More supporters less critics… let art be art.. (Written By AmbassadorNique)

Oh how the time flies… I recently wrote a blog post, but before writing this one sadly I wasn’t sure if I had posted it… I did… This just means I haven’t been writing enough. Lately I’ve been working on a graduate school application trying to sum up my life in 7 very general questions that don’t seem to ask much about the person I have transformed into through life experiences I guess that’s life, we have to bend the rules in order to freely express ourselves and still manage to get what we want out of it.

I’ve been doing a decent job of sharing things that inspire me lately on this blog. Last night the Pharrell interview with Henry Rollins really inspired me. It made me feel like I wasn’t crazy. YES, I am not the only one who thinks that equality and justice should be common sense. We are far from perfect beings, but we are slowly moving in the direction of enlightenment.

I am trying to catch myself when blogging in order to find some sort of direction. Inspiration is always nice to find but often times the same things that I post that affect me can affect us all. From the recent Boston bombings to drone strikes. However, this is not a news blog.. If you want the news follow NPR or something, however I do my best to add my perspective on situations. Bloging to me is a form of art. Articulation to me is art. Being able to put together words is important to me, to tell your truth and deliver information. Factual or fiction its all in the delivery. My writing skills are not amazing, but its easier to freely right a blog and not care if it will be broken down and torn apart since there is little consequence for my opinion!

Insert Segway here…

The other day I sat back thinking about all the time I spent as an amateur Hip Hop artist. When I say amateur, I mean nobody really heard it, except for a few of my friends and my family. I thank them for their ears, their criticism, their support, their honesty, and for some their lies. Lol. Recording music was my way to express myself, even when expressing pure ignorance, I was telling my truth as I knew it. I look back on the enjoyment I received when a song was completed and ready to be shared and I remember how much I enjoyed those moments. At some point life got involved and I began to see that I was in too deep and what was once a hobby, and a way to express myself became open for interpretation by anyone who would listen. It changed from a hobby to me to a DREAM that I wanted, and the goal was less about therapy and more about trying to get paid. I’m not sure when that happened; I’m not sure when I realized it wasn’t feasible. One day I just stopped. I became a critic like everyone else examining and dissecting everyone else’s art. It sounds horrible but it’s the truth. Today, art is art to me. I have my opinions, but it’s like religion, your god may not be my god and I’m okay with that. You enjoy what you enjoy because of why you enjoy it. That’s all that matters to me. I will support the art that I enjoy and life will be okay for all of us. On the flip side I will defend the art that I like to the fullest if debates occur, and still think some art is GARBAGE (haha). It’s not that the art I like is better than what you like, but it’s like saying “I have the best mom.” She may not actually be THE best, but shes MY mom… so no doubt I will defend her honor.

I’m wrapping up this grad school app, still on my work out plan, still cooking, and not yet learning my Japanese. The days are going by faster and I’m determined to make the most of the extra day light we have. Stay focused.

-Ambassador

Itadakimasu Dinner Diary: invited my sister @MadiSymone and our friend Tanisha over D made homemade lasagna and I made a fresh green salad with spinach, lettuce, cheese, cucumbers tomatoes and boiled eggs. With a side of garlic bread. We made fruit smoothies, and chocolate chip cookies and had apple turn overs, walnut brownies and eclair’s from Delights bakery! #food #foody #homecook #homemade #foodporn #Lasagna #Garlic #eatgood #healthkick #instagood #yum #foodwithfriends #family #dinner #diary #ambassadornique #productions #salad @garmean @brainnguyen @Jrmyhiguchi

Itadakimasu Dinner Diary — Made homemade chicken teriyaki and rice with the homies Tony and @brainnguyen thew a spinach salad with it and a fruit smoothie and SHIZAM! Good food and good convo.. #healthkick #dinner #diary #ambassadornique #productions #chicken #teriyaki #rice #Japanese #Food #Japan #yum #food ##Foody #Foodie ##instagood #seattle #grub @jrmyhiguchi @garmean

Why it’s a good idea for Seattle’s students to talk about racial preferences

Reading this article was very biter sweet. While I had parents who told me to sit down, don’t cause trouble, and do your work I understand that not everyone’s parents tell them that. No matter how we slice it or dice it these facts are real. Being a person of color in America is already hard alone, but now with schools treating students still unfairly based on the color of their skin in 2013 makes life even harder. Furthermore the potential consequences lead to more prison sentences.

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Federal Probe Targets Uneven Discipline At Seattle Schools

I guess being a young person of color I understand that this has been going on for YEARS! At least they are doing investigations about it.

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Itadakimasu Dinner Diary

Homemade Chicken Pot Pies! D and I used this week’s date night to make homemade chicken pot pies. She actually did most of the cooking of these pies. We loaded the pies up with chicken peas and carrots, celery and other goodies. The pies were delicious!

-Ambassador

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Itadakimasu Dinner Diary

Nothing to see here. After a morning run to and around Jefferson Park I cleaned and found a lonely steak in the refrigerator. Steak potato’s and salad. My roommate told me an ancient restaurant secret about lightly spreading butter on a steak before you cook it. Although it sounds wildly unhealthy maybe I’ll try it next time and see how it taste. I hope to also compare the tenderness of a steak cooked on a stove to the tenderness of cooking one in the oven. I’m a huge potato fan, added some leaves to throw some life in there. Great lunch nevertheless and still had some steak left over for eggs!

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Itadakimasu: Dinner Food Diary (Entry Nine)

Homemade Chicken Adobo. This simple receipt was passed down from my old Filipino college roommates and @george_pp and definitely one of my guilty pleasures when it comes to cooking. I remember being in Japan without a convectional oven and a limited supply of Japanese language at my disposal to grocery shop for anything else. I had a rice cooker I bought for $10 off amazon.jp and I made adobo! Also since I had a family pack of drumsticks and didn’t want to waste food I also baked the rest of the drumsticks switched to a spinach salad and lite Italian dressing.

Itadakimasu: Dinner Food Diary (Entry Eight)

So I checked my refrigerator and saw that I had some left over rotisserie chicken and mozzarella cheese. I grabbed a Boboli crust (me being too lazy to roll my own). After the sauce and cheese I added the chicken, some sausage, ground beef and black olives (should have thrown some onions on there!). After a 20 minute bake dinner was served!

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Facing my Fears… Snorkeling w/ Brody and the fishes in the reef! Life Is Good! #PuertoRico #Vieques #iphoneShots #Underwater #Reef #Fish #Scuba #AmbassadorNique (at Vieques, Puerto Rico)