Swim Good to Otis

I make sure to listen to this every time I check out the Nostalgia, Ultra mixtape but as Ocean would say, I want to hear someone harmonize to Otis, so here's a link to Jay-Z and Kanye's, or The Throne's, song "Otis" off their Watch the Throne album.

Hate Mondays?

And you thought your Monday's were bad?

Fat Back

So I try to eat healthy.  My diet consists heavily of smoothies, grilled fish, and rotisserie chicken, but when I take my yearly trip to North Carolina, to visit my dad's side of the family, that pretty much goes out the window.  My dad always tells me about some of the things that he loved as a kid but no longer eats because it's more of a southern thing and now he knows how bad it the food is for him.  One of those tasty childhood treats is fat back.  What is fat back you ask?  It is literally the thin layer of skin and thick layer of fat from the back of a pig . . . fried -_-.  I've heard about this for years, but just the other day my grandmother was eating some and asked me if I've had any before.  After I said no she said that I have to try I piece, so I asked for the smallest one possible.  It wasn't bad but I don't think I'm going to integrate friend pig fat into my diet.

Everyone Loves Music

Rock the Bells 2011

Purchased the Rock the Bells 2011 tickets last week.  VIP, front row of the orchestra section.  Can't wait to hear Illmatic live.

Sleep When I Die

It's five in the morning in this part of the country and I can't sleep, so I'm listening to Frank Ocean.

Basketball

Dislocated my shoulder playing basketball 4 weeks ago from this Tuesday while playing at Wilson Park in Torrance.  It quickly popped out but I felt it pop back in.  I played one game after and did pretty well.  I was going to drop my stuff off at home and go to the hospital, but then I saw the traffic on the way to the hospital and decided I was fine . . . great decision.  I waited 2 weeks to play again and made sure I didn't even sleep on that side or lift while I was at the gym.  That time I played, I went off.  We lost the first game but I scored about 5-6 of our 7-8 points.  We won the second game and I scored 8-9 of our 11 points, but I accidentally injured the guy guarding me, so I decided to sit out the next game after he left.  My shoulder got pretty sore during this time; although, it felt strong while I was playing.

I played again today, twenty-one against my dad and uncle.  I quickly got to 20 while they had 6 and 4 . . . it took them awhile to warm up.  I struggled to make the last three but I finally did and good thing because they had caught up.  After the game, my shoulder began to slightly burn then it really started to hurt.  It goes without saying, but I'm making a doctors appointment for right after I get back to Los Angeles.