APRIL - ProfilesArchive

About Me

My friends think I eat a lot and have a passion for eating any kind of food, especially chocolate/ice cream/cake/sushi/jook/noodles/gravy/ flan/oreo anything/pasta/oysters, etc. I do. By the way, are you gonna eat that?

My Interests

YMN/WGC, family, sunny days and warm nights in SFC, green living, yoga, tasty food, the holiday season, quiet moments, good conversation, quick wit, people with integrity and compassion, roots, good writing, fundamental humanity, excellent sushi, the world

I'd like to meet:

One self-proclaimed chocolate lover in particular who appreciates the chocolate more than I do. ♥
Edward Said. Albus Dumbledore. Judge Milian. Anthony Bourdain. The best sushi chef in the world.

YES!!
For all those who don't know...It DOES exist!!

Music:

currently in rotation: janet, groove theory, pharcyde, love jones soundtrack

Movies:

before sunrise, before sunset, lord of the rings, the usual suspects, fight club, a beautiful mind, the matrix, harry potter

Television:

law & order, everybody loves raymond, family guy, seinfeld!, planet earth, blue planet, csi

Books:

catcher in the rye, all of dan brown's books, animal farm, lord of the rings, harry potter, wheel of time series, chronicles of narnia, bel canto, the secret

Heroes:

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Curbside, Saturday night

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I said GOT-DAMN!!

Banana Slugs unite! Giants - 9, Rockies - 0

The Cellar
ALL of us together again!! Finally!

Roots Fam:

My Blog

Green is Good. Embrace.

..> Ten Key Values of the Green Party...> Originally ratified at the Green Party Convention in Denver, CO, June 2000. 1. GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACYEvery human being deserves a say in the decisions ...
Posted by APRIL on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:42:00 PST

On a meaning of "organic"

I pulled this quote from a copy of the New Yorker. Article by S. Shapin. "When we said organic, we meant local. We meant healthful. We meant being true to the ecologies of regions.&...
Posted by APRIL on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:17:00 PST

On reading the New Yorker

As of late, I've been perusing old copies of the New Yorker, per my cousin's collection and donation from a friend. On a typical Saturday or Sunday morning, we can be fou...
Posted by APRIL on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 01:34:00 PST

On Blogging

What happened to my days of blogging? I thought I had gotten into it and blogged pretty much every day. But then I stopped. . .my Xanga page's last entry was sometime back in 2004! T...
Posted by APRIL on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:48:00 PST

On Tookie

Crips founder. . .convicted of 4 murders in cold blood over 20 years ago. . . I don't think he should die, but I don't think he should get away with murder, either. Let him live, but he'll&...
Posted by APRIL on Mon, 12 Dec 2005 02:53:00 PST

Muffin Tops

My rendition of muffin tops.
Posted by APRIL on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 09:50:00 PST

On rank and file

Sometimes I can hardly believe how deeply Ive assimilated into Corporate America and have even become complacent in its midst. Its a system I learned to hate in college. Were all part of a Matrix a...
Posted by APRIL on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

A shout out

Sometimes you don't fully appreciate someone's logical mind and someone who can keep calm and cool during times when you really don't want him to--until you experience a strange, near-emergency situat...
Posted by APRIL on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

On "bling bling"-ing

My dad jovially asked me the other night if I knew what "bling bling" meant. My first reaction was that he was trying to be "hip with it." My second reaction was that he was gonna try to explain...
Posted by APRIL on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

On Eminem being a racist

Eminem has recently been attacked for making racist and degrading comments about African American females in a 15-year old freestyle of his. The lyrics are degrading and foul, but think about all the ...
Posted by APRIL on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST