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Bless up!, Ahlan wa sahlan, Bienvenue, Welkumme, Irashaimasu, Bienvenidos, Welkom and ... "Welcome" – to this page in my life.I am the quintessential Libra. A healer, nurturer, Divine Goddess of truth and constant change; gypsy traveling, word connossieur who lives to write and exhale breath beats that will warm your soul in the coldest winters, and cool you in the hottest summers. A bead making, djembe playing, earth molding, meditating daily; down-ward dog and asana enthusiast; that florida water bathing, "Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti" chanting urban yogi Santeria child whose faith is filled and full of faith. A truth speaker and seeker; copal/charcoal/resin burnin'/sage smudging/light giver who rotates energy on her axis and redefines the praxis of Black Wom(b)an. I never hex when vexed ... my first reflex is to bless you. A voracious reader of Non-Fiction, Poetry, Prose, History and Autobiographies; flea market adventurer; head-bopping jazz, zouk, calypso and soul junkie; scuba diving deep-sea Yemaya; organic and orgasmic vegetarian cooking; arugula worshipping, sun speaking, moon birthing, intellectual stimuli ---- "let me finish this thought" ... papaya and mango addicted, cocoa butter lovin' beauty whose beauty is more than skin deep - it is SOUL DEEP. A barefoot, headwrapping anomaly and esoteric nomadic soul-filled spirit. Do you feel me?Just when you think you've reached the core of me...there's more...so much more to me.I am K.E.I.R. (Keeping. Energy. In. Rotation.) and I'm of French/Dutch/Apache and West Indian heritage with roots firmly planted in the Virgin Islands. I love to share my positive energy with others; debate, and enjoy the company of other like-minded positive, creative and motivated spirits who seek truth, knowledge and a need to help bring about change globally.A Proofreader, Copy Editor and Journalist by career trade. The CEO/Senior Writer of my own independent freelance business, Nkiru Ink. (Translation: 'The Best is Yet to Come') .I write, proofread, copyedit, and copywrite for an array of publications. My writing is just as multi-dimensional as myself as I write on a plethora of topics from: Arts & Entertainment, Music, General and Women's issues, Politics, Literature, Travel, Health and Social issues. I'm a true chameleon that blends in any environment. I've met numerous Ka's and Doppelgängers along my journey; and the world never ceases to amaze me at how many wonderful spirits walk this earth. My new motto in life:"A woman's heart should be so hidden in Christ that a man should have to seek Him first to find her." Start seeking...~ Namaste
@~~ME~~@:
Name: Keir (after my namesake, Keir Dullea)
Birthdate: October 11, 1973
Location: WhodoVoodoo, NY
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Copper Brown
Height: 5'0 but my personality makes me an even 7'0.
Weight: Gettin' personal here aren't you? I'll have you know that I'm very weight proportionate and have been pulled over for being illegally sexy. Thank you very much.
Piercings: 4: 2 in each ear; 1 in the navel; 1 in my nose.
Tatoos: 1 and looking for more.
Boyfriend/Girlfriend: I'm good for right now, nosy!
Overused Phraze: How's your spirit?" "Wah gwaan?" "Fo' Real, Fo' Real?" "S/he's gonna' make me catch a case!" "It's all good, and this shit is for the birds."
Best physical feature: Eyes, lips, nose, ears, cheek bones, smile, legs, feet - Oh sorry, were you expecting just one?
@~~Favorites~~@
Food: Steamed vegetables, Kung Pao Shrimp w/brown rice; Curry Tofu; Thai; Spicy Sushi Rolls.
Candy: I prefer papayas, kiwis, mangoes, ganapas, coconuts, honeydew and cantaloupe; but I do indulge in sporadic cravings of reeces peanut butter cups; licorice, and popcorn with organic walnut honey melted on top. Mmmm...
Number: 5
Color: Cerulean, Cream, Chocolate and Orange.
Animal: Horses, dolphins, dalmations, sting rays, monkeys and lions.
Drink: Pellegrino with a wedge of lemon and fresh mint leaves; peppermint tea sweetened with honey and lemon.
Alcoholic Drink: Cuba Libre, Mojito's, Coronas, Cruzan Rum (of course).
Letter: Dear Tyrone, You've worked my last good nerve which is why all your *ish is on the stoop waiting for you patna'. Get to steppin'!
Music: Nina Simone, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Jose James, Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, The London Arrington Experience, Miriam Makeba, Jill Scott, Dead Prez, Lauryn Hill, Cassandra Wilson, Wyclef Jean, Mos Def, The Roots, Martin Luther, Isaac Hayes, Fela, Erykah Badu, Nujabe, Floetry, Angelique Kidjo, Esthero, Beres Hammond, Jah Cure and many more.
Band: Simply Red, Dave Mathews Band, Ryan Montbleau Band, The Isley Brothers, Frankie Beverly and Maze, and The Roots.
