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Gemini Rising

...the more and more I learn, the more I realized I never knew shit.

About Me

Just a cool cat with many interests...trying something new...kinda anyway.I'ma socially critical self-expressionist. Gemini zodic with complementary opposing sides. Therefore, from me, you'll get good, better, and neither! I'm very educated with the ability to be ignorant. Im very playful and often too serious. The good thing is I can control it. Its all about balance...

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My Interests


Coaching/Playing Football, Poetry, Reading, Writing (I'm trying to write more), enjoying life, I'm trying to dance more, MUSIC (cant live without music), cruising, exercising, discussions with friends, hanging out with friends & family.

I'd like to meet:

Friends & Network Associates

Music:

Absolutely love good music (all music aint good music)...Hip-Hop, Soul (...I'm talkin' old skool soul), Jazz, Neo Soul, Old skool R&B, Reggae, Calypso, Latin/World, RockOh...I'm supposed to name artists: Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Teddy Pendagrass, Hieroglyphics, Common, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Little Brother, Crown City Rockers, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, etc, etc, etc

Movies:

Usual Suspects, Oceans 11, Shawshank Redemption, Saw, Saw II (I actually liked it), Bamboozled (everybody go rent that), Office Space, Half Baked (that shit is funny)

Television:

dont watch too much tv: sportscenter, college football, college basketball, Law & Order SVU, Daily Show, Family Guy, food channel, history channel

Books:

The Miseducation of the Negro, From Niggas to Gods, The Invisible Man, We Own This Game (about pop warner football), The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Outlaw Culture, Souls of Black Folks

Heroes:

all ancestors named and no named

My Blog

Does Hip-Hop Hate Women!?!?!

This past week the Hip-Hop Working Group at UC Berkeley put on two events (I did a Myspace bulletin blast&so ya'll should have known about it).  For brevity I wont go too deep into the background...
Posted by Gemini Rising on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:48:00 PST

Chronicles of a Youth Football Coach - Part 4

We played a really good game against Palo Alto.  It was bitter sweet because through the course of the season so much gets to weighing on you: the time commitment to (head) coaching, traveling, d...
Posted by Gemini Rising on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:51:00 PST

Chronicles of a Youth Football Coach - Part 3

Okay&so I've been kinda (kinda an understatement) bad about finishing this blog.  This will be the last installment of this series and I'll recap on the last few games we played. So&that team t...
Posted by Gemini Rising on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:46:00 PST

the myspace stare

&Ever get the "myspace stare"?  I've had it happen a couple of times to me.  For those that aren't quite sure what I'm talking about&let me explain.  I was out at a social function wi...
Posted by Gemini Rising on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 02:01:00 PST

Chronicles of a Youth Football Coach - part 2

We lost our game this past Sunday&12-6.  My boys played real tough!  I'm very proud of them.  We actually played very well on defense.  We had a goal line stand and then stopped th...
Posted by Gemini Rising on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 08:25:00 PST

Chronicles of a Youth Football Coach - part 1

&yeah, yeah&I meant to make this a weekly type thing.  So then I'm about&.8 weeks behind!   My season started with my kids&we've played four games thus far this season with a record of 2 win...
Posted by Gemini Rising on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:11:00 PST

Hilarity!

Self Explanitory! http://www.ihumpedyourhummer.com/blog/category/video/ I'm trying to shoot one of these!...
Posted by Gemini Rising on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:12:00 PST

You got game?

Can a brotha get a game of internet scrabble or reversi?  Hit me up...I'm usually up late on work nights!?!?!  Whose trying to get there as spanked in scrabble?  Chess?  Shit...che...
Posted by Gemini Rising on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:03:00 PST

Toilet Etiquette

Okaylets get right into it.  WTF?!?!?!?!?  To the guy at work thats sitting in the stall relieving himself while holding a conversation on the cell phone GET THE FUCK OFF THE PHONE!  M...
Posted by Gemini Rising on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 09:59:00 PST

Discipline, Responsibility, Purpose

...so I coach Pop Warner Football in Oakland - ages 7-9 y/o.  I love what I do (coaching) and working with youth in Oakland.  Below is the letter I wrote to my parents and their kids for the...
Posted by Gemini Rising on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 09:46:00 PST