just a 19 yr old tryna make it

I HAVEN'T BEEN PRAYING AS MUCH AS I SHOULD AND ITS BEEN BOTHERING ME…ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE BLESSINGS I'VE BEEN RECIEVING LATELY I FEEL LIKE THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE…STARTING NOW, I'MA DO BETTER

MY FIRST PRAYER IN A LONG TIME

Dear God i want to say thank you for everything you’ve done and everything you haven't done yet…u listened to me that warm spring morning 07 when i sat on the trunk of the Kia-mobile asking you to give me a sign and to meet me half way so i can make my dreams come true. You are a generous and awesome God; i kno my grandpa and my aunts are all lookin down on me, watchin and smiling.

Lord, Thank you for blessing me with My parents, family, close friends, former lovers, associates and whoever else had some kind of impact on my life. Watch over my friends Lord and stay extra close to Nigel, Jhase and Roland, they need you just as much as I need you.

Thank you again Lord for helping me become what the world and you wanted me to be.

Zachary Jamal Petitt

tell my grandpa thanks for the swag :-)

PS: I know it's short but hey I'm tryin!!!

LLORENC HOUSE

By Eneseis Arquitectura

The parcel is located in Alicante, Spain, in a single housing development near the town center. The project connects the public street with a 40m narrow pass, so the building is surrounded on every side, but on the northwest side it opens to a tree zone and to a beautiful mountain view. The building opens itself towards the mountain view, and closes itself, looking for its own privacy against the surrounding buildings.

When Eneseis Arquitectura started designing this home, the lot was flat and had little privacy from the surrounding homes. They dug into the lot, created a trench and built the home into the new hillside.

The Relationship Hierarchy (How men categorize women) ladies don't be offended!!!

Last week I looking at another blog called "Naked with socks on", funny name but dope blog. Anyway, there was a comment by a guy who called himself Terrence L. and he had crazy analogy between relaionships and sports. As crazy as it sounded I found myself really being able 2 relate 2 what he was saying as far as categorizing women. It wasn't sexist or anything like that but it was a neat little concept.



“The Relationship Hierarchy” by Terrence L.

WIFE
This is the top spot. What we all strive to have and maintain. There are no pretenses here. A bond that has been cemented before God, family and country; this is not to be played with. This sister is the power behind you, your rib, your lover, and your friend. Screw up and she makes your life difficult. Do right and you get bodied like she was Beyoncé, Jesus!


FIANCÉ
The penultimate step before ascension. If marriage is the championship, then this is the finals. The only thing standing in her way to the throne is a damn good plan and a nice summer day.


WIFEY
Not to be confused with an actual wife, this is the sister you have been in a committed relationship with for sometime and have come to love, trust and respect. There is no fairy tale at this stage. You know the ins and out, and in all probability y’all already shaking. Your SSN? She knows it. Your ATM code? She knows it, too. Guess what, she’s read your nonsense on BP (BlackPlanet), too. Just be warned: the only thing keeping her from the fiancé spot is a nice piece of jewelry and your lack of courage. Consider this the conference championships.


WOMAN
Welcome to the playoffs. The beginning of the “real” run. This happens when, A) pressure is applied by the right hand to make her official, thereby matching her pay to the work she’s doing or B) pressure from your mama to stop playing around. At any rate, the commitment is official. While small time, things start to heat up at this stage and you are one weekend visit from having a wifey. Like the playoffs, this is really win or go home.


RIGHT HAND
C’mon, fellas, we know who this sista is. She’s the one always on our arm and handling our day to day. She’s at all the barbecues. You hitting it raw. She can use your phone. I mean, she’s the workhorse. Only problem is y’all ain’t never made it official, so you (and she) can still do what you want to the ire of the other person. (It’s usually when one of the parties will then try to lock the contract down). This stage is critical because during this time you will decide is she will make the playoffs or get to rebuild her team next year under a different GM (general manager). BTW: Remember that threesome she DIDN’T give you? Didn’t that factor in your discussion to promote her?


JUMP-OFF

Similar to the right hand, this sister is usually by your side for only the fun shit. The serious stuff in your life is not her concern, but when the drinks is flowing, when the party’s jumping, she will be there. However, due to the lack of balance there is little or no chance of y’all being serious. The upside is that she’ll probably give you that threesome with her girl. At this point, y’all just having a good time until the right hand or woman ends this dynamic. This is like being the Atlanta Braves. Damn good during the season but rarely gets it done.


MAIN
For those of you dating multiple folks, this is the one that keeps rising to the top. This stage is tricky because she can either go to the dead end zone of jump off or become the more maneuverable right hand. This all depends on how you guys interact. Yup this is the second half of the regular season.


