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SAIDA Applebum

Wants to be human again...

About Me

> Be patient with me, I'M still GROWING <... forever growing...unknowingly knowing...forgive me for my shortcomings but I am coming shortly, LABELS, LABELS, who I am is not as important as the question, "Why am I??"..hehehe (movie quote/v for vendetta)moon goddess born when the sun was coming out of taurus so i be gemini balancing 2 sides in 2 realms.quick witted communicator, writer, feeler, tree hugger, bug lover, knowledge seeker, daydreamer, metaphysical healer of self by way of hands, words, oils and conversation. everytime i blink i receive revelations creating solutions to balance ancient old equations...lover of the unseen...only reason i sleep is to dream... thanx 4 stopping by:)

My Interests

growing, reading, reading, writing, absorbing, questioning, traveling, swimming, playing capoeira, observing, thinking, painting, being, decorating, swimming...sleeping, stretching, yawning, breathing


I'd like to meet:

YOu. Adventurous, amazing, passionate, stylish, witty, laid-back, wholistic,creative, courageous, philisophical, random, honest non-conformers who walk to the beat of their hearts. Plus myself to the 10th power-unafraid, noam chomsky, octavia butler, ben okri, j.dilla, l.boogie, basquiat, jimi hendrix so many others...

Music:

charlie mingus, fionna apple, sia, ceu, morcheeba, l.boogie, talib, seal,mos, fela, bebel gilberto, eric roberson,coltrane,gil scott heron,zap mama, martin luther, tweet, saul williams, cranberries, wynton marsalis, john mayer, sweetback, sandbloom, digable planets, chocolate, nina simone, dwele, cee-lo green, andre3000, badu, n'dambi, norah j.,rachelle ferell,alanis m., amy winehouse, portishead,sara tavares,nickelback, lupe fiasco, fela, joy d., old school nelly furtado,sade,biggie,n'dambi and myself sometimes...way 2 many influences 2 even list...

Movies:

agronomist,waking life, fight club, v for vendetta, matrix, devils advocate, stigmata, city of god, the fountain, huey p.newton, jesus camp, one, do the right thing,the god who wasn't there, paid in full, beautiful mind, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, the hOliday, unknown white male, magdalene sisters, mo betta blues, bronx tale, rebel w/out a pause, fidel castro, yes men, gil scott heron -black wax, mind the gap, human nature, don't be a menace to south central while drinking your juice in the hood..lol, hitch, and lectures by dr. ben,sertima,clarke and all the greats...lots of iFC movies...


Television:

TV gets no play...seriously...never have time for it... MSNBC Hardball that's about it...oh and the office!

Books:

everything...the secret science, the science of love, healing wisdom of africa, if beale street could talk, huna, maroon within us, know thyself, the famished road, conversations with james baldwin, of water and spirit, animal speak, coldest winter ever, my life in search of africa, kinship, in the meantime, science of mind, great agnostic, things fall apart, the art of wisdom, uncle toms, the prophet, parable of the sower, the giver & iqbal, nina simone...can't think...sometimes i have a bad habit of starting books and not finishing them for thinking i already have the jist of 'em. i'm working on that.

Heroes:

like supa heroes...my ancestors, myself and my mother and father 4 giving birth to such a beautiful creation!!!Heroes have short lives but have long legacies...

My Blog

Daddy the truth is...

Mornings will come when I won't miss you. Days will come when I won't think of you. Nights will come when I won't reminisce about you. Until then I'll live in the moment without breaking my concentrat...
Posted by SAIDA Applebum on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:11:00 PST

The Apology (Dear Friends)

  Dear Friend,  I apologize but I've done it again I choose not to 'go out' and decided to 'go in' Spirit called today And I ignored your call I didn't want to hold the phone I just needed ...
Posted by SAIDA Applebum on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:34:00 PST

Drunken Soapboxx Pt. 2

1.       Never really liked beer. So why do you drink it? Because it's coooooold and it makes me burp&uuurrp.  So then in a sense you must like it. 2.  &n...
Posted by SAIDA Applebum on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:19:00 PST

Drunken Soapboxx

*Some moments you believe you are a philosopher and your ideas deserve to be in some thick book in the library, you are in your own right.  So drop a quote, thought, idea, com...
Posted by SAIDA Applebum on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:46:00 PST

Reflections of a fertile female...

On my best days I recognize how divinely human I am. I curse when I pray. I am knowingly unknowing. I bite my nails only to spit them into mid air then watch them land. I am perfectly imperfect, ...
Posted by SAIDA Applebum on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:59:00 PST

Americans are Stupiditarians?!?!!

Yep it's a word. I wanted to share with you this startling video along with a few things I think are kinda stooopid.  Feel free to comment/add input if you feel...1.       They have lessons that teach...
Posted by SAIDA Applebum on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:58:00 PST

10 Random Things About You & I

Ok....I stole this from me friend.. So I post then YOU post...comment...or something.  I tried to keep it clean because my beautiful students DO read and I know that for a fact! I was their readi...
Posted by SAIDA Applebum on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:15:00 PST

Gimmie This, Gimmie That (A Prayer)

I want to go someplace where I don’t feel so outta place and I am welcomed like the last piece to the puzzle. I want to believe in something so outlandish, so overwhelmingly powerful that my b...
Posted by SAIDA Applebum on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:42:00 PST

It sucks being a grown-up...

My dreams are as colorful & alive as this reality and I'd much rather sleep to dream You can find me in between realms trying to understand the reason I came tilting my head, extending my tongue ...
Posted by SAIDA Applebum on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:19:00 PST

Pied Piper and His Poisonous Pipe

  May you be stagnant and never prosper May everything you taste be twice as sour May your prayers lack power as they leave your lips, absent of confidence, left-field to original purpose Have ...
Posted by SAIDA Applebum on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:08:00 PST