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Here’s the latest trailer to The Dark Knight Rises.

You know, in case you’ve been living under a damned rock.

Childish Gambino must be taking his time with releasing the mixtape, by releasing this sample of sorts first, because he doesn’t think we can handle that amount of dopeness at once.

So here’s a preview of the awesomeness to come. I’m really liking the emphasis on rapping vs. singing, after CAMP. I much prefer straight verses, especially when he goes in hard. CAMP, while I loved it, was a different Gambino from the EP and Culdesac. It was a nice change of pace, but I have to say, he’s back and he’s moving onto bigger and better things.

“Fake It ‘Til You Make It.”

It took me quite some time before I actually fully grasped the meaning of that…trope.

It’s actually something I did and still do, to a lesser degree now.

Growing up I was pretty damn shy and I think I’ve come a long ways since then. I always saw people who were outgoing and envied their ability to permeate the groups around them and just roll from person to person. I thought their confidence was unattainable at the time.

Once I started getting older, I think I just got frustrated and tried to force myself to be confident. I faked it, essentially. I just tried to mimic the people who had what I wanted, until it started to feel natural. I think that’s just the way it goes with any kind of change; you feel weird being out of your comfort zone until you redefine your comfort zone.

It’s hard to point to a singluar moment where things changed for the better. (And when I say better, I don’t mean confidence=outgoing. That’s just what it was for me. I wanted to be more outgoing.) But some important tidbits I’ve picked up along the way:

• Most people want to talk or at least have human interaction. We’re social beings and just need the opportunity to connect with others. The trick is to do in a way that’s not uncomfortable or awkward for the parties involved, and that came with practice.
• I told one of my friends once in class, I hated raising my hand and drawing all the attention to me because I felt like people would judge my answers/questions/comments, to which she asked, “Do you do that to other people?” I never thought about it and I didn’t. It was then I realize that sometimes we give ourselves too much credit, where itisn’tdue. We’re not under the microscope as much as we may think, so don’t fret too much about what others think.
• Confidence doesn’t mean following some arbitrary rules or instructions, because even though I said I emulated the behavior of others—I had to emulate it as myself. I am who I am, in order to become confident in myself and not appear like I’m trying too hard I have to be me.I have to not only know myself, but own it. I have to accentuate my strengths and build on my weaknesses.

I don’t know for who or what this will help. But I figured I could offer up what little wisdom I have, as it’s been shared with me.

MeLo-X: White (Gentrification Mix)

So, I found this guy in one of my “music-acquisition-binges,” and he’s pretty chill. I don’t know if he does any original tracks, but all I’ve come across has been remixes—but I’m not complaining.

He did throw an original verse into Frank Ocean’s White, from The OF TAPE VOL. 2, which you should know I’m a big fan of. Anyways, enjoy this guy.

He lives up to his, MeLo (mellow).

Starting to need a vacation from this vacation…so I guess I’m looking forward to be back at school?

I don’t know. I’m just tired.

(via lookfar)

This is a pretty damn awesome.

Also, it’s saturday. THANK THE HEAVENS

so good.

OFWGKTA- Ned Flanders

wat.

SO DAMN FUNNY.

Props to this guy.

…and I thought I was done with these videos.

sexy

I needed a new show after getting caught up on Breaking Bad.

So many episodes to keep me busy.

(Source: juliendonkeyboy9, via fuckyeaharresteddevelopment)

I love this episode of Regular Show called Rap It Up.

It features two of two favorite artists, including Childish Gambino and Tyler, the Creator.

Enjoy.