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Jacarl

So young, so creative...What the hell happened to me?

About Me


I've spent too much time in school. I'm glad I'm done for the foreseeable future. Now if only I could find a job combining politics/policy with DJing...

I grew up in the city of Houghton, Michigan (that's your left thumb knuckle for you MI Hand Map Folks...).

After high school I spent the better part of the next 8 years in Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti going to school.

Worked in Detroit for a minute.

Now I'm in DC.

I haven't done as much as I've wanted to with this site, but I want to change that.

But until then, hold on.

Peace...WJM

My Interests

Reading, Politics, Music, Sports

I'd like to meet:

People w/ similar interests.

Music:

Slum Village, Common (Sense), Roy Ayers, Louie Vega and Kenny Dope (MAW), Osunlade, J-Live, Handsome Boy Modeling School, De La Soul, Pete Rock, DJ Spinna, John Coltrane, Donald Byrd, Donny Hathaway, Goapele, Tortured Soul, Jimi Hendrix, Rortary Connection, Prince, Jazzanova, The Roots, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Jay Dee/J Dilla, Madlib, Peanut Butter Wolf, AML, Main Source, Little Brother, Amel Larrieux, MF Doom, Hieroglyphics, ATCQ, Salsoul Records, Blaze, Eric Roberson, Sade, Bugz In The Attic, Buddy Miles, Platinum Pied Pipers, Dwele, J. Rawls, Nemiss, Kev Brown, Vivaldi (classical)

Movies:

Hoop Dreams, Fear of a Black Hat, Zoolander, Office Space

Television:

South Park, Chappelle's Show, Law & Order (Regular and SVU), Simpsons, Daily Show, Reno 911, Real Time w/ Bill Maher

Books:

Animal Farm, All The President's Men, Making of the President 1968

Heroes:

Parents & the dudes outside of the DC job fair. All for different reasons, of course.

My Blog

Diversity Stock Photo/U-M Webpage

If you don't frequent it, check my alma mater's website, U-M. If you look at the right side of the page, you'll see a pic of myself and my friend Malikh back in April 2001. This is about the 3rd time ...
Posted by Michigan J on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 08:17:00 PST

Top 10 Stories from the Past Year

I've been in DC for a little over a year now and I've experienced a few memorable moments. Some of them you may have heard, others you may not have. Regardless, they're worth noting: 10. "H Stree...
Posted by Michigan J on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 06:46:00 PST

Barack Obama Sighting

DC is no LA, no NY. It's not even Detroit, but that's another topic. I mention LA and NY because those places are the drawing places for what we in the US see as celebrities--P. Diddy, Lindsey Lohan, ...
Posted by Michigan J on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:13:00 PST

Is Osama right?

With the five year anniversary of September 11th around the corner and the news coming out of the Middle East as of late, Osama bin Laden is back in the headlines. Now it looks like his latest ob...
Posted by Michigan J on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:39:00 PST

Elections' Board Epilogue

Well, late last week my voter registration epic ended.I received my voting card and all the information was correct.It only took 11 months.And today I got the back pay I've been fighting for since las...
Posted by Michigan J on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:14:00 PST

To Crystal At The Elections' Board...

Every once and a while (ok, damn near every day), I feel the need to put someone "on blast". For those not familiar with the terminology, basically, someone or something makes my life more diffic...
Posted by Michigan J on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:14:00 PST

Brief thoughts on the Heavies

In Jr. High and High School, you would've thought I was either from Brooklyn or London based on my musical purchases, not Houghton. Gangstarr was in my $150 Car DiscMan along with Black Moon, the Nati...
Posted by Michigan J on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:57:00 PST

Verizon can get the...

I know I said I was going to update this blog. My plan it a snag. Verizon erroneously pulled my DSL. This story may be told at length at another time. But in short, I've been trying to get service f...
Posted by Michigan J on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 04:31:00 PST

Sometime Real Soon...

I've been talking (to myself) about finally doing the blog thing. I've resisted but I have the itch to write again and it'll be good practice for when I eventually start freelancing for real again. M...
Posted by Michigan J on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 07:45:00 PST

RIP to Dilla...

This morning I headed to my busstop like I do 5 days out of the week w/ my iPod. I downloaded J Dilla's "Donuts" this week and it's been popping up a lot along w/ all my other SV/Jay Dee tracks d...
Posted by Michigan J on Sat, 11 Feb 2006 04:41:00 PST