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zhaleh

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

i put in work! i'm a lover, not a fighter, but i'll still beat your ass if u push me far enough. look but don't touch, motherfucker, think twice. i'm a writer, a dancer, and a soccer player. i'm one of the best friends you'll ever have. i'll find any excuse to laugh. i love men: i luv the way they walk, i luv the way they talk, i luv the way are so insecure way deep down on the inside. i'm cool and calm at all times, unless i see some type of injustice, at which point i have no self-control. i want to learn something from every person that crosses my path. i love music--any kind, as long as its sincere and can move my body and my heart. music is my escape; i curl up between the notes and let it carry me. i don't smoke, drink or get high, even tho i get asked at least once a day if i'm high or drunk. trust me, i'm not. i figure people must get high to get where i'm at. i'm constantly searching for something to hold my interest.

My Interests

culture, travel, soccer, good food, good music, stuff i don't know, dancing, indigenous rights, the bahai faith, justice, luuuuvvvv, good people, laughter, tetris, music video choreography, theater, film, photography, literary criticism, good character development, interesting plotlines, skydiving, my family, the sooperchiks, getting to know you.

I'd like to meet:

homo sapiens

Music:

stevie wonder, lila downs, prince, sade, the gipsy kings, carlos vives, los lobos, juanes, bilal, venus7, the slack republic, cody chesnutt, jorge benjor, burning spear, marley, cassava, soca, radiohead, samba, salsa, flako y sus tesos, hector lavoe, roberta flack, donnie hathaway, a tribe called quest, manu chao, red hot chili peppers, little brother, the roots, michael jackson, fertile ground, telecast, colleen lovejoy, julie dexter, lupe fiasco, anyone from the gilberto family, the dawnbreaker entertainment family, celia cruz, tito puente, dancehall, fiona apple, no doubt, dead prez, kweli, goodie and kast, down south bootyshake, cumbia, kwasa kwasa, zouk, calypso, nina simone, veritas, parliament, portishead, dj shadow, etc.

Movies:

the wiz, braveheart, malena, amelie, kikujiro, desperado, raising victor vargas, life is beautiful, 28 days later, city of god, anything by charlie kaufman, waiting for guffman, coming to america, anything by hawmi guillebeaux, what dreams may come, fight club, anything by the cohen brothers, forrest gump, shaka zulu, the power of one, most things by spike lee, crouching tiger hidden dragon, kill bill 1&2, etc.

Television:

sesame street, king of the hill, adult swim, music videos with choreography, mtv spanish channel, soccer matches and basketball games, any countdown or 'best of' show on vh1.

Books:

gabriel garcia marquez, octavia butler, alice walker, barbara kingsolver, kiana davenport, toni morrison, tananarive due, the god of small things, the neverending story, the alchemist, veronika decides to die, hunger, in the time of the butterflies, how the garcia girls lost their accents, caramelo, house on mango street, edgar allen poe, baha'u'llah.

My Blog

I bet u didn't know that...

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9803207 WASHINGTON, April 24 /PRNewswire- USNewswire/ -- Native American and Alaska Native women in the United States suffer disproportionately high...
Posted by zhaleh on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:12:00 PST

in korea 2: dancing

DancingKoreaI'm having a difficult time reconciling these two things. Don't get me wrong--I HAVE met a few people here with natural rhythm, but the overwhelming majority...So I'm teaching at an englis...
Posted by zhaleh on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:02:00 PST

in korea...

my name means "are you sleepy?"perfect.
Posted by zhaleh on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:46:00 PST

if you're wondering about my picture...

DJ DRAMA /DON CANNON/ RIAA BSIn the world of hip-hop few music executives have more influence than DJ Drama. His "Gangsta Grillz" compilations have helped define this decade's Southern rap explosion. ...
Posted by zhaleh on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:45:00 PST

History 101: Intro to the Indian

I will offer here a very condensed explanation of the facts that clearly demonstrate that the 'Bering Strait Theory' has never graduated beyond being a theory.  Before I begin, however, I would o...
Posted by zhaleh on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:00:00 PST

That bitch a snitch! (my rebuttal)

So here's the deal: several of our traditional (often synonymous with outdated) social mores, coupled with this new obsession with ostracizing snitches, has made it so that in 2006, Superhead is on th...
Posted by zhaleh on Wed, 11 Jan 2006 02:07:00 PST

a girl's got needs...

Remember when I discovered that I'm a loser? Well, here's something else I have discovered. Most of the time, i'm the sweetest thing you've ever known. But sometimes--and often without warni...
Posted by zhaleh on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:14:00 PST

friends are for losers

So I discovered last night that I'm a loser.  It has been quite an eye-opening discovery.  I never really had any things when I was growing up (mostly because there were so many of us that e...
Posted by zhaleh on Fri, 21 Oct 2005 01:59:00 PST

no laundry, no gain

So I went on a blind date a couple of weeks ago and it was great. I'm serious, dear friends!!! I had a great time. Sadly, I did not call the guy again for the next couple of days because I was very, v...
Posted by zhaleh on Tue, 11 Oct 2005 10:10:00 PST

freewriting/hell hath no fury like...

This guy is too futile for me to write about right now.  Messy bastard.  But maybe someday I will capture him on a piece of paper, tearing him to pieces even as he forms under my pen.  ...
Posted by zhaleh on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST