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lauren jane

laurenjaneholland

About Me

work hard, play harder; speak out against ignorance at every opportunity; make friends; learn from your mistakes and those of others; embrace differences; be active in your community; SMILE; make lots of love, not war; initiate change; don’t litter; stand for something; love & preserve our planet; find peace; enrich the world; live with vision and purpose; appreciate art; love & mentor the babies; love your people; know your history. oh, and haters never prosper. peacelove&life, lauren jane

My Interests

MOVEMENTS by PHILLY RESIDENTS: Lauren & Jasmin present SILHOUETTE, every first Friday - redefining nightlife in this great city...get at me for details! BLACK LILY FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL - www.blacklilyfilm.org; SoulGenesis - www.soulgen.com; YOUNG FRIENDS SOCIETY of AFRICAN DIASPORAN INSTITUTIONS - www.youngfriendssociety.org.

I'd like to meet:

"The only ones for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous Roman Candles exploding like spiders across the skies and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes awwwww!..." ~ Kerouac

Music:

LIVE music! Any artist that has a dope live show is a-okay with me, but my faves are...The Legendary Roots Crew, Robert Nesta Marley, DMB, Prince, Common, Black Star, RHCP, Little Brother, Smokey Robinson, Nina Simone, The Beatles, E Badu, Lauryn, 90s alternative/grunge, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Kanye, Hendrix, the Bee Gees, Earth Wind and Fire, Marvin Gaye...and MANY MANY more.

Movies:

40 year old virgin. Little Miss Sunshine(!). Love Jones. H+KG2WC. Boomerang. Dirty Dancing. Little Mermaid. Crash. and Bollywood (I love me some Bollywood!).

Television:

Oprah, Sex & the City, Family Guy...and American Idol auditions.

Books:

My all-time favorite is Their Eyes Were Watching God. I read it every summer.

Heroes:

My parents...because they rock.

My Blog

do what wakes you up at night

a few weeks ago, i was responding to an email from my good parisienne friend shona, who - like the rest of us, at least of me & my homies - is trying to figure out her career and what her pur...
Posted by lauren jane on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:21:00 PST

tings a gwan...check it out!

just some quality events ...according to me BLOOM!10.25.07SOUL SIMPATICO IV10.27.07~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
Posted by lauren jane on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:46:00 PST

WHAT in the WORLD is YFS FEST?!!????!!!?!?!!

YFS Fest is... a celebration of black music month the launch of Young Friends Society of African Diasporan Institutions (YFS...just YFS!) supporting local arts organizations - art sanctuary, PHILADANC...
Posted by lauren jane on Tue, 22 May 2007 02:05:00 PST

Happy HOLLAND DAY...know your history

something my dad wrote for a newsletter, which i'm very proud to share with anyone who finds their way to my little space On February 9, my family celebrates the 180th anniversary of the emancipatio...
Posted by lauren jane on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:16:00 PST

Superbowl 41

so like most other americans not living under a rock, i definitely checked out the superbowl yesterday.  although a marketing person by training, the excessive, materialistic, mainstream, so...
Posted by lauren jane on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:17:00 PST

know good music

check my top "friends".  they rock my socks...yes they do.
Posted by lauren jane on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:26:00 PST

christianity

Maya Angelou possesses the wisdom of the ages...and expresses so accurately and simply, yet beautifully, what I'm feeling.  Enjoy... "Christian"  When I say... "I am a Christi...
Posted by lauren jane on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 01:16:00 PST