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Vinnie Fraz Francis

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About Me


The name is VINALD.
You can call me VINNIE if you want to. I'm fine with both. I even like it that some people call me "Vince" and "Vincenzo" when they assume i'm a Vincent. It makes me feel like a cool Italian mafia-type. I'm a big dean martin fan incidentally
Im a BlaCk DuDe from BILL'RICA . (I know. whoa). EastMass is my home....I represent Billerica (big up to the Lake and Pinehurst: the "Dirty South" of Bricka!), the NorthWest suburbs, Boston (Dorchester, Roxbury), and NewEngland in general
I have roots and branches in CLEVELAND, OH , where i went to college. (Cleveland Inst of Art)
I'm a visual artist, an MC, a writer and I program beats.
I'm a
MAD SCIENTIST (really)
There exists within me an egotistical, shallow, oversensitive procrastinator with selfish tendencies who talks too much, tends to overthink everything and represses emotion. My priorities are often shuffled and I often play dumb to avoid confrontation.
I'm slightly deaf in my right ear and I think about sex waay too much. I'm prone to addiction (duh, myspace!) I can be a little flaky sometimes. I'm a gregarious loner with self image issues and several different complexes. A humble, arrogant, smart dumbass.
a walking oxymoron.
emphasis on the moron.
people who share my flaws are either my best friends or my worst enemies.
MY GIRLFIEND IS WONDERFUL!
She's a smArt, sAssy, hilArioUs, eDucAted, cAriNg, spIritUal, gEneRous, BEAUTIFUL person who I have no business being with in the first place! Its pure luck, and I must have tons of that, because I feel like I'm living a fantasy
M Y__F R I E N D S__A R E__ T H E__S H I T!!!
LITERALLY the Most Amazing Collective I Have Ever Seen or Will Ever Know
They come from all walks of life, and it boggles the mind that so many
tAlentEd,
GeNuinE,
BriLLiant,
hilArious,
dEDicated,
and FrEe SpiRitEd
people can exist in mine
MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE MY HEROES. They each help me learn something about life and for that reason they are INDISPENSABLE. sometimes I have trouble keeping up with some, but I 'd like to think they all know how much i value them.
My parents are from MONTSERRAT, WEST INDIES (tiny caribbean island)
This place is easily my favorite place on earth.
I wasn't born there, but i still consider it my home.
My family is truly an inspiration to me. The hardships that my grandparents endured for my parents and the hard work and sacrifices my parents' generation (those who came to America) made for mine are always with me. its the reason I have faith in anything at all.
Round 1995 the volcano tore up the southern (larger) portion of the island and many of my relatives (all but 2) fled to London or came to Boston. I still think its the best place on earth. Temperate, lush, GREEN, and majestic. You might notice that all the Town Names sound Irish. It's because Montserrat was settled by irish slave masters (plantation owners, you know) for a long longtime.
MONTSERRAT IS THE EMERALD ISLE OF THE CARIBBEAN.
I do stuff...and things....I like to EAT (LOVE to COOK).
What is it like to graduate from college and be thrust into the 'real world'? I can make comparisons to leaving the womb. I'm cold. brrrrrr.
What is it like going from living in a city (even if that city is Cleveland) to living in the 'burbs again? Its like going from the jailyard to solitary confinement. I miss my bitch.
What's it like going from living off loans to having to pay back those loans? Its like realizing that all the pizza and diner food and beer from those years of rowdy, raunchy, StOnEd BliSs has resulted in a considerable gut. It's time to work.
But don't cry for me, argentina. I feel like there will be some good things. A brand new life around the bend. just call me tony danza.
there were times
i lost a dream or two
round the bend
and at the end was you.
"EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON" (my motto)
MySpaceHumor Myspace Icons & Myspace Graphics
© whateverlife.com

My Interests

I like burgers and now i cant eat em. le sigh..

Danny's Beer Barrel Pub =
in Clearfield, PA
(that guy's helmet was photoshopped on, can you tell?)

JOLLY
GREEN
S C I E N C E

turn Michael OFF and turn this ON

GEtO Fried Chicken!!!! .. width="425" height="350" ..

food....okay there's music and video and illustration and cool tee-shirts and Glamorous Mammarous Femmes Fatale (My Type of Girl). SOX. PATS.

