Month: June 2003

I asked mademba to interview me since nobody has done it yet. I originally ran across his LJ somewhere and found we had some similar interests. So, here it is… read it here

NPR : Commentary: City Lights Turns 50 City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco, a focal point of [U.S.] American alternative culture, marks its 50th anniversary on June 8. City Lights was founded in 1953 by Beat movement icon Lawrence Ferlinghetti, now Poet Laureate of San Francisco, and Peter D. Martin. The store’s regulars included Jack Kerouac, author of the novel On the Road, and poet Allen Ginsberg.

City Lights helped publish Ginsberg’s landmark 1956 poem “Howl,” then successfully defended the controversial work in court, establishing new guidelines regarding freedom of speech.

I used to browse and shop there when I lived in the City. 🙂

“Lookism: The Ugly Truth — In a series of hidden camera experiments, John Stossel and 20/20 put the adage, “looks aren’t everything” to the test. Will a less attractive woman raise more for charity than a knockout? Will a woman choose a short man over a tall man for a date? The results aren’t too pretty for the less attractive — or the short.” • Quiz: How Much Do Looks Matter?

Your Brain Usage Profile

Auditory : 29%
Visual : 70%
Left : 43%
Right : 56%

Onajide, you possess an interesting balance of hemispheric and sensory characteristics, with a slight right-brain dominance and a slight preference for visual processing.

Since neither of these is completely centered, you lack the indecision and second-guessing associated with other patterns. You have a distinct preference for creativity and intuition with seemingly sufficient verbal skills to be able to translate in any meaningful way to yourself and others.

You tend to see things in “wholes” without surrendering the ability to attend to details. You can give them sufficient notice to be able to utitlize and incorporate them as part of an overall pattern.

In the same way, while you are active and process information simultaneously, you demonstrate a capacity for sequencing as well as reflection which allows for some “inner dialogue.”

All in all, you are likely to be quite content with yourself and your style although at times it will not necessarily be appreciated by others. You have sufficient confidence to not second-guess yourself, but rather to use your critical faculties in a way that enhances, rather than limits, your creativity.

You can learn in either mode although far more efficiently within the visual mode. It is likely that in listening to conversations or lecture materials you simultaneously translate into pictures which enhance and elaborate on the meaning.

It is most likely that you will gravitate towards those endeavors which are predominantly visual but include some logic or structuring. You may either work particularly hard at cultivating your auditory skills or risk “missing out” on being able to efficiently process what you learn. Your own intuitive skills will at times interfere with your capacity to listen to others, which is something else you may need to take into account.

Finally arrived back home tonight from a long trip. My Uncle’s death was one that could have been avoided as he had prostate cancer and refused to get checked up in time. In the past year his body just withered away. He was a strapping man in his younger days even splitting a guys finger during a baseball game with a 3rd base throw to 1st. The power of a man like few others. Anyway, PLEASE, take the time to get a check up everyone reading this!

I was in Cincy and wished I could have contacted Chris Glass but I was with my many relatives. My father insisted on us driving to Phila. to see my sister who I haven’t seen in over 20 yrs! I wasn’t so sure that this trip was right but it turned out okay. My sister has been running from ‘something’ since our mother died back in 1973. Sis won’t slow down but I think it’s easier that way to not have time to reflect. Makes not difference that she went into hiding, got involved with selling drugs, got involved with woman-beating-men, refused to talk to her brothers. I still love her. I love my brother too. It really hit me when my Uncle died that my father and his siblings were close and if I died my brother and sister would probably hear from some distant phone call (thinking after the death of my father). Terrible thoughts… I’ve given up trying to maintain contact and communication with them. At our ages (over 50) it is a sad state of affairs.