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About Me

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About me? I haven't figured all of me out yet but I am beginning to. I love gray, though I tend to see black and white. I like the hard questions, the ones to which there are no easy or obvious answers. I tend to think deeply, perhaps too much so at times. I love androgyny and twisting gender out of the silly polarity it relies on. I do not like labels or identity boxes, because I find that the more we try to embody them, the more confined we find ourselves and the more elusive they become. I am very politically minded and involved at a grassroots level. I tend to be very serious about life in general though my wife helps me see the light. I thank her and love her for that. I do have an inner child and she loves to play. I am the kareoke champ...bring it on. I love going to concerts and have an eclectic taste in music. I love open mics and writing poetry. I love the outdoors and pets. I love to read on just about anything, especially social history and true crime. The beach is my absolute favorite place to be but as long as I am in good company I can get into most anything.
You Are 60% Boyish and 40% Girlish
You are pretty evenly split down the middle - a total eunuch.
Okay, kidding about the eunuch part. But you do get along with both sexes.
You reject traditional gender roles. However, you don't actively fight them.
You're just you. You don't try to be what people expect you to be. How Boyish or Girlish Are You?

My Interests

Music:

phil ochs,joan baez,dylan,creedence clearwater revival, janis ian,emmylou harris, neil young, joni mitchell,johnny cash, heart, the cranberries, ben harper, k's choice, fleetwood mac, stevie nicks, tom petty, skunk anansie, bjork, pj harvey, indigo girls,patty griffin, dar williams, bitch and animal, richard hagopian, djivan gasparian, jaheim, heather nova, old sarah mclachlan, old ani difranco, tracy chapman, sinead o'connor, tori amos, pamela means, joules graves, melissa ferrick, melissa etheridge, mary j blige, eve, lil kim, feloni, journey, foreigner, old whitney houston, barry white, tina turner, linkin park, evanesence,old nin, old pearl jam, candlebox, counting crows, dmx, eminem, jay z, nas, seether, naughty by nature, old pantera, old metallica, stereomudd, system of a down, rage against the machine, alice in chains, disturbed, cindarella, faster pussycat, cat stevens, scorpions, peaches, tegan and sara, hamel on trial, axis of justice...etc etc etc etc etc

Movies:

lots n lots
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Television:

law and order, wife, mom,& bounty hunter, msnbc specials, documentaries, forensic files, cold case files, a&e, discovery...etc Created @ Starboo.com

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Books:

just about anything by Ann Rule or James Baldwin, Phil Ochs: Death of a Rebel, A Child Called It, The Lost Boy, black white and jewish, She's Come Undone, Modernity and The Holocaust, Bone Black, Zami, Sister Outsider,Assata,just about anything by Angela Davis, Romancing the Folk: Public Memory and American Roots Music, My Song Is My Weapon, Prison Writings of Leonard Peltier..... "SOME MOMENTS IN A LIFE, AND THEY NEEDN'T BE VERY LONG OR SEEM VERY IMPORTANT, CAN MAKE UP FOR SO MUCH IN THAT LIFE; CAN REDEEM, JUSTIFY, THAT PAIN, THAT BEWILDERMENT, WITH WHICH ONE LIVES, AND INVEST ONE WITH THE COURAGE NOT ONLY TO ENDURE IT, BUT TO PROFIT FROM IT; SOME MOMENTS TEACH ONE THE PRICE OF THE HUMAN CONNECTION:IF ONE CAN LIVE WITH ONE'S OWN PAIN, THEN ONE RESPECTS THE PAIN OF OTHERS, AND SO, BRIEFLY, BUT TRANSCENDENTALLY, WE CAN RELEASE EACH OTHER FROM PAIN." J. BALDWIN

Heroes:

Anyone who sees the problems and potential in this world, and although cognizant of personal strenths and limitations, stands up, speaks truth to power, and makes a difference where he or she can. I especially admire strong Armenians who won't be silenced about the genocide that nearly wiped us off the map and mars our culture even today.

My Blog

new poem "This, That, These and The Other"

..> "This, That, These and The Other" 5/12/07 These roadblocks I will not circumvent This mockery I make of narrative linearity That woman I was before the rebirth The equilibrium...
Posted by ani on Sat, 12 May 2007 02:05:00 PST

Armenian Genocide

April 23 and 24 will be days the world recognizes the Armenian Genocide that occurred between 1915-1923. This was the first genocide of the 20th century that would later inform Hitler and plans to ann...
Posted by ani on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 09:19:00 PST

Another Space- poem

Another Space It's all fiction You think she is over you? It's all fiction You say no more to her and you It's all make believe The way you engage like husband and wife It's all make be...
Posted by ani on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 09:44:00 PST

poetry- Crush

Crush My crush Is creeping around the corridors of madness Once again Slashing and re-slashing the wounds on her wrists Her head is once again spinning I cannot set her free She is whirling thr...
Posted by ani on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 09:22:00 PST

new poem- 130 Steps

12/2/06 130 Steps I hear that justice has been served So why is my mind still so skewed? One hundred and thirty steps to the chamber Where the state will play god for just a few The nay...
Posted by ani on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 09:05:00 PST

poetry- "Woman"

You broke me woman This double barreled big stone butch You played with me woman I thought someday we would walk the mile You saved me from me woman Took me to orgasm and back Bre...
Posted by ani on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 07:17:00 PST

new poem "the corporate world"

"The Corporate World" 10/14/06 The corporate world has no pulse no heart memory loss beating the bottom line rushing the useless people shuffle the dance of the 21st century boogie to ...
Posted by ani on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 02:04:00 PST

new poetry/song

Mister King 8/25/06 ; ; &...
Posted by ani on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:30:00 PST

my poetry- Got A Woman

7/4/98 edited 3/20/ 06 "Got A Woman" My pen grew real tired So I have basked in the emptiness of a page yet to be filled with longing and grief My heart has grown so heavy it is imploding to the disco...
Posted by ani on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:06:00 PST