tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74344690578293554282024-03-13T09:24:15.982-07:00Tha Vagabond SpeaksLissen UpAKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.comBlogger199125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7434469057829355428.post-20410115597812422732010-05-28T09:20:00.000-07:002010-05-28T09:21:43.385-07:00fuck....u kno....i should really be posting a lot more....i'll do it later. AKZion Figures coming this summer<br /><br />Vagabond...goneAKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7434469057829355428.post-75527656953964593152010-03-18T08:19:00.000-07:002010-03-18T08:23:58.416-07:00Heart of Man(My brother Arssante Posted this on his facebook page and I find it pretty valid)<br /><br />Man has many weak points...which are in fact diseases. Satan exacerbates these diseases in the heart of man. They are Satans entry way in man's soul. Among these diseases are: weakness, despair, hopelessness, recklessness, inappropiate joy, self-admiration, pride, wrongdoing, negligence, foolishness, miserliness, stinginess, covetousness, argumentativeness, doubt, suspicion, ignorance, carelessness, going to extremes of hostility in cases of dispute, arrogance, false claims, panic, fear, withholding charity, rebelliion, tyranny, overstepping the limits, love of wealth, and being infatuated with this world. MAY GOD SHEILD US FROM DE DISEASE DAT satan USES TO ENTER OUR HEARTS AND SOULS. AMEEN.<br /><br />"i got this from a book im readin...<span style="font-style: italic;">The World of The Jinn and Devils</span>....dis a serious book dat dicusses satan and his many tricks and attempts 2 lead men and women astray from worshippin God...its a major eye openah fah me...thought id share it wif some folks i love"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S6JFebyCciI/AAAAAAAAA20/2djShKrx6WI/s1600-h/4556_1177036467543_1277040044_30504217_6976806_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S6JFebyCciI/AAAAAAAAA20/2djShKrx6WI/s400/4556_1177036467543_1277040044_30504217_6976806_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449994888227746338" border="0" /></a><br />May blessings be with you all.<br /><br />Vagabond....goneAKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7434469057829355428.post-30689213874999635932010-02-08T09:13:00.001-08:002010-02-08T09:14:26.719-08:00Seen in Passing 2/8/2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S3BGXddYPjI/AAAAAAAAA1s/RkBFeBoKoA4/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S3BGXddYPjI/AAAAAAAAA1s/RkBFeBoKoA4/s400/2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435922119094976050" border="0" /></a>Vagabond...goneAKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7434469057829355428.post-43017168929704801792010-02-05T00:00:00.000-08:002010-02-05T00:00:04.862-08:00Seen in Passing 2/5/2010<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S2WSb4DD7LI/AAAAAAAAA1g/5mJqFIm33S0/s1600-h/IMG00576.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 336px; height: 248px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S2WSb4DD7LI/AAAAAAAAA1g/5mJqFIm33S0/s400/IMG00576.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432909533091720370" border="0" /></a>Oriental Money Foldin<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Vagabond...gone<br /></div></div>AKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7434469057829355428.post-63546934662230538212010-02-03T01:00:00.000-08:002010-02-03T01:00:06.291-08:00Seen in Passing 2/3/2010<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S2TaU7BF8dI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/r_CcaaIBZZ8/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2010-01-30+at+7.19.48+PM.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S2TaU7BF8dI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/r_CcaaIBZZ8/s400/Screen+shot+2010-01-30+at+7.19.48+PM.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432707103490175442" border="0" /></a>That look must've been priceless<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Vagabond...gone<br /></div></div>AKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7434469057829355428.post-41160607180959345822010-02-02T11:44:00.000-08:002010-02-02T11:45:03.265-08:00Midterms WeekDon't expect too many postsAKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7434469057829355428.post-53756820805537295142010-02-01T07:00:00.000-08:002010-02-01T07:00:07.500-08:00Seen in Passing 2/1/2010<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S2MpcuLWtBI/AAAAAAAAA1I/QgxuHwOF6eE/s1600-h/20100128.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 153px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S2MpcuLWtBI/AAAAAAAAA1I/QgxuHwOF6eE/s400/20100128.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432231148947682322" border="0" /></a>Reality in rare form...real lol. Happy 1st of the month!<span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.smbc-comics.com/"></a></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Vagabond...gone<br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.smbc-comics.com/">Seen Here</a></span><br /></div></div>AKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7434469057829355428.post-80043883909758210762010-01-29T11:57:00.000-08:002010-01-29T12:00:24.917-08:00iRapUptown chillin in my homegirl crib when<a href="http://twitter.com/hipnosisbtc"> Hipnosis</a> turned some beats on...