Living-out Supreme Mathematics. Vegetarianism. Studying 120 Lessons, Islam, world history,aAmeriKKKan history, Hermetic philosophy, Buddism, Hinduism, Taoism, the Yoruba culture, Kemetian Science, Metaphysics, Astronomy, Astrology, and other cultures and sciences of life. My specialities are early childhood development, holistic health, herbology, event planning, and independent book publishing. I'm into and want to learn more about cooking, martial arts (Akido specifically - though I'm more of an admirer than a practitioner... LOL), sustainable living, organic vegetable gardening and horticulture, renewable energy, alternative fuel sources, yoga, meditation, expanding my prana/ kundalini/ chi, elevating my mental and physical being, practicing breath control techniques, and stilling my mind.
Righteous, talented, progressively like-minded individuals... people with whom I can partake in an exchange of knowledge and wisdom!
I like all genres! Though my FAVORITE musical artists are Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Lauryn Hill, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Tito Puente, U2, Smokie Robinson, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, Celia Cruz, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Dead Prez, Poetree Chicago, Tego Calderon, Little Brother, Res, Sade, Portishead, Dido, Jill Scott, India Arie, The RZA, Natalie Merchant, Al Green, Cassandra Wilson, Thelonius Monk, Tracy Chapman, Billie Holiday, Etta James, Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, Fela and Femi Kuti, Maryam Makeeba, Mariah Carey (yeah, I said it, why front!!!), Eminem, Erykah Badu, D'Angelo, The Beatles, Slick Rick, old school MJ and the Jackson 5, John Coltrane, John Legend, Miles Davis, Slum Village, Saul Williams (spoken word artist), Maroon 5, Bjork, damn, almost forgot - Outkast, and probably a whole lotta other people I neglected to mention!
Yikes... movies and books I'm fanatic about, so here goes... my new favorite movies - Akeelah and the BEE; V for Vendetta... the 1st fave movie I ever had - The Wiz. All others in between - The Color Purple, Cleopatra Jones, Kill Bill vol 1 and 2, Seven, Slam, Coolie High, City of God, Boyz in the Hood, Hero (w/Jet Li), The Princess Bride, Donnie Darko, Monsoon Wedding, Love and Basketball, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Three Kings, Cosmic Slop, Whale Rider, Lean on Me, Sankofa, Dark City, The Matrix Trilogy, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Memento, Requium for a Dream, Running on Empty, The Life of David Gale, Fight Club, Saw, Akira, Shawshank Redemption, Napoleon Dynamite, White Boyz, Menace II Society, Me Myself and Irene, Night of the Living Dead, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Usual Suspects, Blood In Blood Out, Pulp Fiction, Amelie, Eve's Bayou, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Mulan, Friday, Forrest Gump, Hollywood Shuffle, I'm Gonna Get You Sucka, Half Baked, I Heart Huckabees, Braveheart, The Sixth Sense, Lena and Olin, Pinero, The Women of Brewster Place, Sarafina, Kids, Say Anything, True Romance, Saving Private Ryan, Jaws, Hard Boiled, Claudine, Sisters, Sparkle, The Money Pit, Amistad, Rosewood, Highlander, The New Legend of Shaolin, Barber Shop, Baby Boy, The Last Samurai, A History of Violence, Lord of War, Equilibrium, The Killer, Munich, Inside Man, all Bruce Lee films, all Denzel films, all Spike Lee films, Cicely Tyson films, DeNiro films, Pacino films, Zhang Yimou films, Don Cheadle films, Harrison Ford films, Q. Tarantino films, Alfonso Cuarón films... REALLY this list could go on forever... I LOVE movies!
These are Tell-Lie-Vision shows, they're documentaries, but with my outlandish listing of movies you'll never pay attention to them unless I post them HERE, check 'em...Zapatista (A Big Noise Film) - To Love or Kill: Man vs. Animal (HBO) - Tupac: Resurrection - Fidel: The Untold Story (directed by Estela Bravo) - 4 Little Girls (HBO) - The End of Suburbia - Bob Marley & The Wailers: Catch A Fire - Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey - Bowling for Columbine - Super Size Me - Weapons of Mass Deception - A Day Without A Mexican (more of a mocumentary than documetary) - The Oil Factor - The Fourth World War - Letter to the President - The Next Industrial Revolution - Oil on Ice (www.oilonice.org) - Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks - War Is Sell - Internationally Speaking - Thirst (PBS) - Sound & Fury (IFC) - and FINALLY... Bridging the Gap by Lindokuhle' Mnyandu, AN EXCELLENT PIECE about young immigrants from South Africa and their duty to family and community!!! http://www.danaroc.com/inspiring_061906LindokuhleMnyandu.htm l)
ANY & EVERYTHING BY - The Honorable Elijah Muhammad (Message to the Blackman in America / How to Eat to Live), Dr. Richard King (Melanin: The Key to Freedom), Dr. Llaila O. Afrika (Afrikan Holistic Health), Ivan van Sertima (Black Women in Antiquity / They Came Before Columbus), Frantz Fanon (The Wretched of the Earth), Chiekh Anta Diop (African Origin of Civilization), Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan (New Dimensions in African History), Dr. John Henrik Clark (Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust: Slavery and the Rise of European Capitalism), and Deepak Chopra (Quantum Healing: Exploring the Frontiers of Mind/Body Medicine)SPECIFIC BOOKS: The Dictionary, The Kyballion by The Three Initiates / The Art of War by Sun Tzu / The I Ching translated by by Taoist Master Alfred Huang (preferably) / The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracian / 1984 / Vitamins and Minerals from A to Z by Dr. Jewel Pookrum / Heal Thy Self (also, Sacred Woman) both by Queen Afua / The Autobiography of Malcolm X / Before the Mayflower by Leonard Bennett / Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams / Making of the Devil by Paul Guthrie / Back to Eden by Jethro Kloss / Black Feeling, Black Talk, Black Judgement by Nikki Giovanni / 7 Speeches by Minister Louis Farrakhan / As A Man Thinketh by James Allen / The Ankh: African Origin of Electromagnetism by Nur Ankh Amen / The Isis Papers by Frances Cress Wessling / Behold The Pale Horse by William Cooper / Children of the Matrix / The Metu Neter (volumes 1 and 2) by Ra Un Nefer Amen / The Holy Qur`an translated by Maulana Muhammad Ali / Introduction to Black Studies by Maulana Karenga / Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization by Anthony T. Browder / Stolen Legacy by George G. M. Jackson / How Not To Eat Pork by Shaharazad Ali / Guide to Understanding the Black Man (also, Guide to Understanding the Black Woman) both by Shaharazad Ali / The Science of Breath by Yogi Ramacharaka / No Disrespect and The Coldest Winter Ever both by Sista Souljah / The Universe in a Single Atom by His Holiness the Dalai Lama / The Prisoner's Wife by asha bendele / Who Moved My Cheese / Around the Bloc by Stephaie Elizondo Griest / and any novels or short story collections by J. California Cooper and Octavia Butler.
The fathers and mothers of civilization. My parents, grandparents, twin brothers, and various educators (from my kindergarten teacher, Mr. Jackson, to Allah, the father of the Nation of Gods and Earths)... whether they taught me directly or indirectly... whether I met them in the person or was inspired and encouraged from afar by their wise ways and actions. My righteous brothers and sisters... past, present, and those still to come.