One of the more interesting memes I’ve come across, swiped from theklute’s LiveJournal: So, say you were meeting a new…
Category: Personal
Guy stuff.
Pumpkin Seeds: 3/1/2004
1. If I had gone for the Lord of the Rings sweep (that I’d hoped for but didn’t expect) and…
Pumpkin Seeds: 2/26/2004
1. Can The Passion of Christ be nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay next year? Or Best Foreign-Language Film? As I…
On Supporting Edwards
If you’ve read this journal at any point during the past eight months or so, you know I love debating…
Welcome to the party, Ralph
It’s official. Ralph Nader’s running for President. Again. While my initial reaction was predictably negative, after I put my personal…
Return to the Nuyorican Poets Café
Hello Guy, Here is your Free Daily Horoscope Service for today, Feb 17. You might need to connect with Mother…
Barbershop 2: Reconciling desire & familiarity, ideals & expectations
There’s only been a handful of “black” movies that have struck me as having that certain something at their core that expressed a sincere love for the people it presented, warts and all, and this is one of them. The first Barbershop, Waiting to Exhale, Boyz N the Hood and Rosewood are some of the others that come to mind. There’s an emotional honesty to each of them that transcends the archetypes they employ to tell their stories. Of course, that’s all debatable but, in this instance, it’s not the point.