polyphony.

put a fist up for black power, cause all i want is my freedom


semester's waning.

i have 4 projects left to complete, and a final review, along with a faculty review of my work. btw, the faculty review is AFTER my final day of class, so i have to make the god-forsaken trip back to 17th & Spring Garden again. i won't be free til may, in all likelyhood. nevertheless, it's pretty much over.

my personal review?

i'm proud of myself. somewhat. school and i don't have a good history. specifically my effort. i've gotten through decades worth of classes with minimal exertion. and i feel like, to an extent, i've really shown myself what i'm capable of, effort-wise. my drawing class has suffered considerably because i'm late all the time (it's an 8am class. i've routinely been showing up @ 8:20). i'm fully expecting to be saddened at my final grade, only because i know i gave them niggas work in drawing. whatever, tho.

b&w design?

that's where the work has really been. i guess i'm making a big deal out of getting homework in on time, coming through with projects and just basically being an adult about something i paid for with my own money, because i'm not used to it. i've essentially been doing what i'm supposed to. that's what's up. i'm sicka talkin about school, though.

god's son has been getting BURN in my discman. 9th wonder's remixes really put the album on another level, (though i might like the original and remix versions of get down equally) and nas's lyrics are on point. it isn't exactly illmatic, but then again, the man is nine years removed from the debut. he shouldn't be doing the same thing.

on the for rilly?

nas is ok with me. the more i listen to god's son, the more i appreciate him. the more clearly i remember exactly why he is tied with mos and thought for my fave-rit mcs of all time. plus he's engaged to kelis. have you peeped the new oneworld? that brahd is fantastic on the eyes, partner. but marriage, yeah, that's a grown man move. i respect that. i was talking to this cat in my design class today, as we both looked over my oneworld mag, and i mentioned that nas and kelis were engaged. he smiled a bit and said "i'm engaged too". i've always hated on youngfolks who made that decision- but now i think about it. it's not so wrong, i don't think... i mean, generally, my hate had more to do with the possiblity that the hearts of the parties involved weren't totally into it. but i think, beyond that, there's a jealousness of the ability to make that magnitude of commitment.

i dunno.

but i dap'd the cat down. 2003 is all about grown man moves. or grown woman. whatever. all my contemporaries reading this entry, let's do this. i mean, don't gotta necessarily get engaged. but yeah.

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hey sak, stay up. continually. man, i'd whoop somebody tail if i caught em bringing you to tears yo. freal.

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