“Tha River” Ends

This is the final episode of ‘Tha River’ and I must say, for a cartoon that was made from sheer boredom it became a really fun journey. With the music provided by Shanasaki (my Darling younger cousin, and very talented Composer/Singer), this episode was giving that extra spark making it come together beautifully.

To find out more about Shana Cooper-Urbas check out the following links:

Website: http://www.shanasaki.com

Blog: blog.shanasaki.com

Shop: zuzuandleelu.etsy.com

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Love.

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The one Solution

For all emotional pollution

to continue self evolution

escape outside proselytization

make truth a concretization

uplift civilization

lose fear and hesitation

is to create a nation

from Love.

by JaRon Brown

2008 poetry.com

Triangle Pose

I was told to try this angle,

Because I would feel fly.

Said the pose called the triangle.

It said ‘when you look towards the sky,

You’d feel balanced from this angle

At the correct angle, just give it a try,

Said the pose called the triangle

It said this pose will strengthen my thighs

When I spread my legs to a right angle.

Said the pose called the triangle

It would strengthen my arms if I tried

To stretch one low and the other high

While having my back bend at the right angle

Go ahead, give it a try,

said the pose called the triangle

Then it looked through my eyes and said

I tell you no lie, and with that I was convinced of its angle

And gave the pose called the triangle

A try.

JaRon Brown

Click here for the benefits of the Triangle Pose http://beta.active.com/pose-of-the-month-triangle

” Eye Contact of Attraction “

Welcome the Bizarre Labs third installment of ‘Thinkifications’,  the topic is The eye contact of attraction, how does it work ? To answer this question instead of researching the web I’ve decided to do a field study, conducting  interviews with female civilians and using their opinions to make my conclusion on the matter of eye contact of attraction. Chosen from  groups I consider of dating ages, between 18 and 40 to me anyway. I came across three women willing to share their opinions with us, and I personally don’t think I could have selected a better lot, they all touch the same theme on the circumstances under which they give the eye contact of attraction and what’s expected after. I believe this information will be useful for not only approaching women based on attraction but in dealing with most women in a range of situations, like the clerk at the DMV or the Bosses old angry hag secretary.  

I’ve noticed women seem to use eye contact and or the non-eye contact rather as a defense mechanism . Once they’ve noticed the object (man) of attraction , the eye is giving, now without going in depth about the woman’s confidence or insecurity, lets just say they all watch for a short time.  The bottom line is if they’re attracted, you’ll get the eye contact BUT they’re  not looking for eye contact, their feeling for confidence. So don’t  get puzzled when a woman gives you a glance and never turns your way again, the glance was the signal. Or don’t expect to be turned down if you didn’t get eye contact, chances are you missed her glance. Eye contact  is a call for your confidence. If the confidence isn’t seen and felt, the joker card you’re dealt .

JaRon Brown

more on eye contact for dating  http://www.mensxp.com/dating/flirting-a-attraction/450-eye-contact-secrets.html

Listening to hear

Greetings and welcome to the Bizarre Lab, in this post i’d like to touch on one of the most important gifts ever bestowed on Mankind (by “_?_” your chosen name for it.) , the ability to hear. During my studies I’ve learned a lot about how the ears work, the science of listening more or less. So many unwanted situations persist in our lives because of what we do or don’t pick up on (hearing). The issue is we can only choose from a small amount of information our ears receive, this is all we have to believe in at every and any given moment (seconds). Now when i say believe it’s based on selective auditory attention, we literally hear want we want to hear so to speak, regardless to what we think, our bodies use sound as a survival mechanism, hence the reaction of a person familiar with a real gun shot, or how parents can single out their childs voice amongst a crowd of children. All due to the process by which the temporal lobe has concentrated on the sound of the given variable. The ears have heard the sound so much that is like going over a white paper with a yellow marker…until it turns to a light gold damp branding on the paper. The deeper the stain, the easier to notice, and from a greater distance as well. You can add that the directions of the marker strokes would be like the specific patterns of that given variable, so that when the pattern is out of sync, an alarm goes off and we enter fight or flight mode. Downside is, these levels of physiology tend to lower EQ (Emotional Intelligence), leading to bad decision making.

