the sbs...

numerous hours get spent on youtube watching videos.
specifically hip hop videos that stations i don't watch wouldn't play.
so after months of unofficial searching i'm bestowing a couple of awards.

best outro to a video
the roots - you got me

the beat change at the 3:29 combined with the theme of the video. there's a reason why they got a grammy for this joint.


best video i didn't know there was a video for (best = most amusing)
craig mack - making moves with puff

the historical context and visual comedy of puff and craig mack sharing a screen is best displayed here.


to be continued...

so sometimes...

immense is the best way to begin
and immense is the only way to end
immensely addicted
immensely in need of rehab
12 step program, stumbling off smirnoff
in a midtown daze
its the midtown days that sting the most
waking up alone and slowing fading
back to black
but in the fade is the beauty
that only me and mr jones
can comprehend
while we attempt to comprehend
how ignorance reigns supreme
and drapes itself in holy cloth
a wolf in sheepskin, cus wool is out of season
and some people are still dreaming
and get caught believing
see, he can only hold her in dream stances
the chance of victory in some unholy war
is like catching the quarter past four home
while stuck in traffic
with a driver who speaks broken english
finished
you know im no good at being on time
or in rhythm
hence why i stopped spitting
and started speaking
started reaching for the
just friends stones
amy said tears dry on their own
assuming they have a place to fall
cus there nothing here
and there's nothing there.
bear with me i lost my pass
so i will have to make change
for the fare
i could walk but right now
its easier to sit and stare
at immense spaces
in immense places

word.

sprawl...

on the corner they stood looking at their former hood...
threw their spirits in the wind, knew their crib was gone for good.

when you make it up a hill, look back...

you might be impressed with what you've conquered.

the new 20s

the new 20s
are
thinkers
dreamers
movers
shakers
heartbreakers
lovemakers
posers
trendsetters
loners
planners
fighters
writers
teachers
preachers
more than just 87 babies...
the new 20s are coming soon.
the new 20s are here.

where i'm at.

in between disc1 and disc2 of godfather2
transcending daylight savings time,
listening to (on repeat) melancholy amy winehouse on 5 semitones pitch range (that's fast for those not in the know),
being unemployed, unamused and being frustrated at the aforementioned
watching my laptop receive its weekly virus scan
thinking about how canadian sensibilities won out... again.
prepping for the madness of march (and the ncaa's)
and engaging in the following...

creating
wishing
missing
hoping
praying
feeling
sleeping
waking
sleeping
tossing
turning
moving
trying
waiting...

its been a good night...

twilight...

route 32 lazily drives by...
skyline offset by
upper canada foreground
i
am
looking
at postcards
anonymous in origin
and delivery
in transition
i shift the bottle from
left to right
only to find comfort
in left again
and strain to see
what's left again
a dollar can go
a long way
at this
time
in between
valentine's daze
and summer
blockbusters
this moment
was worthy
of a song
but a harmony
was all
i could muster
slightly off key
slowly
find my way
home
middle of street