Song: "In a Sentimental Mood," Coltrane; "Decisions," Sonny Rollins; "Night in Tunisia," Coltrane; "Walk on By," Isaac Hayes; "That's How I Roll," The London Arrington Experience. (You're not experiencing nirvana if you haven't heard this man); Mikuak Rai's, "One 2 Another, Full Moon, and We Belong"; Esthero's, "Superheroes"; and "The Dreamer" by Jose James.
Actress: Nia Long, Lena Horne, Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Barbara Streisand, and Sophie Okonedo.
Actor: Djimon Honsou, Idris Elba, Don Cheadle, Morgan Freeman, and Adam Beach.
Movie: Mo' Better Blues, Biko, Yesterday, Sometimes in April, The Mummy, Pirates of the Caribbean, Hotel Rwanda, Dead Presidents, Catch A Fire, and He's Got Game.
TV Channel: BBC, Discovery, Cooking Channel, late night British comedy.
TV Show: Real Time with Bill Maher, Tavis Smiley Show, LOST, K-Ville, Supernatural, Desparate Housewives, The George Lopez Show, Weeds, Californication, Henry VII, the Black Addler and Are You Being Served?
Stores: H&M, Harlemade, JCrew, Moshood's, Bohemian Soul, Region USA, Cooyah, Eileen Fisher & thrift and vintage shops.
Hang out Spot: Sugar Bar, Boca Chica, Barnes & Noble, Brownstone Bookstore, Cuzzin's, Hue-Man Bookstore, Maroon's.
@~~ Your~~@
Bedtime: Que?
Most Missed Memory: Summer's in St. Thomas; Fall in London.
First thought waking up: Thank you God for another day.
Best friend: Me, my mum, my niece and the Most High.
Weakness: BOOKS! I'm a 12-step recovering book junkie whose yet to be cured. Other weaknesses: My niece, my family, my sister-friends; the sound of children laughing, the smell of rain, jazz, sunsets, sunrise, thunderstorms, mangoes, papaya, peanut butter, knitted sweaters, cashmere; intelligence, altruistic spirits, seductive voice, big hands, long eyelashes, kind eyes, beautiful lips, freckles, mind-gasms (if you have to ask, then you don't know how to turn a woman on mentally or you've never been turned on mentally); an infectious smile, great sense of humor, spirituality, chivalry; confidence, independence, a creative mind, honesty; a man that has and knows his life's purpose, and isn't afraid to walk his divine path; and people that aspire to inspire.
Fears: Not accomplishing my goals and making a change in this world
Longest relationship: 7 + years.
@~~Have You~~@
Ever Drank: When you say, "drank", do you mean water? I need specifics in order to answer properly here.
Ever Smoked: I was told it was green leaves for my glaucoma. I swear.
Pot: House.
Ever been drunk: When you say, "drunk", please define "drunk." There are so many layers, levels, and perceptions here. I need specifics in order to answer properly here, and no, this is not my way of using the Jedi Mind Trick to avoid answering your questions.
Ever been beatin up: I've been trained by Shaolin monks in the ancient art of putting foot-to-a**. How's that workin' for you?
Ever beaten someone up: The Devil made me do it.
Ever skinny dipped: I plead the 5th.
Ever kissed opposire sex: Yes.
Ever kissed opposire same sex: Yes, my mum and my niece.
@~~Random~~@
What country do you want to visit: Fiji, Ireland, Australia, Prague, Tibet, Japan, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cote d'Ivoire and so many more. I'm working on it.
Do you like thunderstorms: Live for them.
Get along with parents: Yes, very well.
Health freak: Yes, but I reward myself well on bad days.
Believe in yourself: All the time; even when I'm wrong.
Want to go to college: I'm returning as we speak. God is good...all the time.
Do you smoke: No, but I've been known on rare occasions to puff, puff, pass.
Do you drink: In moderation.
Shower daily: Religiously.
Been in love: A time or two.
Do you sing: Only in the shower and to ward off bad JuJu.
Want to get married: If it's meant to be.
Do you want children: Yes.
Hate anyone: Hate is such a strong word. I prefer "strongly dislike" and yes I have a few on that list. Care to see if you're on it? I do dislike ignorant people and selfish people; I see no purpose in their purpose, but they are still God's children...and so they be. I'm also allergic to people who are chronically negative and suffer from the "Woe is me" syndrome; and I loathe shady people.
What kinda of car do you drive: At present it's called, M.T.A. (Makes. Travelers. Angry)
Do you like it or them: I like me. Get the feeling I'm a smart a$$ don't cha?
Do you like motorcyles or 4 wheelers: Anything that moves and gets me from Point A to Point B.
Do you own one: No, but my birthday is all year round. Are you offering?
What do you do for fun: Read, make jewelry and candles; I'm an intravenous jazz junkie; love to spend time with family, talk my friends off the ledge, travel, write, meditate; go to spas and ashrams.
Have any pets: Yes, the laziest cat you'll ever lay eyes upon.
What are your goals in life: Live peacefully, give fully, embrace my blessings, shine daily, laugh loudly and die holy.
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My Interests

