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La Tamara

Great minds discuss ideas, Average minds discuss events, Small minds discuss people...

About Me


I'm just here to check out the site, I come and go..
I like to find out what's new in our world & maybe, maybe find some cool
[& smart] people along the way.
Born of Chilean parents all the way in Stockholm, Sweden and fluent in three languages. Twelve years ago [wow has it really been that long?!?] I ended up in Brooklyn, NYC, and that's where I represent from now. [BK to the fullest, maaan!]
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So, even thou my family back home wasn't happy, I decided to stay and tough it out. Broadening my horizon, finding out about the world, and it's politics, , what make people tick is what I like the best.
Some people say I'm too radical in my thinking, too left-wing. I say, 'Someone needs to be.'
We as a people have forgotten what our parents fought for. We are too caught up in our day to day stuggle to realize what is going on in this world, and that is how 'they' [police, politicians, the church, etc] want us. On our knees, looking at the ground. I say, OPEN YOUR EYES!!! Only by gathering knowledge, sticking together, helping eachother and spreading information will we prevail. Don't be blinded by the cars and the bling, yes, it's beautiful, but it doesn't have a soul, and... 'it looses value as soon as you pull out the lot.
I like my friends to be cool, outgoing people, that can relate to all types of environments,
from the hood to society... They need to have an open mind and reason with their brain as well as their heart.
I work in arts and advertising- I'm an artista, and have always been a
creative soul. I always try to do my part to make this place better for those we leave behind when we go.
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Cuidense y Chau,
T

My Interests


My family, my friends, art, design, photography, music, MUSIC, music, world politics , gym, reading, computers, movies, fashion [brings on the occational shopping spree], making enough money to take care of myself and family, building a life..

I'd like to meet:

Stalkers, psychos and crack-heads.

Music:

Reggae; Culture, Dance-hall, Hip-hop, Soul/R&B, funk, salsa

Movies:

ok. I DO love movies. Action, Political Movies, Documentarie, and
Comedies alike..

City of God, Layer Cake, SACRIFICIO: Who betrayed Che Guevara,
LOTR, Machuca,
Pirates of the Carribean, La Casa de Los Espiritus, Boys in the Hood,
Hotel Rwanda, Blood in Blood out, Matrix, Finding Nemo.. V for Vendetta, and more

Television:

TV takes up too much time and kills my brain cells, he he..
on the real, I work in TV and I don't really watch.
That should tell you something.
Live YOUR life and stop watchin others live theirs.
If/when I do, it's mostly 9PM Sundays on HBO; THE WIRE [OMG!!!],
[Sopranos, Big Love, Deadwood, etc. are cool too, but not like The Wire]. And sometimes
music videos on BET, VH1 Soul or MTV2.

Books:

There are so many: El Alquimista, Den som Vandrar om Natten, Paula, On Beauty,
Pinochet Files, Lasermannen, Gömda, Catch a Fire,
Angels and Demons, Marian Keyes [makes me smile],
La Casa De Los Espiritus, White Teeth, De Amor y de Sombra,
Mi País Inventado, Sprängaren, Diarios de Motocicleta,
and many more

Heroes:

My moms, my kids, My People..

Allende, El Che, Olof Palme, Bob Marley, Malcolm X, Victor Jara,
Fidél, Assata Shakur, Leila Khaled, Augusto César Sandino, Emiliano Zapata
Noam Chomsky y Ciro Busto tambien.

Okay, just a" little" politics.. this was just after the war started.. now that it's "over"
WHAT? I like this dude. he's cool and incredibly inteligent.
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My Blog

comment to a friend

Someone I know went through some rough times, thinking the people around them were...Real. Spirituality and people who try to seem Spiritual or righteous sometimes conceal a not so beautiful truth. Kn...
Posted by La Tamara on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 09:31:00 PST

My 2 homes

ON MY MIND RIGHT NOW: This is what wikipedia says of the place I grew up. sounds shitty, but I love it!Akalla is a suburb of Stockholm marked with high unemployment and high concentration of immigrant...
Posted by La Tamara on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:59:00 PST