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So bus it, I've moved on from here (in case you couldn't tell) but I will be making periodical stops to check on everyone's art and all that jazz (since I can't figure out how to delete an account). If you're that interested in my art and my life story, hit me up on facebook. Just type in "Guru", send me a message saying, "I'm so an so from devart" or w/e and I'll get at chu. Trust and believe I've got alot of fresh shit for you hungry kiddies....

As a quick update of myself, I'm into spoken word, I still write graffiti, and I'm still a complete failure pimping my paintings for food money. Haha.... Ya'll stay true and get at the boy. One love.

"I still bomb more gov shit than Iraqi IEDs and make niggas read more fresh shit than grocery UPCs." -SPK1

P.s. Happy Holidays.

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]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/10084614/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/10084614/ Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:12:12 PDT DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA 27707
SEPTEMBER 15, 2006

CONTACT: Sharon Saunders
Pamela Tolson
[Number Blocked]

NCCU TO LAUNCH NEW HIP HOP INITIATIVE WITH A SCHOLARLY APPROACH

DURHAM, N.C. — North Carolina Central University (NCCU) has scheduled a press conference for Tuesday, September 19, 2006, at 11 a.m. in the auditorium of the New School of Education Building to announce a new hip hop initiative. This initiative includes a series of interdisciplinary projects including a course "Hip Hop in Context" taught by Christopher Martin from the rap and acting duo Kid ‘n Play and 9th Wonder of the musical group Little Brother. This semester, Martin and 9th Wonder, are artists in residence at the university.

One-on-one interviews in a private setting with Martin, 9th Wonder, and other special guests are available upon request. For more information, please contact Sharon Saunders at [Number Blocked]
- 30 - ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/9955603/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/9955603/ Sun, 03 Sep 2006 20:16:37 PDT
But on a more positive note, I have a new style, snatched up 6 cans of black kry, 6 cans of white kry, 2 sky blue kry, 2 neon orange kry, an extending paint roller, and 2 cans of killz white paint.... and a pack of gum. Got my $100 payment for last Sundays work... and more than half of that went towards gas money for 2 cars.. which is complete and utter bullshit. So now I'm down to $26 which needs to go towards dorm cleaning supplies and paying off my card. Life... kinda lifts the shaft and spreads the balls right about now. ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/9859500/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/9859500/ Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:13:24 PDT ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/9801955/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/9801955/ Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:26:51 PDT
Well.. right now I'm just vibin for a few mins in the computer lab listenin to it and waitin on my next class. If you were wonderin, college life is treatin me well. It's the first day of classes and I have nothing but art classes on Monday and I couldn't be happier... and it helps that I kow a couple faces on campus so I have some peoples to kick it with when things slow down. So far me an JLJCJ are beefin up our graff skills for this comming school year.. so I'll keep ya'll posted on that shit. I'll also work on gettin some shots of some of the campus life.... So look for new shit. I've got literally NO money for books and shit.. so I plan to get my art up in the museum here so I can get some cash awards and shit so I can have a few books and shit to call my own. As far as art supplies go.. I plan on robbin some art stores back in Raleigh. But man, I ain't even gonna front.. I'm surrounded by people and still feel lonely.. I miss my baby girl ya'll.. I do. So I'ma find someone with a whip and just have em drop me off somewhere in raleigh.. and I'll troop over to her. :] Sounds like a plan. Well.. I'm off. Peace. ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/9719373/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/9719373/ Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:20:54 PDT
1.) This weekend had the most beautiful weather.
2.) Spend the weekend at T's fathers house.
3.) Enjoyed my stay.
4.) Sunday night tore up my neighborhood to let the boys know I'm still alive.
5.) Frustrated as fuck.
6.) Can't get my graff style to where I want it to be.
7.) Haven't had any time to work on my b-boyin'.
8.) Yesterday I found my old poetry book after about an hour of looking for it.
9.) Found out I had some deep shit and some hot flows burried in there.
10.) Plan on continuing in there but with more spoken word.
11.) I feel like smackin up the world with the exception of like.. 3 people.. and one of them's my dog.
12.) I don't know why I'm frustrated and upset..which is only making me more and more frustrated and upset.. then I think about my writin skills and it makes me even MORE frustrated... then I think about all the shit I'll have to clean off my bed to go to sleep and that just pisses me off cuz I didn't even set that shit there which means someone was in my room and needs to be destroyed.


Good night everyone. Sleep tight and sweet dreams. <-Denial. ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/9657100/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/9657100/ Tue, 08 Aug 2006 23:25:02 PDT
Earlier this night... I was skatin around with my boy Kourtz and this cat we met named Pete when Kourt calls me over to come look at something. Around the corner my boy StayLow and his lil cuz were gettin jumped by these 6 niggas shoutin, "Eastside motha fucka!". At first it caught me off guard cuz I was just talkin to SL no more that 10mins ago. Then I see these 2 niggas runnin and they hide behind some bushes, so I figured they stole somethin from Food Lion and thought nothin else of it. Then I see a black surburban roll by.. almost as if they were lokin for em.. but it turns out they were just checkin to make sure they were in place. Once I saw my man get thrown to the ground and take a couple hits to the head I grabbed a wrench I had in my back pocket (to tighten my trucks) and proceeded to take a few steps toward a trash heap that had some metal poles stickin out. The only thing goin through my head was, "Yo.. I'm about to fuck these niggas up for messin wit my boy." I couldn't stop thinking about how I was gonna make a gash in the first guys head with the corner of my board, swing the pipe around and hit the next boy across the temple, then use the wrench to stab the next one in the forehead.. then proceed to give him several blows in the same spot with my right knee...cock his head back and punch his jaw in until it stuck out the back of his brain like a pair of devil horns in hopes of makin him fit where he belongs. But something held me back.. and it was the fear of one of those kids holdin a ratchet. I wasn't prepared for pigs rollin up to my girls house tellin her I'm no longer here. So I took a couple steps back and looked away as I hear SL scream for help. ...I've never heard him bend like that. Sure, he's had his quiet moments.. but he's always been someone you thought had everything squared away just in case. But I guess I was wrong. When it was done and over with they only got SL's cell phone, about $2 and $40 worth of weed. His lil cuz was alright.. but he took a heavy blow to the side of his head. SL was decent.. a little shaken.. and was about to call up his cuz to gun down the boys houses. There was a wise man there too.. tellin SL how he was lucky to be alive.. and how you can replace a phone but you can't replace all that you've been through.. and I remember the man askin him if he knew them..and SL repling, "Yeah... I know how their head rests, I know how their bed lies. I know everything about them." It was crazy. When the pigs showed up and started questioning people.. me and Kourtz dipped the fuck out. It was kind of funny actually. But this whole situation only helped me understand a little more about myself. And when I stop and think about it.. maybe I did make the right decesion tonight... but it sure as hell doesn't feel like it. Man... Karma's a bitch.. and I heard that she pipes Cause, Effect, AND Reason.





Peace, Love, and Graffiti ya'll.

`SPEEKone ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/9609604/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/9609604/ Sat, 05 Aug 2006 16:27:45 PDT 's room with DJ Smuve and Kourtz.. so hopefully she or I will have some shots or the production (hint hint). In the mean time.. I guess I'll get some of my photos developed.. and.. maybe sketch out something here or there for the hell of it. Not like I've really got anything worth looking at. And it's a shame when inspiration hits you like a sack of bricks..but you're too lazy to incorporate it in a work. ...So... I guess I'll come out of hiding with a illustration. ...or something. But I digress.

`SPEEKone ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/9215415/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/9215415/ Wed, 28 Jun 2006 22:09:10 PDT
Yo... I'm mad fuckin tired.. but I'm suffering from "the lyrical equivalent to physical insomnia." Word.