BETTIES, CHICKS, & OL’ GIRL
This is the first half of the regular season. The sister you just meet and she got a lil something going on for herself. It’s during this stage you decide if she’s going to have a strong second half and make the run for the post-season, or by midseason she’ll be traded for a draft pick, some cash and a minor league player to be named later.


BUST DOWNS & CHICKEN HEADS
These are players that just want to fill the stadiums without improving the teams. (Think: Cubs before this season). Good for only sex with you and your boys, because you know for a fact they’ll be out of the running three weeks into the season.

On my Wale shit!!!

I was listening to song called "The Grown Up" by Wale and it perfectly summed up how I felt about the recent happenings in my life. So props 2 Wale 4 some good ass music.

In The Midst Of Progress

Things are looking up 4 me. I know I got a little emotional yesterday and everything but that was just my way of coping at the time. Now that I've finally got a chance 2 get off my chest I feel 100 times better. Like I said b4 it's time 4 me 2 get my self right whether that be with God, my future, my family, my friends, school, football, etc. Once I do that my life and the potential 4 the future can do nothing but get better.

From all-time favorite show "Family Guy" comes the Quagmire Dunks

Take a look at the latest Dunk High SB. It comes with a navy/red suede upper and a yellow stars all-over embroidery. The stars have a certain hand made look to themselves, which I like. The shoe is inspired by the Glen Quagmire character from Family Guy. The white/gum sole is a nice finish.
The Nike Dunk High SB is now available at Sneak.

4 the ladies, I'll wear them shits though

Staying true to the original design ethos of Nike, Nike Sportswear remixed an icon with a distinct focus on innovation this Spring/Summer season. Specially made for the female consumer, the “Skinny” Dunk is Nike Sportswear’s offer for the female who loves authenticity that fits with her wardrobe. For this particular collection, Nike Sportswear hooked up with legendary French textile designers Paule Marrot Editions. Once loved by the British royal family and Jackie Kennedy, Paule Marrot Editions has been creating memorable designs since 1920. Various Paule Marrot’s textiles including the “Aurore” with Butterflies and Feathers and the “Les Cerises” prints are draped over two colorways in all-over prints of Cherries on the shoes for Summer 2009.

"Light" By artist Levi Van Veluw

Levi van Veluw - Light (2009)

From the site:In his latest photographic series, the visibility of this creative process is reduced. Under the working title ‘Light’, Van Veluw has covered his head with strokes of light generating foil. Photographed in total darkness, the highly radiant bright blue light produced by this material, allow it to stand out as an autonomous object. Forgotten are the features of Van Veluw´s face, only its shape remains discernable in the route that each stroke of light takes. Light becomes form and it stands free from any ‘original’ subject. It is this ‘invisibility’ of the production processes that creates the freedom in this image.

Playstation Controller Soap

Aahhhh the sweet smell of strawberry ,in the morning, or anytime you game lovers decide to wash up. Digitalsoaps brings you this Playstation replica controller soap. Now hardcore gamers have a reason to freshen up a bit

Upper Playground Jay Z vs. Chris Brown “Beat Down” T-shirt

You know what the deal is - it’s in the news, the papers, the radio, around the web. Upper Playground pretty much sums up what a lot of us are thinking with a T-shirt. Pre-order it now at the Upper Playground for $24.
BUY IT »

WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE???

As I saw my ex-girlfriend earlier today I've realized somthing, this break up thing is harder than I thought. I find myself longing for the affection and love that I had only a few days ago. I thought it would be easy to deal with since we were close friends before we started dating. Despite the fact that the break up was amicable I still find myself being somewhat bitter about it. It's nothing against her, but I sometimes feel that a break up wasn't necessary but obviously things didn't go that way.


What makes it even harder is the fact that it seems like all of my closest friends are involved in serious relationships and now I'm the single one in the group. I see them happy with what they have and I reflect on what I once had and I just feel like shutting myself off from the rest of the world. I just don't feel like being bothered with these dumbass questions about it sometimes. "FAM!!!", "What happened?", "Did you cheat on her?","You gone get on these hoes now?", "Did she cheat on you?", "What are you gonna do now?", "Are you OK?".


MIND YO FUCKIN BUSINESS AND GIVE ME MY TIME AND SPACE 2 THINK!!!


Excuse me if I sound irrational, I guess my emotional investment in the relationship it what's making me feel this strongly about the fact that it ended. And when I love I love HARD, though I may not show it 24/7 the feeling is still there, I did love her and I still do. I'm just finding it difficult to come to terms with everything.


NOW WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE??? I'm not about moving around with a slew a females just to fill that void because that's just ridiculous and female populous in San Angelo is disgusting and not worth my time. I definitely don't plan on getting back on the dating scene anytime soon. I have to get myself right 1st, whether that be with God, my future, my family, my friends, school, football, etc.

