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the last watercolors.

"satellites" (almost all buildings have thousands of satellites on top)

"RoseBudd" "...with two D's, for a double dose of that pimpin'"--American Pimp

"quick pigeon"

"nice cube" ;-)

"untitled:good artists borrow, great artists steal"(i saw this at an art exhibit when i went to salsa class one day. i had to watercolor it)

"how dare you ever try to step on my suede shoes..."--Busta Rhymes

WOO HAH!!!
lol
yo, tomorrow is my last day. all i have to due is turn in my final presentation boards...which are being printed as i speak/write...maybe hear a little from the professors about this semester...and then i'm going to a Busta Rhymes concert! word up. Busta Rhymes has an album coming out on the 19th "Back On My B.S." (censored for the kids), and he is starting his Europe tour. i just got back from purchasing my ticket; Chad is the only one going with me; i guess nobody else likes the music. but yea, i've been tryin to find one place that plays hip-hop music since i've been here and instead, i get a live concert. like i said, i just went to the place to buy the tickets and it's actually a pretty small place. that sucks cus it proves that Turks don't like rap, but it's coo cus the place is small enough for me to yell: "YO BUS'! I'M FROM AMERICA HOMIE, PUT ME ON STAGE AND LET ME SHOUT OUT MY MOMS, G!" lol. i plan to take my camera and we'll see if i post pics of me and Busta Rhymes in the next few days.
"**laughs**...that's Clive Davis ya'll...**chuckles**...one..."--Busta Rhymes

"...buying little air jordan's for MayBe babies..."--50 Cent

aight, so i've gotten a few requests to do a post for May birthdays. i can only think of two right now. (i am almost positive there is someone in my family with a birthday in May. please don't be too upset; just comment and i'll include it). anyway shout out to:

Mayur: May 8th
Amberley: May 11th
UPDATE: May 27th-- one of my favorite cousins (Tiff)

--i almost named this post MayDay, but not for the birthdays. May 1st is a holiday in Turkey; apparently it's some sort of national demonstration/protest day. the government allows people to demonstrate and protest in certain areas though they restrict it in main city centers. i happen to live about a ten minute walk from the center of Istanbul...it got really crazy right in front of my apartment since i live right off of the main street. there were hundreds of people yelling and throwing huge rocks on the ground (later i found that they were breaking them into smaller pieces to throw them at police). they had sling shots and lemons. i was wondering why they had lemons, but then a huge crowd rushed down our street from one of the side streets and explosions followed. a couple grenades bounce off of nearby buildings and land on the street...they were filled with teargas not explosives, but still it was crazy. the police came blasting round after round of smoke bombs and teargas. after the police were satisfied that they had removed the people from the restricted area, the aftermath involved the protesters squirting lemons on their hands and rubbing it in their eyes to lessen the effect of the teargas.
needless to say, we had been warned beforehand that we couldn't leave the house on MayDay, but boy did we have a front row seat. my friends on the ground floor even ran out and snatched one of the spent smoke grenades...
somebody has pics and video so i may try and upload them