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Dulce Taína

You dominate my thoughts all of the time, even when I can't see you.

About Me

Born & raised in Jersey City (Chilltown!) NJ, unfortunately one of the few locals left. UNEMPLOYED and pursuing a career in Education. Currently attending NJCU (New Jersey City University) for a B.A. in Modern Languages (Spanish). The ultimate goal however is to become a Literature Professor but for the time being, Grad School will do! What else? I'M IN LOVE! It's a beautiful thing...

My Interests

Reading, listening to "All Things Considered", "Prairie Home Companion, "This American Life" on NPR, music (lots of it), watching Charlie Rose and Tavis Smiley on PBS, taking a stroll in the park, admire the trees (fall is great!), meeting and flirting with a beautiful stranger...

I'd like to meet:

"I'll give anyone a chance" - Brian D.

Music:

Silvio Rodriguez, Tom Jobim, The Cure, Tori Amos, Indigo Girls, Radiohead, Mark Eitzel, Jim Morisson, INXS, Bjork, Hector Lavoe, Ismael Rivera, La Lupe, Buena Vista Social Club, Robi Draco Rosa, The Smiths, Julio Jaramillo, Caifanes, Iron Maiden, Fiel a la Vega, The Pixies, Sepultura, Los Heroes del Silencio, Ramones, Mecano, Jarabe de Palo, Estopa, La Ley, Soda Stereo, Roy Brown, Depeche Mode, France Ferdinand, Low Flying Jets, La Selecta, Juan Luis Guerra, Cassia Eller, Caetano Veloso, Sikamor Rooney , Renato Russo (Legiao Urbana), Tim Maia, Raimundos, Marisa Monte, The Cure, Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto, Jorge Ben, Cazuza, Baladi Montuno y muchos mas! Recent addition: Lucinda Williams, Gillian Welch, The Kinks, Good ol' Elvis, Al Green, Sam Cooke, Toots & Maytals, Elliott Smith.

Movies:

The Big Lebowski (funniest movie EVER), Blue Velvet! Raging Bull, Casablanca, Yo La Peor De Todas (I, the worst of All-- story of 17th century nun/poet/feminist Sor Juan Inez de la Cruz), Volver, Seven Samurai, Como agua para chocolate, Throne of Blood, The Little Prince, Down the Rabbit Hole: What the bleep do we know?, Pan's Labyrinth, Belle Epoque, Mujer al borde de un ataque de nervios, many more.

Television:

Don't watch much TV but when I do I like to watch public television-- PBS, NJN, you know. Oh, and DEXTER!

Books:

Read/Currently reading: To Kill a Mockingbird, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Fucking awesome! Everyone should read this book-- I'm in search of a well...), Le Petite Prince, L' etranger,El amor en tiempos del colera, Del amor y otros demonios, Cien años de soledad, poesia poesia poetry y mas poesia... Reading now: The Grapes of Wrath, Maus, some Rumi poetry & The Third Chimpanzee, just read Norwegian Wood and started to read Things Fall Apart.

Heroes:

Mi mamita linda y esta servidora.

My Blog

I heart Rumi

"One went to the door of the Beloved andknocked. A voice asked, 'Who is there?'He answered, 'It is I.' The voice said, 'There is no room for Me and Thee.'The door was shut. After a year of solitude a...
Posted by Dulce Taína on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:05:00 PST

Love it...! "Angeles" live by Smith

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Posted by Dulce Taína on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:45:00 PST

Sing Along!

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Posted by Dulce Taína on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 11:18:00 PST

For You.

It's strange...this feeling. It devours my insides, I cannot breathe. I want to yell, again, again, again; whisper...savour...indulge in the sole sound of your name.   Tuesday, August 23, 200...
Posted by Dulce Taína on Tue, 11 Oct 2005 01:18:00 PST

My Within

If I could take each moment and hold it in my hand,I'd be sure to hold them tightly,So as not to slip like sand.There inside I could peak and see the world a glow,I know you'll be there waiting,I'll n...
Posted by Dulce Taína on Tue, 11 Oct 2005 01:06:00 PST

.51 I Will Follow You Silent

I will follow you forever, quiet and fugitive, among dark streets ground by nostalgia, or over stars smiling with rhythms where your deepest looks rock their history.   My steps unbound from cour...
Posted by Dulce Taína on Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:33:00 PST