Spending time with my husband and daughter whether it reading a bedtime story or going on a family vacation. They are my heart and soul. I enjoy kicking it with my girlfriends from time to time...not on the phone though...HATE THAT. The one hobby I used to have (interior design), I turned into a career/business. Now, I HATE that too.
I'd like to meet:
I'd love to meet any one with an open mind and a good sense of humor.GET A NEW CONTACT TABLE + MYSPACE LAYOUTS
Music:
My music interest are varied. My music collection ranges from Dr. Dre to Pasty Kline. I primarily listen to hip-hop. I grew up on that as well as Go-Go. But, I have learned to like the Beatles, Cream, and the Police. Not that I would down load their music. But, I won't jump out of a moving car if it came on the radio. I might even hum along. Damn, I can't really say what I vibe to most. I am at this very moment listening to Raheem DeVaughn. Oh, and I love Bob Marley's music..
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Movies:
My favorites are West Side Story, the Godfather I and II and Raisen in the Sun, Uptown Saturday Night, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Tombstone, Love Jones, Greencard. I'll watch these over and overimg src= http://myspace-426.vo.llnwd.net/01448/62/45/1448375426_m.jpg
Television:
Annoyed with the hypeI feel like the caveman in the GEICO ad whenever I see that damn commercial where the Black couple is going to the store to get some cold medicine. When they get up to the Pharmacist, the wife instructs the husband, "Now tell him where it hurts". It's just one commercial but I've seen the stereotype too many times. Home Depot has one; there's a laxative commercial (with the same dumb looking actor in the cold medicine commercial) and the list could go on and on. It depicts Black women as being dominating and that Black man...well, I don't know what in the hell he is. What I do know is I wouldn't want to be married to him. The look on his face was just a notch above the buck-eyed janitor on Dagwood and Blondie. He was soooo childlike and simple. I can't stand seeing that commercial. If we believed those images, the divide between Black men and women would be even greater...
Books:
GOTTA Do It. These are among my "to read" or "to read again" lists: Message TO THE BLACKMAN, KNOW THYSELF, SACRED WOMAN, BREAKING THE CHAINS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SLAVERY, THE BLACKWORLD EVOLUTION TO REVOLUTION, THE COVENANT IN ACTION, OUR KIND OF PEOPLE, MARCUS GARVEY LIFE AND LESSONS, MALCOLM X, THEY CAME BEFORE COLUMBUS, ROOTS, ASSASSINATION OF THE BLACK MALE IMAGE. HOW TO EAT TO LIVE, ISIS PAPERS.
Heroes:
Marva Collins. Sean Combs. Malcolm X. Martin L. King. Harriet Tubman. Booker T. Washington. Spike Lee. Marcus Garvy. My Parents. My Great-Grand-parents. My husband.///////////////////Got 99 Problems, Calling Me a Bitch Is Just One1. We call our men NIGGAS. 2. We call our women BITCHES. 3. We lost our spiritial base. 4. We don't read. 5. We don't vote. 6. We don't save. 7. We don't invest. 8. We don't take the time to learn our true history. 9. We don't stick together. 10. We are more concerned with what is ON us than what is IN us. 11. We are big consumers and not producers. 12. We have poor credit. 13. We have poor diets. 14. We don't exercise. 15. We don't control the images being propagated about us. 16. We don't take notice of the images being propogated of us nor speak out. 17. Our women are "enablers" for our men to be irresponsible (from mothers, to girlfriends/wives). 18. We don't have prevention visits to the doctor or dentist. 19. We are not active in our communities. 20. We are not active in our schools. 20. We watch too much TV. 21. We litter and vandalize our own communities. 22. We complain WITHOUT action. 23. We emulate our oppressor. 24. We buy Jordans, Bling, and flat screens over computers and books. 25. We don't mentor our needy youth. 26. We don't support our own businesses. 27. We don't support our institutions of higher learning. 28. We don't practice safe sex. 29. We teach our boys that the basketball, football or mic is their only way out of the ghetto. 30. We don't teach our girls that their real power is in their hearts and minds and not between their legs. 31. We drink too much. 32. We smoke too much. 33. We celebrate drug dealers. 34. We are not on time. 35. We forgot the struggles of our people. 36. We do not recognize the stuggles of the African people as our own. 37. We don't identify with Africa. 38. We use profanity in public too much. 39. We separate ourselves from other Blacks around the planet. 40. We dress inappropriately at work. 41. We don't keep up with current world events. 42. We don't write letters of protest or discontentment. 43. We accept poor services and facilities. 44. We speak incorrectly. 45. We rent instead of owning property. 46. We don't plan individually. 47. We don't plan collectively. 48. We don't travel. 49. We are loud at the wrong times and places. 50. We don't start businesses. 51. We alienate Blacks that act "white". 52. We embrace whites that act "Black". 53. We don't work together. 54. We don't spend quality time with our children. 55. We allow class to separate us. 56. We allow complexion to separate us (light skin/dark skin). 57. We allow sexual orientation to separate us. 58 We allow religion to separate us. 59. We allow others to choose our leaders. 60. We allow others to kill our leaders. 61. We allow others to kill our leaders' spirits. 62. We are content. 63. Black men and women don't show each other love and affection around their children. 64. We are materialistic. 65. We accept notions of white beauty. 66. We too easily date/marry outside of our race. 67. We don't screen/censor the images our children see/hear. 68. We shun hard work. 69. We don't respect our culture. 70. We don't seek professional help for our mental health. 71. We don't value education. 72. We don't value vocation. 73. We believe the hype. 74. We make excuses for not unifying. 75. We have yet learned to agree to disagree. 76. We look for ways to cheat the system. 77. We do not not accept our collective responsibility. 78. We don't actively fight crime in our communities. 79. We bank at liquor and check cashing stores. 80. We don't believe we were created in HIS IMAGE. 81. We can't accept a Black Jesus. 82. We thoughtlessly name our children. 83. We belittle other ethnic groups. 84. We call ourselves a MINORITY. 85. We ignore the consequences of racism. 86. We ignore that racism still exist. 87. We are easily pacified. 88. We don't have productive conversations. 89. We don't take initiative at work. 90. We don't trust each other. 91. We don't preach abstinence to our children. 92. We ask the government to do for us what we can do for ourselves. 93. We have abandoned the idea of marriage. 94.We have abandoned traditional practices such as breast feeding and herbal remedies. 95. We live above our means. 96. We have confused witnessing a crime with snitching. 97. We think education alone will uplift us. 98. We back stab each other. 99. WE DONT KNOW OUR PUPOSE.