Masallah ... God has willed it. I'm a loving spirit that loves living in complete peace with self, others, the uniVerse, the multiVerse. I live to love my family and friends; writing, poetry, prose, spoken word, words spoken, words heard; people watching; scuba-diving, snorkeling, listening attentively to words that are not spoken; living inside my head most days; designing eclectic jewelry with wire-wrap, bead work and PMC; a voracious reader and student on Afro-Caribbean History; gypsy and nomadic traveler, capoeira, meditating, yoga, Muay Thai Kickboxing; learning new languages, financial growth and prosperity; education, philanthropy, remaining positive in the face of adversity and getting my hustle on.

I'd like to meet:

James Baldwin, Aime Cesaire, Stephen Bantu Biko, Edwidge Danticat (Would love to meet her again); Huey P. Newton, Yusef Rahman, Keorapetse "Willie" Kgositsile, Amiri Baraka (Could use more of his wisdom), Leone Ross, Steve Cannon, Tom Dent, Al Haynes, David Henderson, Calvin C. Hernton, Joe Johnson, Norman Pritchard, Lenox Raphael, Ishmael Reed, Lorenzo Thomas, James Thompson, Askia M. Tour, Assata Shakur, Don Cheadle, Sonia Sanchez, Nikki Giovanni, Idris Elba (Met him in the elevator at my old gig and he's even more beautiful in person. Tongue-tied), Jimmy Jean-Louis, Lena Horne, Angle Bassol-Oudraogo, Naomi Shihab Nye, Ani DiFranco, Desmond Tutu, Ama Ata Aidoo, and too many blessed others to name.


Music:

Nina Simone, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Sonny Rollins, Hank Mobley, Jimmy Smith, Art Blakey, Art Farmer, Milt Jackson, Clifford Brown, The Isley Brothers, Charlie Wilson, Earth, Wind and Fire, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Kenny Dorham, John Lewis, Horace Silver, Tommy Flanagan, Sarah Vaughn, Lena Horne, Cassandra Wilson, Max Roach, John Coltrane, Darius Rutger, Jose James, The Rolling Stones, Fertile Ground, Depeche Mode, Hot House Flowers, Dave Matthews Band, Wyclef Jean, Jill Scott, Common, Mos Def, Lauryn Hill, Fela Kuti, Fat Jon, Wes Felton, Esthero, Nujabes, Little Dragon, Zero 7, Mary J. Blige, Dead Prez, Jean Grae, Zap Mama, Erykah Badu, The Roots, Les Nubians, Saïan Supa Crew, Tarrus Riley, Seun Kuti, Bembeya Jazz, Miriam Makeba, Salif Keita, Tracy Chapman, Siba, Toumani Diabat, Stella Chiweshe, Beres Hammond, Morgan Heritage, Lady Saw, Tanya Stephens, Robert Nestor Marley, Dennis Brown, Junior Reid, Ken Boothe, Winston Reedy, Sanchez, Jah Cure, and so many others.

