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Robin Shanea

know the ledge

About Me

i am a warrior. dream goddess. in a world like this, no time to be modest. i am electric energy, pulsating. a lunar explosion in motion. poetic. at times, prophetic. but that’s another story. for another time. i am the existential language of rhythm and blues. jazz and sonic soul. ghettotech and heavy metal..basically, beyond your level, or comprehension of my space and time. i am a rocketship caught up in a street corner rhyme. it all sounds nonsense. you don’t have to believe. i was born to separate the true from the lost. or the what it is from what it seems. i am the moon's third eye. watching her children of the ancient blue. i bleed the seas. named tears. i channel light years. i am the voyage of the once and the future. the truth be told. i am the prayer harriet tubman muttered in the depths of her soul. giving her the determination to never see another one of us sold. i am…

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My Interests

daydreaming, writing, movies, music, poetry, live shows, chillaxin', laughing out loud, sleeping in, good friends, shaking my moneymaker on the dance floor, good lovin', eating at fancy restaurants and wondering how i'm gonna pay, tapping into psychic dimensions, block parties, reading books they don't want us to read, making broke look good ...and some mo' stuff

I'd like to meet:

skydivers, revolutionaries, mack daddies, superheroes, rich poets, shot-callers, altruists, and most of all...OPRAH- maybe she can help me pay off these ridiculous student loans...for real, holla at me O! ...um, Oh and Kimora Lee Simmons cuz she got that FABULOSITY!!

Music:

prince, esthero, a tribe called quest, billie holiday, portishead, jill scott, nina simone, erykah badu, common, mary j. blige, amy winehouse, santogold, roy ayers, handsome boy modeling school, biggie smalls, radiohead, jay-z, beyonce!!, michael jackson, tv on the radio, kanye west, bilal, aaliyah, al green, swv, teena marie, the roots, aretha franklin, sarah vaughan, ghostface killah, nirvana, robin thicke, mint condition, mos def, talib kweli, madonna, red hot chili peppers, bjork, no doubt/gwen stefani, nas, chaka khan, bonnie raitt, curtis mayfield, coltrane, miles davis, timbaland, alicia keys, cat power, outkast, cee-lo green, tina turner, lil' wayne, sade, john legend, me'shell n'degeocello and all the good sh*t: soul, hip hop, rock, trip hop, reggae, jazz, turntablism, etc.

Movies:

eve's bayou, killer of sheep, mo' betta blues, do the right thing, goodfellas, annie hall, amores perros, city of god, monsoon wedding, the dead girl, hannah and her sisters, crooklyn, raising victor vargas, raging bull, true romance, jackie brown, napolean dynamite, clueless, rear window, the shining, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, network, love and basketball, claudine, in the mood for love, talk to her, the incredibles, pan's labyrinth, matrix, all about eve, slam, house party, boyz n the hood, boogie nights, antwon fisher, the breakfast club, all about my mother, national lampoon's vacation.. and blaxploitation classics like coffy, sheba baby, bucktown, black cesar and the list goes on...

Television:

30 rock, law and order svu, the boondocks, the office, run's house, oprah, anything on the discovery channel, VH1 Soul, and reruns of the cosby show, good times, martin, living single, a different world, sex and the city, i love lucy, six feet under... and i luv cartoons especially the old ones like tom & jerry, the flintstones and looney tunes!

Books:

the autobiography of malcolm x, the fire next time by james baldwin, the devil finds work by james baldwin, slapboxing with jesus by victor lavalle, drown by junot diaz, in search of our mother's gardens by alice walker, poems by audre lorde, langston hughes, june jordan, jeffrey mcdaniel, sonia sanchez, gwen brooks, suheir hammad; she by saul williams, the dead mc scrolls by saul williams, baby love by rebecca walker, reality vs. subjectivity by david r. hawkins, egyptian yoga by muata ashby; obsessed with short stories by junot diaz, zoe rachel miller, victor lavalle, amy hempel, jhumpa lahiri, raymond carver, tim o'brien, ron carlson and more

Heroes:

bass players, bad-asses, rebels with a cause, dreamers who don't sleep, survivors of change, magical thinkers, hustlers, breakdancers, creators of good and perfect gifts, tight-rope walkers, controllers of chaos, people who pay their cell phone bill on time, streetcorner prophets, people who stay in love, brain wave surfers, people who party past 3 am, poets who never write it down, alchemists, gatekeepers, and the voice in my head that says "yes, you can..."