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Blow Jay

fear lasts longer, but love is stronger

About Me

short but sturdy, sarcastic but sensitive, sometimes arrogant but mostly modest. I'm a sucker for a good bass line, a good head rub, and a lotta sass. i like to talk music and art. i like a good challenge and i don't like to fail. i love cooking/eating yummy food and i'll try most things at least once. i'm old for my age and young for my age. i guess it all balances out

My Interests

art, green development, making things, playing, dancing, hip hop, funk, people, cities, food, beer, my cats, a good view, gay corolla antoine, pretty things, biting, design, calm streets covered in leaves, kcrw, mexican food

I'd like to meet:

all the wittiest bastards around... all in one place at once.and someone to knock me off my feet and inspire the shit out of me

Music:

my dad, funk, soul, hip hop, jazz, electronic, deep house, house, drum and bass, electronic pop, pop, rap, electro, interesting beats, heavy bass lines, anything that stirs my tummy, anything to dance to and anything good to get nasty to

Movies:

little miss sunshine, idlewild (cuz outkast is oh so clever), the princess bride, pan's labrynth, the orphanage, juno, gone baby gone, la vie en rose

Television:

Project Runway, Top Chef, Ugly Betty, America's Next Top Model, Weeds, the gay word

Books:

the sparrow, children of god, 11 minutes

Heroes:

all those who love unabashedly plus my dad, mom and sister.

My Blog

marriage of the gays

I was just asked why I got involved in the gay marriage issue in California, specifically the No on Prop 8 campaign. This was my response.  I felt like it was a good representation of my thoughts...
Posted by Blow Jay on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:13:00 PST

history of the us. 1.

Self-affirmation in black people is a necessary resistance to a history of submission, slavery and abomination to their culture and their people.      To control the population of slav...
Posted by Blow Jay on Sun, 04 May 2008 10:01:00 PST

forgiveness

i can only do so much at once, but that so much will be so much this time. the best i can do is forgive myself because amidst the failures and flaws are oceans of miracles.  i have faith that ev...
Posted by Blow Jay on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:28:00 PST

haiku

storm calm seas await rain naked blue swells soon covered white velvet blankets  
Posted by Blow Jay on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:23:00 PST

i’m on some xena shit

why are pop songs allowed to describe my feelings?  maybe they don't, really... maybe i'm good at fitting my feelings in the frame of a pop song.    being in the mountains this weekend...
Posted by Blow Jay on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:41:00 PST

neo and neyo

will it ever come back?  that unadulturated creativity that somehow translates into deeply moving, skillfully crafted poetry. i want to move people.  i want to shock and surprise them. ...
Posted by Blow Jay on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:46:00 PST

echo

i miss jolene.  is there some rule  that after a certain time it comes back?  that somehow she creeps back into my head.  i've been dreaming about her fairly regularly.  and ...
Posted by Blow Jay on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:17:00 PST

debauchery

so much jaeger and beer.  so much.  my roommate knew exactly what i needed.  to get puke drunk and play lots of pool.  good times.  then nathan came over with his toy and the...
Posted by Blow Jay on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:15:00 PST

slow and low that is the tempo

what a rough week.  i guess it finally hit me today that i've been working my ass off and not resting after work.  i was totally unproductive today and completely frustrated by everything.&n...
Posted by Blow Jay on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 07:20:00 PST

sippin on wine... and mackin

not quite mackin, but i am sippin on wine at work.. that's right. i'm still at work and it's 8pm.  BUT I'm on my new work computer which is just set up (which is why I'm here late... couldn't rea...
Posted by Blow Jay on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:07:00 PST