Chinaka Hodge

Ile Omode, SPEC, Cole, Montera, Skyline, Berkeley High, Gallatin School

New York University, Attended 2002 - Present, Class of 2006, Bachelor's Degree, Non Profit Literary Arts Education

Student. Writer. Advanced Toilet Paper Dispenser.

tuition remission, organized elements extended crew, building bloc satellite

Writing, Procrastinating, Learning Pro Tools, Dance, Singing anywhere but on stage, Breaking these fools off properlike, Cutting up tee shirts, pretending to know a lot about random subjects, going stupid in the passenger seat, vacuuming, ironing

The Temple of My Familiar, A Wrinkle In Time, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plains, Any book illustrated by the Dillons, Sula, King Leopold's Ghost, The Intuitionist, Breath Eyes Memory, The Alchemist, The Husia, The Book of Mean People, Girl Fish

Coming to America, The Shawshank Redemption, Fallen, Good Will Hunting, The Friday Trilogy (not including Next Friday), Mary Poppins, The Sandlot, Ghostdog, The Closet, A Bronx Tale, Girlfight, Offsides, Hip Life, Inventos, The Color Purple: makidada., Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Ma Vie En Rose, Happenstance, Delicatessen, Amelie, High Fidelity, Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob, Pootie Tang, Office Space, Jason's Lyric, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Six Degrees Of Separation, The Iron Giant, Any thing by Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi.

Stevie Wonder. then stevie, then stevie, then The Luniz, Outkast, The Roots, Tracy Chapman, Fiona Apple, Tufflove (no charge at all), GAME Rebellion, Donny hath, My bay area crew; Bomba, The Attik etc, Blaqbnice, OE fam, Company of Prophets, Zion I, Goapele, Lizz Wright, N'Dambi, Amel Larrieux, Kidz Bop 3, Coldplay, Etta James, Sade, Orishas, Pre-Crack Whitney, Pre-2000 Mariah, and just on the strength: En Vogue, Toni Tony Tone, and MC Hammer, The Attik, Ise, Alexis' Lucy's Blues, the Sister Act 2 soundtrack, The Mulatto Album by Nick James, Music to which one may get Hyfee. Joyous Rebellion.

Cosbys, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, The Daily Show, MTB2 (oh lord the political implications), Chappelle's Show, In Living Color, A Different World, The Gazelle Infomercial, any Infomerical by Ronco, Sports Night, ER

20. I write. I perform sometimes. I go to
NYU. Sometimes, when I'm in public, I
start fake arguments with my friends because we think
its funny. I participate in fierce letter writing
activites.

WHATEVER ELI MARIENTHAL SAYS IS A LIE.

I fall down all the time. Most of my friends inspire me to
be better today than I was yesterday. I know the words
to whatever song you have stuck in your head. I don't
believe you've fully moved in, until you've made grits.
When you've run out of grits, its a problem. (thats a
metaphor I'll let you work out on your own)

I think that changing the way we educate is the best
way to impact lasting social and political change.

pass the tabasco sauce , please. ooh or pickapeppa.
or
adobo.

i break cars easily, but unintentionally.

i want to live in Bahia Do Salvador, Brazil, like
yesterday. The Bay Area Worldwide, son.

i have a few conspiracy theories. the most recent of which involves
the death of a former US president and the subsequent postponement of a certain free Stevie Wonder concert. ask me and I'll tell you all about it.

I am all about leaving. I'm particularly good about leaving either the Bay Area or New York for either New York or the Bay, respectively. I have a very firm affinity for Greyhound busses, NJ transit to Rahway, the N Judah on Muni, The A to Howard Beach/JFK, seat 10F on any Jet Blue Aircraft, the passenger seat of Ainye's Dodge Neon, and or the quickest pavement route out.

I am particularly good at staying: in a card game longer than I should, at the sink until I've cleaned every dish in the house, in my books, in no win situations, active in local politics, available to the folks that rely on me, up late at night. I stay eating burritos or falafel, depending on the coast. I stay out all damn night. I stay sober more than the rest of y'all derelicts.

someone beautiful who thinks I'm fine. he should change his socks and underwear daily. he should be able to hang with me on the dance floor. he should play bid whist well. must know at least one stevie wonder song from start to end. he should have lots of books on his shelves that i want to read. if he lived in new york and california, that would be great.