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"Never Satisfied? Try these Six Negativity Busters" source (all text copied from website)
Don’t always “one-up”: It’s annoying when an acquaintance does it to you in a bar, so don’t do it to yourself. When you meet a goal you worked hard for, take a moment to celebrate the achievement instead of immediately focusing on what you can, or should do next. Live in the moment: As Ferris famously said, “life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” People who get bogged down in the past or are always looking ahead to the future miss the small joys of life—like eating a perfectly well-done burger or seeing their baby smile—that are right in front of them today. Find a positive angle: Everyone experiences setbacks, but be careful not to allow a negative turn of events to color your view of the world. Look for something in the scenario that will help you learn and grow, and focus on that as you weather through. Look for the good in people: It’s easy to ruminate on your friends’ and family members’ flaws, as I’m sure there are many of them. But by having unrealistic expectations of what people should do or how they should act, you’re setting yourself for disappointment. The truth is that most people mean well, even if they screw up every now and then. Be thankful for the big things: In my house, we have a tendency to “sweat the small stuff.” But come on. I have a great career, a stable family, a roof over my head, and a healthy body. Do I really need to fret over the fact that Bass didn’t take my expired coupons? Beware of the “grass is always greener”: You don’t know the intimate details of other people’s situations, so it’s irrational to be jealous of them. And remember that you can be satisfied without being perfect. Even if you have your dream job or your dream family, you’re bound to have bad days. That doesn’t mean you should overhaul everything because you think you can do better someplace else. -J.GUAVA Another year of film festivals approaches and I could already imagine myself being entertained by some of the most random yet genius films that I'll probably never after their premiering night (unless their production pushes for DVDs).
VC Film Festival Date: May 1st - 8th Entrance Fee: $8.00 Time: n/a Mark Villegas is also premiering his film on DJ Icy Ice, titled "VC DIGITAL POSSE Program." I'm planning on catching it at 8pm this Wednesday (May 7), it's premier. http://hiphoplives-mrk904.blogspot.com/2008/02/legend-trailer-to-my-short-doc-on-dj.html 24th Annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. -matt n. Yo yo yo guys, matt N. the Hatt droppin' the news on more of this weekends events, Although there's the Social Justice Summit this weekend at CSUF, this Sunday is also Diggin' Sunday's 2 year anniversary. For those of you that don't know, Diggin' Sunday is this open turntable set event ran by Joel Quizon at Tribal Cafe (in p-town, off glendale, south from the 101), where DJs, record collectors, music enthusiasts, or anyone can drop some good vibe music (CD, records, and probably more...) ranging from hip-hop, funk soul, to electro and even reggae. It's held every 3rd Sunday of a month, from 1pm-6pm. I'll definitely be spinning over there, if anyone wants to carpool please let me know. I'm planning on going there as early as possible so I can get a long set. -matt N. the Hatt Hey ya'll, matt N. the Hatt droppin a club event for next weekend.
My friends are going to be DJing this club event in pasadena next saturday (April 26). The event is free but it's 21 up... I might just go, if anyone wants to go let me know. The Come Up -matt n. JUMAKAE
Peace collective. This is the event I am flying out to on April 26th: For more information, check out www.tinytoonescambodia.com . Thank u all for your endless support. I will be flying up there again on May 10th as well to support another fundraiser thrown by MASSIVE MONKEES Bboy Crew for the same cause. I'll be performing, too! Along side with One Be Lo from Binary Star and Ohmegga Watts from Lightheaded. There are going to be a group of students from Chapman University in the city of Orange who will be flying out to Cambodia at the end of May for two weeks to document Tiny Toones. With them I will be sending the donated hip hop material I have been collecting. Yay! 1 comments: ONE IMAGINATION said... wow, that's a tight flier. -matt n. The fight for the independence of Tibet rings louder and louder in our ears as the Beijing Olympics approach. Surprisingly enough, even George Bush has been paying attention and was involved in the ceremony in which the Dalai Lama recieved the congressional gold medal. Now, we all know that China is far from having a clean record on human rights: its support of the junta in Burma, of military elite in Sudan, and current repression of the voice of the peasantry which it so originally claim to represent are all ardent examples of China's oppressive regime. We must ask though, WHO will benefit from an autonomous or independent Tibet?