<br /><br /><object width="400" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jOiA89Vmkk8&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jOiA89Vmkk8&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Vagabond...goneAKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7434469057829355428.post-51741148831885344392010-01-29T09:48:00.001-08:002010-01-29T09:50:35.551-08:00Kelis doin her Avatar Impression I guess....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S2MftfawhKI/AAAAAAAAA1A/Ff381BYhmpw/s1600-h/kelis.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S2MftfawhKI/AAAAAAAAA1A/Ff381BYhmpw/s400/kelis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432220441927255202" border="0" /></a><br />I jus saw this on <a href="http://queenievalentine.blogspot.com/">Queenie V</a>. My response?.....naw<br /><br />Vagabond...goneAKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7434469057829355428.post-86055930404883208192010-01-29T08:33:00.000-08:002010-01-29T08:38:05.733-08:00I Come Bearing Gifts: Wu Tang/Beatles Mixtape<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S2MOGhK_b2I/AAAAAAAAA04/1SQnaWYa4Ck/s1600-h/thumb_3106_f2fad22b544551353a14afb5c3b0de6f.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S2MOGhK_b2I/AAAAAAAAA04/1SQnaWYa4Ck/s400/thumb_3106_f2fad22b544551353a14afb5c3b0de6f.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432201080685424482" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/71680384b696322d/">Click Here to Download<br /></a></div><br />Haven't even unzipped this yet, but i'm more than sure this should be some form of fire.<br />via: <a href="http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/">Kanye's Blog</a><br /><br />Vagabond...goneAKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7434469057829355428.post-42629992674825723662010-01-29T07:00:00.000-08:002010-01-29T07:00:04.856-08:00Seen in Passing 1/29/10<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S17socvFBdI/AAAAAAAAA0E/7wmVPnUmQio/s1600-h/6220_114950148317_528848317_2296477_1937285_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 384px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S17socvFBdI/AAAAAAAAA0E/7wmVPnUmQio/s400/6220_114950148317_528848317_2296477_1937285_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431038380307973586" border="0" /></a><br />Every Move is Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don't smh<br /></div>Vagabond...goneAKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7434469057829355428.post-40405036619754729992010-01-29T00:09:00.000-08:002010-01-29T08:56:28.264-08:00Sean Price- Figure 4 (video)<object width="448" height="374"><param name="movie" value="http://videos.onsmash.com/e/kHrRBWq8q3fjSCyp"></param><param name="allowFullscreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://videos.onsmash.com/e/kHrRBWq8q3fjSCyp" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullscreen="true" allowNetworking="all" allowScriptAccess="always" width="448" height="374"></embed></object><br />niggas wonder y i fuck wit P so hard.<br /><br />Vagabond...goneAKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7434469057829355428.post-18792206067740671292010-01-28T08:40:00.001-08:002010-01-28T17:52:19.686-08:00Shut Up Rich Ignorant White Man<object width="400" height="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/e/16711680/wshhzHRoxww72R12gFgF"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/e/16711680/wshhzHRoxww72R12gFgF" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="400"></embed></object><br /><br />Vagabond...goneAKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7434469057829355428.post-37244959946634483052010-01-27T13:04:00.000-08:002010-01-27T13:04:36.959-08:00Seen In Passing 1/27/2010<div style="text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S2CqYys6IaI/AAAAAAAAA0s/osMCbDojdjQ/s1600-h/IMG00587.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S2CqYys6IaI/AAAAAAAAA0s/osMCbDojdjQ/s400/IMG00587.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a> </div>I forgot i took this picture. it was on my sd card since the summer lmao. Anywho, this has a short story involved. So I was watching the HBO special documentary on Marrion Barry, and there's a part where Berry goes into this church in the 80's. In the church is one of my favorite science teachers from highschool. She still has the same glasses lmao.<div><br /></div><div>Vagabond...gone</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>AKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7434469057829355428.post-49165338928738213162010-01-27T06:32:00.001-08:002010-01-27T10:19:09.603-08:00Sade x Lupe Fiasco - Westside Soldier of Love (DJ BRUCE Remix)<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S2BOhkWXR7I/AAAAAAAAA0M/WF1h7ycFM8A/s1600-h/DJBRSADE.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S2BOhkWXR7I/AAAAAAAAA0M/WF1h7ycFM8A/s400/DJBRSADE.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431427489208944562" border="0" /></a><a href="http://usershare.net/u9aw7i6x8k5r">Click Here To Download</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Vagabond....gone<br /></div></div>AKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7434469057829355428.post-49505285181566824412010-01-27T06:21:00.000-08:002010-01-27T06:23:04.005-08:00Freeway & Jake One's Stimulus Package Cover & Art<object width="448" height="374"><param name="movie" value="http://videos.onsmash.com/e/zKtJ3CUCEkMsTWlC"></param><param name="allowFullscreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://videos.onsmash.com/e/zKtJ3CUCEkMsTWlC" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allownetworking="all" allowscriptaccess="always" width="448" height="374"></embed></object><br /><br />As a Freeway and a Jake One fan I look forward to the release of this project. This is easily the dopest most creative album art that I've ever seen in my life.<br /><br />Vagabond...goneAKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7434469057829355428.post-48424280510374843082010-01-24T07:37:00.000-08:002010-01-24T07:38:03.678-08:00Delicious<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S1xpS8CLMWI/AAAAAAAAAz8/PtQHb_jWb3Y/s1600-h/IMG00169-20100123-1325.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 242px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S1xpS8CLMWI/AAAAAAAAAz8/PtQHb_jWb3Y/s400/IMG00169-20100123-1325.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430331024775786850" border="0" /></a>Vagabond...goneAKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7434469057829355428.post-15408871879161857022010-01-24T07:31:00.000-08:002010-01-24T07:32:27.103-08:00These Cops Must Love Getting Featured on My Blog<object width="448" height="374"><param name="movie" value="http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/e/16711680/wshhA465X593xUTK9Z63"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/e/16711680/wshhA465X593xUTK9Z63" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="448" height="374"></embed></object><br /><br />Vagabond....goneAKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7434469057829355428.post-21701193129399881742010-01-23T15:37:00.001-08:002010-01-24T07:31:03.700-08:00More Fucked Up CopsDuring everything that's going on in Haiti a police officer shot three boys in the back for supposedly looting rice. One of the boys lies with his life hanging in the balance and another boy that cant move but can talk gives his decription of what has just happened. He says that the bags of rice they were looting" were gifts. A higher ranked officer arrives, says that this shooting has been a horrible thing and says he's calling a ambulance then disappears. The ambulance never arrived. One man was a bystander waiting for a bus; ironically he was a solid Christian and applying to be a police officer. (if this description shook u up, you dont want to watch the video posted below)<br /><br /><object height="374" width="448"><param name="movie" value="http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/e/16711680/wshhi8nsI6Z6UBBWykH8"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/e/16711680/wshhi8nsI6Z6UBBWykH8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="374" width="448"></embed></object><br /><br />In all honesty, iFeel like CNN's taping of the dead bodies in the Haiti earthquake crisis is disrespectful, especially when you won't show the bodies of dead american soldiers "to be marked respected". (what makes a particular corpse more respectable than another?) However, i really have a huge aversion for bullshit authority figures that over use their powers. Sadly, shit like this happens quite often and despite how much ppl say they're gonna change things (cops), nothing gets changed. Even if those boys were looting, who are you to shoot them. This is simple survival.<br /><br />Here's a bonus video of the NYPD being fucked up....again<br /><object height="374" width="448"><param name="movie" value="http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/e/16711680/wshhApup0DXd4SO31xuB"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/e/16711680/wshhApup0DXd4SO31xuB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="374" width="448"></embed></object><br /><br />Vagabond....goneAKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7434469057829355428.post-37366468833211027232010-01-22T08:16:00.000-08:002010-01-22T08:24:28.764-08:00UK Gardener takes pictures of the Milky WayJus saw a good read about a <a href="http://digg.com/d31GNur">Gardener who took pictures of the Milky Way</a> with his unassuming telescope that he further invested £20,000 in to. The pictues have been compared to those of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Pretty cool if you ask me. Here's a pic taken from the telescope.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S1nRDEZd33I/AAAAAAAAAzs/HyrQZ5_IC98/s1600-h/stars_1563134c.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S1nRDEZd33I/AAAAAAAAAzs/HyrQZ5_IC98/s400/stars_1563134c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429600676422213490" border="0" /></a><br />Vagabond...goneAKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7434469057829355428.post-70284031938782846712010-01-22T06:00:00.000-08:002010-01-22T06:00:05.175-08:00Seen in Passing 1/22/10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S1c5XxsOGFI/AAAAAAAAAzc/41pZQPFq4uU/s1600-h/12637596898221_0b3f.jpeg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S1c5XxsOGFI/AAAAAAAAAzc/41pZQPFq4uU/s400/12637596898221_0b3f.jpeg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428870956457007186" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Life's a Movie Yo<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Vagabond...gone<br /></div></div>AKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7434469057829355428.post-36671042527222226072010-01-21T05:37:00.000-08:002010-01-21T05:39:31.666-08:00G5 Clive ft. 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Lunchtime rap ciphers with my boys, arts block and an endless supply of inspiration walking through the halls got me through my day to day. The back breaking hours spent in a room with the same people everyday in an aim to put on a show was a bittersweet process that we grew to love and bask in after it was all said in done. We grew up to love the people we didn't like in many cases. We aimlessly became a family, held together with words, hues, and actions unrivaled by any other school i could think of. We did a lot of finding ourselves there. We fell in love with 3500 R st NW.<br /><br />Jus the other day somebody hit me up n told me that they were trying to move Ellington out of DC's affluent Ward 2 area. They're saying that they need a neighborhood school for Ward 2 families (and Ellington is on that piece of land that they want!?).... I'm not feeling that. I think that's bullshit.... When Ellington, was opened in 1974 I'd assume that there were 2nd ward families there as well....question is, why is this a big deal to them almost 40 years later? I'm just not the one for having something i worked towards (for/in), for any significant amount of time, be taken from me in a matter of seconds; that's robbery. If this isn't robbery then I don't know what is. Maybe it's because of the black and brown faces that decorate the halls and classrooms that they want to take this from us.<br /><br />I feel like that school was a blessing to me. Too much trouble, i was too familiar with, lurked inside my neighborhood school, I didn't wanna go to my neighborhood school and get involved in a lot of shit that my niggas was startin to get in to. Essentially it was the placing where my school was that brought a certain kind of energy out of me as well as many otherts. No trouble, it was serene in Georgetown. A lot of us needed that. It was a beautiful daily escape from what was waiting in the neighborhoods we hailed from.<br /><br />Moving Ellington is like moving history. For fuckin Christ's sakes, this isn't like moving a library or a baseball stadium. This is moving something that has been cemented into the lives and hearts of many people. This is moving a home with a weak excuse to go along with it and I'm not feeling that at all.<br /><br />I came in a boy that enjoyed writing and left a young man wielding knowledge that would forever be ingrained in the way I live my life. Graduation day came too quick and I didn't realize how much i missed it there until a whole term in to freshman year of college. In receiving news that they are trying to move my home, I look forward to hearing news that Ellington has earned it's stay. I'm not takin this sitting down.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S1Xf0CbYBxI/AAAAAAAAAzM/rRK2_JeMbAg/s1600-h/n746980135_1755116_2012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 270px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S1Xf0CbYBxI/AAAAAAAAAzM/rRK2_JeMbAg/s400/n746980135_1755116_2012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428491010962884370" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S1XfxJIr_JI/AAAAAAAAAzE/rkJqbMuyWoc/s1600-h/n746980135_663620_2829.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 270px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S1XfxJIr_JI/AAAAAAAAAzE/rkJqbMuyWoc/s400/n746980135_663620_2829.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428490961223941266" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S1ZkDCCehxI/AAAAAAAAAzU/vKHn8AyEWR8/s1600-h/n746980135_663591_3517.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 270px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S1ZkDCCehxI/AAAAAAAAAzU/vKHn8AyEWR8/s400/n746980135_663591_3517.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428636404091356946" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S1Xfs-Z2V-I/AAAAAAAAAy8/5H9DubxLLWg/s1600-h/n746980135_662812_1314.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 270px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S1Xfs-Z2V-I/AAAAAAAAAy8/5H9DubxLLWg/s400/n746980135_662812_1314.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428490889623656418" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S1Xfpcx70_I/AAAAAAAAAy0/YZ9n0TpBQNI/s1600-h/n746980135_662782_446.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 270px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S1Xfpcx70_I/AAAAAAAAAy0/YZ9n0TpBQNI/s400/n746980135_662782_446.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428490829058266098" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S1XeyKeMasI/AAAAAAAAAys/2eBu4z_WIt8/s1600-h/ellingtonschool.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S1XeyKeMasI/AAAAAAAAAys/2eBu4z_WIt8/s400/ellingtonschool.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428489879250823874" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Vagabond...goneAKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7434469057829355428.post-21817467104655411332010-01-15T10:38:00.001-08:002010-01-15T10:39:57.561-08:00Seen in Passing 1/15/10<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S1C2PtSIghI/AAAAAAAAAyk/ZpjOpL5RjPQ/s1600-h/IMG00705.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S1C2PtSIghI/AAAAAAAAAyk/ZpjOpL5RjPQ/s400/IMG00705.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427037931951391250" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">Happy Friday Dude</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Vagabond...gone<br /></div></div>AKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7434469057829355428.post-84459675270543397912010-01-14T05:07:00.001-08:002010-01-14T05:09:16.262-08:00Drexel Homecoming Unofficial Mix<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mediafire.com/?zwnjimja51z"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvQ6NDhlI4/S08XU1R2duI/AAAAAAAAAyc/2i2W3GT0wn4/s400/-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426581722671511266" border="0" /></a>(Click Pic to Download)<br /></div>AKZionzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199788912219109944noreply@blogger.com0