Category: definitions


R. Kelly > Sarah Palin

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September 17, 2008

Tonight on BET, R. Kelly gave his first public interview since being found innocent (?!) of child pornography. All 14 counts. (All of them) Toure did the questioning. Guilty in the court of public opinion, maybe. Still making dope songs, yes. See: 12 Play Fourth Quarter.

Toure: Do you like teenage girls?

R. Kelly: [Pause] When you say teenage, how old are we talking? [In other words, that depends what the meaning of the word "is" is]

Toure: Girls who are teenagers…

R. Kelly: 19?

Toure: 19 and younger.

R. Kelly: …I have some 19 year old friends. But I don’t like anybody illegal if that’s what we’re talking about–Underage…

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Toure: So this is over? Last time talking about it, and this won’t happen again, is that what you’re saying?

R. Kelly: [Smirk] This interview will never happen again.

“Freaky Sensation”

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Dream: To consider as a possibility

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August 18, 2008

This is wonderful.

“I don’t know why grownups don’t believe what they did when they were kids. I mean, aren’t they supposed to be smarter?”

Said a young boy in the cool-ass movie Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (as recommended by a dear homegirl of mine). He said this to Molly Mahoney, a pianist who’d lost her will to play and her confidence to dream big. He wasn’t talking about believing in Santa Claus or things like that. He was talking about believing you can do whatever you want.

You have to admire the gall of a young child who says “forget that 9-to-5 talk, I wanna be an astronaut.” Once cynicism creeps in, along with real-life stuff like taxes, those dreams gradually seep out and it’s a shame. If adults dreamed even half as much as kids do, maybe this world would be much different. If they never lost faith in what they could do, maybe. That’s one of Webster’s definitions of “dream”—“to consider as a possibility.” A big part of actually achieving something is simply believing that you can. The audacity of hope (one of my favorite phrases). I guess the adults who do believe in bigger things end up doing the biggest of things. i.e. this guy. So have a dream or two. Or millions.

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Everyone can’t be Obama

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July 12, 2008

My favorite 2Pac quote in the entire galaxy, ever, is when he said: “I’m not saying I’m gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the mind that will change the world.”

That may not be exact. I found various incarnations on the Web. But I remember hearing the phrase directly from ‘Pac on TV and I remember him putting emphasis on TEE in “guarantee.” I remember thinking I would always remember this thing he said, and these days it’s making more sense. I realize that part of being a real writer is being an agent of change. Not changing the world directly necessarily, but inspiring others to do something as a result of your words. Whether it’s a reader, a young(er) writer (many have come my way and i love them), the people you interview, whoever… Everyone can’t be Obama—everyone can’t be someone who will change the world (he already has). I mean, maybe you can. You probably can’t… but you can be the person who sparks someone else to change the world. You can be inspiration.

On the word “inspiration,” Webster’s says this:

1 a: a divine influence or action on a person believed to qualify him or her to receive and communicate sacred revelation b: the action or power of moving the intellect or emotions c: the act of influencing or suggesting opinions
2: the act of drawing in; specifically: the drawing of air into the lungs
3 a: the quality or state of being inspired b: something that is inspired
4: an inspiring agent or influence

My addendum: Inspiration is the intangible thing all writers need and often crave. It’s the ounce of something or another that moves you to start, continue or finish a masterpiece. It could be the smallest thing. An idea. The thousand(s) word articles you desire to recreate, wish you could have written or think you could’ve done better. The everyday things that strike you and that you commit to photographic memory, catalogue and revisit. It could be a person you want to be like but never can. Or think you can’t. But yes you can. It’s something maybe you want to do, never thought you could, then change your mind. Something that sparks a change.

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