For those who don't know.. I'm currently on campus for 5 weeks getting a jump start on the college life and the classes. We stay in the New Baynes dorm (real nice and spacious btw) with 50 people total, on the NCCU campus in downtown Durham. (The hood) It's a HBCU.. so I'm chillin with fam fo' real. And we're traveling to ATL, D.C., and a couple of other places. And during our ATL trip we get $500 to spend on w/e and if we keep a B average or above we get another $500. So it's all good. ...but the work is redic. So far we've had two 2 and a half reports to write, literally 300 math problems we got yesterday.. and they're due today. And then on top of that we have mad ass english work. I'm dyin yo... like fo real. Nah... it's straight though.

Last night I was up all night workin on the first paper that I crashed on the couch as soon as I walked in the dorm.. turned around and woke up 3 hours later around 6:00am and took a shower, got all cleaned up and went down to the cafeteria with everyone else for breakfast. When we got there I just grabbed a cup of coffee and chilled until it was time for class.. got to class.. over hauled on the work.. moved to the next class... took a test and a quiz.. then it was time for lunch.. but I couldn't eat any because I had to work on my damn math homework. So I worked on that for about 3 hours.. 6:30pm came around.. heard we needed to go to a meeting reguarding..study habits... or something. Everyone was complaining about the work load.. so we got the study session called off to work on our shit. Went back to the dorm.. wrapped up my math work and cracked open my english book and started workin on that. Finished it about 2 hours later and went to check on the gang.. we chilled out in the lobby talking about how the dudes should form a faternity or w/e. So.. we might be doin steps or w/e in the near future. Well.. here it is goin on 1am.. and I gotta turn around and get up at 7am.. but I can't sleep.. soo... dunno what I'ma do. some people are still roamin around hittin up the laundry room and chillin in the hallways. I think my roomate is knocked out.. but it's all good. I took a break around 10:30pm today.. called up my baby.. then I got in a depressed mood and a headache. I think it's just cuz I'm worried about my NCCU fam. The girls are already tryin to holla at older boys here.. like.. late night shit too.. it's like..fuckin 10 somethin at night and they're over there flirtin. This is fuckin downtown Durham you retards. What was it? Like... Monday night or w/e.. someone got shot in the chest just down the street, later that night someone else got shot, last night a guy cut his gf, and tonight someone was..doin somethin I'm sure. But.. I dunno, I'm just worried about these kids... sometimes I don't think they know what they're getting into. And also.. there's already starting to be cliques and shit.. so I'm makin sure all the kids that aren't gettin any attention really.. can feel comfortable chillin with me so they don't go off and do somethin stupid. But right now.. the people I'm most cool with are:

-Warren (somethin) aka "Money Mike"
-Darrell aka "D.C."
-Eric aka "Butterball"
-Nyah
-Warren W. aka "Warren G"
-Travis aka "Paul Wall"
-Corey
-Bobby
-The twin sisters aka "Twin 1" and "Twin 2"
-Tia
-Asia
-Brittany

..there's alot more.. but I can't remember their names... which is sad.. but w/e. Man... it's only the 3rd..(well 4th now) day... and we're already fuckin swamped in paper work... this shit ain't cool... like seriously. But.. these kids are MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD fuckin cool... so it's all good. We've only known each other for so long and it already feels like we've known each other all our lives. So.. I look forward to the next weeks. Well... I'ma go crash again.. Peace. ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/9136538/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/9136538/ Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:30:06 PDT ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8991948/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8991948/ Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:16:55 PDT 2.) Took a week to goof off and enjoy myself.
3.) Became legal Friday.
4.) Picked up skateboarding.
5.) I have a new graff style.
6.) I'm going to North Carolina Central University.
7.) Told the local graff shop to start carrying gold caps.
8.) I don't give a fuck.


Stay up. Piece. ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8858165/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8858165/ Tue, 23 May 2006 20:20:33 PDT
Personally I listen to "Survival Of The Fittest" by Mobb Deep. ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8858145/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8858145/ Tue, 23 May 2006 20:18:16 PDT
Personally I listen to "Survival Of The Fittest" by Mobb Deep. ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8775710/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8775710/ Mon, 15 May 2006 07:12:23 PDT
Listening To: Scapegoat by Atmosphere
Mood: Longing for the tunnels...
Thinking: If turpentine will burn my hands.. I don't remember.

Yesterday, I took my boy Smuve out to the tunnels at NC State to meet Statick. We bombed the tunnels with a few burners.. hopefully Statick'll go up there today and get some shots before they get covered. :/ Before we got to the tunnels we stopped by Wal-Mart and picked up some cans and then we stopped by Buddah's Belly and I coped 2 German Fat Caps and Smuve got a Montana Bannana Skinny. Then it was off to the tunnels where Statick was skatin a little. It was crazy. There were so many burners and productions.. and then there was the shit that not even graffiti groupies would consider work. Basically assholes just bein..well...assholes. :/ Well, we set up shop and went to work. Smuve put up a feeballed piece adjacent to mine.. looked pretty ill. I freeballed my piece also since I left my blackbook at home. :/ But anyway.. Statick just chilled and watched since he didn't bring anything but his board and some headphones.. then he copped a mop out of my back and hit up some marker tags. Me an Smuve just went crazy. I stood up on rails hittin walls that if I feel off would've broken my neck or something.. not to mention it was raining like hell so the rails were wet. But I didn't care.. it was a great ass feeling.

About half-way through my fill on my piece my an blew up.. and my right hand is STILL covered in sky blue.. damn.. and Smuve's left hand is covered in black.. but that's just because he was stenciling some shit on the ceiling and using no gloves. Man.. it was great. Eventually Statick grabbed a spring green (kick ass color btw) out of my bag and hit up a throwie. I got my piece and Smuve's piece on my phone.. and Statick and Smuve working on their pieces on my phones video thing. I can't transfer em though.. I wish I could.. there'd be at least 119+ more deviations.. and that's just the random flicks of shit I took.. not the flicks of people I know.

Man... next time I'ma grab Tiny, Smuve, Statick, K4z3, JLJCJ, (try and snatch Flu and Merk), and Empress and we're just gonna spend the whole damn day down there. Haha Man... I really didn't wanna leave.. but at least I found out just how many cans of black I had. I thought I didn't have any.. but apparently I have at least 5 left.. no white though.. which sucks. Well.. I'm gonna devote this next 45mins. to developing my style some more.. and maybe some ideas for a mural. Who knows. Stay up.

Piece. ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8747134/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8747134/ Fri, 12 May 2006 07:05:17 PDT “Certificate of Completion” instead of High School diploma or GED (NOT GOOD)
MUST READ…

PASS ON, because if this is true, parents need to know. Let’s get the word out…

The “Certificate of Completion or Attendance” that is being offered in lieu of high school diplomas, is a part of Bush’s “No Child Left Behind”. This is how it works:

It is for students who are unable to pass both the Language Arts and Math portions of the 10th grade State Students Assessment Exams students must take the same 10th grade test over in the 11th and 12th grades until they pass both portions. If they are unable to pass the 10th grade test by the 12th grade then they have two options:

1. Drop out and go to a GED program or,
2. Accept a “Certificate of Completion” – it is NOT a diploma. Once a student accepts it, they cannot ever get a diploma or a GED. A certificate of completion means that a student can never (as long as they live):

1. Go to the armed services
2. Go to college
3. Go to trade school
4. Go to journeyman’s school
5. Go to beauty school
6. Go to culinary arts school
7. Get a federal loan in their lifetime

This is the portion of NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND (2001) that Bush slipped in during the 2004 revision of the NCLB bill. It has not been publicized. At a high school in Indiana, in 2005, there were 87 seniors in the graduation class. Five got diplomas and 82 got “Certificates of Completion”.

This is being referred to as the “Paper Plantation”. It is better for students to drop out and get into a GED program so they may seek other forms of education, later in life, if they desire to do so.

All 50 states have “Certificates of Completion or Attendance.”
**Please pass this information along to EVERYONE you know who has school age children. ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8744310/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8744310/ Thu, 11 May 2006 20:42:03 PDT
[link] Listen to the songs.. especially "Sorry".

