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Anthro Journo

..seeing more than the average eye..

About Me



i'm an anthropologist i'm a freelance journalist i'm ceo and founder of creative criss crossand most importantly: i'm just a writer

i live by this:
"it is not enough for you to do your best. you must do what is required by the situation." - cathy hughes

i inspire comics cos i'm a bad mama jama

i really believe in the power of love (maybe too much)

on this day, he stole my soul [i don't want it back ♥ ]

this pic always makes me laugh rip jb

if you fused my cosmological and philosophical beliefs,
you'd probably say i'm an africentric zen buddhist this is my bible

even as a child i had a great gtfoh face

see my extended network

My Interests

I am inspired by: love . pain . mistakes . hope . touch . wind . music . travel . rum . clouds . dance . heaven . hell . feet . sight . flowers . smiles . sunshine . electricity . nighttime . television . sleep . honey . elephants . fashion . lipgloss . rock

I'd like to meet:


b.a.s.q.u.i.a.t

Music:

this page looks beautifulest in firefox

Movies:

I lead a double:elbuod life
i spl-it my time between NY and LDN. i just can't choose...
i resent having to carry a passport though. do human beings really believe it's possible to own the earth? revolución de los medioswhen your eye shows you other people's immorality say: 'eye, those people have eyes too.'
swahili proverb
and that's my word

Television:

good hugs good music reality tv gchat conversations independent cinema talking to myself (out loud) hearty laughter brown skin sleeping whilst being driven sunshine kept secrets family history hand-made jewelry nomadic travels ginger musicals tenderness fried chicken (shut up) holding hands fluffy socks cursing room temperature water people watching bill cosby & katt williams strong arms pizza barbershop stories freedom do not surround yourself with
people who endanger your happiness

make me laugh and you
can have anything you want (except that) (and that)

there is no honor in
struggle for struggle's sake

fear nothing: not even yourself

don't ask questions
you know the answer to

honesty is never cruel
but cruel people can abuse honesty

i'm a firm believer in
meditation and prayer
90.s hip.hop


Books:

rebellion and revolution are not the same thing
thugs are not freedom fighters
make-ups 2 break-ups

Heroes:

it is good to have an end to journey towards:
but it is the journey that matters in the end.
Ursula K LeGuin
(he)art

My Blog

- Aside *11 -

dream a little dream for meyou may meet mein the quiet corners of your mindcovered in cobwebs, wearing old rags made of fearin rooms with windows openbut too high to escape throughdream a little dream...
Posted by Anthro Journo on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:05:00 PST

- Like Seasons, Time and Love...Everything Changes -

    I thought I had it. But I lost it. Again. I walked into there blindly. Left with clearer vision. Again. I didn't reach for that. For fear of losing it. Again. Everything changes. Again...
Posted by Anthro Journo on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:16:00 PST

- Q & A with aj (2) -

uh huh. i did this around the same time last year (time flies!), and i thought i'd go for round deux. post your questions in here, and i will answer them in here. i know this is type self-indulgent, b...
Posted by Anthro Journo on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:38:00 PST

- Aside *10 -

even when holes become too small to swim through and cords become too strong to break through even when fear wraps around lungs and squeezes and hope falls asleep at the wheel even when broken compass...
Posted by Anthro Journo on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:00:00 PST

- The Misconception of Deception -

  "Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies" - Fleetwood Mac   Growing up, I'd always thought of myself as an honest person. Lying, stealing and misbehaving were never as appealing to me as t...
Posted by Anthro Journo on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 06:45:00 PST

- Aside *9 -

  the revolution is - here - televised and broadcasted in high definition transporting technicolor right to your spiritual antenna   the revolution is - here - calling and texting, e-...
Posted by Anthro Journo on Sat, 19 May 2007 12:55:00 PST

- Aside *8 -

- the other side of Aside *7 -   - that's life - someone told us 'life is hard' and we believed them, signed right up to painful relationships and dead end jobs and lives devoid of dreams - that'...
Posted by Anthro Journo on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 04:48:00 PST

- Aside *7 -

- no pain, no gain -   muscles get stronger when they tear   when molecules part and sinews shred   exercising emotions means feelings get hurt   as good times rupture and memories...
Posted by Anthro Journo on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:18:00 PST

- Like = Love² -

I was having a conversation with Love. I was trying to connect the dots which had scattered across my emotional landscape.  I'd talked with Love many times before, but this time was different. We...
Posted by Anthro Journo on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:08:00 PST

- Aside *6 -

funny how the - tick tock - makes you feel as though you're running out of time but seconds, minutes and hours are merely an intepretation of an age old phenomenon don't let the clock fool you we are ...
Posted by Anthro Journo on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 08:49:00 PST