The Cool

Lupe Fiasco's The Cool is source for a pretty good time. I'm not a big rap or hip-hop listener, but I was drawn to Fiasco's political and mostly substantial lyrics (compared to the bitches & hoes, big money, nice cars and killing people lyrics that other rappers seem to be so fond of). In his song "The Coolest," Fiasco takes on the personality of a corrupt authority figure, bragging of his violent and greedy tendencies, obviously calling them out on their ethics and behavior. In "Little Weapons," Fiasco tells stories of the younger generation influenced by our violence-saturated culture and acting on aggressions. He directly compares a child playing a shooting game to a soldier in Iraq. Most of his lyrics are evidently passionate and driven by slower R&B beats; however, some of them fall into a seemingly, very long chapter of an audiobook when Lupe's monotonous rapping is droned by such slow and repetitive bars. I also have no idea why Fiasco had Pete Whatshisface from Fall Out Boy produce one of his tracks.

Paola came over for dinner last night. Good times.

I made toasted garlic bread with mozzarella (pre-melted mozzerralla):
To dip with bruschetta (it was good I swear):
And eat with salad:
Yumness. I'm hungry.

The day before, Alex Ho and I went shopping where he bought a pair of Miu Miu moon shoes and I got a pair of fishing boots; we love:
Around the tree-house:
I watched a documentary on a pastor named Fred Phelps today. Showtime has the movie "Fall from Grace" on demand. Anyway, Phelps is notorious for his sermons and picketing on anti-homosexuality, hateful interpretation and exploitation on the Bible, and his Cryptkeeper-like appearance. Some of his signs carried by his family members and grandchildren at pickets read "god hates fags" and "thank god for 9/11." The documentary was incredibly fascinating, and even though nobody should pay his ignorance any mind, it was shocking to learn that there are people like this are living in our country; they're absolutely awful. I've attended Catholic school for 7 years and Christians are not like this at all, and the Bible was certainly NOT meant to be interpreted that way.

On a lighter note, Happy 2008! Here's to a new year of goodness, happiness and self-improvement.
Love to you all!

Currently Listening to:
Michael Cera & Ellen Page in their Golden Globe Nominated Film, "Juno" - Anyone Else But You
Philip Glass - Violin Concerto with the Ulster Orchestra