Anyway... on a related subject.. school's comming to an end. :/ And... I almost regret not doing anything for yearbook. I didn't take a Senior picture (so my picture's not in there), didn't buy a Senior reflection page, didn't have any of my photos in the yearbook at all actually now that I think of it... just flat out didn't do anything.. but that's alright.. I'm not really anyone of importance anyway. :/ Just another face at that school. Had hopes of being someone well-known.. I had good intentions too.. but I.. guess, I just got shadowed over too quickly by all those above me. :/ But.. I guess that's the way life goes. Trust.. I'm not a hard one to get rid of.. so don't think I'm giving up.

Well.. the day was interesting. Better than yesterday in which I passed out in 3 of my 4 classes. But today I had a cup of coffee in me and I was good to go. Caught Briana in the stairwell going to 1st.. asked her if she still b-girled.. she said yeah.. and that she had learned a new freeze or w/e. Her friend Ashley was like, "I can do a freeze too!" and preceeded to imitate that which resembles a 2 year old trying to do a cartwheel for the first time. It was pretty funny. But me (being in the good mood I was in) was like, "No.. it's more like this.." and did one fo those figure four single handstand freezes. I don't know what it's called.. but they were just kind of like, "Woah." and kept movin.

After that I went on to my first period. All we did was watch October Sky.. and that was ku cuz I didn't feel like doing anything really. Depression kind of hit me like a sock full of nickels. I suddenly realized...that I'm really not gonna see any of these kids ever again for a LONG time.. prolly never. :/ And that just kind of killed me for about 15mins. After 1st..moved on to AC.. shit didn't happen as usual.. just chatted up with Qunechia about her starving because she had no breakfast..yet had a box of juice and crackers sitting right next to her. I dunno.. it perplexed me. Watched the announcements for the first time in about 2 or 3 months. They highlighted some of the entreprenuers of the school.. and the next one comming up is some clothing company that no one heard of. I figured that they should highlight me, Harold, and Kourtney instead. Moved on to 2nd pd and did a tag for Atia of Piglet stompin on the words "Crushin' Haters" charged her $2 for it.. she'll have it next week. I was just joking but I could use a drink or two during the day. While I was doin it.. T's cousin came up and asked me to do a tat for him.. I'll prolly do it tomorrah or something. Charge him $2.

3rd pd.. busting out in songs with TJ and Kourtney.. we actually sounded pretty good. Didn't really do shit in there. Kinda got slayed by ..which I've noticed is happenin alot lately.. but that's okay.. she's tryin to be gas and whatnot.. I'ma take that Pokemon game away from you, you damn feind! HAHAHA! Anyway.. moved on to 4th.. figured I'd make a bootleg version of Harold's shirts. "Youthful Gifted & Brown" lmao..that'd be funny. (Btw his label is "Young Gifted & Black") but other than that.. chucked tiny pieces of eraser at random artists in the class. Sydney had the first dibs on the yearbooks that go out tomorrah (which are the best the school's seen so far).. so we were flippin through it. That's when I started to feel a little regret. :/ But ah well.

This is what got me.. I had a Digital Arts CFLC meeting this afternoon.. It was to honor the Seniors, but the underclassmen were invited too. We started talking about where everyone was going.. and everyone there was going to a different college. Then there was that awkward quietness that accompanies realization. I saw the distrot looks on the kids faces.. and I busted out and said, "You know what? I'm really gonna miss you knuckleheads. We're all going to different colleges.. traveling down different paths. And you've gotta be honest.. the chances of us meeting again in a manner such as this... where we can all come together and enjoy the company of others and laugh and reminess on the days past... are pretty slim. I wish everyone luck in the future." Then I got a little teary eyed.. but didn't show it. Then Mr. uhh... the broadcasting teacher (whose hair is now completely silver) said, "You kids have got to come back.. before I... ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8684408/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8684408/ Fri, 05 May 2006 17:54:28 PDT Then eventually the streets..just for the hell of it.
...After school I caught up with that teacher and she handed me $50, I thanked her, asked to hit me up again if they needed anything else, and bolted out the door cuz I was gonna miss my bus..

Just got back from kickin it with Brian and Smooth.. gettin in touch with my childhood again by means of trampeline flips and tricks and b-boyin in the garage. I kind of did 2 back flips in a row and went FLYIN at one of the polls...my arm's still fucked up and Smooth's sister was lookin out the window like, "HOLY SHIT!" It was all fun until we realized that it's hotter than a mother outside and Smooth didn't have the AC on inside. So chilled for a bit listenin to some beats he made...pretty tight..but I'd only rock em if he tweaked em more towards a Rap style rather than a fuck around. Then I got schooled like a dunce in Smash Bros. for the 64. Man I haven't played that in SO long. I've never really been in the upper level of his house.. his room is like.. the entire history of his writing lifestyle. He had like a handstyle timeline on his wall, an old character DJ'n, and a massive tag he did with markers on paper going across his closet.. it was pretty nice. We got to the point where we were so bored we found an old lightbulb and threw it in the main street and waited for someone to run it over.

After that I dipped back to my side of the hood and kicked in the front door. (Not really but it would've been nice.) The house is empty since everyones at my sisters cheerleading banquet or w/e.. in which the fam was reluctant to tell me. I could really go for some free food. :/ But that's alright because silence is golden... and so are waffles. Well.. I'ma go reflect or some shit. Take it easy.

1 ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8585744/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8585744/ Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:03:26 PDT HELPme Lord! Don't you see me prayin'?! DON'T YOU SEE ME DOWN HERE PRAYIN'??! But the Lord said, 'Go to the Devil.' The Lord said, 'Go to the Devil.' He said go to the Devil..all on dem day."
-Nina Simone's "Sinnerman" (Very good song btw..you should all listen to it.)

So anyway...what brought about this was the funky weather we've been having lately. It had to of reached a good 89-92 degrees F today.. yet tomorrah the high is supposed to be around 50 degrees F..and the next day back up to around 80 and 90. Right now it's rainin like a motherfucker.. lighting and all that jazz.. and my dog is about to have a stroke. Now what the fuck is that all about? Luckily I got out before hand an caught 3 throwies. And yes... I finally took flicks.. and even a vid on my phone with my headphones blasting Nas' "Theifs Theme" in the bg. Before I left ("Tiny") told me not to forget her.. so I held it down for my peoples who couldn't be there today. Caught one for me, her, and . I think it turned out kind of shitty. The walls were WAY too slick.. it was pretty sketchy. But one can of black did the job. If it's possible I'ma scrounge up what I've got layin around my room and try and hit somethin up tomorrah.. maybe drag Smooth into it.. maybe even my new [NGR] recruit "StayLow". He's irritatin but he's good. We'll see. Maybe even cop some cans off Mr. "Young Gifted and Black" for just bein a general ass.

Talked with Tree and some kid named Julian about sales at Enloe.
Julian: "I'd definatly rock it AND push it!~"
Me: ...
Tree: ...
Me: OH! He's the-
Tree: Yes.
Me: Ah.
Jilian: The what?
Me: The kid Tree and Frank were tellin me about. (<-LIE!)
Julian: Oh! Okay!~
Then I told them all to get the fuck off my lawn cuz I was cuttin it.

Finally got around to makin this flyer for this guys restaurant. I seriously pushed this back further and further...then bullshitted on it. It's still came out straight plus it's just a flyer so I'm not stressin it. Passin out flyers is basically like sayin, "Here, throw this away for me." I might post the final thing..simply for portfolio purposes. There is ONE bad thing that came out of today however... I now have a lock hangin on my like.. 3 hairs.. this sucks so much ass.. I hope it makes it until Sat... and that Malika can save it.. cuz it would kinda suck to have a bald spot at age 17. Well.. I'ma go ahead an dip for now. Catch ya'll on tha 3 line. Piece. ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8578636/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8578636/ Tue, 25 Apr 2006 07:07:50 PDT
Well well well... it appears that there's a renegade Crip tryin to flush out the Bloods here. For the past two days the school's been hit with several Crip tags. Yesterday the trailers were hit pretty hard.. today a wall by the cafeteria was tagged. Rumours have already been goin around about who did what where... but w/e. I'M GOIN TO CENTRAL BITCHES! So I'ma be outta this mixture of false clamin motherfuckers. However... I'll have to hand my bodyguard crews down to protect my sister. Hope they keep up and she doesn't do anything stupid.

