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• 04.09.08
  Silver-Lined Tweet Clouds Ego Trippin, Social Media | (11)

  In March, 2007, I was convinced by several people in my camp to get down with the mega-hyped service, Twitter.

  Since then, I have dropped more than 1800 status messages — though rarely answering the question, “What are you doing?” The verbiage I lay down on Twitter usually reflects, “What am I thinking?”

  More than once I have scanned my archives (at a 140 charaters apiece) — crate diggin’ my own thoughts for ideas that can be explored in lengthier pieces in the future.

  TweetClouds.com provides additional clue about what my status messages encompass. Utilizing a visual tag cloud, where keywords are sized based on the weight of my usage, a clear display of what my updates focus on begins to take shape.

  

  It is no surprise that Black, people, wifey, ‘preciate, and some of my more trademark colloquialisms stand tall. I plan to get down with this same service next year and reflect on the elasticity of my thoughts — and to what degree my words, like a hip-hop beat, will evolve.

• 04.07.08
  Epic Fear Ego Trippin | (9)

  I have been staring at this editing screen for a few hot minutes, not quite sure what I want to write — and it makes me wonder how many of the writers I consider great, have struggled with this same issue.

  A lot of my time is spent consuming different content and media throughout the day (and shouldn’t I have something to say about that?) Most of the time, I am looking for solid stories on subjects that interest me. People. Music. Art. God. Films. Photography. Fashion. Comics. Video games. BMX.

  My interests are organic and constantly changing. It is an eclectic mix that were I to craft pieces encompassing those interests, it would be possible for potential readers to effectively learn more about me.

  TRUTH? Pride is holding me back from laying down the words dancing around in my head. Or, more importantly, fear. The overwhelming sense that I do not want to publish anything that is not epic.

  …and yet, I just did — right here.

• 12.04.07
  Uncle Remus? Ego Trippin | (0)

  TRUTH? I am coming to the strong realization that my life feels constrained in some way if I am not able to connect with people, in particular through the stories they could share about their life. Jason Boyett said, “stories are a societal glue” — and his statement hits like a 12th-round knockout.

  What is becoming absolutely apparent about my own nature is that I feel compelled to share the stories that have been passed on to me by the people I encounter. Some of them are great adventures. Others capture the agonizing defeat in a failed hustle. Usually when the story is over, I often walk away actually feeling the story. How can I capture that spirit and emotion so that others can share in the same story I just heard?

  Earlier today a friend jokingly asked me if I wanted craft stories like Uncle Remus — I was too distracted at the time and missed the intended punchline altogether, but, it did get me thinking, “should I be the one to tell their stories?” My writing. Your story. My voice. Your story. My camera. Your story. Maybe.

• 11.20.07
  Du-Rag Dreams #1 Ego Trippin | (4)

  Last night I had a dream that I was flying down a winding road with heavy S-curves and unfamiliar hills and valleys. At the speed I was going, it was apparent that I was chasing something (although I could not see it initially). At one point I could see a car full of familiar heads bobbin’ & weavin’ down the road, just out of my reach. No matter how many corners I cut and despite any line I took, these cats continually shook me like a bad habit. It was frustrating. At times I was close enough to notice faces smiling at me, hands motioning me to come closer, and then a sudden burst of acceleration as they would pull away. I felt like this chase had no end. Before I woke up, the car ahead of me broke loose and was quickly out of mind and out of sight. I never caught them.

  Every night before I go to sleep, I tie on a du-rag to help keep my waves tight…sometimes I probably tie it on too tight.

• 11.11.07
  I Do Me Ego Trippin | (7)

  Whenever I meet new people, one of the first things they ask me regarding Do You KNOW Clarence? is what I do. Maybe the assumption is that since I’ve developed this brand, I must do something that warrants spotlighting myself with a clever tagline. Quite simply, my whole hustle is that, “I do me“.

  Using every possible platform for thought and creativity, (within my spheres of interest), I hope to connect with other cats in the world who value whatever form of expression I get down with. This includes writing, spoken word, photographs, and eventually film.

  In time, I would like to break it down like these true pioneers of original flavor formations — Langston Hughes, Petey Greene, Gordon Parks, and Muhammed Ali. To be recognized for how I live, rather than what I do, strikes me as the surest way to know I can make an impact in the world around me.

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