remain in your permanent
memory but it will no longer disrupt other programs. Love will
eventually override Low Self-Esteem with a module of its own called High
Self-Esteem. However, you have to completely turn off Grudge and
Resentment. Those programs prevent Love from being properly installed.
Can you turn those off ?

Customer: I don’t know how to turn them off. Can you tell me how?

Tech Support: With pleasure. Go to your start menu and invoke
Forgiveness. Do this as many times as necessary until Grudge and
Resentment have been completely erased.

Customer: Okay, done! Love has started installing itself. Is that
normal?

Tech Support: Yes, but remember that you have only the base
program. You need to begin connecting to other Hearts in order to get
the upgrades.

Customer: Oops! I have an error message already. It says, “Error
- Program not run on external components.” What should I do?

Tech Support: Don’t worry. It means that the Love program is set
up to run on Internal Hearts, but has not yet been run on your Heart. In
non-technical terms, it simply means you have to Love yourself before
you can Love others.

Customer: So, what should I do?

Tech Support: Pull down Self-Acceptance; then click on the
following files: Forgive-Self; Realize Your Worth; and Acknowledge your
Limitations.

Customer: Okay, done.

Tech Support: Now, copy them to the “My Heart” directory. The
system will overwrite any conflicting files and begin patching faulty
programming. Also, you need to delete Verbose Self-Criticism from all
directories and empty your Recycle Bin to make sure it is completely
gone and never comes back.

Customer: Got it. Hey! My heart is filling up with new files.
Smile is playing on my monitor and Peace and Contentment are copying
themselves all over My Heart. Is this normal?

Tech Support: Sometimes. For others it takes awhile, but
eventually everything gets it at the proper time. So Love is installed
and running. One more thing before we hang up. Love is Freeware. Be sure
to give it and its various modules to everyone you meet. They will in
turn share it with others and return some cool modules back to you.

Customer: Thank you, God.

LOL

eL iiiish uhh: Nope
eL iiiish uhh: I havent even started to study yet!
eL iiiish uhh: FML
itsr0mar: lol
itsr0mar: thats not fml material
eL iiiish uhh: Yes that is fml material!
eL iiiish uhh: Haaha
eL iiiish uhh: Its my life? How you gona tell me if i cant fuck it or not?! Ahhaaha
eL iiiish uhh: .......

this picture makes me stop for a moment and think.

A thug changes, a love changes, and best friends become strangers.

"Only fools fall in love, so many things to be cautious of"

Heartbeat - 8thw1

Ran across this version of Dwele's "I think I love you". The neo-soul vibe is fuckin ill. Enough said.

one for April

Reno trip was dope. The drive back was a bitch though. Decided to start a snowfight while we were stuck in traffic.

Late night convos ftw

Interesting read off of HB.

Hypebeast was founded on February 2006 as an independent blog/forum dedicated to the new phenomenon referred to as streetwear. Now dont get me wrong, streetwear can essentially be labeled as "rich kids spending daddy's doughstacks" clothes, but it was moreso about the individuality than the awe factor "Look at me, I'm smashing niigggas in my peacoat!" narcissistic approach. Although the term streetwear predates 06(Polo,Nautica,Tims,etc. of the mid '90s) and the 21st century, one can only conclude in a definite manner that during the 2005-2006 year, streetwear gradually moved its "follower core" to a more mainstream marketabilty outlook with brands like The Hundreds,Stussy, and 10 Deep just to name a few, making a greater push to reach a larger more broad clientele. This inturn caused a huge influx of emos, skaters, sneakerheads, swaggerjackers, and posers to jump on the wagon immediately. You may be asking now, what pertinence does the following have to do in correlation with Hypebeast? Well in a rather vague answer: EVERYTHING. Hypebeast was/is one of the leading blogs and sites where a conglomerate of brands from various countries and backgrounds are/were brought to convey,sculpt, and define their various tastes. This enthusiastic and fascinated community opened up their arms to the new brands being bestowed and also of the older ones being ressurected onto the spotlight. This time period saw an unprecedented rise amongst the number of streetwear clothes being sold, store openings, and overall conventions and events being held. Such an angelic year ensued until roughly the start of 2008. It was this year that the drop from originality took place and it seemed to be comprised of brands being formed to regurgitate successful ideas and rehash them a 1,000 times over again.
Although this perpetual cycle of same ideas bullshit started way before the start of 2008, it is evident that the number of clones both in the "online attire" internet world and the real world was drastically revealed during this period. The amount of WDYWT '08 and later swaggerjackers meticulously scanned the various threads, pinpointing numerously deemed "cool items" and purchasing that same item the next day to gain the approval by this website and others, and also to feel a sense of accomplishment in their rather EPIC FAIL real world life and sterile upbringings. Such items like BDUs, Samarai denim, and Vans saw an abundance of newfound enthusiasts whos main goal in life is robocoppin everything awesome and faking off the appearance of being down with a particular musice genre,group, or artist, when they infact werent even born during those performer's music beginnings. What I find befuddling in this whole ordeal is the countless number of styles kids on these forums are switching from. What makes the original posters on this thread so irrate is the badgering this ensues from the younger posters acting like they know what's up. Newsflash, members on this website scuplted and shaped streetwear into what it has become. Whether it was through the Nike SB hype or a particular brand, the boat always came through Hypebeast first and then infiltrated to the other subpar websites like ISS and Niketalk.
A prime example would be the death of SBs as of like a year ago. These same swaggerjackers jumped on that ship and furthermore, caused Nike Skateboarding as a company to realize this hype which resulted in grotesque colorways for true collectors. SBs were the epitome of streetwear during 2006 to mid 2007s and it wasn't until the insurgence of Van/APC/AA hype that these shoes whithered into the abyss of our memories. The amount of swaggerjackers that signed up in 2008 and 2009 is so baffling that I find it rather repulsive. These ISS and Sufu rejects need to go back to their forementioned internet homes and stay in their place because we dont want you here. This brings up another alluring question into our hands: What are we as a community going to do about it to combat these infidels?
It is quintessentially our task as a community to lay down our foot and do whats right for potential posters to come. This epidemic is corroding what he hold to be so sacred. It is paramount that we call out kids who follow this trend and hold them accountable for their actions. People like Helgen and JKissi should be praised for both their fashion philosophy and how they go about applying their take on how people should dress. Enough of this benevolent behavior and free pass to kids. We will bring down the Luciferian whipping party if it continues to ensue, and yes, it will be in an ominous manner. Thank you for your time.