I was thinkin of callin up a couple people this mornin to come and plot the wall.. make it something less disruptive.. maybe with a tag line or somethin. ..Then I thought..wait.. the only people that can come w/e I call are in colleges out of town. So I'm thinkin of just lettin this diffuse by itself. Ah well. I'll stir somethin up when I leave...maybe. ..depending on how much respect I have left for this school. Maybe I'll leave it with a heaven spot. I'm thinkin red paint roller "SPEEK" hanging off the top level facing the street? Eh.. who knows.

Welp, nothin left to do but wait out this year and keep it movin after that.. hope I don't starve to death in my dorm. ..heh..livin off paint fumes.

Piece. ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8568864/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8568864/ Mon, 24 Apr 2006 07:56:45 PDT
Rules : The 1st player of this "game" starts with the topic "6 weird habits/things about yourself" and people who get tagged need to write a journal about their 6 weird habits/things as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says "You are tagged" in their devPage comments and tell them to read yours....

6 Weird Habits... oh Gawd..

1) Usually when I feel like drawing or thinking I sit in my room with 1 dull light on (no lamp shade) and play jazztronik funk.

2) I'm a goof but I don't show it. I try to come accross as a serious/ wise one.

3) I'm an ex poet and romantic.. so now I portray those emotions trhough sayings and my tags.

4) I can't stand school so I post up in the hallway until after the bell rings. Then I sit down and sketch until the last minute filling in questions with big worded BS answers.

5) I always have my oversized headphones blasting the latest beats.. and sometimes some shit no one has heard of.. or remembers.

6) On summer nights, roughly around 10pm-12pm, me and my boy TJ troop home from where ever we were singing Smooth R+B songs loud enough for the neighborhood to hear.


Well... that's it. so.. I don't know who to tag so it's a free for all. I'm tossin it up! ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8524961/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8524961/ Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:46:38 PDT Acro stands for: All City Rockin Original.
So...there you have it. "Speek" and Acro. Two names you should get used to.

Caught DJ bustin out some manuals on his bike outside Food Lion as I usually do. Told him that I changed my name (again) to "Speek" and that we should push our companies together since we already collab alot. So we did... and 15mins later.. we had a new Acro promo shirt in honor of National Smoke Day. Green stenciled "Acro" in my handi. Gonna rock it tomorrah. shoulda grabbed a green bandanna instead of the black one. got plans for it none the less though. :] Still got mad ass shit to scan in from my black book.. dunno if I'll get around to it though. Well...reguardless. Enjoy your days. 1. ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8518312/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8518312/ Wed, 19 Apr 2006 07:46:50 PDT [link]

Enjoy.

I suggest you watch the Immortal Technique Video.. however if you have a weak stomach.. it might not be for you. ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8456722/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8456722/ Thu, 13 Apr 2006 07:42:55 PDT [link]

Click on the links along the left. ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8425092/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8425092/ Mon, 10 Apr 2006 07:15:31 PDT
Update on my situation (long one...):

[Clothing]
Yeah so.. the shirt designing isn't goin so hot on my part. One of my rivals Harold is killin it with the advertising and my other rival Kourtney is killin it with the designs. The only part I'm ahead is in sales. However, I'm WAY under what I want myself to be. I'm running low on designs and funds.. so this is gonna be difficult. I need to over haul on the designs and figure out some next level shit. Man... this is gonna be rough. Niggas tryin ta be gas an shit. Damn... Time to rewrite my company. I suppose a last resort would be partnering up with Harold.... Kourtney would follow soon after. But where's the spirit in that? Hmm...

DJ Smooth is offering his services to me. So he'll be designing shoes and what not and tossing my name around HIS school. He gave me some stencils and shit of his design to work with. I think I just got some inspiration.... ("Get By" (Remix) by Talib Kweli feat Mos Def and Jay Z) That's a fuckin good song.. and it's a beautiful day too. Damn.. Here we go!

[Graffiti]
I think I did something horrible. I got DJ Smooth back into the true form of graffiti. The illegal aspect. He'd been clean for about 5 months.. I made the mistake of showin him my DVD..and now he wants to hit the heaven spot under the S. Rodgers bridge. There's about six inches of ledge, nothing to hold onto, and he'd have to troop about 20+ feet to get to a good spot. If he fell of he'd drop a good 90 feet onto the highway..in which he'd surely be crushed under the impact..or hit by a car.. so I'm gonna try and stop him from that. No, I'm AM gonna stop him from doin that. He's not at that level yet.

I've got a few new styles and messages in my arsenal. Including some mew technques.. one which includes "LED Graffiti" and "Moss Graffiti". Not to mention I finally broke into the warehouse accross the highway. It's perfect for a writers hideout. Kinda creepy... but still good. I just need some bolt cutters to get onto the roof and put up my "USA Lies" piece. Mad people wanna see that in the city's face. Then I've got my political bombs.. which'll be fun. Lot's of stuff on the way. I still ned to put up my latest stuff. Ehh..maybe it's best if I didn't. there's alot of art theifs on here and whatnot.

[School]
Back in... still strugglin, stil makin it. Same ol same old shit. We go on a field trip tommorrah. That'll be fun. That's about it.

[Job Hunt]
No progress... ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8351275/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8351275/ Mon, 03 Apr 2006 08:02:42 PDT
[link] [NY Kings]

[link] [Legends] ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8350771/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8350771/ Mon, 03 Apr 2006 06:48:46 PDT
Yeah well, it's the first day back in school after Spring Break. The only class I'm fearing right now is 3rd pd.. just because I can't grasp web design no matter how hard I try. The teacher just kills the who learning experience. I'ma grab something to drink and maybe take a nap this period.

suggested that I scan my black book. ..ehh.. maybe. Still needs work. What's in there doesn't reflect my current skills.. but it works I guess. I need to grab some things from here and there though.. and get DJSmooth to sign it before he blows up too big. Still need to create a graffiti hype in Southeast raleigh. Hillsborough Street is the epicenter right now.. but it needs to spread. It feels like the writers are afraid to move throughout the rest of the city.. which tells me that they're not real writers. I'm expanding my knowledge of graffiti slowly. I already know alot.. but I like looking back on old books such as "Subway Art" to see how things were done back then and some of the earlier styles of some of today's legends. There are absolutely NO places to rack paint around were I say and it pissing me off. Time to make my apprentice do some actual work. I think his first task'll be copin some paint for me.

Well, I'm out. 1 ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8292556/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8292556/ Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:19:38 PST ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8157034/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8157034/ Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:23:52 PST
1.

-*WhoDat?88* :] ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8091178/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8091178/ Tue, 07 Mar 2006 07:35:42 PST
That's what I used to say until coned me into joining. Now I'm a looser too. But w/e. I still can't figure it out.. but all with due time I suppose. I'm so chill right now I couldn't give a fuck what happens right now..so long as my gf is safe.

I'm enjoying some smooth old school hip-hop.. spent an hour working on the "Dream Girl" piece while listening to Floetry. I love tuning out the world.. but I still have 6+ hours worth of realistc sketching and a 18x24 graphite realism drawing due Friday which I haven't even started yet. Damnit. I don't feel like doing it. But I need to pass so bad... Ugh... well... I suppose I'll go to the bridge today and sketch some shit. No one sad it had to be good. ::sigh:: Ah well... I really don't feel like it. :/ And now I'm hungry. Hopefully Web'll order KFC for lunch.

