July 2010
16 posts
the brain wants to know if there is anything more violent and loving than the heart, the purpose in life (sarcastic ?) is to babysit and immerse into this eternal undying, living and dying relationship, there it lies.
“you gotta do what you gotta do to make your heartbeat…and others, but shhhhhhh”
-my heart
listening to "The Dodos - Paint the Rust" →
blip.fm
Playing this weekend
“When a little white girl goes missing, online news, supermarket tabloids and cable network stations bombard us with up-to-the-minute dispatches on the crime, the victim, her shattered family and anguished community. When a little black girl is murdered in cold blood by a big city police department it is up to the community and those who care about social justice to ensure that the case doesn’t fade into the national obscurity that is usually reserved for the lives of people of color. The recent execution of 7 year-old Aiyanna Jones by the Detroit Police Department during a raid while she was sleeping in her home is the kind of atrocity that makes many people of color view the police as an occupying army. According to news reports, the Detroit Police were conducting a raid that was being filmed for an A&E reality show. Neighbors informed the police that there were children in the home, but their pleas were ignored. Searching for a suspect who lived in another apartment unit, officers fired into the home from outside, then lobbed a grenade into the house, killing little Aiyanna. By exercising a so-called “no knock” policy in the city’s poorest neighborhoods, the Detroit Police’s criminal disregard for human life and the civil liberties of people of color have kept the community under siege. According to Ron Scott of the Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality, the Detroit Police have been under a federal consent decree but continue to use military style raids that terrorize black citizens.”
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It is imperious to reblog and spread the word on these intolerable facts happening every day in the world.
The Media and the Murder of Aiyanna Jones (via azspot)
(via blunted)
(via huny)
THIS is why I did www.projectnewera.com. Thank you for this!
(via missjia)
(via hawahaiku)
10 Happiness Tips for People Who Have Been Hurt
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” - Unknown
1. Define your pain.
2. Express that pain.
3. Try to stay in the present.
4. Stop telling the story.
5. Forgive yourself.
6. Stop playing the blame/victim game.
7. Don’t let the pain become your identity.
8. Reconnect with who you were before the pain.
9. Focus on things that bring you joy in the moment.
10. Share that joy with other people.
