My growing relationship with Izgehbir (Most High), FAMILY, DA YOUTH, DA ELDERS, This thing called LIFE, MAKING $$$$$,All Things ETHIOPIA/AFRICA Scavenger hunts @ THRIFT STORES (thrift stores in Vegas RULE if ya didn't know) in other words buying timeless, priceless, one of a kind conversation pieces , discovering Boutiques, Shopping in NY, Jimmy Choo Stilletos, Chanel Frames (I own a couple of eye glasses and love em'), Vintage Louis Vouitton (I promise, I'ma find the denim Louis Vouitton Jacket Kelis be rockin', that's a goal for me), Wombanhood, Veganism (I'm learning to be a healthier Vegan, Vegans consume junk foods, be healthy!), Discovering new music (I enjoy hearing music first, it's something that makes me feel special around my friends,I LOVE BRINGING GREAT MUSIC TO MY FRIENDS FIRST WHILE EATING A GREAT DINNER & DRINKING HONEY WINE OF COURSE :), collecting rare records, Reggae Fests,NPR/ NPR NEWS (ALL THINGS CONSIDERED) and my list of interests is growing...
da future yo:)
Anything that is EAR CANDY! Most Ethiopian, Reggae, Hip-Hop/ Indie Hip-hop, Rhumba, Soukous, Mapouka, Afro-Beat, High Life, Jazz, I gotta give NINA SIMONE her own genre (anything Nina Simone and MIRIAM MAKEBA).
Lots of Indie Films, City of Gods, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2, Traffic, Blow, Crouching Tiger, Love Jones, Belly, Mis-Education of Sonny Carson, ROCKERS, Imperfect Journey (documentary by Haile Girma-director of Sankofa), Nigerian & Ethiopian dramas, , Sliding Doors, Lumumba, AMANDALA!, Shottas
Life is my television
The Lost Books Of The Bible & The Forgotten Books Of Eden, Kebra Negast, Autobiography of Assata Shakur, No Woman No Cry (Rita Marley), Prisoner's Wife (Ashe Bandele), No Disrespect & Coldest Winter Ever (Sister Souljah), A Taste of Power (Elaine Brown), Blood In My Eye (George L. Jackson), of course Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe), Blue Print For Black Power (Amos Wilson), Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems and Not Quite Poems (Niiki Giovani, I have a lot of Giovanni favorites) and a whole lot of others
MOST HIGH,PARENTS, Lil' sis & bro, MAMA ZEE (RIP) and Grand Pa "Abanee" (RIP), Survivors!