I'm officially a medical illustrator, but I'll do it all. I enjoy a good installation a whole lot. I'm the perfect wingman, but you'll have to find out why on your own.

I'd like to meet:

people who share my interests..... FOOD

I am an avid fan of food and its production and i'm pretty nerdy about it. [My mom cooks the BEST food (she's a caterer) and I'm just trying to come up.]

I'D ALSO LIKE TO MEET......................... the cute girl from my dream last thursday...

bloggers, heads that are into hip hop, VIDEO PRODUCTION, MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION, ANIMATION, GRAPHIC DESIGN,T-SHIRT DESIGN or performance

............um...............

richard pryor

alton brown.

PLEASE IF I DON'T KNOW YOU DROP A MESSAGE ALONG WITH YOUR FRIEND REQUEST! (NOT DOING)THAT SHIT WILL GET YOU DENIED ON SIGHT..

I mean, i just want to know what it is that made you click that, and what we might have in common, that's all.

Bands, you're cool, I decide after i listen...

NO WEBCAM GIRLS I HATE YOU BITCHES GOSH!!

Music:

i make hiphop. My bands:VentureCapital and OctaDoctapuss... i like most music. right now I'm really feeling the bass from this reggae cd by beres hammond. I know what you're going to say, but I like the Killers anyway. Foo Fighters, too. Kanye's alright in many respects, but Commons new disc is what I'm feeling right now. Madvillian and Dangerdoom are both in heavy rotation. Rowdy southern beats that rattle my license plate(Cleveland's 107.9!!!)and good r&b....some all-timers are...

Mos Def,
DJ Shadow,
OutKast,
Dangermouse,
Tribe,
The Roots,
Beenie Man,
Buju Banton,
Ludacriss,
Talib,
Aesop Rock,
Sublime,
David Banner,
Trick Daddy,
Mr. Lif,
Akrobatic,
SPANKROCK,
Lakeview Ave,
Straight To Video,
To Be a High Powered Executive...,
Dungeon Family
Jill Scott
MadLib
Aphex Twin,
Del the Funky Homosapien,
Lil Jon,
E-40,
Jay-Z,
Dean Martin,
Mighty Clouds of Joy,
Mighty Mighty Bosstones,
The Mighty Sparrow,
Arrow! (he's from Montserrat),
Yellowman,
Snoop,
Busta Rhymes,
Wu Tang,
Big Baby Jesus,
Ladysmith Black Mambazo,
Paul Simon,
Buena Vista Social Club,
Doobie Powell,
Dean Martin,
Van Morrison,
Johnny Cash,
Modest Mouse,
Hezekiah Walker,
Tool,
T-Pain,
GoodieMob,
Nas,
Dr. Dre,
Victor Wooten,
Bone Thugs n Harmony,
SWV,
TLC,
Bob Marley (of course),
The Police,
Red Hot Chili Peppers,
James Moore,
Mary J Blige,
Luciano,
Tom Waits,
Le Tigre,
The Deftones,
(old)Wyclef,
Missy Elliot,
M.I.A.,
Lauren Hill,
The Beatles,
The Doors,
Led Zeppelin,
NOFX,
Muddy Waters,
Taj Mahal,
Ozomatli,
North Mississippi All-Stars,
Somebody stop me.

Movies:

Comedy, Animation, Kung-Fu, ArtHouse, Action...I'm into directors Michel Gondry and Spike Jonze. I enjoy Pixar flicks. I like Darren Aronafsky (sp?) from pi and requiem, but I havent seen his Batman offering yet. Right now I'm catching up on Spike Lee and I recently discovered IFC so that's where I'm at.......... Okay lets do this: Tampopo, the Wallace and Grommit series, Almost Famous, Half Baked, Fooly Cooly, Napoleon Dynamite, Up In Smoke, Harold and Kumar, The 5th Element, Mondo Tundra's House of Hooters (I am a PORN GURU). whoa, wait lets not do this...


Myspace Graphics - Myspace Layouts

Television:

best week ever = best show ever. Conan O'brien is the king. Good Eats with Alton Brown is great on the Food Network. perfect for a food nerd like me. And the Simpsons simply own a small part of my brain.

