North Carolina Hip-Hop

On July 4, my brother-in-law and two of his cohorts released a hip-hop album. Their self titled album, 154, is an EP with six tracks. It is currently available in the iTunes Store, on Amazon.com and in a few independent music outlets. You can check out their myspace page to hear a few tracks and to see the list of stores selling the album.

In the past few weeks since their album dropped, they have been getting some air play on WKNC 88.1. DJ Nominal even had them in the studio for an on-air interview during his time slot. He podcasts his shows. So, you can check it out here.

I asked Joel, aka JP Flowz, for an exclusive quote for my blog, but he was being modest. He's still working on his PR skills. I did get this out of him, "We've got some old school, some new school, and some tracks that will make you bob your head." Personally, I like North Cak and Work It Out does make me bob my head.

So everyone go check him out and show him some love. If you end up buying a track or the entire album, he has asked me to ask you to leave a review.

Do any of you even listen to hip-hop?

Palmer's New Tricks

Palmer has been developing a lot of new skills recently. Head over to his blog and see a video of him in action.

Guess Who's on Twitter

My lady is. That's who. In case you missed it, Kim is now twittering, or tweeting, if you prefer. Give her some love. You can follow her at @kimberlymsmith.

If you aren't on twitter, you should be.

Ragamuffin Top Challenge - Week 7

Well, this video is about five days late. I weighed in on Saturday and recorded it, but I just got around to making the video last night. Check me out down below.



Last week was a good one. I did some working out and I am seeing some muscle definition develop. That's sort of like a bonus. I lose a little fat and gain a little muscle. Nice.

Check out how everyone else did last week.

What's in a name?

I am interested in acquiring a domain for my blog. kimandshanon.com is not bad, but I have other ideas for that site. I'd like to give my blog a new home.

Any thoughts on what domain I could use?

I tried to get leadfollow.com and lead-follow.com, but they were both taken.

Do you think having a .net is lame?

Please weigh in.

The Short List

I just got a message on my flickr account that the picture shown above "has been short-listed for inclusion in the fifth edition of our Schmap Orlando Guide, to be published at the end of this month."

That would be pretty sweet if my photo made it into the travel guide.

Ragamuffin Top Challenge - Week 6

So, this is pretty late, but I wanted to get it up anyhow. Last week we were on vacation. So, I didn't get to weigh-in until Monday morning. It was not pretty. Check out my video to see what the damage was.



This week has been pretty good thus far. I think I am going to get back off most of what I gained. Check in next week to see how I do.

You can check out how everyone else is doing, here.

Ragamuffin Top Challenge - Week 5

This week will be brief. We are on vacation for the week at Carolina Beach with my mom and sisters. Currently, Kim, Palmer and I are on the patio of a fancy little wine shop/coffee house called the Grind. It is the closest connection to the internets that I have found.

Last week I was up a half a pound to 220. My goal for this week was to lose three pounds. Check out my video to see how I did.



This week since we are on vacation, my goal is not to gain any weight. Thus far, I'd say I'm doing okay. There's a lot more working out going on than I had anticipated. We are on the third floor so just going to the beach is a session on the stairclimber.

I hope everyone did great on the challenge this week. You can go here to see how they did.

Vacation

We are about to leave for the beach. We will be down in Carolina Beach from Sunday to Sunday. Our condo doesn't have wireless internet. I'm not sure how I'll survive.

I plan to read and ride my bike some, but probably not at the same time. I am also going to work on my Ragamuffin Top Challenge video for this past week and get it up somehow.

Anyways, my internet access will be very limited this week. I'll miss you all.

Where the Hell is Matt?

This video makes me smile.


Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

You can read more about Matt and his movie here.

Some of my favorite parts are: the dog attacking him (Kuwait City, Kuwait), the chick on the right in the white capris and striped shirt (London, England), and of course, all the kids.

What is your favorite part?

h.t. Joshua Longbrake