I'm a
Bronx-born
half-Jamaican half-
Bahamian, but I have a generically
American accent. Shirts in my wardrobe have at most 2 main colors,
and I only wear 3 brands of completely disparate connotations. For
very brief periods, I professionally: taught high schoolers
performing arts; was a political reporter-cum-designer; read
newspapers. Technically, I think I was awarded a Pulitzer Prize.
Songs by Prince that have conjunctions in their titles make me
swoon. When I grow up, I want to be grown up.
I'm training to be an ambulance chaser while off-setting that
vocation's ambient-douchebaggery by volunteering at a non-profit.
For fun I write accidentally nerdy rap songs, ruin my friends at
Brain Age, and
stare lovingly at The Washington Channel.
Editors
vocal
percussion,
カラオケ, and
pretending to know foreign languages.
my big hair, my loud pants, and my often-obnoxious love of music.
10 Favorite Authors:
A.A. Milne, Alex Haley,
Bill Simmons,
Brian Spaeth,
Dave Barry, Jhumpa Lahiri,
Kyle Smith, Louis Sachar,
高橋
留美子, Steve Martin
20 Favorite Film Directors:
Amy Heckerling, David Zucker
(pre-2000), Ben Stiller,
Brad Bird, Bryan Singer,
宮崎 駿,
高畑 勲,
Jim
Henson, John Lasseter, Judd Apatow,
Keenan Ivory Wayans, Kevin
Smith, Michel Gondry, Mira Nair, Richard Linklater, Spike Jonze,
Spike Lee, Terry
Gilliam, Trey Parker & Matt Stone
15 Favorite Music Acts:
Boyz II Men, Charlie Parker*,
Danielle Ate the
Sandwich, Fall Out Boy,
Frank Sinatra,
宇多田ヒカル, Jay-Z, John Legend, John Mayer, kanYeWest, Katy Perry,
Lady GaGa,
Musiq
Soulchild,
Nat
King Cole, T-Pain
Top 5 Foods:
Jamaican chicken patties,
guava cheese, cold
mango with warm ข้าวเหนียว, and Haribo Fruit Salad. My favorite
drink is Pink
Ting.
*I started playing saxophone in 5th grade, played regularly through
high school, and sporadically though grad school. You'd think I'd
be good...but I'm not. However, I used pull off a halfway decent
"Ornithology." Sidebar. p_^
N.D. Ill. case law on 28 U.S.C. § 1404 stipulations for meeting the
doctrine of forum non conveniens vis-à-vis change of venue...
...to your mom.
watching
Smallville, going to the movies,
having an existential crisis, or some combination thereof. Good
thing they're not making another Superman movie for a while,
amirite dot urbanup dot com?
I'm afraid of being homeless.
...you form the head
...you tell snowclones
...you voted for Kodos
...you adore Paul S.
Rudd
...you enjoy guava cheese
...you zlocate but don't znol
...you order vegetarian duck
...you name inanimate objects
...you dance about architecture
...you interrupt cows or starfishes
...you use every part of the buffalo
...you know
The Universal
Greeting
...you
meta-, but you
barely know her
...you xerox kleenex to clean solo cups
...you weren't even supposed to be here
...you yearn for fora allowing alliteration
...you heard I like x, so you put x in my y
...you guessed Pookie was coming to dinner
...you rank things that are not usually ranked
...you blog frequently and/or on many platforms
...you learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
...you spell words backwards just to see if you can
...you quell rebellions with anthropogenic moonbases
...you consider the first act of 'Up' to be a masterpiece
...you join NGOs so you can high-five their street teams
...you put away childish things, but know where they are