It’s both amusing and peculiar in what dreams may come.
Scenarios of grandeur.
Illusions of the deepest desires.
All to leave at the opening of the eyes.
Only to wish your separation from this world, even if only for a sleepy night, would not end.
A journey away from what you know to be real.
A meeting with those you hold dear.
A chance to live a life not always possible…..
In what dreams may come.
Original X: Bach
You have to create your own opportunities in life. Never expect and never count it until it’s in your pocket. Words mean nothing to many. To others, words are of great intent, but can’t always be met. To few, words bind like blood.
Other people will be there along the way, to aid you, to hold you back. But push yourself, because it’s yourself that’s going to get you through. Be smart. Be resourceful. Be honest. Be humble. Be selfless. Be positive. Be firm. Be wise.
Never stray from who you are, and who you want to be. Never forget your past, and the people in it. Have will. Have conscience. Have confidence. Have strength. Have heart. Have open mind. Have understanding. Have love. You will rise.
But rising is nothing if you do not hold true….to you.
– B
Original X: Bach
As an alum, I’ve been keeping up on the incident that occurred at UC Davis this past week. I see both sides, but feel the ending actions of the Campus PD were over-dramatic and not needed. This event brings to mind concerns of how the UC Davis administration will handle future protests and other happenings of the same caliber.
The UC Davis Chancellor, Linda P.B. Katehi, sent out a statement condemning the Campus PD officers’ actions, even informing everyone that the 2 officers that issued the pepper spray have been put on administrative leave. She has promised to begin a thorough investigation. But, once again, this remains an incident that could have been avoided.
Hmmm….what do you think? Were the students/protesters in the wrong for staying when told to leave? Or was the UC Davis Campus PD over-ambitious with their power, displaying reckless actions and an absolute recognition that they are not properly prepared/trained for incidents such at this?
We have to have reasonable cause for protesting. Although it is personal opinion to consider any cause worth protesting for, one must truly think about his/her actions before, while and after they demonstrate. Perhaps, the smarter action here would have been to listen to the UC Davis administration and then return after the weekend, then carrying on the protest in a the peaceful manner which was intended.
This isn’t to say the protesters were not peaceful. But they most definitely provoked the harm that came to them. Was the harm valid? Most definitely not. Again, the cops over-reacted. Period.
We have to be smart in our decisions as people. I’m all for giving everything to a cause worth giving everything to. But the question here is was this cause worth the outcome, right or not? This is the debate that I’m throwing back and forth in my mind. Was this cause of these protesters really worth putting themselves in the way of the harm that came to them? The cops were wrong. But were the protesters wrong for provoking the cops to begin with when they could have went about things differently, possibly even solidifying a more successful outcome?
Now it just seems like another unacceptable occurrence of abuse of power with the true intent of the protest being washed away amid the media’s pouncing and meticulously chosen pin-pointing. The reasons of the protesters really won’t even be validated. All that will likely be remembered here is the violence. Is that what was wanted?
I could think about it for days. Let’s just hope everyone learns from their mistakes.
With fight comes change. But that change isn’t always what was desired….or even good for that matter.
Go Campus PD….NOT!
– B
Lookin’ forward to tha dinner that I got comin’ feelin’ like a winner, cuz I got more projects comin’ out my space like I was on MySpace, no sinner, HA! You know that’s a fibber, cuz we all gots a little negativ-O. Just gotta push past, be better, on tha real-THO. Everyday can pay like ATM foreva. It’s sad that life’s gotta be all about tha chedda. Sometimes too much to take. But then I sip a drank, girl wanna kiss, let her. Not worth tha stress when you can take tha positive, mix a little hard work, create opportunity, now yo ridin’ with that leatha, seats, coats, lining on boats, I’m on, bitch. Life will change if you decide to switch. Be strollin’ on beaches like Abercrombie & Fitch, plane to Rio in a sinch. You be havin’ that nervous twitch countin’ life inch by inch. Come on mang, pull yourself up by those britches and get out those ditches, off tha street corners, off tha games, leave those lames, that would hold you back, get off that couch, you ain’t no slouch. It’s there for tha takin’ if you quit tha bakin’. You know you’ve been thinkin’. You can keep runnin’, wishin’ you was stunnin’. But you know you just need that focus. Stop runnin from those locusts. Be tha bug master, ninja turtles Baxter, swat some flies with your blaster. Speakin’ of glow rays, your dim night is brightened, the light that lays in your soul, all tha lights, Kanyes. Take tha dark, pour it my poor bro, funnel. Bright lights…..Light at the end of that tunnel.
