was there such demand that a second edition needed to come out
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
I'm from the streets!
I am from the streets. Do you know what that means? It means I am not from the same space as you. You come from your street, and on your street was your house, and there were probably other houses on your street, but they weren't homes - they were just houses. You didn't hang out with your neighbors. You maybe had a friend who was also a neighbor, but their house wasn't the neighbor's house - it was the home of Josh or Julie, defined only by Josh or Julie's Nintendo and Josh or Julie's parents in Josh or Julie's home. You only hung out with your neighbors at the very occasional barbecue, which you always felt was forced and awkward. You didn't live communally with a hundred fluctuating strangers who were instantly adopted into the extended family to shield you from the feeling of living in a ghetto, with no wooden fences and rows of Photinia to separate you from the accurate depiction of you that lived and died feet from your pillow. I'M FROM THE STREETS, BITCH!
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Nigga pleeeeeese!
I am so glad that Black People Love Us is still on the internet. How many years has it been, Johnny and Sally? Many indeed.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Friday, January 11, 2008
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
I love the internet
These are the comments on a graffiti website I just visited:
1. Todd said...
They did a great thing beautifying those old walls, I love these pictures thanks for sharing this!
2. alunno oftalmico said...
they're awesome!!!!
3. Anonymous said...
Thnk you so much for sharing. Its a shame this art always gets destroyed in the end...make me sad.
But the pics make me happy so keep it up
4. Stuart Brown - 6 vernon ave said...
OH MY GOD! Has anyone ever tried putting a straw up their penis hole? I have, just now.. and it was GREAT because through the straw you can blow and inflate your willy a little bit near the middle. Peace.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Do they teach this shit in Japanese psychology classes?
Paris syndrome is a psychological disorder unique to the interaction of Japanese nationals working and vacationing in Paris, France. First noted in the French Nervure journal of psychiatry by A. Viala, H. Ota, M.N. Vacheron, P. Martin, and F. Caroli in 2004, it is classified as a form of Stendhal syndrome (French: Syndrome du voyageur) External link - French Language. From the estimated one million yearly visitors the number of reported cases is "a dozen cases a year," and a small number of the afflicted are repatriated to Japan.
The authors of the noted journal cite the following matters as factors that combine to produce the phenomenon:
Language barrier - few Japanese speak French and vice versa. This is believed to be the principal difficulty and is thought to engender the remainder. Apart from the obvious differences between French and Japanese many everyday phrases and idioms are shorn of meaning and substance when translated adding to the confusion of some.
Cultural difference- the authors state that the large difference between not only the languages but the manner in which Latin populations communicate on an interpersonal level in comparison to the rigidly formal Japanese culture proves too great a difficultly for some Japanese visitors. It is thought that it is the rapid and frequent fluctuations in mood, tense and attitude especially in the delivery of humour that cause the most difficulty.
Idealized image of Paris - it is also speculated as manifesting from an individual's inability to reconcile a disparity between the Japanese popular image and the reality of Paris.
Exhaustion - finally, it is thought that the over-booking of one's time and energy, whether on a business trip or on holiday, in attempting to cram too much into every moment of a stay in Paris along with the effects of jet-lag all contribute to the psychological destabilisation of some.
However, Youcef Mahmoudia, physician with the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris, indicates that Paris Syndrome is "a manifestation of psychopathology related to the voyage, rather than a syndrome of the traveller" External Link - French language. He theorized that the excitement resulting from visiting Paris causes the heart to accelerate, causing giddinesses and shortness of breath, which results in hallucinations in the manner that Italian psychologist Graziella Magherini noted in her 1989 book "La sindrome di Stendhal."
-Wikipedia
For more information:
MSNBC Reports
Top 10 Bizarre Mental Disorders
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