take it back...

Quotes...

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all. - Norman Vincent Peale

Creative risk taking is essential to success in any goal where the stakes are high. Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity. - Gary Ryan Blair

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. - Dale Carnegie

Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.
Charles Schumer

Inaction may be safe, but it builds nothing.
Dave Freudenthal

The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.
Meister Eckhart

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
John F. Kennedy

Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction.
Charles J. Givens

Gotta love Henry Mancini

that sax solo at 1:18 is amazing...

lol and the remix...

Mike couldnt have said it any better...

The words to this song are deep...

In Portuguese:
Muita Bobeira" lyrics

Acho que não vou deixar você sair da minha vida
Sei que você vai gostar de estar no meio dessa briga
O que passou foi bom de mais pra nós dois
Nosso destino é decifrar uma saída
Só você pode evitar o meu tormento
Já não consigo tirar você do meu pensamento
Se você passa, eu me desmancho em dor
Se você fica, eu quero dar o meu amor
Dentro de toda história assim: começo meio e fim
Outra vez
Talvez
Talvez uma chance, um não, um sim
Fazer você voltar pra mim
Voltar pra mim, voltar pra mim

Eu vou lutar por você a vida inteira
Mesmo que venha fazer muita bobeira
Se você passa, eu me desmancho em dor
Se você fica, eu quero dar o meu amor

Rough English Translation:
Much Bobeira

I find that I do not go to leave you to leave my life I know that you go to like to be in the way of this fight
What he passed we were good of more pra two Our destination we are to decipher an exit
You only can prevent my torment Already I do not obtain to take off you of my thought
If you pass, I you disarrange yourself in pain If you are, I you want to give my love
Inside of all history thus: start half e end Another time
Perhaps
Perhaps a possibility, not, one yes
To make you to come back pra me To come back pra me, to come back pra me
I go to fight for you the entire life Exactly that he comes to make much bobeira
If you pass, I you disarrange yourself in pain If you are, I you want to give my love

RIP Mike...

You'll always be one of the greatest...

Feelin these songs...

beast drummer...
beast pianist...


all around good song.

speaking of good songs

(since all versions of "The way you make me feel" on youtube do not allow you to embed)

*sigh* R.I.P. Michael Jackson

She'll appreciate this one

Dope.

Keep it goin man...

Wrote & Recorded this one a while ago... had to redo it once the HP crashed, but now its redone, and i stepped up my Video editing game in the process... hope you enjoy!!

RT (subconcious self-destruction?)

-Life is a ride... Buckle up, Cuz i'm takin it to the Max!! For those riding with me just know that we will have our ups and downs, pitfalls and turnarounds, but i truly appreciate your company and support.

-It sucks when you try to express how something makes you feel... and the other person is completely indifferent.

-Its so hard to reconcile with someone when you arent even given the time of day!

-yet its so easy to flip it on the person who is getting ignored.

RT:
-some ppl will say what they wana say regardless of how it makes u feel!
2 minutes earlier...
"WE'RE NOT EVEN TOGETHER RIGHT NOW!!"

...all i wanted was to talk.

P.S. WTF?!? How did i let the tables turn on me that quick? I went from "lemme just stop this convo now before it goes any futher" to "dont hang up on me" in like 3 minutes... FML.

Im totally in love with this car...

1966 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL CONVERTIBLE
Those suicide doors are sick!






The 1965 model looks good too

Wow...

I have the # 6 ranked first name in the United States and the # 3,446 ranked full name in the country according to the white pages... how boring.

Meanwhile. Check out this artist who weaves aluminum and other recyclable mediums...



Dope.



Check out his site here... http://www.aseempereira.com/photos1.html

New YouTube Video!! Check it out!!

Hot...

Damn yall.. we burned Soapbox fridays DOWN tonight. The vibe in there was incredible...

Check some footage...



Click on the icon in the video screen or go to http://qik.com/splinter to see more...

just something to think about...

So. i had a dream last night that i could leave my body, or astrally project for those up on game... but it was strange. I ended up switching bodies with someone and living in thier shoes for a day. just a day. Kinda like on some Freaky Friday stuff. but in switching i learned a great deal about the person who i switched with. and the troubles that she (yes, She) goes through on a day to day basis. now how accurate these are, im not sure. but my most memorable dreams do always tend to have a strong hint of reality behind them...

So. what would you do if you could really switch with someone for a day? not just their shoes, but their face as well?

would you use it for good? or for evil?

i know theres someone out there that would use it to their advantage and try to get away with something they knew they couldnt otherwise... cant say i wouldnt be tempted to.

Update...

whats goin on blogland!? nothing much over here. its been so long since i did a real entry, i figured it was about time.

So the last couple days has been like the best/worst roller coaster ive ever been on:

- I found out that HU cleared my account, but my job tells me that i wont get my check until the 26th.
- I find tix to N.O. for CHEAP! but i dont have the $$$ to buy them at this point.
- Me and my significant other are more back and forth than Aaliyah on a swingset.

Ay Dios Mios...

