http://themotivatedyouth.com We're the kids that make it happen, not the kids who happen to make it Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:11:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ... It will be Chatrouletted. If you haven't played with Chatroulette.com yet... prepare to be freaked out as you are randomly connected with chatters across the world - boys, girls, perverts and all. Forget the days of A/S/L. Could this be the dead end of the human interaction? Or perhaps, ... http://themotivatedyouth.com/2010/03/revolution-will-not-be-televised/ On Tuesday I was pretty devastated when I heard that Gang Starr's front man, Guru suffered a massive heart attack and went into a coma, but today reports say he is likely to make a full recovery. You can read the whole article here. Basically, his health issue provides a ... http://themotivatedyouth.com/2010/03/gurus-still-preachin-life/ The Western lifestyle is characterized by aggressive and expanding rates of consumption. We already knew that. What many don't know is that much of what we consume comes from places far away. In these places, people and their environments have been, and continue to be, destroyed so that items like Bananas (Ecuador), Coffee (Peru), ... http://themotivatedyouth.com/2010/03/globalization-is-for-everybody/ This video is far too appropriate. Need I say more? via Mr. Gareth http://themotivatedyouth.com/2010/02/this-is-a-test/ Found Food: Episode 1, Nopales from The Motivated Youth on Vimeo. Max Hughes takes us just off the beaten path in search of young nopales pads. http://themotivatedyouth.com/2010/02/found-food-nopales-pads/ On the night of a Bowl that is Super, there will be 5 people of poetry, in a station, on the UCSD Campus, reading poetry; on the radio- for a crowd, so come one, come all, bring a friend- dress nice and be American-listen to poetry. ------- Giraffe Catcher Poetry is all about using the inernets to bring people "together to read, write, walk, happen, perform." We ... http://themotivatedyouth.com/2010/02/giraffe-catcher-poetry/ As one of the leading voices on the Leftmost side of the national conscience over the past 50 years, Zinn's life is the rare snapshot of the public intellectual, so scarce in the recent American past. His obituary did not appear in the print edition of The New York ... http://themotivatedyouth.com/2010/01/cool-cat-howard-zinn/ We, like the majestic dinosaurs of past prehistoric eras, share commonalities that most time go unnoticed. Our species will invariably fail. This disturbing truth is not so disturbing if one considers history. Extinction is natural. Virtually none of the species that existed during the Cretaceous period are active today. Put simply, ... http://themotivatedyouth.com/2010/01/bombs-away-why-extinction-is-ok/ High School Bike Bus from Keri Caffrey on Vimeo. For far too long have the jocks with the nice cars been praised at High School. Whether it be the class of '69 jock pulling up in his black Camaro, the class of '84 cheerleader standing next to her red Mustang 5.0 ... http://themotivatedyouth.com/2010/01/high-school-bike-bus/ The "News" has been drenching us with coverage of the Earthquake in Haiti. Before the earthquake, there was little reporting on the dismantling of Haiti's economy. However, CNN deserves accolades for highlighting SOIL, a non-profit organization who's goal is to broaden the community of people concerned about development and social ... http://themotivatedyouth.com/2010/01/eat-dirt/