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Kenya

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About Me

Since my celebrity twin (Sanjaya) is no longer a celebrity, I have decided to use my photo space to highlight someone who is bringing the thunder when it comes to fierceness on a pic! My sister threatned to call the Department of Children and Family Services on me (I didn't know they had an Auntie division) for having the kids' pic up, so I have decided to finally put my pic up for a hot second. I had an exclusive shoot in the dollar photo booth of the Galleria, so even more glamour shots are coming. But for now here you go. This photo is made possible by the generous contributions of Chevy (who sponsored my trip to the Essence Festival) and my cousin Wani's crusade to get me to put up a pic. Check out my other photos to see just how much her hard work and efforts have benefited the six people who visit my page on the regular.Right now I'm bent out of shape and giving my computer a vicious side eye because ten years after creating my account, I finally broke down and filled this mess out on company time (like I'm the only one, when I know whoever is reading this is on their work computer because the pc at home is so slow!)only to have to do my piece of profile again because it didn't save.I like to write, even more now since I do it for a living (St. Louis American ). I talk too much (not in a gossipy way, but just the sheer mass of conversation I can put down) and I think I'm funny.Also known for my love of music, I have built in studio in my loft (basement). The untrained eye might call it a karoke machine next to the vanity in the bathroom, but the acoustics are great and it gets the job done, so whatever! Stop on by for a demo and see for yo-self!!!!

My Interests

Reading, writing, watching television, theatre, talking and music.

I'd like to meet:

Alive: Oprah (she has mind control over me), Don Cheadle, Will Ferrell, Conan O'Brien, Suzanne DePasse, Cathy Hughes, Kevin Powell, Mos Def, Andre 3000, Dave Chapelle, Susan Taylor, Faradea Chideya (butchered her name I'm sure of it), Eddie Murphy, Pearl Cleage, Iyanla Vanzant and last but not least Tiger Woods (so I can slap the sh*t out of him). Sorry, but I have a real problem with him tryin' to pretend like he's not black. Come on now Tiger...your daddy's name is Earl and you love white women...that in itself is worthy of a Club Negro lifetime membership with full blackie benefits. I'm just sayin'... But you told on yourself when you won the FedEx Cup. I may have been the only one who peeped it, but I saw that can of Murray's wave grease fall out of your pocket while you were celebratin'!Deceased: Frederick Douglass, Carter G. Woodson, Martin Luther King,Jr., Malcolm X, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, August Wilson, Madam C.J. Walker, Ida B. Wells, A. Phillip Randolph, Tupac, Biggie, Helen Keller, Grandma Moses.

Music:

Donny Hathaway (Hall of Fame),Faith Evans (Most Underrated!), Daryl Coley, Kelly Price (slept on by many as well), James Taylor, John Legend, Bilal, Common, Marvin Gaye, Nikka Costa, Erykah Badu, 8Ball&MJG(I know what you're thinkin'-but I can't help it), Tupac, Sam Cooke, Kim Burrell, Norah Jones, John Mayer, Jamie Foxx (the first album too), Throwback Mary J. Blige, B.B. King, Jill Scott, Smokie Norful, Joss Stone, Aretha Franklin, Fantasia, Floetry, The Roots, Carl Thomas (1st album only),Isley Brothers, Jazmine Sullivan (one to watch), India.Arie, Donnie, Musiq, Bonnie Rait, Prince, Eric Clapton, Mariah Carey, B.B. King, Sam Cooke and D'Angelo. There is not enough room on Myspace for all of the people I dig, so I will wrap it up here and just say everybody else who brings the hotness.

Movies:

The Godfather II, Lucky Number Slevin, Cooley High, The Color Purple, Women of Brewster Place, Love and Basketball, Godsford Park, ATL, Overboard(don't even try to act like y'all ain't wit it), Krush Groove, Beat Street, Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction, What's Love Got to Do With it, Scarface, Muriel's Wedding, Boyz in the Hood, X-Men 2, Hitch, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Snatch, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, House of D, Heat, Ocean's 11, Pretty Woman, Dave Chapelle's Block Party, Carlito's Way.

