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About Me


ohmaigoodness.blogspot.com .....Wow... what can i say.. i LOVE good food and even better music. i find bad food and mediocre music offensive. i can not and will not stop dancing... good sitcoms and classic cartoons always make me smile too. ******************************** I'm an old-fasion gurl, but love having a blast, i'm talkin bout those life changing carpe-diem type of experiences that you really cherish. Tryin to SKYDIVE at some point, go to trapeze school, and learn how to ride a motorbike sooner than later. went shark-diving in the pacific a few years ago (got sick on the little dinghy boat though!)**************************************Geez... whatelse about meee?? I'm 5'11 and never felt so AVERAGE height :( until i moved to newyork city!!! I feel like i'm in the land of the GIANTS!!!!! and every step i take i feel closer to the ground... i love pb&j and/or hunnynut cheerios as much as i love a soulfully cooked meal. *****************************************i love SWEETSSSSS, tiramisu mmmmmmmmmmmm, banana pudding and/or MY DADDY'S BANANA BISCUITS mmmmmmmmm, sweet corn cake mmmmmmmm, corn bread mmmmmmmm, sauteed OKRA w/ shrimp&grits(okay that's not sweet but mmmmmmmm)!!!! oh and LIMONADA fresh squeezed, nothing pink or from a mix...give me any of these on any given day and i'll love you for life!! yes i will. **************I've recently become addicted to anything pineapple (juice/rings/chunks/crushed) and disco!! I can't get enough of either!! a bass player friend of mine told me i was having a love affair with music. couldn't've been better stated. it's the passion in which i live. I'm a poet during some point of most days, and am constantly singing and/or whistling whether out loud or internally. Started singing at an open mic at Brooklyn's Five Spot~Soul F'Real Wednesdays a coupla yrs ago. Some people think i have a nice voice too! and folx are lovin' my HunnyDo~Song! I prefer live music (afrobeat, latinjazz, disco, gospel) to most things (maybe even a some sugar from a fine brorha!), except for sleep. i love to sleep as much as i love to accomplish the big thangs, you know. i live with pure adrenaline and sleep with the same momentum. Pretty much nocturnal (ie bedtime @ 3am most days), because of my alternate bodyclock, but i've had to adjust since i have a big-gurl job now. I make it work *************************************************i'm in love with the idea of experiencing unconditional love, a hopeless, maybe hopeful romantic, and will probably make a good wife and mother if i decide to get married and produce a tribe at some point in the (distant) future!! My Daddy is a good man (my best friend), and he can't be the only one out there, so I remain hopeful. until mr.right comes along, i stay occupied with a life that's JAMPACKED&JELLITIGHT here in NYC. Trying to accomplish some great things this new year! ***************************Godwilling it will be a sweet year and i'll get more flowers (and sugar!)!!! Gerber daiseys (and HUMMINGBIRDS) make me smile :)

My Interests

pretending to be a MERMAID... in a pool, ocean, bed, air or otherwise********** moving inside of the music**** sunshine********** livemusic outdoors in the sun********* good food, outdoors in the sun******* figuring out how musicians do what they do******* laughing****** i love to laugh A LOT******** the PROUD FAMILY (especially BOBBY PROUD!!)and most recently CLASS OF 3000!!!! (love andre, LOVE HIM!)********* sleeping******* cooking and eating******** internetfreak (ie between wikiwikiwikiPEDIA google, miriamwebsteronline, hotmail/gmail, myspace and imdb.com i can sit here for HOURS!!)****** any street on manhattan******** figuring out how to get paid to travel the world (as a producer and/or background singer)*** AGAIN, moving inside of the music**** etceteraetceteraetcetera*************

Music:

Live Music ALL the Time!!!! ...................if i can shake a tail feather to it, then i'mGOOD!!! .........AFROBEAT.................HBCU MARCHING BANDS.................DISCO....................LATINJAZZ ............GOSPEL.............SOUL...............NEWJACKSWI NG................HOUSE... followMEEEEfollowMEEEEEfollowMEEEfollowMEEEEE......... mosdef, thefugees, harryconnickjr, FELAanikulapoKUTI, mj's "OFF THE WALL" , chaka's "I LOVE YOU I LIVE YOU"... womack&womack, otisredding's "WHITE CHRISTMAS" (the greatest rendition ever)... david benoirs "CAROL of theBells" (killa!!).... 4thAveJones (shout out muchlove), apolloheights!....... JOHN to the LEGEND allday!....... maze featuring frankiebeverly "HAPPY FEELINGS" or "WE ARE ONE"!!! faithevans, maryjblige (i missed the listening party today ;(oh well).... JODECI (not kci &jojo)...........billwithers, coltrane's equinox or sentimental mood, lee morgan's Search for the New Land... DJ QUICK (YES!!) ...... i miss 2pac............. any prince ballad and "3 Chains'O'Gold"....stevie,marvin,ella,lauryn, thebeegees, queen, eltonjohn, ESTHERO, OUTKAST, OUTKAST, OUTKAST, SAADIQQQQQ, tonytoni (AND what's the other one's name?? oh yeah) tone'..... natejonesonbass....... I LOVE MUSIC!!!!!!!! ps I WANNA BE CASSANDRA WILSON WHEN I GROW UP... or NAVASHA DAYA!!!!!!

