For the few

http://www.mediafire.com/?n7d9sf0ijcug96s

New and Improved

I love the beginning of school semesters.  It makes you feel like everything will turn out alright.  This cold weather could be helping my good moods too.  Fall is the best season for multiple reasons:  Cold weather (I run about fifteen degrees hotter than everyone I know), Trees change colors (how f'n cool is that?!), and Halloween! Not to mention wearing hoodie's and jumping in giant leaf piles...

I've recently started reading again. I think it's been a good year since I read a book.  That sounds so bad when I say it in my head.  But I just flew through "Diary" by Chuck Palahniuk in three sittings and can't wait to read "The Call of The Wild" next.

I also bought a really nice journal and have been writing in it everyday.  I realized I have a horrible memory and should probably start documenting my life so when I'm older I can look back and see how naive and reckless I was through my twenties.

I'm trying to enjoy my time on this miracle of a planet we live on and I want to start treating the people I love with kindness and make them smile as much as possible. You have to find out who is on your team and has your best interests at heart, and try and do the same for them.

But enough philosophy, I hope everybody has a great school year and to kick it off here's a little toon-idge to groove to:

Clive

Where the hell did you go?! I have owned the same Clive backpack since ninth grade and i wouldn't sell it for a thousand dollars. It is the most comfortable, spacious, rugged and versatile backpack I've ever owned. Unfortunately Clive went out of business or dropped out of the game completely because they have no website and stopped selling skate bags a long time ago.  I have been on a mission these last few years to hunt down and purchase any and all bags that are close to my model. Here it is (It's the one on the right, and I've got it in black) :

If anyone you know has one of these backpacks, steal it from them and i will reward you handsomely. That's a fact.

Holga

My

boy Mayer Hawthorne remixed snoop dogg's track "gangsta luv" recently, and damn if it isn't catchy as hell. here check it out for yourself!

http://2dopeboyz.okayplayer.com/2010/03/23/snoop-dogg-gangsta-luv-mayer-hawthorne-g-mix/

This

year I was introduced to a new trend among college students that involves taking a little prescription drug known as Adderall. I won't name names but I've had the chance to interact with people in my social circle who have been on it regularly and honestly this drug scares me. It's one thing for a person who has ADHD to use Adderall as a tool to take control of their life, but when I see, excuse my french, STUPID people taking this drug illegally without a prescription it really grinds my gears.

The problem with this drug is that kids who don't need it look at it like it's some miracle drug. It allows you to be super focused on one task at a time and makes it easier to study for hours on end with unbroken concentration. The trend that goes along with this drug is taking Adderall to control ones weight. I have known friends who have lost significant amounts of weight in short periods of time just because they are taking Adderall. So your saying Jon. what's the problem here? A drug that can get me better grades and make me super skinny with no exercise! Sign me up! Well for those of you who are chomping at the bit to go bug your friends to start sharing their prescription drugs with you, take a look at the list of side effects that go along with this little miracle pill:

Side effects of Adderall abuse:

suppression of growth in height (if you are still growing)
excessive sweating
decreased appetite
excessive talking
nervousness
insomnia
nausea
vomiting
dizziness
heart palpitations
headaches
skin rashes
itching
digestive problems
toxic psychosis
drug dependence (addiction)
severe depression upon withdrawal

* I've highlighted in red some of the side effects I've observed in friends who are taking Adderall without a prescription.


Really I just wanted to talk about my frustration with the abuse of this drug and hopefully make whoever reads this think twice about starting/continuing the use of Adderall without a prescription. I have always been opposed to any type of prescription drugs and try to shy away from taking headache medicine as well. Understand that I'm not bashing everybody who is taking Adderall. There are people out there who legitimately need this drug to hold their lives together and for them this truly could be a miracle drug. But as far as using it as a performance enhancing drug/weight loss supplement, I'm going to have to give a very disapproving head shake.

hooked

Sometimes I feel like I'm stuck on a hook, with the business end stabbin through the back'a my lip,
silly me thinkin that you people were good, and this underwater hell isn't helping my mood,
cause I've been plucked from the dirt, only to be returned,
to the only other place where I'm considered a food,
ahh the life of a worm, such a desolate fate,
well atleast I'm not goin out on some fat bastards plate.