SLAM (Saul Williams)

I have yet to see that movie. Need to put it on my list of movie to see.

Two songs/poems here. One is "Apocalypse"? And the other one is the famous "Black Stacey"


[Esthero:]
Oh ahhhh oooh

[Saul Williams:]
Children of the night
Only some will star the sky
Only believers in death will die
And fathers must feather
the wings of women
For the unfeathered masses
dangle ridiculous
Carrying crosses to phalayx filled tombs
The future sells silence
through blood rivered wombs
That ripple with riddles of cows
and spoons and births
Moons and earths
Sun-centered at noon

[Esthero:]
Now....

[Saul Williams:]
And here I stand
Court jestering infinity
Fetal fisted for revolution
But open hands birth humility
Now what is the density of
an egoless planet?
Must my spine be aligned to sprout wings?
I'm slouched into sling steps and
kangoled with gang reps
But my orbit rainbows saturn rings
Mystical eliptical
Presto polaris
Karmic flamed future when
saturns and aries
And now I'm a fish called father
With gills type dizzy
Blowing liquid lullabies
through the spine of time
I'm certain of saturns rivers
and all else is fact
So baptise me in the stars
And wrap me in nighttime
Moon blue
Pupil my sight with orange balls of light
And echo my plight
Through the corridors of metaphor
What else are we living
for if not to create
Fiction and rhyme?
My purpose is to make my soul
Rhyme with my
mind over matter
Minds create matter
minds create fiction
As a matter of fact
As if matter of fact
Matter is fact
So spirit must be fiction
Science fiction
Art fiction
Meta fiction

[Esthero:]
Now

[Saul Williams:]
The tao of now
Is here amongst the living
in the voice of children is
the tao of now

[Esthero:]
You are the divine
reflection of this earth
She does not belong to you, love
there is no need for your correction
All rivers run in the same direction

[Saul Williams:]
If you're serving the father
there's no son without mother
Parent bodies discover
water bodies and drown
Wade me in the water
'Til atlantis is found
On the sea floors of self
I'm starfish and unbound
Heard that name of that
mound is stone mountain
Underwater volcanoes erupt
water fountains of youth
Let's us carnal the equation,
cancel out wind and truth
Swirl me beyond sometimes
Drench me water proof
Let eve drop forever
rain sunsets on my roof
As I sit on the front porch of my sanity
Deciphering hambones to
van gogh this vanity
Oiled egos
Canvased and framed
To be reborn unborn unburied unnamed
A reflection through a blood
stained glass window
Of souls gone yellow around the edges

[Esthero:]
Is here amongst the living
Is in the voice of children
It is the tao of now

[Saul Williams:]
Carbonated dreams and blurred daily lives
But let family bring focus
Out of swamps blossom lotus
The muddy water blue daughters of infinity
Gravity we water bodied
bhodisativas our serenity
As we rise with the tides toward divinity

[Esthero:]
Now...
Is here amongst the living
Is in the voice of children
It is the tao of now

[Saul Williams:]
Yes we rise with the
tides towards divinity
The muddy water blue daughters of infinity
Gravity we water bodied
bhodisativas our serenity
As we rise with the tides
toward divinity....
Yes we rise with the
tides towards diviinty
Yes we rise with the
tides towards divinity
Now we rise with the
tides towards divinity
And we rise with the
tides towards divinity
'Cause we rise with the
tides towards divinity

[Esthero:]
Now...

[Saul Williams:]
The tao of now
Is here amongst the living
in the voice of children is
the tao of now

[Esthero:]
Is here amongst the living
Is in the voice of children
It is the tao of now

I used to hump my pillow at night 
The type of silent prayer to make myself prepare for the light
Me and my cousin Duce would rank the girls between one and ten 
And the highest number got to be my pillow's pretend
Now I apologize to every high ranker
But you taught me how to dream and so I also thank you
I never had the courage to approach you at school
We joked around a lot and I know you thought I dressed cool
But I was just covering up 
All the insecurities that came bubbling up
My complexion had me stuck in an emotional rut, 
like the time you Flavor Flav'd me and you played me
"Yo Chuck, 
They say you're too black, man."
I think I'm too black
Mom, do you think I'm too black? I think I'm too black
I think I'm too black,
I think I'm too black, black, black, black, black

Black Stacey
They called me Black Stacey
I never got to be myself 'cause to myself I always was
Black Stacey
In polka dots and paisley, 
A double goose and Bally shoes, 
You thought it wouldn't phase me
I was Black Stacey
The preacher's son from Haiti
Who rhymed a lot and always got 
The dance steps at the party
I was Black Stacey
You thought it wouldn't faze me, but it did 
'Cause I was just a kid

