Hannibal Tabu

Raineshaven Elementary, Havenview Jr. High, Lincoln Park Magnet High School, USC

Journalist, would-be world conqueror

NYN BAM 1991-1993, Karaoke Mafia

Universal conquest, pie, laughing, science fiction, poetry, sleep, karaoke, computers, sex, politics, movies, theatre, ancient Egypt and most of pre-colonial Africa, and having as much fun as I can without getting convicted.

Illuminatus Trilogy, Hitchhiker Trilogy, Samaria Trilogy, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, 1984, Brave New World, Force of Arms, Corrupting Dr. Nice, Enemies: A Clash of Races, Autobiography of Malcolm X, Tapping the Power Within, Taste of Power

Malcolm X, Star Wars, Matrix, The Best Man, Tron, Hoodlum, Stripes, Blazing Saddles, Usual Suspects, Star Trek II, The Professional, Love Stinks, School Daze, Waking Life, Amelie, Groundhog Day, Blade, T2, Love & Action in Chicago

X Clan, Sixpence None The Richer, Public Enemy, Cranberries, Jill Scott, Madonna, Mary J. Blige, Shiela E., Aaliyah, Lifehouse, Freestyle Fellowship, Creed, The Roots, Maroon 5, Ras Kass, Sting, Prince, The Clash, Culture Club, Stevie Wonder

Sports Night, Profit, Action, Space: Above & Beyond, V, Scrubs, 24, Alias, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, West Wing, Smallville, Girlfriends, Bernie Mac, Wanda at Large, VIP, Roeper & Ebert, Meet the Press, Nightline, Kilborn, Simpsons

Aquarius

I'm insane. That's the most common adjective applied to me.

Laughing is my favorite thing to do, and I often go to extremes for my own amusement.

I'm educated but absent-minded. I hate using the phone but I adore email. Animal fur makes my throat seize up. I'm allergic to alcohol but love it when people drink. I crack jokes pretty much all the time, because it's a funny life. I use the word "pie" more than almost any other word in my dangerously large vocabulary, because I think it sounds funny. Music is central to my life (from Garageband to iPod to karaoke). I have a mid-grade MySpace addiction, which is probably suicidal given Fox now owns it, but oh well. I'm loud but respectful. I'm as country as a straw hat, but adore the theatre and fine film (In my top 10? Lost in Translation). I'm a published poet and novelist. I can't swim nor ride a bike. I sleep into the afternoon on most days, and stay up working most nights. I have a high tolerance for heat and the foibles of people who are profitable to me (and that's a lot more than money). I have a dangerously low tolerance for cold and drama. I've probably got way too much information on my Operative Network website than I should, but it's a big part of my professional and personal identity. I lead a largely stress-free life, I work hard, I play hard, and I sleep like the dead.

I am an enigma, wrapped inside a puzzle, smothered with secret sauce.

Oh, and just for fun, I'm a karaoke host, so you can come see my shows, and what have you.

My match would have to strike me before I knew her. I'd theorize that she's a passionate, liberated, professional, smart, funny, sexy, honest, realistic, together woman of color who knows how to live in the real world and wants to build for a better one. There would be no doubt in my mind that she's attracted to me, that she wants me, that she's about me because it would be a priority for her to remind me of it, as it would be a priority for me to make sure she knows how awe-inpiring I find her.

My first love will always be Black women (okay, my first love will always be myself, but I suppose I can make some room at the top 8), but I can confess I am attracted to brown-skinned women of color from all points of the globe. Alas, I have absolutely no interest in dating Caucasian women, sorry, won't do it under any circumstances. Oh, and whoever my match is, she's at least as willing to put up with my isht as I am with hers.

And there you have it.