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My Interests

reading, singing, writing, acting and hanging with my friends/family
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I'd like to meet:

Maya Angelou, Angela Bassett, Antonio Banderas, Patti LaBelle (I love her!), Donnie McClurkin, my fellow Jaybirds, Lamman Rucker, Hiroyuki Sanada, Idris Elba, the cast of CSI Vegas...
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What martial art would suit you?
Taikwondo
Full of flashy kicking techniques, this is one of the more popular and accessible Korean arts. Applicable in the modern day.

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Music:

All kinds from classical to country to rock to rap/hip-hop and gospel. Also love hot jazz! Very limited opera, very limited.

Movies:

Anything with Jay Tavare in it :)! TYLER PERRY movies, American Gangster,DREAMGIRLS,The Straight Story (it made me cry), Pirates of the Caribbean 1-3, LACKAWANNA BLUES, The Five Heartbeats, Legends of the Fall, Forrest Gump, Imitation of Life, Color Purple, My Family, Mississippi Marsala, Blazing Saddles, I'm Gonna Git Ya Sucka, Shaft, Interview with a Vampire, Philadelphia, What's Love Got to Do with It, The Matrix 1 and 2 (3 sucked---my opinion) The Passion of the Christ, Bram Stoker's Dracula, spaghetti westerns featuring Clint Eastwood, John Wayne westerns, Kung Fu Theatre movies from back in the day and countless others, particularly movies that move me.

Television:

Survivor and CSI (LV),Amazing Race, Cop shows, MEERKAT MANOR, Cane (for the season it was on. Boo hiss CBS!), Hell's Kitchen

Books:

I read most anything

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Heroes:

George L. and Roberta (my parents), Maya Angelou...George Washington Carver, Wilma Rudolph, Barbara Jordan

My Blog

Sometimes, you just gotta laugh

As some people have noticed and noted, I'm losing weight. It is deliberate, and I have a goal in mind...but I digress. My co-workers call me "ADD" (LOL) Dang it! Okay, here's the sto...
Posted by The Empress on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:05:00 PST

Reflections from the throne: DREAMING

Henry David Thoreau wrote: Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. As an avid reader, my mind was constantly swirling with dreams of far of...
Posted by The Empress on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:02:00 PST

REFLECTIONS FROM THE "THRONE"

I do some of my best thinking and get the most profound (simple too) revelations in one of my favorite places to hide for a quiet thought. The bathroom. My "thrones"? The toilet and/o...
Posted by The Empress on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:00:00 PST

How to feel sexy when your weave has fallen out

Alternate title: How to find your lost mojo when your wig is askew. These are simply The Empress's little jewels of wisdom. And they are not in any particular order: 1. Focus on something on the...
Posted by The Empress on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:45:00 PST

Bloom where you are planted

Bloom where you are planted... Those words have been resonating within my spirit for the last few days. I've not always been happy with my current "position" in life...I hated my job, my life, e...
Posted by The Empress on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:40:00 PST

Loving myself

Loving myself... Has been a long process of work. Growing up, I was constantly critical of myself. Finding fault with my physical appearance in particular: my hair thickness/texture, skin ...
Posted by The Empress on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:43:00 PST

What's Your Element?

Your Element Is Airhttp://www.quizdiva.net/bt/air.jpg">>You dislike conflict, and you've been able to rise above the angst of the world.And when things don't go your way, you know they'll blow over qu...
Posted by The Empress on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:55:00 PST

Warrior Queen

Ana de Sousa Nzinga Mbande Nzinga was born to Njinga a Mbande Ngola Kiluaje and Guenguela Cakombe around 1582. She was named Njinga, according to tradition because her umbilical cord was wrapped aroun...
Posted by The Empress on Mon, 28 May 2007 08:40:00 PST

I been taggeded (LOL)

The rules are the following...Once you've been tagged you have to write a blog with 10 strange facts about yourself.... At the end you have to choose 10 people to be tagged, list their names, and le...
Posted by The Empress on Fri, 25 May 2007 05:27:00 PST

Bitter- a reflection

Bitter: (adjective) as defined by Merriam-Webster is: 1a : being or inducing the one of the four basic taste sensations that is peculiarly acrid, astringent, or disagreeable and suggestive of an...
Posted by The Empress on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 02:52:00 PST