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Velo Mina

Bringin' a little Southern hospitality to my corner of the South Bronx.

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From: "just me" [email protected] To: mina Subject: Your car ... Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:50:11 -0800Today, I read the e-mail about your missing car. While I cannot imagine what it must feel like to lose your car, I may can give you some insight into why the thief stole your car. I do not know you, nor do I know anything about the person who took it, but perhaps if you weren't such a negative, cynical, corrosive, and strange person, you may not have been targeted in that crime. I read some of the bumper stickers on your car, and in my personal opinion (which doesn't mean much), I think it is disgusting. I do understand that each person has a right to his preferences, but I do not give license to someone to put down our President and insult him. Just because you do not agree with his policies, that does not give you the right to insult him. He is a Godly man, and he is only trying to do what's best for the country. I don't agree with everything he does, either, and I get upset with him about some of his stands (e.g. stem cells) ... BUT, I do not insult him for it. If you think about it ... he's not the greatest President we've had, but he sure is someone of character and morality. I only have to think back to our last President, Mr. Clinton, when memories of embarrassment, shame, and utter disgust come flying back to me. He was only the second President to be impeached, and he should have never held that office. He didn't deserve such a noble responsibility. Some role model he was, eh? He can look in our eyes and lie to the American people on television and he can cheat on his wife, but you want to put Bush down and compare him to Satan?! Get real. Obviously, you are a loser, and I think you got exactly what was coming to you. Maybe in the next car you get, you won't have such pathetic forms of political expression. I hope that this note will give you pause to think about your actions and what consequences they may bring.Sincerely,An alum of the UAB SOPH
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My Interests

avoiding getting my car stolen again (oops, I messed up on that one!) avoiding getting my bicycle stolen. putting my car back into won't-get-pulled-over-for-being-so-ghetto shape

I'd like to meet:

MacGuyver

Music:

ha ha you can't box me in on this one. nowhere to start... Immortal Technique, Gogol Bordello, Cadallaca, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, My Morning Jacket, Cat Power, R.L. Burnside, Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, Black Diamond Heavies, Les Tetes Brulees, Manu Chao, Henri DiKongoue, Sleater-Kinney to name very few

Movies:

Hedwig & the Angry Inch, The City of Lost Children, The Story Of the Weeping Camel, Piggie, SuperTroopers, Hotel Rwanda, Rolling, All Dogs Go To Heaven, that Dave Chapelle stand-up movie, crazy imported Nigerian movies like "Deceiver" man it's great, about juju and witches and stuff.

Television:

T.V. causes memory loss, dementia, incontinence, and the inability to hold a decent interesting conversation without relying on whatever boring show was on the night before to be used as a topic. Especially dangerous is the effect of watching TV news programs... one believes that one is up-to-date with the actual, current, relevant news... yeah right.UPDATE - I unfortunately have been exposed to some rather badly dubbed Latino soap operas while in Cameroon... and I watched them all the time along with my host family... "Secreto de Amour" and "La Revanche" are must-sees... dammit I watched more TV in Africa than I ever did in the U.S.! I enjoy watching news while in other countries - it's a different perspective.NEW UPDATE - since I'm now on the road, homeless (or gypsy?) at friends' places, I am forced to watch what they watch while I'm there: The Dog Whisperer, I Love New York, Grey's Anatomy, and The White Rapper Show. It is not enjoyable... The White Rapper Show is especially painful, but their living rooms serve as my bedrooms so there's no where to hide....

Books:

Starf*ckers. good read. inspiring. helps me think of new fantasies. I love reading travel books and maps. I love love love looking at maps of random places. Street maps, geography maps, political maps, old maps, new maps... I like biographies of crazy folks I love despite (or due to) their craziness (like Dian Fossey or Jeff Buckley or Marjane Satrapi or Eileen Myles) and histories of horrible events/times (King Leopold's Ghost, Hiroshima, Maus, Barefoot Gen, From Beirut to Jerusalem).

Heroes:

People with jobs and apartments for me in NYC, DC, or overseas.... If you provide them, you will be my hero!