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About Me

The Anti-Statistic, living, laughing, learning... and scribbling it all down. Just trying to right some wrongs, write some wrongs and survive long enough to pass the lessons down to my babies -- born and bred alike.
"You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit..." --Aristotle
"Practice is ultimately more important than the game itself..." --Tone Boots
"Yo soy el cantante, muy popular donde quiera. Pero cuando el show se acaba, soy otro 'mano cualquiera..." --Hector Lavoe/Ruben Blades
"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed with the things you DIDN'T do than with the things you did... " --Mark Twain
"Far better it is to dare mighty things than to take rank with those poor, timid spirits who know neither victory nor defeat..." --Theodore Roosevelt
"The artist must first be the camel, bearing the weight of schooling. He must then become a lion, and destroy his teachers..." --Friedrich Nietzsche
"Freakin' sweeeeet!" --Peter Griffin

My Interests

Writers write. But I also like distorting your perception of what "is." Figure that out, while I go make a sandwich...

I'd like to meet:

Small minds discuss people, average minds discuss events and great minds discuss ideas. Holla back when you figure out where you fit in.

Music:

Classics of all genres, including but not limited to Rock, Hip-Hop, Soul and Salsa. And everything in between. Still love hip-hop, even though she's a ho these days.

Movies:

Godfather 2 was better than 1. There, I said it. Also Gladiator, Get Shorty, Last Samurai, Last of the Mohicans, GoodFellas, Casino, Wedding Crashers (new, I know, but it's a helluvan example of great comedy)...

Television:

Showtime done stepped it waaaaay up with Dexter, Californication, Weeds and The Tudors. HBO still gets the crown for Entourage, though I'm gonna miss Sopranos, The Wire and Deadwood. The rest: The Shield, Mad Men, Heroes, SpongeBob (whut?!) and too many classics and future classics to name here. Can somebody say Dee Vee Are...?

Books:

Awww, maaaaan... The list would be waaaay too long. You wanna know, just ask. Seriously...

Heroes:

Don't believe in many. Lot of interesting peoples in history, but I wouldn't bestow them the title. Moms and Pops did their thing. And m'man below did too...

Spider-Man

Spider-Man 90%
Hulk 70%
Green Lantern 70%
Batman 55%
Iron Man 55%
The Flash 55%
Superman 50%
Catwoman 50%
Robin 45%
Wonder Woman 40%
Supergirl 40% You are intelligent, witty,
a bit geeky and have great
power and responsibility.

My Blog

Once Again Its On...

If you're in front of the tube come tomorrow, June 25, be sure to check out the latest entry in ya boy's television production canon. And if you're not, DVR that shit!!Due to incredibly high standards...
Posted by carlito on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:37:00 PST

1982/83

miami.the land down under. dolphins get their ass kicked by riggins and the washington redskins. discovering HBO. they all laughed. dave and the white boy in the grove, acting stupid. mad fun, though....
Posted by carlito on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:28:00 PST

Home Grown (an excerpt)

HOME GROWN © 2007, Carlito RodriguezCinnamon, that's what it was. I was sure of it now. At first, when she'd grabbed me and put her lips right against mine, I was too busy fighting off the smell of pi...
Posted by carlito on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:56:00 PST

The Smell of Thirteen

Hospitals always had that smell. Couldn't really place it. Sterile, yeah, but it scared me to death. I smelled it that morning as soon as I stepped into the lobby of North Central. The ride in the gyp...
Posted by carlito on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:55:00 PST

The Ex-Con, Part 1

"When you're locked up, and you're not in New York, and you're seein' shit on TV, CNN, HBO, and everything is filmed in New York, downtown, y'know? You reminisce."Elloheim Tucker wipes his sweaty brow...
Posted by carlito on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:58:00 PST

Karma, Chameleon!

A coupla weeks ago, during a break in the action around here, I browsed through my modest lil' flick roster and popped in Carlito's Way.Despite the sappy love story (hard core Boricua cat from El Barr...
Posted by carlito on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:43:00 PST

Nobody Cares

Definitely had this one up before, but fuck it, I like it. Hope you do too.*******Nobody cares. I remember the old heads on Sheridan Avenue sayin' that all the time. Usually while cryin' in their fift...
Posted by carlito on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 04:38:00 PST

Reason for the Rhyme

A long, long time ago in a galaxy on the Upper West Side, a thirteen year-old boy in Douglas Projects got his first taste of live rap music when he walked into a party and heard the staccato speech of...
Posted by carlito on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:39:00 PST

Genre vs Literary

**originally posted this as a response to a response on Sofia Quintero's (aka Black Artemis) blog re: Myths about Chick Lit, but the MySpace Blog Editor was trippin', so I thought y'all might like to ...
Posted by carlito on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:47:00 PST

The Summer Blockbuster

Not sure if I had this one up before, but fuck it... Enjoy it again!***********Reminisce with me. One time we kicked it, I was gassin' you up on the joys of summatime. Some of you might have interpret...
Posted by carlito on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:39:00 PST