Sometimes...

... you have to think like the pig to beat the pig.

Contents Under Pressure

I'm the beer rational outta national
My cash flow is thick like mashed potato-oes in the gravy
Wsup wavy, thanks to my homey King Tee-la
the host wit the most, Im coast to coast like Aunt Peela
the Cowboys beat the Steelers so nigga where's my $50
boom bap to your cap if your eyes is lookin shiftee
In this game of rappin your ass will never win
and let you play b-b rickers wit Quik, Suge and Mack 10
who need to come join these words like conjunction
a friend before I bring the end to your bodily functions
when I speak I go deep, like when I'm stabbin it
You comin up empty like your Mother Hubbard's cabinet
Cause you keep comin wit rhymes guns so deeply
Example is the school of mankind niggaz so peep me
you Range-Rovin, Tommy Hil and bustin glocks
while I'm in the studio bustin lyrics in my socks
and the A-C is broken, no jokin
we got the worm witout the coke-in
the fuckin DAT machine is smokin
The pizza still aint here, we out of beer
and I think this motherfuckin engineer is a queer
and my dip is blowin up my hip whats up honey
(eh J-Ro the land lord really wants his money)
AWW shit
Chorus
Contents under pressure, contents under pressure
I hope for the best and expect the worst
get stress off my chest everytime I bust a verse
Verse Two: Tash
Ain't no describin
the way that Tash be feelin when he's vibin
be feelin like a deadly secret agent on assignment
dont fuck wit microfilms, I want the microphones and tables
that some niggaz stole while I was at a meeting wit my label
cuz Tash will rock your cradle wit the fatal rhymes that pound
put you down cuz your lyrics suck more than Divine Brown
while Im off that Royal Crown gettin party at the Atmospheric
wit the 40's and the Hennesy to get yall in the spirit
so bounce to the lyrics of the noble Likwit warrior
get the stress out or try to maintain like X and Gloria
poundin your surroundin stuffin at you from the Liks
styles harder to decode than grafitti on the bricks
so read my tag and weep, while I drive you off the deep
wit the Alkie style that rock you and made Quantum wanna leap
cuz Tash in the streets plays for keeps on micros
its the never ending quest for west coast rap titles
Chorus
Verse Three: J-Ro, E-Swift, Tash
Yo I walk in the place, kicks un-laced
wit a bitter beer face, (a 40?) naw a whole case
wit flows like these, we not your average MC's
we be the drunken masters of ceremonies
these rappers come out hard then turn fake like rayon
put I choose to stick to the streets like a crayon
in order to go pop, we'd have to stop comin fresher
Contents under pressure....
And there ain't no tellin when we bout to explode
like tall cans in the freezer when they get too cold
we gotta title to hold, west coast ghetto gold
more than half a million know these beats got soul
we still under pressure, thats my motivation
to let this drunk technique leak thru out the nation
Im stressed out, for weeks wit no sleep
and no roll in the studio cuz I know this shits gotta blow
When you see me on the mic we go buck for buck
We only battle decent niggaz, so be glad y'all suck
Cause if I take ten steps and turn around I'll destroy ya
Cause my style be up in niggaz like I'm Oscar De La Hoya
The crew you got before ya, Tash the top gunner
so try to stay on float while the current pulls you under
Cause read what it stands fool, like on the bulletin
wit skills they couldnt teach your ass at Cal State Fulleton
I'm in the zone like the Bulls at home
wit mad stains on my shirt from all the beer and foam
Cause the crew wit all the brew, buries squads like treasures
Wit the Hennessee and Coke tryin to deal wit life's pressure

Facebook App!

FINALLY Facebook app for iPhone has been updated!
Check it!

Quotes : 07.31.09

For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you will most undoubtedly grow worse. ~Samuel Richardson

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~Thomas Paine

There's more value in truth than being right. Being right is sometimes opinion or assumption; truth... is just that. ~Self

It's not so much that one has failed you, as you have failed yourself. ~Self

Quote : 07.30.09

'I believe things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.'

- Binnie K.

Quote : 07.28.09

(I like this one in particular...)

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind" - Dr. Suess

Quote : 07.25.09

The greater your investment, the greater your return.

Quote : 07.24.09

"Some friendships are worth saving; some are worth letting go."

- Self

Trying Good Beers Tonite

At Wine Bar in Cleveland Hts...

Tried Dragon's Milk brew by New Holland brew co. ... absolute thumbs up!

And also tasted Ufo raspberry brew (gathering more info on that)... excellent!

Quote : 07.18.09

“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” -Carl Jung

Quote II : 07.17.09

"There's no need to question; you'll still find the answers"

- Self

Quote : 07.17.09

"Lets make age irrelevant and quality of living the measure."

- Unknown

Shooting some band video today

At band rehearsal today I am going to shoot a bit of video of us playing.
I thought about it last week and today I will do so and see how that comes out. If decent, I'll be adding it to the website and the Facebook page which I will be creating soon, along with the songs.

