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Shannon

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About Me

That quiet chick in da corner... observing, meditating, reflecting...

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My Interests

“A Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender. A Womanist desires healing and wholeness for entire communities, male and female. A Womanist is not heterosexist but loves men and women sexually and non-sexually. Appreciates [...] women's culture, women's emotional flexibility (values tears as natural counterbalance of laughter), and women's strength. She loves food, the moon and roundness. She loves the spirit. Committed to survival and wholeness of entire people, male and female. Not a separatist, except periodically, for health. Traditionally universalist... Loves music. Loves dance. Loves the moon. Loves the Spirit. Loves love and food and roundness. Loves struggle. Loves the Folk. Loves herself. Regardless."-Alice Walker

I'd like to meet:

hmmm... cool peeps from all walks of life, as diversity makes for interesting conversation and experience.

Shan's MySpace Friends

Alice Walker- expect nothing :

expect nothing. live frugally on surprise. become a stranger to need of pity or, if compassion be freely given out take only enough stop short of urge to plead then purge away the need.wish for nothing larger than your own small heart or greater than a star, tame wild disappointment with caress unmoved and cold make of it a parka for your soul.discover the reason why so tiny human midget exists at all so scared unwise but expect nothing. live frugally on surprise.

Music:

House, Jam Bands, Neo Soul, Jazz, Indie, Folk, Reggae, 70's and 80's Rock, Blues, RnB, New Wave, Disco, Freestyle, Old School Hip Hop, Grunge, Southern Rock...



Movies:

Little Miss Sunshine, Shrek, Shrek 2, The Color Purple, The Sixth Sense, Oliver!, Popeye, A Bug's Life, The Muppet Movie, Boomerang, Paris Is Burning, Forrest Gump, Monster House, My Side Of The Mountain

Television:

I ♥ New York, Flavor of Love, The Oblongs, South Park, Family Guy, Penn and Teller's Bullsh!t, The Frugal Gourmet, The Joy of Painting, Fraggle Rock, Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Muppet Show, The Twilight Zone, The Rugrats, The Surreal Life, The First 48

Books:

Anything by Alice Walker , Stephen King, John Steinbeck, Judy Blume, Beverly Cleary, Zora Neale Hurston , Iyanla Vanzant, Kahlil Gibran, Erma Bombeck, Langston Hughes

Heroes:

My Mom, Zora Neale Hurston, Kermit D. Frog

Shannon's Details

Status: ♥ Married ♥
Here for: Friends
Orientation: Womanist
Hometown: St. Helena Island
Body Type: 4' 11"... bout a buck-oh-five... soaking wet
Ethnicity: Black
Religion: ∞ Spiritual ∞
Sign: Aries
Smoke / Drink: Yes / Mmmm, beer... Yes
Children: ♥ Proud parent of 3 boys ♥
Education: Some College
Occupation: Folk Artist / SAHM

My Blog

America: Freedom To Fascism

America: Freedom To Fascism (Video) This is the "Director's Final Cut" authorized version of Aaron Russo's documentary, America: Freedom To Fascism (AFTF). [...] knowing that the hour ...
Posted by Shannon on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:06:00 PST

Current Favorite Bands and Artists

Support local bands!!! Support LIVE music!!! Find bands in your area: JamBaseRobert Randolph & The Family BandZach DeputyAmy WinehouseThe Melted Groove/ AkiLaura ReedSusan TedeschiChris Thomas Kin...
Posted by Shannon on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:35:00 PST

The Stonecutter

The Stonecutter  [from "The Tao of Pooh"] There was once a stonecutter, who was dissatisfied with himself and with his position in life.  One day, he passed a wealthy merchant's house, and t...
Posted by Shannon on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:18:00 PST

Zora Neale Hurston

"Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me." "I do not weep at the worl...
Posted by Shannon on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:23:00 PST

Alice Walker

Alice Walker (1944- )Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple, has written fiction about African American women's experience. Alice Walker has also been an activist on environmental, feminist, and wom...
Posted by Shannon on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:39:00 PST

Desiderata

Many thanks to Satori for posting this poem in a bulletin in the Taoist Lounge. Desiderata Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible ...
Posted by Shannon on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 10:12:00 PST

Who I Be

Who I Be   The Three Tiers of Identity from the Perspective of a Black Woman in America     Tier One: Cultural Identity Tier Two: National Identity Tier Three: Universal Identity...
Posted by Shannon on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 01:18:00 PST

Yemonja/Olokun.

In Ifa/Orisa, I believe the Yemonja/Olokun energy- energy of the Ocean and what it represents, best describes me. The following is an explaination of this energy by the controversial Philip Neimark ,...
Posted by Shannon on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:54:00 PST

A People's History Of The United States

Howard Zinnhttp://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zinn/PeoplesHistory_Zi nn.html
Posted by Shannon on Sun, 28 May 2006 10:08:00 PST

The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran: On Marriage But let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a mo...
Posted by Shannon on Sun, 28 May 2006 09:51:00 PST