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Cherry

I have no interest in being your Mama Cocoa

About Me

I like taking pictures.

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Here's what I've been listening to lately via last.fm :

My Interests

photography, cooking, reading, dancing, football (soccer)

I'd like to meet:

I'm not looking for a boyfriend/husband/partner, so those looking for a girlfriend/wife/partner need not apply.

I am looking for people to discuss photography, food and interesting events. Oh, and books. Definitely books.

Music:

anything but C&W, really: Jamiroquai, Dimitri from Paris, Nick Holder, Stevie Wonder, John Legend, David Bowie, The Pietasters, Bob Marley, Platinum Pied Pipers, Jill Scott, Mary J. Blige, Lizz Fields, Edith Piaf, Yo Yo Ma, Radiohead, Mark Farina, King Britt, Elvis Costello, Jackson 5, Parliament/Funkadelic, The Last Poets, Donnie, Outkast, Beastie Boys, Joe Jackson, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, George Benson, Masters at Work, NuYorican Soul, Brazilian stuff, latin house, any song with handclaps

How could I forget Prince?!

Movies:

Cinema Paradiso, Princess Bride, Bigger & Blacker, Meaning of Life, Big Fish, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Do The Right Thing, Boyz 'n the Hood, Grease, Jesus Christ Superstar, Hair, West Side Story, Waiting For Guffman, Spinal Tap, Dangerous Liaisons, Drunken Master II, Iron Monkey...

Television:

Degrassi, Days, Queer As Folk, A Cook's Tour, What Not To Wear, Daily Show, Chapelle's Show, Family Guy, Miami Ink, anything on the Food Network

Books:

The Passion - Jeanette Winterson, Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie, A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth, You Shall Know Our Velocity - Dave Eggers, The Temple of My Familiar - Alice Walker, the Harry Potter series, Kitchen Confidential

Heroes:

my brother, aka DJ O.S.U.M. , my dad

My Blog

Amy Winehouse

Went to see Amy Winehouse at the Mod Club tonight. Opener Patrick Wolf put on a good set, if not necessarily up my alley. I was equally excited to see her touring band, The Dap Kings, as I was th...
Posted by Cherry on Mon, 14 May 2007 10:03:00 PST

My hair, my self

As my friend Motown Girl can tell you, black women have long had a complicated relationship with their hair. In fact, it was her website that helped me along to the natural hair I now have and love. I...
Posted by Cherry on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:07:00 PST

Silly Love Songs

Well, it's nearly February 14th, and you know what that means. That's right, it's time for my annual VD Playlist. This year's edition is called "Call It Quits". One of my coupled friends said that VD ...
Posted by Cherry on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:04:00 PST

What the song says

Picked this up from my pal Nico. Some of the answers are eerily appropriate...Put your music player on shuffle. Press forward for each question. Use the song title as the answer to the question. Post ...
Posted by Cherry on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:38:00 PST

Future Funk

John Arnold rocked the house last night! Miss K (who is now a bona fide JA fan) and I were both dead tired, but the man's beats, enthusiasm and seemingly boundless energy meant we couldn't stay off ou...
Posted by Cherry on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 03:17:00 PST

To quote Sean Sax: Vinx will kick your ass!

So I went down to Saidah's Wednesday night extravaganza, Skiffle In My Ear. This week was the first all-male Skiffle. The boys were all very good. But then the MAN came on. That man was Vinx. Now I ha...
Posted by Cherry on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 11:13:00 PST

Long weekend fun

Today was newmindspace's Bubble Battle. Basically, people showed up with cameras and bubble makers and had at it. It was so fun! I mean, who can resist bubbles?!  Almost makes up for Brazil's los...
Posted by Cherry on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 05:46:00 PST

Taste of Little Italy - featuring samba, salsa and more!

Well, it's World Cup time, and I can't seem to focus on much else.  I met up with the Large White Mocha to watch the Italy v USA game (a shameful spectacle IMHO). Being in Little Italy during the...
Posted by Cherry on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 10:18:00 PST

What's under there.

This is the tattoo I got last month - the one that was bandaged up so heavily. It was built from two elements: a pencil drawing of an afro pick with a woman's head as the handle that I found on the ne...
Posted by Cherry on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 09:41:00 PST

I don't see no pole...

Went to my friends' wedding today, and swear to god, there were clear heels in attendance. Obviously she's never seen Chris Rock's Never Scared. The best part was that she had a baby, and at one point...
Posted by Cherry on Sun, 21 May 2006 11:26:00 PST