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Hometown

Queens Village, NY

Places I've been

I have been quite a few places but the most important place in my history is New York, NY. This is where I attended college, where I worked on my first real job, where I learned to be the kind of person I am; and I think is a great promotion for my favorite place in the whole world.

More about me

I am a writer and thus can't believe that I find it such an intimidating task to write about myself. I am going to post here a response I gave to someone who insisted that I tell him my life's Philosophy.  I thought long and hard then sent him this personal assessment.  I never heard from him again so this is probably not a very good idea.  But I hope someone will read and respond.  What do you think of such a person as I? 

I do not think I have ever given concerted thought to my life’s philosophy though I do know that there are certain practices or ism’s that have controlled my thinking and actions at all times.  Over the years frustration and disillusion have caused me to restructure my views.  Now that I give conscious thought to the ways I view myself and my actions, I realize that I am introspective because I am constantly considering if I should or even can re-identify myself in order to fit in.  I have decided that I shall continue to be an individual who will not go along to get along.

 

I know that although in many ways I remain altruistic, I am no longer an idealist.  I know that overall, minds and ideas give way to materialism instead of the other way around.  I have a great belief in knowledge,  a-priori and empirical; in other words, from both observation and experience.  And, because I am a logical, empiricist within whom ethics has been inbred and taught, I am a cynical, agnostic, pragmatist.

 

No one dictates my morals.  I do not feel the need to adhere to any judgments of myself or of others except by moral dictates gained through empirical knowledge.  Thus, all my prejudices are based on honest discrimination.  I can not empathize with the prejudices of others; I do try to understand their reasoning.  In all things, I try very hard to do nothing to anyone that I would not want to have done to me.  I have failed in this quest many times but always try to correct any damage to a person that I may have caused by my failure.

 

I think too much about things and situations over which I have no control and herein, I can’t help but believe; is the source of all my disaffection with the human population.

  P.S. According to my two older brothers, I am a fantastic and darned good looking black woman.  My son thinks so too. 

 

Activities

I write and conduct research in my field of Sociology. I also work with male juvenile offenders who are serving time in our jail and young adults who are in prison. My favorite pastimes are reading, working crosswords, dancing and playing board games. I also enjoy lively discussions on just about any subject that can be controversial. I have kind of a wry sense of humor and I love to listen to smart and amusing people.

Favorite Charities

My favorite charities are those that support services for youth. I only support those programs and/or processes that I have confidence in the viability of.

Favorite Music

I love music. Can't imagine a world without music. That is excepting Rap which I can very well imagine myself ridding the world of all such harmful noise. My favorite music is that which reflects the kind of mood I happen to be in. It can be anything Kenny Rogers to Johann Bach.

Favorite TV Shows

Law & Order, Law & Order SVU, The Closer, Jeopardy, Good Morning America and The Sopranos re-runs can usually interfere with my searches on TCM.

Favorite Movies

No Country for Old Men and anything with Cloney are the recent ones. The others are many and varied.

Favorite Books

I truly love books and am a voracious reader.

Favorite Quotes

"This is no time for making new enemies." VOLTAIRE, when asked on his deathbed to renounce Satan.

Favorite People

My Son, Thomas, my two big brothers, my best friend, and the late William F. Buckley, Jr..

Favorite Places

The five boroughs of New York City and the mountains of Western North Carolina.

Favorite Animals

Welsh Corgis and other small and smallish dogs.

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