Television:

Most anything on Court TV, A&E (Justice Files is the ish), American Idol, Conan's crazy tail, Oprah, Law and Order (SVU #1), Awards shows, MTV True Life, 48 Hours Mystery, Dr. 90210, Saturday Night Live, E! True Hollywood Story,

Books:

The Helen Keller Autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Don't Sweat The Small Stuff, The Purpose Driven Life, Seeds of Success, Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Color Purple, Disappearing Acts (didn't really care much for the book, but when my stuff was in storage it was the only one I had so it got read about 5,000 times), just about every Iyanla Vanzant book, Ellen Foster, She's Come Undone, Black and Blue, Who Moved My Cheese?, Night,

Heroes:

Jesus, Oprah, Dr. Suggs (Publisher of the St. Louis American), Pastor Jones.

My Blog

Theres always somebody worse off than you&dogs and black people included

I am so happy that five of my six faithful readers actually responded to my back from the dead blog tour, that it has inspired me to get back regular with it.  Oh Cicely&where are you?   P...
Posted by Kenya on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:26:00 PST

All I Want For Christmas Is My Appetite Back

Look, I know it's been a minute, so don't even start!  I was waiting for five (that's right five measly punk a*s folks) of y'all to tell me to blog again before I cranked it up  and I'm still wa...
Posted by Kenya on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:01:00 PST

Im a prison wife and hes already cheatin! /my run-in with baby kitchen weave Jr.

I don't want to hear no sh*t about me not posting in a while! If y'all would have responded to the last one  even with all of the stuff I had going on the past couple of weeks  the raw emotio...
Posted by Kenya on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:49:00 PST

The worst week ever!!

I am well aware that this blog is usually a funny, insightful and  upbeat piece of award-worthy literature that leaves people both inspired and encouraged to laugh at the everyday happenstances ...
Posted by Kenya on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 08:37:00 PST

Get up-a-get-get-get down, Jena 6 march is jokin your town!

Eighteen days and no blog from Kenya.  Can you believe it? Me neither.  I am so shame. I started to just shut my page down and runaway.  But my blog program director and former roommate...
Posted by Kenya on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:39:00 PST

The dead (blogger) has arisen

Don't even start sendin' me comments about why I haven't blogged for so long, because it's every one of you nine knee-grows fault. And I will tell y'all why.   You know they track the number of ...
Posted by Kenya on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:27:00 PST

WARNING: STRAIGHT NO CHASER CONTENT CONCERNING THE MISSOURI BLACK EXPO

BEFORE I GET STARTED I MUST INFORM ALL OF MY FOLKS WHO ARE SENSITIVE ABOUT THE MISSOURI BLACK EXPO TO CLOSE THIS BLOG IMMEDIATELY. BUT PLEASE DON'T DELETE ME AS YOUR FRIEND. I NEED ALL OF THE MYSPACE...
Posted by Kenya on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:49:00 PST

Drivin Miss Kenya

This started out as a personal message to my good friend and roommate hall of famer. But since she already put me on blast, I thought the world (all seven of y'all) would like to know the details on m...
Posted by Kenya on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:25:00 PST

The Heavy Chevy has gone to glory&but not really

As much as I hated to do it, after I nearly missed a story because that lousy cab company was late as a mug when the van was havin' "technical difficulties" during Urban League  I got another whip. &...
Posted by Kenya on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:58:00 PST

The Emancipation of Me-Me (Kunta) and Kinta (Guess who?) /Roots 2K7: The Next Generation

After a "challenging" conversation with my main homie, I can't get the ish off of my mind.  I'm like "Dang, I can't believe Shulie would trip like that over a purse, let alone a fake one.  A...
Posted by Kenya on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:07:00 PST