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Derah

Crazy is like static, it clings.

About Me

I'm a horrible speller. Good thing I'm a writer and not an editor.

My Interests

Personification and empathy.

I'd like to meet:

Muppets, puppets and bastards.

Music:

90's R&B, Hip Hop, Rap, Alternative, Rock and Pop, current R&B, Hip Hop, Electronica, supermarket jazz, soft rock (with less talk), Emo and other stuff.

Movies:

The Color Purple, all Bruce Lee movies, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, A Raisin in the Sun, The Gods Must be Crazy, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the old one), Beauty Shop, The Shawshank Redemption, Trainspotting (because of the very last scene) and Running with Scissors (typically not my type of movie).

Television:

King of the Hill, SVU, The Family Guy, That 70's Show, The Cosby Show, Rome, Entourage, The L Word, Sopranos, Huff, Big Love, The Wire, Dexter and Weeds.

Books:

Raw cookbooks.

Heroes:

People who have goals and strive to reach them in the most humane way possible.

My Blog

Checkers Part 1

It was amazing. Quite amazing, really. Everybody rallied around this thing. And why not? All of the flyers had been printed (in black and white because of cost), buttons made (only eleven total becaus...
Posted by Derah on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:58:00 PST

The snappy poets aren't that weird.

I think that I'm on to something. The snap, the finger snap, you all know it and many of you use it. But, the one thing that I could never understand was, why do frequent slam poetry goers snap their ...
Posted by Derah on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:35:00 PST

Caution, possibly offensive to bulimics.

Man, it's so good when things click. The square peg finally fits in the square hole and the circle... well, you get the idea. The air is filled with good vibes, pure spirits, well wishes, etc. I've be...
Posted by Derah on Sun, 16 Apr 2006 03:39:00 PST

Tay-Bang

I've recently been reading a book about how to be an effective person. Well, actually it's a book entitled, something like, 7 Habits of Effective People. In fact, I think that is the actual title. ...
Posted by Derah on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 09:05:00 PST

A normal person would have screamed

But normal is not a word I use to describe myself. Have I ever mentioned that I hate using PCs? They arent easy on the eyes nor are they a pleasure to work with. (Sound familiar?) Anyway, back to my ...
Posted by Derah on Sat, 22 Oct 2005 06:14:00 PST

Halloween

So anyway-Halloween has always been a really stressful holiday for me--no not really, I'm exaggerating- but I have real issues surrounding 'having to do something.' You 'have to dress up' and you 'hav...
Posted by Derah on Fri, 21 Oct 2005 08:12:00 PST