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a l i y a

bohème soeur.

About Me


incense burner, fan of the daily discussion of mass consciousness over green tea. i create reality with written word, read incessantly and crave meaningful interactions. deceptively random, i'm something different to everyone. til the end, a flawed human being.

evolution is real...ask me tomorrow and my answer will be different.

My Interests

my people.

the dying art of the darkroom.
art stores.
building my music collection.
long evenings.
kemet.
politics.
dreadlocks.
discussing race relations.
east indian culture.
french.
reading.
street art.
bossa nova on saturday mornings.
spoken word, written word, EVERYTHING WORD. word?
knowledge of self.
cooking.

I'd like to meet:


artists, wordsmiths, protectors of the code, fellow audiophiles, musicians, progressive minds, people not afraid to question the very ground they stand on.

YOU...if you're ready to build, that is.

Music:

raphael saadiq, nas, the libertines, the strokes, incubus, yeah yeah yeahs, no doubt, miles davis, outkast, rhcp, mos def, nirvana, nada surf, les nubians, amel larrieux, pretty girls make graves, a tribe called quest, mf doom, zap mama, bloc party, common, fiona apple, billie holiday, the roots, a bit of tori, van hunt, erykah badu, bebel gilberto, thelonious monk, charlie parker, death cab for cutie, dwele, tonex, hendrix, k-os, outkast, stevie wonder, foo fighters, bilal, d'angelo, audioslave, sade, talib kweli, NERD, teedra moses, kenna, franz ferdinand, green day, old school janet jackson, jean grae, jill scott, lauryn hill, stevie wonder, fela, earth wind and fire, mary j blidge, raphael saadiq, musiq, radiohead, no doubt, santana, the fugees, stacey kent, sting, the smashing pumpkins, w. ellington felton, I COULD GO ON FOREVER...

Movies:

i watch very few current movies...le fableux destin d'amelie poulain [bka amelie], a time to kill, fight club, pride and prejudice, fame, man on fire, breakfast at tiffany's...i can't remember the rest. oh well.

Television:

is a source of deception.

Books:



the poisionwood bible, memoirs of a geisha, dress your family in corduroy and denim, general garth nix fare, my french dictionary, SHE by saul williams, succulent wild woman by SARK, art of a rebellion, the red tent, summer sisters, the light in the attic, where the sidewalk ends, green eggs and ham...

Heroes:


Pure Genius.
RIP, Gordon Parks.

My Blog

truth is...

today i discoveredthat i've spent so much time running away from the unknown, planning, editing, and then planning again, that i REALLY DO NOT KNOW WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH MY LIFE.there. i said it.noon...
Posted by a l i y a on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:25:00 PST

home.

where is home?when will i feel it?will it beckon mea mother to its childwill i fall into grooves of the familiarrecognize scents from a happy childhood?will it taste likememoriessound like yellowed ph...
Posted by a l i y a on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 10:27:00 PST

give.

peace family.today's lesson isgive and be given.in everything, in every conversation, brief or otherwise, with someone you know or don't know, give. your goal each day is to leave each situation, each...
Posted by a l i y a on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:31:00 PST

finals.

after two days of a lightly carbonated red bull induced awake state [don't school, i know, it's terrible], sleep becomes the seductive temptress...gently wrapping tendrils of persuasion around your li...
Posted by a l i y a on Thu, 31 May 2007 09:33:00 PST

life.

have you ever stopped to thinkWHAT IS WIND?i mean, sure...it's the byproduct of hot and cool air interacting and constantly changing places. but have you ever stopped to think about the fact that it's...
Posted by a l i y a on Fri, 25 May 2007 09:28:00 PST

streams of consciousness .01

we makeplans to get obliteratedpartitionssections of timeto escape from this realitythat isn'tlife is relative.i remember a timewhen sitcoms were realsomewherethere was a partyeveryone smilingand a ha...
Posted by a l i y a on Fri, 25 May 2007 05:41:00 PST

the other white meat...

a bit of truth to help you live healthier...take it as you will.> > > > >"You are what you eat" - Native American proverb In folklore terms, eating the meat of the pig is said to contribute to lack of...
Posted by a l i y a on Mon, 21 May 2007 07:17:00 PST

stop living for everyone else.

Why do you work so hard?-by Mark MorfordThere remains this enormous and wicked sociocultural myth. It is this: Hard work is all there is. Work hard and the world respects you. Work hard and you can ...
Posted by a l i y a on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 03:20:00 PST

letting go...

i have grown SO much in the past year...at times i feel like a completely different person, haha.i am closing the chapter on so many things in my life, and no matter how painful i'm finding this exper...
Posted by a l i y a on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 03:19:00 PST

birthday contemplations.

well.in two days i will be 21...and i'm feeling old (laugh, you know you want to).i guess i'm realizing that time flies so quickly... just yesterday, i was buck toothed and 7, playing house.(i was alw...
Posted by a l i y a on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:10:00 PST