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ksolo

Since Childhood's Hour I Have Not Been as Others Were, I Have Not Seen as Others Saw

About Me

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Who am I? nobody important. Just somebody with stories to tell and a voice that wants to be heard. I could very well be somebody you know, I could very well be you. Wrote a song about it, like to hear it? here it goes…
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Walking Contradiction – An Introduction of Self
I be fat girl
confident enough to wear spandex in public
and
skinny girl
secretly slipping finger down throat
I do graceful dance
to shame Ailey and Dunham
yet
trip on
imaginary sidewalk cracks
I am welfare-recipient
turned
bourgeois broad
I adventure-seek through foreign lands
but
am too afraid
to learn the language
I am quick-witted smart-ass
but
slow
to catch on to the meanings of this world
I am every man’s
dream
but
no man’s
reality
I possess
infinite creativity
yet
am overwhelmed by the possibilities
I am country cousin
brimming with mother wit
and
sophisticated city dweller
bereft of common sense
I am eloquent poet
weaving
intricate word tapestries
and
blubbering idiot
stammering
over simple phrases
I am the life of the party
and
the wallflower waiting to be asked to dance
I seek the divine
and
eschew religion
I sing with
(unheard)
voice angelic
yet
carry notes
in paper bags with holes
I wear badge of shame
and
medal of courage
(just to let you know that I am fully reconciled with my past)
I be both
orphaned slave with no home to return to
and
African brother who traded trinkets with foreigners for sibling’s flesh
I am stereotypical
bastard child/ unwed mother/ frightened young man
Re-united as family
in
one
iconoclastic
being…
I be
Unquestionably
Indescribably
Characteristically
Me.
And I am pleased…
… to meet you.
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My Interests

Reading, Writing, Hiking, Coffee and Conversation, Dancing, Music, Cooking and Eating, Travel, Foreign Languages, Learning new things, Witty Banter, Chardonnay

Music:


OUTKAST fo' life!!!!!! also, old school hip hop (that new sh*t just don't move me),PRINCE, neo-soul,ERYKAH BADU, r&b and rare grooves, SADE, love me some house music, JAMIROQUAI (the funkiest white man god ever made), dancehall / reggae, NINA SIMONE, a little breakbeat / drum n bass, ANTHONY DAVID, jazz - old and contemporary, salsa, JULIE DEXTER, samba, FERTILE GROUND, bossa nova, classical...

Movies:

some of my faves: CARMEN JONES (dorothy dandridge set a standard with that one), the usual suspects, THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, like water for chocolate, the learning tree, the color purple, dances with wolves (yes, even though kevin costner's in it), sling blade, natural born killers, what dreams may come

Television:

Not a regular tv watcher, but when i do it's usually: food network, hgtv, comedy central; oh, and i think boondocks is one of the funniest (and sometimes disturbing) shows on tv - period!

Books:

ANYthing by Toni Morrison (especially Paradise), Tina McElroy Ansa's The Hand I Fan With (steamy!), Edward B. Lytton's Zanoni, Conversations with God, J. California Cooper's Some People Some Other Place, The Celestine Prophecy, The Bible, and of course...the story of my life (can't WAIT to see how it ends)!

Heroes:


Your Birthdate: May 22
You tend to be understated and under appreciated.
You have a hidden force to do amazing things, doing them your own way.
People may see you as strange and shy, but they know little.
Your unconventional ways have more power than they (and even you) know.
Your strength: Standing up for what you know is true
Your weakness: You tend to be picky and rigid
Your power color: Silver
Your power symbol: Square
Your power month: April What Does Your Birth Date Mean?
What Your Soul Really Looks Like
You are a wanderer. You constantly long for a new adventure, challenge, or even a completely different life.
You are a grounded person, but you also leave room for imagination and dreams. Your feet may be on the ground, but your head is in the clouds.
You see yourself with pretty objective eyes. How you view yourself is almost exactly how other people view you.
Your near future is still unknown, and a little scary. You'll get through wild times - and you'll textually enjoy it.
For you, love is all about caring and comfort. You couldn't fall in love with someone you didn't trust. Inside the Room of Your Soul

My Blog

quote of the day

"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards."  -- Unknown ...
Posted by ksolo on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:51:00 PST

by any other name

i had dinner this evening with my girlfriend cheryl, one of my 40-something crew who have been such outstanding mentors and friends to me, i long ago adopted them as surrogate aunties. our busy l...
Posted by ksolo on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:51:00 PST

sense tied to memory

rambling through some old files and found this...feeling bare enough to share, cuz i know i ain't the only one's been there.   *********************************************   All starbuck's ...
Posted by ksolo on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:11:00 PST

Today’s Public Service Announcements

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Posted by ksolo on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:46:00 PST

im possessed. dont call the priest.

jealous demons observe how i give myself over to the light beings and they want to ride me too. they send wave after wave of their infected minions to court me, woo me into thinking that we are of the...
Posted by ksolo on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:47:00 PST

smart vs. dumb - an educational debate

i haven't posted in a while - largely due to the fact that when i DO take the time to write on myspace, it's usually in response to a very engaging, thought-provoking blog that one of my fri...
Posted by ksolo on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 08:23:00 PST

A Game of Tag - Wanna Play?

  "U've been tagged!The rules of the game are:1. once u've been tagged, u have to write a blog with 5 weird facts/things/habits about urself. 2. Finish ur blog by choosing people to be tagg...
Posted by ksolo on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 10:10:00 PST

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

I was inspired to compile this list after listening to a jazzy cover of Paul Simon's '50 Ways to Leave Your Lover' performed by the Platinum Pied Pipers (check the track on imeem if ur interested...
Posted by ksolo on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:27:00 PST

public service announcement (not pg-13)

thanks to AD for posting this on his blog....i simply had to follow suit because: 1. this is HILARIOUS!! 2. there are way too many 'quotables' in this clip, and 3. this is truth...CHURCH!!!! ...
Posted by ksolo on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:57:00 PST

Dancing With God (not mine, reposted)

for all my fellow dervishes...blessings! ******************************** When I meditated on the word Guidance, I kept seeing "dance" at the end of the word. I remember reading that doing God's will ...
Posted by ksolo on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:42:00 PST