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Diedra

I am here for Friends and Networking

My Interests

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Basics:
Age: 24
Status: Single
Hometown: Birmingham, AL
Body Type: 5'7" / Slim / Slender
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Education: College Graduate
Occupation: Musician

Random About Me:
*I graduated in 2006 with a B.A. in Music. I'm a percussionist, sooo I hit things for a living ;)
*I love to dance! Right now I am learning Egyptian bellydance, but I can also Salsa, Merengue, etc. etc.
*I love languages. I'm currently fluent in English and Spanish, but have rudimentary knowledge of Portuguese, German, Italian, and French. I am also learning to read Hebrew
*I love my friends
*I love the arts, and am happiest when pursuing any number of them: acting, art, philosophy, music, poetry, literature, dance... spirituality...

Sports: COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!!!:
Auburn Tigers

War Damn Eagle

Music: Only the good stuff.
Favorite Drummers/Percussionists: Stewart Copeland, Abe Cunningham, Gregg Bisonette, Ray Luzier, Steve Smith, Neil Peart, Mike Portnoy, Vinnie Colaiuta, Chester Thompson, Terry Bozzio, Sonny Emory, Danny Carey, Phil Collins, Sheila E., Josh Freese, Chad Smith, Jerry Gaskill, John Bonham, Dave Weckl, Dennis Chambers, Buddy Rich, Manu Katché, Steve Gadd, Tommy Lee, Eric Kretz, Sean Kinney, Vinnie Appice, Chad Wackerman, Carmine Appice, Bob Becker, Ignacio Berroa, Rick Allen, etc. etc.

Movies: 300, 2001: A Space Odyssey, American History X, American Psycho, Batman, Batman Returns, Beetlejuice, Blade Runner, Blazing Saddles, Blow, Blue Velvet, Boondock Saints, Chaplin, Clue, Cube, Doom, Donnie Darko, Dune (1984 David Lynch version), Equilibrium, Face/Off, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Fight Club, The Godfather I and II, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters 2, Heart and Souls, Hebrew Hammer, Indiana Jones trilogy, Iron Man, Johnny Mnemonic, Jurassic Park, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Legends of the Fall, The Libertine, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Matrix, Mulholland Drive, Once Upon a Time In Mexico, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Pirates of the Caribbean 1 and 2, The Presige, The Silence of the Lambs, Singles, Secret Window, Se7en, The Shawshank Redemption, The Shining, Star Wars, Sweeney Todd, The Ten Commandments, Terminator 2, Two Girls and a Guy, Walk the Line, Westworld, Young Frankenstein...anything by David Lynch and Stanley Kubrick, and the list grows

Television: Star Trek:Enterprise, The X-Files, NCIS, Mind of Mencia, Family Guy, South Park, Firefly, The Girls Next Door

Books:The Bible, 1984, A Wrinkle In Time, Secret Window, Dune, Stephen King's short stories, Star Trek: Enterprise novels, Iron Man comics (loved Extremis!), Marvel Civil War... also getting dunked in H.P. Lovecraft

Heroes: Yeshua (Jesus), Robert DeLeo, my grandfather Daniel Lacsamana, all the teachers I had that really knew me and believed in me, Tony Stark.

My Blog

Racism / KKK

I just watched a program on the History channel that was about the KKK.   I am so incensed right now I could vomit.  It was so disgusting, all their racist acts and violence... hangings...
Posted by on Tue, 15 May 2007 19:59:00 GMT

Hmph

Decide, decide is this it? is it? decide. Is that your style? is it? decide. Decide, is this it? is it? decide. Then everything's just fine. You wanted it. Was it like you dreamed? You got it and wasn...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 20:53:00 GMT

Friending according to me

There is a reason I don't have my high school listed. There is also a reason I don't speak to or have any contact with anyone I went to high school with. Additionally, there is a reason I rarely add ...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Jul 2006 21:00:00 GMT

I don't know why I'm up this late...

Since you're reading this, get off MySpace and go read something with substance. Like this book, for instance
Posted by on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:54:00 GMT

Para Cinco de Mayo

white friends & mexican friendsdiferences between white and mexican friends!!WHITE FRIENDS: Never ask for foodMEXICAN FRIENDS: Are the reason you have no food.WHITE FRIENDS: Call your parents Mr. and ...
Posted by on Fri, 05 May 2006 22:31:00 GMT

pics from last weekend's band banquet

here you go, Sarah, enjoy! My mother and me Dr. Fambrough and me Me, Trish, Sarah
Posted by on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 11:45:00 GMT

Immigration protests

If you are an ILLEGAL immigrant, you have no rights. Come to the United States legally like honest people do and then we'll consider treating you the same as residents and natives. Sorry your country ...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 06:10:00 GMT

Layne Thomas Staley -- August 22, 1967  April 5, 2002

RIP Layne, you are missed. Hard to believe it was 4 years ago today...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 13:35:00 GMT

Florida State

My bf did an audition for a graduate assistantship in percussion at FSU just before spring break. He blew the audition away despite both of us having a dee-dee-dee moment and forgetting about the time...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 06:03:00 GMT

I play cello now

Last spring, the Chair of UAB's Music Department gets a call from our President. She wanted a photo collage on her wall of various aspects of student life, not the least of which was a female cellist....
Posted by on Sun, 02 Apr 2006 18:14:00 GMT