October 2002 Archives

I'm now the proud owner of a supercomputer once again thanks to Mac OS X 10.2. I didn't really want to buy it, but I had no choice - very few of my applications were working in Mac OS X 10.1.5 at all. They all kept crashing! Almost all of my browsers, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash ... not a cute situation!

Jaguar fixed it all, and fixed everything beautifully! EVERYTHING WORKS! Not one application has crashed yet, even when I run many together. And it's so fast! Utterly magnificent!

AND I FINALLY moved my site to Dreamhost! YAY!

I'm 18 Carat Garbage, parked outside your door. Won't you recognize me? You've seen me here before ... I'm 18 Carat Garbage - won't you hear me out? Don't wanna be living a lie ... don't slam the door.

I'm slowly pulling out of this ... yet again. *sigh*

Here's 50 Things about me - a cute idea snatched from J. (who snatched it from Dawn).

Just in case you missed it last winter (like I did), the groundbreaking documentary "Pump Up The Volume" aired on the UK's Channel 4. It truly is the most comprehensive history of house music ever produced, at least that I'm aware of. [But that's not saying a lot. See my notes in the comments.] A book was published to accompany the television series, but the actual television series wasn't really available to us in the US without satellite dishes or European friends who could record NTSC VHS tapes.

Until now.

(Special thanks goes out to DJ Adam Scott.)

Derrick Bell, the first Black professor of Harvard Law School (though, he now recommends NYU's Law School) spoke today at Hue-Man Bookstore where he read from his new book, Ethical Ambition: Living a Life of Meaning and Worth. I became acquainted with him through my work on Keith Boykin's site. I got to shake his hand tonight while thanking him for supporting Black gay men so publicly through the years. (He participated in the National Black Gay & Lesbian Leadership Forum's contigent at the Million Man March.) He said, "I better, two of my three sons are gay!"

Capoeira is probably the single most potent way I've learned to connect with my ancestors in my lifetime. I've mentioned the Afro-Brazilian martial art of Capoeira before, on this blog; I've also mentioned how much I enjoy doing the difficult Capoeira Workout. Edna Lima is the founder of Capoeira Workout and the world's first female Mestranda in capoeira. It is her special energy, her knowledge, her graceful (and deadly!) style, her relentlessness and her encouragement that first inspired me to take her classes about two years ago ... and to return to the Capoeira Workout after a year of absence. She is a remarkable woman that I'm honored to call a personal friend.

Follow the link to get the details of the upcoming fundraiser (Tuesday, October 22) being produced to help her through this difficult time in her life. Please support her by attending this event, if you can.

This morning, I was downtown picking up a check from the temp agency I used to work for, issued during all the calamity last year. Tipping the scales at $14.50, it truly wasn't worth the effort, but I deposited it at the nearest branch of my bank and headed to Century 21 to windowshop.

And I met HIM!

I'm on Jazz @ Lincoln Center's mailing list and I get stuff all the time that I end up ignoring for one reason or another. I almost threw the last one away, but I noticed that Miss Nancy Wilson will be performing with strings in January!

*sigh!* *swoon!* How romantic!