pics: open mic for Student art association

this is dope... taken by Howard Hohnson

I give props he has skills

videos: b4r on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLbOdkdklx0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GLE0xGkv5o

check them out.. post comments if able tell me what you think...

Book Review: Black angels with blue

i just read

Black angels with blue feathers by Ainsley Burrows

that book took some time his ideas and concepts are complex but dam.. it was good

just one word to explain "Dope"

the update

i haven't gone on my blog page due to finals, papers and other things i had to get done

so the up date

that project i was working on for 3 months got a *85 i would of liked an A, but i am okay with that grade ( for now)

i meet my new idol...
professor M.K. Assante
Award winning Writer, Poet, and Film maker ( plus so much more)
"DAM"

i decided to become an English major officially...
I'm going to do big things I'm working on a book, I'm writing songs for my self and others, working on a screen play, and poetry

i wrote a play called the general
I based it on a book i had to read in humanities
hopefully by next semester it will be on stage

i won 1st and second place in a talent show...
i preformed with a group that won the show...
and i preformed by my self that came second in the show...

the open mic i hosted ( for the student art association) was a hit
it was packed people were sitting on the floor standing on chairs standing at the door and it got to the point they had to stop people from coming in.

going home for the holiday is beautiful
I love my family , they make me feel good
(awwwwww)

trust me there is more to come

Thought: Dear God why the Group Assignments

Brian Furr is pissed off... what do i do in a situation where i am forced to work with a group, yet the group does no work. A 10 page paper was given months ago and the week before i must scramble together because my group loves to procrastinate.I would love to do nothing and leave them out to dry. They expect me to give in the 8 pages of my work and let them benefit, but if i was able just to spite them i would delete the paper the night before. too bad i really need this grade so i cant.... At least i can dream!

question:relationship

This weeks blog question is ... If you are in a relationship that is hurting you do you stay through the bad times, or get out of that relationship?

( please, this is just a question/ thought , this question is not specific to any relationship!

thought: why Morgan, why

I go to Morgan state where it is cool to drink, smoke( in the street), bust a car window out, do the electric slide, in the street yell out "F*#% whitey", and put a Obama shirt on the Fredrick Douglas statue. Why? Because we now have a black president; i quote my fellow Morgan State Student in saying "We have a black president, we can do what ever we want"!

my views: What is wrong with anyone who believes that's that is appropriate behavior! We have a black president yes, but if anything we need to be more aware of our actions. we need to show America that we are not the stereotypical minority depicted on TV.

yes we can celebrate, i am happy and we should all be, but there are better ways to show it.

please comments/ questions

Thought: to be or not to be

My DREAM is to do some thing that makes me happy. Since i was young the thought of success was always associated with money. Now that i am in college i see that i would rather make my self happy.

Right now, I am a business student at Morgan state university. I don't like business or want to be a business major, but i thought it would be the safest rout. if i could have my choice i would be an art major. It sounds good in theory to do what u love, but i don't feel as if it is safe enough.

recently some one told me ... "do you like to write poetry, do you like to write stories, do you read books, news papers magazines?" ( the answer to all being yes) than why don't you try to write...

Thoughts:
this feels much safer than painting or drawing...
i can still be creative ...
i can write stories, poetry, news letters ...

Than the next thought was, " what if i am not good enough?"
when ever i had my sister, my girl friend, my mother, teacher, or any one proof read i feel like they just stabbed my page with a red marker and its bleeding all over the place...

should try, or look for some thing i am better at? or do what i like to do?

thought: why i am posting poetry

I normally hate to write poetry the traditional way. Ive been preforming spoken work for over an year, and no one had read any thing, either because i didn't want them to or it was too sloppy to read. I'm not shy i just feel like the things i write can only be expressed write i say it....think i want to become a writer....

Poetry: beautiful brain

such a beautiful brain,
its a figure 8,
double D,
Give me goosebumps,
drive me wild,
touch my soul,
lick my lips,
hug my heart,
tears in eyes,
kiss my cheek,
get me hard,
make me think,
paint me pictures,
read my mind,
make me hot,
make me cold,
tease my mind,
cut my hands and feet,
stigmata/heaven sent,
savior of thought,
mind, body , soul,
beautiful brain,
that belongs to you,
and only you,
who's in touch with,
dimensions barley thought of,
dimensions never seen,
thoughts never told,
feelings never expressed,
tears never droped,
beautiful brain,
provoke unslept nights,
due to pictures pasted inside of eye lids,
picture views of ,
big smiles and original style,
skinny jeans and rain boots,
such a Soho child,
just drive me while,
i play shotgun,
passenger seat in your word machine,
your melody mo-Beale,
through the conjunction rail road station,
like school house rock,
teach me so much,
in such a simple yet complicated art,
that you seam to master,
but continue to surprise me with,
such a beautiful brain.

Poetry: Natures Song

writing sheet music to natures song,
silent song not heard by,
bass, trumpets, guitar, or drums,
almost silent,
wiery like the TVs turned off
just the sound of electricity or static prevails,

writing natures song,
40 sheets of music and counting,
melody stays the same ,
no one seams to under stand,
tempo 4/4 but notes are invisible,
the most beautiful thing Ive ever heard,

just listen stop talking,
turn the volume up,
melody stays the same,
first and last stanza alike,
i play this song on repeat every night.

(so i write spoken word pieces and it is hard for me to write poetry that is easily read, this is my 1st attempt to do so) Enjoy!

Thoughts on President Obama

President Obama will make change for a generation that needs a leader, not only in politics but in the minds of many. The inspiration President Obama has brought within communities world wide not only inspire black people but people but all minorities. Hopefully the pattern of leaders emerging through adversity will continue. He has opened doors that are rarely seen and I hope it remains open for others to walk through.

My first blog page

hello, anyone/every one! my name is Brian Furr but i go by my stage name B4r( B-fur) the robin. I am a poet in a group called Truth B told. The reason behind me starting this blog page is since i started college spring of 07 i have started writing as a hobby. I am some what of a business major, but i am artist at heart. I play guitar, do poetry, write stories, paint, draw, the whole sha bang bang. I thought it would be cool to express my self on any thing other than Myspace( i have 2 pages but u hate that dam thing, i understand the point but i really don't enjoy being on it). I'm of face book also but i don't care to much for that also. So il write stories, post poetry, state my views, and bits of my life here and there, instead of the normal MYspace "hey look at my picture I'm puking at this party" bull Sh*#. well enjoy and let the truth B Told.