Random Laughs

I'm a huge clown. Moreso sarcastic, but I like laughing. Until someone says something dumb...

Lately, I've sorta been going through a lot but I had a good convo with a loved one that put a lot in perspective. Back to the clownery. A lotta these are random but they make me laugh and it's MY blog so POW!

^ Me in environmental class earlier this summer messing around.

This made me laugh for some odd reason. Mad random. Musta been from the Charles Barkley vs. Godzilla ad campaign Nike ran a while back.

^Clayton Bigsby's yearbook pic. 

^I used to post this in message boards whenever people would say dumb shit. Ultimate blank stare

^ the irony is staggering. This is why we can't have nice things.

^ LOL

Off that.

^ that's from Religulous, Bill Maher's take on world religions. There's a part where he's just going off about how how the Christmas story was actually taken from an Egyptian myth with bullet points and then abruptly they cut into this scene, where dude with the staff says "STOP, BLASPHEMER!!"....guess you'd have to see it to appreciate it..

^Im not even gonna bother to rationally explain this.

Helluva combo.

Irony at its finest

"Striving For Perfection"

*Cue violins*

There's a saying that till 25 you're judged by potential. After 25, you're judged by what you do with that potential. 

As a young black man, I'm petrified of failure. Like I piss my pants thinking about it. I'm 23, a college graduate (Baruch FTW), lifestyle marketer and stand up guy (when I'm not being grouchy). I've always had in my mind the way I wanted to do things in my life (money, house, down ass chick, family taken care of). I wasnt even supposed to be born. I apparently had a heart problem when I was in the womb, so people always told me I'd be someone special for me to have survived through that. My name is Karsten, which means "blessed one" in Greek. I shrug all of that off but deep down, I know I'm here for something other than money, cash and hoes. 

Stasia (business partner/"sister") told me that I need to be mentally and spiritually prepared for success and the path to such. My problem is that I'm so used to doing everything myself. I've lived with just my moms and brother/sister since the age of 13, so it's like I always had an "old man" mentality during my formative years to adulthood. Even before that, I was a quick learner and I worked best when operating by myself. I worked my way through college and even now, I have my hand in multiple pots. I dont really have regrets but I do wonder what it woulda been like to have had an outlet for those bad times....I used to write poetry a lot, but I'm thinking stuff like art or even athletics. I was always more inclined to books and such though......Recently, I've been wanting to go to shooting ranges to let off a couple of shots....

Admittedly, I haven't prayed in quite a while or read my Bible. I dont wanna go though some dramatic life changing event for me to start praying to God or something. I have my vices.....so it's like I dont wanna keep doing the same stuff over then praying to God/going to church on Sunday then end up doing the same thing every week.....I think if you're gonna go with God, you should go all the way and do whatever you can in your power to go all the way. You're human and will slip up but if it's a conscious choice, you shouldnt slip up. I just dont see how people can claim to be religious and still drink, smoke and fornicate like the rest of us they try to preach to. I cant reconcile that at all. 

I also tend to see the worst in people instead of the good in them. I definitely have to change that.  I trained my mind not to be shocked whenever something out of pocket goes down because people (including myself) have a great potential for good as well as bad. Its like when its work related, I like finding solutions, but when it's personal, I tend just have a nonchalant reaction to a lotta things. If you dont care about something, it has no way of affecting you should it be taken away. 

What can I do?

I just want it all to work out. It will. It always does. I'm good at figuring things out. If not, I'll make the most of what I can get.

The Blueprint III Outtakes

I hate rehashing stuff other blogs post....but this caught my eye. 

Apparently a producer named Alex Goose submitted beats to a A&R for the BP III album. None of the beats made the album, but damn near all em are straight fire. "Hova's Back" in particular is a problem.

Here's the link to the site: http://theblueprint3outtakes.com/

You can DL it from there. I highly recommend it. Straight fire.

Tired of Partying?

This is a topic I'm continually dealing with. I just got back from a night of events (Lee Charm's Listening Session @ Negril Village and the Ill Banger Party @ White Rabbit). Special shoutouts to Warren, Charles, Antoinette and Tiffanie and everyone else who came out. Big shoutouts to my OG homie Mizz Parker.

Maybe it's just me, but I'm getting tired of the continual parties. Maybe it was a summer thing. I can recall that the record for most parties/spots attended in one night was 5; I think I got home at 6 AM or some shit that night.. Its getting colder now, so I dont wanna be all over the place like that.

Its amazing how people network.  We're walking up Houston St. to White Rabbit and I see these fellows projecting an ad for a liquor company. Naturally, I approach them, introduce myself and get their contact. Later on, I hear a young lady singing and then network with her...outside of the club. Her body language read that she was defensive till I introduced myself to her on a professional level. Some people network better at parties/lounges; I dont knock it. i just like a more controlled environment away from noise where I can see ppl and read their body language, etc.

My point is that, I'm getting tired of partying. It's like that summer jumpoff who you have a bunch of fun with and jump off with.....but come winter you wanna just get that one quality chick and just stick to her and not go out unless you have to.

