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brian.

thephoenixforce

About Me

i'm the reclusive artist, the aspiring writer, the quiet one, the unintentional poet, the almost psychologist, the little boy in the big kids cloths, the neosoul, the scary monster, the one you can call at 3 in the morning and not get cussed out, the one who will drop you and your dramatics before the next commercial break, the one who will believe you can even if no one else thinks so.

My Interests

authentic living, music, writing, poetry, photography, theater, superheroes, kinky hair, books, science fiction, coffee shops, tea, sunsets, blueberry muffins, the color blue, yoga, spirituality, community service, psychology, computer technology, health and fitness

I'd like to meet:

you, all of you.....

Music:

amel larriuex, tracy chapman, nya jade, india arie, the roots, maxwell, corinne bailey rae, van hunt, goapele, javier, eric benet, josh groban, jill scott, lara fabian, carmen rodgers, common, calvin richardson, nina simone, cree summer, lauryn hill, erykah badu, dwele, norah jones, diana krall

Movies:

a beautiful mind, x-men the last stand, pay it forward, crash, finding forester, mona lisa smile, the little mermaid, corinna corinna, brown sugar, their eyes were watching God, slingblade, antwone fisher, love, sex, and eating the bones, the pursuit of happyness, pitch black, the breakfast club

Television:

star trek voyager, star trek deep space nine, star trek the next generation, soul food, csi:new york, csi, csi: miami, clean house, how do i look, six feet under, oz, babylon 5, def poetry, the cosby show, a different world, will and grace, surprise by design, girlfriends, everybody hates chris, all of us, babylon 5,

Books:

niv life application bible, letters to a young brother MANifest your destiny, night, man's search for meaning,stuart little, astonishing x-men, x-men: phoenix endsong, new x-men: omnibus, sonia sanchez's poetry, purpose driven life, nikkin giovanni's poetry, c. s. lewis' writings, w;t

Heroes:

Jesus, hill harper, claire fisher, sonia sanchez, c. s. lewis, virginia satir, niki giovanni, tracy chapman, lauryn hill, vincent van gogh, jean grey, mothers and fathers

My Blog

gills and tails.

i looked at my reflection in the water thought what an unlikely pair closed my eyes, held my breath, plummeted down,down,down and anchored myself there can't tell how long i've been in the company of ...
Posted by brian. on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:13:00 PST

the many things.

so. my master's program is winding down to it's final year and it's caused me to squeeze as much out of it as i can, to suck the life from it's bones in a way.  with my internship looming i'm rea...
Posted by brian. on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:42:00 PST

sun days.

sun days have always been significant to me because being raised in an older african american community sundays of course were about church and after church lounging. there was no work to be done on L...
Posted by brian. on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:47:00 PST

thrusday after the gym.

hi.  my name is brian and i'm addicted to chai. so i've discovered this new coffee/tea joint not too far from me called infusion.  (uh maybe enfusion)  anyway i've been in search of a n...
Posted by brian. on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:24:00 PST

new year, old tea

Got a willThat lifts me upWhen my body can'tGot a wayOf getting' throughWith no helping handsGot a mindThat lends me strengthSo I ain't afraid to standGot a loveSo deep in meCan't be stopped by any ma...
Posted by brian. on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:06:00 PST

christmas and new years.....but not really.

im thankful that being a big kid is showing me that there are no rules to life; no structure to it all.  it's all just a big ball of clay that you press and mold into what you make it.  just...
Posted by brian. on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:18:00 PST

i’ve changed my address

now if i only had some red wine to go with this diana krall.   so i've moved i hate the process.  i think it's first cousin to death at times.  indeed it seems like dying because the me...
Posted by brian. on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:57:00 PST

love song 2

Born on a black starI've come so farTo give you loveBeautiful,Beautiful loveBeyond the starsIs where i'm fromCome with meWe can live in loveI come from a world made of loveI wanna take you thereI come...
Posted by brian. on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:46:00 PST

dream.

last night, in my sleep-slumber, i thought that maybe, (just maybe.) that the sun's hat would stay hidden just under the lip of the horizon. held. still. and it would be 5:59 forever. and that t...
Posted by brian. on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:35:00 PST

insanity.

my life is insane.  i never thought that things could get this busy.    well, number one i started my new job last week.  they are still getting stuff arranged and all but i think...
Posted by brian. on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:42:00 PST