The songs and site are still in the works, was hoping to have them around sooner than I suspected. But shouldn't be too long!

Jason

http://wayoflifemusic.com
http://genasys.net

Quote(s) : 07.10.09

"We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection." - Dalai Lama

"When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him" - Euripides

Quote(s) : 07.09.09

I read a quote the other day that read:

"Can't died when could was born."

I dig that one a lot.

That in turn inspires me to write an addition / variation to that:

"Won't dies when will is born."

My band

At the moment I am doing a minor edit / master on a few recordings my band I did ourselves for demo / promotional purposes. The band is called 'Way of Life'. It is myself, Jacob English, Scott Meurer, Paul Hamad, and Jamie Carlton.
There are five songs, and they will be uploaded to a Myspace Music page and a Facebook page soon. I will also have a website up for us as well.
More on the details of those pages and when the songs are up shortly.
We are also working on lining up a show or two, more on that with the rest as well.

Jason

Ministry of Thoughts

Thieves! Liars! ... superficial, artificial, unofficial... the initial pretensions...

Nutrition

Having a serving of introspect; it does a mind-body good.

Food for Thought (Indians Tix)

I had access to Indians tickets for today's game, but due to time factors, could not make it.
But for future reference to anyone, I will have access again and welcome anyone who would like to go. Let me know and I'll keep it in mind next when I get them / they are offered to me.

Quote : 06.28.09

'What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.'

-Oliver W. Holmes

'Weak Flesh'

Strong man stands, I won't stand abused
Be off the streets, Watch everyone

Don't be fooled, By false security
You're weak
Hands are tightening
Around your throat

-Godflesh : 'Godflesh' (1988)

J.K. Broadrick / G.C. Green

'Almost Heaven'

Let me know who I am, I'm not sure where I'm at
Let me know what is left, because I'm not sure if I'm here right now
Let me breathe give me air, suffocation is all I know
Can't do it myself, don't know how
Never been taught so I'm nothing now

-Godflesh : 'Songs of Love and Hate' (1996)

J.K.Broadrick - guitar, vocals
G.C.Green - bass
B.Mantia - drums, percussion
Machines - samples, drum machine, synth

Lyrics by J.K.Broadrick

Quote : 06.23.09

'What one person does bad for me, I do good for another.' -Self

The universe talks....

... and I (definitely) listen.

Quote : 06.19.09

Quote: 'It still always begins with yourself; but you become a better person by befriending better people.' - Self

Testing Blogpress

Testing out my Blogpress app for iPhone...
So far so good!
Story of this last Wed Nite Ride coming up.
Oh and I still have to post the story on the Every Trail app, and my first experience with mapping my ride.

iTunes Issues Today

Is anyone else having issues (on and off) with connecting to the
iTunes store today, whether via pc tethering or the app store from the
i Phone?
Perhaps in relation to today's update release, possibly server
overload... Hmm

Tracked first ride last night...

I did a cross ride in Chagrin last night, and tracked it... using for the first time the EveryTrail app on my iPhone that I had mentioned previously.
It's pretty sweet. I uploaded the data last night after and briefly looked at the map, showing my trail, and the photos I shot along the way (58). Pretty sweet and exciting.
I will be posting it later with the link, along with a short review on it and some more details of how it worked and such.

Fin

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Riding Today and This Last Weekend

Great day today... doin' my usual, takin' the bike with me (Jake) to do some ridin' later (CX).
Probably CF area, or some metros near Cleveland... I also was contemplating the Mayfield area metroparks. We'll see.
I ride none the less, but today I'm making it more of a point, because to no surprise, it looks as if it is going to rain tomorrow... therefore nixing our weekly Wed Nite Ride.

I also will be trying out the EveryTrail app (iPhone) on today's ride. I'm excited to do so, we'll see how that goes.

This last weekend was a fun and eventful one. Friday I went to a get together at a (new) friends house, having food and drinks with a good group of people. They are new friends that I had met via some old friends, from around the Chagrin Falls arena. Following that we went to the Greenville and had more drinks and fun. Good people, good times. Here's to more.
Saturday was a bit of work and then I had to go to a memorial service in the afternoon for one of my long time friends (for his mother to be exact). It was a very nice service, and following that we went to... the Ville! Yes! His mom was friends with the old owners of it, so they had an after party there. I already had a ride going on at 7pm that night, but everything meshed well. So we all ventured on to the Ville after, and I stayed there for a short bit, having to leave soon for the road ride (which was in Chagrin with the bike shop, mtnroadcycles.com). It looked grey out at first, but by ride time the sky opened up and we had a great ride- about 12 miles around the Chagrin area. We rode Washington to Savage, cutting over to Chagrin Bainbridge Road, then, lol, down into town right by the VILLE... continuing into town then around the neighborhoods, out Franklin, cutting off down the metropark trails to River, Solon, Cannon, and back into Chagrin.
We then as planned, went to Trifles restaurant next door for excellent food and drink (and actually Dori was there with a party herself for a friends bday). Stayed there a bit, chatted, ate, drank one, then was back to the Ville to meet back up with the party from earlier. I drank a good amount. Jack was involved. Some people left, I stayed with some other friends and had again a great time. I was done by night's end! Again more good times.
Needless to say, I did NOTHING Sunday. We didn't have practice either. It was a lazy day... 'I did nothing and it was the best thing I ever did' (Office Space :-P)

I'd hate to say it...

