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When the sun disappeared last night I attended the 3^rd annual Outdoor Vision Fest at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design. It was amazing to see some of the multimedia exhibits that the students created. They were interactive, animated, colorful and very creative. The media students include animators, filmmakers, graphic designers, and photographers. Some exhibits were projected onto buildings, trees, geometric shapes, glass, water, and material.

One of my favorite projections was designed by Keith Riggs, who is married to my cousin Jessica. There was even a projection with poetic quotes by infamous authors. I also adored a piece which was flapping in the wind, had edgy music, and a human body which appeared to be ripping off skin. It must have been a symbolic piece. Last night I decided it is finally time for me to dabble with Adobe After Effects. I need to see what I’m really made of.

Without art, writing, technology and music, I would certainly die! I guess when you’re in love~ you’re in love. Here are a few of the photographs I took last night.

The Royal Road Project with customized Panoramic Monitor installed at New Mexico State Arts

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The collaborative art team of Ethan Bach, J Craig Tompkins and Charles Veasey are pleased to announce that The Royal Road Project is currently showing at New Mexico State Arts at the Bataan Memorial Building 407 Gallisteo St in Santa Fe, New Mexico and then it will be moved just down the road to Currents 2013 at El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe located at 555 Camino de la Familia, Santa Fe, New Mexico from June 14, 2013 to June 30, 2013.

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Awesome!! <3 I love my state. ~~~Felicia

In Protest: Going Dark on April 22, 2013

******UPDATE*****4.30.2013
Unfortunately, the representative for New Mexico’s 3rd congressional district had a change of heart over the last year.
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My web site will blackout tomorrow in protest of the
Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA).
You should do the same.
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Anonymous Calls For Internet
Blackout On April 22 To Protest CISPA

The Huffington Post | By Alexis Kleinman

The link for FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 192 has been deleted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_nFyavcld4

Felicia Lujan: A Poet Through Time

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Good morning, everyone!  Have I the treat for you today!

I would like to introduce you all to Felicia Lujan, moderator of one of my favorite blogs, My Voyage Through Time!  The title of the blog speaks the truth of it, and on so many levels.  Felicia is an archivist with a very healthy love of history, a love that I can identify with. 

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A big thank you to Sahm and Papizilla for this feature piece. Of course Sahm killed it. I think imagery of me drinking words was the perfect symbolic fit for their web site theme. We Drink Because We're Poets has been making poetic waves in the world of writing. If you haven't paid the site a visit, please do so as there is much to offer there. The special piece I wrote for the feature was uploaded to my YouTube channel. The bottle in my hand is symbolic of how thoughts, dreams, and fears enter my body as words. It is there that these words become cohesive and transform into poetry. ~~~~~~~Felicia

It's All on You

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Great training video of an extremely ripped gentleman getting it done and putting in the work in the gym.  I love the audio the most in this video.  It is about making sacrifices, being disciplined, making smart choices, not cheating and knowing when to say no.  We all have it in us to be in the greatest shape of our lives but it is totally up to you.

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Awesome post from Frontdive Fitness!!! ~~~F ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Video] Rihanna Ft Mikky Ekko - Stay

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Rihanna goes ahead and premieres the official video for her new single ‘Stay’ featuring Mikky Ekko. The simple visual features RiRi naked in a tub and is directed by Sophie Muller. “Unapologetic” is in stores now.

I have been waiting for this video. The fact that she is naked is symbolic. Being weak, helpless, exposed, and vulnerable is always painful. -----Felicia

The Hard Way

Wish Miguel’s 2013 Grammy performance would be Hard Way.

One of his best! This is an awesome, awesome, simply awesome song.

Waiting for the Sweet Sounds

On Friday I took the time to pull all of my old and new Donell Jones CDs together. He has to be one of my all time favorite RnB artists. Now there is one gifted man. There are not many artists that you can say bring it on every single track when they put a new album out.

I want to make a mix with some of the best tracks Mr. Jones has given us. At this point, I have a few ideas for a mix title. Today while I was exercising at the track, I combed through my mega Jonezzz list~ deleting the songs that I didn’t see fit for the special mix I want to create. While the cold chill brushed my cheeks I wondered what happened to Mr. Jones? How could such an awesome man just disappear?

There is one web site I check regularly for music news in this particular genre. Tonight I checked it and low and behold~ just a few posts down I discovered that Donell is indeed looking to make a major comeback in the first half of 2013. The post went up on January 31. Now that’s what I’m talkin’ about! I just can’t wait!!! Check out the video for Shorty Got Her Eyes on Me~~ That’s some pure awesomeness!

After hearing that song, if you still don’t believe that DJ has the love sounds on hot lock, take a look at the February 14th event scheduled at the Warfield in Cali. Blaqline Ent is presenting “Love Affair” on Valentine’s Day with Donell Jones, Teedra Moses, Musiq Soulchild and Netta B. Wish I could be there…

Sports Culture | Miami Heat White House Visit (2013): #NBA #HeatOBAMA #Obama #LOL #Heat [Champion Since.]

