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Rico aka The Architekt

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I grew up between Brownsville, Brooklyn and Bay Shore Long Island, NY. I am a Nuyorican (New York/Puerto Rican). Left home at 13, started life early on my own. Lived in the streets, a backpack hustler, but always kept a job. I've done everything from dishwashing in restaurants, to cleaning pigeon coops for the Italians, to motivational speaking, to street pharmacy, to chef, etc..... I became a certified cook at 18 years young and have been actually cooking since the age of six. I am an EXCELLENT cook. When I was 24 I enlisted to the Marine Corps, and spent time in NC, then went to Okinawa Japan for a year and a half, and as of May 2005, I have been honorably discharged from the Marine Corps (I have successfully completed my contract). I've got an undying passion for music, and love creating it (thru turntables, keyboards, computer programs, instruments or whatever), but in all honesty I do not know what I am doing so I experiment behind closed doors! I gave up on mainstream about a decade ago and love the underground. I am an avid fan of underground and classic (93-96) hip-hop. I am a Sagittarrius, and I fit the description very well.

My Interests

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I'd like to meet in the middle.

My Blog

Put your shoulder to the wheel and push along....

I woke up today tired, but accomplished. The old feeling of a good days work leaves me sore and I wonder why we are such slaves to the grind, but at the same time the blunt weight of a knot is li...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:24:00 GMT

Lyrics that I wish I wrote.....

Sick of trying to find a way inside Sick and tired of all the after Sick of trying to find a way to slide Even though it always ends in laughter It's never hard to tell when things are done She l...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:10:00 GMT

Where to now?

Well. I am finally getting close to end of my military term. I am fairly anxious about getting out and relieved as well. I am looking for apartments and schools to enroll into. I need to cut the quest...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Jan 2005 07:03:00 GMT

Re-analyzation

It is senseless for me to brood over someone else's inability to be a friend. I have not lost but only gained. I have gained more knowledge, experience, and was lucky to see head-on that this may have...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:07:00 GMT

Disappointment...........

You would think that with all the experience in my life I would learn to never let my guard down......I guess I think I see beauty in someone and trust their words when they say its okay to open up......
Posted by on Mon, 13 Sep 2004 13:10:00 GMT

From the moment our eyes locked........

Damn! How did this happen?....I've felt Love before, but it's always ended in pain and the hurt crushed my heart and aged my Soul but I kept on hoping......and when I let it all go and stopped hoping....
Posted by on Wed, 08 Sep 2004 07:56:00 GMT

A Small Thought.........................

030203 Build to Destroy It seems that humans are gluttons for punishment. We try to create perfection, but in the end demolish what might have already been perfect. The sad reality may ...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jul 2004 05:30:00 GMT

I wrote this letter to my command about a month prior to becoming sober......

Alcohol RelatedAlcoholism runs through generations in my family tree. My grandfather died from alcohol when my father was only a child. My father left when I was six-years-old but I remember in every ...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Jul 2004 07:27:00 GMT

MY MANUAL TO THE DELINQUINT'S SURVIVAL KIT........

I WROTE THIS A LIL MORE THAN A YEAR AGO.......BASED UPON MY METHODS OF STEALING....I STOLE FOR SURVIVAL AND THEN THE SPORT OF IT........FUNNY HOW I LIVED UP TO THE STEREOTYPE GIVEN TO PUERTO RICANS!!!...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:11:00 GMT

New York State of Mind

Triple Five Soul 20030304 New York State of Mind New York, New York, big city of dreams! The capitol of the world! Just as a Muslims life ambition is to journey to Mecca, I feel that all pe...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Jul 2004 06:02:00 GMT