Dive bars and dirty blues.
Ex-patriating every few years.
Lindyhoppin' and such.
Free stuff.
Straight up reducing, reusing, and recycling.
Balance.
Efficacy.
Health.
Holism.
Beauty.
Dark chocolates.
Dark nail polish.
Dark brown eyes.
Art.
Music.
Literature.
Board games.
Their choreography:
In case you didn't know, those are my boys - The Temptations. This is one of my *favorite* pictures of them. Can I get a double clap up in here?
I'd like to meet:
~ I'D LIKE TO MEET... ~
...People who can make me laugh before we've even formally met.
...Leads with rockstar ability but not the rockstar status.
...Random strangers that I instantly click with.
...Anywho who could teach me something new.
...Russian and French speakers.
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So, not that I wasn't already totally in love with [Sam Cooke], but then he's got to go and sing "Basin Street Blues"...be still, my heart.
I mean, we all knew how dreamy Sam Cooke was, but oh-my-word....:sigh:
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My girl Aretha, doing one of my *favorite* songs of hers:
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Ooh, honey child - this clip speaks for itself...
(Don't know who those people are? Well, you can go ahead and easily remove yourself from my friends list by just... Kidding ~ :wink:
But I'm only going to tell you this once, so pay attention: it's Gladys, Chaka, Etta, and B.B.
And if you need last names, then I wasn't so much kidding about removing you from my friends, LoL.)
I have always adored Beyonce - I think she's to our generation what the women in the previous video were to theirs (and subsequent generations as well).
But I think I literally stopped breathing for a moment when I caught this performance on Oprah one afternoon.
It just reaffirmed what I was already quite sure of...
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Top Friends | Meh. I don't have any ideas for a Top Friends theme right now...so, yeah.
Music:
Soul.
After soul, I live for blues, motown, gospel, early jazz, hiphop, and a little funk. But soul will always be my first love.
And I like white music, too...sometimes.
Jamie Lidell, Amy Winhouse, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Stevie Wonder, Jackie Wilson, LaVern Baker, Ray Charles, Lou Rawls, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Gene Harris, Al Green, Martha and the Vandellas, Susan Tedeschi, The Supremes, Etta James, Eva Cassidy, Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, John Legend, Lupe Fiasco, Beyoncé, Corinne Bailey Rae, Joss Stone, Jay-Z, Ludacris, Lauryn Hill, Black Eyed Peas, Fergie, Jason Mraz, Kelly Clarkson, Bethany Dillon, Gym Class Heroes, Chopin, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky...and so on and so forth.
...and in Kansas City:
Trampled Under Foot, Lonnie Ray's blues jam @ the Westsider, Levee Town, The Wild Women of KC, The Scamps, Ida McBeth, The McFadden Brothers (musicians who tap!), Grand Marquis, Tailwagon...and many more, I'm sure.
Movies:
Movie o' the week:
Oh. My. Effin'. Word.
It's the marriage of my two favoritest shows...and I'm totally adoring it. More than I could possibly say.
And adorable Jason Sudeikis as my boyfriend Jim?M
How perfect.
The way he leans back and folds his arms and looks at the camera - LoL!!
And Kristen Wiig as Pam (there are moment where she seriously looks like Jenna Fischer)...and Keenan Thompson as Stanley...and Amy Poehler as Angela...and freakin' Rashida Jones is randomly in there (the *real* Karen).
Seriously - best casting for a skit EVER. Seeeeeriously.
Television:
I only watch *good* shows, haha.
Mostly smart stuff that cracks me up.
Favorites include:
The Office (my boyfriend is on it...), My Boys, Scrubs, Conan O'Brian, The Steve Harvey Show, Friends, Will & Grace, The Cosby Show, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Saturday Night Live.
"I was looking at my coffin choices, I was thinking about getting the player's special, the one with the diamond in the back, the sunroof top where you can dig on the scene with your eternal lean."
[Steve Harvey Show]
Books:
"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends, they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers."
[Charles W. Eliot]
Most influential:
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe.
"1984" ~ George Orwell
"The Giver" ~ Lois Lowry
"Black Like Me" ~ E.R. Braithwaite
...and anything by Rainer Maria Rilke.
Heroes:
...people who understand that humanity knows no borders, whether politically, racially, or cuturally, and then who actively work to better the lives of other people in any way possible, even at the risk of their own life.
...people who have learned how to love unconditionally, think independently, and live passionately.
...people whose generosity is contagious, whose spirit is strong, and whose compassion is inspiring.
It's not about saving the world - it's about make life worth living for others.