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Yeah!! Yeah!!! Yeah!!! Yeah!!!! Loved this! Miami Heat White House Visit (2013) posted by one of my favorites "Champion Since." This is what I'm talkin' about! Get ready to see the Heat take it yet again this year! Nice... :) Felicia

Stay

Tonight I saw the music video for Stay by Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko for the first time. I have been listening to the song for a while now and I absolutely love it. It is such an awesome song. Now that I see that the video is set in Havana in 1956, I like it even more. This is just a couple of years after Ernest Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature. In late 1956 he is said to have been reminded of writing notebooks he had hidden in the late 1920s. Hemingway located the the lost treasures and by 1957 returned to Havana to complete a memoir. In the video, Rihanna is enveloped with a Cuban man.

Crab Cakes and Cardio

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Well I learned many things after hours here in Annapolis. I’m still not up on the two hour time difference, but I’m getting there. It’s barely after 11 in good ole New Mexico! Here is a list of some things I found interesting tonight.

~I can only wonder what is going on inside the cabins of house boats on the bay. Hum?? Several people were at work and play there.

~This is a very historic site. It would take me days to write about just that. Annapolis was once the capitol of the United States. I didn’t know that.

~At least two Presidents (if not more) have deep roots here in Annapolis (GW and AL), which is awesome.

~Christmas lights were beautiful on the docks and around the bay.

~Oh and over here the Salvation Army bell ringers were two cute women. They were playing songs by request on a kazoo! Really?? Now that deserved a small donation right?

~What is the only decent seafood I have come across so far? Yes- crab cakes. Still not sure why??

~Ice cream is good to eat right before cardio! Really? What the? No really— what the??

~There are about as many runners who are into fitness as there are pubs, bars, or watering holes (whatever you like to call it) with people into drinking. I must have seen 20 pubs and 20 people running on an evening stroll in 1 hour!! Strange I know? Ummm… I prefer running~ and so that’s what I did.

~LifeFitness makes a sick-sick-sick with the sickness treadmill. Oh yes they do! The fitness center in my hotel is small, but well equip. Who doesn’t want to jam hot Ciara videos while burning off crab cakes and ice cream?

~And…a long bath is simply divine after all of thee above!

Come Wake Me Up

~Song of the Week~

What an awesome song!!!

Rascal Flatts~ just perfect.

~A French Tongue on The Weeknd~

~My new three disc “Trilogy” by The Weeknd~

I locked down the three disc “Trilogy” by The Weeknd this weekend. The compilation features remastered versions of three of the mixtapes already released by The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) who is a Canadian from Ontario. The album is all black and was released under Universal Republic Records, and The Weeknd’s very own label XO. His label so deserves to be called XO! Maybe it should even be called XOXO? Even though I had most of the tracks already, I had to support this amazing singer/songwriter. Not only did he get noticed by releasing his songs under his pen name on YouTube, but on one song that I had not heard (“Montreal”) he seductively sings in French. So awesome with lyrics to die for.

 

[VIDEO] Ryan Leslie - Maybachs & Diamonds

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OhMyGawd.... This video is sweet! Ryan Leslie is awesome! I soooo believe this! Check these lyrics! Nice... Ryan Leslie – Maybachs and Diamonds Lyrics chorus and so I give her what she wants, what she needs~ why? ’cause her love is worth more than maybachs and diamonds, yeah verse 1 you got them big dreams in your eyes~ you’re thinkin’ hollywood~ if i could be your Woody Allen, then I probably would~ write a nice script, make you my lead girl~ put your talent on display for the free world Liz Taylor, you’re lookin’ for that right man~ I’m black and all your ex’s they’ve been white men but don’t that make it more excitin’?~ if that’s a crime I’m ready for the indictment~ yeah, I think it’s way more sexy when you speak your mind, you check me and you’re color blind you just accept me. Plus you’re a smart girl, you know where them checks be~ right here, plus you got your own too since I met you, you’ve been standing on your own two and so there’s nothing that I won’t do maybach, chrome shoes, every time I come through. chorus and so I give her what she wants, what she needs~ why? ’cause her love is worth more than maybachs and diamonds, yeah verse 2 We used to argue, I would call you a * but we made it through the storm now we’re * rich~ you’ve been a friend to me~ you kept it real when others would just pretend to be~ I couldn’t see it then, I would get mad when you criticized~ told you that you were buggin’ that you over analyzed~ I know I said I didn’t care we was breakin’ up~ still flew half way around the world to make it up~ and all the first-class seats were sold out~ but it was summer where you were and for me was cold out~ so, like a champion after defeat you watched me break down and cry in the passenger seat~ you put your arm around me, told me it would be just fine~ I’d be yours and you would be just mine~ and you wanted the love bracelet, I said you get what you pay for the black card – we’re buying the Cartier store. chorus and so I give her what she wants, what she needs~ why? ’cause her love is worth more than maybachs and diamonds, yeah