Family Guy, mind of mencia, daily show, drawn together, teen titans, inuyasha, harvey birdman, Aqua Teen.... various other random shows( like Super Milk Chan). I love situational comedy ( That 70's Show, King of Queens) but in this age of reality, a good sitcom is hard to find, but fear not, friends...the sun shall rise again.

Books:

Jitterbug Perfume-Tom Robbins (ALL Tom Robbins)...

Septuagenarian Stew-Bukowski...

My Life by Billy Clint....

ERVINE WELSH (Trainspotting, Porno)....

White Teeth-Zadie Smith...

David Sedaris...

Henry Louise Gates Jr...

and yes, Harry Potter....

Lord of the Rings..

Kurt Vonnegut...

Robert Crumb's Comix...
You Are Emerald Green
Deep and mysterious, it often seems like no one truly gets you.
Inside, you are very emotional and moody - though you don't let it show.
People usually have a strong reaction to you... profound love or deep hate.
But you can even get those who hate you to come around. There's something naturally harmonious about you. What Color Green Are You?


Myspace Graphics - Myspace Layouts


Myspace Codes


Funny Pictures

Heroes:

My parents,Spike Lee, Hezekiah Farrell, Reggie White, My Aunts&Uncles, Frederick Douglas, Tom Robbins, Edgar allen poe, Robert Nesta Marley, Godfrey Reggio, Jim Henson, Maya Angelou

My Blog

It's Politics Time Again

The other night I took a long luxurious nap after work.   Wednesdays are particularly busy/bitchy for me at Lahey and that Wednesday was no slouch. I changed my clothes, put on NFL films at a re...
Posted by captain obVious on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:21:00 PST

POE Pourri. Summertiiime (and the livin's easy)

Who reads this!?!   Random question:  Can you tell from someones outward appearance and/or mannerisms of they are getting (some)?   POE pourri styles bitches  (this is long as hell...
Posted by captain obVious on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 05:18:00 PST

Growing Pains

How did this happen? How did I turn into this?   I've been trying to do right by too many people at once. Really I've just been being selfish, and the more I try to make things right, the more I...
Posted by captain obVious on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 01:21:00 PST

Birth Order: Oldest Son

I found this article on birth order. you can read it or just read the part where I lend my two cents. Does Birth Order Determine Success? By Kate Lorenz, CareerBuilder.com Editor All men may be c...
Posted by captain obVious on Tue, 16 May 2006 11:17:00 PST

POT POURRI STYLE, BITCHES...

I thought it was time for a blog. But I'll break from recent form a little for another POTPOURRI BLOG. Religion, hometown, race and sex were good,but what's going on in life? Hmm lets see.  ...
Posted by captain obVious on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 01:40:00 PST

Sex: Male

To continue explaining shit from my page, I've done religion, hometown, race, now its time for gender, which is half of the blog on Sex (the other part being about issues surrounding intercourse) &nbs...
Posted by captain obVious on Tue, 21 Feb 2006 07:53:00 PST

Ethnicity: Black/African Descent

What am I really supposed to say about this? Race is something I've had to deal with my entire life.  I can't claim to have any real answers, but I can tell you what the shit means to me... I'll ...
Posted by captain obVious on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:55:00 PST

Hometown: Billerica

I put my Hometown as Billerica I was born in Boston and I grew up until I was 5 in Dorchester, right near Codman Square on Moody Street. The late eighties in inner city Boston had too much crack goin ...
Posted by captain obVious on Sat, 07 Jan 2006 02:39:00 PST

Religion: Christian/other (great ghost of gargamel)

Leaping lizards and gizzards. Holy Fog on the freeway! I'm in an unreasonably good mood. Despite the pressure, I'm calm, relaxed, and inexplicably benevolent. I look at your profile and my profile and...
Posted by captain obVious on Thu, 29 Dec 2005 02:52:00 PST

Heartbreak and Weedcake: my life is....

MY LIFE IS A JOKE. the kind of joke you REALLY SHOULDN'T LAUGH AT, but you do anyway DESPITE the GUILT!! (feel free to laugh at anytime, I do) After the Potpourri Blog, I was trying to hold out until ...
Posted by captain obVious on Mon, 12 Dec 2005 08:06:00 PST