peace, love, happiness, and consciousness:0) simply stated.. I'm about Love in every aspect. I believe that Love is the answer. I'm passionate about life and experience, growth and positive change, righteousness and respect.
my sister - Aimee, wandering aimlessly void of a particular destination, stopping to smell the flowers, neon gummy worms, fresh paper, curiousity and concocting strange tales to explain why, art, prismacolors, spending time alone, dancing, dancing, dancing, the Hip Hop culture&community, Muay Thai, collecting creatures after it rains, baby animals, smoking herb, trees-especially in fall when the leaves r colorful and crunchy, knock-knock jokes, laughing till I cry, laughing with Christina, warm hugs, genuinely good people, my pet snake bookworm, Pigong, walking barefooted, selfless good deeds, hanging out with nature, growth and positive change, my spirituality, asking a bagillion questions, listening, stories and books and stories and writing and books, love and making love, music & feeding the soul, Traveling!!!! traveling traveling and traveling, humanity, cultures and wonderful ethnic food, and trader Joes (i'm their biggest fan) and salmon sushi, weirdos, tea time, wine, and breakfasts at an outdoor cafe, hanging out with buddies, learning .... and much much much much more :o)
.... those who enlighten and share stories.
I'm very grateful for the wonderful individuals who have blessed my life so far.
music is beyond words..it just feeds you in a way that is unparallel to anything......
down tempo/ trip-hop/ house/ neo soul/ folk/ early 90's hiphop/ world music....acoustic guitar, sax, & piano..
Elsewhere DJs Chris&Romeo, DJ Krush, Thievery Corp, DJ Cam, DJ Shadow, DJ Cylume, All of Fakshuns, DJ John671 :P haha, Nas, Portishead, Bic Runga, Pharcyde, Sade, Chan Marshall, Lauren Hill, Nina Simone, Miles Davis, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Edith Piaf, Tribe, Res, Goapele, Esthero, Common, Bahamadia, Les Nubians, Cesaria Evaro, Alecia Keys, Sarah Mclachlan, Jewel, Bob Marley, Sise, Dido, Erika Badu, Zero Seven, Sia, Wu-tang, Del, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Tupac, Cody Chestnutt, Ben Harper, Jose Gonzales, Iron & Wine, The National, Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Cold Play/Bjork, Sneaker Pimps, Morcheeba, Martina Topley-bird, Feist, Jill Scott, Res, Atmosphere, Mc Solaar, Hope, Luca Mundaca, Jesse Baylin, Rachel Yamagata..hmm..this one goes on forever..
Oh and of course - 89.9 KCRW - morning becomes eclectic and metropolis woohoo.. and KPFK 90.7 (KPFK.org) - thats my prime news source ..dont sleep on KPFK! (and NPR)
#1 fav - Requiem For a Dream .../Into the Wild, Lost in Translation, City of God, Paradise Now, Acts of Worship, American Beauty, Carandiru, Fahrenheit 911, Garden State, Kids, Crash, Butterfly Effect, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Great Expectations, Maria Full of Grace, La Vie En Rose, Amelie, Boys Don't Cry, Sliding Doors, Amores Perros, A Beautiful Mind, American Me, Tom-Yum-Goong, Trainspotting, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Lord of War, The Cell, Born Into Brothels, the original Charlie and the Chocolate factory, House of Flying Daggers, One Flew Over the KooKoo's Nest, Empire, Motorcycle Diaries, The Notebook, The Godfather, Pulp Fiction, Dark Days, The Corporation, Letter to the President, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Loose Change,Sicko Documentaries.. anything that stimulates..
Friends, The Simpsons, UFC, The Dog Whisperer, City of Men, Oprah, Weeds, and Explorer on the ntnl geo channel
Conversations with God - Neil Walsh, The Alchemist/Warrior of the Light/Eleven Minutes (esp. pgs261-264) - Paulo Choelho, Tuesdays with Morrie/The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Albom, White Oleander - Fitch, The Road Less Traveled - Peck, The Meaning of Life- Viktor Frankl, Black Like Me - Griffin, The Glass Castle - Walls, Life of Pi - Martel, The New Life - Pamuk, Night - Weisel, Think and Grow Rich - Napolean Hill, The Giver - Lowery, Travels - Crichton, Animal Farm - Orwell, The Master Mind - Dumont, Siddhartha - Hesse (thanks Lavall), The Four Agreements - Ruiz, The Interpreter of Maladies - Lahiri, books by C.S. Lewis, Running with Scissors - A. Buroughs, Harry Potter - Rowling, Anne Frank, Charlie & Choc Factory - Dahl, She's Come Undone - Lamb, Growing up Poor (anthology), The House on Mango Street - Cisneros, A Rose for Emily - Faulkner, Great Expectations - Dickens, - Shakespeare, Long Hard Road out of Hell - Marylin Manson, Scar Tissue - Anthony Keidis, Da Vinci Code / Angels&Demons - Dan Brown, all of: Les Adventures de Tintin - Herge, Natnl Geo and Lonely Planet... good articles... this list is ongoing
My Sister, Father, Mother, & 'God'- LOVE
and of course my wonderful friends and my crew/family : Furious Styles Crew....
I am grateful for everyone who has been a part of my life