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zzzzzzhhhenia

Naked, you are blue as a night in Cuba; you have vines and stars in your hair; naked you are spaciou

About Me

MyGen Profile Generatorthe music, the rhythm, the dance is a trance of splendid urges and we fear we are not stepping fast enough or in the right sequence but the dance is in all of us and we must abide to it with our eyes closed, bodies free of restraint and just swing.

My Interests

www.odysseusandme.blogspot.com http://chasingaphroditie.blogspot.com/ www.gofugyourself.com http://aidswalknewyork2008.kintera.org/zhenia

I'd like to meet:

anyone willing to let life role and let most other things go.

Music:

percussion, drummer's circle, salsa, issac hayes, lee perry, reggaeton, mark anthony, samba, forro, al green, ali farka toure, anthony hamilton, cesaria evora, gilberto gil, frankie ruiz, cat power, celia cruz, augustus pablo, sampling/evolving music, nabucco, hector lavoe, ismael rivera, luciano pavarotti, falamansa, walter alfaiate, throat singing, rufus wainwright, "amandla!" and the musical revolution that toppled apartheid South Africa.

Movies:

the big labowski, beijing bicycle, in the mood for love, children of heaven, fallen angels, the third man, and pan's labyrinth, talk to me, little miss sunshine and the science of sleep.

Television:

i don't own a tv; i don't need one, but if i did i would watch project runway and top chef 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

Books:

The God of Small Things, Grapes of Wrath, Everything is Illuminated, Cloudsplitter, The Question of Bruno, Nowhere Man, My Friend Matt and Hena the Whore, Lovely Bones, Disgrace, Kite Runner, Beloved and The Bluest Eyes.

Heroes:

Mr. T, McGuiver and the Dude.

My Blog

what are you holding on to?

I had a magical moment today. As I was walking home from work, past Prospect Park, in the rain, with a slight breeze wheezing by, I passed a sign in a church display window. The large bold inscriptio...
Posted by zzzzzzhhhenia on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:22:00 PST

bitten by the salsa bug

the fucker landed and bit me....HAAAARD!! i spent two weeks in puerto rico on a quiet little island where nothing happens and everything happens. i return and find myself spending hours on the web loo...
Posted by zzzzzzhhhenia on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 06:36:00 PST

the subject of freedom

i've recently got to discussing the whole idea of living in the moment and what that means. living free to a pace that you dictate. surely it comes with sacrifice and negotiation and money. yeah, the ...
Posted by zzzzzzhhhenia on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:42:00 PST

George Carlin on Aging

"Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we`re kids? If you`re less than 10 years old, you`re so excited about aging that you think in fractions. "How old are y...
Posted by zzzzzzhhhenia on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 05:14:00 PST

the debate over toiletries

as many of you know tom and i have quit our jobs, stored and sold our belongings and are about to take off to vagabond around the world i.e. the eastern hemisphere for a year or two. to better prepare...
Posted by zzzzzzhhhenia on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 10:54:00 PST