Movies:

The Sound of Music, Gigi, An American in Paris, Funny Face, Roman Holiday, Funny Girl, Victor/Victoria, You've Got Mail, When Harry Met Sally, Love Jones, Sabrina, 50 First Dates, The Wedding Singer, Under The Tuscan Sun, Wayne's World, Clueless, Love and Basketball, Brown Sugar, The Best MAn (the Black version and the Italian version that y'all don't know about!!)... you know those kind of movies........... for the hopeless romantic! ............................then of course i love a good documentary, AfroPunk, Unforgiveable Blackness, Scratch, this joint on Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone!!! ............ AND ANYTHING CELEBRATING BLACK ON BLACK LOVE!!!!!!!!!!

Television:

The Cosby Show, A Different World, Will & Grace, Fraser, Friends, Living Single, The Odd Couple (Felix Unger, HA!!), Oprah, History Channel, E! Network, Current Television, and ANYTHING on EXTRAORDINARY ARTS AND CULTURE!!!!

Books:

E. Ethelbert Miller's poetry ALL DAY, Ilyasa Shabazz "Growing Up X" (daughter of Malcolm X), May Swenson's poetry, Lucille Clifton's poetry, August Wilson plays, Ntozake Shange "Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo" & "Betsy Brown", Langston Hughes, Willie Perdomo, Sarah Jones, Suheir Hamad, and gangsta-ass wordsmith CHRIS ABANI (if you don't know you betta ask somebody....!)

Heroes:

Charles & Barbara Perkins, Gordon Parks, Shirley Kaplan, Sarah Jones, Oprah Winfrey, Romare Bearden, Zora Neale Hurston, El Hajj Malik & Betty Shabazz, Ed Gordon, Georgia Erby

My Blog

So heres a blog from my Official blog that I really love...

December 31st 2007:here i sit again. on the edge. of a new year. not quite the same wide-eyed gurl. not quite the same big dreams. but still a wide-eyed gurl with big dreams, if it's all the same. and...
Posted by ~.mai.funky.fresh.~ on Wed, 21 May 2008 10:15:00 PST

RTDC: Who’s DOWN!!!

So!! I shared the whole Road To Discovery Challenge idea with a few of you earlier today, and the question came up, "Is this something that’s in development or what???" Here’s the backstor...
Posted by ~.mai.funky.fresh.~ on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:43:00 PST

I thought about Prince today...

..my friend, Prince Jones, who was murdered by an undercover PG County police officer on September 1, 2000, at the age of 25. He doesn't cross my mind quite as often as he used to, but certainly when ...
Posted by ~.mai.funky.fresh.~ on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 06:18:00 PST

I Found My Destiny @ The End of W Houston....

I Found My Destiny @ The End of W Houston.... by  fly.Mai Ok... maybe not my destiny, per se. But certainly the road to a tangible dream inspired by a dear soul.My day's journey began at C...
Posted by ~.mai.funky.fresh.~ on Fri, 04 May 2007 02:27:00 PST

What Daddy has to say about MARRIAGE!

My wife, Barbara, and I have been married for 33 years.  We are more in love now than ever.  In marriage, we discovered real romance.  There is nothing particularly romantic about being...
Posted by ~.mai.funky.fresh.~ on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:32:00 PST

a posting i really love from my Blogspot... 12/29/06

Friday, December 29, 2006 the obligatory end of the yr i'm thankful for what's been and what's to come... ...
Posted by ~.mai.funky.fresh.~ on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:14:00 PST

I WENT INDOOR SKYDIVING TODAY!!!!!!!!!

dag.... it's been like twenty years in the making (yes TWENTY!!) but i finally went indoor skydiving today!!!! i'm chillin out in vegas with my moms and all i could think about on the flight over was ...
Posted by ~.mai.funky.fresh.~ on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 04:58:00 PST

oh yeah... in regards to Ed Bradley..

....ED BRADLEY undeniably could've been/ should've been my favorite uncle....
Posted by ~.mai.funky.fresh.~ on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 01:42:00 PST

This is why he's my best friend....

Hello Lady, Being on the same page can sometimes be quite a challenge in a relationship. Especially in the first few years. The real thing that you want to know is: Are you at least reading the same b...
Posted by ~.mai.funky.fresh.~ on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 03:36:00 PST

The Walking Nerve Ending

The Walking Nerve Ending     "Lilly Done the Zampoughi Everytime I Pulled Her Coattail"--        Ain't Supposed to Die A N...
Posted by ~.mai.funky.fresh.~ on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 02:13:00 PST