The Body Eccentric

Yup!

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 10:14:17 -0500

Yup!

Linda Day Clark's Nomination | Baker Artist Awards

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:43:25 -0400

Linda Day Clark's Nomination | Baker Artist Awards:

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Another favorite from the Baker Artist Awards is the work of Linda Day Clark. If you would like to see some great photographic work in Baltimore, you should definitely check out her nomination on the BAA page. She has a website as well with even more images and information about her career.

She’s my professor! :)

“Won’t you light my candle?” (Taken with...

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 22:28:35 -0400

“Won’t you light my candle?” (Taken with Instagram)

“Who taught you to hate the color of your skin?Who taught you...

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 16:04:35 -0400

“Who taught you to hate the color of your skin?
Who taught you to hate the texture of your hair?
Who taught you to hate the shape of your nose and the shape of your lips?
Who taught you to hate yourself from the top of your head to the soles of your feet?
Who taught you to hate your own kind?
Who taught you to hate the race that you belong to so much so that you don’t want to be around each other?”

- Malcolm X, 1962

Since I’m aiming to eat healthy. (Taken with Instagram)

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:55:22 -0400

Since I’m aiming to eat healthy. (Taken with Instagram)

Mind you my skirt was actually a Disney blanket and my too was a...

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:18:14 -0400

Mind you my skirt was actually a Disney blanket and my too was a mini poncho. And the Tailspin glasses with the 101 Dalmatian purse. I miss being a kid. (Taken with Instagram)

black-culture: afrocentricreoletouch: soulfulglamour: (via...

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 15:13:32 -0400

black-culture:

afrocentricreoletouch:

soulfulglamour:

(via blackfashion, fuckyeahblackbeauties)

iamdameciajackson: Michael playing pinball! He’s so cute...

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 15:12:07 -0400

iamdameciajackson:

Michael playing pinball!

He’s so cute here!

unclerussie: elitehunters: Uncle Russie, Action Bastard,...

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 14:55:04 -0400

unclerussie:

elitehunters:

Uncle Russie, Action Bastard, Chelsea Vader and AntiMorgan swagging in the club

I was Bouncing that night.

Morgan looks extra thick in this picture….just an observance.

pizzagrrrl: Peggielene Bartels, A.K.A. King Peggy, is currently...

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 15:19:19 -0400

pizzagrrrl:

Peggielene Bartels, A.K.A. King Peggy, is currently the King of Otuam, Ghana. She was chosen to be one of only three female kings in Ghana, and when she discovered that male chauvinists wanted her to only be a figurehead, she said: “They were treating me like I am a second-class citizen because I am a woman. I said, ‘Hell no, you’re not going to do this to a woman!’” When she encountered corruption and the threat of embezzlement to the royal funds, she declared “I’m going to squeeze their balls so hard their eyes pop!”

King Peggy has maintained her work in Ghana’s embassy in Washington, D.C. while making education affordable in Otuam, installing borehead wells to produce clean drinking water, enforcing incarceration laws to deal with domestic violence, replenishing the royal coffers by taxing Otuam’s fishing industry to improve life in the village, and appointing three women to her council.

“Nobody should tell you, ‘You’re a woman, you can’t do it,’” she insists. “You can do it. Be ready to accept it when the calling comes.”

Quoted from the Spring/Summer 2012 issue of Ms. Magazine.

She visited my college…we got to dance for her. :)

invisiblelad: negritaaa: lilliep: Dear White People...

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 04:26:35 -0400

invisiblelad:

negritaaa:

lilliep:

Dear White People (2012)

DEAR WHITE PEOPLE follows the stories of four black students at an Ivy League college where a riot breaks out over a popular “African American” themed party thrown by white students. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, the film will explore racial identity in “post-racial” America while weaving a universal story of forging one’s unique path in the world.

Trailer — Info — Donate

So here for this.

This looks ridiculously amazing.

I support! I support! I support!

muse2apharaoh: Branch out.

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:54:58 -0400

muse2apharaoh:

Branch out.

muse2apharaoh: You’re a grand ole flag.

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:54:47 -0400

muse2apharaoh:

You’re a grand ole flag.

muse2apharaoh: Give my regards to Broadway….

