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Wishing you LOVE, PEACE, AND SOUL!!

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Moved out here to Chicago a few months to persue my dream in writing at Columbia College. 50% of me is mellow while the other percent is serious as can be. I try to find humor in most situations. I'm humorous (As I am told by most people), kind, shady (ask some of my friends - Right Angel & Joe :-)), and genuine.

My Interests

Cooking, Writing screenplays about real people and real lives, Writing essays about my life and others (watch what you children say cause it will be an essay - check out my essays on the blogs section). Huge fan of Straightcollegemen.com dvds!

I'd like to meet:

Some cool people with a sense of humor, intellgence, and knows what they want in life

Music:

Amy Winehouse, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Jill Scott, Janita, The Dixie Chicks, Sylvester, Imogen Heap, Swing Out Sister, The Brand New Heavies, James Brown, Sade, Luther Vandross, Madonna, Nina Simone, Tim Dillenger, The Party, Aretha Franklin (The Columbia & Atlantic Recordings), Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, Kelly Clarkson, Roberta Flack (From First Take to Feel Like Makin' love Albums), Gladys Knight, Deee-Lite, Creedence Clearwater Revivial, Zero 7, Toby Lightman, Lupe Fiasco, Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Rockapella, Robyn (1997), The Carpenters, Algebra Blessett, Donnie, Phyllis Hyman, Kelly Clarkson, Elliott Yamin, Barbara Streisand, Beck, Patti Austin, Teena Marie, Bo Bice, Lauryn Hill, Whitney Houston, Bjork, Lizz Wright, Sade, Nancy Wilson and Goapele

Movies:

Relax...its just sex, Grace of my heart, The Big Eden, Paris is Burning, All about the guy, Locked up, Lord of the rings series, Brother to Brother, Punks the movie, Tounges untied, American Beauty, A star is Born, Streetcar named desire, On the Waterfront, Hub, All about eve, The Devil Wears Prada, Clerks, Capote, The Opposite of sex, Saved, The Cockettes, Party Monster, My fair lady, Monster, Desprate living, Female troubles, Pecker, Hairspray, Amadeus, The Color Purple, That's my face, Adventures of 2 girls in love, Before night falls, Edward II, The Sea Inside, Sunset Boulevard and The Usual suspects

Television:

Soul Train (1970 - 1993) Top Chef, World Series of Pop Culture, The Colbert Report, Daily Show, Noah's arc, Big Medicine, Chain Reaction, Lingo, Law & Order CI, Extreme Makeover: Home edition, Amazing Race, America's most wanted, Cops, American Idol, Robot Chicken, Animal Precient NYC, Miami & Detroit Animal Police, Paula Dean, and Everyday Italian

Heroes:

REINALDO ARENAS JAMES BALDWIN Activist and Filmmaker Marlon Riggs (my deep inspiration) Poet Essex Hemphill (speaking the truth)

My Blog

Triple A: Awkward, Annoyance, and Avoidance (An Adrian Essay)

After being in NYC for almost 13 days, I had to return back toChicago. In a way, I was excited about going back to classes but I still wanted to stay in NYC to see more of my friends. Because the scho...
Posted by Wishing you LOVE, PEACE, AND SOUL!! on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:09:00 PST

Small Country Town Living - Chapter Two (An Adrian essay/mini novel)

Josh walks out of the hardware store with me and escorts me to the rover. We remind each other of the big weekend coming up for us. Jacob's football game is on Friday, The Dupont fair, Rebecca's dance...
Posted by Wishing you LOVE, PEACE, AND SOUL!! on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:32:00 PST

The June-January Relationship...is it for you? (an Adrian revised essay)

One afternoon, I was walking down a busy street to run some errands. I heard my name being called from an outdoor café. I turned around to see a man I used to know from chorus named Bob. He's a well-e...
Posted by Wishing you LOVE, PEACE, AND SOUL!! on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:30:00 PST

Changed

I would like to apologize to some of New York City People for not contacting and/or seeing some of y'all. I was so preoccupied with home that I didn't have much time to do much else. I thought twelve ...
Posted by Wishing you LOVE, PEACE, AND SOUL!! on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:54:00 PST

Small Country Town Living - Chapter One (An Adrian essay/mini novel)

             When I get frustrated with the realities of the world, I start to fantasize about a place where the air is clean and fresh, the sun s...
Posted by Wishing you LOVE, PEACE, AND SOUL!! on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:13:00 PST

The Loneliness (The lastest Adrian Essay)

              One of my all time favorite movies is Relax&its just sex. Recently, I watched it a few times for a class paper. For those that ...
Posted by Wishing you LOVE, PEACE, AND SOUL!! on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:56:00 PST

The Obsession of Hollywood Skanks

Everytime I turn on the TV, start looking through the web, or stand by the magazine rack while waiting on line at the supermarket to be rung up, I'm confronted by America's obsession with Skanks. You ...
Posted by Wishing you LOVE, PEACE, AND SOUL!! on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 06:30:00 PST

The Arrival

On May 20, 2007, I was on a 1:30pm bound plane to Chicago. I remember thinking to myself....   Am I&. Making the right decision by doing this? Ready to leave friends that have become more like ...
Posted by Wishing you LOVE, PEACE, AND SOUL!! on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:46:00 PST

THEY (An Adrian Essay)

This is a very keeping it real/angry venting essay I'm about to present to y'all. Some of y'all might be offended or mad at me for writing this but this is what's in my head right now. If y'all can't ...
Posted by Wishing you LOVE, PEACE, AND SOUL!! on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:05:00 PST

My Departure (An Adrian Essay)

For a decade and a half, I spent my life trying to figure out who Adrian Crawford was and what does Mister Crawford want to do with his life. What are his dreams and goals? I pursued different career ...
Posted by Wishing you LOVE, PEACE, AND SOUL!! on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:39:00 PST