the forbidden dance

can we please talk about the crip walk for a minute?

i made my way through a crowded bar the other night by doing the crip walk (as a joke, of course). little did i know that just by doing the dance i put my life in danger.

i just googled the crip walk and found out that it's actually a forbidden dance, very much unlike the lambada. The crip walk, or c-walk is a dance that "members of the street gang Crips would use nimble movements of their feet to spell out their names or other Crips words (sometimes spelling out Bloods, the name of their rival gang, and then crossing it out). Many Crip gangs also use the C-Walk to celebrate the initiation of a new member. It is also believed that the C-walk was used as a warning, for example in the build-up to a robbery: The lookout would stand outside of the store and act as surveillance, while the robbers would await the signal—the C-walk." (do i have to cite wikipedia here using APA style? no.)

i also read online that one could be shot for doing the crip walk. scary! while i am on the other coast from the crips, we know how the east coast/west coast thing goes. and i am not about to go out like biggie (rest in peace). so from this moment on, i will not do the crip walk in bars or even in my own house, when getting up to get myself a 40 oz. from the fridge.

i'm just gonna keep it real and walk like the hefty white dude i am. holla!

what nerds read

if you are at all confused about the industry i work in, take a look at this link. this is the sort of thing my coworkers drool over.

http://www.typotheque.com/articles/re-evaluation_of_gill_sans/

and i love it, especially because i am obsessed with england and anything to do with it (especially the spice girls).

seasons change

wow, it has been a really long time since i have blogged. i would actually be surprised if anyone is even checking this page anymore. so if you know me, you know that a lot has happened in the past month. here's an update:


1. i got a new job. my first day is april 9. it was a weird experience...i was recruited by a company and had a new job offer within the span of like 10 days. i'm pretty excited.

2. i hit 4 cities in 5 days with my current job. that was a contributing facor in leaving. they broke me down mentally.

3. we have a leaky freaking basement. i am pissed. but i think it might be fixed? we had a hard-driving rain last night and there was no leak this morning. so keep your fingers crossed for us!

4. we are getting a puppy in may. not sure what type yet. but in the meantime, we are puppy-sitting macy, val and brian's coton de tulear. if she f's up the house, we are so not getting a puppy.

5. we got free tickets to the justin timberlake concert last week. there was one mens room in the entire stadium. they transformed all of the mens rooms into ladies. when i made it to the one mens room, there were 4 dudes in there--all of which were probably gay. gotta love jt.

that's it! be back soon.