I really do miss the early 90’s. As far as rap music goes, that was when, in my opinion, when rap music was at its high, at least for the West Coast, and if you know me, you know that I love West Coast music. While the lyrics aren’t that great, and are often misogynistic and glorify violence, the music side of the songs is above anything else put out by any other coast then, and since. I recenlty started listening to The Very Best of Death Row and it made me wish beats were like they were then. This is one of the BEST compilations ever put together, just look at this track listing:

    2pac – Against All Odds
    2pac – California Love (Remix)
    Snoop Doggy Dogg – Gin And Juice
    Dr. Dre – Nuthin’ But A G Thang
    2pac – Ambitionz Az A Ridah
    Snoop Doggy Dogg – Who Am I (What’s My Name )
    Tha Dogg Pound – Let’s Play House
    Warren G – Regulate
    Snoop Doggy Dogg – Ain’t No Fun (If The Homies Can’t Have None)
    Tha Dogg Pound – New York, New York
    Dr. Dre – Let Me Ride
    Tha Dogg Pound – What Would You Do
    Lady Of Rage – Afro Puffs
    Petey Pablo And Kurupt – Off Tha Chain

How could you not like this album? These are some of the best tracks ever released by artists that were at the top of their game.

I was reading random blogs when I found this link, posted by Heilemann, and found it to be rather funny.

History of the Internet

As you can see, I changed the look of the site. The little guy in the header is Squijee. He’s from QN5 and I thought he would work well in the header, plus he’s cool.

I really am going to miss college and all my friends. When I go back to St. Louis for good, very few of my friends will be there. Many are moving away or will still be in school at their respective universities. I will really miss these people. On the other hand, I can’t wait to go home and see my nephew. I can’t wait to take him to a Cardinals game with the rest of my family, which WILL happen this summer, no matter how hectic everyone’s schedules will be. Life is too short to put things off.

I’ve also started using a couple new plugins, which are conveniently listed in my sidebar. One is the Friend Finder plugin. This is sweet, you define a name and the respective website, and when said name is in a post, it will automatically link their name to their website. The other plugin in is a live comment preview plugin, so you can see what your comment will look like as you type it. To download these plugins, just click the plugin name in the sidebar.

I recieved an A on my hip hop paper, which you can read on my Scholarly Works page (link at top). I was excited to recieve an A because the professor grades really tough (but really fair). I worked hard on the paper, and I think it paid off. One day, if I get my PhD in history, I may turn it into a book. Who knows……

Anyway, time to go to sleep and get ready for the last class of my Bachelors degree. Finals are next week, hopefully I will do well. It’s really scary to be this close to graduation.

I came into the lab and Anna and Caleb were updating their blogs, so I decided to update mine. Nothing is really going on right now. I’m almost done with classes, completely done with schoolwork. Now all I have left to do are my finals. Anna had a nice post about what she will miss from college. I’m going to copy her idea and now tell you what I will miss.

  • People at work, including AnnaBanana and CaraBear
  • My roomate for 3 years, Chuckles
  • History classes
  • Drinking
  • Poppycocks
  • Being able to skip an entire day without repercussions
  • As much as I hate it, Springfield, and more specifically, being able to walk anywhere
  • Friends that have graduated, or will be graduating, that I will no longer see
  • Things I will not miss

  • Certain people (most of you know who i’m talking about)
  • HST 551
  • HST 418 busy work (lesson plans, etc)
  • Filling the printers at work
  • That’s all I can think of so far. Good luck on finals everyone. Good luck in life.

    Some new pics from the BBQ in celebration of the engagement of Matt and Anna are up. Congrats guys! (click picture for more)

    Cake