a new circle





i'm opening my eyes to what appears to be a cool ass day - so i plan on taking full advantage.

i still smell that spot where her neck & short met.

i think i may just travel through the city and state solo today - picking up new friends along the way.
gonna do some thrift shop hunting today. in the white neighborhoods of course.
because the goodwill over here where i live in koreatown, and even the shxtty one over in hollywood is full of clothes brought in by homeless people - it seems.

today rodeo drive and other side streets of beverly hills will find me chameleon-like.
i'll blend in, 'fresh as i'm is'







i'm checking out a few maseratis and going for a cruise around the block
blending in like i do.

if you don't see me in beverly hills i ain't trying to hide
i blend in with the rich
i'm camouflage

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yesterday @amandasophia - @jefro0586 and i hung out in the westwood area kicking it big
doing the happy hour sushi thing.
some of that extra fun shiznit - nahmean?

then there was the homeless man who decided to come up to me and start singing "it's cheaper to keep her"







so full of laughs.

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i'm hoping my book "push" by sapphire comes today
i got it for pennies on ebay
and i need to read it before precious comes out.

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today - i'm wearing what they wear:





get bold - and get my white in before labor day.
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it's all about the skittles...



this is my state of mind!

my situation needs changing.
so i'm going to change my state of mind.
i'm always in grind mode...
but i've been operating at 85% because of my dislike of LA...

but i'm slapping on a grin & stepping up to 100% today and for the rest of my days here.
let's get it done!

summer conditioning!

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i haven't even stood up yet to start my day
and i have to pee so bad. shxt!
i'm getting there...indeed...

gonna eat my leftovers from bossa nova brazilian restaurant.
a little spot in hollywood where young men & young women go to experience their
first little taste of brazilian food.

me? i never been there...

hahahahaha

kidding.

it was good as fxck though.
i got the veggie lasagna and 'freckles' got the chicken alfredo.
the lemonade was very average though.

and the hookers who usually walk sunset were walking in to use the bathroom.
i guess thats the price you pay when you're open til 4 on the hoe stroll.

with absolutely no room for desser - pulled out the bag of:




and i didn't get in 'til 4:15 fucking around with that damn rainbow.
but definitely a great time.

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'when you're blue & got nothing to do - come on to the party life'

so yesterday was day #1 for rehearsal. dreams are becoming realities people.
when i say shxt like "i'm a writer" it doesn't just mean that i have a notebook that i write simple poems, and would-be stories in...it means i AM a writer that has his work admired all over the world.

i have folks in dubai excited about the next book
and folks in dc waiting on an invoice.
i have the folks of west hollywood excited about a play that has yet to see the light of day.

it feels god (yes god).

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it's friday - 6 minutes til noon.
and i need to know what's going down this evening.

well, actually i know...
but i want to plan a little bit better.
woo!

i think i'll be hitting Roscoes Chicken & Waffles after rehearsal with rochelle.
the wings at the joint on gower st. in hollywood are good as eff!
and the hot sauce is neck and neck with texas pete.

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shxt...i have to piss!
so i will end this here with this:

friends are like parachutes.
if they aren't there for you the first time you need them.
chances are you will never need them again.
Posted by Benny.Jones

black in america...



this note will be quick -

in cnn's attempt to portray blacks in america positively, i felt they still did a damn good job showing us the poor black children with the hoop dreams that probably won't make it past 11th grade.

they made us feel bad for these children whose problems were much like our neighbors and cousins and brothers, etc...
there were kids in the group who excelled, but we do no know them. there were kids in the group who know rapping and basketball aren't the only two ways out of their shelter - and the neighborhood.

does cnn know how much they contribute to what's already out there about us. i thought the point was the show us something new. show us what we were missing about blacks in america.

what i got from tonight's episode was this:

black people are still poor - except for those who've thrown their roots away with their daishikis and sandals - those who live on old plantations. AVERAGE black people have yet to be told that there is another way out. fathers are still absent thanks to their bad decisions.

i will say this: i was more impressed tonight than i was with the "marry your baby daddy day" bullshxt they had last year.

and i guarantee there will be idiots who read this and say "i didn't see anything wrong with the episode. i loved it. i think it showed a great thing!" and i will smile and laugh at the little you know about the construction of race and the media.

side note: did anybody catch how they framed the black male college student during his introduction. look at them showing the picture of him with the two females. look at who they showed first.

wow!

peace.
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i always say it...and it's very true:

i don't want the maserati if my brother can't get on, too.

so i do whatever it is i can do to make sure my brothers are making their dreams realities - and making sure happiness is one of the top three on their list of priorities.

congrats to my brother KIRK DOUGLAS on his new j.o.b. at warner brothers.
he's my 12th son - check out his blog:(click): why can't i be famous

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so to support my long standing belief that bruhs ain't shxt...
i just received a call from one of my sons (spring 08 Khosen One) telling me that i should just give up on the dream i've had for quite some time about this chick that i THOUGHT only i was after...

so after threatening positive reenforcement - i received the information i was looking for:
"yeah bruh, i already did that."

MAN!

so as the song goes:

I HATE THOSE KAPPAS
THEY STOLE MY HOES

and as my shirt will read:

I HATE THE BRUHS
BUT I LOVE THE FRAT

(in real life - i love all my bruhs)
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and tonight will be thursday night which brings two things:

1. club night for a lot of LA.
for some strange reason, folks here like partying on thursdays and sundays - at least the folks i've been hanging with. i need to get out of this bullshxt state of mind.

