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Lanette

Writin' for my life 'cause I'm scared of a day job

About Me

I'm a laid back individual who loves anything involving music. MyGen Profile Generator

My Interests

Singing and Songwriting

I'd like to meet:

Other music lovers (singers, MCs, musicians, or those that just have a deep appreciation for music)

Music:

Some of my favorites: A Tribe Called Quest, Bob Marley, Sam Cooke, Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Marvin Gaye, Prince, The Clark Sisters, D'Angelo, Maroon 5, Bilal, India Arie, Norah Jones, The Roots, Rahsaan Patterson, Van Hunt, The Cardigans, John Legend, Faith Evans, No Doubt, Greg Soundz, Erykah Badu, Gideon Band, Little Brother, Common, Lauryn Hill, Jill Scott, John Mayer, Dilla, Slum Village, Ohene, Mos Def, James Poyser, Talib Kweli, Sheryl Crow, Commissioned, Da TRUTH, Tweet, Brandy, Fantasia, Frank McComb, Raphael Saadiq and the list goes on and on...

Movies:

The Wiz, Love Jones, The Temptations, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2, Clash of the Titans, Zoolander, Brown Sugar, The Color Purple, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Pootie Tang, The Incredibles, Coming To America

Television:

Lost, The Wire, Daybreak, America's Next Top Model, A Different World, Seinfeld, The Steve Harvey Show, Living Single, 24, Big Love, The Office, The Boondocks, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Amazing Race, Tavis Smiley, American Idol, Girlfriends, Oprah, Letterman, Conan O'Brien

Books:

The Money Book for the Young Fabulous and Broke by Suze Orman, Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki, Black Boy by Richard Wright, Get A Financial Life by Beth Kobliner, All You Need to Know About the Music Business by Donald Passman, Makes Me Wanna Holler by Nathan McCall, Finding Fish by Antoine Fisher, Why Men Love Bitches by Sherry Argov

Heroes:

Bob Marley, Stevie Wonder, Oprah, Diane Warren

My Blog

Overcoming Myself

I wish I could hand out the following  to anyone who would like to get to know me. It describes the characteristics of the female Aquarian, and it describes me quite well. It's really l...
Posted by Lanette on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 05:12:00 PST

Two Weeks Notice

So if you have been reading my blogs for any amount of time, you know that I have issues with my job. Usually something happens, I get annoyed and write about moving on. Then things settle down and I ...
Posted by Lanette on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 07:54:00 PST

Jump!!

Fear is a powerful thing...if you allow it to be. I am realizing this more and more. Fear has kept me from doing a lot of things in life that I know deep down inside that I can do. It seems that latel...
Posted by Lanette on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:04:00 PST

I'm Back

So my office moved on July 31st for the 3rd time since I've been here. Once again I was drafted to coordinate this fiasco. I would have written a blog sooner but I was too busy fooling with ...
Posted by Lanette on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PST

MC Day 9...sort of

Well if I hadn't fallen off the Master Cleanse wagon on Friday this would be day 9 of my cleansing. I did better than I thought I would, and I'd actually try it again. Next time I will see it through...
Posted by Lanette on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:24:00 PST

Itching to Record...

I need to get in the booth soon. I miss it. Usually I can curb my appetite by recording at home, but my system is currently out of order. Boooooooooo!
Posted by Lanette on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 08:00:00 PST

The Master Cleanse

So I've decided to try out the controversial Master Cleanse and I started yesterday. In short, the Master Cleanse aka The Lemonade Diet is a detoxification of the body using a lemo...
Posted by Lanette on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:52:00 PST

Tell Me Something Good...

I got a call from a friend on Saturday saying that she missed the bridal shower I co-hosted because she found out that morning that 4 of her aunts were in 4 area hospitals for 4 different reasons. One...
Posted by Lanette on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:03:00 PST

TGIF!!

This week flew by fast and I'm glad about it. I am ready for some relaxation. Tonight I will spend a lazy evening catching up on the X-Men movies...yeah I'm late. I will finish watching part...
Posted by Lanette on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 01:10:00 PST

When there's really nothing you can do about it....

This week has been quite interesting so far...one of those weeks where nothing seems to be going right. Just when I finished dealing with one problem, another pops up this afternoon. My initial react...
Posted by Lanette on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 01:30:00 PST