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About Me

Original Gangster. Visionary. Evolving. Philosopher. Student. Muse. Intellectual. Clown. Lover. Friend. Heartbreaker. Rascal. Believer. Leader. Spirit. Writer. Director. Neat Freak. Dreamer. Dare Devil. Whole. Confidant. Bereaved. Artist. Complicated. Fragile. Sensitive. Private. Bold. Naive. Natural. Eclectic. Wise. Young. Old Soul. Sensual. Trend Setter. Thoughtful. Reckless. Insomniac. Scholar. Brat. Sacrificial Lamb. Polished. Experienced. Relentless. Optimistic. Manic. Resourceful. Unforgiving. Spoiled. Athlete. Avid Reader. World Traveler. Arm Chair Psychologist. Truth Seeker. God Praiser. Wasa Cracker Eater. Prolific Curser. Survivor. Death Defyer (2 times and counting- Big Ups!!! Cedars-Sinai). Passion Prone. Live Wire. Tantrum Thrower. Brilliant. Civilized Enemy. Provocative. Playmate. Road Dog. Tender Hearted. Loner. Unique. Probing. Big Spender. Nerd. Unpredictable. Coy. Shit Talker. Pimp Stroll Walker. Challenger. Filmmaker. Risk Taker. Conflicted. Blessed. Reformed Pyromaniac. Charmer. Life Force. Warrior. Innocent. Romantic. Advocate. Flirtatious. Distant. Regenerative. Strong. Worldly. Quiet. Gregarious. Shy. Ostentatious. Giver. Sweet. Kind. Insecure. Ball Breaker. Proud. Hurtful. Healer. Mischievous. Intense. Chicagoan Till Chicago Ends. Emotionally Charged. Fast Talker. Creative. Inventive. Protector. Pedal Biker. Skateboarder. MINI Cooper Driver. Non-Smoker. Non-Drinker. Logical. Irrational. Business Associate. Elitist. Gifted. American MENSA. Howardite. AFI Grad. Escapist. Wordsmith. Invaluable. Reader. Stubborn. Fair. Manipulative. Spiteful. Haunting. Vulnerable. Poet. Wounded. Invincible. Magnetic. Clingy. Standoffish. Intuitive. Thrill Seeker. Brash. Humble. Overqualified. Electric. Pure. Real. Misleading. Authentic. Clairvoyant. Sophisticated.Simply put...I am woman DIVINE...
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You Are 56% Girly
You're a little girly, a little boyish, and probably a whole lot indie.
You have your own unique style, and it pretty much defies gender lines. How Girly Are You?

My Interests

Haircuts. Sushi. Kissing. New Places. Old Friends. Cool Restaurants. Africa. South America. Men. History. Autobiographies. Beauty. Discovery. Interior Design. Architecture. Cultural Anthropology. Music. People. Love. God. ...so much more...

I'd like to meet:

Nerds. Gangsters. Scholars. Artist. Lost Souls. The Enlightened. Dreamers. The Meek. Nay Sayers. People Smarter Than Me. The Peaceful. The Elusive. Friends. Basically...anyone willing to invest in themselves and the well being of others.
What Your Soul Really Looks Like
You are a warm hearted and open minded person. It's easy for you to forgive and forget.

You are a grounded person, but you also leave room for imagination and dreams. Your feet may be on the ground, but your head is in the clouds.

You see yourself with pretty objective eyes. How you view yourself is almost exactly how other people view you.

Your near future is likely to be filled with great successes and accomplishments. You just need to figure out how to get there.

For you, falling in love is all about the adventure and uncertainty. You can only fall in love with someone who keeps you guessing. Inside the Room of Your Soul

Music:

Movies:

Television:

The Cosby Show. Sex In The City. Extreme Home Makeover. HGTV. Discovery Channel.

Books:

Race Matters
The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual
Assata: An Autobiography (Lawrence Hill & Co.)
Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson
Worse than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice
A Lesson Before Dying
The Kite Runner
Sula
Beloved
The Bluest Eye (Oprah's Book Club)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)
The Famished Road
Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction
Manchild in the Promised Land
The Spook Who Sat By the Door
Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization (The Fabrication of Ancient Greece 1785-1985, Volume 1)
The Mis-Education of the Negro
The Souls of Black Folk (Penguin Classics)
Paul Robeson Speaks: Writings, Speeches, and Interviews, a Centennial Celebration
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Roots
The Autobiography of Malcolm X : As Told to Alex Haley
Long Walk to Freedom: Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America
Africa Unchained: The Blueprint for Africa's Future
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
The Ground on Which I Stand (Dramatic Contexts)
Native Sons: A Friendship that Created One of the Greatest Works of the 20th Century: Notes of a Native Son
Life Out of Context
Vintage Baldwin
Homegrown: Engaged Cultural Criticism
Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond
Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
The Color Purple
Ain't I A Woman: Black Women and Feminism
Maria W. Stewart: America's First Black Woman Political Writer : Essays and Speeches (Blacks in the Diaspora) ..
Black Writers of America: A Comprehensive Anthology
On My Journey Now: Looking at African-American History Through the Spirituals
The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998
Erotique Noire/Black Erotica
Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America ..
Volunteer Slavery -
I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS
The Big Sea: An Autobiography (American Century Series)
I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey (American Century Series)
Black Boy (The Restored Text Established by The Library of America) (Perennial Classics)
The Prophet
Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America; Sixth Revised Edition
Fences
Fledgling
Kindred (Bluestreak Black Women Writers)
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Heroes:

Maggie (Mother) Frankie Lee (Grandmother)Truth Seekers.

My Blog

Terrance H. Conner...10 years...5 months...7 days...

I met Te-rence...a name that only I called him...back in the day at Howard University...we were best friends...until the day he died...cancer...yada yada yada..I'm posting this poem...it's one I wrote...
Posted by tonya michelle on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:21:00 PST

Who AM I?

The people wanna know...Who Am I? (in four parts squared)I am the onethat was fathered by the sonof an alcoholicthat I never knewto call grand-fatherAnd I didn't know this mannot because he passed bef...
Posted by tonya michelle on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:26:00 PST

Poetry In Motion

Good Friday...You sat down at my tableand I smiled insidegiddy with kinetic energyI felt like you belonged to me when you came into the roombut that's not the type of thing that you admit to a strange...
Posted by tonya michelle on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 02:13:00 PST