I'm a fun-loving,passionate & enigmatic individual of many talents.Dreams & Love are what matter most 2 me. Despite the bumpy journey, I have found my lifes' passion 2B in the performing arts & am actively working to make this passion my livelihood - Check out these pics from some of my past performances:
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Pretty women wonder where my secret lies
I'm not cute or built to suit a model's fashion size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say:
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my steps,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman - That's me.
I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me
A hive of honey bees.
I say:
It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing of my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman - That's me.
Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.
I say:
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman Phenomenally .
Phenomenal woman -
That's me.
Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say :
It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
The palm of my hand,
The need for my care.
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman - That's me.
Music
Your Theme Song is Back in Black by AC/DC
"Back in black, I hit the sack,
I've been too long, I'm glad to be back"
Things sometimes get really crazy for you, and sometimes you have to get away from all the chaos.
But each time you stage your comeback, it's even better than the last!
Too many Movies to mention ...but what I can watch over and over again? - I'll always LOVE Disney's Beauty & the Beast
A Bronx tale, The Cell, Selena, Billy Madison, Spanglish, Happy Gilmore, What's Love got to Do With It, FridaThe Color Purple
The Harry Potter Series, Message in a Bottle, What Dreams May Come, The Sweetest Thing, RENT!, The Notebook, Angel Eyes, Fools Rush In, Alot Like Love, Last Tango in Paris, Forrest Gump, Dying Young, Searching for Bobby Fisher, Denzel movies, Introducing Dorothy Daindridge, The Wedding Planner,The Wedding Singer, Mi Familia, Hotel Rwanda, Lorenzo's Oil, Pretty Woman, My Best Friends wedding, The Nightmare on Elm St., Poltergeist, Exorcist and Hellraiser Series, The Pelican Bief, Dirty Dancing, Havana Nights
and though it's been years I'll always love Blue Hawaii (while other girls were fantasizing about the church wedding & white dress...this movie had me dreaming of the island wedding at age 6 or so...and I still feel that way!)
Television
When I have time to watch television I enjoy UGLY BETTY, DIRT,The Riches,
I also enjoy Project Runway, Top Chef, Inside the Actors Studio and PBS specials...
I will always Love my
Books
Is there room on this page?!Way too many to mention...but I will drop anything to read Eve Enslers latest and greatest cause I love her like that! I am also a fan of Stephen King, Nicholas Sparks, The DaVinci Code blew my mind...Maya Angelou and Wally Lamb to mention a few.
Heroes
I like to think that I am pretty heroic...even though sometimes I forget...But honestly-My heroes are typically FIERCE FANTABULOUS women that create their own opportunities and are self-sufficient, beautiful, talented goddesses Like SALMA HAYEK and Eve Ensler....I am also in awe of females who overcome hardship and rise up to blossom into the reverent goddess that was there all along (Dorothy Daindridge and Tina Turner are right up theres... Also I would have to say the firefighters I encountered when living in NYC as well as those who perished during 9/11 while trying to save others are major heroes in my book.
I LOVE FAERIES AND MYSTICAL CREATURES!
I RISE
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I RISE.
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Bentley College
Waltham, MA
Graduated: 2000
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Professional
Major: Legal & Medical Interpretation and Translation Certification Program (w/ Honors)
Clubs: N/A
1998 to 2000
Roger Williams University School Of Law
Bristol, RI
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Major: Law - Juris Doctor
Clubs: 1LE Class Representative/Student Bar Assoc., President -Multicultural Association, Maritime Law Society
Greek:
Delta Theta Pi
1996 to 1997
Rhode Island College
Providence, RI
Graduated: 1995
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Political Science
Minor: International Relations
Clubs: Student Community Government (Class VP 1991 & President 1992),Praise Ensemble Gospel Choir
1991 to 1995
Classical High School
Providence, RI
Graduated: 1991
Student status: Alumni
Major: College Prep.
Clubs: CHS Theatre Company, Speech Team, Choir and a zillion others...
1989 to 1991
Maria I AM HARDLY EVER ON HERE but Please hit me up on FACEBOOK - Maria Mendes misses y'all!!!ti view more
Smooth and sweet, you fit in to almost any crowd. No one would suspect you of being a coffee tweaker!
Who I'd like to meet: People who can INSPIRE ME!
Number one on my list is TINA TURNER: To be the inspirational woman she is, tour the world, live in Europe, collaborate with International super stars AND look as fabulous as she does at 66 - my dream!
Who else?...Maya Angelou and Oprah Winfrey...I got to check Eve Ensler off my list in 2005 woo hooooo!
Of those who have long since past - I would have liked to have met Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, the delightful Dorothy Daindridge as well as Marilyn Monroe and Billie Holiday
I'd love to meet my cutie Bruschi too:
It takes all kinds to make up this world of ours. We are each an element unto ourselves and how we relate to others and the universe.....
HUNNY!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! I was just thinking about you this past weekend I went to get my hair done at this Brazilian place in Pawtucket and there you are right on the wall! I miss you so much!!!!! Hope you have a great day! Love You! Amanda! XOXO
Thanks Maria! The boys are getting very big, Ben is as tall as me and wears the same size shoe as me now! We'd love to see you this summer if you are in the area.
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