This is all a very natural process, we just forget that virtually every part of our bodies can be exercised, what goes for singing goes for hearing. There is a catch as always, the hard part, the work, you see in order to practice listening we have to do the opposite of sound, no voice sounds or thinking sounds. This seems to be hard for most people having arguments, we have to catch that thought we just came up with before we forget and/or damn this person is making no sense or is taking forever to get to the point( like what person can truly experience forever ?). While sound travels out, imagine how difficult it would be for sound to come in completely. I’ve notice the coolest people seem very patient and attentive towards what people say, maybe they picked up on it or maybe it came natural. The point is we can all do it.

Art by JaRon Brown

When talking to one and another, how easy it is to forget what a complicated thing human speech is, no matter the language. The pattern of sound that make up talking would look crazy if we could throw paint on sound waves as it leaves our lips(probably like the splashing of waterfalls shooting out interlocking rings). As these waves reach our nervous systems and brain it’s decoded in a way, the patterns we know of but do not need to be aware of are ejected from specific attention. This also includes unfamiliar concepts, and things we’ve learned to avoid because past experiences of discomfort. Imagine a situation, A non-spanish speaking man walks into a spanish restaurant, he sits thinking about a spanish dish that he likes but doesn’t know how to say the dish in spanish. He desperately wants the Chicken chunky’s con rice and beans, so when the waitress at the counter asks for his order he just blurts out ‘ I’d like some fried Chicken Chunks with rice’. The woman isn’t familiar with the term so now she’s faced with the dilemma of this guy trying to explain, other orders need to be attended to, so to get things moving she replies ‘ dis all we hav ‘ pointing to a dried out roasted chicken in the hot pan behind her on the heaters. At first the guy gets upset, feeling insulted by her lacking comprehension of the english tongue, but ignoring what he thought he keyed in on her voice, she sound hurried, her english was very poor, more than likely she didn’t understand his swift american tongue. With a smile he asks ‘ may I see the menu por favor?’ . She returns the smile passes him the menu in which he finds all dishes with translations, and in beautiful sky blue italic bold Georgia font read Fried Chicken chunks under the bold black Chicharron De Pollo. His happiness shining alerted the woman as she seemed to have witness the man discovering his discovery. He raised the menu and pointed to his selected dish, few minutes later he walk out the restaurant a happy man. Moral is, listening saved this moment for both individuals, had the guy not listened and let his thoughts do the talking he wouldn’t have picked up the language barrier. Pretty sure all she heard was  unfamiliar patterns, not being translated as fast as it’s they were being received. He would have wanted to walk out with the desired dish but left with a side order of racist thoughts instead.

So listening to hear is a way to exercise this gift, thats what meditation is all about, quieting the mind. We are really as big as our shouts carry, which can reach up to a mile, so in proportion to that the silence we can reach matches that deepness within us. But once again the deeper you go into yourself, the darker it gets, remember we put what we don’t want to show away, preferably where no light nor eye can touch. Hearing the dark in you is the only place to find your light.

Be Good to yourself.

JaRon Brown

Here’s a link to a cool demonstration ! http://www.gocognitive.net/demo/selective-attention-auditory-demonstration

Others links used: http://www.helpguide.org/mental/eq5_raising_emotional_intelligence.htm

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/temporal+lobe

http://www.thebodysoulconnection.com/EducationCenter/fight.html

Cocaine iz a hellava drug!!!

