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emanuelegance

Introducing the Black Boy Genius

About Me

'07 was good...'08 is going to be so much betterYa heard me.


My Interests

Social entrepreneurs, Writing, Television, Men's Fashion, Painting, Reading, Movies, Music and UFC.

I'd like to meet:

Members of the Creative Class

Music:

Really feeling Estelle, lovin' "Everyone Nose" (N*E*R*D), I'm all up on Jessica Greene right now and PJ Morton

Movies:

ATL, Eve's Bayou, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Stranger than Fiction, Jackie's Back, Beverly Hills Cop, In the Heat of the Night, The Golden Child, She Hates Me, A Raisin in the Sun, The Skeleton Key, Take a Giant Step, The Wiz, Brown Sugar & The Best Man

Television:

Dexter, Cane, JLU, 24, The Boondocks, Nip/Tuck, Desperate Housewives, Brothers & Sisters, 6 Degrees, The Graham Norton Show, The Simpsons, Naruto, The Wayans Bros.,Heroes, Mad Men, Home Movies, Grey's Anatomy, Current TV (this is the shit!), SNL, Hex, Absolutely Fabulous, The Simpsons, General Hospital, Big Love, GH Night Shift, Weeds, Aqua Teens and Minoriteam

Books:

In search for a good one at the moment

Heroes:

My Grandfathers- William Franklin Basnight Jr.(RIP) and John Quincy McLean Jr- two remarkable black men (God don't make 'em how he used to), my mother (Desiree'), my brothers (Terry & Derrick), my sisters (Mone't & Artreese), my best friend for life (Devine), my brother from another mother smoother than butter unlike any other (Big Los), Dr. Maya Angelou, Dave Chappelle, Skateboard P, Richard Wright, Tyler Perry, Aaron McGruder, Denzel Washington, Sidney Poitier & Oprah Winfrey

My Blog

I Contact not Eye Contact

While walking around Terminal B of Hartsfield-Jackson (that's Atlanta's airport) trying to find my gate I noticed that a lot of people (more than usual) were staring at me. Not the quick glance that ...
Posted by emanuelegance on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 04:38:00 PST

A Letter to the Ladies I Love

When I woke up this morning I was shocked and startled.  My heart was beating rapidly and for a second I was disoriented (something that happens too often) and although I could see that everythin...
Posted by emanuelegance on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:35:00 PST

When to Kiss Ass-

Never.To me it's as simple as that. All of us have tendencies that are so closely aligned with our personalities that we do them involuntarily. They become first-nature as opposed to second nature. ...
Posted by emanuelegance on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 06:37:00 PST

Baby Steps

I was born on December 30, 1979 which makes me a Capricorn (and my moon sign is Gemini for those of you big on the zodiac you know that makes for an interesting combination) and Capricorns are known f...
Posted by emanuelegance on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 08:17:00 PST

Learn NYC

We all have days when it just seems like the world decides to take it out on our spirit. Unfortunately there will be more days like that but each day is a chance to get as happy as possible about the...
Posted by emanuelegance on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:13:00 PST

The $300,000 Kiss

Since I was small people have told me that I'll be in the pool pit one day and I still don't believe it. Although I still remind myself not to come across as "preachy" (I'll leave that to the minister...
Posted by emanuelegance on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:55:00 PST

My Autumn Crush

  I've only had a few crushes in my life. There are a few people in Brooklyn that I admire from a far and occasionally speak to but I'm so dense when it comes to flirting that I don't realize I h...
Posted by emanuelegance on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:16:00 PST

Acts One and Two

Im still crying.   Not sobbing but tears are running down my face because of the empathy evoked by the first two acts of Spike Lees documentary When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four A...
Posted by emanuelegance on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:03:00 PST

William Franklin and John Quincy

Anyone who knows me knows that I may pay too much attention to my dreams.  I do.  I can't hide it.  I have a dream dictionary that I keep by my bed and when I wake up in the morning I ...
Posted by emanuelegance on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 07:54:00 PST