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rickardo

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About Me

I am London born, with jamaican parents. I like being creative, whether it be landscape gardening ,clothes designing, or drawing/painting, and i love to have creative people around me for inspiration. I am pretty laid back, but at the same time i like to get things done, and hate putting things off.(most of the time). I have a love for travelling, Tasting new flavours, and meeting interesting, down to earth people on my travels. My favourite place so far is Brasil, where my travelling bug started. Rio is the most beautiful city i have been to so far, a city surrounded by green mountains and the sea. Bahia, in the north of Brasil, is absolutely beautiful, and pelourinho was a real experience. Cuba is a place where everybody should check out. It was so refreshing to be somewhere where there were no billboards, and adverts ramming products down your throat. Barcelona, and lisbon are also two cities i love.( I could go on about travelling for ever, so i will probably put that in a blog).I love hearing different languages, and accents, i have been trying to learn portuguese for a while now, and progressing very......slowly. I really want to check out Ghana, and Japan, don't know when, hopefully soon. I think i am just looking for that ideal place to settle. Ideally near to a beach, or a lake, and quite green.I don't like liars, bullsh##ers, selfish, and conceited people. Apart from that i am pretty easy.
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My Interests

Travelling is my passion, drawing/designing, watching live bands, watching movies, eating out/in (i really love food) Hanging out/in with friends, going to markets, (for crafts, clothes, etc), chilling in the park, chilling on a beach. I love God, my family, cats, nature, the sea, music, stained glass windows, life, sunsets, candles, friends, chocolate, accents, Frida Kahlo, the sun, scents, trees.........Get Your Own! | View Slideshowbelow are some images from my travels, as well as london


I'd like to meet:

open minded, warm hearted,down to earth people. People who are into travelling, and who can suggest some good places to go to.

Music:

I can't sing, and i cannot play a note, well maybe 3 chords, but i love music. I am into all types of music, especially music with feeling, Reggae, Classical, accoustic, Rock, Rap, Gospel, Salsa, bossa nova,west African music, olodum, Bob Marley, tupac, redhed, queens of the stone age, RENN, jill scott, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Aswad, steel pulse, fishbone, Dionne Farris, kate bush, capleton,zero 7, Sia, bounty killa, living colour, 247 spyze, Duran Duran, kanye west, radiohead, nirvana, the family stand, d'angelo, dead prez, michael jackson, skunk anansi, outkaste, erykah badu,Mansun, Visitor Q, keziah jones, Bjork, public enemy, prince (mainly early material), stevie wonder, chic, Yann Tiersen, les Nubians, the cardigans, roots manuva, prodigy, sizzla, Santana, damian marley,steven Marley, ziggy marley, pj harvey, lauren hill, tori amos, tracy chapman,alanis morriset, and how could i forget Grace Jones, who combined style and music so well.I could go on forever, the list is endless .. width="425" height="350" ...... width="425" height="350" ..Skunk Anansi- weep .. width="425" height="350" ..

Movies:

I am into independant, and world cinema movies, but also anything that is good. I like to feel something when i watch a movie, be the feeling good or bad, just something. Maria full of grace, city of god, le bossu, west side story, carmen jones, clockers, Audition, X, she's gotta have it, Babylon, star wars, lord of the rings, Mo better blues, Gladiator, bowling for columbine, The Big Lebowski, Biggie and Tupac, Chriss Rock -Never Scared, Spartacus, man on fire, matrix, A.I, crouching tiger hidden dragon, saw, a river runs through it, cool hand luke, thunderbolt and lightfoot, The King and I (both versions)Spirited Away, Pan's Labyrinth. I love old black and white movies also.
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Television:

24, the shield, alias, the simpsons, familly guy, sopranos, futurama, star trek (original and new) documentries, wildlife documentries

Books:

memoirs of a geisha, The Beach, a child called it, Hannibal the pride of carthage, veronica decides to die, eleven minutes, King of the world, the day after tomorrow, Benedita da Silva- An Afro-Brazilian Woman's Story Of Love And Politics, unforgettable places to visit before you die, Acts Of Faith,
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Heroes:

Muhammad Ali, Bob Marley, Nelson Mandela, Mary seacole, and anybody spreading love and positivity.

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My Blog

Thank you Marine for the link to this important, and moving documentary

Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle ... all � East, zeroing in on how structural distortions i...
Posted by rickardo on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 06:38:00 PST