~~Stunami~~ - ProfilesArchive

About Me

================================================HOPE: Believing That A Positive Outcome Is Possible, Even When There Is Evidence To The Contrary... ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------* I'm a Native of Alexandria, Virginia. I grew up splitting time in Del Ray & Fairfax County. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------- * I was behind the bar at Evening Star Cafe's Majestic Lounge & No. 9 Lounge, in Del Ray for about 6 years... ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ -------- * I worked for Congressman Jim Moran's re-election campaign, and Senator Jim Webb's successful campaign for U.S. Senate, as one of their Alexandria Coordinators.----------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ * Then, I was the Night Manager at buzz, one of the newest concepts from Neighborhood Restaurant Group (NRG). It's a CoffeeShop, Bakery & Dessert Lounge... ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------*** UPDATE: As of June, 2007... I'm back tending bar, at EatBar, in Arlington (near Clarendon). It's a GastroPub (a HOT trend in the UK, and in NYC & LA). It's NRG's brand-newest concept, and I hope to see you all there, very soon!!!----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- There's so much more to me than just what I DO, you know??? I should write more about ME... about who I AM... ================================================

My Interests

Sports: Washington Nationals Baseball... Washington Redskins & Virginia Tech Hokies Football... Washington Wizards, Virginia Tech Hokies, George Mason Patriots & Georgetown Hoyas Basketball

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I'd like to meet:

================================================Just to have some knowledge dropped on my head: My 2 Favorite Presidents - Bill Clinton (Knowledge DROPPED -- Alexandria's Market Square - November 6, 2006) and Jimmy Carter (Knowledge DROPPED -- Border's Bailey's Crossroads - November 28, 2006), Nelson Mandela & Desmond Tutu - They helped beat back South Africa's Apartheid... THAT is the definition of struggle... ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ -----------------------People who believe that this is true:"I think that the only thing that keeps people safe & happy is LOVE. I think that's where men get their Courage... I think that's where countries get their Strength... And that's where God grants us our Miracles... and in the absence of LOVE, there is nothing, nothing in this world worth fighting for." ================================================

Music:

Gary Jules, Alexi Murdoch, Nick Drake, Rufus Wainwright, The Beatles, CASH, Foo Fighters, Brahm, Rev 9, The Speaks, Virginia Coalition, Bicycle Thieves, Thievery Corporation, N*E*R*D, Good Charlotte, A Perfect Circle/Tool, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Nickel Creek, Fleetwood Mac, The Police, Genesis, The Cars, Marc Cohn, Jeff Buckley, John Mayer, Dave Matthews Band, Robert Randolph and The Family Band, Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals, Battles, The Cinematic Orchestra, The Polyphonic Spree, Band of Horses, Iron and Wine, John Legend, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Prince, Justin Timberlake

Movies:

Top 5: 1) Braveheart, 2) The Shawshank Redemption, 3) It's A Wonderful Life, 4) A Christmas Story, 5) The Big Lebowski Others: Star Wars Episodes IV-VI (or 1, 2 and 3), Indiana Jones (all of 'em), Rocky 1-4 and Rocky Balboa, Tombstone/Wyatt Earp, Dances With Wolves, Silverado, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, Magnolia, Moulin Rouge!, Stand By Me

Television:

LOST, Entourage, Scrubs, My Name is Earl...

Books:

"Growing Up Moffett: The Rise and Fall of Innocence in a Pathos Plagued Year" "Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America" "April, 1856: The Month That Saved America" "Roomful of Mirrors: The Jimi Hendrix Story"

Heroes:

My Grandmothers...My Pop is my Hero!!!

My Blog

MS Awareness Week - 3.5.07 - 3.11.07

MS Awareness Week 3.5.07 - 3.11.07 MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Awareness Week is March 5th - March 11th, 2007. Get Involved... Join The Fight... Make A Difference... Join The Movement... WHAT IS MS??? Mul...
Posted by ~~Stunami~~ on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:35:00 PST

Vote or Die!!!

Vote or Die!!! Puffy came up with that exclamation 2 years ago, to sell some t-shirts, but I'm beginning to believe in it... Sen. Edward Kennedy told me (and 200 other folks), recently, that "this upc...
Posted by ~~Stunami~~ on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 09:54:00 PST

There IS such a thing as "Free Lunch"

So...I was doing a temp gig today, working in the office that approves free or reduced breakfast & lunch for kids in Fairfax County Public Schools... the number of families that need that assistance w...
Posted by ~~Stunami~~ on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 02:07:00 PST

My Grandma... The Coolest Lady You Never Met...

My Grandma...The Coolest Lady You Never Met...I lost my Grandma, a week ago, yesterday...I had to spend the evening with my Dad (she wasn't his Mom), who's in a Nursing Home, to realize just how impor...
Posted by ~~Stunami~~ on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:22:00 PST

VICTORY, in Alexandria!!!

Well, folks...It's over...Thank God.Yesterday, the Democrats SWEPT the competition, in the Alexandria City Council race.All 5 incumbents kept their seats & Tim Lovain, the candidate who's campaign tha...
Posted by ~~Stunami~~ on Wed, 03 May 2006 10:17:00 PST

MS Awareness Week -- March 13-17

MS Awareness Week is a nationwide campaign that will raise awareness about multiple sclerosis and the people that it impacts. Come face to face with a disease that affects each person in its own uniqu...
Posted by ~~Stunami~~ on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 08:37:00 PST

Hail To The Redskins...

Listen, I'm a Reskins fan... I love 'em... I loved 'em when they were good, when I was a kid/teenager... I loved 'em when they were BAD, which seemed like forever... I loved 'em when thery we...
Posted by ~~Stunami~~ on Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:02:00 PST

The End of an Era...

So, I have learned that my very Best Friends' clothing line, Scalp (www.ScalpClothing.com , www.myspace.com/ScalpClot hing ), is... "Going into retirement." This is truly a shame. My friends ...
Posted by ~~Stunami~~ on Thu, 29 Sep 2005 12:03:00 PST

let it snow, let it snow...

the snow's been falling here in Alexandria, VA for about an hour, now. not too intensely, but it was pretty idyllic there, for a minute or two. I've been staring out my window at it, not feeling up ...
Posted by ~~Stunami~~ on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST