The Weeknd : The Knowing

When I found out that The Weeknd had a video for The Knowing, I was all over it. Its one of my favorite tracks off of his first mixtape House of Balloons. The song pretty much is about infidelity and how he knows that its taking place in the relationship but he's okay with it because he's doing his own thing as well. The video is set in the far away future on a planet where The Weeknd fights to get his heart back. Everything about this video is awesome...

Intuition...

You know that feeling  you get when something just doesnt seem right? That gut-wrenching feeling you have when you KNOW you're right about a situation?

Why is it that when we have these feelings, we never follow them? Why is it that even though we have these senses that are urging us to listen to them we hardly do? Why does it always take for us to actually get caught-up in a bad situation for us to realize that we should have followed our first instinct? You know that moment when we say "Damn I should have just went with what I was going to do in the beginning". People always say to always "Go with your gut" or that "Intuition never lies". So how come with us knowing his information, we rarely take heed to it?

I think we ignore the gut feeling because a situtation might be so hard to deal with that we just DONT want it to be true or real. We ignore the signs and push them aside  as being just our brains overreacting or jumping to too many conclusions. Its basically self-sabotage. But how do we stop ourselves from doing it? Easy...just listen to it. That little voice in our head going off  isnt alerting us for no reason.

Ive always had great intuition and knew how a situation would play out almost immediately. Its so strong sometimes that my stomach tightens and I feel sick! My problem was that I never went along with my gut feeling. Ive made many mistakes in my life because of going with my second decisions and not my first. I dont regret them at all though. As I've gotten older, I taught myslef to go with what I feel is right deep down inside my soul...and body lol. This avoids me sitting around singing my "wouldve, shouldve, couldve" song, and getting to the point. Im also more in-tune with myself and people around me. Now, Im not perfect. I still may try to silence that voice in my head, but if its screaming loud enough, I'll snap right out of it. :)

Mistakes are going to be made in life. But some situations can be avoided completely if you just follow that intuition. Trust me, it'll never lead you astray :)


BE Dope, BE Beautiful,

-Nish

Hold Your Own...

As I was coming out of a meeting a couple weeks ago, there was this sign above that was sitting outside the door. I found it pretty ironic because that day and a couple days before that I had two separate conversations with my friends about just this. I've always been the type of person to do things myself. Even when I was younger, I wanted to do things on my own. Not because I had to, more so  that I needed to. If I had a problem, Id try to figure it out on my own and exhaust every source before Id go and ask someone else for help. I rarely ask anyone for help to do anything unless I truly feel in my mind that there is no other way (shrugs). Idk if it's pride or what but that's just how I operate. I feel that if you want things done in life then YOU have to do it. I cant stand a person who sits around waiting for a handout or someone to tell them what to do next. I never understood why a person would want someone else to do something thats going to represent them in the end. That's not being an adult to me. Part of growing up is learning how to be self-sufficient and unless you have some type of disability that halts you from being independent, then you shouldnt be depending on other people all the time. Now I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with asking for help because it isnt. But there IS something wrong when you let the fate of what you want to happen be decided by someone else other than yourself. At the end of the day..all I'm saying is that if you have your eyes on something, get it done. Dont let anything or anyone deter you from what you want to accomplish...plain and simple :)


BE Dope, BE Beautiful,
-Nish

I want a Marsha Hunt afro!

BEAUTIFUL woman with BEAUTIFUL hair :)

(& she's from Philly too ayyeee)

I should have grown up in the 70's. The music was like NO OTHER

BE Dope, BE Beautiful,

-Nish

Woodgrain, Donuts & a Badass Kitty...

Thought I'd give DM a facelift to inspire me to blog more. I combined 3 things that I love and BOOM here we are now basking in the awesomeness of it all. I LOVE the Strawberry Frosted donuts with the sprinkles from Dunkin Donuts, I've always loved lions (the fact that I'm a Leo is just Dope *pelvic thrust*). And I just love the way woodgrain accents things. I am definitely more inspired to write and share my world now. Hi-five for me & hope you like it :)


BE Dope, BE Beautiful

-Nish

When I'm right.....I'm RIGHT...

I've been a Right-brained person my enitre life. I always find myself daydreaming , coming up with wild ideas, and having random outbursts that make total sense to only me. My trouble growing up was trying to understand why everybody didnt think the same way I did. Like why can't everything be made into a big picture instead of reading some boring ass regular ass written directions? Where is the fun in that? Where is the excitement in following the same routine day-in and day-out? I would seriously die if my life consisted of having to do the exact same thing over and over. I think I would actually rather die than to do so. Don't get me wrong, there are lot of cool Left-brained occupations out there, and I've even considered a couple as a career when I was younger. I just realized, growing up, that they were not the fit for me...at all. My life needs constant stimulation....shiny things...colorful things...odd things...things of non-sense that have complete meaning. What my brain wants is what--....ooooo I should name my brain! How many people you know named their brain? That would be dope! I forgot what I was saying...oh well

Anyways....I took like 5 different tests to see how much of my right brain I use, and they all said that I use my Right side substantially more than my Left side....like 85% more..thats crazy. But you can just google it and take the tests for yourself. Are you a Left-brainer..or a Right-brainer...or do you use both sides equally?


