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KC

light as a rock

About Me

i've lived in 4 countries in the last 8 years. in spite of that near death experience in a kayak, costa rica was the best. i like classic literature like edith wharton, tolstoy and emily dickinson. don't write me poetry unless your name is yeats. or pablo neruda. or derek walcott. speaking of which, like walcott, i am west indian. BIG UP ALL GT MASSIVE!!!! i was born yankee, but my mom and dad are from guyana, laceytown and worthmansville, respectively. roots reminds me of them but dutty dancehall and raunchy socas that compare women to cats and engines remind me of me, grinding against the panelled walls of sweaty brooklyn basements circa 1992. i love dancing. especially salsa with old latin men. it's possible i love dance movies even more. and i don't understand people who watch absolutely no television. without it, the civil rights movement wouldn't have had half its impact. it's all about balance and perspective. if the revolution is, in the end, televised, i'm not only showing up with an ak and stiletto boots, i'm Tivo-ing it. ..

My Interests

dancing, dating, dharma, working with children, writing, windsurfing, yoga, basketball, play fighting, especially as foreplay, soy mambera (desde que naci, hasta que muero!!!), languages, art,traveling.

I'd like to meet:

griots, magicians, shamans, and comedians. and michael jordan (love you, papi!)

Music:

orquestra guayacan, gran combo, tito puente, eddie palmieri, mongo santamaria, frankie ruiz, celia cruz, ricardo lemvo, africando, tito rojas, ruben blades, oscar de leon, machito, cheo feliciano, lebron bros, jimmy bosch, bamboleo (hottest stage show.) . . . i love love love standards anything cole porter, richard rodgers, duke ellington, the gershwin boys . . .'old country' is my favorite of all time. . . nancy wilson, nat king cole and his shorty, sarah vaughn, ella fitzgerald, gladys knight, susana baca (didn't know peru negro had a voz b4 u), miriam makeba, patsy cline, loretta lynn, lee ann womack, cannonball adderly, ahmad jamal, miles, bird, diz, bird and diz, carla bruni, edith piaf, ms. dynami-t-e, oumou sangare (voix de mali), saian supa crew, shabba!!, bobby digital, no doubt, artful dodger, so solid crew,art blakey, joshua redmond, black uhuru, roy hargrove, 3rd world, ludacris, kanye west, lauryn, kane, kweli, rachelle farrell, esthero, zap mama, Rain (aka asian usher), MIA, yellow man, ninja man, red rat, bob marley, coltrane, janis joplin (who does sexy, sad, and slightly drunk better? don't you cry, girl!), Buju, Beenie, Teddy Pendergrass, Eric B. and "i hold a mike like a hold a grudge" Rakhim, Biggie, pac, the clipse, black moon, caesaria evora, joy denalane, tricky, junior reid, antibalas, fela, evanescence, linkin park, korn, metallica (james, that voice!!), half pint, cocoa t, gregory isaacs, common, EPMD, de la soul, krs 1, kid-n-play, a tribe called quest, otis redding, ike and tina, tina, al green, tiziano ferro, sona family (indian style), daara j, sister nancy, tanya stephens, JJC & the 419 squad, stevie wonder (saturn scares the shit out of me), red hot chilli peppers, paul simon, mary j, oscar peterson,lionel hampton, elephant man, floetry, damian marley, jay z (my favorite), djakout mizik, carimi, zin ...

Television:

cold case, especially the "period" cases. the soundtracks, the hair do's--always spot on; so you think you can dance; seinfeld; murder, she wrote;jeopardy; vintage nba finals games on espn classics

Books:

house of mirth; disgrace; my son's story; chronicle of a death foretold; white teeth; on beauty; caucasia; invisible man; anything castaneda; bury my heart at wounded knee; a people's history of the united states; moi, tituba la sorciere noire; the baghavad gita; the virgin suicides; a simple plan; sula; war and peace; blindness; autobiography of my mother; the celestine prophecy; the origin of the species; the prison notebooks; the history of sexuality; turning the mind into an ally; I, Rigoberta Menchu. even if she ain't write it . . .