Well.. I'm gonna go sketch some bomb ideas. Later. ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8035075/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8035075/ Wed, 01 Mar 2006 07:13:19 PST
Yeah.. this BH business is crazy. Yesterday Bertrain came up to me 4th pd when I was wearin my first promo shirt and said, "That's a good idea. I'm curious as to see where you go with this." The shirt I made last night (I like it personally) got EVERYone askin where I got it. And all the wanna be G's, and some real, keep lookin at my shit noddin their heads. A few girls got mad cuz this is the design they wanted on their ladies T but w/e. I only have 1 ladies T at the moment.. and like 3 or 4 requests. ..and no money. This sucks. ..alot. Ah! But after I sell these other 2 shirts I have at the crib I should have enough to pick up some more ladies T's. I hit up Brian and asked him to snatch up DJ Smooth and see if they wanna offer some ideas. Brian said DJ had some designs but no one was buying them. So maybe I can help him get off the ground a lil bit.


Business Plan:
Now until the middle of the month: Promotional Designs for cheap. $5-$18. Good deal!

Middle of the month until the end: Boost prices to $18-$25. Ladies line.

End of the month until the middle of next month: "SINNAMAN" Inspirational line. Design pants. Boost prices to $20-$45

Middle of next month to end of next month: "Since '88 Holdin' It Down" line.

This shit is crazy. The Street Souljahz are promotin my shirts around the school. I had someone come up to me this mornin and show his friend who makes the BH shirts. And that was all before school. I got 3 phone numbers from people in my AC who said they drop a line of what they want their design to be. Then Black Magic was like, "Ey yo. I want you to make my shit and it's gonna be different from any shit you've ever done." So I'll wait for that. Told Amiri that I had his Boondocks design waitin on him. I had some fun makin that last night. I've also had a few people ask about pants. It's gonna be a lil hard because of the sizes and such.. so making the design visible is gonna be a problem. Not to mention transfering designs from guys jeans to ladies jeans. And I gotta run out tonight and find this kids initials... I couldn't find that shit anywhere last night. Which reminds me, I need to take some photos of these shirts and whatnot. Maybe even get another book to show people what I can do and have a list of prices to go with it. Like the sketch and a photo of a shirt that I made with that design on it.

John finally got me my old school mix CD. So far so good. It's hot. Haha! Inspirational too. Still gotta talk to Web about what he wants. He was offerin to pay the price that I'm gonna charger later on. He was supposed to catch up to me yesterday at lunch.. but it was Free Pancake day at iHop. Oh Shit! I got this hot ass design for my promo shirt that say BLOCKHEADRALEIGHCITY. And yes it's all smashed together like that.. but it's hot as hell and I need my mama to get the printer situated before I do it. Oh man... I can't wait for that one. Then I gotta find a baby picture for that line. Man... I really hope I can at least get to the end of next month before this little business falls through.. I need a real job and quick for funding. Damn.. hmm... maybe I can get out and drop applications today or tomorrah. ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8025320/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/8025320/ Tue, 28 Feb 2006 07:09:04 PST -Me (fuckin around in AC)

Yesterday me an my boi Harold a.k.a Mr. Kanye.. finally put out ideas into motion about making T shirt and hoody designs. His is YG&B (Young Black and Gifted) and mine is BH (Block Head). His is more geared towards the inspirational African American audience and mine towards the kids who wanna be a little more urban and street. That night I ran out to Finish Line and picked up 2 2XL Tall White T's and a 2XL Tall Black T from Finish Line. Then ran over to AC Moore and bought some letters (B and H) and some fabric paint. THEN over to Wal-Mart and got somethin for lunch today and a paintbrush. I got home and began to work on some designs I had and finally put one up. My character for Block Head and the company name on the shirt. "Block" going horizontally and "Head" going vertically with my character in the bottom right with his arms folded. On the back I have the stitched Gothic "BH". (Gotta take photos..maybe during lunch?) I worked on my sales pitch, prices, designs, and audience this morning before the bell.. and now when people see me turning around (Not like cat walk.. more like a street Michael Jackson) and showing off my shirt they'll come over and be like, "Ey yo...what's that?" and the person I'm talking to will be like, "Block Head custom shirts."

Welp. Day one of [Block Head] sales. I'm wearing my promo shirt that I made last night.. and I've already got 3 sales from 1st pd alone. And then 2 sales in AC. Damn.. I can only make but so many at a time ya kno? I've already got my marketing and costs and shit squared away. The only thing I'm missing are those iron on print paper things. When I get one I'm gonna put one fo my baby pictures up there and underneath it say, "Since '88" and on the back it'll say, "Holdin' it down." (Alot of people were feelin it I mentioned that idea. So I think alot of people will be anticipating the launch of that. But I couldn't find any of those at Wal-Mart last night.. damn. Ah well. I'm gonna be out later tonight again... hopefully. Need to pick up a 5XL Black for this kid in my 1st pd.. and a 3XL Black Tall T for my boi Dexter. Don't worry, I'm not stupid now.. they're payin half up front. But yeah.. I've got paint and stitch. Young Streets kept circling around me in AC sayin, "Man.. I can't even front.. that's shits hot as hell. Damn... ey yo.. I'll put the word out. GET CHA BLOCK HEAD ON BITCHES!" So.. I've got one dude helpin out. A few more in 1st pd.. I just hope this doesn't get out of hand. I took my cash out to count it up (yeah, foolish right? but it was like $25 from up fronts and that's anough for 5 more T's with a $5 profit. ) and Black Magic was like, "Yeah... niggaz don't carry ratchets anymore." Real sarcastic like.. it was funny as hell.. but it also reminded me not to get big headded about this. Btw, Magic wanted a shirt that said, "We Don't Beef With Snitches." with a stitched "BT" on the back. Aimed at Baby Tren.. this is gonna be interesting. Hopefully it won't hurt my sales. :/

My goal is to get the customer their shirt within 2 or 3 days. Or post up like a Block Head every Thursday in my usual spot. My 3rd client was actually expecting it sometime next week. o-O So that let's me know there's mad leway in terms of getting these shirts out at a reasonable time. This is gonna be interesting. Especially when it comes to putting my an Harolds ideas together. Technically I'm workin under him.. but yeah.. ah well. Dunno how we're gonna do this... maybe rock some of his promo shirts if he rocks mine.. then switch back? Dunno.

This offer is only open to local peoples. If you give me an idea for Block Head and it sells, I'll give you 1/2 to 3/4 of the earnings. :] Just a thought. Lemme know if ya'll think it's a good idea.

Well.. I'm off to make more designs. Holla. 1

-Done. ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7987440/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7987440/ Fri, 24 Feb 2006 06:32:18 PST ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7961118/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7961118/ Wed, 22 Feb 2006 07:42:05 PST
-Start "Cold Turkey" piece. [STARTED]
-Start "Hello: My Name Is DONE" tag. [STARTED]
-Finish "Dream Girl" piece. [74%]
-Finish "Strange Fruit" piece. [67%]
-Finish "DONE Kicked It" shoes. [89%]
-Finish covering the back of Food Lion with my name. [40%]
-Buy a Bandanna from the store or from Kelvin. [0%]
-Work on my new style. [COMPLETE]
-Create and better handstyle for this name. [COMPLETE]
-Get a car. [1%]
-Get more paint. [66%]
-Order super skinny caps. [0%]
-Finish up Marc Ecko's Getting Up (almost done. :] That game is crazy. Especially the storyline.) [COMPLETE]
-Work on a quick throwie for: behind Food Lion, Overtime Sports Pub, The abandoned Dollar Store, The Chinese Resturant, Ribs R Us, The Hair Salon, and the gym. [COMPLETE]
-Tag the 9 white trucks in front of the abandoned building by Kroger. [0%]
-Put up a piece behind the abandoned building by Kroger. [0%]
-Tag up the abandoned building across the street from Sheetz. [0%]
-Run TCS gang from behind Route 66 gas station with a piece. [19%]

[edit] But wait! There's more!!
-Teach my gf how to tag. [5%]
-Enter my 3 T shirt designs in competiton my teacher was talking about. [90%]
-Finish Prom ticket and invite designs. [97%] ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7913714/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7913714/ Thu, 16 Feb 2006 07:18:43 PST ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7895196/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7895196/ Tue, 14 Feb 2006 12:49:57 PST
Well, it's been interesting. did the stealth gift drop off and gave me a small box of candy, 2 cans of Krylon black paint (really needed those too!!), and my long-sleeved white shirt back. Man... I love that girl so much. :] And the card was real touching... I think I'm gonna cry... lol ::sigh:: She's a mad ku person... and I love her for it.