Hopefully things will be looking up soon, i can finally send transcripts to other schools now that my account at HU is cleared, (isnt that the stupidest rule EVER?) so ive apllied to a few schools in N.O.

Im looking for other places of employment as well, because Fossil isnt giving me ANY type of real-world hours. im kind of glad my paycheck will have 4 weeks on it, just to make it look better. but hopefully ill get accepted to one of the other places im looking at now... (farm fresh, food lion, blockbuster, athletes foot & gamestop to name a few)

we'll see. theres so much else i want to get off my chest here but cant. not until this issue i am currently facing is resolved... i guess i can speak vaugely...

this is KILLING me inside. I try to do so much to make things happen the way I want them, only to be dissapointed and subsequently dissapoint others. I let my feelings about this situation affect the way I act towards people, And I always end up feeling like the bad guy even when Ive been recieving the same treatment. What can i do to make things right when words mean nothing? Action speak volumes, but something always happens to prevent them. Are these SIGNS, or just hurdles i need to clear to real my goal at the finish line? I mean, i'm down to run the race to the end, and im NOT willing to pass the baton, and let someone else walk away with the gold medal. I KNOW thats not how its supposed to be. I feel like I need to take a time out like Zach Morris or a bad Twix commercial. Just to figure out how to turn the tables in my favor. I mean... I feel like now they are. But i've felt this way before. "Ok! I'm gonna do thing #1 and thing #2, and THING #3 will happen!!!" Only to find out that I get evicted, preventing Thing #1, Thing #2required my account at HU to be cleared (which it is now, whoo-hoo!!), and THING #3 was TOTALLY dependent on Things #1 & #2.
(speaking vaguely about this situation is alot harder than i originally thought...)
Now things are looking like im in a better position to make things happen, but it may be too little, too late. except that i dont feel like i did too little but then again, i also didnt acheive my desired results. So where to go from here. Damage control? Fix whats broken. Can this sort of thing be mended? obviously not just by words, but by the aforementioned "Actions". "Actions" that were supposed to take place on friday, only to find out that i wont get my check till the NEXT pay period... (i know i mentioned it before, but its part of the story)

I dunno.

Hopefully the next few days will be a little more inspiring.
For some reason this thought keeps sticking in my head:

"Its always darkest just before the storm"

So I hope that means the sky is gettin ready to open up.

Ay... Time to wrap this up, ya'll can call me Reynolds.
Peace.

P.S. So... i need to get Mos Defs new album. Post haste.

P.P.S. she says i never got her flowers... how quickly we forget...

So True...

Let em know Barack! We dont put up with that hatin, we just brush it off!!!

This Cant Be Me

B. Hines

Damn this song is maaad old, but still dope as hell!!

Damn Bayer....

Pharmaceutical Companies @ Work...

I need these!

What chu Know bout it!

I could listen to this again and again...
"whack mcs vacate your area"

Poetry... through a trumpet.

Poetry - The RH Factor

The new altar... lol

Why do people worship the damn TV like this?

and i dont even like Drake like that...

But I must admit, these 2 songs are pretty dope. that old-school hip hop feel with a few dope lyrics... i can vibe to it...

Smile - Drake feat. Voyce

Thrill Is Gone - Drake

Sooo Hot....

Why Cant i find these ANYWHERE!!??

Rest In Peace

So i made a visit yesterday... Saw an old friend. And I think thats what my dream was about. I hadnt been to his grave yet... and I definately needed to so I could stop living in denial of the fact that Jeff is no longer with us. Stop expecting to see him walk in the room at any given moment.

Just...

...Accept it.

Its just too hard to considering how great of a person Jeff was ya know?






Acceptance is tough...


Peace.

It all looks so nice from afar...

Scary...

Why do i keep having this same dream over and over again?
I knock on a door expecting a get-together or party of some sort... and when it opens ...its Jeff.

Just standing there.

Silent.

I break into tears saying "im sorry, im sorry"

He stares at me for a while, takes a deep breath and finally says "its ok. its not you fault..."

I walk in and the door shuts, but all i can see is the outside of the door, and then everything fades away...

WHAT DOES IT MEAN!?!?!?

Listen

WHOO I figured out how to embed it... I wonder why i wasnt working before... Oh well.



I think i'm bout to put a couple of my peices up here... Thats a task for tomorrow however. Look out for me!

Peace.

Word Seth MacFarlane?

Episode: "The Man With Two Brians"
Premise: Peter brings home another dog that he also names 'Brian'

Upon introducing the new dog, Brian #1 makes it known that he does not like Brian #2.

(What follows has to be one of the most racist jokes i've ever seen on Family Guy...)

Peter: "Trust me, you guys are gonna get along better than Abraham Lincoln and his neighbor!"

**Flashback**
Abe Lincoln: "Hey Dale, I noticed that your lawn is getting a little high..."
Dale: "Yeah, I used to have a guy for that... Dick!"
** **

Damn. Thats fucked up... even for Family Guy. I would expect that on South Park, but Seth MacFarlane is just going all out with it now, huh?

Damn... after typing all that i just found the link :-/ Oh well.

Family Guy: Abe Lincoln's Neighbor