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<3rica

has myspace completely gone to shit, or am i just being a sourpuss?

About Me

hello friends and strangers.

.........send me a message BEFORE adding me, please......... ;)

my brother has an awesome coffee bean roasting company: Jack Mormon Coffee

My Interests

music, peace, sustainability, parties, protests, justicia, vegetarians, equality, gardening, cooking, tubing, dancing, travel, family, the labor movement, human rights, quality of life, making out, true love, struggle, the Underdog, recycling, redistribution of wealth and the end of corporate dominance, harmony with nature, feminism, independence, sex. i am also very crafty. i can sew, paint, make beads and things out of clay, macramé, cook, bake, and i also make buttons.

I'd like to meet:

fun young hotties. intellectuals and party people. activists and vandals. i like people who live for a purpose; people who believe in things.. and have goals that they work toward. i like people who like to play games and laugh and frolick. who do i NOT want to meet? losers, eeyores, judgers and backstabbers. i dont like people whose minds are closed. i dont like people who dont listen. please, no racists, sexists, homophobes, egotists, yuppies, skeezers, stalkers, or haters.

Music:

hip-hop, reggae, d&b, classic rock, sometimes blues, bluegrass... a little bit of everything and a lotta some things. fav performers: DPZ (Dead Prez), SUBLIME, RageAgainstTheMachine, Beatles, Blackst*r, Atmosphere, DJ Aphrodite, CCR, Bob Marley, David Rovicks, Spearhead, Lords Of Acid, Fiona Apple, Jack Johnson, Erykah Badu, Outkast, Johnny Cash, Hair soundtrack, Davìd Garza, Portishead, Led Zeppelin, Lady Miss Kier/Dee-Lite, Jimmi Hendrix, the Eagles, Enya, Blackalicious, 2pac, Tripping Daisy, Cake, oldskool Madonna, Steve Miller Band..........reccomend me something

Movies:

Traffic, Yellow Submarine, Fight Club, Winged Migration, the Goonies, Bowling for Columbine, Weekend at Bernie's, Interview with the Vampire, Ninja Scroll, To Live, Stand by Me, 28 days later, the Corporation*, the 4th World War, What i learned About US Foreign Policy (addictedtowar.com). There are so many more but i just cant think of them all*favorite

Television:


futurama ... i've been much better about keeping my viewing to a minimum lately. i LOVE reggae digital music channel

Books:

Diet for a New America, Exodus, Shogun, Trinity, Princess, Memoirs of A Geisha, Fast Food Nation, Ishmael, the Phantom Tollbooth, ask me if i care, Girl (a novel), 1984, Brave New World. i read Jitterbug perfume on Angela's suggestion and i loved it. right now i am reading The Kite Runner. i really like dramatic historical novels, but i'm trying to read more nonfiction these days to learn me sumthin.

Heroes:

Che Guevara, MLK, Dennis Kucinich, Jello Biafra, single mothers, EMTs, Cindy Sheehan and Scott Parkin, Susan Sarandon, Amy Goodman, Greg Palast, Jim Hightower, Ralph Nader, Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Vandana Shiva, Wangarii Mathai, Rahul Mahajan, David Cobb, Medea Benjamin, leonard peliter and mumia abu-jamal...

My Blog

got an old cell phone?

Yesterday, while going through the mountain of crap in my attic, i found an old cell phone. it probably still works, i just upgraded a while back. My sister told me once that old cell phones can be d...
Posted by <3rica on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:58:00 PST

Aug 12, 2006; Washington DC - 30,000 protest!

This past Saturday, a protest was called here in Washington DC. people came together united against the atrocious war unfolding in Lebanon and Palestine, at the hands of the US-funded state of Israel....
Posted by <3rica on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:48:00 PST

riding some pavement, and lookin fine doing it

anyone who has known me in the past year or so probably has an inkling that i have been more involved in fun sports than ever lately. well, i have a new one. thanks to my friend Haley, i can add skat...
Posted by <3rica on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 07:06:00 PST

a moral call

i heard an anecdote from a friend yesterday that presented a moral dilemma - wondering what you all think would be the "right" thing to do here: a woman addicted to crack births 8 children and has nev...
Posted by <3rica on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 05:24:00 PST

what am i like, according to a net survey?

Your Values Profilehttp://images.blogthings.com/thefivefactorvaluestest/ values.jpg" height="100" width="100">Loyalty:You value loyalty highly.You're completely devoted to your friends and family.Even ...
Posted by <3rica on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:07:00 PST

stoopid

there was this really stupid kid on the metro last night when i got on with my (folding) bike. he said, "where'd ya get that bike?" "online" "offline?" he said "No, Online." "Oh. where online?" "Ebay...
Posted by <3rica on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 01:37:00 PST

world cup/copa mundial

My pics for the winner: 1. the Netherlands 2. Mexico and for Cesar's sake, if my top two do not win, i choose Argentina first i root for the home team, and as an alternate, the underdog. i am not for ...
Posted by <3rica on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 10:48:00 PST

this just in... and i'm pissed!

so i heard recently that some people are putting together a memorial on the mall for MLK. i think that's fabulous. as an essential leader in our country's past, he deserves to be memorialized for his ...
Posted by <3rica on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 11:50:00 PST

dorky new movie

i can't WAIT to see that new Gymnastics movie! Stick it with jeff daniels. it looks kinda lame and juvenile, but i cant help it, i want to see it. i feel like one of those guys who got excited when...
Posted by <3rica on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 04:10:00 PST

trees

Trees The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.   The next best time to plant a tree is NOW A couple of weeks ago my friend Molly and I took a tree-planting class together through a lo...
Posted by <3rica on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 04:11:00 PST