Dance, music, film, art, my little sister (she's a work of art in her own right), literature, good friends, good food, and pretending I am a wine connoisseur, little bit of fashion, pretending I'm Kevin Aucoin, old Marilyn Monroe movies, finding cheap hardback books (got an original hardback copy of Roots for $0.75), Ben Stiller movies, and stilettos, chocolate men, locks...
I'd like to meet:
A wonderful person with a big heart who doesn't scare easy. Someone who still races the moon sometimes. All those who see love as a gift, not a sentence. People who understand that sensitivity and strength are not opposites. Those who know that joy comes in the morning, but are not content to surrender to the night. I'd like to meet you.
Music:
One Ms. Jill Scott, The Roots, Common, Kelis, Janet Jackson (1986-1998), Patti LaBelle, Anita Baker, Jay Z, Mary J. Blige, Donny Hathaway, Roberta Flack, Chaka Kahn, Earth Wind & Fire, just got on the Amanda Blank train (thanks Reaia), Jimmy Hendrix, Michael McDonald ("I can't forget we're not in love anymore..."), Luther Vandross, Cody Chesnutt, That one Red Hot Chili Peppers song about planes, Salt N Pepa, that one Rob Base song, "Ownlee Eue" by Kwame (me and my best friends will dance to it at my wedding), Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, To be continued...
Movies:
Love Jones, Five Heartbeats, Love Actually, Holiday Heart, Brown Sugar, School Daze, Meet the Parents, Bad Santa, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Kill Bill Vol. I&II, Zoolander, Holiday Heart, Mean Girls....
Television:
Law & Order:SVU, Law & Order, Homicide: Life on the Street (if you're a true Law & Order fan, you'll remember that one), A Different World, Amen ("Turn on the light of Heaven, Lord/Shine on meeeee..."), Girlfriends, Project Runway, almost anything on HGTV, Pimp My Ride, The L Word, sadly I'm a sucker for a good E! True Hollywood Story.......
Books:
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (John Steptoe), Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston), For Colored Girls... (Ntozake Shange), "Uses of the Erotic"/"Poety Is Not a Luxury" (Audre Lorde), Bailey's Cafe (Gloria Naylor)
Heroes:
My Mommy,
My sister,
My Best Good Friends
