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Phoenix

The rays from stars are signs of a new day

About Me

The time is yesterday but we only have today. So today will have to make up for all of the yesterdays forgotten.

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My Interests

You, Me, People, Learning, Reading, Writing, Politics, Music, Basketball, Dominoes, Brazil, Economics, the African Diaspora, Hip Hop, History, Philosophy, social change, God, Love

I'd like to meet:

Myself in 20 years to see if I stayed on the path.

Music:

Music that has soul... Por exemplo...

Television:

Heroes, The Avatar the Last Air Bender, Samurai Jack, Entourage, Seinfeld, The Chappelle Show, The Daily Show, The History Channel, The Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, The Sundance Channel

Books:

The Bible, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, The Alchemist, The Zahir, pretty much anything by Paulo Coelho, The Art of War,The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Things Fall Apart, 1984, Stolen Legacy, David Walker's Appeal, Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye, Brave New World, Biography of Che Guevara, 100 Years of Solitude. Confessions of an Economic Hitman, Freedom from the Known, and many many more.

Heroes:

My stepdad Big Ern who said this to me via IM "In summary; don't be afraid to fail, failure is just like battle scars on a warriors face, they mean a lot. You can do anything you want to do if you persist."Oh... and the buffalo!!!!

My Blog

The Gay BOMB!

This is from the BBC... The link is below... please share your thoughts :)US military pondered love not war..> ..> The unconventional proposals were made by the US Air Force ...
Posted by Phoenix on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:16:00 PST

untitled

As the sun sets,it rises in another land.Day becomes nightnight becomes daybut we are all on the same rocktrying to make sense of how the grass grows...It will always grow because that is what grass d...
Posted by Phoenix on Wed, 09 May 2007 09:17:00 PST

An open letter from Saul Williams to Oprah Winfrey

Please respond below with your thoughts...Dear Ms. Winfrey, It is with the greatest respect and adoration of your loving spirit that I write you. As a young child, I would sit beside my mother everyd...
Posted by Phoenix on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:06:00 PST

Club Etiquitte 101

What up folk,It's been a minute since I've written a blog but this one has to be written. Let me start by providing some background. I grew up in the San Fernando Valley innothing but white private sc...
Posted by Phoenix on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:49:00 PST

NYC Bans the "N-Word"

NYC Bans the "N-Word"....What do ya'll think of this? http://www.fox23news.com/news/world/story.aspx?content_id=c9 0bc56c-afe6-4841-804a-1119a79748f0NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City symbolically bann...
Posted by Phoenix on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:52:00 PST

Declarative Statement of the Day 9/1/06

"When a woman asks me a question that she doesn't want the answer to, I OWE her a lie" - Anonymous (a.k.a. not me)Please share your thoughts on this one. ...
Posted by Phoenix on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 01:39:00 PST

What happened to Soul Music???

So my brother Kieran just had me listen to a song by Stevie Wonder called "You and I" from his album called Talking Book... The question that is beging to be answered by the existence of that song is ...
Posted by Phoenix on Thu, 02 Mar 2006 02:34:00 PST

The Batizado....

So this weekend was Capoeira Brasil's annual Batizado where us new folk as well as others advancing to new cords get "baptized". First was a week jam packed with excellent workshops, and countless opp...
Posted by Phoenix on Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:25:00 PST

4 years ago&9-11

4 years ago&9-11   When the towers came down 4 years ago I was in a place unknown, on a bus taking a tour of a city that I had never been to before, surrounded by people who spoke a language I ha...
Posted by Phoenix on Mon, 12 Sep 2005 01:28:00 PST

At times he's just too good....

1st Verse from "Thief's Theme" from Street Disciple - Nas Yo I'm hot like 95 Fahrenheit On a summer night, tight spot where bodies rot Rats drink from water drops, in the streets niggaz Little k...
Posted by Phoenix on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST