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Sade’s Soldier of Love will come out on February 8, 2010
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Yessss. <333

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evangelworldorder:

Just to eat.

I really want one and no one I know seems to have a bday coming up at the moment.

I just gotta think of what I want to write on it.

P.S. This is not even weird for me, I have done this before. It was great.

So glad I’m not the only one who does this when I get a craving for cake.
I once got “Congratulations on FINALLY graduating, Cholahndreeeika.”
Three e’s, and everything.

Nneka - Heartbeat

Evaded, eliminated, erased, interrogated
Our tradition, our love for our fellow countrymen,
our property, our resources - our pride

How I get work done.

The Seven Deadly Sins, in the order they’d be applied to me:

1. Gluttony
2. Lust
3. Pride
4. Sloth
5. Wrath
6. Greed
7. Envy

I went from starter to not being on your roster.
You were always my mvp.

(via: jfkennedy)

Some times I think school is getting in the way of a lot of the things I wish I could be doing. If it weren’t for school, I probably would have moved the hell out of Florida by now. If it weren’t for all these papers I have to write and all the long assignments, projects, and studies I have to complete, I’d have more time to chat, go out, sleep like a normal person, hang with friends, cook, just do shit. If it weren’t for what I spend on tuition, books, software, and gas, online banking wouldn’t make me so sad. But it’s okay, because I know I’m the college type. Had I skipped all of this, I know I would have regretted it. A good education is one of my priorities and I realize it is what I make it. But while I have volunteered to slave away with my head in books and fingers on the keys of my laptop for the last few months, nothing excites me more than knowing that the end is right around the corner. Both for this semester and my time at UCF.

Looking over my degree audit yesterday before class, I found I only have 42 credits left. This is how it breaks down:

• Foreign language (8)
• Political Science (6)
• Sociology Core (7)
• Sociology Electives (21)

I’ve already signed up to take the remaining Political Science and Sociology core courses, along with one elective, for next semester. That’s 16. I’m going to try to get an override for excess credit hours in order to take one more elective. 19. And, as a transient student at VCC or SCC, I’ll knock out the foreign language (maybe French). So that makes 27 credit hours for next semester- two less than this time around, leaving 15 for the summer. It seems doable; hopefully I’m able to make it work. I would hate to have to stay another whole semester for one or two classes.

If I can pull it off, not only would I have finished school in three years, but a double major in only a year and a half (since I switched from Engineering after four semesters). Also great: graduating and turning 21 within weeks of each other. That would make my year.

vonvoss:

I always let you IM me first because I never know if I’m bothering you or not.

Yup. And I’ll also do this with texting.

Something to think about….

Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approximately. 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule.

4 minutes later:
The violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.

6 minutes:
A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.

10 minutes:
A 3-year old boy stopped but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. Every parent, without exception, forced their children to move on quickly.

45 minutes:
The musician played continuously.  Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace.  The man collected a total of $32.

1 hour:
He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before Joshua Bell sold out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.

This is a true story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people’s priorities.

The questions raised:
*In a common place environment at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty?
*Do we stop to appreciate it?
*Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?

One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this:
If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made.

How many other things are we missing?

(via: brasilpop)

Three Dog Night - One (Is the Loneliest Number)

Never gets old.