Ain't enuff room on the page, but teaching about politics, social justice and culture happens to pay my bills and fill a deep need in me to make my mama proud @ the same time. I'm passionate about traveling, dance (African, Haitian, Afro-Caribbean, house, salsa, samba, anything where my hips are moving to drums), music (especially live music), poetry/spoken word and martial arts particularly old Shaw brothers films or anything with brazilian jujitsu or capoeria considering that I'm threatening to take it up before the year is over.
Beautiful souls who are complex in their simplicity and always find some time to dance in the park in the summer and have snowball fights in the winter. I used to wanna meet me in the future, but they tried that in the "Family Guy" movie and Stewie didn't like how the hell he turned out, so I'll stick with my first answer.
Once again...not enuff room. Stevie, Prince, Michael, Otis, Sam, Donnie, Sarah, Aretha, Dinah, Trane, Miles, Chaka, Fela, Celia, Tito, Al, Marvin, Teena, Sade(love how I'm listin' these folks solely by their first names, like I really know them!). Gotta give love to Sly and the Family Stone, Earth, Wind and Fire, Musiq, Maxwell, Jill Scott, John Legend, Leela James, Erykah Badu, Joss Stone, Lauryn Hill, Eric Roberson, D'Angelo (I don't care if he looks like ODB now!!!), Antonio Carlos Jobim, Carlos Santana, Femi Kuti,Bill Withers, The Doors, The Beatles, George Benson, Sting/The Police, George Michael, Outkast, Rakim, P.E., Missy, Busta, LL, Nas, Jay-Z, The Roots, Common, Justin Timberlake (yeah, I can't believe that one either), Game Rebellion, Division X, Digg Deep and all that dope house and classic shit that I hear @ The Soul Summit during the summer months... we'll stop there for now...for now.
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Black Orpheus, West Side Story, Live Flesh, Coming to America, The Color Purple, Malcolm X, Five Deadly Venoms, The Godfather I and II, The Warriors, The Matrix, Kill Bill Vol. I and II, and The Terminator---I know, I'm really embarrassed by that last one, but when you're a kid, you don't know what a fascist is, you just like seeing a good ass-whooping and Linda Hamilton kicked ass @ the end of the movie!....
Since I'm a new homeowner, I stay wathching HGTV. But, on another note, I don't know if it helps or hurts to say that I never miss the Twilight Zone Marathon when it comes on twice a year! For real, I'm an old-school sci-fi nerd. Honorable mention to The Daily Show, Scrubs, Law and Order SVU. I still watch too much reality TV, but I've come to terms with my addiction.
Confessions of an Economic Hitman, No Good Nigga Blues, Beat of a Different Drum, The Black Woman, The Godfather---READ THE BOOK!, All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes, Cafe Europa, Krik Krak, Erotique Noir/Black Erotica, Stupid White Men, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Soul on Ice, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, The Spook Who Sat By the Door, My Soul to Keep and (the sequel) The Living Blood, The Four Agreements and When Butterflies Kiss.
My Mama---first dancer teacher.