mizChartreuse || redefiningSuccess

I love artistry, creativity, and originality, but I also understand that people are influenced by others. It’s one thing to be a poseur, blatantly ripping off other artists. However, I think it’s another thing to take what you’ve been exposed to, and use a piece of art as inspiration to create something new. How many [...]

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Last year on this date, I awoke from an afternoon nap and checked my phone to see this message from my friend Shakeel: “I am so sad right now.” I frantically wrote him back asking what happened. “Michael Jackson died” was the response. I remember that moment so clearly; the sinking feeling in the pit [...]

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Last night, Sean and I watched Notorious, the biopic on the life and times of Christopher “Biggie Smalls” Wallace, aka the Notorious B.I.G. I’m a hip-hop fan and have always loved Biggie’s music, but I must honestly say I knew pretty much nothing about his life other than his feud with Tupac and the East [...]

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Welcome. Welcome to the end. Do not panic. There is nothing to fear. Everything around you is changing. Nothing stays the same. This version of myself is not permanent. Tomorrow, I will be different. The energy never dies. Energy cannot be destryoed or created. It always is. And it always will be. This is the [...]

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1. Of all the bands/artists in your cd/record collection, which one do you own the most albums by? I don’t have much of a cd/record collection (where did they all go?!), but I definitely have everything Incubus and Hanson have ever done, as well as a decent Beatles collection. 2. What was the last song [...]

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