Human Rights, True Justice, Amnesty International, National Politics, History and Geography, Foreign Policy, Underground Hiphop, Writing and Journalism, Cooking, English Football, PS2 Videogames, Playing Basketball and Soccer, Poker, Stand-up Comedy, Economics, Chess, Scrabble, Eating, Black and White Postcards, Photography, Backpacking, Fishing, Mountain Biking, Hiking, World travel, Reading the books and watching movies and tv shows mentioned below.
People who take a stand for what they believe in. I'd like to meet people who risk their life so that others can be safe, free and alive. I'd like to meet revolutionaries who favor a non-violent approach to liberation, although there is time for self-defense there is very little in this world that cannot be accomplished through non-violent solutions, whether its through civil disobedience, negotiation or boycotts. I'd like to meet other people who believe in the power to change the world through voting, peaceful revolution and above all awareness and intelligent self-informing. I'd like to meet those individual workers on minimum wage who pay higher tax percentages than multi-billion dollar corporations. I'd like to meet revolutionaries who represent the people, who work to improve rights, their living conditions and their democratic representation. I'd like to meet the President of the United States and ask him why he cares more about two law abiding homosexuals wanting to get married than every impoverished citizen of New Orleans. I'd like to tell him that not all of us will sit by and let him destroy our democracy. Of course I'd also want to meet all my soccer heroes. Apart from the God, friends and family, the two things that mean the most to me in life is social justice/human rights and English Football especially Manchester United and my favorite the English national team. Nothing makes me prouder that seeing them win. Every boy in the country dreams of playing for them and I'm no different. Ever since i was a kid i've watched them lose in heartbreaking defeats. Theres nothing like blindly following a football team that have made you cry, laugh, scream and dance every year for your whole life, buying all the merchandise you can get your hands on and skipping the most classes you can get away with to watch all the live games on television from back home. For those of you who dont know me too well, these videos are a great way of finding out who i am and how English Football has been such a big part of my life and childhood.
I have a broad spectrum of musical interests, but nothing appeals to me more than politically influential soul music from the mid-20th century and underground socially concious hip hop especially from the Bay Area. Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke, Curtis Mayfield, James Brown, The Temptations, Otis Redding, The Delfonics. Before it was popular to do so these soul musicians took a strong stand to change the nation and influenced the lives of millions. Dead Prez, Immortal Technique, Zion-I, Binary Star, Common, Pharoahe Monche, MF Doom, Cunninlynguists, Jedi Mind Tricks, Wyclef Jean and the Fugees, Masta Ace, Del, Murs, Grouch, Black Thought, The Roots, Talib Kweli and Mos Def (Blackstar) and Brother Ali. These musicians rap about issues, current events, love and spirituality. I love Classic Rock like Zeppelin, Queen, Beatles, Aerosmith, Guns and Roses and all the one hit wonders you hear on classic rock stations. I also have a place for my favorite female singer-songwriters - Alicia Keyes, Norah Jones, Amy Winehouse, Feist, and Corine Bailey Rae.
City of God, Goal, Bowling For Columbine, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Sicko, Forrest Gump, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Star Wars, Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai, The Godfather, City of God, Promises, The Godfather II, Green Street Hooligans, Farenheit 911, The Matrix, The Mummy, Dragonheart, Gladiator, Braveheart, Space Jam, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Rocky, Training Day, Barbershop, Remember the Titans, the James Bond series, Old School, Wedding Crashers, Anchorman
History Channel, Discovery Channel, As much english football (soccer) as i can watch, Lost, NYPD Blue, Prison Break, Simpsons, Family Guy, American Idol, ESPN, G4TV, Star Trek, The Sopranos, Chapelle's Show, Mind of Mencia, Father Ted, Blackadder, The Young Ones, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and SOUTH PARK - You'd be suprised at how political and socially aware that show is!
Soccer Autobiographies, Non-Fiction History and Politics. Harry Potter, Star Wars Novels, Some classic Literature
*Revolutionary Heroes* MLK Jr. Mumia Abu Jamal, Angela Davis, Assata Shakur, Subcommadante Marcos, Malcom X, John Africa, John Brown, Aung San Suu Kyi, Frank Serpico, Morgan Tsvangirai, Che Guevara, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Nelson Mandela, The leaders of the 2006 Illegal Immigrant March, Robert Greenwald, Peter Benenson, Ralph Nader, Gandhi, Noam Chomsky and Cesar Chavez*Football (Soccer) Heroes* David Beckham, Frank Lampard, Eric Cantona, Paul Scholes, Roy Keane, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Sol Campbell, Graeme Le Saux, Michael Owen, Paul Ince, Alan Shearer, Bobby Moore, John Barnes, Mark Hughes, Bryan Robson, Andy Cole, Teddy Sheringham, Bobby Charlton, George Best, Duncan Edwards and Gordon Banks.