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Showing posts with label j. cole. Show all posts
Showing posts with label j. cole. Show all posts
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Writer's Block and J.Cole
I've been feeling a bit (okay, a lot) of writer's block lately. Not because everything is terrible, but rather because lots of things are great! It FINALLY feels like summer here in AK- the leaves are on the trees, the grass is growing, and the snow pile in my yard has finally melted. The mosquitos are out, but at least they are still slow and stupid. I stepped on my glasses the other day (Boo) but that forced me to
finally go to the eye doctor, so now I have new contacts AND glasses
(Yay!) The new Arrested Development episodes are up, and last week was the first bluegrass festival of the season (where it was sunny and warm. Mostly.) Long list short, things are good (minus the writer's block). I hope to be back soon with regular favorite thing writing.
One thing I'm not feeling blocked about is J.Cole. He's back with a hot new jam - Power Trip. LOVING IT, you guys.Slow jam + Rap. YES. And a twist ending!
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Museums and J.Cole
Thanks to some excellent connections, I got to spend the night at a museum on Friday. I got to touch a real-life human skull.
My love for museums extends back a long way. I pretty much grew up in a museum, thanks to my mom's job at SciTech Hands on Museum The museum was closed on Mondays and a lot of school holidays fell on a Monday, which meant I had the run of the museum. (Well, all the exhibits that didn't need to be plugged in.) I played with chromatography and Bernoulli's Principle and that's probably part of the reason I'm such a nerd for science now.
While I was home for Christmas, I went to the Valley Center Historical Society with my mom and dad. I saw the World's Smallest (formerly) functioning post office.
Last summer I went to the Valdez Museum and saw the first barrel of oil to come out of the Alaska pipeline.
I also took kids to the Anchorage Museum. In general, kids are really bad at museums. They don't take time to read anything and their attention span is too short for a lot of exhibits, but they do love heat sensing cameras and tsunami simulations.
This week's hot jam is Work Out by J. Cole. I'm kind of obsessed with this song for 2 reasons. 1) I appreciate anyone who will sample Paula Abdul. 2) It reminds me of hip hop songs from the late-90s. I feel like this song could have just as easily been done by Ginuwine or Nelly, and if there's anyone I like, it's Ginuwine and Nelly. J. Cole is my age, so I'm just going to assume he feels the same way.
Things I learned about J. Cole while looking for his age:
1) He was born in Germany
2) He graduated magna cum laude from St. John's University (DMC, as in Run DMC, also graduated from St. John's. There must be something in the water)
My love for museums extends back a long way. I pretty much grew up in a museum, thanks to my mom's job at SciTech Hands on Museum The museum was closed on Mondays and a lot of school holidays fell on a Monday, which meant I had the run of the museum. (Well, all the exhibits that didn't need to be plugged in.) I played with chromatography and Bernoulli's Principle and that's probably part of the reason I'm such a nerd for science now.
While I was home for Christmas, I went to the Valley Center Historical Society with my mom and dad. I saw the World's Smallest (formerly) functioning post office.
Last summer I went to the Valdez Museum and saw the first barrel of oil to come out of the Alaska pipeline.
I also took kids to the Anchorage Museum. In general, kids are really bad at museums. They don't take time to read anything and their attention span is too short for a lot of exhibits, but they do love heat sensing cameras and tsunami simulations.
This week's hot jam is Work Out by J. Cole. I'm kind of obsessed with this song for 2 reasons. 1) I appreciate anyone who will sample Paula Abdul. 2) It reminds me of hip hop songs from the late-90s. I feel like this song could have just as easily been done by Ginuwine or Nelly, and if there's anyone I like, it's Ginuwine and Nelly. J. Cole is my age, so I'm just going to assume he feels the same way.
Things I learned about J. Cole while looking for his age:
1) He was born in Germany
2) He graduated magna cum laude from St. John's University (DMC, as in Run DMC, also graduated from St. John's. There must be something in the water)
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