I used to use bleaching creme 
'Til Madame CJ Walker walked into my dreams
I dreamt of being white and complimented by you, 
But the only shiny black thing that you liked was my shoes
Now, I apologize for bottling up
All the little things you said that warped my head and my gut
Even though I always told you not to brag 
About the fact that your great grand mother was raped by her 
Slave master

Yeah, I became militant too
So it was clear on every level I was blacker than you
I turned you on to Malcolm X and Assata Shakur 
Iin the three quarter elephant goose with the fur
I had the high top fade
Wwith the steps on the side
I had the two finger ring, rag top on the ride
I had the sheep skin, name belt, Lee suit, 
Kangol, acid wash, Roscoe's chicken and waffle.

Black Stacey
They called me Black Stacey
I never got to be myself 'cause to myself I always was
Black Stacey
In polka dots and paisley, 
A double goose and Bally shoes, 
You thought it wouldn't phase me
I was Black Stacey
The preacher's son from Haiti
Who rhymed a lot and always got 
The dance steps at the party
I was Black Stacey
You thought it wouldn't faze me, but it did 
'Cause I was just a kid
 

Stick up, ha ha ha stick up
Stick up, ha ha ha stick up
They say I'm too black
They say I'm too black

Hold up, y'all
Here we go

Now here's a little message for you
All you balla playas got some insecurities too
That you could cover up, bling it up
Cash in and ching ching it up
Hope no one will bring it up
Lock it down and string it up

Or you can share your essence with us 
'Cause everything about you couldn't be rugged and ruff
And even though you tote a glock and you're hot on the streets
If you dare to share your heart, we'll nod our heads to its beat
And you should do that, if nothing else, to prove that 
A player like you could keep it honest and true 
Don't mean to call your bluff but
mothafucka that's what I do
You got platinum chain then, son, 
I'm probably talking to you
And you can call your gang, your posse and the rest of your crew
And while you're at it, get them addicts and the indigent, too
I plan to have a whole army by the time that I'm through 
To load their guns with songs they haven't sung, like,

Black Stacey
They called me Black Stacey
I never got to be myself 'cause to myself I always was
Black Stacey
In polka dots and paisley, 
A double goose and Bally shoes, 
You thought it wouldn't phase me
I was Black Stacey
The preacher's son from Haiti
Who rhymed a lot and always got 
The dance steps at the party
I was Black Stacey
You thought it wouldn't faze me, but it did 
'Cause I was just a kid

Black Stacey
They called me Black Stacey
I never got to be myself 'cause to myself I always was 
Black Stacey 
They call me Black Stacey
Ah, Black Stacey
Ooh, Black Stacey
Ooh, Black Stacey
Move Black Stacey
Shake Black Stacey
Make Black Stacey
Cry, cry
No, not I.

Another Hot 'Summer' Day

Learned that bananas grow on a tree by "The Fridge". Taken care of by Jazzy-Jeff (jimmy?).


"can i have the PLATEEEH"
"you mean P-L-A-T-E?"
"yeah...if that what YOU call it"

[ oh god thanks for this missclick!!!!]


Marpole, bushes, smoka smoka, water, good, "thrown through the 'Bananas Mirror' as to the usual walk in.

ALLAH ALLAH ALLAH ALLAH!!!


Found parking. Were late for the movie but it started 15 min late, BINGO!!! Don't miss a thing!
Had SAME EXACT seats as during the "Whatever Works". Movie was cool. Oddly funny. Yet smart. Very real. Too cheesy of an ending still. But a good watch if you have ever been in love and lived through it. (How eerie does that sound?)



Official Zhuk Rating: 7/10




OH OH had the "half-baked" ice creams! Some people had TWO of those!!!

(still tripping)


"What now?"
"Gu?"
"YES"
"Why not"

Mojitas. Beer. A lot of plates.

(still tripping)






to be continued...

Dolphin Basketball Classic

As always the Home Team put on a show in every single game:




They beat Randy Norh's team in a very close Final. It was a sick head to head match up between Alvin Snow and Casey Archibald as they combined for 18 threes in the game with Casey going off for 44 points in the losing cause.






























Here are some photographs i took during the tournament.

Casey Archibald shooting his smooth three pointer vs Zach Russel and throwing down on the break in the finals.





Alvin "Big Baby" Snow, former Eastern Washington star, plays pro-ball in Germany and Slovenia.





Rosell "Mr.Funky Shot" Ellis. Plays pro-ball in Australia and PBA. Three time Dolphin Classic MVP, including this year. Has a younger brother on the Dolphin team, Tim "Mr.Buckets" Ellis.

