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j.nice

it's finally bears/bulls season!

About Me


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MoCA CFP MySpace--PLEASE ADD US! || MoCA CFP YouTube--PLEASE CONTRIBUTE! || MoCA CFP World Journal Blog--PLEASE READ!
love to laugh. mad corny. and a dreamer. || all the fams:..

My Interests

just ask.

I'd like to meet:

all of the nephews, nieces, cousins, students, friends&fam as they grow thru their different life stages... and the flash (d.wade) & agent zero (g.arenas).

Music:

::soundtrack to life :: the beautiful cacophony that is my fam when we raise ruckus together :: currently on rotation: absolutely divine playlist!

Movies:

family home videos. raising victor vargas. the usual suspects (an ultimate freestyle!). brown sugar. love jones. amelie. love and basketball. whale rider. eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. bamboozled. memento. frida. a love affair. friday. sliding doors. city of god. say i do. little miss sunshine. sports flix!

Television:

[...can rot your brain.] BUT i'm guilty of loving some: sports, scrubs, sex and the city, reruns of the fresh prince of bel-air, youtube! [and when i'm watching cable--run's house (i love it!) and pop-up video (ha.)]

Books:

faves: when the elephants dance (tess uriza holthe), parable of the sower (octavia butler), like water for chocolate (laura esquivel), the alchemist (paulo coelho), persepolis (marjane satrapi), all about love: new visions (bell hooks), communion (bell hooks), sister outsider (audre lorde), the poisonwood bible (barbara kingsolver), the white boy shuffle (paul beatty) :: currently reading: theater of war (nicholas powers); falling free (diana chang)

Heroes:

people who just Do The Damn Thing. move sumthin.

My Blog

SHARE YOUR FILMS!!!

Hey, good peoples!  Be a part of the Museum of Chinese in the Americas (MoCA) Chinatown Film Project!!!MoCA is launching a three-part series presenting original short films from established and e...
Posted by j.nice on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 09:57:00 PST

STATEMENT: US WOMEN’S ORG DEMANDS THE RELEASE OF GABNET 3

Please distribute far and wide& STATEMENT For Immediate Release          ;           ;    ...
Posted by j.nice on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:38:00 PST

"it's bigger than hip hop..."

(oh yes, word vomit galore to follow. beware. be prepared.) Dood. I haven't been so moved and compelled to write in a minute. I truly believe that nothing is coincidental. With all that's been going ...
Posted by j.nice on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:29:00 PST

declarations

(jen--snagged these from your declarations; love em! thnx for the inspiration today.)"The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't fin...
Posted by j.nice on Sun, 20 May 2007 07:46:00 PST

setting the soul on fire

the importance of finding matches..."As you see, within our bodies each of us has the elements needed to produce phosphorus.  And let me tell you something I've never told a soul.  My grandm...
Posted by j.nice on Wed, 02 May 2007 06:36:00 PST

May Day: Rise UP! || GABNet Defends Immigrant Women's Rights

GABNet DEFENDS IMMIGRANT WOMEN'S RIGHTS For far too long the issue of how migration impacts women have not been given its due.  In fact, women migrants--including Filipinas--are the most vulner...
Posted by j.nice on Tue, 01 May 2007 09:32:00 PST

re: telling || the five-year anniversary of mango tribe herstories ::4/1 @ Galapagos::

re: telling the five-year anniversary of mango tribe herstories [a mango tribe performance, fundraiser, & celebration] silent auction, raffles, music, & more!  join us in honori...
Posted by j.nice on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:41:00 PST

Attn: Philippines Needs Typhoon Relief

[frm k's blog]Attn: Philippines, Bicol Needs Typhoon Relief. Bicol after Supertyphoon Reming: Tabang Bicol/Help BicolAttn...
Posted by j.nice on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:22:00 PST

"Nicole" Case Verdict

PRESS RELEASEDecember 3, 2006For Reference: DR. ANNALISA ENRILE, GABNet National Chair619.316.0920PHILIPPINE-US Women's  Group, GABRIELA Network Demands Philippines Assert Jurisdiction- Put US Ma...
Posted by j.nice on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:52:00 PST

GABNet Chicago: Veiled in Silence; Memorializing Slain in the Philippines

GABNet Chicago hosted a theatrical action in front of the Philippine Consulate in downtown Chicago last Thursday, September 21, 2006. This date was also the anniversary of the day former dic...
Posted by j.nice on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:10:00 PST