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Nancy

Sucka!

About Me

I am who I am.

My Interests

banana cream pie, red velvet cake, spoken word, music, museums, movies, traveling, drawing, jogging, swimming, sweating, falling, crying, smiling, laughing

I'd like to meet:

Open-minded, kind, honest people with strong opinions who make me laugh... Classless, one-dimensional pushovers need not apply.

Music:

The Roots, Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Bill Withers, John Coltrane, Otis Redding, Nina Simone, Edith Piaf, Pink Martini, Om Il Kalsom, Lauryn Hill, Jill Scott, Raphael Saadiq, OutKast, D'Angelo, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Kelis, The Neptunes

Movies:

Le Grand Bleu, The Professional, Memento, Snatch, Amores Perros, City of God, Old School, The Company, Lost in Translation, The Science of Sleep, Knocked Up, The Bournes and The Transporters...

Television:

The Law & Order franchise, Prison Break, Lost, America's Next Top Model, Project Runway, Top Chef, Inside the Actors Studio, Family Guy, Survivor, Amazing Race, Golden Girls, Sex and the City

Books:

I don't know how to read. Do magazines count? If so, I'm obsessed with V, Flaunt, *Surface, W, CITY, etc.

Heroes:

My parents, my little brother, my friends, my very significant other...

My Blog

[insert laughter here]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8wYJHrTSKM...
Posted by Nancy on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:26:00 PST

NY Fashion Week Spring08

All the pomp and circumstance that is fashion week took over Gotham a little more than week ago. Here's my account of it: http://www.slantmagazine.com/blog/default.asp . Enjoy!...
Posted by Nancy on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:04:00 PST

All Ears: A Conversation with Talib Kweli

'sup suckas -   I interviewed Talib Kweli regarding his new album Ear Drum, which was released this past Tuesday. Check out my convo with the BK MC:  http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feat...
Posted by Nancy on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:44:00 PST

BK, sucka!

Ok, fools: I'm officially a Brooklyn Heights apartment owner. I can't contain my excitement! To all my BK folks, now's the time to give me the lowdown on the great brunch spots, etc. To everyone el...
Posted by Nancy on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:02:00 PST

Flute Beatboxer

http://www.break.com/index/flute_beat_boxing.html...
Posted by Nancy on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:09:00 PST

Cleaning Hunk

http://www.cleaninghunk.com/ ...
Posted by Nancy on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:39:00 PST

The soft bigotry of low expectations: You sure do articulate for a black person&

February 4, 2007 Definitions The Racial Politics of Speaking Well By LYNETTE CLEMETSON The New York Times WASHINGTON -- SENATOR JOSEPH R. BIDEN'S characterization of his fellow Democratic presidenti...
Posted by Nancy on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 02:10:00 PST

Election 2008: Gender v. Race

In the last week, there have been two high-profile Democratic presidential nomination announcements: Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama (ok, so, he's formed an exploratory campaign committee  it...
Posted by Nancy on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:09:00 PST

Let's get some shoes...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HjIljJd-o0...
Posted by Nancy on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:51:00 PST

RIP Ed Bradley

Back in May, when my eyes were still healing from my laser eye surgery procedure, I decided to get tickets as a birthday present to myself to the back-to-back Roots concerts at Radio City Music Hall. ...
Posted by Nancy on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:32:00 PST