Thank you, January

You were incredible and just the start I needed this year.

Currently working on a Romare Bearden inspired black and white collage/painting.

Currently working on a Romare Bearden inspired black and white collage/painting.

If I could take my own advice, I would be the happiest person alive.

More from me.

More from me.

As promised, I’ll be putting up my photography as I progress. Pretty much have to relearn the camera at this point.

As promised, I’ll be putting up my photography as I progress. Pretty much have to relearn the camera at this point.

blues, baby

Went to Bluetopia last night. Danced the night away for 6 straight hours with minimal breaks.

I had an audition this morning and I don’t know how I was able to walk to the train at all. My feet feel like I was walking on fire all of last night.

I had a terrific time, and can’t wait till next months Bluetopia!

Look what finally came in the mail. I have not had a camera for about 3 years. Expect to see pictures from time to time.

Look what finally came in the mail.

I have not had a camera for about 3 years. Expect to see pictures from time to time.

wishicouldremember: thedailywhat: Promising The Moon of the Day: On Florida’s Space Coast today, GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich made perhaps the most grandiose promise of any candidate since JFK: A permanent American moon base by the end of his second term. “By the end of my second term, we will have the first permanent base on the moon and it will be American,” Gingrich told a rapt audience, which responded with a standing ovation. “We clearly have the capacity that Chinese and the Russians will never come anywhere close to us,” Gingrich said, adding that he also plans to push for the development of propulsion technology capable of getting a man to Mars. The initiatives would be a joint public-private endeavor, he noted. Gingrich immediately followed up his grandiose promises by saying that he believes Americans “are instinctively grandiose.” This, too, got a standing ovation. [politico / @alexNBCNews / photo: floridatoday.] Hey asshole. How about you fix the fucking economy first. Dip shit I never thought the day would come where I would have to defend Newt Gingrich, but I have to disagree with you.  I think the elimination of the space program last year was the worst mistake America has ever made. I want you to put in perspective all of the shit that America has done over it’s inception, both to it’s own citizens and to the world around. With that said, I will reiterate my position. Giving NASA the proverbial middle finger and deciding that the US no longer cares about the cosmos is the worst thing they have ever done. Newt may be an idiot and I can’t stand most of the things he stands for, but this is an exception. When all of that shit went down with NASA was the day that I gave up on the US. In that microcosm, it put everything this country stood for in perspective for me. As a side note, even when he is saying something I like I find something that I can’t stand about Newt. The whole “and it will be American” thing is so frustrating. It shows me that he has a childlike fascination with space and that he just can’t get past stupid fucking nationalistic pride to see the big picture.

wishicouldremember:

thedailywhat:

Promising The Moon of the Day: On Florida’s Space Coast today, GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich made perhaps the most grandiose promise of any candidate since JFK: A permanent American moon base by the end of his second term.

“By the end of my second term, we will have the first permanent base on the moon and it will be American,” Gingrich told a rapt audience, which responded with a standing ovation.

“We clearly have the capacity that Chinese and the Russians will never come anywhere close to us,” Gingrich said, adding that he also plans to push for the development of propulsion technology capable of getting a man to Mars.

The initiatives would be a joint public-private endeavor, he noted.

Gingrich immediately followed up his grandiose promises by saying that he believes Americans “are instinctively grandiose.” This, too, got a standing ovation.

[politico / @alexNBCNews / photo: floridatoday.]

Hey asshole. How about you fix the fucking economy first. Dip shit

I never thought the day would come where I would have to defend Newt Gingrich, but I have to disagree with you. 

I think the elimination of the space program last year was the worst mistake America has ever made. I want you to put in perspective all of the shit that America has done over it’s inception, both to it’s own citizens and to the world around. With that said, I will reiterate my position. Giving NASA the proverbial middle finger and deciding that the US no longer cares about the cosmos is the worst thing they have ever done.

Newt may be an idiot and I can’t stand most of the things he stands for, but this is an exception. When all of that shit went down with NASA was the day that I gave up on the US. In that microcosm, it put everything this country stood for in perspective for me.

As a side note, even when he is saying something I like I find something that I can’t stand about Newt. The whole “and it will be American” thing is so frustrating. It shows me that he has a childlike fascination with space and that he just can’t get past stupid fucking nationalistic pride to see the big picture.

nevver: This is my year

nevver:

This is my year

On Travel

Ever since I was a little kid I’ve had a unquenchable thirst to go to places foreign to me. Travel was a part of my young life, and it pretty much took my life over when I was 12 and decided to just run away with Sara.

It’s difficult for me to stay in one place too long. I start to daydream of all of the places that I rather be. It gets to the point where I rather stay shut in my little apartment and plan out my future travels than to go out and hang out in Chicago, a city that I have spent way too much time in.

The last 3 years have been rather stationary and dull. I’ve left the country only 5 times, and only once for an extended period. I have flown into Belize and the USVI about twice as much as that, but it’s always been with Sam and friends, and its lost its luster as of late.

The good news is that this year will be fraught with exploration and it will be followed up with me leaving Chicago for LA to further pursue acting. I am on my last quarter of classes and I will have graduated by the end of March. With school out of the way I will have no more excuses.

I’m on the precipice of a very exciting stretch in my life. It’s only been 24 days, but this year has already been the best month I can remember since Sara’s passing a couple years ago.

The cherry on top of it all is that my new camera is coming in the mail tomorrow. And most importantly, Rachel has woken from her coma recently, and judging from our brief conversations, is doing much better.

So here’s to you 2012. Cheers.

(Source: thatkief, via fatalefemme)

So, the whole idea, you see, is that everything’s falling apart, so don’t try and stop it. When you’re falling off a precipice, it doesn’t do you any good to hang onto a rock that’s falling with you. See? But everything is doing that. And so, again, this is another case of our completely wasting our energy in trying to prevent the world from falling apart. Don’t do it. And then you’ll be able to do something interesting with the free energy.

Alan Watts (via cultureofresistance)

I’m not sure whether I love this quote or hate it. I think I agree, but I want to disagree so badly.

(via fuckyeahexistentialism)