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Mildred

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I don't fit in to any one particular box. I am always up for trying out new things whether it is recipes, music, dance moves or just challenging old ideas. I am laid back but not passive, assertive yet not aggressive, Look around my page to get a better ever for my flavour. ";

My Interests

Zidane the Man the HIGHEST grade in Footballers.I LOVE this aria, enjoy. Bravo Mozart, and Brava Natalie Dessay

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who is straight up cool, listens to more than JUST one style of music and is down for acting like a fool once in a while.For those that are no longer with us I'd like to meet:- Pa Dauda, to find out if the tales about him are all true.

Music:

Zouk, Mapouka/Makossa/Soukouss(Dany Engobo, Awilo Longomba, Kofi Olumide, Kanda Bongo Man, Mory Kanté, Youssou N'Dour, Magic System, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Lucky Dube) Salone (Daddy Saj, YOK-7, Emmerson, Black Leo, Kallboxx, K-man); Hip Hop (Tupac, Methodman, MC Lyte, Mos Def, Ludacris, Redman, Outkast, The Roots, Doug E. Fresh, Queen Latifah, Guru, LL COOL J, Slick Rick, Jadakiss, Nas, EPMD, Papoose, Foxy Brown, Monie Love, Alliance Ethnik, Chosan,and Wanlov), Soul/R&B (Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin, Jodeci, Donell Jones, D'Angelo, Jaheim, Alicia Keys, Joe, India Aire, En Vogue, Monica, Chaka Khan and Mary J Blige); Soul-funk(Floetry, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Angie Stone, and Sister Sledge); Grime; Rock; Raggae(Beres Hammond, Buju Banton); Dub; Dancehall; DnB; Jazz; Gospel. No CHEESE PLEASE.I must mention Salif Keita because I grew up dancing and listening to him from as far back as I can remember "N bi fe" Mandinga's reigning musical king. I'm gonna have you singing TEKERE at my wedding.

Movies:

Usual Suspect, Identity, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil, Two Can Play That Game, Foxy Brown, Love and Basketball, Poetic Justice, The Negotiator, Dog Eat Dog, The Closet (French)Le Placard, Barbershop 1&2, The Godfather especially Part 1&2, A Thin Line Between Love and Hate, Taming of the Shrew, Soul Food, Battle Royal, The Incredibles, A Tale of Two Sisters (Korean), Brown Sugar, The Village, Crash, Mr and Mrs Smith, American History X, Ordinary Decent Criminal, Inside Man, Speed, Much ado About Nothing, Sarafina, Hotel Rwanda, Ray, Trainspotting, Diappearing Acts, Booty Call. That should give you a flavour of what I like to watch movie-wise

Television:

Not much of a TV fan but here we go:- Hustle, The Apprentice (UK), Lost and CSI -vegas, (BBC version of Pride and Predjudice) X-men cartoons, Japanese Anime (Cats Eyes), Little Britain.

Books:

To name a few Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters, Maya Angelou, J California Cooper, Paulo Coelho, Walter Mosley, Patricia Cornwall, D.H. Lawrence, oooooooh and Zane is a must.

Heroes:

ThaSallay, Daddy and my Grandma Hawa.

My Blog

I'm back

I've been gone for a while but I am truly not ignoring anyone.  To those who have missed the past 2 months of my life I have recently relocated to a town just shy of Oxford.  The company ho...
Posted by Mildred on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:54:00 PST

My first .

For a while I have been contemplating what to put in my first blog. So I decided to show a little of myself by sharing with you all one of my favourite poems. Enjoy.    PHENOM...
Posted by Mildred on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 04:40:00 PST