For some reason I thought to watch these videos today. I miss New Zealand. Volvere a espana al fin de septiembre, y tengo muchas ganas.
Theirs
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Mar 11
Skateboarder-Police Relations
Growing up as a skateboarder, I often dealt with the wrath of police officers who based on their often over-the-top aggressive behavior, must have been threatened by a bunch of suburban, scrawny fifteen year olds. Finally, a half-assed justice has come to fruition four years late.
Read the article at the Baltimore Sun’s website.
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Apr 10
Worst Interviewer of All Time
watch this: http://www.vbs.tv/watch/vbs-meets/young-jeezy
and then remember this:
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Apr 10
New Orleans Update
I am having a great time in NOLA. Tonight, went to the Hi Ho Lounge for Bluegrass Open Picking Night. I have a lot of photos from the last few weeks, but I have not had time to upload them. I will do that once I am back home and have more free time.
Played pool with some kids from Sierra Leone who relocated to Boston Area five years ago. Talking to them about the civil war was interesting. It is funny to think that five years ago they were living in a country that was ravished by a violent civil war and now, a few years later, I was playing pool with them at a volunteer center in Arabi, Lousiana. Small world with big problems.
I was thinking about this movie tonight:
Music video montage from the flick:
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Mar 10
New Orleans Bound
In a week, Josh Hissem and I are heading to New Orleans to work for one month as volunteers at Camp Hope III.
To prepare, I’ve been re-watching When the Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Parts.
I remember feeling disconnected because at the time, I was still in high school my world-view was for the most part restricted to the Northeast. This will put things in perspective.
Also, HBO has another New Orleans post-Katrina project that is scheduled to debut in early April. “Treme,” created by the Wire’s David Simon, deals with New Orleans months after Katrina hits. Instead of focusing on social institutions; however, this series focuses on musicians.
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Mar 10
Carey
I love this song, and I thought I would share it in case you have not heard it or forgot about it.