Dwele - Sketches of a Man
Wale - Mixtape About Nothing (mixtape)
Kid Cudi - A Kid Named Cudi (mixtape) (I figured since I missed the concerts I'dhave my own)
Drake - Drizzy (mixtape)
Octane & Illite - Forgotten Choosen (album burnrubberdetroit.com), Cook It Cut It, Leave Me Alone
Graffiti of the day:
So today was a very nice and short walk through the upper Ramblas all the way down to the old city and to la Biblioteca (don't know if i spelled that right but who cares. I took French, not Spanish.) I actually did some sketches that I liked and have posted some of them. They're from various places on the walk including MACBA, St. Andews Cathedral/church, and a couple other places. I'm starting to realize that I need to find more time to hone the skill of sketching again. When I was little I used to do this almost everyday but somewhere in there, life got in the way and the skills diminished a little bit. Don't get me wrong, I don't suck, but I definitely struggled in the beginning of the walk and found my stride by the end. I'm not where I want to be with it but the progress from this morning gives me encouragement to continue. I need to get some more supplies for drawing as well. The one pencil and several pens I have are not enough to convey what I want to do with the drawings.
Other than the walk and school, I have found myself on a mission. It's very personal to me and I hold it very dear to my heart seeing that no one has touched me in this way for about four and a half years now. While in Spain, I am looking for a barbershop to cut my hair. Some people just don't understand where I'm coming from. My barber moved to Las Vegas approximately four and a half years ago and since then, I've cut my own hair. I've made mistakes, had to cut all my hair off, and even done a couple good jobs. But now, I've been doing it for so long that I have a hard time giving up the control of this necessity. But I feel like Spain, as random as it sounds, is the place where I have to let the control go and get a barber to do it. I know there are black barbers and I have seen a couple but I just don't know how to say what I want yet so I'm holding out until I get that language barrier taken care of. So Mission Fade Away is on and poppin.
Also with this trip and this excess of free time, I've found that a lot of things that I put off during school that I find interest in have come back into the picture. I'm entering a shoe design contest and think I can actually do something that is of some substance. The guitar playing has been put on hold due to the fact I don't have mine with me but Outkast "Take off your cool" is learned and now I'm on that Babyface "When can I see you again". Yes that's right, getting my Babyface on! What! I don't feel a [ || ] is necessary here because we all know that Babyface makes hits that both men and women enjoy. Also, my affinity for graffiti, stenciling, Maggin' (quick magnum pen tagging), and just creative things has come back. It's funny how when you are being forced to do creative things, the creativity leaves at some point and it just becomes something you have to do but at the same time it's still not a job.
And this blog thing has come back into play. Mad fun and it allows me to look back at stuff I've done with my life and say, "dang, that was kinda hype/funny/dumb/poignant/cool." Shout out to Dwele for an awesome album. I know I'm lllllooooooonnnnngggg overdue for that one but I figured I'd pay homage with a play on words title.
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