"I have two maids, personal driver, get all my clothes tailor made, i love Philippines" (who wouldn't, work hard get paid)

He plays on the same team as Corey "Homicide" Williams in the 'Land down Under'

Can't Get Enough

of this:

Granville Island Trippin'

Picked up the usual Hakka Gang with an obvious stop at Tenku for some lunch.



Then on our way to Granville Island with a 'little' pit stop under the Arthur Lang Bridge.











Walking around G.I. Not all of us had easy time going up the hill. Vincenzo on a sprained ankle from the 2 on 2 the night before with Shrek and Mr.PX90. ViC with bananas in his head.



This guy was having trouble getting our order. It was quiet large. He seemed a little stressed out. But we all got the salmon wraps to go with our main courses. Oh! LOL at whoever ordered the vegeterian Shepards Pie. Thank you AVALON for making organic milk. I am sure we all enjoyed it a lot. Oh! OH!!! Then this happened :


Patrik: "Oh, no! That didn't jsut happen?!!! Did it Vlad? Please see my back"
(freezes in disbelief at how unlucky he just might have gotten)

Vlad: "Oh! OMG! i know what did happen i can tell by your reaction. Let me see your back"
(looks at the back of Patrik's shirt and starts laughing incontrolably)

HAHAHA PAT!!! Well in some ways look at it as a sign of good luck in the future.


Big Bear was too lazy to move so he trusted the Hakkas in picking up some good desert and they did not dissappoint.












Do not ask me about the above. Big Bird Trippin'



While ViC and Mishka were sleeping in the car, Pat and i had our usual 3 pointer match for push ups to end the night.

Best Dunk Contest Ever

enough said, enjoy:

Move Over "Hangover" here comes "Bruno"

Hangover filmmakers thought they pushed the edge of comedy? well they did but Sasha Baron Cohen out did them. There were so many scenes that i was barely able to watch and yet they made laugh so hard (i even heard some people in the audience stomping on the ground with laughter. And it showed how powerful true love is lol



Official Zhuk Rating: 8/10 bananas



Bruno: "Look at the evil people in the world, Saddam Hussein, Hitler, Stalin what do they all have in common? Moustaches!"

Steve Prefontaine

Watched "Without Limits", a movie about one of the best and most charismatic middle to long distance runners in the world. A very good hollywoodly done movie that at the same time documents and shows competitive running from within. Also at the same time shows a little history about the creation of the now famous and very rich company byt he name of "Nike". The actor that played Pre did a wonderful job in showing us how the real Steve was and looked.



Steve Prefontaine was a rockstar, while all he did was run long distance and live life with a smile on his face.





Official Zhuk Rating: 7.5/10 bananas






p.s. too bad just like all the American trailers the one above (Without Limits) falls into the Pablo Francisco parody as well:

2+2=4

"The more intelligent you are, the better you are able to grasp the nature of reality. So you are more likely to make fundamental mistakes regarding reality the less intelligent you are.

Religious virusses happily take advantage of that"

Nielsio

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Aug 2005

Location: wat

Within the context of the universe however, the naturalism we observe is a perfectly rational explanation.

Of what? Naturalism?

Of how we got here. Referring to evolution which is anything but a bunch of monkeys typing.

I walk along

my heart is beating, i walk along, i walk, i walk this empty street, when the city sleeps, my shadow is the only one that walks beside me, today i walk along, i walk alone.


like somehow you just don't belong, with radio turned on so loud that no one can hear you screaming, to be hurt, to feel love, to be left out in the dark, to be pushed around, well you don't know what it's like, welcome to my life, are you stuck inside the world you hate? when nothign feels alright, to be hurt, to feel love, to be kicked when you are down, on the edge of breaking down and there is no one there to save you, you might think i'm happy, you don't know what its like, to be kicked when you are down, no one is there to save you, welcome to my life.


i'm so happy because today i found my friends, i'm so ugly but that's okay because so are you, i found god, yeah yeah yeah yeeeaaahhhh yeaahhhhhhhh, i'm so lonely thats okay i shit my head, im not sure, im so excited i can't wait to meet you there, im so horny, thats okay my will is good, yeah yeah yeaaaahh yeeaaahhhh, i like it im not gonna cry, i miss you im not gonna cry, i killed you im not gonna cry, i love you im not gonna cry, im my head, for all i care, im not scared.

Whatever Works

(long story with bananas, some 'hot' wifey from Camby, dog randomly running into the water, Vic not able to drive his car, etc)



Very glad we got a chance to see 'Whatever Works' by Woody Allen

Boris Yellnikov: " See that little pawn? Its Poison!!! "

Official Zhuk Rating: 9/10 bananas