WHILE LIVING ON THE SURFACE... MOST forms of art, performing spoken word (social commentary-based poetry) volleyball, Buddhism, Taoism, football, HALO 2, martial arts, mountain biking, hiking, canoeing, cutting rugs, museums, frisbee, fishing, computers, seminars, lectures WHAT RUNS DEEPER: Seriously now, if you're a close-minded, self-centered asshole ...you might wanna stop reading HERE: --- okay, you've been WARNED!----Searching for PEACE within myself and others without have to slap a deity's name on it.Trying to better understand conflict and improve communication.Meeting people who care about others and do more than just MAKE EXCUSES as to why they "can't" help - nah, bruhs & sisses... it's called "choosing not to help" Paying attention / Asking questions / Looking for answers... then looking for better onesBeing baffled by people who continue to VOLUNTARILY spin in the centrifuge of materialism... and then wonder why they're not h a p p y?!?!? (It's called chasing an endless tail.)Deflecting bullshitters and Trying to locate other people that enjoy LEARNING ABOUT THEMSELVES and OTHERSPeople that consistently shun their FEARS in favor of Success
Brickhouses with a mind and heart as solid as their figure My female equivalent... hoping she's out there somewhere! Who else? Let's see..... oh yeah, PEOPLE WHO CAN THINK FOR THEMSELVES!!!! (Seems to be a dying breed) People who have little time for excuses People who are willing to look their EGO in the eye and tell it to go to hell (probably where it came from in the first place)
MOSTLY ROCK and OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP ---- but also (90's) R&B, METAL, RAP (not a big fan of all the current Bling-Bling, Look at My Rims BULLSHIT though) --- JAZZ, P-FUNK, BIG BAND, CLASSICAL, SKAThose who KEEP IT REAL: INCUBUS, PUBLIC ENEMY, THE ROOTS, SAMMY HAGAR, LIVING COLOUR, BREAKING BENJAMIN, JURASSIC 5 and of course the best band to EVER come out of the STL: Those in the know already know to... Play that Muthafuckin' URGE shit! and the 2nd Best Band... Modern Red!!!!!!!! Check 'em out live, You will NOT be disappointed! Word to yer Mama.Others: George Clinton & Parliament, Mary J. Blige, Outkast, Sky Bop Fly, Better Than Ezra, Van Halen, Luda, Sevendust, Foo Fighters, Guns N Roses, New Edition (and all it's incarnations), Modern Red, TLC, Korn, Jurassic 5, Red & Meth, Ice Cube, Seether, Sammy Hagar, Fuel, Motley Crue, Digital Underground, Jerry Cantrell, Hed PE, Smile Empty Soul, Ludacris, Lenny Kravitz, many many mo', so TO BE CONT'D...
CRASH (America sooo needs that movie!!!) , LEWIS BLACK: Black on Broadway, Sixteen in Webster Groves, Circle (Eddie Izzard stand-up), The Transporter, Hotel Rwanda, Kundun, Amelie, Cirque de Soleil, Spiderman I and II, Star Wars ... to be Continued.
The Daily Show. Conan O'Brien (the Walker Texas Ranger Lever was the shit!) Chappelle Show (R.I.P.) MAD-TV. The Shield. PBS. Comedy Central. The History Channel. Donnybrook. And I kinda miss SportsCenter. All of the above I love, but rarely get to watch. Sob, sob. Sniffle, sniffle. Other than a few others... TV is basically full of dookie !!!
...Are good. I should read them more. Maybe once this "homework" shit is over. Urgghhh. Those I have benefitted from to this point: Ethnicity and Nationalism The Artist's Way Soul of a Citizen Privilege, Power and Difference Freakonomics Fight the Power Think and Grow Rich "And Don't Call Me a Racist" Interpersonal Conflict Say it Plain Media Literacy How to Win Friends and Influence People Is Bill Cosby Right? White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son Affirmative Action: Racial Preference in Black and White Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude The Sunflower See You at the Top Race, Ethnicity and Sexuality Lies My Teacher Told Me
People who are consistently able to put the needs of OTHERS ahead of their own ---KARMA before DOGMA! People who think GLOBALLY, act locally ---and REGULARLY!!!!!!. People who don't accept bullshit excusesfrom others, and MORE IMPORTANTLY--- from themselves!!!!