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Bryan Stevenson: We need to talk about an injustice
If you only watch one ted talk your entire life. May it be this one.
Things Im Thankful For
1. Teachers that care about their students
2. CU Sushi lunch combo
3.When your boss roasts on someone without even knowing it (not in a mean way…)
4. This song.
A lil something I found in my inbox today…
“From the backstabbing co-worker to the meddling sister-in-law, you are in charge of how you react to the people and events in your life. You can either give negativity power over your life or you can choose happiness instead. Take control and choose to focus on what is important in your life. Those who cannot live fully often become destroyers of life.We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations.Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.”-Anais Nin
Pixel Pour is a wonderful New York street art installation created by Kelly Goeller.
“There ain’t nothing like riding on a lowrider bike,” says William Holloway, the almost 60-year-old president of the Real Rydaz, Los Angeles’ only lowrider bike club. The bikes stand out from the average beach cruiser: what makes a bike a lowrider is how low the frame can go before the pedals touch the ground. Some lowrider bikes only sit two or three inches from the street. The owners put a lot of effort into making them traffic-stoppers, with fancy paint jobs and mirrors, twisted chrome and spinning rims. (See the bikes in action here.)
“You can be out there all by yourself and cars will stop and want to take pictures,” says Holloway who, along with a handful of other cyclists started Real Rydaz in 2007. “People always want to know, ‘How’d you fix it? Where’d you get it from?’” You can buy a basic lowrider bike for $200, but some club members have spent as much as $4,000 tricking them out.
Real Rydaz’s 30 or so mostly black and male members hail from low-income South Los Angeles and take pride in fixing up their bikes. Lowrider cars have deep historical roots in the city, and although the culture is frequently associated with gangs, Holloway dismisses the idea that there’s anything negative about a lowrider bike club. “We’re not a gang,” he says. “We’re a nonprofit.”
Indeed, along with having fun and riding the streets, the goal of the club is to promote a health-conscious lifestyle and encourage kids to stay in school and do something positive with their lives. Many club members have lost significant amounts of weight through riding, and they show up to promote bike culture at obesity and diabetes prevention events across the city. Along with being a popular fixture in the city’s parades, club members mentor kids at a dozen schools in South Los Angeles. When the Real Rydaz roll onto campus, they give students the chance to check out the bikes while the club members talk to them about healthy eating, exercise, and keeping their grades up.
Because students wanted to be a part of the Real Rydaz, in 2009 the club formed the Young Real Rydaz, which is open to kids from age 6 to 16. The president, Little Mike, is only 9 years old and rides a three-wheeler with hydraulics—he can make the bike jump up and down while he’s pedaling down the street. But before kids can join, the club has to meet their parents, find out how they’re doing in school, and ensure they’re doing their chores at home.
Holloway dreams of being able to shut down the streets of South Los Angeles for a bike ride that’s just for kids and their families, with a community festival at the end of the route. But above all, Holloway wants people to make positive lifestyle changes. “No matter how old or young you are, you can ride and get healthy,” he says. “If you see me out here riding, you know anyone can ride.”
For more on the Real Rydaz and their bikes, check out this slideshow.
Get out of your car and ride your bike in the 2 Mile Challenge. CLIF Bar will donate $1 for every trip you log to bike nonprofits, up to $100,000.
Things Im Thankful For #1
I saw Cesie do this on her tumblr. And thought it was such a good idea that I wanted to do it too!
I have a tendency to focus on the “big” things that God gives me. When I found out that I was going to Ghana, my first thought was, “God you are so good to me.” When grades came out and I realized I could still be an econ major despite my fears of macroecon, I knew it was Him not me (or prof Woods) that got me through that class.
In reality, all these things that I’ll be mentioning are “small” relative to the things that God is does/is capable of. But I think its important to give thanks for all that He provides. Not just the big stuff. Because everything is small to Him but that does not mean that its unimportant.
Everyday I’m going to list 3-4 things Im thankful for. Starting today.
- Double sided-tape
- When small talk slowly melts into a deep talk
- Green tea that comes in bottles (the Asian type…so good)
- Gracious police officers that dont ticket you when you have been parked in a 2 hr zone for 6 hrs
Perspective is Everything by Rory Sutherland
Finals: A Timeline
The night before the exam:
20 minutes into studying:
A few hours into studying:
An hour before the exam:
A minute before the exam:
5 minutes into the exam:
Walking out of the exam:
When you get your grade back:
Things I am Thankful For
Philz Coffee
Alarms
Indexes
Philz coffee and the evolved snuggle: pantsie…now your legs will never be cold!
Some finals inspiration.
“Three Stories” -Steve Jobs