Movies:

The Pianist, The Hurricane, Dead Poets Society, Shawshank Redemption, Bamboozled, Love Jones, 25th Hour, I, Robot, Enemy of the State, Set it Off, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Love and Eating the Bones, Sometimes in April, Something New, Chris Rock: Never Scared, Dead Presidents, Heat, Yesterday, The Illusionist, Jason's Lyric, Goonies, Van Helsing, The Sixth Sense, The Breakfast Club, Biko, Malcolm X, Visages d'Enfants, St. Elmo's Fire, The Best Man, Singing in the Rain, Fancy Face, Face-Off, Hello Dolly, Dirty Pretty Things, She Hates Me, Mo' Better Blues, To Catch A Thief, He's Got Game, and Out of Africa.

Television:

Dave Chapelle Show, The Tudors, The Wire, Alias, Carnival, LOST, CSI: Las Vegas, Supernatural, Housewives, Weeds, Girlfriends, Jail Break, Dexter, BBC News, British comedies: Black Adder, 'Allo 'Allo!, Classic Benny Hill and Monty Python, Are You Being Served?; Discovery and History Channel.

Books:

I consume too many books and they have become a beloved vice for me in which I have no intentions of giving up. Some favorites of mine at the present: Charles Baxter's - Harmony of the World, Fyodor Dostoevsky's - The Brothers Karamazov, Steven Levitt's - Freakonomics, Alice Munro's - Friend of My Youth, Anything from James Baldwin, James Joyce, Nikki Giovanni, Maryse Conde, Anton Chekhov, J.D. Salinger, Sole Woyinka, W.E.B. DuBois, Vladimir Nabokov, Nikolai Gogol, Zora Neale Hurston, Pablo Neruda, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Derrick Walcott, Rita Dove, Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ai, Lucille Clifton, Yousef Komunyakaa, Robert Hayden, Jupiter Hammon, Quincy Troupe, Phyllis Wheatley, Sonia Sanchez, Edwidge Danticat, Toni Cade Bambara, Margaret Atwood, Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo, Leone Ross, Sylvia Plath, Claude McKay, Amiri Baraka, Naomi Shihab Nye, and all the literary geniuses that have inspired me to love and sleep with words daily until even silence is a mantra for me praying for words to come forth from my tongue.

Heroes:

...My mother, grandparents, sisters, brother, sister-friends, lovers, fighters, truth-seekers and truth speakers; gypsies, nomads, educators, motivators, thinkers, debaters; people who can shake their money makers and shower the world with their Chi; energy and light givers; those who move and roll with the tides; poets, wordsmiths, breath-givers, spiritual freedom fighters and anyone able to stand in their truth and sing it aloud to make the deaf hear it.

My Blog

Documentary - The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo

I had the pleasure of attending the Sundance Film Festival this year and one of the films that really left this kind of "divine spiritual afflatus" on me (for lack of a better word) was Doc...
Posted by JüJüTopia on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:04:00 PST

The Mis-Education of the American School System

While up late last night working and letting the 'fool tube' watch me while I listened, and transcribed interview tapes, this report held my attention.  I wish that I could say that this discovery was...
Posted by JüJüTopia on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:27:00 PST

Dating A Man With Potential..Would you? - Reposted From S.S. Neely

Namaste, As I sit on this Sunday like every Sunday, fulfilling my candle orders (Yes, my other hustle folks. I make scented and unscented candles too as well as jewelry, and pottery. A woman's gotta' ...
Posted by JüJüTopia on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST

King of Kings

  I pray that everyone is having a blessed day, but that every day we are an example to our youth, to our elders, to those who have lost the way, and to our beloveds that have crossed ...
Posted by JüJüTopia on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:03:00 PST

do u remember me?

You make my hips bare nouns At the profound thought of you Leaving offerings On the tip of my tongue Wrapped in banana leaves Tasting of the day we met When winter fell into spring Or perhaps&it was....
Posted by JüJüTopia on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:31:00 PST

Zeitgeist, The Spirit of Age or Humanity's Manifesto?

"They must find it difficult .... those who have taken authority as the truth, rather than truth as the authority" - Gerald Massey..  As the grand-daughter and grand-niece to a house filled of strong,...
Posted by JüJüTopia on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:29:00 PST

Saros 122

      Saros 122     It's that bewitching hourtwilight  not yet dawn Pause  Dusk still lingeringcatching his breath mid-motionmid-airsky ocean they slow dance...
Posted by JüJüTopia on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 04:05:00 PST