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About Me

I feel like the last man on earth e.g. ,I Am Legend, sometimes. Trying to stay grounded in reality, in a world that isn't grounded in reality. Dealing with situations the best way I can without losing my mind. Am I angrey? Yes and No. There is so much reality tv but no sense of what is real. Some will say I'm mentally masterbating, some will say Huh! What is he talking out. And some will say Keep doing it, brother. Which will you be. What about me well Music is my life. I discover someone everyday from Nina Simone and Marvin Gaye to Eryka Badu and the Hip Hop of my younger days. A Hunger for knowledge so I feed myself literature of any kind that will feed it, but it will never be full. If I get full I'll become lazy and stuffed and comfortable with my existance. Even the media box drops jewels from time to time and I catch them and realize my ungoing hunger for knowledge will never end. So what about me I share what I've learned through out my life and hope that like I Am Legend someone hears me and share their food.

My Interests

My IPod, music, reading, sociology, politics, making new friends.

I'd like to meet:

Music:

My Ipod currently has over 4,600 songs from different genres. One of my favorite songs is Midnight Rider by the Allman Brothers Band along with anything from Wu Tang, Ghostface, D block, Boot Camp, Sean Price, MF Doom, J Live, EMC, U.N. As well as Incognito, George Benson, Cherelle, Mary J, Angela Bofill, Jill Scott, Keshia Coles, the Rebirth, Nyee Moses, Polyrhythmatic, Masta Ace, Stevie Wonder, Lonnie Liston Smith, Loose Ends, Bobby Humpherys, Madlib, Sam and Dave, James Brown, Funkedelic/Parliment, Murs, Cree Summers, Michelle Nedengcello, Erykah Badu

Movies:

Last movies I saw was The Great Debaters, Why Did I Get Married (i'm so ashamed of myself), Halloween SpiderMan 3, Fantastic Four 2, I Think I Love My Wife. I just saw Michael Moore's dvd "Sicko" about HMO's and politics. I love anything from Spike Lee, horror movies (Fear.net on Demand), but Love Jones,Uptown Saturday, To Live and Die in LA, Big Trouble in Little China, are the best. I just brought a copy of a classic "Man Friday" on vhs. If you haven't seen this flix u better.

Television:

The Wire season 5, the Office, Rescue Me, Monday Night Raw, the Sheild and the First 48 on A & E. are just a few.

Books:

At this time I'm currently reading The House on Childress Street by Kenji Jasper. I've currently read Know What I Mean by Eric Dyson, The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates,The Skull Cage Key by Michael Marriott, Orange Mint and honey by Carleen Brice Conception by Kalisha Buckhanon, Do Me Twice:My Life After Islam by Sonsyrea Tate, Slavery and African Ethnicities in The Americas by Gwendolyn M Hall, That Mean Old Yesterday by Stacy Patten, All the Rage: Boondocks Past and Present by Aaron Mcgruder. The Hero with an African Face: Mythic Wisdom of Traditional Africa by Clyde W. Ford, Lovestoned by TP Carter, Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat. They Came for Columbus by Ivan Van Sertima; Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun by Geoff Canada, Left My Backdoor Open by April Sinclair, Of Water and The Spirit by Malidoma Patrice Some, Mr.Untouchable by "Nicky" Barnes, From the Browder Files,Snow, SuperFly 70's, Mixed, Man Gone Down, White Lines. I read mostly african (american) authors of all genres i.e. Anthony Browder, Todd Boyd, Kenji Jasper, Carl Weber, Octavia Butler, etc. Books related to work are Why Do Men Do That. Other classics : Random Family, The Good Earth, Spook Who Sat By the Door, BoonDocks Trade paperbacks, Kindred, Things Fall Apart, Ego Trips Book of Rap List, Nile Valley Civilizations, The Broke Diaries. The BoonDocks comic strip. Love comics books.

Heroes:

The Whole African race for dealing with this oppression in America and the world abroad. "The ruin of a nation begins in the home of the people" Ashanti

My Blog

Hartford is a Joke

It's hard to say nothing amazes me anymore but damn living in Hartford is amazingly insane. Children being shot on their porches and HotJam is the blame. Believe me read last Friday's Hart...
Posted by Big Gil on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:59:00 PST

Can this country be better, can change happen........

Are we satisfied with our country. In Hartford alone are we satisfied. Being selfish, uncaring, greedy. There can be PR pride parade one day the next a man can get run over and almos...
Posted by Big Gil on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:06:00 PST

Just venting today

At work I kill time blogging on myspace. I guess thats one think I can only get away with in AmeriKkka (yeah I'm stuck in the 60's slang). I look at this country and it's military, it's we...
Posted by Big Gil on Tue, 20 May 2008 09:16:00 PST

The American (Abusive)Mentality

"The land of the free, home of the brave". America the richest, democratic, let freedom ring....etc. Media has us believe this is the greatest country in the world. No recession, no ...
Posted by Big Gil on Mon, 12 May 2008 09:00:00 PST

Power and Control 3: Justification for Violence & Abuse

What reasons does our society give for being violent. Fear, Anger, Economic issues, different points of view, etc. Violence is often the last step in a process of trying to gain...
Posted by Big Gil on Tue, 06 May 2008 09:02:00 PST

Sean Bell: Power and Control pt 2

What does Sean Bell have to do with white people(Amerikka) abuse of power and control. ALOT. It's what we in the dv counceling call the "Savage Cycle of Violence". It's a way to keep...
Posted by Big Gil on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:15:00 PST

Power and Control (pt 1)

It's been awhile but I got somethings on my mind....so here it goes: What is power and control and how is it abused. This is so deep it'll take years of blogging for me to get my complete thought on...
Posted by Big Gil on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:54:00 PST

Playing the game

This is a two parter so bare with me. First the government approved merger of XM/Sirius Sat radio. Monoply’s were illegal (I thought until yesterday)when again the rules change for b...
Posted by Big Gil on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:41:00 PST

Only $600.00 I’ll take it...

Tax return, stimulate the economy, rebate check, reparations, the pay off, the bribe what ever u call the $600.00 what does it mean to you. Reward money for forgetting Katrina, forgetting Fuluti...
Posted by Big Gil on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:58:00 PST

March is National Womens Month

March is National Women's Month in Amerikkka. And as it goes it's a time for celebration. Hilary for Prez, posibility of a black first lady, Oprah got so much money she doesn't know ...
Posted by Big Gil on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:51:00 PST