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:54:37 -0400

muse2apharaoh:

Give my regards to Broadway….

muse2apharaoh: Up and Coming artist from my hometown Baltimore...

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:54:15 -0400

muse2apharaoh:

Up and Coming artist from my hometown Baltimore I.R.A’s new single! Take a listen he’s dope!

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Sun, 10 Jun 2012 21:49:34 -0400

m-music-e23: Nice cover! Love this song…

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:53:39 -0400

m-music-e23:

Nice cover! Love this song…

Her ‘fro! <3

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 18:26:40 -0400

Her ‘fro! <3

20 Things To Know By Age 20.

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 18:25:25 -0400

20 Things To Know By Age 20. :

heyfranhey:

blottoflower:

1. The world is trying to keep you stupid. From bank fees to interest rates to miracle diets, people who are not educated are easier to get money from and easier to lead. Educate yourself as much as possible for wealth, independence, and happiness.
2. Do not have faith in institutions to educate you. By the time they build the curriculum, it’s likely that the system is outdated– sometimes utterly broken. You both learn and get respect from people worth getting it from by leading and doing, not by following.

3. Read as much as you can. Learn to speed read with high retention. Emerson Spartz taught me this while I was at a Summit Series event. If he reads 2-3 books a week, you can read one.

4. Connect with everyone, all the time. Be genuine about it. Learn to find something you like in each person, and then speak to that thing.

5. Don’t waste time being shy. Shyness is the belief that your emotions should be the arbitrators of your decision making process when the opposite is actually true.

6. If you feel weird about something during a relationship, that’s usually what you end up breaking up over.

7. Have as much contact as possible with older people. Personally, I met people at Podcamps. My friend Greg, at the age of 13, met his first future employer sitting next to him on a plane. The reason this is so valuable is because people your age don’t usually have the decision-making ability to help you very much. Also they know almost everything you will learn later, so ask them.

8. Find people that are cooler than you and hang out with them too. This and the corollary are both important: “don’t attempt to be average inside your group. Continuously attempt to be cooler than them (by doing cooler things, being more laid back, accepting, ambitious, etc.).”

9. You will become more conservative over time. This is just a fact. Those you surround yourself with create a kind of “bubble” that pushes you to support the status quo. For this reason, you need to do your craziest stuff NOW. Later on, you’ll become too afraid. Trust me.

10. Reduce all expenses as much as possible. I mean it. This creates a safety net that will allow you to do the crazier shit I mentioned above.

11. Instead of getting status through objects (which provide only temporary boosts), do it through experiences. In other words, a trip to Paris is a better choice than a new wardrobe. Studies show this also boosts happiness.

12. While you are living on the cheap, solve the money problem. Use the internet, because it’s like a cool little machine that helps you do your bidding. If you are currently living paycheck to paycheck, extend that to three weeks instead of two. Then, as you get better, you can think a month ahead, then three months, then six, and finally a year ahead. (The goal is to get to a point where you are thinking 5 years ahead.)

13. Learn to program.

14. Get a six-pack (or get thin, whatever your goal is) while you are young. Your hormones are in a better place to help you do this at a younger age. Don’t waste this opportunity, trust me.

15. Learn to cook. This will make everything much easier and it turns food from a chore + expensive habit into a pleasant + frugal one. I’m a big Jamie Oliver fan, but whatever you like is fine.

16. Sleep well. This and cooking will help with the six pack. If you think “I can sleep when I’m dead” or “I have too much to do to sleep,” I have news for you: you are INEFFICIENT, and sleep deprivation isn’t helping.

17. Get a reminder app for everything.Do not trust your own brain for your memory. Do not trust it for what you “feel like” you should be doing. Trust only the reminder app. I use RE.minder and Action Method.

18. Choose something huge to do, as well as allowing the waves of opportunity to help you along. If you don’t set goals, some stuff may happen, but if you do choose, lots more will.

19. Get known for one thing. Spend like 5 years doing it instead of flopping around all over the place. If you want to shift afterwards, go ahead. Like I said, choose something.

20. Don’t try to “fix” anyone. Instead, look for someone who isn’t broken.

Written by: Julian Smith inoveryourhead.net

I like this list.

The relevance of the last one!!!!

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Thu, 31 May 2012 13:38:01 -0400