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Detra

That's What You Gon' Say?

About Me

He's still workin' on me...thank goodness.

My Interests

My Brother and Sister- my angels. Anything that has to do with the arts- just can't seem to get away. Children's advocacy. Keeping my 'people' happy and making sure that they know at least one person they know loves them unconditionally. I'm a fan of great books and great music. I am kinda becoming a health 'nut.' Got that certification and now I'm a bit nutty with the fitness thing. Writing- God bless my very talented and extremely supportive circle of friends- How great is it that I am a genuine fan of my friends and their talents? KNowing and loving them is inspirational to say the least.

I'd like to meet:

Mos Def (such a crush i have on the man-some things dont change- can anyone say Cosby Mysteries?), Common (i saw him in concert a year or two ago. I've been a fan from jump- my Chitown roots and all, but ever since his show, WOW i have a new deep love and respect for this man as an artist and performer). OPRAH (she makes me smile). I've been blessed to have some of the best and most talented (added perk) people in the world cross my path, and I have no reason to believe this trend will change. As far as myspace goes, guys with lots of pictures of scantily clad women bending over- I'm not looking to meet you.

Music:

Jazz & ol' school soul/r&b tops the list (I'm talkin real old from ottis, donny, gladys, Harold Melvin and the Blue notes). Other than that, I'm all over the place -thank heavens for XM Satellite radio. IN my cd player right now- John Mayer, Take6, Floetry, Jack Johnson, Van Hunt, Leela James, Lalah Hathaway, Common, Outkast, Justin Timberlake, Olu, Anthony David, Maroon 5 and Miles Davis. And for those of you who haven't clicked on my home girl Mirrah's profile, you slippin'. Check her out. Also go grab Amel Larrieux's new cd "Morning." Just like all her cd's before, this thing is ridiculously soulful.

Movies:

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Television:

*Boondocks*, Grey's Anatomy, The Closer, anything on Boomerang, Medium, Gilmore Girls, *The Office* all the Law and Orders, *Monk*, *Charmed*, Nip Tuck (last season was a bit much) Weeds, Huff, Entourage, anything on The History Channel and The4400, Heroes, 30Rock(tina fey has perfect hair)

Books:

"The fighter in her hated the necessity of giving up without a trial, and the lover in her feared imminent death." Alice Walker, The Way Forward is With A Broken Heart. Alice walker is my fav. writer and my fav. book is Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison. Right now I'm reading, The Bible (gotta stay in it), and that's about it. Law School is taking over my recreational reading time. I finished "Brothers & Sisters" a few months back and I not so recently finished "Life lessons" and "Lovely Bones." I'm known to read a whole lot so this thing could get a little long.

Heroes:

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My Blog

I'm your Huckleberry

Please watch Tombstone.  If you have never watched it you must watch it NOW! Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday is a beautiful thing.
Posted by Detra on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 04:27:00 PST

Time for Change

Dr. King had a speach entitled "Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution" .  In all it is a spectacular balance of prose and poetic polititcing and it is a wonderful read.  Additional...
Posted by Detra on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:06:00 PST

The Best Man

so it's 1:17am eastern and i am hard at work on this final memo for my legal writing class- thanks Keith for looking at that for me.  I was letting the tv keep me company while I wrote and t...
Posted by Detra on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:50:00 PST

The Little Things...

I just want to comment on the beauty and conviction of kids.  Most of you know that I teach a fitness class for kids ages 11-14 at the local YMCA.  Everyday with these kids is wonderful...
Posted by Detra on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:23:00 PST

ME

Detra --[noun]:A poltergeist sent back in time to change the course of history forever'How">http://www.quizgalaxy.com/quiz.php?id=83">'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at http://www.qu...
Posted by Detra on Sat, 08 Apr 2006 11:30:00 PST