Article by Bizarro Tha Bold

       I recently found myself inspired and intrigued by indie rapper Riff Raff best known for his flashy and colorful style as well a short lived affiliation with Superstar Rapper Soldja Boy and his label SODMG. I long suspected that Riff Raff had his snow shoes on deck but got the confirmation when I watched him snort a line on a video blog of his. Although Riff Raff acts a fool in his songs and video’s he comes across as a well spoken and intelligent person who has an aura of authenticity and  realness that cannot be denied when he is interviewed, or is speaking in one of his countless video viral’s. Speaking of his numerous videos(93 in two years he boasted)on the web Riff Raff’s work ethic is is only bested by fellow underground workhorse Lil B.”I’ll make a mixtape in four hours” he said to DJ VLAD on VLADTV.COM I’m assuming that he was motivated by the same substance famed author Stephen King was in the eighties. From 1979-1987, the horror novelist was addicted to cocaine, describing it as his “on switch” and cannot remember a couple of books he wrote during this period. King claims it saved him from alcoholism and an early grave.”Without coke I’d have gone on drinking until about the age of 55 and it would have been a couple of lines in the New York Times:”writer Stephen King dies of stroke”. Similarly Robert Louis Stevenson wrote the famous story Dr.Jekyll & Mr.Hyde in six days and nights on a cocaine binge.”That an invalid in my husbands condition of health should have been able to perform the manual labor alone of putting 60,000 words on paper in six days seems almost incredible” said his astonished wife, Fanny. In his autobiography legendary Hall of Fame football player Lawrence Taylor admitted to using white girl as early as his rookie season on the gridiron, quoted as saying”coke was the only bright spot in my future”.Hmmmm. Sigmund Freud penned an essay UberCoca extolling its virtues.Charlie Sheen; no editorial needed. My main man Steven Tyler said “I snorted half of Peru”. The now-sober Aerosmith frontman said he threw away “realistically 5 or 6 (million) easy” to feed his habit during the 1970’s and 80’s. The one constant that I’m noticing is that coke seems to inspire genius level inspiration and creativity at a price, literally. Known as the “caviar of street drugs” cocaine is the status-heavy vise of celebrities, business high rollers, street hustlers, and catholic priest’s. Hmmmm. So I did the research, the highs of coke are a enhanced sense of energy and alertness, an extremely elevated mood, and a feeling of supremacy. The cons are irritability, paranoia, anxiety, and restlessness. Hmmmm, should I give it the ol college dropout try? Would I finally be able to finish my book? Could I make something of myself? Could I pimp bitches!? Ahhhhhhhh some of life’s many mysteries. What do you think? Share some of your experiences cleaning off mirrors.

Sports Rant

Bizarro Tha Bold rants about the recent controversy surrounding pro golfer Sergio Garcia’s comments pertaining to Champion golfer and future hall of famer Tiger Woods. Garcia made reference to eating fried chicken with Woods to a banquet audience in England.

Enjoy !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGCDB62uQzI&feature=youtu.be

Part Two Of “Tha River”

JaRon has finally finished the second episode of this flash cartoon. In this continuation Ronnie, or Ronny the wizard has dived to the depths of the river to rescue #1, his magically conjured dancer. Once again, the background music, artwork, and time put together by JaRon Brown. Enjoy!  http://youtu.be/NX5SJvSdkBw

Thinkifications- Mark Anthony Ramirez

Welcome to the bizarre lab, in this Thinkification video I’m pleased to have Stand up Comedian and Writer Mark Anthony Ramirez shoot with me. The topic of race is one of the main issues in our Country and the fact that we ignore it doesn’t do any good. I’m the type of person who can’t help but think of ways to solve issues like this one, and I’m glade to know I’m not the only one with this stubborn optimism, So does Mark, seen on ABC, MTV, and Comedy Central; Heard and seen on Howard Stern, The Joey Reynolds Show, National Lampoon Radio, and Court TV Radio, The Me & Vinnie Show, Cosmo Radio on Sirius Satellite Radio. Mark gives the bizarre lab his insightful and comedic take on Race for this second installment of “Thinkifications”. Enjoy ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqfa-RBvjLg&feature=youtu.be
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Blame change

Blame is the center of the clock
Forgetting the gears turn within
The hands spin and point non-stop
To all except where they begin
as if cogs don’t move the parts.
We blame others all the time
No it wasn’t me
Must’ve been the other guy
The fault is yours
Not mine
Blame leads nowhere
doesn’t make a difference why
Blame doesn’t stay anywhere
It just changes sides.

JaRon Brown