The day was real slow and tiring until 3rd and 4th pd. 3rd period there was a perfume and cologne fight in the computer lab.. I now smell like a fruity bitch. (No offense to any ladies out there). I was the only one that could defend the male troops (Males vs. the girls) with a bottle of Hugo and a bottle of Aspen Discovery. (Always carry my Hugo on me cuz you never know what could happen in a day... in case I get funky I don't wanna offend anyone.) But the Aspen was a complete accident. I didn't have anywhere to put it a few days back so I stuffed it in my art pouch thing. Anyway, the fight got kind of serious.. Erica (the hood chic) pulled out a blade and threatend to cut my boi Courtney if he didn't give her her spray shit back. ..Well, she cut herself (nothin too serious)and chocked it up to it being a new blade, TJ laughed, she's sittin there drippin blood on the carpet, and everyone just kinda turned back to their computers. She starts suckin on her finger... about a minute passed and it didn't stop bleeding but she insisted on not gettin a band-aid. So! In dealing with this all the time at work I went and got some wet paper towels, cleaned off the cut, got more wet paper towels and wrapped it up, got some dry paper towels and wrapped up the wet ones in that one and got some masking tape. (Just cuz she was only gonna sit there and bleed all class.. and that was just gross.) After all that was over, Mrs. Ricker asked what happened.. told her that Erica pinched her finger inbetween the desks. When Mrs. Ricker left I told Erica simply, "Happy Valentine's Day bitch." and went back to my computer. Class ended and every dude walked out smellin like Strawberry Mango..or peach..or soemthing an the girls smellin like Hugo. The only thing I could say to B-Don was, "Man... these kids must think we're gender confused or some shit." He laughed and we went on our way.

Got to 4th pd and Courtney just looked at me from across the table and shook his head. (Since we both now smell like we cheated on our gfs.) Harold came over and sat next to me and gave me a look like, "What've you been into??" So I said, "Don't say shit to me man." An he just kinda put his hands up and turned to his piece. Turns out Mrs. Ricker and Mrs. Aiker are switching art classes for the week.. which means we don't have to deal with that aweful bitch no more! (Least for the week.) :/ But... it was alright. Wished Kat a Happy Broke Man's Holiday since she just broke up with her bf a few days ago and was still a little distrot. Told Roya her art was garbage (since we argue like that all the time) Laughed at Jamie cuz she tripped on a flat floor and insisted that the floor had a slope. Blamed that incident on her being drunk (even though she wasn't.). Laughed at Courtney re-enacting the "My Hood" video with a canvas frame. Talked to Harold about the Boondocks and what happened. Stole Nick's candy..even though he didn't care. Watched the child prodigy Bertrain as he worked. Argued with Andrew on why he isn't in college yet off an art scholarship. Roamed around the school after the bell rang cuz Coach wasn't in his room yet. Sat down and typed this. ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7892209/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7892209/ Tue, 14 Feb 2006 07:37:38 PST ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7881866/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7881866/ Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:51:18 PST These kids in my class are so fuckin funny!! Just thought I had to share it with ya'll... with you were here. Haha ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7853546/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7853546/ Fri, 10 Feb 2006 06:57:52 PST ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7825942/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7825942/ Tue, 07 Feb 2006 07:03:35 PST
New's man said it's supposed to snow soon....



Aight, so. I was talkin wit my boi Amiri in AC. And we were talkin about the gang uprising in Wake County and the poison that's injected into today's African American youth. It's depressing. He began to talk about how he could "never fathome what state of mind one would have to..." (somethin somethin. It was some deep shit.) But anyway, he basically said how he could never begin to understand how much stress and unimportance you've gotta endure to join a gang, or push drugs, or any of that. And I explained to him..(Hold up, lemme talk right for a second...) ..that, "You know the current situation of the ghettos, the hyped media, the stereotypes, 'our cultrue', and what the average black man has to do to escape. But what they fail to realize is not only does instant gratification set you up for a bigger fall.. but you loose touch with what you were brought into this world with, common sense." And it went on from there and breanched into the whole respect factor and Amiri said somethin like, "...You want respect? Get a job, become the leader of that job, and then I'll respect you. Don't think you can come to me in a group of 7 or 8 with a dodo brown flag (doggin the TCS Gang) and think I'll respect you. You've got to show respect to get respect." And we just had a deep ass conversation about that... that lasted about 25 minutes. We covered alot of stuff... and it's like everytime I leave AC I feel wiser about my culture and the different standpoints in which I'm presented with. ...It's a good day so far. But it's sad... when I walk down the hallway, I see false faces, lost children, and niggas. It's a shame. ...it really is. ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7788014/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7788014/ Fri, 03 Feb 2006 07:37:24 PST ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7710980/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7710980/ Thu, 26 Jan 2006 06:47:09 PST
Southeast Raleigh Magnet Highschool vs. Enloe High. Diss Dics.. g-rap... final semester. Here we go... it's over now.

Stay up.

-Mat1ks

P.s. Check my Scraps for alot of old shit I jsut posted. Good look. 1 ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7704281/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7704281/ Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:51:58 PST
[link]

Enjoy.

I'm layin low at school since Officer Boyce wants to do a show on graffiti and gang signs in the school... found out after he called Mr. Rudd into a bathroom I had recently done some damage to. So..layin low a bit. Still no signs from other artists at this school I'm startin to feel a little exiled over here. Who's gonna carry my torch when my class is gone?? ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7692550/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7692550/ Tue, 24 Jan 2006 07:24:38 PST mood: FUCK YOU! PAY ME!!
listening to: DirtySouthRadio.com
Young Jeezy Ft. Fat Joe- "Go Crazy Remix"
Thinking: "NovaNet classes are faggish and boring. Is Feb here yet? I want my special edition Marc Ecko's Getting Up. Where the fuck is my money for that logo?? I should do something productive... Naaaah fuck that."
Reading: Not a damn thing.

Today is gonna be a slack day for me. I've got my paint stained forces on, my big ass "Source" jeans on, and a long cut heavy white T. I'm comfy as hell.. would be a lil more comfortable if my wallet had a few bills in it. :/

Made a game show in 1st pd today... I looked wack as hell... but we got a 108 outta 115.. so it was straight enough I guess. Some white girl(don't know her name, she's new), not the smartest kid in class cuz she's always sayin somethin irrelevant.. or somethin that completly lacks common sense or any previous thought at all, called a black girl(Tiffany) a bitch for no reason today.. and the black students in the class were like.. 15 deep in the corner (including me) and we just... felt a lil offended about it.. but it was nothin to stress over so we told the Tiffany to chill out and don't sweat it. ...the other girl ended up apologizing after about 15minutes of denying it.. (when everyone heard it) so... Tiffany was like, "Well...if you didn't say shit then why are you apologizing??" The other girl didn't say anything after that and we just went back to doin what we were doin. Tiffany tried to jump on the subject again and and I stood up and walked over to Tiffany, put my hand on her shoulder, and was like, "Ey, yo..chill out aight? It's over, it's done. No harm done. It's all good."
"Nah! SHE CALLED ME A BITCH AND I AIN'T DO SHIT TO HER!"
"And? ..she ain't steal off on you... so it's nothin worry about. You do what you do and let her do w/e it is she's doin. It's not like you don't never say shit about people.. you one of the most hatin motherfuckers in this class, and you can't get mad neither cuz you know it's true. ..so chill out, sit down, and relax. Somethin happen, we'll handle it. Understand?" She sat down after that with one of those, "bitch ass motherfucker" sneers and went back to doin what she was doin.. the other girl just kicked back and went back to talkin to this dude she was sittin next to. Average day.. just detailed it.