2. first night of rehearsal for my upcoming stage play "dandelions." i'm excited to see my work of art come to life with great actors and a great director and crew. i decided to exist only as writer and occasional creative genius.

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so let's talk about my weight loss in just a few lines:

i'm not eating.
the last few weeks - thanks to TD BANK - i've been on nothing but noodles.
well...occasionally i'd dip into the care packages sent by a few great people and grab a grapefruit juice - or fruit roll up - or a can of ravioli.

well...the ravioli hasn't yet arrived, but i know it'll be here within the next 2-3 business days and that's enough excitement for me. thank god for the taco truck man and his $1.25 tacos.

don't fxck with me, people!
hahahahaha

i have money.
and if you've been keeping up with JONES then you'd know my money is tied up in a bank account to which i don't have the card.
FXCKERS!

so yes...i've lost 20 lbs. since i've left DC.
wow!

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so i'm recalling a date i had in dc when the chick asked:
"why are you single"
after finding out how great i am at life.

so i responded:
"because i want to be."

and it's definitely partially true.

i mean: i have the option to be in a relationship and allow them to be in a relationship with me...
but it won't be happening soon, i reckon.

there's a quote by che:

'i know how I love you and how much I love you,
but I cannot sacrifice my inner freedom for you;
it means sacrificing my self, and I am the most important thing in the world,
as I have already told you.'

i mean - for real.

so...
i am single because i choose to be.
and because that quote represents real life.

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but on a happier note - and to help out the less fortunate for the day:

i'll will rock out with my cock out today with these on:






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and no drawls!
Posted by Benny.Jones

finally showered...damn

woo woo woo...

okay, so i finally got to shower.
i usually wouldn't admit such things, but money was involved and i had to get the job done.

i was hired to edit a script - took me 32 hours total to get it done - and there was little time to eat, shower, drink, flirt...etc...

i couldn't even tweet!
but shit...
i'm done!
and waiting to get paid.


and i just got off the phone with my bank who still hasn't sent me my atm card which means i'm still out here eating on oodles of noodles and whatever comes in the care packages!

thanks again for the care packages!!!

woo!

but i'm a survivor.
i realized early in life that if there is no struggle - there is no progress - so i'm progressing.

i got to LA with an internship - and a job writing for a production company (with deferred payment)...and after the struggles out here, i have:

-a stage play being showcased at the black box theater fest '09 in hollywood.

-a film I WROTE being shot on the 2nd of august.

-a completed screenplay to be shot in chicago.

-a great network of friends & film business folks.

that's achievement in a few fields of human endeavor...
everything else i do make up EVERY FIELD.

little known fact about me:
there was a year when i abstained from sex.
i did it to refocus my life.
i wrote down three goals and i said 'no sex until all three goals are accomplished.'

it took 9 months to get all three done.
but they got done.

the extra three months was because i gained self control.

and not that i need to refocus my life again - because my life is pretty focused...
but i think i might go on the abstaining thing again.
just to see what happens in life - so see how much of a role sex plays in my life.

who's down?
here's the challenge:
no sexual contact @ all until 2010.

i'll only do it if 3 other dedicated hustlers will do it as well.

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i was talking to my boy and he was saying something about getting work done, and making shxt happen for him...

then he said 'man...it ain't enough hours in the day'

my schedule is 10x more hectic than his.
so i had to think about what it was i was doing that allowed me to get all my shxt done.

i tend my define things for myself. a day for me is roughly 29 hours. that's how i get my things done. 29 hours of no sleep and little food.

it's summer conditioning for hustlers.
i'm trying to teach the young ones - and a few old ones.
get them ready for the fall.

SUMMER CONDITION STARTS TODAY!

Posted by Benny.Jones

for a sunday

i've found reasons to fall back in love with sundays.

the rain doesn't come down in southern california like it does on the east coast. i used to beg the rain to start on sundays so i'd have a reason to stay in the house and create something new: a piece of writing, some sort of food - something great.

without the rain, i just sit in the house and chill and force my mind to create. not today.

@mztiffsta and i had been talking for weeks via twitter about hooking up and making a few hours of it, kicking it, maybe a concert or just some kick it time between work and life. mainly because we're clearly two of the most interesting people on the social network.

so today we finally made it happen.
BRUNCH!

we hit little tokyo downtown LA and laughed at funny axx street signs and oddly shaped men in sandles and small tees.

talked about no good mofos and why most people are fools to get into the relationships they get into. i had to school on her some shxt.

YOU SEE MY RAMEN (not Top) in the picture above.

@mztiffsta is crazy! i must have laughed 98.3% of the 'kick it' session. hilarious!
and she let me teach her to park parallel!
go!

she's auditioning to be the new bff jill.


but i am now back in love with sunday because i found a bar to post up on and it seemed to break down walls that have existed every sunday before this one...

i am the wall breaker.

i realized i could do what most people can't.
it's just an extension of my power!

and that is why i am in love with sundays...

So i'm still in the market for a nice ass pair of underwear to make the people say "word." and i was frequenting aussie bum today (almost walked by it on my way to the spot) and found PLENTY of the perfect pair of drawls.
here are two!


i am dead tired attempting to type this shxt to y'all - so i am going to end it now without a quote or anything except BYEppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp(just let a trail of 'p' by accident. decided to keep it so you can witness the tired man's mistake)
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