1990s hip hop Archives - Shirley's Mind Grapes

Musical Pipe Dream: It’s 1996 and I’m wearing a parachute track suit, dark lipstick, and I have green bands on my braces. My hair is shoulder length, straightened, and split down the middle. I creep out into the middle of a dance floor with a chameleon step: forward, back, forward, back. Nobody else is dancing and I hear someone yell, “Uhmm, NO!” My eyes widen, my face gets serious, and I nod, YES.

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Blurb 1/365: If there is ever a book written about me, it will be entitled “Short and Sleepy”.

Dailies 09/13/13

Daily Doodle: Super Dog

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Song of the Day: Passin’ Me By by The Pharcyde

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjsPG0Kspxo

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Musical Pipe Dream: Another person and I are dancing a duet together. We start off on opposite sides of the stage, out of sight. When the music starts, we both hop out with our hands at our sides. For the next eight count we transition into a heel tap move with our arms and head hanging back. We get into a sitting position with me in front and we start doing the motions of paddling down a river.

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Blurb 1/365: “Kindness is magic.”–Derek

Dailies 09/11/13

Daily Doodle: Pac-Man’s Back!

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Song of the Day: Nappy Heads (Mona Lisa) by The Fugees

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgLT7aXXw9M

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’ve got baggy blue jeans on with a maroon sweatshirt. My hair is cut shoulder length, straightened, and it’s parted down the middle. I’m wearing dark brown lipstick with a big smile that reveals my braces with dark green rubber bands. I’m in middle school again.

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Blurb 1/365: Today at an intersection, I walked by somebody’s car that was blasting trance music with the windows down and I could smell the driver’s/passenger’s cologne. There were only 2 seconds left on the walk signal. I ran. I made it to the other side of the street, but not before hearing the opera singing breakdown over the trance beats. It’s like I crossed paths with the Roxbury brothers :O)