Baby Tren's Dolo CD drops to the public today. I got mine about 2 weeks ago... Streets and Magic are tryin ta get that from me to plot against him sine Street Soldiers did em dirty. I might just give it to em cuz SpyrQ still ain't give me my money for their logo. Plus I need to get up in the booth one day.. just need some time off work to get my shit in order. Not to mention do some Art IV stuffs.

I plan to just BS my way through school today... that way I can have a smoof ass day since I have a company meeting at Golden Coral (a buffet resturant) they're payin for our food and Christina took my shift for today..so I don't gotta go in and I can just bum a ride home and sleep.. or maybe think about possibly doing a concept of something productive. ...Maybe. Right now I might scetch out a tag or something. See what I can create. Need to find a jet stream fertilizer tip... no hardware store around here has one... and it's pissin me off. Like seriously.

Well, I'm off to entertain myself. One.

-Mat1ks ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7683584/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7683584/ Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:34:16 PST
[link] ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7671158/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7671158/ Sat, 21 Jan 2006 21:56:58 PST ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7652165/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7652165/ Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:07:57 PST
Kelvin: Man... work sucks.
Me: 'Ell yeah. Work's a bitch an' everyone's whipped.
Kelvin: Yeah.... Well fuck Sheetz. I'm gonna make a hot dog.
Me: Word to the mother fuckin street. Eyo, toss me one o' doz shits.
Kelvin: ::throws up Crip signs::
Me: ::throws up 'West Side'::
Kelvin: BBBBBRRRRUUUAAATTTT!!! (P.s. If you don't rep Blood you should never say that. EVER!!!)
Me: You fuckin fallin off.
Kelvin: I'll fuck you up nigga.
Me: Come wit it bitch nigga! What chu gon do?! What chu gonna do!?!
Kelvin: Word?? Yo! Man up!
Me: ::flaggs over 5 peoples that happen to be in the store::
Kelvin: Yooo!! That ain't right my du'... With one phone call I could turn this place into an ocean. Don't make me do it. You don't want it. (If you ain't know he's talkin about callin his Crip peoples.)
Me: Man fuck off nigga. Go do somefin' productive.
Kelvin: You lucky Mrs. Carol commin bitch. Gimme dat doughnut. ::snatches a random dougnut::
Me: Man snatch deez doughtnuts bitch nigga. ::grabs his crotch::
Kelvin: Man you gay yo...
Me: Heh, you an yo papa wish 'deepthroat'.... (Jus callin him a name...has nothing to do with his sexuality.)
Kelvin: That's why I don' shanked mo' pussy than you ever will boy.
Me: Son. When are you gon learn that you mama a sis don't count?
Kelvin: Pssh...w/e nigga. ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7580984/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7580984/ Thu, 12 Jan 2006 07:48:58 PST will be graduating with my class and might possibly be able to make it into a college in state. I'm all squared away with my materials and what I need to get out of here which even includes taking a class after school for an hour.. but if that's all I gotta do to get a GED then damnit I'm goin for it. Got no hw what so ever this semseter... and I'm learning a whole bunch of sophisticated words in this English class as oppossed to the tradition one... since we kind of skipped the whole vocab thing the last 2 years. But at the same time they already expect me to know these words that're on the test...and I'm like wtf?? Cuz I had a word like... "valification" and they wanted me to find the opposite of it in a list of 12 words that all pretty much had the same meaning. But..the correct word was "approbation"... and so I'm over here taking tests with dictionarys, thesauruses, and Microsoft Word tryin to figure out these words on the test. It's crazy.

I'm gonna be in Charlotte NC this weekend... my job doesn't know yet... but I don't think they can fire me because I'm one of 4 staff members on our shift. And they're already over working ALL of us... so.. if I left, Kelvin would follow leaving 2 people (excluding Kaze who's back in Greensboro). And....that just can't work considering all the sections you have to cover in a daily shift. And speaking of work... I got written up for "graffiting up the back of the microwave". I used a grease pen and...that shit is hard to get off. I now have a respect for the people who scrub off graffitti... in those remote places where they do anyway. But that doesn't mean I'm gonna stop doin it... as a matter of fact in my art class...I'm devoting this last semester of my last year to puttin out nothin but graffiti pieces for competitions and all that good shit.

graduated and it doesn't feel right without her at the school. Everyone keeps commin up to me askin where she is and all that. ...it's crazy.

Oh! And it is at this time that I would like to wish everyone a Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!!! Yeah... hope your oh six is goin better than mine. Started off with one of my boys friends gettin shot over a girl he loved, mother accusing me of stealing her coat that she left in another city, argument with the rentals almost every other night, baby girl ain't at school no mo, about to loose my job, and me failing 68% of my classes.. amongst several other things. Buuutt.... it's all good. We all soldiers down here we'll be fine come morning. Haha!

I'm seriously pumpin up my graffiti game and goin back to my old name of "Mat1ks"... I'll post some recent concepts and shit.. maybe even some WIP of the paintings I'm doin for 4th pd. The two I'm currently working on are called; "We Speak In Tounge" (A tribute to Niki Pryor) [I think that's her name] Who was a NY Artists that blessed my school with some hot shit last year 'round this time...under the same teacher too, and "Strange Fruit". I dunno how I'm gonna scan em... I'll try an get ya'll part of "We Speak In Tounge" by next period. Hoshit! That reminds me!! I gotta make a paiting for my love and a wallpaper too. Haha.. whooo... good times, good times these days are.

Holla back,

1 ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7550959/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7550959/ Mon, 09 Jan 2006 05:18:05 PST
Just give me some time to get situated in my class for this semester and I'll get right back with ya'll. Hold it down while I'm away.

Holla.

Mat1ks ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7444160/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7444160/ Wed, 28 Dec 2005 22:35:04 PST Former Legacy member GG told me about "Foxie" for my spyware problem. She said it's mad fast and effective. ..and me being the despearate bastard I was I got it and....wah-lah! I can do shit again! WITHOUT BEING ATTACKED!! HUZZAH! Now..if only I could get my fuckin background back.... but at least it's not the old ugly ass blue screen with a black spyware warning on it. It's an "inspirational" white... soo... it's tolerable. [Shameless advertising] for those who don't know "Foxie" is the shit. It's, free, it's fast, and it works! And when I say fast, damnit I mean fast. It searched and cleared my whole computer of viruses in 7 seconds exact. Soo.. I was only waitin on Nortons slow ass to pick up the rest. And it did... but didn't clean it very well.. maybe it was user error but w/e. I'm back on my feet and that's all that matters.

In the graffiti scene... I'm known and I'm being searched for... not only by officers but also kids in the neighborhood. I had a spree where I made a minimum of 5 tags in every 3 days. DJ Smooth and Brian were pretty much kissing my feet when I was on my way to work. DJ said the lines were perfect and I was a fool if I didn't get a snapshot of it. I also plan on getting on the roof of the bar and tagging the abandoned dollar shop. But.. I need to know when that damn bar closes! >[ I swear to God that shit is open 24/7/365. But ahh well. I've been makin mad plots and plans for how to make the most of my time out there.

Well, until we meet again. Holla. 1

-Stre' ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7349799/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7349799/ Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:56:40 PST
12.17.05

Finally celebrated me an T's 1 year anniversary. :] I woke up around 11:30 and straighted up the house, shaved (with Magic I might add... which took a day and a half to get the consistancy right ), mama scheduled me for a lock tightening since I missed the last one by like... 3 weeks due to work. Took a shower and rushed out the door (locks drippin wet) and sped over to Mrs. Mal's house. Half way there I realized I didn't dry my hair, so in keeping with my family name "Mr. Freeze", I rolled down the windows (about 25 degrees ferienheight with the wind) so that my hair'd either dry or freeze up. ..Either one would work at the time.

