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About Me

I laugh loud and raucously wherever I am. I am an architect. I like thinking about that intersection of beauty and practicality. But I quit so I can take over the world with my ADSC sisters. Mwah!!
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My Interests

justice, making things with my hands, yoga,

I'd like to meet:

I love positive people, silly people, people who dream, people who love and speak and laugh from their tongues down to their toes. Yeah, and the head top and the soulcase too.

Music:

rasta music, culcha, bingi (sp?) drums, roots, hip hop, and did i mention reggae?

Movies:

jarmusch (minimalist) and bollywood (maximalist)

Television:

FOOD TV, the style channel, the wire, project runway (i wanna be a fashion rockstar sometimes) what not to wear. i love stacy and clinton.

Books:

novels, especially ones about the immigrants and the struggle against tradition. but lately i seem to only read articles and stuff about cities and human geography

Heroes:

The thing I admire most about people is not our accomplishments but our ability to remain human in spite of the things that happen to us and to the world in general. Which is more humility than heroism. Lately I find myself crying when I hear a story about someone who did a very simple act everyday and was persistent enough that it finally, maybe, made a difference. And maybe not. But they did it anyway. Which is probably what heroes do, but how do I pick just one or two? And I realize that my hesitation comes from deeply wanting to be able to remember that every human being is that person.

My Blog

reggae compassionate act

thanks to justbrian for pointing this out to me. its about time that rasta artists come to the realization that burning fire is not the most important aspect of being spiritual or righteous. can we no...
Posted by StarApple on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:50:00 PST

immigration debate

I know I need to get over it. But can someone please explain to me if the 'family-based immigration' is just rhetoric? That statement is so contrary to my experience and to the general impression of J...
Posted by StarApple on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:35:00 PST

foreign elevation

I was listening to an interview with CCH Pounder. An actress from British Guyana who grew up in England, she had a noticeably 'foreign' accent when she moved to the US. She talks about how she was nev...
Posted by StarApple on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:23:00 PST

victims of detox

I saw an article about the 500 most expensive drug addicted to the New York health system. It struck as a strategic editing of information, maybe designed to raise more sympathy for the people who foo...
Posted by StarApple on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:42:00 PST

Brave and Cherished Black Women

I got the article below from a friend and I'm not sure what the source was, but it finally brought together some things I've been thinking about regarding the whole Don Imus thing. I'm on the National...
Posted by StarApple on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:25:00 PST

If he wasn't Black, he'd be racist

Check the link for the New York Times article at the bottom. If you took those quotes from a white person...!!!Ed Blakely's strategy is to revitalize 'blighted' NOLA by appealing to the market. Its an...
Posted by StarApple on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:09:00 PST

NEWSFLASH: The State Rescues Poor Neighborhoods...From The Poor

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Posted by StarApple on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 07:44:00 PST

Barackian

The debate on Barack frankly cracks me up. I went to see Harry Belafonte a couple of weeks ago and he said that he feels that the civil rights era and style black leaders will make a decision about Ob...
Posted by StarApple on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:20:00 PST

Hate in Jamaica

Homophobia in Jamaica is not only commonplace, it is equated for many with righteousness. Along with all the other human rights abuses that occur in my country on a daily basis, sanctioned by the gove...
Posted by StarApple on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:50:00 PST

last king of scotland

I was so psyched to see Forrest Whittaker. When was the last time I saw him on the big screen? I think it was Ghost Dog. That was a long long time ago. But, this was really annoying. I'll cut to th...
Posted by StarApple on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:05:00 PST