seriously, is on some other shit. this mixtape, house of balloons, is unreal. if you can stand or appreciate r&b on any level then you need to hear this asap. i dont know what it is but the atmosphere in this album... at it's best it's dark, it's haunting, its fucking captivating to me. and it's something i bet most of you have missed. the strength of the album really lies in the production but this guys voice is seriously ligit.


some stretches do drag but there pretty much all the songs are great


if you like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ex38L8xtNI

seriously 3:30




if you partake i also recommen some weed before/during yo

how do you guys feel about texas congressman ron paul? ive got to do more research on the guy, but he seems somewhat attractive as a candidate. at the very least he's a genuine, consistent candidate, offering a lot of things you can't find anywhere else in the 2012 field.


on the other hand, some of his ideas are downright whacky. he favors reverting to the gold standard, is totally isolationist (which is a great thing to a certain extent), and favors abolishing the income tax. really? the income tax? even the rightest of right wingers aren't trying to destroy the income tax completely.


he'd probably destroy medicare and medicaid too. and welfare.


ok nevermind after thinking about it he is a bad option but at least he isn't taking phat corporate kickbacks like the rest of em but i wrote this out so ima post it anyway


who are you supporting america politics 2012? anarchist? green party? repooplican? change(obama)?


vote for beasley 2012

would you like to play it its a western

you gotsta kno some real economix here guys. like some euler equation shit.


who knows euler.


seriously tho i have a final tomorrow n im struggling with the euler equation annn intertemporal budget constraints and stuff


its a long shot but a few extra posts around here oculdnt hurt heheheh
 


to give the topic a point i will answer you economics questions

Have any of you more or less tought yourself a new language? Specifically, I'm trying to brush up on my french by this summer. Are there any programs/books you recommend?

so me and my buddies have been throwing around the idea of going on a backpacking trip through europe this summer. was wondering if anyone around here has had similar experiences/has any helpful tips about going on such a trip...

Mainly i'm trying to figure out expenses. I figure 1000 for round trip flight if I buy early. from there I'm thinking that the eurorail pass is going to be my best bet as far as intercountry transport. I can sleep on the trains, they're reliable, etc. Anyone have any better ideas?

Food and lodging is where i'll be able to save the most moneys i'm thinking. Probably just doing the hostel thing, with some camping maybe, which after a little research doesn't sound like too terrible an option. Apparently most major Euro cities have some sort of camping within the city limits... But not too sure. This area in particular I would like to hear of some past experiences if you guys have done anything like this. In addition we know some people in various countries... When in the UK we will have free lodging, i think possibly france too? So that should help save some cash as well.

And food. I will be eating SO POOR. just the bear minimum. i'm going to also do my best to really cut back on alcohol/drug expenses. Probably go to a club or two but really try to limit the nights im consuming substances.... Also probably a hooker in Amsterdam  ​

so. any advice? this was posted HASTILY so please forgive that but i think yall get da jist

tonight i am seeing the method man.



after tonight i will have seen the entire present wu tang lineup minus the inspectah deck. odb r.i.p.

what concerts are you going to? do you consider yourself a wu-tang enthusiast, as i do?

i work at red rocks, serving in the resteraunt in the venue. i see every show i work for free.

some people i have seen for free because of this awesome job:

crosby stills and nash
tom petty
mgmt
sting

but concert season is just getting started! i am looking forward to a whole summer of awesome tunez. are you? discuss.

i need some dope headphones for like 50 bucks.

over ear please

and make sure they look hella fresh



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is it gonna be sweet or what  ​

here is my required reading from a variety of english and history classes i have this semester.

comment/discuss if compelled to do so

steel borges marmot etc. THOSE FUCKIN DUDES im  lookin at you

Caleb Williams -- William Godwin
Northanger Abbey And other Works -- Jane Austen
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African, Written by Himself --Olaudah Equiano
A Sicilian Romance -- Ann Radcliffe
Wavery -- Sir Walter Scott
Beowulf -- Seamus Heaney
The Prince -- Machiavelli
The Tempest - Shakespeare
The Iliad - Homer


thats about it! i think a lot of it looks boring and a little pretentious (the bad kind) but who knows i sure havent read them! most looking forward to the iliad, the tempest, and the prince. caleb williams looks interesting too.

anyways please feel free to discuss

So, nine days from today i'll finally be moving into my new residence in Boulder, Colorado. CU Boulder that is! ho ho ho



For those that haven't been, it's a massive school boasting a daunting 30,000 students. I'm not so psyched about the massive class size, but the campus is really beautiful and it's literally a five minute walk from flat irons state park. All in all, should be a really good place to start working on a degree, and I'm really really really fuckin excited to go.

anyway, i've got all the usual shit ready to go; linens, clothes, computer, some storage. But I'm sure there's some things I could bring that I'm not thinking of, and thats where GW comes in! Help good 'ol Beasley move in and get his freshman year off to a smooth start with some items he might not consider bringing and just in general some tips to survive/improve living at uni

also for those of you like me going off to school in the fall feel free to use this as a platform to ask questions about going off to college/brag about the ivy league you're going to/fuck if i know about college here!

someone here must know stuff about jazz!

i have two miles davis albums, Bitches Brew and Kind of Blue. this makes me feel like a loser. could someone gimme say like a JAZZ 101 so i could get some context to build upon?? i will report back with findings. all those knowledgeable enough to participate, commence circ jerk

also if anyone here likes jazz talk about it. not too many topics to bump down anyway SO!







in addition:  ​

does anyone have any useful warnings or advice about the

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook

macbook i'm about to buy. i'm pretty decided on this and i know it's a really terrible topic but speak now.... or forever hold your piece

COLLEGE WOOO

So, this upcoming Thursday I will be departing, with the family, to Italy on a three week trip. We have a one day lay over in London, and from there it's straight to Sorrento, which is in Southern Italy. From there we'll be checking out the Amalfi coast and other spots in surrounding area. During this leg of the trip, we may fly up to Venice just for a day, me and my mom (really hoping we do this.)

Next, to Rome. Our apartment is extremely close to the colliseum (15-30 second walk?) and I've been told that's a p. great place to be staying. This is where we're spending the rest of the trip.

so anyways.

if any of you guys have been to italy (i know there are some of you out there) i'd really appreciate any tips on cool shit we could easily miss, how to avoid lines in the vatican (example), or pretty much anything else to make my trip a success! also just any general advice on travelling abroad would be cool as this is my first time overseas so i guess im not totally sure what to expect??

welp i hope i have been clear i'm a little foggy from the night before so this topic could be a lil incoherent. regardless, any advice is much appreciated, and if anyone else is leaving the country and is curious like me, feel free to use this topic to ask other members about their trips.

thx guys 

hey guys lets post our news sources!

2 reasons for this topic:

a) research for a paper! so if you all contribute then even greater success!

b) that one guy that always pops up in news topics to say "do not understand...... plz explain..." if he knows where we get our information, then he won't really have an excuse for this kind of shit!

ogoogo

So as of late my computer has been having this problem more and more. In the middle of use, it will suddenly restart, flashing a blue screen and then restarting as normal. Wish I had more information, but that's it. I've scanned for virus' and nothing came up, so I'm not sure what to do! It's getting rather annoying! Any help is much appreciated!

The computer isn't that old (about 3 years) and i'll help with any additional info needed