Got to Mals and sat my ass down in a chair. I guess they caught the hint that I didn't like gettin my hair done by the new lady cuz she would never try to save my locks.. she'd just kinda go through and point out my short commings. (I.E. "Uh-oh.. this one's thinning out. I can either marry ti to another one or pull it out. Which do you want?") So.. with that being said, homegirl Malika was ready to do mine. I'd rather have one of the actually family members do it because they know me personally and know I like to look neat. So they go through, fix and repair each lock, style it, and trim off the excess hair so that you can see my scalp and I look right. :] Coughed up $60 since my mama gave em $10 less last time. (always good to pay off extra to good people and fam ya feel me?) Dropped off a box of my mama's magazine for em and made a dash for my girls house.. with a pit stop to "Ribs by Art" to drop off more mags.

Picked up T while dodging her mama's bf (LAWL!! THAT SHIT WAS HILARIOUS!! I feel bad for him though..sittin out there in the cold like that.. ah well, his gorrilla fur'll keep him warm ) Anyway, raced back to my crib and chil for all of an hour, then it was off to the park to hang out for an hour or so... I think...then we headed for Chilli's resturant. Suprisingly we were immediately seated. O_o We chowed down on some good grub and I coughed up for the bill and we headed over to the mall for some Christmas shopping. T got me a Samurai Chamlpoo OST. Joy. (Currently listening to Track #7: Vagrancy) And we ran into mad people we knew. Jasper, Monday , CiCi, Charles , and his brother , and their crew , Joel, as well as several others. Copped my pop somethin for christmas, as well as a lil somim somim for my mama. Rentals met us at the mall and pops took us over to tha theater. (still don't have my full license... no time to pick it up) Got some tickets for Narnia at 10pm.. laughed and joked throughout it. It was actually a pretty good movie... ("YOU NIGGAS STOLE MY MONEEEEHHHH!!") lmao Dropped Baby Girl off at her crib and made a 180 to some peoples offices. Pops mentioned that some of the people there set up their offices as art studios...so we went an checked em out. Talented people... talented people... someone even had a small vocal recording studio in there... along with a few platnum and gold albums and cassets from old artists. He said there was one room that was strange to him until he checked it out one day. The sign on the door read, "No trash pickup" or something like that. I went in and the room was stacked to the ceiling with boxes filled with comics still in the plastic. o-O I'm talkin every fuckin comic out there...even the manga... it was crazy.. someone's been collecting for a loooooong ass time.... Left the offices and headed home... crashed out.

12.18.05

Woke up around 1ish.. called up T and asked if she wanted to... ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7316025/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7316025/ Thu, 15 Dec 2005 06:33:19 PST ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7315779/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7315779/ Thu, 15 Dec 2005 05:38:04 PST 's 1 year anniversary! We've had our share of up's and downs... but who hasn't right?

Happy Anniversary baby girl! I'll treat ya ta somethin real nice this weekend.

-Stre' ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7236150/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7236150/ Tue, 06 Dec 2005 07:46:49 PST
-You developed a new graffiti style but you don't know how to incorporate it in your next piece.
-You have a new drawing style but you don't know what to draw.
-You have a new CG'n style.. but nothing you wanna CG.
-You have exams next week but you don't wanna study.
-You know you're gonna fail you math class for the second time.
-You have alot to write but no beat to put it on. (Rapping)
-You have a kick ass tag that you wanna make but no time to do it.
-You need new kicks but you need money for Christmas shopping.
-You gotta take a piss but you can't leave the classroom.
-You gotta find an old project you did last year to show the kids you're currently teaching how kick ass you are. ... and how to work the program efficiently.
-You REALLY wanna draw but don't have any room, or lighting, to operate comfortably.
-You wanna play videogames but you don't have anything you want to play.
-You want a 360 but don't at the same time cuz it's already overrated.
-You wanna quit your job, but you don't have any time to get another application for a store that just opened.

Yeah... I have all of those and many more right now. As far as the pissing thing goes, I think I'll just piss on the teachers desk. ...yeah... that sounds about right. Yeah.. then tag up my math test to show my teacher I don't know what the fuck she's talking about nor do I really care. :] Fuck... and I have a CFLC meeting Thursday, which is the only day I have off work this week.. and watch it be a perfect day for taggin too. Damn.. FOUR-PLAY FUCK! I could also use that day to get my full license... damnit. I need a car anyway. But the sooner I get this license the less of a chance I have to get my tempo taken away and have to wait another year... with NO license. Hmm... ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7227272/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7227272/ Mon, 05 Dec 2005 08:40:59 PST



^New icon. ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7090902/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7090902/ Sat, 19 Nov 2005 18:31:52 PST
Day 2: It sucked. Although I did find a HIGH speed computer with AIM and internet downstairs towards the lobby.

[END]



I MISS MY BABY GIRL!!! ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7078880/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7078880/ Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:46:33 PST Schedule:

Friday - Sunday: Winston Salem
Monday: School
Tuesday: Half day of school (if any at all) then off to Dayton, OH for Thanksgiving.
Wednesday: Grandmama's crib, possibly Columbus, OH.
Thursday: Cincinnatti baby!!
Friday: "Black Friday" I'm plannin ta cop some gear for cheap.

Dunno when I'm commin back but I'll take some shots no doubt. Hopefully tag around Cinci.. hopfully

People I'll miss:


Tree

That's about it...


One love errbody. ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7048468/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7048468/ Mon, 14 Nov 2005 18:57:43 PST
10 people/things you like (order does not matter):
My Baby girl (my gf).
My crew mates.
Graffiti.
Inspirational Quotes.
Sketching.
Breakdancing.
Deckin out in Urban Camo gear.
Fall and Winter.
Heros.
Chillin on a dark block, on a cold clear night, in a hoodie lookin at the moon.

5 things that make you happy:
My gf's smile, voice, mind, and look.
Relaxing.
Kickin back in an empty house listenin to music (music depends on time of day).
Sleep.
Postin up with friends and "fam" (no real fam posts up with me).

10 things that you hate/dislike:
Stupid people.
Math.
Guys who think it's ku to mess with your gf.
Girls who're twofaced assholes but somehow like you.
Country music.
The country.
Racism.
The police.
Fake ass gangbangers.
People who keep fucking with you when you're trying to relax.

3 facts about your name:
It means three.
(Graffiti name) Is the Cincinnatti area code. (513)
(Artist name) Kuroi Ookami means Black Wolf in Japanese.

6 facts about yourself:
I listen to music constantly.
I am known to be very deep at times.
Can be an irritating asshole.
Tells jokes that no one understands.
Is a lazy, procrastinative, fat ass who can't spell.
Still manages to live life one day at a time.

2 things you expect (at least for now):
To fall asleep at the keyboard.
Procrastinate.

4 random thoughts:
"What in the fuck?!"
"Sleep would be orgasmic right now."
"Someone just signed off my Buddy List."
"I should super glue sandpaper to my hand and smack someone."

Song you're listening to (give singer):
I Know You Don't Love Me - 50 Cent


So there you have it. A little more about me. ]]> ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7003416/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/7003416/ Wed, 09 Nov 2005 19:19:05 PST ~0okam1-san http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/6951845/ http://0okam1-san.deviantart.com/journal/6951845/ Fri, 04 Nov 2005 08:31:13 PST
I'm tired of all the guys in school just harrassing the girls here. It doesn't make any sense. It is imoral and a waste of time to force someone to like you or pay attention. If no one knows you exist and your goal is to be noticed.. then you're doing something wrong. Plain and simple. If I could "legally" walk around school with a Luiville and just smash the shit out of any guy who pulls on a girls arm to get her to hug him.. I would do so gladly. I would actually pay for the privillage to do so. And if I could terminate the next person who tries to steal someones partner.. I would do it so fast it'd make your head spin.

Now I understand if someone acts a certain way, or dresses a certain way, that they may be precived as that particular kind of person. But if you know that person well and they AREN'T that way... then don't treat them as such. Don't belittle somone for your own amusement. There may just be that one guy creepin in the shadows waitin for you to fuck up like that.


Dunno... just a rant... slash bump.


-513 ]]> ~0okam1-san