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About Me

"Young, Gifted and Black" Otherwise, just ask.

My Interests

Documentaries, live music, old Chevys, electronics, photography, art, sol fusion parties, Atlanta, intimacy bras, saving the world, 3-way light bulbs, Will Ferrell movies, Ruger 45s, Pound Puppies, body art, and Shel Silverstein poetry.
8/26/07-Today it's good food, religious tolerance, activism, traveling, this guy, and more tattoos (especially of the Phoenix, Sankofa bird and Nike of Samothrace)

I'd like to meet:

My husband
8/26/07-And some more honest people.

Music:

Donny Hathaway, Bill Withers, OutKast, Radiohead, Esthero, Musiq, Jill Scott, Little Brother
8/26/07-the Roots, Nas, Paolo, Fiona

Movies:

The Color Purple, The Shawshank Redemption, Love Jones, Sweet Home Alabama, Documentaries
8/26/07-Anything with Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman or Ben Stiller

Television:

Intervention, Overhaulin, Miami Ink, Antique's Roadshow, Dr. 90210, The Office
8/26/07-CNN, PBS, TLC and the History Channel in general

Books:

The Bible, Where the sidewalk ends, The Color Purple, The shadow of a panther, The life and loves of Mr. Jiveass nigger, Howard Zinn's stuff
8/26/07-Gandhi's Experiments with Truth, Amos Oz's lectures

Heroes:

Ruby Lee Legette (7.17.17 - 6.2.94)
8/26/07-My big sister, she's so inspirational

My Blog

Irritants

Random list of stuff I don't like that seems to be very popular right now. I'm just not with it (right now) and I don't apologize... suckers!"If I don't like it, I don't like it. That don't mean tha...
Posted by *Coop* on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:59:00 PST

Today was a big day

I shed tears on my way to work today. I thought about the magnitude of this election. I thought of the sacrifices made for me so that this day could be possible-a day when a woman and a Black man ar...
Posted by *Coop* on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:59:00 PST

The case for vegetarianism

I'm a vegetarian. I'm almost totally vegan, but I use that term sparingly since I knowingly eat jelly. I always, ALWAYS get asked why I don't eat meat. Usually I spit the same lame answer about lik...
Posted by *Coop* on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 02:15:00 PST

Chivalry and Southern Hospitality

I'm a Southern girl. I was born and raised in the South. I have an innate connection to all things Southern, good and bad, which is why I must vent about Southern Hospitality.Since being away from m...
Posted by *Coop* on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:36:00 PST

I might oblige (A boy named "B")

You ever have someone act differently towards you and it bothers you for much too long? One of those situations where there's a disagreement that seems minor, but leads to a dramatic decrease in comm...
Posted by *Coop* on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:44:00 PST

The word whore

Hello. My name is *Coop* and I'm a word whore. Hi *Coop*!...not in that OutKast "shawty, I wanna f*ck yo' rims" kinda way, but in a way that...well, in a different way.You see, I'm a writer, a reade...
Posted by *Coop* on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:28:00 PST

Music is a universal language

I love many different kinds of music and I'm always down for getting exposed to new/different sounds. So I'll share some of my favorites and you'll share some of yours&PLEASE! It was hard for me to ...
Posted by *Coop* on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:03:00 PST

Britney vs. T.I.

Let me preface this all by saying that I'm angry, so this may seem a bit choppy and incoherent. The BBC reports that "The 27-year-old was arrested in a city car park on suspicion of collecting machin...
Posted by *Coop* on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 03:46:00 PST

Happy 20th anniversary!

Today is the 20th anniversary of my big sister's 17th birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY NITA!! Love you!
Posted by *Coop* on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:30:00 PST

Getting over

I sent a message to a friend last night asking how to get over something, how to emotionally cut ties but maintain physical contact. The answer to this, for me, is the Holy Grail of life advice.In 25...
Posted by *Coop* on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:03:00 PST