It’s Sunday morning, partly cloudy and threatening to rain. I’m blown because my “wretched body of death” missed church, but I said, ‘Hey, I’ll pray and read my Bible from home.” And then I was thinking, “O, I’ll blog today about the conversation I had with some friends on whether ‘Arab Money’ by Busta Rhymes [...]
November 30, 2008
Categories: Politics . Tags: anti-islamic, free speech, ignorance, islam, moderate muslim, racism, response . Author: Nalej . Comments: 5 Comments
Every 11 pm, when I leave the law library, I pass through an adjacent building that is typically vacant by this time of night. Typically, there is nobody there, except for the elderly janitor. He’s about 50-ish and he’s Latino – from Mexico or Central America from the accent I heard from him when he [...]
November 28, 2008
Categories: Law School, Life, Thoughts . Tags: elderly janitor, menial labor . Author: Nalej . Comments: 3 Comments
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I won’t be able to go home, but I’m still thankful for so many things.
I’m thankful for the life that I have. For the ability to breath, to drink, to eat, to smile, to sleep (and wake up), to ponder, to wonder, to feel. So thanks for my life. Thanks for my [...]
November 26, 2008
Categories: God, Thoughts . Tags: thanksgiving . Author: Nalej . Comments: Leave a Comment
My friend just passed me this post from the Huffington Post…
Russian Professor Says U.S. Will Break Up After Economic Crisis
By Robin Stringer
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) — A professor at the diplomatic academy of Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the U.S. will break into six parts because of the nation’s financial crisis.
“The dollar isn’t secured by [...]
November 25, 2008
Categories: Politics . Tags: anti-america, comedic almost, crazy russian propangda, unsigned hype . Author: Nalej . Comments: Leave a Comment
(Taken in a roundabout manner from http://www.hiphoproll.com/ – Good looks)
Yea, I heard this leaked Jay-Z track a while back, but I had to listen to it again. It’s called “History” and the first verse is the most poignant verse for me.
In search of Victory, she keeps eluding me.
If only we could be together momentarily.
We can [...]
November 24, 2008
Categories: Music . Tags: bars, blueprint 3, history, jay-z . Author: Nalej . Comments: Leave a Comment
Been on my poetry grind lately, even though it’s been nowhere near the quality or quantity of material I once produced. Hurting me right now that I’ve got to admit it.
it’s unsettling
to see ur feelings unraveling
unfolding
ur heart is cracking
apart and babbling
and u see the pieces back again
back together again
like it’s scrabble
but it’s more like scrambled [...]
November 2, 2008
Categories: poetry . . Author: Nalej . Comments: Leave a Comment