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About Me

Here's a couple general categories that give an overview of how I spend my time, money, and talents.
I'm sometimes leary of convention ("just the way things are", "just because", etc)... I need to know and understand to REALLY remember, I need to know and understand to REALLY follow.

Favorite Quotes:
"And I fear that what I saying won't be heard until I'm gone. But it's all good, cause I didn't expect to live long. So if it takes for me to suffer for my people to see the light, give me pain till I die, but please treat them right."

-DMX, Prayer

"Leadership is a potent combination of character and strategy. If you must be without one, be without strategy."

-General Norman Schwarkopf

"One person, without a title or being an elected official, acting on principle can change a community, a city, a state, or as in Rosa Parks' case, the way America sees and treats people."

-Dennis Archer

My Interests

Culture, Photography, Web Design, Youth Development, Faith vs. Religion, Language, Christianity, Lowriding, Detroit, Southwest Detroit, Carson Street, Hip Hop, Leadership, Mentoring, Latin Freestyle, Travel, Conflict Resolution, Humor, Sociology, Journaling, Leadership, Pit Bulls, Tattoos, Networking, Relationships, Crime and Justice, and that's all for now... :)

I'd like to meet:

Mister Cartoon, Estevan Oriol, Boogie, DMX, Eminem (for reasons you wouldn't think). There's more, I just have to get busy in this section.

Music:

Jay Z, Led Zepplin, Mos Def, DMX, Calle 13, The White Stripes, Alejandro Saenz, Eminem, Tupac, Nas, The Doors, Talib Kweli, War, Stevie B, Michael Jackson (early Michael), Motown, Bill Withers, Curtis Mayfield, Dr. Dre, DJ Hurricane (Detroit), Bob Seger, The Beatles, D12, Kanye West

Movies:

Traffic, Office Space, Donnie Brasco, Goodfellas, The Notebook, Kids, Gang Tapes, Dazed and Confused

Television:

Getting hooked on the SHOtime series: Dexter and Californication. ALL HBO Series... The Wire, Big Love, The Sopranos, Rome, Carnivale, Sex And The City, Entourage. Also Law and Order, MX Sports (LOL), Def Comedy Jam, most custom build shows.

Books:

The World's Religions (Huston Smith), Tao Te Ching, Bible, The Tipping Point (Malcolm Gladwell), The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership (John C. Maxwell), The Tao of Leadership (John Heider), Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis), On Becoming A Leader (Warren Bennis), The Indian In The Cupboard (Lynne Reid Banks), No More Prisons (William Upski Wimsatt), A Wrinkle In Time (Madeleine L'Engle), The Art of Getting Over (Stephen Powers), Charlotte's Web (E.B. White), The Trumpeter Swan (E.B. White)
Some More Pictures:

My Blog

ANNOUNCEMENT: LRM Feature 48 Chevy Cholow

This summer while at the Chicago Majestics Picnic I had the pleasure of spotting one of the cleanest 48's I've EVER seen and meeting the owner's family. I had JUST bought a new portrait lens fro...
Posted by Howard© on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:37:00 PST

ANNOUNCEMENT: LRM- Detroit Cinco de Mayo Coverage

Check out this month's Lowrider Magazine... Vernor Hwy in southwest Detroit heats the On The Scene section with coverage of our Cinco de Mayo parade! Unfortunately we didn't write Expressions in...
Posted by Howard© on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:33:00 PST

ANNOUNCEMENT: Lowrider Magazine Readers Rides

The last year has been packed tight with opportunities and responsibilities. Some of these have kept as many pics as normal from getting into blogs and posted online. A year of traveling, ...
Posted by Howard© on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:49:00 PST

PICS: Inspire v. 1 - Untouchables

Recently I've had the opportunity to spend extended amounts of time with friends that are exceptionally talented but usually, of course, VERY busy. Even amidst their busy schedules they find tim...
Posted by Howard© on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 05:21:00 PST

PICS: Summer In Review 2006

Well, as most of you know this has been one BUSY summer! From lowriding to leadership development, EXP activities/meetings, traveling, photography, finding new opportunities, securing/maintainin...
Posted by Howard© on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 07:59:00 PST

PICS: First Model Shoot-Vanessa

As things are moving forward its in the back of my mind that I'm going to have to be learning and trying some new things. Recently I got a few assignments from a national lowrider magazine and a...
Posted by Howard© on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 05:30:00 PST

ANNOUNCEMENT: Exp Real Detroit Weekly Article

Yeah, so, PROUD doesn't even describe the feeling... you can click here to see the article: http://www.realdetroitweekly.com/article_1691.shtml Here's the heading and a sample from the text to get yal...
Posted by Howard© on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 01:44:00 PST

PICS: Chicago Majestics Picnic, July 2006

Here's some pics from the Chicago Majestics Picnic. We were in 4 cities in 3 days meeting new people, building relationships, and shooting everything we saw. So THANKS for all the love, hospita...
Posted by Howard© on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 07:58:00 PST

PICS: Lima, OH June 2006

These are a few of the pics from the trip down to Lima last weekend with Juan. Juan got in on the action a little two with the last two shots! Nice pics Juan!! *thumbsup* And to ever...
Posted by Howard© on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:48:00 PST

JOURNAL: Own Your Strength (2006.06.11)

Just thought I would add a thought that crossed my mind during a conversation with someone online a couple months back... they made a comment about a pic of a pit bull I had as an avatar looking cute ...
Posted by Howard© on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 07:39:00 PST