white midsoles.

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clae, creative rec, supra and newcomers 100styles [via], so on and so forth.
why do these “high end” companies insist on putting white midsoles on these not-really kinda sorta sneakers?

i’ve wanted to get a few more pairs of these wears ever since my new gig allowed me to show up to work in whatever i damn well pleased on my feets. my boss wears overly techie shoes like he has to climb a mountain in our parking lot to make it to his car.

i hit up MajorDC w/the intent to pick up a pair of creative rec’s specifically because they didn’t have the shitty white midsole. unfortunately, these bitches were way too fuckin’ thin for my powerful manly tootsies.

maybe there’s something i don’t understand. i’m sure there is, so, why do so many of them choose to go with a white midsole? especially when it’s not complementary to the model? is it a cost thing? somebody help me…

time to get busy.

FOX: Obama Enjoys the Fried Chickens

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you better haul ass, cuz…

so, after taking a look at a few really impressive blogs, i made the decision to switch over to a tumblr-esque formatted blog. i’d truly like to update more often, but i feel like the REALLY BIG updates shouldn’t share the same space as the lil’ tiny ones.

this, of course, means that i’ll have to get to work on a proper format. that showcases top 5s, my recommended links, and the daily ongoing braindump that i’m sure you 3 or 4 readers come here for. the goal — first, a weekly update, then a daily update like this diligent fellow.

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half mandrill ((as a likkle yout, i would use (read: trace) the profile pics from the marvel universe images to create characters of my own. and, although i was never able to use mandrill’s image to create a new character, i was able to use his sister nekra as a “template” on more than one occasion.)), half mandela

UPDATED:
looks like the good folx over at okp combined with onsmash to deliver a video for us all.

West Coast Avengers: Initiative

If instead of giving you idiotic humps a brand new book w/brand new characters, a battle against hobo-zombies, a tussle w/some throwback villains & a melee w/a new team of villains — you guys got another stupid wolverine comic, would you have bought it? i mean, i know the answer for me, but what about you humps. The Order was a fantastic book. It’s a shame it’s canceled. I hope some of these characters make it into some other titles, although, obviously the team dynamic will be lost. Pick up a trade or two.

where’s my money, honey? (part 1)

inspired by Chris Sims’ fantastic writeup of Luke Cage demanding his scrilla, i decided to find the absolute best image (quality wise) from the intarweb as possible.

Cage, Doom, Money Honey

the original goal was a typical “big image w/ sound file” post including a link to Sims’ blog. i even had a nice little song picked out and that would be that.

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however, along the way, a few cool things happened…

like, finding a shitload of remixes of got your money from all across the internets.

which, was sorta perfect, because i had already decided to start remixing the picture myself.

for years ((i think the first time i “said” it was in a paper i wrote for one of those freshman writing classes at dear ol’ state)), I have been saying that hip-hop is the cornerstone of our cut’n’paste culture. this “project” has showed me how things have advanced and how everyone is borrowing from everyone. Ctrl+C -> Ctrl+V, indeed.

as we continue along this jurnee, we will see the true glory of samples, allusions, remixes, refixes, slight winks/nudges and everything that incorporates how my brain works.

or, something like that…

not another one.

say what?

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tiombe lockhart – gp

this is dedicated to 2008.
2007 was good, and all, but oh, ate…

“i need you to be the one/
not another one/”

’07 was highlighted by hot shots tennis, black milk, gianna ((yeah, that gianna. i linked the google search because even if you have safe search turned on, she’s still the number one result. and, if you don’t and didn’t know who i was talking about — take some time to get acquainted.)), a move back to philly and, some shit that’d make John Stewart cry. in oh eight, i look forward to stability ((but that zigga zagga calendar comes a close second)). alas…

“bliss seems so far away/
can’t seem to change our way/“