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Robyn

World peace is possible!

About Me

Learning more and more to appreciate the present moment, stay spunky, ambitious, mysterious. I love to laugh. I'm optimistic and intelligent with a little bit of fashionista! An amazing friend (but, don't take advantage of my sweetness), remembers my dreams, stellar intuition and an uncanny memory. My favorite places (as of now), Bahia, Brazil; Rome, Sicily; Capetown, Joburg (South Africa) and Paris...(NOT in that order!!). So many more places to see, breath and feel... Thailand, Mozambique, Tokyo, Trinidad, Egypt, Kenya and more....to live is to travel...in my world. BRAZIL-- RIO; SALVADOR, BAHIA & SECRET PARADISE!!One person's view of CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA SELF-DESTRUCTION 80's/90's Hip-hopTupac and Jada (A Different World circa 90's)

My Interests

Afro-disaporic connectiongs, dancing, flirting, yoga, canoeing, writing, pampering myself, discussing philosophy, cooking, grocery shopping, wine tastings, setting trends, traveling around the world, growing spritually, walkin; cardiokickboxing, netflixin, greenery

I'd like to meet:

More Bahiano guys....hot futbol players, Olympic track stars, pilots (hahahahah)!!!!! I also love meeting people from other walks of life, very different from my own...especially people from places outside the States. These days, I am looking for people who are positive, creative, searching for the freedom to just enjoy everything life has to offer!!! Looking for sincere friendship, people who share the love of traveling, learning about different cultures, looking for more ways to promote love and peace!

Music:

Marc's Project, DJ Marlboro straight from Brazil, Diddy, Kelis, Bjork, Fela, Amel Larrieux, Coldplay, MF Doom, Psalm 1, Sam I am, M'shell, Dumate, Yvett, Little Brother, Res, Miles Davis, Jo jo Flores, MOS DEF, Van Hunt, OutKast (Andre 3000), D'Angelo, Stereo Lab, Bilal, Tribe, The Roots, Stacy Epps, Smashing Pumpkins, Digable Planets, James Brown, De La Soul, GODESSA, Mary J, TEBA (Cape Town, South Africa), Dino Miranda (Mozambique), Shakira, salsa music, Brazilian funk, samba, Kanye West, Common, Dead Prez, Danity Kane, Gilberto Gil

Movies:

Black Orpheus, Coming to America, Boomerang, Half Nelson, Bourne (Identity, Supremacy and Ultimatum!!), Love Jones, Kill Bill 1 and 2, Almost anything...SPIKE LEE, Closer, School Daze, Devil's Advocate, The Matrix, Way We Were (Robert Redford & Barbara Streisand), Bridges of Madison County, Streetcar Named Desire, Talented Mr. Ripley (love anthing with Matty D. and Jude Law), Scarface, The Color Purple, Willie Dynamite, Pulp Fiction, Meet the Parents, Heat, Good Will Hunting, Chris Rock Tour, Do The Right Thang, City of God, Freestyle, Breakin, Dave Chappelle stand-up...did I say, Bourne Series (Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum), anything with Brad Pitt and/or Brian White!

Television:

Sex and the City; (Reality TV JUNKIE!!!), Judge Mathis is my guy, People Court, Project Runway, City of Men, Top Chef (Danity Kane Season of Making the Band- Diddy is being way to easy on the guys!!), Top Model (ANTM), J. Kimmell, Girlfriends, The Dave Chappelle Show, Extra/Access Hollywood (guilty pleasure), Fear Factor (thanks Keme for getting me hooked!) Law and Order SVU, Oprah, 60 min. (my journalism side), Age of Love (that show is a mess), watching Venus and Serena play tennis (represent),

Books:

Anything James Baldwin (Just Above My Head, Another Country, Giovanni's Room) Poisonwood Bible, Becoming Gentlemen, Video Vixen, all writings bell hooks, also Cornel West, Langston Hughes, The Secret, Teachings of Buddha, A Small Place (Jamaica Kincaid), Any travel books & magazines, Love's Executioner

Heroes:

Family members, Rosa Parks, Grandfathers, Lani Guineir, Shirley Chisolm, Ghandi, Miles Davis, Oprah, Dawanna W., Iman, Malcom X, MLK, bell hooks, angela davis, dave chappelle (for walking away from all that money and bouncin to S.A.), fearless women, Mandela, steve biko, all the freedom fighters and grasroots organizers around the world!!!