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Allison

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I happen to be in television news in Washington, DC at the local FOX station but that's just one part of me...My husband and I have three great little girls, whom we adore, a happy home, you could say life is good. EXCEPT..I'm also a frustrated movie star, author, talk show host and multi-millionaire!! I want to be famous and rich! I'm talkin' bodyguards, and camera guys dying to get a shot, the whole nine! BUT until I figure out how to do that..life goes on! I'm looking forward to making friends and networking on myspace. this layout is from whateverlife.com!

My Interests

movies, a good mystery, travel, shopping for bargains, making my family and friends laugh, ghost stories, exploring history

I'd like to meet:

Bill Clinton, The Rock, Oprah... Here are the top throwbacks: Harriet Tubman, Edgar Allen Poe, Thomas Jefferson, Marie Laveau, Nat Turner

Music:

"Old School" R&B/Rap, Michael Franks, El DeBarge, Michael Jackson, Sade, The BeeGees, Al Jareau, Kanye, Raheem DeVaughn, Maroon 5, Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald, Elliot Yamin, Stephanie Mills, Maxwell..the strange list goes on, I like a lot of different kinds of music!

Movies:

Officer and A Gentleman, Glory, Boomerang, Life, Usual Suspects, Sixth Sense, Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, anything w/ Denzel in it, Napoleon Dynamite, Most Alfred Hitchcock..this list would be too long...

Television:

Cosby Show, A Different World, The Highlander, The Office, Law and Order (SVU), Cold Case, CSI, American Idol, "Flava" of Love!

Books:

The Lords of Discipline, Beloved, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, The Silent Twins and too many biographies/autbiographies to name of actors, historical figures and musicians

Heroes:

My folks, my girls, nameless people who fought and (heavy here...)died and suffered so that I could be free

My Blog

A Parent's Worry

.. My daugher Sydney came home from school last week with a problem. In her innocent, sweet way she said, "sometimes I play on the playground by myself at recess because no one wants to play with me."...
Posted by Allison on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 05:44:00 PST

Blackface in 2006

Here we go again. Another person taking the time to blacken their face with make-up, dress up in some ridiculous get up and walk out the door dressed as their perception of an African American. This w...
Posted by Allison on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 04:35:00 PST

MLK Memorial Groundbreaking

Today a ceremonial groundbreaking was held for the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial to be built on the National Mall. The memorial would stand not far from where Dr. King gave his historic "I Have A Dr...
Posted by Allison on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 04:29:00 PST

Hampton Homecoming ;06

This weekend I traveled from the DC area down familiar territory to my alma mater, Hampton Institute University for Homecoming. It was a time to reflect, reconnect and reminisce. It's been 18 years si...
Posted by Allison on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 04:38:00 PST

Hardest day of my life

Sep 25, 2006 | 10:26 PMCategory: NewsToday was one of the hardest days of my life. Today I lost my constant and loyal companion of 12 years, my dog Zeke. My little friend was with me while I moved fou...
Posted by Allison on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 02:42:00 PST