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Oak

You will not be able to stay home brotha...You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out...Yo

About Me

Ok...this little introductory paragraph has been the same since I joined this spot in '03...bout time for a change.I'm open, honest and genuine. If you're not at least one of those, we don't have the greatest of chances of being close. Myspace friends have been cool, but bear in mind that most of my friends on here are people I know in real life, so if you're about building with others and sharing perspectives, here is your forum! Let's meet up sometime...ask around, it's true.I hope to inspire and be inspired...GET INVOLVED!!!OUTRO..... Home | Browse | Search | Invite | Film | Mail | Blog | Favorites | Forum | Groups | Events | Videos | Music | Comedy | Classifieds

My Interests

The Baha'i Faith, The Five Year Plan, The Louis G. Gregory Baha'i Institute, Music, Martial Arts, Philosophy, Religion, Psychology, Communication, Playing Drums, Tekken, Table Tennis, http://www.myspace.com/mysurprise

I'd like to meet:

People who are considerate and have something to say...to be honest to myself and others, people whom I will talk to...if you're just adding peeps for numbers, I'm not the one...

Music:

Hella, MF Doom, Heroic Doses, Euphone, My Surprise, June of 44, Papoose, Need New Body, Madvillain, The Dwarves, Public Enemy, The Jazz June, The Muffs, Trans Am, CAN, Shipping News, The Fucking Champs, Ween, Nirvana, NOFX, Hot Snakes, Shins, Ghostface, Yaphet Kotto, B.C.Bazooka, SRA, Plexus, Radiohead, Twelve Hour Turn, Buddy Wakefield, Antischism, 5Style, DJ Break, Robert Nesta..., Tom Waits, Apes, Gregory Isaaics, The Magic Numbers, MOP, EPMD, FYP, Madlib, Tool, Portishead, Harlem Shakes, Mos Def, J-Dilla, Anti-Flag, Bach, Minus the Bear, Pachelbell, Pietasters, Knapsack, Don Caballero, DJ Shadow, TransChamps, The Fucking Am, Oma Yang, Judy Collins, Confederate Fagg, Ray Charles, Guyana Punchline, Avenged Sevenfold, Handgun Sonata, Mogwai, Blonde Redhead, Mice Parade, Bling, Cap n' Jazz, King Geedorah, Postal Service, Slint, Primus, Dance Disaster Movement, Rumah Sakit, Redman, Volta Domar, Against Me, Juan Luis Guerra, The Gloria Record, Chavez, Willie Colon, Explosions in the Sky, Ruben Blades, Simone, The Album Leaf, Brazilian Music, Engine Down, Denali, Alkaholiks, Hovercraft, Pedro the Lion, Avalanches, Tortoise, Dianogah, Outkast, Black Eyes, The Advantage, Hum, Bjork, Smashing Pumpkins, Lynx, Oxes, Mineral, Jym Healy, Jodi Leheup, Black Moon, Sweet Micky, Schleu-Schleu, and basically anything that screams for my attention when I hear it and has heart.

Movies:

Waking Life, Amelie, V for Vendetta, The Quay Bros. Collection, Ong Bak, Bowling for Columbine, Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang, Crash, Fist of Legend, Fight Club, City of God, Ninja Scroll, Kill Bill 1 & 2, Animatrix, Pi, The Usual Suspects, Traffic, The Illusionist, Drunken Master, American History X, Enter the Dragon, Ricochet, Beauty and the Beast(Shut up, you like it too!), The Big Lebowski, The Last Samurai, Man on Fire, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Godfather Trilogy, any of Martin Arnold's works, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, New Jack City, Forrest Gump, City of Lost Children, Run Lola Run, Spirited Away, Super Size Me, Jaws, Minority Report, Catch Me if You Can, Lord of the Rings Series, Swankmeir's Faust...

Television:

Metalocalypse, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Simpsons, Family Guy, Farscape, Travel Channel shows, Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, most Adult Swim programming...Oh yeah, back in tha day, Pinwheel, Fraggle Rock, Transformers and Voltron, WHAT?!?!?!?

Books:

Kitab'i'Iqan, The Dawn-Breakers, One Common Faith, Illusions, Foundation Series by Asimov, The Prophet, Dude, Where's My Country?, Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, The Count of Monte Cristo, Angels and Demons, DaVinci Code, Eragon, The Wheel of Time Series(up to book 8)...

Heroes:

Abdu'l-Baha, Shoghi Effendi, Shaykh-Ahmad-i-Ahsa'i, Siyyid Kazim, Mulla Husayn, Ruhiyyih Khanum, Ogami Itto and Diagoro, Ruh'u'llah, Malcolm X, Tahirih, Dr. H. Michel Ritchie, Stringer Bell, Omar, Noam Chomsky, Sherlock Graham-Haynes, Edmond Dantes, Aaron McGruder, Teddy Robinson, Chen Zhen, Michael Corleone, Tony Montana, Andrew Wiggin, Matt Cauthon, Paul Atreides, Frank White, GIR, Heihachi Mishima, Bryan Fury, Jube Kibugame, Samwise Gamgee, Zach Hill, Ryan Rapsys, Hoda Hosseini, The Dude, Christopher Walken, Black Mamba, Marv, Li Mu Bai, Yuen Woo Ping, Kazumoto and the Samurai Spirit...

My Blog

Wrappin it up!

I've been thinking lately, and realize that I've said much of what I wish to say publicly in this blog, and many people who want to get to know me and know what's been up in my life can check in when ...
Posted by Oak on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:15:00 PST

Ghetto PSA *Explicit Lyrics* READ A BOOK!

I think this might be my new favorite song...WOW... ...
Posted by Oak on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:57:00 PST

Had to post this...

Yeah, I saw this clip some time ago minus the commentary, and I can't help lauging and feeling bad for the people involved at the same time!Enjoy! ...
Posted by Oak on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 04:17:00 PST

What can one say?

My goodness! Life has thrown ol' Oak quite a few turns, spins and dead ends, but it continues to move on, and I'm quite interested in what my life will be in the coming year. I've quite a bit to conte...
Posted by Oak on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:46:00 PST

The Balance

Over the past few years, I've been debating in my own head and with others on the nature of personal progress. Among the many kinds of progress in this world, spiritual and material progress have been...
Posted by Oak on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 07:12:00 PST

Valuable Treasures

A story was imparted to me tonight of a huge injustice, one that is not unique nor isolated to a small segment of the population or any particular demographic.A woman was being dragged around and beat...
Posted by Oak on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:28:00 PST

Doubt *draft*

I've given much thought in recent months to the nature of doubt, the ways that it tends to creep into various aspects of life and its effects. In any collaboration of any sort, there is a profound nee...
Posted by Oak on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:01:00 PST

Friends Only

Greetings all! I regret that due to a couple misdirected motives and backbiting for little to no reason, I must make this blog "friends only" from here on out. All posts that I have made in the past w...
Posted by Oak on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:39:00 PST

Sexual Violence

So...I just recently saw 300 for the second time with a dear friend, and nearly the same conversation struck up about the scene in the movie containing sexual violence. It wasn't exactly rape, it wasn...
Posted by Oak on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:45:00 PST

This Last Weekend (The Stick Game)

I had the bounty of being a facilitator for a Study Circle for youth on the Book entitled "Arising to Serve" at the Louis G. Gregory Baha'i Institute this past weekend, and I must say that my experien...
Posted by Oak on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:40:00 PST