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Summer 2013 Recap
It's about that time of year again where the homies hit 'n' quit, then take a split. Yesterday's sendoff was too fun where my boys set the bar again and rekindled my recently apathetic self to live this shit life and smash it. 1-Year at UCDA allowed me to become to comfortable with myself and dropped my eyes of Bellarmine standards. But it's time to pick it back up and over-exceed things I'm good at and make them things I'm the BEST at, while still treading foreign waters. That goes for rapping, boxing, singing, dancing, or just being a refreshingly inspiring bro. From the wise words of Kutcher:
1. Work Hard
2. Be Sexy
3. Live Life
Lost Generation.
I’m a part of Lost Generation
and I refuse to believe that
I can change the world
I realize this may be a shock but
“Happiness comes from within”
is a lie, and
“Money will make me happy”
So in thirty years I’ll tell my children
They are not the most important thing in my life
My employer will know that
I have my priority straight because
Work
Is more important than
Family
I tell you this
Once upon a time
Families stay together
But this will not be true in my era
This is a quick fix society
Experts tell me
Thirty years from now I will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of my divorce
I do not concede that
I will live in a country of my own making
In the future
Environmental destruction will be the norm
No longer can it be said that
My peers and I care about this earth
It will be evident that
My generation is apathetic and lethargic
It is foolish to presume that
There is hope
And all of this will come true unless we reverse it.
Source
A Man's Creed
Oh Christmas Break. Where to begin?
Friends from far come back near just to go far yet again. It's a tease. I get to have them back for a couple of weeks, but then release them back to the bowels of college. Although these last couple days have had me anxious and restless, these past couple weeks have been nonetheless pleasant.
I feel as though I've been able to repair the relationships I value as well as strengthen the ones that I've been missing out on (Besides you Mark lol). I got the conversation I really wanted in addition to an unexpected one from a drifting brother. Although I wasn't exactly sure what he was apologizing about, I got the gist of it and feel slightly bad for not knowing how to respond to it. Thanks to you man for that.
Cheers to the year 2013 for growth, happiness, and working towards the future.
1. The Constant Victim - This kind of individual will always finds a way to end up as a victim in their relationships.
2. One-Upmanship Expert – This person uses put downs, snide remarks and criticisms, to show that they’re superior, and know much more than you.
3. Powerful Dependents – They hide behind the mask of being weak and powerless – then use their helplessness to dominate relationships. That is, they send the subtle message “you must not let me down.”
4. Triangulators – This person tries to get other people on their side. They’re quick to put you down, and to say some nasty things. They separate good friends or drive a wedge in families.
5. The Blasters – They blast you with their anger or they blow up suddenly. That stops you asking questions - in case there’s a showdown.
6. The Projector – This person thinks they’re perfect and others have the flaws. They take no ownership – because they’re never, ever wrong.
7. The Deliberate Mis-Interpreter – They seem like a nice person – but they twist and use your words. They spread misinformation and misinterpret you. Thus, they deliberately present you in a false, negative way.
8. The Flirt – This person uses flirting to get their way in life. They want to be admired and to have an audience. However, your feelings and your needs are of no concern to them.
9. The Iron Fist – They use intimidation and throw their weight around, to use you for their ends, and to get their way in life.
10. The Multiple Offender – This person uses several of the techniques we’ve described – and they’ll often switch between them if it suits their purposes.
A friendly soul,
A mischievous mind.
For what does yield
When both these combine?
A false demeanor
Who couldn't be any meaner.
Who loves self-benefits
And making fun of others.
I lie, I lie, about being brothers.
A poem of love,
A poem of hate.
For whence you've left,
All's left's to alienate.
Time
really does reveal the relevance of things, people, and relationships. It's been a year since last December and a couple months since summer, and it's doubtless to say that the crowd I'll be surrounding myself with won't be the same people a half or a whole year ago. It's realistically amusing and depressing how friendships can fade without others to connect a group to make it a whole, but life's better this way. With time, there aren't any pretentious laughs or fictional relationships, but more time to spend with your actual friends. The ones you do need and will suck your cock.
As Christmas break approaches, so does anti-social behavior and taciturnity. Finals end Thursday and I've pretty sure I've still failed to find a golden friend to kick-it with my immediate ones. All these questionable relationships make me more than apathetic to keep them, and make me think about how you make a true friend and what defines one. It's nice to be well-liked, but to find someone who understands and listens to you is rare. Yaaaaaaaay
Where are you...
my inner drive?! I've been doing this and that but I still haven't found myself getting into it wholeheartedly. That adrenaline rush. The enjoyment of sweating and being active. Sure, being sculpted is nice and all, but as of right now it still seems superficial. I feel overly dependent on setting you as my goal rather than doing this for myself, whaddafux. C'mon Roan the baller, the fighter, the runner, the athlete.
Maybe I just need to hit the courts more. At least I'm being active though, right?
Sports & Art
The two ultimate outlets for any unwanted thoughts or feelings. My soul and being lie not within scripture and sending prayerful wishes to a God that might not exist, but instead I manifest myself within the aesthetics of the world that is present. Disrespectful to believers, a champ to hedonists, my balance between faith and realism is easily skewed towards what helps me most. A slave to life I choose to dominate, whatever happens after life happens. I'm not worried about the future, I focus on the now.
Pleasures and sensory-candies engulf my mind, my body, my entirety. The after-life as a myth is a significant possibility, so why not enjoy my paradise now? I eliminate my worries and the past with what I enjoy and appreciate, a selfish point of view of the alchemists' philosophy of the equivalent exchange, eh? Live in that fuckin' moment, biaaaaaatch.
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Old, Black, Snoop Dog / Jeremy Lin's Basketball Coach's Practice Secrets
Buy construction socks and wear them to the beach. Practice sprints across the beach to increase stamina & speed. DON'T USE ANKLE WEIGHTS.
Belt one arm to your torso and practice ball-handling and dribbling drills with the other hand. Switch every 30 minutes.
Shooting Technique: Straighten out the 4 main points of your arm (Hand, Wrist, Elbow, Shoulder). Release from 2 fingers (Ring/Pinky, maybe thumb?) and remember to follow through.
Practice the 5-footer soft-touch shots.