writing poetry, WRITING in general, LOVE, CUDDLING, GREAT MUSIC, the French language, black culture/history, red & orange, home decor, window shopping, SHOES, SINGING, spoken word, live bands, volunteering, PARKS, plays, art museums, ICE CREAM, candy, artistic expression, romantic relationships, advertising, text msging, social justice, JESUS, affection, grad school, reading, staying fit, literature, libraries, traveling (international too!), socializing w/friends, CANDLES, books, jewelry, taking pictures, learning, wine, fragrances, home ownership, entrepreneurship Michelle and Barack Obama, June 3, 2008, St. Paul, Minnesota -- I love it! B.Ware @ UC LIVE, Mercer Univ. 4/12/08
on myspace: friends of old & newfound buddies; on Earth: already met Andre 3000, Big Boi, Jill Scott, Maya Angelou, my husband, my kin in Africa; on those Streets of Gold: Jesus, Celeste, Ma Bee, a long list of those a part of the struggle, my African ancestors..Get familiar with THE LOGO:
(neo)Soul, Hip Hop, old school, Gospel, string instruments, traditional R&B (not so much the new stuff), a little jazz.....B.WARE, JILL SCOTT, chrisette michele, mos def, erykah badu, floetry, dwele, little brother, kanye west, john legend, raheem devaughn, nora jones, maroon 5, Janelle Monae, OUTKAST, goodie mob, Michael Jackson, temptations, tupac, biggie smalls, nas, lauryn hill, india.arie, slum village, alicia keys, musiq soulchild, corinne bailey rae, common, maxwell, tweet, duke ellington, Donald Lawrence, Kirk Franklin, Kurt Karr, Tye Tribett, Richard Smallwood, Hezekiah Walker, Ricky Dillard, Vashawn Mitchell, etc. etc. etc. etc. there are sooo many...
Brown Sugar, Ray, the Italian Job, Barbershop, Money Talks, Malcolm X, The Wiz, Bamboozled, Crooklyn (Spike Lee Joints), the Sixth Sense, Crash, LoTRs, Four Brothers, IDLEWILD, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Why Did I Get Married? (Tyler Perry films), I Am Legend, etc.
HGTV, TV One, Law & Order(s), Food Network, A Different World, The Cosby Show, The Bernie Mac Show, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, occasionally--The Weather Channel & sports
The Bible, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Wuthering Heights, Ethan Frome, Passing, A Raisin in the Sun, Pride & Prejudice, Langston Hughes' Poetry, The Color Purple, Beloved, The Automatic Millionaire, Hey Whipple Squeeze This, Pick Me, Toure'-The Portable Promised Land
My folks, my grandma, and a host of other black men & women who stood up in the face of injustice.Gardenia