"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen"
learning for the sake of learning. dance. language. insightful hip hop. bitter humor. fighting back. quiet time. identity-theory. people watching. anyone under the age of 6.
someone who places the need to travel about on par with the need to breathe. People who can cry and laugh at the same time, and at the same topic. People who are bothered by the fact that an intricately hand-beaded skirt costs $10, even if they can't quite place why. people who cultivate smile lines.
Immortal Technique, Sarah Jones, Talib Kweli, Heiruspecs, Isosceles, KRS1, Marcelo D2, Lauryn Hill, the lady Jill Scott, Ms. Badu, Mos Def, Sleep, Orishas, Ozomatli, Daara J, Bjork, Bach Cello Sonatas.
Break Borders (Joey Kan is my hero!), RIZE, Freestyle, A Day Without a Mexican, Life and Debt, Girl with a Pearl Earing, The Corporation, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Harold and kumar go to white castle.
Ha! don't own one. but if i did, i'd watch the Daily Show.
Madness and Civilization, The Naked Ape,Ishmael, The God of Small Things, Power Politics, War Talk, Woman's Work: the first 20,000 years, The Culture of Conformism, Como Agua para Chocolate, Catcher in the Rye, No Logo, The Fashioned Body, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, Don't Let the Pigeon Ride the Bus, and others yet to be discovered.
Mother Jones, Arundhati Roy, Dr. Shiva, moms in general. especially mine.