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Nena

~ my two front teeth are crooked - but that doesn't stop me ~

About Me

me?!
well....
Living in the City of Angels with the illustrious Antonise. I work at Event Eleven - a boutique event-planning company.
I'm an Oakland girl by blood.
I'm kind of in love with... being biracial, dancing, extra sharp cheddar, Deutschland (da bin ich auch zu Hause), agua frescas and ginger lemonade, tattoos (just can't stop getting them), the Bay Area (510), graffiti, the Garden of Oz (yes it's real), samba, creative warehouse spaces, drum solos (always make me wanna dance), windy days (city cleansing), big bowls of Captain Crunch, nerdy glasses, farmers markets & street festivals...
when i grow-up i'm gonna catch babies... "Just think about it. As midwives, we meet wildly interesting people and stay up all night with them. We ask them questions about their sex lives, eat their food, feel inside their bodies, snoop around their houses, drink champagne at all hours, and best of all, we get to catch delicious little naked, wet babies. What I can’t figure out is, why doesn’t everyone want to be a midwife?” - Baby Catcher
**the spirit in me moves me to dance**
I like that time of day when the lights come on...

My Interests

dance...

family (always first) and friends...

the following in no particular order:

brazil... graffiti... a good drum beat (esp. my dad's - funkiest white guy in Oakland)... warehouses... soul... Ganesh(a)... the Bay Area... riding around with the windows down... chalking sidewalks... duvets... my neighborhood back home (this includes my circus of a house/home)... art folks... spending time with my italian/portuguese side of the family... spending time with the Southern Black side of my family...children... my mom's voice (super chill - like a Sade song)...samba

I'd like to meet:

people who will show me their art - people who will let me visit their warehouses - people who will teach me how to cook their favorite foods - people who will make me my very own special mixtape - people who won't be annoyed when i ask them about their tattoos - people who like to draw on things - men that can carry a (good) conversation with anyone (god that's sexy)...

people with contagious laughs...

Music:

my playlist at the current moment:

Electric Feel UK Radio Edit - MGMT
Off to Sea - Love Grenades
Mercury - Bloc Partyif those songs don't make you dance... well then i have little hope for you.on repeat)

KCRW's "Chocolate City" is pure quality as well.

also been rockin' the Freundeskreis - "Mit Dir" is stilllll hot.

CDs that remain in constant rotation: Erykah Badu (Baduizm, Worldwide Underground, New Amerykah)

Movies:

Mad Hot Ballroom, Lost In Translation, Hedwig & The Angry Inch

Television:

i have my vices - but i'm cutting down - trying to get back to the creative....

Books:

Black is White is Brown is Tan (real book)

all of Francesca Lia Block's books...seriously...GO BUY THEM! when you read them it's like dreaming in neon...

Peggy Vincent's "Baby Catcher"

My mom used to tell me the story of "Afro Puffs and the Three Bears" that's also a fave... if you don't know you should..

Heroes:

survivors of any kind...

my parents - for knowing, accepting, and practicing love without limitations...

My Blog

Samba...

so i finally did it....i found a samba class that isn't a two hour drive away from here! and omigod - it was worth every drop of sweat, every dollar, and even my ripped toe. it's the best thing i've f...
Posted by Nena on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 01:50:00 PST