poetry (reading/writing/performing): some of my fav poets are Willie Perdomo, Beau Sia, Sapphire, Nikki Giovanni, Blu, Miguel Pinero, and Saul Williams.
I also love open mics, social sciences, forensic science, gender studies/sexology, arts & crafts, word games, race politics, Suheir Hammad, photography, and almost anything relating to the study of black culture.
Don't Label Me I'd like to meet people who are open minded, anyone who thinks race and sex preference is a social construct, anyone intrigued by social sciences, esp sex/gender studies, anybody who refuses to accept the *labels* given to them, anyone who understands that human beings weren't created to fit in perfect little boxes.
Music
J Dilla, Common, Madlib, Hi-Tek etc, Lloyd, Amy Winehouse, Neyo, Ciara, Stacie Orrico, Cassie, Nas, Jean Grae, Justin Timberlake, Robin Thicke, Prince, Sarah Mclachlan, Ani Di Franco, Sade, new Edition, Big L, Esthero, and lots of trip-hop and old school rap and R & B.
Movies
Monster, Slam, Carlito's Way and New Jack City, THIN (documentary), Jungle Fever, Spanglish, Love Actually, Good Fellas, A Bronx Tale, Thirteen, Stranger Inside, Reality Bites, Lost & Delirious, Fight Club, Singles, The Hours, Bully, If These Walls Could Talk II, The Brandon Teena story, The Staircase, The Aggressives, and several documentaries I don't know the names of...
TV
I ♥ the Pussycat Doll show % Shear Genius. I really hope there's a part 2 for both:(
FBI Files, Forensic Files, THAT 70's SHOW, SCRUBS, Degrassi (the new one), South of Nowhere, 3's Company, Good Times, etc (I'm a nick at nite addict ;)
Early Embraces, Drops of This Story, Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni, Push, Wild Women Don't Wear No Blues, Aloud: Live from the Nuyorican poets cafe, Go Ask Alice, Prozac Nation, Listen Up! Spoken Word Poetry, Shake Loose My Skin, The Color Complex
So many people...my mom, my brother, my childhood friend Stacey, anyone who is doing what they set out to do, anyone living their dreams...