Aug 5, 2008

Introducing Jay Smooth

I ran into the Ill Doctrine vlog a little late in the game (thanks Lil), but this man represents all the reasons why I fell in love with hiphop way back when. Smart, political and irreverent are all spliced together in this video blog. And he actually understands hiphop from the inside.

Check out this nugget:
"Science has proven that any meme becomes played out precisely at the moment when people start calling it a meme".

And if you want to delve deeper, here is a nice little clip on race:
http://www.illdoctrine.com/2008/07/how_to_tell_people_they_sound.html

Aug 3, 2008

To ER and back

As the tinu would say - "Uh! Oh!".

We were walking over to a friend's when her eye started to swell up. Her lip started getting all fat. Puffy cheeks. Hives. We were in the midst of a full blown allergy attack. Neither of us had dealt with a massive allergy before, so we were a little confused. But we managed to make it to the E.R. (Thanks Mike). A bit of shouting, some benadryl and a nap later she seemed to be on the mend. But it was all a little freaky.

The scary thing is that we still have no idea what triggered the reaction.

Observation: The Kaiser E.R. doctors are incredibly nice! I feel very grateful.

Update: Post E.R. photo