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About Me

Well.... What to say.... Always feel a bit uncomfortable describing myself... oh well... I was born in Mexico City (DFectuosorgullo!!) but have been back and forth from the US and Mexico for many years. My culture definateley plays a big part in my personality although I am perhaps a bit different than most mexicans, my friends here call me a; "wexican" (white mexican). I am a "chilango" (person from the capital) but have a deep love for all my country (los surenos tambien quieren a los nortenos). Not to say in any way that I dont love the US as well. I am a very easy-going down to earth person with mostly liberal views on life. Usually dont take myself too seriously, however I am very passionate about my creative endeavors. Used to club a lot in Mexico a few years back, going out 3-4 times a week, but mostly chill now & go out once in a while. Live music is something I have always enjoyed and I have been going to all types of shows since I was 14. Nowdays I still go out to see bands, dj's, mc's, acts and other live music performances, unfortunateley due to my un-adventurous friends sometimes I go solo. I'm past the point of missing live music due to lack of company. Some of the shows my friends have missed this year are; Al Green, Karl Denson (KDTU), Soulive, Jimmy Cliff, WAR, TOSCA, Toots & the Maytals, Thievery Corporation (twice) and Molotov. I guess most of all I am a highly creative individual and consume myself with trying to live as creativeley as possible (whatever that means). I work as a photographer and graphic designer, I also make artwork (mostly mixed media collage with ink/paint illustrations), for the past few years I have been making my own jewelry, graffiti and street art have been part of my life since I was 15 (some years more intensiveley than others). I hold huge respect/love for friends and family, all those that genuineley contribute themselves positivey in my life. What more to say..dunno...i'm a complex individua....ahhh forget it, just gimme a shout if you got any questions.....May peace be upon you... Here are some pictures from my last trip to Mexico at the end onf 2005 and beginning of 2005. http://public.fotki.com/jadeamber/ Here are a bunch of pictures with some of my friends, I always try to take pics with friends although ive been slacking lateley and all the travel ive done this past half year. http://public.fotki.com/jadeamber2/con_rope/ Here are pics from all my friends in Mexico we are all a craaazy bunch, but then again too much sanity is boring. http://public.fotki.com/jadeamber3/pandillator!!!!!!/ Here are some pics from "The Gates" in NYC during February 2005 http://public.fotki.com/jadeamber4/

My Interests

Traveling for me is one of the most rewarding things in life and I try to do it as much as possible. Mostly I enjoy traveling either to big cities or nice wooded or natural areas. Philadelphia and New York are cities I love to travel to and I try to go there regularly as well as other areas such as North Carolina and within the state of Virginia and of course my beatufull country Mexico. I love music, I listen to lots of different generes, mostly beat based music. I have a deep love and appreciation for street art and graffiti movements where artists are taking their work to a different level. I make my own jewelry but in addition I also have a large mineral, crystal and stone collection which daily marvels me. I also have a mask and toy collection, now that I think about it I have a Collections collection, hahahhehe. Huge fan of art and free expression, always enjoy when people are themselves.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone down to earth, and concious about their humanity and life around them. People who are humble, unique/individualistic , noble/kind-hearted, creative/open-minded always gain my respect and friendship quicker..

Music:

Into so many different types of music, I have a VAST collection. Hip-hop i like early 90's stuff, Little brother, Gangstarr etc.. I like many different electronic generes but house is definateley my favorite, Deep Dish, Sussie 4, Telefunka, Roger Sanchez. I absoluteley looove soul music some of my favorites are: James Brown, Al Green, Bobby Womack, Curtis Mayfield. Dub and reagge are two genres I also listen to super frequently stuff like: King Tubby, Augustus Pablo Scratch Perry, Hugie Ichazar etc.. Being from Mexico I like some latin groups a lot, groups like Mano Negra, Manu Chao, Cafe Tacuba, Estopa etc.. I listen to a lot of jazz & blues as well. Overall there are very few music styles I can't listen to.

Movies:

I'm into a lot of movies and I really enjoy watching them & I have a large DVD collection, although I do not go to the movies often at all. Some movies I like are: Layer Cake, The Tesseract, Amores Perros, The Killer, Appleseed, Streetfight, Superfly, 5 Deadly Venoms (SB kung fu), Baraka, March of the Penguins, The Warriors, Style Wars, Wyld Style, Beat Street, Elephant Man, Crash, Kingpin, Friday, CB4 and so many more..........

Television:

I watch mostly movies rather than TV. The discovery chanel is the greatest, Crank Yankers and South Park are awesome as well. Dont really watch too much reality tv only ocassionally. Moderateley watch some sports on TV mostly football, but not as religiously as others.

Books:

I must admit I am not much of a book reader, but I would have to say Sidhartha by Herman Hesse is a book that I love. The Secret Science for those seekeing to go beyond.

Heroes:

Well as a little kid I used to really like "Blue Demon" a Mexican luchador (wrestler, although i am not into wwf or any wrestling at all) who in addition to his wrestling career he and few other wrestlers had an acting career usually starring in sci-fi movies as thier wrestling character which they also assumed socially. Moves with titles such as: Santo & Blue Demon against the horrific mummes from Guanajuato. Realistically thou probablly my dad.

My Blog

New work on R5Blog

Hello EveryoneJust wanted to let you know I posted a new custom on my blog, check it out at:r5blog.r5imaging.comPeace be upon you & yours....
Posted by Rope5 on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:40:00 PST