Posted by: navaniknows on: July 27, 2009
It’s that time of year again….
No, I am not talking about sun block and bbqs and all that cliche stuff that goes on this time of year. I am talking about the time when NYC becomes home to A-list Latinos in film and we get to celebrate a week of movies made for us, by [...]
Posted by: navaniknows on: July 16, 2009
Life works in mysterious ways, especially in the way it brings the people you need most into your life. I learned this recently when I went to VONA – a creative writing workshop for people of color (AKA no white people). I was so excited to go and work on my personal project in the [...]
Posted by: navaniknows on: May 11, 2009
I thought a lot about how birthdays would be after the anxiety of turning thirty lately. Would they be as exciting and anxiety filled? would it still feel like a “big” deal? I found out today when I turned thirty-one. The verdict is in everyone: it felt like any other day. Nothing special. I started [...]
Posted by: navaniknows on: March 18, 2009
When I first heard that my job would be sending to Miami to cover the Pedro movie screening event at Florida International University, I was elated. Most likely, because this is was the first time I’ve ever traveled on the job’s dime, AND to glamorous Miami at that. Besides that was the fact that I [...]
Posted by: navaniknows on: March 9, 2009
I first realized I wanted to share myself via the written word when I picked up Maya Angelou’s I know why the Caged Bird Sings. It was 7th grade and I read like nobody’s business in an effort to escape my world. A world I wanted so desperately to pretend didn’t exist. I saw [...]
Posted by: navaniknows on: March 3, 2009
[For those of you new to me and my blog, Olivia is my cousin's five-year-old daughter/ love of my life. She continually enlightens me with her philosophies.]
It’s seems Obama’s election has had an effect on everyone, old and young. If you had a chance ot speak to President Obama, what would you say? Did you [...]
Posted by: navaniknows on: January 27, 2009
Yes the title of this blog could easily apply to me. I was always the girl hanging out with the guys. I befriended mostly boys by sharing my love and knowledge of hip hop, or just from tagging along with my cousin Iran. He had no problem taking me with him everywhere he goes, including [...]
Posted by: navaniknows on: January 9, 2009
It takes a lot to get me to go out these days. First of all, I am old. Secondly, it’s friggin cold out! So my days of pounding the pavement have been put on hold lately. But when I heard Termanology was throwing a lil shindig in honor of his latest opus “If Heaven Was [...]
Posted by: navaniknows on: December 30, 2008
I know this blog is long over do, but I do thank you for your patience and actually checking back here after so long. I have been going through a serious transition period (aren’t we all). Lots of moving going on in all aspects of my life. Now that the dust is starting to clear, [...]
Posted by: navaniknows on: October 31, 2008
I woke up this morning and did my usual routine of flipping through the music channels to keep on in the background on while I got dressed. I flipped to VH1 Soul and saw a video I hadn’t seen in a minute and it couldn’t have been more timely – India Arie’s song “Video.” This [...]
