Archive for December, 2012

Christmas Wish List Lifestyle…

Wednesday, December 12th, 2012

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I scored this mean scarf on the system (eBay) for under $40 with $6 S/H.

Now I just need the knit sweater to be at a similar comeup price.

Keep your eyes peeled for an XXL for me Internets.

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Sisyphus Rising…

Wednesday, December 12th, 2012

Sisyphus

If the Knicks win the championship this season it will be because Carmelo Anthony finally got the mountainous chip off his shoulder and pushed the giant rock called Knickerbocker frustrations up the hill.

Sisyphus was a mythic king who was cursed to push a boulder up a hill in ancient Greece. Right at the apex of the mountain the boulder would become unwieldly and roll back down to the bottom of the mountain. Sisyphus would atempt time after time to push the boulder to the top yet he would continuously fail. His destiny was to do this for time immemorial.

The Knicks have been the NBA’s embodiment of Sisyphus’ struggle ever since 1973. Forty years of Knickerbocker fan frustration might just come to a close this season with a team combined of castaways and over-the-hill players. I feel like this configuration of cursed and ancient athletes bodes well for finally pushing that boulder over the hill.

Best Hip-Hop X-Mas Anthem Of All Time!

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

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Leave it to Sean Price, the Bingo Long of the rap game, to create the best Christmas rap song evar.

Shit is foul. Pure foultry. Don’t play this loud at the office nah’mean?!

HAPPY HANUKKAH BITCHES!

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

Mack and the Mackabees

Say what you want to about Hebrews but give us our props for having the most kick azz holiday stretch of any of the major religions. Okay, okay, the coptic Christians that go from Christmas to Three Kings Day have two weeks of balling out, but Hanukkah is still the bomb because we get to use fire.

Our holiday is the celebration of pushing back the wigs of the Greek soldiers that were occupying the holy land. Back in those days the Greeks had a whole military industrial complex to die for (literally). They had a navy and an army and they were into shit like coming up into your living room and taking your television and your goats and the what not.

My great-great-great grandfathers were tired of the Greeks beasting out their property so they made some of the occupiers lean back. This started a whole war thing. Since the Greeks had like all the good tanks and helicopters my people would have to throw their rocks and then run into the mountains to hide out. The Greeks were hating on my folks bigtime by calling them militants, terrorists, insurgents and all kinds of other misnomers. It was a bad scene. Many Hebrews were killed and enslaved.

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The tide turned after the Greeks ran up inside the temple in Jehrusalem and started wildin’ out. The Greeks tried to make the temple a sanctuary for their homie Zeus and that is when all hell broke loose. Everyone in the ‘hood flipped out on the Greeks including all the old folks. With their rocks and sticks they pushed the Greeks back into the sea.

The temple was in shambles, but my peoples decided to make a big party out of the repairing of the house of the Lord. It took them only one quarter cycle of the moon to complete the renovations, but we have been arguing about who did the most work ever since.

Interconnected Networks…

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

I NEEEEEDS this tee in my life!

My sneaker acquisitions as of late have been nil. I’m just stacked to the rafters with ‘Lo gear I have been picking up from other collectors. Nothing powerful tho’. Just solid Lifestyle pieces to put into the everyday rotation. I did get a few nice scarves tho’.

Here’s a pickup video for some Jordan Brand Chris Paul signature shoes. I copped these off ‘the system’ (eBay, natch) for a steal and they have me hyped enough to copp the white pair to maybe rock as a mixed match.