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About Me

I'm much too complex to describe in the brief amount of time and space currently available, but i'll give it a shot. PRIMARILY I AM A MAN OF MANY VICES AND VIRTUES, LOYAL, LOVEABLE, CURTIOUS, EXTROVERT, BOISTEROUS, OBNOXIOUS @ TIMES, ENTERTAINING, INTROSPECTIVE, GIVING, ABLE, A BIT JEALOUS, RESOUCEFUL, DETERMINED, SARCASTIC, BRUTALLY HONEST, (OVER)PROTECTIVE OF MY CIRCLE, MOODY, APPROPRIATELY AGGRESSIVE, INTENSE, SUSPICIOUS, WITTY, SLIGHTLY VENDICTIVE (THE SCORPIO IN ME), RELATIVELY RESPONSIBLE, PASSIONATE, POWERFUL, MAGNETIC, CALCULATING, REASONABLE, HELPFUL, ESTABLISHMENT QUESTIONER, FASHIONABLY LOUD, ALWAYS REPPING THE BEAUTIFUL ISLANDS OF TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, LONGSIDE THE PLUSH GREEN LAND OF GUYANA (T&T/GT MASSIVE GET @ YA BOY!) to be continued...

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Why are most of my pictures taken in a club/bar??? I need to get my life together...

My Interests

Pretty much any vice you can conceive, and people watching.

I'd like to meet:

PEOPLE I AINT SEEN/HEARD FROM IN DUMB LONG. FORWARD THINKING PEOPLE.

Music:

Anything that makes my head bounce up and down uncontrollably. In other words, way to broad to lay out here but here's a synapsis: B.I.G., Marvin Gaye, Jay-Z, Wayne Gorbea, Al Green, Little Brother, Sade, Teddy P, Mighty Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Lionel Richie, Tribe Called Quest, Roberta Flack, De La Soul, Anita Baker, Gregory Isaacs, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Machel Montano, New Edition (as a group and solo artists), MJB, Common, Goapele, Adam Levine, The Most Incredible Roots Band, Otis Redding, Beady Belle, Bob Marley, Papoose (my new favorite MC), Kem, Cinematic Orchestra, Earth, Wind, & Fire, Fela Kuti, Buju Banton, Beenie Man, Stevie Wonder, Black Michael, Linkin Park, Roy Ayers, OutKast (when Dre decides he wants to actually rhyme in lue of singing), Dweli, & the Late Great Luther Vandross.

Movies:

Coming to America, House Party I, Back to the Future The Trilogy, The Karate Kid, The Wood, Love Jones, Remember the Titans, Uptown Saturday Night, Let's Do It Again, Piece of the Action, City of God, Boondock Saints, Good Fellas, Best Man, Booty Talk 61 (Just seing if ya'll paying attention), Lion King (It's a good story of good triumphing over evil. Cut me some slack.), Love & Basketball, The Godfather Triology, Scarface, Everything Pam Grier (I love that chick), Do the Right Thing, Crash, Boiler Room,

Television:

Pretty much anything reality, and 24.

Books:

Black Boy by Richard Wright, Pimp by Robert Beck (AKA Iceberg Slim), Myth of the Welfare Queen by David Zucchino, Our Kind of People by Laurence Otis Graham, Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire, A Way Out of No Way, The Spiritual Memoirs of Andrew Young by Andrew Young

Heroes:

Those good folks I call mom & dad and the men and women that raised them to be who they are. I can only pray to be as selfless, and supportive as they have when I grow up...

My Blog

Midnight Refelctions 2007 10 Days Late

Peace Family, We're taking a partial break from tradition in regards to the normal circumstances under which I pen this message. It's not midnight (it's not even night time); I'm not in New...
Posted by Fertile Mind on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:31:00 PST

So If...

That time between closing my eyes on my way to sleep and actually falling asleep is a powerful moment that I take for grantide far too often (Maybe you do to. I don't know.). ...
Posted by Fertile Mind on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:35:00 PST

Im a Grown A** Man Dog!

...So yesterday morning I woke up around 6ish (My moms calls me mad early), and tried this thing called "Thirty" on. It fit so well, I rocked it all day. As a matter of fact, I still got i...
Posted by Fertile Mind on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:42:00 PST

That Sweet Smell of Nostalgia has to be Homecoming...

...So between work and wedding planning etc., I feel like my mind has been so clouded that I haven't had a real opportunity to build my excitement for what I feel is the Greatest Weekend of the Year.&...
Posted by Fertile Mind on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:00:00 PST

We Got to PLAY Just to Make it Today!

...So driving around the way a couple of months ago (Yeah, I was suppsoed to write this like 3 months ago. Don't worry, it's still relevant. Kinda...), I saw some kids playing in what ...
Posted by Fertile Mind on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:07:00 PST

"Don't You Trust Dem Lil N*ggas Ova There..."

*Disclaimer* The use of the word "N*gga" in the title is both justified and appropriate. Don't call Uncle Russel on me... ...So between wedding planning, wedding attending (what up Jaz, Dep, Mik...
Posted by Fertile Mind on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 09:38:00 PST

Imus Saves Hip Hop?

"On some telepromter sh*t I got you watching ya words..." - Phonte, Little Brother ...So on the heels of the now infamous "Nappy Headed Hoes" comment, and the unbalanced Oprah tirade against Hip Hop (...
Posted by Fertile Mind on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:27:00 PST

It's Been A Long Time...

...So I haven't blogged in like 4 months. During this period i've been lambasted through numerous messages, comments and a couple random real life sitings. I gotta say that I truly ap...
Posted by Fertile Mind on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:38:00 PST

Midnight Reflections 2006

Family, As is tradition, I have just returned from conviving with the New York family, and felt a twinge of nostalgia as I prepare to return to Atlanta in about 6 hours (No, of course I haven't packed...
Posted by Fertile Mind on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 12:20:00 PST

"V" is for Vote!

"Freedom unexercised may become freedom forfeited." Margaret ChaseI'm not what you would consider a "political" dude. But in my frustration in the manner of which our country is currently bein...
Posted by Fertile Mind on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:34:00 PST