I don't want to be one of those ex-boyfriends that's all clingy because that's really not a good look. But it's hard not to be around a person that you've wanted to see everyday for the past 4 months. I wish the break up never happened but there's nothing I can do but accept the fact that it happened and hope for things to improve in the future. I guess I just have to give her the space that she needs to grow into the beautiful, smart and talented woman that I see her becoming...

Nike ACG Feature

SneakerFreaker has released an extensive feature on the Nike ACG division. They give both a little history of the ACG shoe category inside Nike and a nice set of high profile interviews on the. Definitely worth check it out. Read it here.

Only in San Angelo lol

Single once again

Last night my I had a mutual and amicable break-up with my girlfriend of 4 months. 2 be honest I was a little dissapointed about the whole thing but I think that it was 4 the best tho. We're both only 19 which means we're just 2 young and not really ready 2 have the relationship that we both want. Who knows, maybe a couple years from now when we're mature enough 2 handle this relationship thing then maybe we can rekindle what we had. But until then I'm at peace with my situation.

I have 2 get this!!!

In4mation continues to work with G-Shock on some exciting watch releases. There have already been turquoise and purple versions of the classic digital watch. Here's a preview of the upcoming apricot colorway of the GLX 5600. The backlight of the watch reads “aloha”. Look out for a release later this year.

Alife Spring 2009 Everybody Mid Parachute Nylon Pack

New from the Alife Spring 2009 Footwear collection comes the Everybody Mid Parachute Nylon pack. The pack consists of three colorways, with all of them featuring a nylon upper with black checker pattern. The black stripes on the upper almost look taped. The mid-sole comes in white and branding on all three colorways is in yellow.

The Alife Spring 2009 Everybody Mid Parachute Nylon Pack is now available at Flauge.

Sculpter Ronit Baranga

Here are some stunning sculptures by Israeli artist, Ronit Baranga

Cop or Die!!!

I know we’re still basking in the afterglow of the feelgood Inaugurationin’, but the Obama imagery is getting overkilled. Print Liberation has a fresh set of tees that keep the party goin with some great imagery. Pick them up at the online store for $16-20.

A little macabre but funny

Haha - this is dope. Kind of morbid and unsettling, but still dope. The Dead Fred Pen Holder is exactly what you see, a pen holder that looks like ol’ Fred’s been pinned with the Bic. Pick it up off Mortimer Snodgrass (unfortunate name) for $17.

Drake-So far Gone

This is probably one of the most hotly-anticipated mixtapes in a LONG time. T.Dot’s very own lyrical wunderkind, Drake Drizzy Rogers, drops his next mixtape, So Far Gone on Thursday, February 12th. Do not sleep on this Young Money affiliate and newly minted Interscope signee. Download the mixtape at his blog, Octobers Very Own.

This shit's creative

By Daniel Loves Objects.

The Singapore-based designer has endowed these with life, oops I meant light. The AT Your Command is (presumably) a concept lamp that installs a mannequin where the body of a lamp is usually found. The form of the lamp is made all the more appealing by removing the wires, and panache is added by gold plating the mannequin. With the joints of the mannequin made movable, At Your Command submits itself to the user’s imagination. Interesting and stylish, this one is just perfect to spice up decor.

Peter Callesen -nice wit da paper!!!

Peter Callesen is a paper artist.

Click HERE for more pics of his work and info..

About my paper works (from the artist):My paper works have been based around an exploration of the relationship between two and three dimensionality. I find this materialization of a flat piece of paper into a 3D form almost a magic process - or maybe one could call it obvious magic, because the process is obvious and the figures still stick to their origin, without the possibility of escaping. In that sense there is also an aspect of something tragic in most of the cuts. Some of the small paper cuts relate to a universe of fairy tales and romanticism, as for instance Impenetrable Castle inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Steadfast Tin Soldier, in which a tin soldier falls in love with a paper ballerina, living in a paper castle. Other paper cuts are small dramas in which small figures are lost within and threatened by the huge powerful nature. Others again are turning the inside out, or letting the front and the ba

Supra NS Burgundy Collection

Supra is certainly stepping up their game, as I've seen several releases already this year that have stirred up some conversation. Newly released to Supra accounts are a pack of three non-skateboarding shoes that all feature burgundy patent leather constructions. Included are some of the more popular models including the Skytop, Strapped, and the Trinity. They all have a nice luxurious look to them and sit atop a classic white sole. They are now available at Factory413 and other supra NS retailers. via Hypebeast.

Can someone please cop me these 4 my bday??? MAY 1st hint hint

Inspired by the Air Jordan 9(IX) Original (OG)-Black / Dark Charcoal-True Red , they sport a predominantly black / charcoal upper along with red accents on the lace tag, tongue, and inner lining. In case you don’t remember, theAir Jordan 9 (IX) Charcoal is one of the only colorways that weren’t retroed, so this may be the closest you ever get to them. It is rumored that these will release in May 2009