An Atypical Black Man - ProfilesArchive

About Me

So who am I?Wow, its hard to put the complexities of who I am into a brief paragraph. Well I am originally born in Kingston, Jamaica and spent half of my life there until I moved to Fort Lauderdale, FL. Graduated from high school and came to Atlanta, GA to attend Geogia Tech. After graduating from Georgia Tech decided to make Atlanta my home.I love the arts! I love all types of music, poetry, dance, art etc. I am a musician myself....I am a classical cellist and I also play the guitar. Thats about the extent of the talents that I hold in the arts. Other than that I love the art of conversation. I feel tha engaging in a substantive conversation with someone makes the two participants better people at the end of it all. There is great satisfcation in walking away saying "That was a very good conversation"I also love to read and listen to social commentary. Some of my favorites intellectuals/commentators are Tavis Smiley, Cornel West, Michael Eric Dyson and Michael Baisden.So I was totally unsuccessful in putting all the complexities in a brief paragraph, so if you like what you read so far hit me up and lets have a conversation.

My Interests

Playing Guitar, Playing Cello, Learning/Speaking Portuguesse, Health and Fitness, Latin/Salsa Dancing, Reading, Yoga.

Music:

I pretty much like everrything EXCEPT Country. Anything from Rap to Reggae, Classical to Jazz, Old School to Neo-Soul. FAVORITE ARTISTS: Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Outkast, Mos Def, Kanye West, Kem, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, Arturo Sandoval, Prince, Maxwell, Luther Vandross. FAVORITE COMPOSERS: Samuel Barber, Antonin Dvorak, P.I. Tchaikovsky, J.S. Bach. FAVORITE CELLISTS: Pablo Casals, Yo Yo Ma (meet and played with him a couple of times), Jacqueline Dupree. FAVORITE GUITARISTS: Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Prince, and of course my teacher JENNIFER "Jamgirl" BLISS!!

Movies:

My favorite movie is, first and foremost, the quintessential black love movie --- Love Jones. Other black love movies include Brown Sugar and Love and Basketball. Pretty much like anything that Denzel Washington is in (Training Day, Malcom X, Man on Fire, Crimson Tide etc) Other movies include Crash, Hustle and Flow, Cidade de Dues (City of God), Passion of the Christ, Hitch, Boyz 'n da Hood.

Television:

Don't watch much TV but I do watch specific shows. I LOVE me some OPRAH. Other shows include ER, Grey's Anatomy, Boston Legal, The Unit, ANTM.

Books:

The Bible (aka The Manual to Life), The Alchemist by Paulo Cohelo, Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller, Blink by Malcom Gladwell, How to Make Black America Better by Tavis Smiley, Automatic Millionaire by David Bach, Why All the Black Kids Sit Together at the Cafeteria by Beverly Tatum.

Heroes:

My Grandma: Miss Gwen (but I call her Gamah):
She has been the only constant thing in my life. From birth all the way untill I left for college she has been by my side.

My Mom:

Strong black woman. Did it all by herself, and I turned out pretty good too, if I do say so myself.

My Blog

I Confess.......

I confess!!! I am a little ashamed of my car. I drive a 1999 Silver VW Jetta that I affectionately call 'The Silver Bullet". I have had this car for a little over 5 years now and it has been very fait...
Posted by An Atypical Black Man on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:05:00 PST

Actions, Not Intentions, Change Your Life

Christmas time is right around the corner and after Christmas comes what....that's right, you guessed it, New Years. It's a time of celebration, reflecting on the trial and challenges and the accompl...
Posted by An Atypical Black Man on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:52:00 PST

Cleansing your Phone Book......and your LIFE!!

So today, in a moment of total boredom, I looked through the "Contacts" section of my mobile phone and began to delete numbers. At first it began as a simple exercise to remove the numbers of people t...
Posted by An Atypical Black Man on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:28:00 PST

Emotional Honesty

Wow, its been a great weekend. Its saturday morning, spring has finally sprung, the birds are chirpping, the sun is out, its warm with a nice cool breeze. For once in a long time I actually slept in o...
Posted by An Atypical Black Man on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 08:56:00 PST

Siognee Style Session Vol. 2 - From Head to TOE

From Head to TOE The LASTing impression your shoes make. I recently went to a semi-formal event for my company. It was very much a classy event; a night for cocktails, socializing, networking and d...
Posted by An Atypical Black Man on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 08:50:00 PST

Soigne Style Sessions BLOG Vol. 1 --- Style vs. Substance

Style vs Substance The battle between STYLE and SUBSTANCE has been waging on for years. Society thinks that you can only have one or the other. Those that are beautiful and stylish must lack intellige...
Posted by An Atypical Black Man on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:34:00 PST

A Beat Down by Life

Have you ever seen a Title Boxing Match? Ever heard the commentators detailing every blow? Well this is my version of the Title Match between Myself and Life. Intro: In the red corner, 6'0", weighing ...
Posted by An Atypical Black Man on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:50:00 PST

The simple things in life.

I have realized that having a social life in Atlanta can get very expensive. Its seems that as the weekends aproach everyone always wants to either hit up a trendy resteraunt, go to an over priced clu...
Posted by An Atypical Black Man on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 07:46:00 PST

Our deepest fear....

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.We ask ourselves, Who am I to be b...
Posted by An Atypical Black Man on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:24:00 PST

Ahhh --- Fall is here and Winter is coming!!

Wow!! The spring and summer season seemed so slow in getting here and so fast in leaving. Labor day has come an gone and it is officially fall. People are starting to pullout their sweater sets and ja...
Posted by An Atypical Black Man on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:05:00 PST