Love to people-watch wherever I go, even just while driving (when I am in the passenger seat, of course!) I am into literature, both fiction and non-fiction. I also like independent/foreign films, hanging out with friends, having gatherings at my house, meeting/talking to new people, cooking/baking, and listening to music. I am fascinated by pictures and what they capture, but am growing more interested in photography as an art form, and love Van Gogh, Renoir, and Rivera. Finally, though I once thought it was a thankless task, I am ALL ABOUT supporting our youth through mentoring, and simply providing a network of support for our next generation. Meet the youth and adults of Expressions, my second family, as showcased in my top friends list.....
I'd like to meet:
Madonna - so I can ask her how I can still have a body like hers at nearly 50 years of age! Other pleasant encounters could include Tupac Shakur, J.K. Rowling, Oprah Winfrey, Jim Morrison, and other fascinating people.View All Friends | View Blog | View Pics
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Music:
All types of music moves me! Classic Rock, the blues, hip-hop, R& B, reggae, freestyle, salsa and merengue, latin jazz, and even some country and modern rock. Specifics include Led Zeplin, Bob Seger, The Doors, anything Clapton, Miles Davis, Tito Puente, The Isley Brothers, Damien Marley, Nelly Furtado, Lauren Hill, Kanye West, Outkast, classic DMX, Obie Trice, Jay-Z, The Game, Nas, Tupac, Jill Scott, classic Mariah Carey, Alicia Keyes, Joss Stone, Sade, Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, Patsy Cline, The Dixie Chicks.
Movies:
"Cider House Rules", "The Departed" (A MUST SEE!!),"Big Fish", "Sleepers", "A Bronx Tale", "Real Women Have Curves","Maria Full of Grace", "City of God", "Lackawana Blues", " Polish Wedding", "Crash", "Raising Victor Vargas", "The Passion", "Fight Club", "The Good Girl", "Walk the Line", "Spanglish", "Old School", "March of the Penguins" (the sweetest documentary I have ever seen, besides "The Blair Witch" before I knew it was fake!), "Requiem to a Dream" and "The Boondock Saints" (Thanks, Lauren!)and many others.
Television:
Most HBO series like "Sex and the City", "The Sopranos", "Carnivale", "The Wire", and "Six Feet Under", re-runs of "Dawson's Creek", "Friends", and "ER", "That 70's Show", and Channel 7 soaps whenever I am home at that time.....
Books:
"Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston, "Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden, "A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey, "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte, anything by Sandra Cisneros, John Grisham, and Jamaica Kincaid, ", "White Oleander", "The Rose That Grew From Concrete", and the Harry Potter series. I also enjoy books about education, faith, social psychology, and self-help.
Heroes:
I believe that heroes are people that you greatly admire for certain characteristics they display that have an impact on you or that you would like to emulate. This being said, I have alot of everyday heroes such as my family (parents, siblings, grandparents), my husband, some of my closest friends, and any person that displays "positive" passion in their approach to life.