BE Dope, BE Beautiful,

-Nish

Dear Frank Ocean,

i <3 you :)

Seriously, I haven't heard anyone who makes me teary-eyed listening to their music in AWHILE. Every single track gives me goosebumps and I just want to listen over and over again. Frank Ocean's music makes me happy, sad, laugh, and think all in one. I hear certain tracks and want to run in a field full of daises and daffodils and dance in the rain with a tie-dyed mu-mu on. Then other songs break me down. I think its the voice. Matter of fact, i KNOW its the voice...ughhhh!!! Frank Ocean's voice is almost hypnotizing like..its just awesome damnit lol. :sigh: I love this guy :)

Download the album "nostalgia, Ultra" here
Frank Ocean's BLOG 

BE Dope , BE Beautiful,

-Nish

Beautiful Day, Beautiful People, Beautiful Life

It was nice as hell today (80degrees), so I took a trip downtown to take it all in and enjoy the day. I hung out with some dear friends and made a few connections with new ones. I'm the type of person who likes to sit back and observe my surroundings, so I tend to be a little quiet when I'm in new settings. It's not shyness (I vibe with people pretty well), I'm just a "people watcher". Always have been. As I was headed back home I reflected back on my day. I'm just so grateful & thankful to be able to experience the things that I do. All of the dope, wonderful, awkward, amazing things. My life is fucking beautiful!!

So yea, a lot of new names & faces today & I remember them all despite not being able to see (broken glasses. Damn you MJ Experience!) Wish I could have taken pictures but my camera is broken =/


BE Dope, BE Beautiful,
-Nish

A Toast...

A friend of mine tagged me in this on Facebook...

 

A Taste of Childhood...

I was really craving old childhood snacks the other day...i could really go for one or all of these right now...

CHUMPIES & HOMEGIRLS - I dont remember how Chumpies even taste anymore but Homegirls had like a sweet honey taste to them. And check out the characters on the bags!  They were too damn cool.

Turn Up The Lights In Here Baby...

LOVE LOVE LOVE this track :)

KANYE WEST FT. RIHANNA & KiD CuDi - ALL OF THE LIGHTS

want you to see everything want you to see all of the lights....



Artistic Over-whelms...

I can't sleep! So many ideas for projects are all coming to at once. A plethora of designs consisting of different mediums are occupying my brain and I can't sleep! Every time I try to close my eyes, my mind wanders off into "Creation Nation" and all of these possible possibilities just start oozing from my brain. I'm suffering from Artistic Overwhelms. Please don't laugh, this is a serious condition. It's worse than having Artists' Block. Its one thing not having any ideas (which can suck major ass), but its a totally other feeling when you have too many ideas coming all at once. I really don't know what to do! Well actually I do, I just don't know where to start. I'm going crazy over here man.

I literally created a brand, its identity and audience in like 10 minutes. I have visions of me creating the designs at the sewing machine and everything and I've never even used one in my life lol. This can't be normal. Am I losing my mind? Like I really can't sleep right now, its insane. I guess I'll just sit here and type out all my ideas and designs and names, concepts and brands and any other thing that comes to mind. I'm definitely going to need a larger memory card for my BlackBerry! If everything goes the way I envision in this kooky head of mine, 2011 is going to be bananas yo

Nish is coming for that ass hahahaha

Only the DOPEST survive..

Picture this...

A world full of DOPE ass people with DOPE ass names
DOPE ass attitudes and DOPE ass brains
With the DOPEST vernacular & the DOPEST of hearts
Who have DOPE ambitions that set them apart
From the Losers & the Suckas & the Lames who never strive
Picture a world where only the DOPEST survive...

hahaaha...that would be DOPE yo


Truthfully, if you surround yourself with the right people that are doing the right things for the right reasons, you won't have a problem picturing that world at all. Shit you probably already live in it. I know I do. I love DOPE things, I kick it with the DOPEST people who create and do some of the DOPEST shit. I love hard and grind even harder. My goals have goals okay..now tell me that aint DOPE. I'm out to be the best at everything I do and if you're not careful, everything you do as well. Doing me while telling nay-sayers to kill that noise hahaha. That's just the mindset that I live in though...the dopest.Mindset