photographing contradiction, analyzing good film, spoken word, thinking, reflecting,increasing/heightening awareness, breaking life cycles, learning me, raising cocoa pebble with spirit and identity in tact in babylon, international travel, eating out (trying new restaurants), listening to music, staying abreast of professional research in my field (e.g., watching doc phil:0), buying things on sale, cultural events (e.g., plays, museums, botanical gardens, seeing dance productions, etc.) roller skating...except im not that good at it anymore..but i have some dope skates, belly dancing (shakira aint got nuthin on me, okay im lyin=)), african dance (if you eva met mama nzingha, then you know what im talkin bout), modern/improv dance, etc.
'God has been too good for us to have fear'; 'I call my brother 'sun' cuz he shines like one'; this doesnt really reflect the prompt does it?!=) its probably because i dont subscribe to that--LOL,SLOL
i luv, luv, luv me some music from anita baker to zap mamma and everything in between, minus most country music and hard core rock. i love, R/B--old and new, conscious hiphop and 'neo soul', some commercial rap...there is a difference, jazz, oldies (whatcha know about 'switch' and 'i call your name girl'), alternative rock, classical, meditation music, some pop music...i have a non-sexual crush on fantasia...dont tell anybody=). to make a long list short, i love any music that touches me at a spirit level and i can relate to the emotion in the songs/words. music is the soundtrack to my life! nuf said! special shout outs to pac and big (rip), ras kas (van gogh...but you dont hear me dough...genius), dead prez (gotta luv mind sex), common (what happened to the 'light'), black star (when are they gettin back together?), outkast, mr. meth, jz-reasonable doubt, ace of bace, lisa stansfield, nicolette larson (a lotta love), nas, most of the slow songs by janet j (70's love groove, makin luv in tha rain--so whatcha say now), lauryn hill, old ice cube (death certif), berta flack, nina simone (mississippi goddamn), lady t, sybil, art of noise (moments in love), fleetwood mac (rhianon..luv that name), BG's, hall&oates (sara smile), steely dan, chicago, e.badu ('because i tell him right he thinks im wrong'...you aint neva lied sista gurl), jaguar wright (make the song cry sista), stacy lattisaw, jscott (you make me believe in love), howard hewett (takes, acts and makes luv like a woman but breaks like a little girl...wow), bilal (sista soul), amel l., mjb, india i., prince (insatiable--whatcha know bout that there), lutha v. (rip), chante m., tedra m., jazzifatnastees, kindred, cannibus, rakim, bussa bus (peace 2 tha g's & e's), krs1, i better stop now..........
love jones, usual suspects, dead presidents, napolean dynamite, a beautiful mind, momento, belly--gotta luv tha cinematography and the symbolism, half baked...for nostalgias sake, imitation of life, braveheart, man in the iron mask, running scared--that movie was a trip...some inde films, i enjoy the minds creativity made manifest in cinema.
law and order(dun dunt, dunt dunt dunt dunt dunt), def poetry, monk..he even makes me feel 'normal'...that's sayin something...oh and lets be real, he's aspergers not just OCD, primetime, 20/20, dateline, forensic shows...whodunnits--ncis, csi, forensic files,cold case, etc)
like water for chocolate, joy luck club, sound and the fury (i luv stream of consciousness writing), miseduaction of the negro, savage inequalities,no exit (an existentialist piece of literature) the list goes on and on...
Big homie--tha creator of all righteousness, vLm, sAG, sNM...i dont know who or where i'd be without them...i dont even want to try to imagine..