-KickaPop

Elisha:Haha whatcha gona wear?! Pls don't disappoint me this time. Haahahhha I expected soooo much from you. Haaha



Great expectations from Elisha, lol. Don't worry though, I won't disappoint this prom.

Stay tuned.

bad weekend, but good vibes ahead

As a die hard Laker fan, it was great to see Kobe and Shaq reunite one last time. It was dope how they got co-mvp's for the all star game. They def. deserved it. Chris Paul was underrated(14 pts,14 assists,7 boards). But still, to this day, Mamba and the diesel=best duo of all time

A Thousand Words from Ted Chung on Vimeo.

Wow. 3 years ago. Things done changed

Music sounds better with you

so dope, so dope

"I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center."
- Kurt Vonnegut

You mad?

Another great game between the already historic rivalry between the Lakers and Celtics. Though a regular season game, players were testy with each other(KG and Lamar, Fish and Ray) Not to mention Rondo getting the finger pointed by mamba. You mad Rondo? Funniest part of the pic is Ray holding Rondo as if he's his little brother.

Elisha: I wonder if my bf loves me enough to wipe my shit for me?
Elisha: HAAHAHAAHAHA
Elisha: sorry
Elisha: no homo that's kinda weird and nasty
Romar: WOW
Elisha: HAHAHAHAH
Romar: WOW!
Elisha: hmmm...
Elisha: cuz you know how people are like... "id do anything for you"

Goin back to PI

Well, as of now, I have plans of going back to the motherland for vaycay during december. It's always dope going back home. Well, home away from home if anything. On that 09' grind.

"today you are you, that is truer than true, no one today is more youer than you"-Dr.Seuss

Jennie, I saw this and thought of you. Lmao.

oh, it is love

If Heaven had a height, you would be that tall

captain Jack

Went to Southland mall to go look for April's shoes(sorry ape, ended up not finding them).

However I did see this guy


Picture looks funny because it looks like we both went shopping(no homo) His entourage had mad bags of kicks though. What better way to relax after a disappointing lost though, right? Sorry guys, not a Warrior fan.

lol at my pops saying "Sucks about last night, huh Stephen?"
LOL owned.


Oh yea btw, today is the "81-point game" anniversary.

Written Wednesdays volume 1

I thought I'd share some of my past written poetry that I recently found. This first written that I'm sharing was made back in the summer of 2008. I made this poem for Sydni Yoshi Rounds after she passed away. She was such an inspiration to many heads out there(not just in the sneaker culture). Her photography was amazing. She was beautiful and well respected. It still saddens me to this day that she was taken at the pinnacle of her young life.




To Sydni

Life flashes in a blink of an eye
too quick to even notice passing by
days pass on and weeks just go,
months just move and years just flow
the good die young and the bad die slow,
the evil remain and the good don't grow
nothing today is promised tomorrow
and happiness is overcome by sorrow
for what starts in the clouds ends in the rain,
and eventually God will end the pain,
and through the sadness and through the plough
I smile because your an angel now.



P.S. Sydni, you inspired me to un-ds my espos. Nothing is promised tomorrow. Thank you for everything.

Mike Epps vs. Kobe

New Nike commercial w/ Mike Epps and Kobe.
Peep the ugly air yeezys in the beginning, lol.

love & basketball

Great day today. MLK day and then tomorrow will be an even bigger day in U.S. history. Well today I chilled with 2/3 of the triplets again. This time I played them 2 on 1 in b-ball(since they know how much I love b-ball)The bet was that if they won, I would buy both of them ice cream. But if I won.......well they have my support, lol.

April psyching herself up


Nope, not even close


pregame shootaround and warmup for team April/Alexis



Getting my Kobe on, Lol.(no 81 points)


But I won.

The road less traveled

Saturday was a busy day for me. Woke up early to go to a dealership and run some errands for my pop's car. Then I went to S.F. with a few friends. Spent the whole day with them throughout the city; then afterwards went to union city and chilled at Dennys. It was a fun day, but I'm mad exhausted. No rest for the weary though.

Too early for me, but not for April




Peep my dinosaur-like fingers scaring Alexis


At Haight


Didn't Pharrel advertise chairs similar to these?


Ehh close enough


2/3 of the triplets(missing Ashley) pun intended, lol.


Listening to bullshit.


Well April sabotaged my camera for just about the whole day. She took 99% of the pics(67 total). And here's some examples of

April's


conceited


self


jk, April. You know I love you.

Alexis and I reading about Japanese cannibalistic bastards. Go do some research on Issei Sagawa. Ugh. Sick fuck.



Peace.