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Mace Windu

May the Force be with You!

About Me

I'm a writer, a native Angelino and a lover of all things good and true. But we all have our own personal el guapo's, and I am no exception. Maybe the singing bush can help me.

My Interests

Writing, reading, watching my beloved Los Angeles Lakers, live music, meditation, dancing, working out, doing yoga, politics, drinking good wine, eating good food, playing poker, swimming, dancing, surfing, watching sunsets, hiking with my doggy, enjoying life, remembering good times, experiencing good times, good vibes, and good peeeps....oh yeah, did I say dancing?

I'd like to meet:

smokers, jokers, and midnight tokers.

Music:

Miles Davis, Wilco, Ryan Adams, Bonnie Raitt, Diana Krall, Fiona Apple, Sheryl Crow, Love Unlimited Orchestra, Barry White and anything my Dad did the arrangents for, Susan Tedeschi, Leona Ness, Bill Evans Trio, Tribe Called Quest, De la Soul, Stevie Wonder, Lucinda Williams, Fela Kuti, Thought, Antibalas, John Mayer, Al Green, Earth Wind and Fire, M. Ward, Neko Case, The Roots, Jay-Z, Madonna, ................man, this could go on forever..........

Movies:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Say Anything, Forrest Gump, Star Wars, Empire Striles Back, Return of the Jedi, Fast Times at Ridgmont High, The Three Amigo's, Broadcast News, When Harry Met Sally, An Inconvenient Truth.

Television:


MySpace Codes

Books:

The Classics, Hemmingway, Biographies and/or true stories, The Great Gatsby, Anything by Toni Morrison, Harry Potter, Mrs Dalloway.

Heroes:

My Dad, The Dalai Lama, FDR, Oprah, Cornell West, Confucious, Virginia Woolf, Maxwell Vom Scweberwappen. my nephew, Billy Page, Olivia Page, Uncle Colter, Nelson Mandela...

My Blog

The Streets of LA

Whenever I come back to LA, I always enjoy basking in the splendor of all this city has to offer. It's different than New York. Completley different. Driving, for example, becomes something I miss aft...
Posted by Mace Windu on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:08:00 PST

Good-Bye Lakers

Another basketball season gone. Phil and the Lakers just didn't have it this year. But I really gotta say to everyone: It's not Kobe's fault. Whenever the Lakers lose, we always bring it back to Kobe ...
Posted by Mace Windu on Thu, 03 May 2007 09:14:00 PST

Statistics on TV

I'm doing a statistics project for my statistics class where me and two other women watched TV for a week, and jotted down data of the characters. We wanted to compare the totals of race, gender, work...
Posted by Mace Windu on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:00:00 PST

The Dancing Flower

I am jogging down my pathin pieces.Solidified by art,ducking from intimacy,imbibing my life plansfrom a beer mug that is frosty.Reflecting off his obdurate mannerher cheerful demeanorthe dancing flowe...
Posted by Mace Windu on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:53:00 PST

Third Wave Part Two: Give me my money!!!

On the subway today I read an article in AM New York which stated " Gender Pay Gap Grows Wider". It states that women still make only 80 percent of the salaries that their male peers do one year aft...
Posted by Mace Windu on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:38:00 PST

Patty Griffin

Last night Damon and i went to see Patty Griffin at the Beacon Theatre on the Upper West Side. I cannot believe the voice that comes out of this little dooker (and Dooker she was in her black dress an...
Posted by Mace Windu on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:03:00 PST

My Worried Mind

I can use my mind to react to stimulationI'd rather use my intuitionmy dreams and imaginationto propel my life forward.To control my destiny.To not be a coward.The mind is a tool,emotion is a giftand ...
Posted by Mace Windu on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:21:00 PST

Miller Place

I was on the subway this morning, listening to my ipod, and "Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica came on. This is a song that reminds me of a time in my life called, The Golden Years. Tears began to fo...
Posted by Mace Windu on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:54:00 PST

The Eleventh Floor

I feel alive and freethe city is moving through meand even though I can be lonleytommorrows a new day.I have something worth asking forhere on the eleventh floorI'm not afraid to ask for moreto defy m...
Posted by Mace Windu on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:28:00 PST

Living with a Ghost

My past spills out of meleaving light to blend with memoriesI forgive myself for everythingI'm sad because I don't know howto let go of youI'm living with a ghostof the person in this life that I love...
Posted by Mace Windu on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:09:00 PST