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Alisha

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdepend

About Me

It's not the easiest thing to sit and write a blurb about oneself. What can I say, i'd like to think that I am simple, but I hear that I complicate things. I think about things far more than I should, but I'm stubborn, I refuse to see thinking as a weakness. I talk a lot, and try to be a good listener, but sometimes I get distracted. I think the difference is I make the effort. Some would say I am funny, but I think I am better at making people laugh at me than with me -- not so sure that is a good thing -- but sometimes laughter really is the best medicine. I want to change the world, but I am not 100 % sure how to go about that. I am a big sister, an aunt, a friend, a daughter, and granddaughter, a cat owner (ok I mother her more than I own her). I like to have people around, but sometimes I can be a solitary creature. I laugh, I cry, I love, I eat, I work (way too much). I'm me.and if you want to know more the best way is to talk to me.
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TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Alisha
Birthday: 12/27/1980
Birthplace: Detroit, MI
Current Location: San Francisco, CA
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5'2
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right
Your Heritage: African American -- Trinidadian
The Shoes You Wore Today: Bronze pointy toed flats
Your Weakness: retail -- of all forms
Your Fears: rejection, failure
Your Perfect Pizza: zachary's chicago style deep dish -- spinach and mushrooms
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: run a 5K race -- place well
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: Why ?
Thoughts First Waking Up: why is my cat taking up the entire pillow ?
Your Best Physical Feature: chest -- shoulders -- back (Can't decide, I dig my upper body)
Your Bedtime: Mon- Fri -- between 11 and 12. Weekends -- whenever
Your Most Missed Memory: Being able to see my lilttle brothers and sisters whenever i want to. Hell -- being young with my little brother and sisters.
Pepsi or Coke: Coke
MacDonalds or Burger King: Neither -- both are poision
Single or Group Dates: Single Dates
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Tazo -- Passion Iced Tea
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: Neither
Do you Smoke: No
Do you Swear: Yes
Do you Sing: Yes
Do you Shower Daily: Yes
Have you Been in Love: Yes
Do you want to go to College: Been there, done that.
Do you want to get Married: Maybe. If it were the right person.
Do you belive in yourself: Of course !!
Do you get Motion Sickness: No
Do you think you are Attractive: Yes
Are you a Health Freak: No. But I try to live healthy
Do you get along with your Parents: Yes
Do you like Thunderstorms: They can be cool, but they can also be scary.
Do you play an Instrument: No.
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Yes.
In the past month have you Smoked: No.
In the past month have you been on Drugs: No.
In the past month have you gone on a Date: Yes.
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Yes.
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: Yes. A costco sized one !!
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: Yesterday.
In the past month have you been on Stage: No.
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Yes.
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: Yes. A costco sized one !!
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: Yesterday.
In the past month have you been on Stage: No.
In the past month have you been Dumped: No.
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: No.
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: No.
Ever been Drunk: Yes.
Ever been called a Tease: Yes.
Ever been Beaten up: No.
Ever Shoplifted: No.
How do you want to Die: Don't really want to. But recognizing the reality, either suddenly (with minimal pain), or old and peacefully in my sleep.
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: A Lawyer -- havent decided type of law yet. But wait -- aren't I already a grown up?
What country would you most like to Visit: Greece, Morocco, South Africa, Italy -- a four way tie
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Brown -- Hazel
Favourite Hair Color: Brown
Short or Long Hair: Short
Height: 5'8 or up
Weight: proportionate to height
Best Clothing Style: Soulful preppy
Number of Drugs I have taken: nothing stronger than cannabis
Number of CDs I own: hundreds
Number of Piercings: none
Number of Tattoos: no more than 10
Number of things in my Past I Regret: doesn't matter as long as they've learned from their mistakes. Who of us is perfect?
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Your Political Profile


Overall: 5% Conservative, 95% Liberal
Social Issues: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal
Ethics: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal How Liberal / Conservative Are You?

My Interests

I have too many interests to list. At this particular juncture, I am spending a lot of my time and money on books and music (and music related equipment). I am addicted to iPODS; I own a 20gb (sadly it just died) a shuffle and the new nano. I beleve completely in the power of retail therapy and am addicted to jeans. I don't know what i would have done if i had to wear business attire to work -- i lucked out with that. I am also a total periodicals whore -- i have at least 10 magazine subscriptions, 9 monthly and one weekly. Yes i read the paper too (although i dont really trust the media). I could go on but -- the best way to find out my interests is by knowing me ..

Music:

I listen to a lot of R&B, Neo Soul, some jazz. My current favorite artist is Lyfe Jennings with my favorite song on the album being Must Be Nice -- not the Nas Remix (although that is hot). Also in rotation in my iPOD right now:Destiny's CHild -- Destiny Fulfilled Joss Stone -- Soul Sessions and Mind, Body, Soul Anthony Hamilton -- Soullife and Comin from Where I'm From Marvin Gaye -- Let's Get it On Erykah Badu -- Mama's Gun Dave Matthews Band -- Stand Up Mariah Carey -- Emancipation of Mimi

Movies:

I hardly watch movies. Anything by Spike Lee is worth the time. The same can be said for Michael Moore's documentaries. Both Bamboozled and Farenheit 911 were lifechanging for me.

Television:

Never been a big TV person. I have always and probably always will be addicted to Law& Order. I like to make fun of my mom because she watches Walker Texas Ranger... does that count ?

Books:

I read everything !! I tend to read fiction, likely because it's a chance to experience an existence other than my own. I am currently reading non-fiction "Che Guevara -- A Revolutionary Life" by John Lee Anderson.

Heroes:

I am inspired by a lot of people: I am moved by the resilience and innocence of children, by the creativity and talent of artists, by the truly perseverant, by the drive of the ambitious, etc, etc,etc.My heroes however, are people that I aspire to be ... People that make the world we live in a better place, a more honest place, a more real place, a more fair place. People that stand up to injustice despite the consequences. People that are aware that the world is fucked up, but aren't so bitter as to believe that there is no way to fix it.Putting a name to that my heroes are: Che Guevara (though some of his methods were not choices that i would make), Malcolm X (after his pilgrimage to Mecca) Martin Luther King jr. (right before he was assasinated; when he began to realize that class matters) bell hooks, Cornell West, Michael Moore ...etc.

My Blog

51 things about me .....

51 things you didnt know about me.  (ok maybe you do)   I am probably the clumsiest person that I know, and yet. I have never broken a bone. I like my dimples but I dont really like my ...
Posted by Alisha on Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:56:00 PST

My New Year's Resolutions

So 2006 marks the start of a new year. The year that I turn 26, the year that I  make some major moves. (We shall see) This is what I need to do this year to be where I want to be in life b...
Posted by Alisha on Mon, 09 Jan 2006 09:45:00 PST

Where I am .. right now !!

I've been lisitening to a lot of Alanis Morrisette's Jagged Little Pill album for some reason (dont know why, cus i'm not in a man hating mood). But I'm really feeling the lyrics for Hand in My Pocket...
Posted by Alisha on Thu, 10 Nov 2005 03:02:00 PST

Hope -- do you ever give it up ?

 Ok. So this was written for a particular person, a little while ago. But it really sums up the way that I feel almost everytime I start something new. Love Prayer I wanna believe,that when I lo...
Posted by Alisha on Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:19:00 PST

Quarter Life Crisis

So this is not a surprise to anyone that knows me, as  I have been making a pretty big deal out of it. My 25th birthday is a few months away (in December) and the idea of it is kinda freaking me ...
Posted by Alisha on Sun, 18 Sep 2005 01:10:00 PST