making video, investing in my community.... especially in my youth!, being crazy, being loud, being crazyloud, making art, being creative, thinking through things, being committed to the process, procrastinating over my div ii., reading, writing, re-reading, re-writing, watching weird video art that makes me laugh and wonder about my medium, working in solidarity with amazing organizers and activists, learning from life, laughing, f-ing up, knowing how to make it work, breakfasts on sundays, late night dance parties (even if they're alone in my room), making other people laugh, smile and show the love, showing the love, being ridiculous, loosing and finding my keys and my mind, crying over movie trailers, hating/loving academia, being passionate.
ummm. u. i guess, as long as u are NOT: narrow-minded, unjust, a speaker before a thinker and of the religious of political right.
root and wing; eli's band, etta james, al green, ms dynamite, outkast, brettney's songs, ol skool reggae/dancehall, zouk, marley, wycleff, victor manuelle, mjb, cat power, joss stone, jerry rivera, los adolescents, lucha reyes, lila downs, the jackson 5, amparo ochoa, ruben blades, fania allstars, ralph stanley, gillian welch, tupac, nuyorican soul, 2050's cds, fred ho, beth orton, all girl summer fun band, tlc, le tigre, sarah vaughn and more
i beg your pardon? what television?
telling to live, stone butch blues, transgender warriors, colonize this!, the teacher as cultural worker, lies my teacher told me, people's history of the united states, amazing grace, the handmaid's tale and more
all the amazing youth i work with and my kids; noanii and jv! -people who speak their minds, after they've thought it through-