... I really would hate to:

I think I'm about to Twitter.
I know I KNOW

Blog Services / Apps, Trail Tracking and App for That

I'll start off right quick with the short and sweet...
Found an app for iPhone called Everytrail for tracking bike ride time and such, as well as being able to shoot pics on the trip and post them to your own account on their site (which is everytrail.com), and it is set up as a slide show to show the pix from the trips. I will be trying this out soon. See site for more details.
There's also an app for Facebook for Everytrail, or you can 'share' right off Every's web site.
Doing some research about another iPhone app, I came across apptism.com (should be fairly obvious what that is about :-P)
Oh and I have an iPhone app installed that gives me a mouse and keyboard to control my computer! ;-)

And finally, blogging. As I had said, I have a set up to be able to do so via mobile and post to directly Blogger and Facecrook simultaneously... but I'm still on the hunt for an iPhone app possibly, that does this- One I've found is Blogpress... it looks good and has good reviews... but it's a pay app. Now, I have no issue with paying for apps, but sometimes it's a waste of money. Usually there's a 'lite' version that's free to get the gist of it, but for this one there is not. It's three bucks and I will probably just get it... it's only three clams. But I'm also a person who's big on principal! I've tried some of the free ones, and after time they aren't anything great. Or there's some hook, like the app is free, but you have to buy an account on their website to use it. Not interested. At that point I'll just stick with the Blogger set up.
And wit that, the next subject... blog services. I use blogger. I have Gmail. It's a nice knit. Live Journal. Pttht. I have Wordpress (iPhone app as well)... I don't know if, for my habits of use of this, using Blogger is just as fine. And then of course there's just many other services and apps, and ... tired. Any insight on this would be appreciated.

MY brain stopped (Prob due to two nights at the Ville haha). So we're done here. :-P

Quote II : 06.12.09

This is another good one...

'If you never have expectations... you'll never be disappointed'

Quote : 06.12.09

'When met with hostilities; let the violence of others prove your point.'
-Paul Hamad

I particularly like this quote because frankly, it's true, and in my opnion applies so well in todays society. It's takes a second, but think about it...

This was written by my friend Paul Hamad recently, whom is also a philosophy professor. I randomly assumed that he had found this quote somewhere, it being one dated from long ago from another philosophy figure or any one for that matter.
Good stuff.

Next

K thx.

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Trial Run : Blogging and 'The Soup Pot' (No soup for you!)

So this is the first run of me writing a 'note' (or as I use it, blog)
to Facebook via my mobile device (iPhone). There isn't a way to do it
directly with the iPhone Facebook app, but I've set it up with
Facebook and my Blogger account (which I'd want updated at the same
time anyway), so I post to Blogger from my mobile (no, not via http in
a browser) and it then automatically posts the same post as 'note' to
Facebook. I used the 'My Blog' app on FB a while ago, but it simply
just did not work. I dubbed 'notes' on FB as my blog... and with a bit
of effort, have this set up now to be able to blog on the go with my
mobile device.
Now that that's out of the way, the next trial run today is / was 'The
Soup Pot'. This is a new restaurant (carry out style) place in Solon
that mainly sells soups. I had seen it previously in my many ventures
through Solon, but never stopped... which is odd because I am a soup
lover, and more so, have many a time struggled with 'where to get some
soup!'.
This would be the case whether it was lunch or dinner time (even
breakfast... ok j/k). There aren't really many fast or convenient
places to get (more so good) soup. I think this was a great idea on
their part.
So today I ventured. I didn't study for too long, but they seem to
have an array of soups... they also serve breakfast, and do have a few
other select items like specialty salads and other food. But mainly
soup. Which is the whole idea of the place. I got traditional chicken
soup... it's what I was in the mood for, plain and simple. I'll
naturally go another time to try something a bit different. Today was
just about checking it out quick.
The soup I had was very good. I think a soup store is a brilliant
idea. I love specialty.
When I walked in, the first and only thing I could think of was the
show Seinfeld and 'The Soup Nazi'...
NO SOUP FOR YOU! :-P

For a Reason

For as well as I'm aware that things happen for a reason, I also know for sure that...

...things DON'T happen for a reason.

- Me