I wanna do new fly shit. Art. Seeing how some of the artists I know make their music in the studio. all types of new fly shit. Tired of fuckin partying all the time. Only party I regularly attended in the summer was Moomia as that shit was POPPIN'. White Rabbit is cool and has a pretty diverse crowd, but maybe it's just me. I naturally get tired of doing the same thing or being in the same situation (Side note: Ladies, I admit that I have commitment issues and I constantly need to be challenged for my interest to be constant.), I sorta miss SoundCTRL panels. They were informative and I met a ton of people.

I can have fun at a party too....but I guess I'm @ the point in my life where I wanna just be more selective. It's about going to the right ones.

We'll see how this goes. Back to work.

"Grammy Family Freestyle"-Jay-z

Old footage of the "Grammy Family Freestyle @ Hot 97"....IMO this is Hov's best freestyle. That the man writes all of this in his head is brilliant....listen to the lyrics. I posted it because it's something I can sort of relate to...people reach that point where it's either their souls or success and the trappings of the game...not to mention other things...

JAYZ OUT OF RETIREMENT!! BK STAND UP

JAYZ OUT OF RETIREMENT 2

JAY Z DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST IN THE STUDIO WITH US

"Same sword the knight you they gon’ good night you with
Sh.., Thats only half if they like you
That aint even the half what they might do
Dont believe me ask Michael
See Martin, see Malcolm
You See Biggie, see Pac, see success and its outcome
See Jesus, see Judas, see Caesar, see Brutus
See success is like suicide
Suicide is a suicide
If you succeed, prepare to be crucified
Media meddles, niggas sue you, you settle
Every step you take, they remind you, you ghetto
So its tough being Bobby Brown
To be Bobby then, you gotta be Bobby now
Now the question is, 'Is to have had and lost
Better than not having at all?'"

You Know My Steez

Prolly shoulda done this before but hey...better late than never.

I'm Karsten V. I'm a lotta things, good and bad. I'm a 23 year old Jamerican (Jamaican/American) from Brooklyn, NY, the best borough on earth (even better is that I'm from Flatbush). Welcome to my personal blog and you can also follow me on Twitter @The100kShow

I'm redesigned my blog (well not really, but thanks for the template) as I was getting tired of the bland ass background that my old format had. I also have been going through a lot personally and I just wanted to start new and afresh. 

I blog on impluse as I can be very sporadic so there'll be days when I make multiple posts and days where I'm so busy/lazy to even enter one. I'm not exactly the most PC fellow out there and if you get offended easily, I'd advise you to go elsewhere.  I use profanity when I want and post up provacative videos so...take it for what it's worth. I'm not a perfect person, and as much as I decide to reveal on here, you all will come to accept it for what it is. 

Thanks for reading!

"So.....How Many Dudes Have You Slept With?"

Interesting trending topic on Twitter today....#dontwifeher....especially with cuffin' season right in effect. 

I went in (as usual, if you follow my Twitter, you'll know that I'm prone to go off on a tangent, so follow @ your own risk)....but one of my followers @TangyIsABoss brought up the point that most dudes cant accept the fact that some females have more than 5 partners.

True. We figure you have your first, your rebound after the first, the dude after the rebound, the dude in college and maybe the dude after college. Or something to that effect :-p

Me personally, I dont even bother to ask anymore. In my younger days and even now, I'd ask and look at the girl differently or not believe her anyway. If she could admit to me that she had a one night stand (or 5) or something of that nature, I tend to show them more respect especially since i'm no angel myself. It's not fair to point fingers and throw stones if you live in a glass house. I'd rather know a female is clean sexually especially since I cant control her past....and she definitely can't control mine. I trained my mind not to be shocked at anything a female says, especially with my entertaining and colorful dating history. You live and you learn, ya know? Not to mention Twitter is exposing a lotta undercover hookers...but that's neither here nor there.

Granted, there are some real ladies out there (I roll with a few)....who have sexual experience...but the way most dudes are nowadays, you could imagine why they aint gonna want to tell them their #s for a few reasons:

• The average male cant comprehend the fact that a woman will by default have more options than he has. From puberty, women get slobbered over by most males in their social circles. Many dudes dont have as many option or have to work hard for female attention. This is why I tell all my homegirls post breakups that they have more options than they really think they do. They're usually called "male friends".
• Women are typically raised from young to be the "purest" and to exhibit wife traits.  Social constructs (Judeo-Christian/religious ideals, etc) seem to dictate that a high number of sexual partners for a woman makes her "less attractive" as a wife.
• I'm from the school of thought that says most women (no matter how cold they are) are more emotionally based in their reasonings and logic. If she's liking what dude is talking about and then she tells him her #s, he might look at her as just another piece of ass.
• A dude doesnt want to be a cuckold and a lotta women know this.. Dont know what it means? Look it up

Solution: Take the shit day by day. Case by case as well. Just like you got #s, a lotta chicks got bodies on them as well. I by no means advocate wifing the local jumpoff (but someone WILL do it) so w/e...but be adult about your shit. Dont lie and just keep it funky.

Also fellas, if a female does not want to go to to a clinic with you or is acting flaky/jivey about it, leave her where you found her....especially if she's talking about a future with you.