Monday, February 9, 2009

Freestyle on the streets of Brooklyn

So today Dr. Sexson asked Carly what she hears on the streets of Chicago. "Gunshots" she says. Though it's an all too realistic sound people from cities such as Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Austin, and New York hear, and though these gunshots do drowned out many of the colorful voices on the streets, there are a few that make themselves louder. When I hear street voices and freestyles there is a handful of videos I see playing over in my head. They all are raw and extremely colorful, so if you have a problem with some colorful language, phrases, cliches even, it's cool you don't have to watch.
Biggie

Mos Def-giving a shout out to Biggie (Chris Wallace)

Snoop Dogg back in the day with Death Row

Eminem

Sunday, February 8, 2009

memorize this

For my 50 items to memorize i have chosen the night sky. Constellations have been around before the technology of writing, and is such a strong part of oral traditions it just seemed like the perfect idea. There are actually 88 different constellations in both the northern and southern hemispheres. I am going to attempt to learn them all, which i don't see being that hard seeing as how i already know many of the one's in the northern hemisphere all thanks to my childhood obsession with the night sky, and my fathers knowledge about the stars.

Each constellation has a story, while some are connected to other constellations in the sky; such as Cassiopeia the queen of Ethiopia, is the wife of Cepheus and their daughter is Andromeda. The connections behind each constellation is in depth and full of oral traditions. They each connect us back to a time of memory, and rich tradition.

I am fascinated by the night sky, it reminds me of my childhood, and the stories my father would tell me about the stars, as well as the stories i would create about the constellations. These stories are burned into my mind with the image of each night time figure that i have memorized so far.

Now these are the ones I have searched so far and found, and I think it's a accurate list of the night skies residences.:

Andromeda
Antlia
Apus
Aquarius
Aquila
Ara
Aries
Auriga
Bootes
Caelum
Camelopardalis
Cancer
Canesvenatici
Canis Major & Minor
Capicornus
Carina
Cassiopeia
Centaurus
Cepheus
Cetus
Chamaeleon
Columba
Coma Berenices
Corona Australis
Corona Borealis
Corvus
Crater
Crux
Cygnus
Delphinus
Dorado
Draco
Equuleus
Eridanus
Fornax
Gemini
Grus
Hercules
Horogium
Hydra
Indus
Lacerta
Leo
Leo Minor
Lepus
Libra
Lupus
Lynx
Lyra
Mensa
Microscopium
Monoceros
Musca
Norma
Octans
Ophiuchus
Orion
Pavo
Pegasus
Perseus
Phoenix
Pictor
Pisces
Piscis Austrinus
Puppis
Pyxis
Reficulum
Sagitta
Sagittarius
Scorpious
Sculptor
Scutum
Serpens
Sextans
Taurus
Telescopium
Triangulum
Triangulum Australe
Tucana
Ursa Major & Minor
Vela
Virgo
Vulpecula.