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Shy Genie

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About Me

i am a young woman who loves music and art. i was born in ill. research hospital in chicago ill., but raised in the dirty south-memphis,tnn. and birmingham,al. i enjoy music, reading, music,music,fashion,extroverts, and did i say music? lol i love music more than just about anything. i love myspace because it has an abundance of all the things i love. i also love the pages that promote positivity and helping others.i have a crazy/awful sense of humor, and i have been told that i am too smart for my own good(don't believe that though)i would also like to add the fact that this is my own personal myspace. with my own personal blog opinions. i am not getting paid to promote any product or entertainer. i do however, try to promote stuff from my family (cause i love 'em), and i dig a lot of the stuff that they do. if you are an artist or entertainer or whatever-LOL, i have you on my page because i really just dig YOU, and... ya just made me feel something, you know? :D i just want to say that this page is just a tiny bit of who shy genie is. so look and enjoy ;)p.s. my profile name is shy genie because i am actually really shy -duh!
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My Interests

I love reading,music, and my friends and family.
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I'd like to meet:

lots of interesting (and not so interesting-lol) artistic people. most of my extended family in chi-town and memphis tn (it's been a minute!) :D

Music:

my great-uncle mr sam lay (international blues man) little hip-hop a little r&b a little rock and roll a bit of country a bit of everythang.. Babylon By Bus/Catch a Fire/Uprising-Bob Marley and The Wailers Highway 61 Revisited/The Freewheelin Bob Dylan(Girl from the North Country,Corrina Don't Think Twice It's Alright(so many i love). The BluePrint-Jay Z(classic) Baduism-Erykah Badu Things Fall Apart-The Roots On How Life Is-Macy Gray Stevie Wonder-Innervisions(Too High, Livin'for the city the whole record is genious) Aretha Franklin-(Sparkle soundtrack, I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You) The Doors... Al Green-Still in Love With You- Ann Peebles-(all of her 'best of' stuff is fab) Red Hot Chili Peppers-Blood Sugar Sex Magic (actually the song knock me down is a fav of mine on another cd) Michelle Ndegeocello- Cookie-my favorite of hers just all her cds Prince 1999-my fav Paisley Park Sign O The Times Controversy N.E.R.D-In Search Of-classic
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by Roy Lichtenstein What Famous Work of Art Are You?

Movies:


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..Babel... The Illusionist(so beautiful) ... Basquiat ... Talk To Me... She's Gotta Have It... She Hate Me ... Time After Time(best jack the ripper portrayal) ... Thunderheart... Kill Bill 1 & 2 ... Apacalypto ... Dead Presidents ... Casino Royale (Daniel Craig's James Bond) ... Which Way Is Up ... Goodfellas... The Godfather-part 11 especially (poor fredo!) ... Panic In Needle Park ...And Justice For All ... The Hunted ... White Castle ... Secretary ... Final Destination ... What's Eating Gilbert Grape?... Dirty Pretty Things ... Three Extremes ... The Beguiled ... Play Misty for Me... Notes on a Scandel... Smooth Talk... Inside Man(classic spike lee) ... The Grifters... Interview with the Vampire ... Coffy ... Full Metal Jacket... Rockers-'78 (jamaican robin hood)i love old movies on TCM- All About Eve-talk about haters!-lol/ anything with Betty Davis any Alfred Hitchcock film:especially Shadow of a Doubt... S.K.- A Clockwork Orange-i am just going to have to say that i saw this when i was a really young girl, and it scared the 'ish' out of me!-lolsome of my favorite comedies are: Animal House ('fat,drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life son')!-lol and who could forget otis day and the knights? ..so funny!, ...Dr. Detroit w/ dan akroyd-i am so ashamed, but that is some funny ish! ... Cheech and Chong-Nice Dreams Car Wash-every blk child back in the day remembers that one :D ... Clerks/Clerks 2-big Jay and Silent Bob fan...Superbad-i loves me some McLovin'!lol...
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Television:

spike lee hbo doc-when the levee broke(a must see) ...guilty pleasures: family guy - stewie and brian crack me up the boondocks-too clever rescue me -i get to see buket nekkid firemen!LOL america's next top modelserious shameful guilty pleasures: the bad girls club... jerry springer... bridezillas... the soup... best week ever... mtv's true life...'old-school'- the kids in the hall (original cast)... samford and son (lamont w/ and w/o the afro) the jeffersons (the 1st lionel-lol)... alice (kiss grits !) xoxo k.s. & b.b. ;D

Books:

the grapes of wrath-steinbeck ... their eyes were watching god-zora neale hurston ... the autobiography of malcolm x... are you there god? it's me,margaret -judy blume... beloved-toni morrison... the picture of dorian gray-oscar wilde... fav authors include: michael eric dyson-is bill cosby right?' ... dr.cornell west..

TheKarmaQuiz.com - Online Karma Test Click Here! shy genie, Your Karmic Alignment is: Optimistic!

Score: 12 In general, you tend to create poitive actions. You have a caring personality which gives you positive Karma. Every now and then you slip up and harvest negative Karma. But, all in all, you follow lines similar to the Monks on their way to enlightenment.

Heroes:

god, mom, mlk, my dysfunctional fam-lol...Concrete Jungle - Bob Marley and the Wailers
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My Blog

happy birthday kat !

  I would just like to say happy birthday to my bff  Kat in Nashville,TN ( even though she never gets on MySpace)  ...
Posted by Shy Genie on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:26:00 PST

makeup addiction part deux

Alright.  Now you know about my serious make-up addiction, but I felt I needed to go into further detail.  It's not only make-up, but beauty products in general.  Everything from body ...
Posted by Shy Genie on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:50:00 PST

my unfortunate makeup addiction

Okay, i am not really a heavy duty shopper.  1, I don't have that kinda bread, and  2, I don't like crowded stores and such.  Having said all of that, I must reveal to m...
Posted by Shy Genie on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:28:00 PST

birmingham reading and other mindless blogging...

These are two Birmingham publications that I can’t do without:  ’Black & White’ paper The Birmingham Weekly Both publications need to quit hating on mayor langford! ...
Posted by Shy Genie on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:13:00 PST

a new earth

this week i got a surprise from the ups man.  my bff kat sent me a copy of the book she’s been reading called ’a new earth.’  she swears it will change my life (like it has...
Posted by Shy Genie on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:55:00 PST

happy birthday cousin la la !

I want to give a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my cousin La La in Memphis,Tn ! Love Ya!...
Posted by Shy Genie on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:57:00 PST

step off, hillary!

I wish that Hillary Clinton would stop being ’desparate’, and bad-mouthing my man Barack!  So, ’step-off’ Hillary! (and Bill too)...
Posted by Shy Genie on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:08:00 PST

creeped out!

Recently, I was watching the history channel, and they had a program on about the predictions of Nostradamus.  Needless to say, the predictions do not look that great-  Anyhow, it scared me...
Posted by Shy Genie on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:05:00 PST

fam and friend shout-outs

shout out to uncle sam l. who was ill right before the easter holiday(happy you are o.k.! ) shout out to my ’aunt joan (crawford -that is)-LOL, out in LA still acting a mess as usual... all my ...
Posted by Shy Genie on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:05:00 PST

Happy Birthday Uncle Sam :)

i just want to give my great-uncle mr sam lay a big birthday shout-out.!  his b-day is actually  march 20.    like most older people, my uncle sam will say ’anything’ ...
Posted by Shy Genie on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:34:00 PST