The Party for Socialism and Liberation recently published an article that traces the history of the Tibetan counter-revolutionary movement and its deep rooted history with the C.I.A.. What is important to note is that before the "socialist" Chinese government set in, Tibetans were worst off under the rule of the Dalai Lama. Tibet before China was not a nation of peace and harmony, and humble ruling monks. It was one that supported, and fought, to maintain a cultural social institution that kept much of the population under serfdom, another form of slavery. "Of a serf’s production, 50 to 70 percent was owed to his manorial master, in addition to forced labor called "ulag." Dozens of taxes had to be paid, including a butter tax, meat tax, wool tax, woolen cloth tax and a tax on tsampa—a staple food usually made from barley—to support the monasteries. Prayer festival taxes, hay taxes, utensil taxes, meat taxes, past-due taxes, corvée taxes in the form of labor, military taxes and others had to be paid to the government. Many additional taxes were paid to the feudal lord. The extremely high number of manor estates and monks—who performed no work but lived from others’ labor—was an enormous drain on society. Out of the 37,000 inhabitants in Lhasa, Tibet’s capital, 16,000 were monks. The Drepung monastery alone had "185 manors, 20,000 serfs, 300 pastures and 16,000 herdsmen." (6) Profoundly superstitious beliefs, complete religious control by Tibetan Buddhist lamas over the masses and severe punishment, including death, for any type of disobedience effectively kept the people from questioning their conditions or rebelling. It is no coincidence that the recent chain of events leading up to the present turmoil began on March 10. On that day in 1959, the Dalai Lama and the feudal nobility launched an armed rebellion in Tibet in opposition to major social changes introduced after the triumph of the Chinese Revolution." (for entire article click here) The struggle against serfdom in earlier Tibet, reminds me of the struggle of Europeans to overcome the elite ruling class that was supported by the Roman Catholic Church, and that later was imported to Mexico via Haciendas. (Check out Spirits Rebellious by Khalil Gibran!) The article continues with the history of the counter-revolution to what is currently going on in Lhasa. I recommend you read it to get a different perspective than that of the one that is currently being presented through our media outlets. As progressive thinkers, we must be critical of all information that is provided by the media and seek to understand issues historically and objectively while maintaining an open heart to all human struggle. -Rudy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you're interested in learning more about Tibet's struggle, I recommend that you pick up a book on the history of Tibet. But, being that probably won't happen for most, here are some sites: Students for a Free Tibet A student grassroots network towards an independent Tibet. Party for Socialism and Liberation For the socialist perspective on world and local issues. Team Tibet Learn more about Tibet and the Beijing Olympics Tibet Wiki The Wikipedia article on Tibet which gives a decent account of both sides and an overview history of Tibet. If you know any other insightful sites (or specific books), please feel free to post them up. 3 comments: Anonymous said... Dalai Lama has two faces. One is the peaceful one he shows to the Western world. One is the ugly one which aims for separating XiZang from China. Be an honest man, Dalai. April 8, 2008 8:32 PM Suanmi said... It is a difficult situation. No tibet was not perfect, but they were seperate countries until china invaded. China's claim over tibet is from the Genghis Khan Dynasty. Given that, china could also claim all of eastern europe and india. Is that reasonable. It's like egypt claiming most of eurasia because Alexander the great had once conquered the area. Tibet was independent until china invaded. That's why its called an "Invasion." As for the moral authority to invade a country based upon it's oppression of its people, well that's sticky teritory, and something the USA is claiming for Iraq. The most important thing at stake here is Cultural and ethnic GENOCIDE. Teaching all tibetan's chinese and forcing them to adapt to be chinese is a war against the tibetan people. We might see the extinction of tibetan culture practiced by the Tibetan people in our lives. -Ryan April 9, 2008 11:50 AM Michelle said... There's been discrepancies in news coverage, that's for sure. Take a look at anti-cnn.com Interestingly enough, I just had a conversation with a friend of mine who's from China and as a minority there (Mongolian), she said that the government's really taken care of them. For example, Tibetans and other minorities are allowed to have five kids instead of one (under the One Child policy). Also, she had many medical problems growing up which she says were completely subsidized by the Chinese government. I'm not saying that the Chinese government is perfect, either. (I'm actually writing on Chinese censorship and the Microsoft, Yahoo, Google scandal.) But I do think that people tend to generalize a country into two catagories: good and bad. April 12, 2008 6:29 PM Hey ya'll
I know we just had a BTS mic nearly a week ago, yet I've finally uploaded February's BTS. I apologize for the delay of these pictures, luckily it's spring break and I have time to upload some forgotten pictures. I took some pictures back in January's BTS, but most of it was video, not much pictures were taken... Unfortunately, I was unable to take any pictures from this past BTS. It was probably the first BTS i was unable to take pictures... Well, with 1 month away, we have our one anniversary open mic, so we should try to make it big; i'll definitely take pictures for the next one. I've also uploaded my 21st bday pictures. I know i'm late in saying this, but thank you all for those that were able to attend, you guys made my 21st bday unforgettable. matt's 21st bday BTS 2-28-08 -matt n. Well for everyone following the show, and were as outraged by Kabba's elimination and Status Quo being in the #1 spot the show has a definate possibility of being rigged. They have the legal language to actually rig the contest and get away with it. This is quoted from MTV's America's Best Dance Crew "Voting Rules and Regulations": "MTVN reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend either or both the phoning in or text messaging voting process and reserves the right in its sole discretion to determine the winner(s)." source: http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/dance_crew/v... scroll down and click the link that says "Voting Rules" MTV seems to be taking some plays from the American Voting process, making viewers believe that their vote counts when it doesn't, and making tons of money off of the advertising and text messages. (To the tune of Vanilla Ice's jam) Go Jabba Go Jabba Go -Ryan Monday, March 24, 2008 yo yo, planet b-boy has premiered and is screening from march 21st - march 27th @ the Landmark Nuart theater!!! Let's check it y'all!! before it's too late!
http://www.planetbboy.com/ -matt n. |
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