"The justification for the existence of anthropology is to find out about the world, not produce third-rate philosophers." -Dell Hymes

i changed the way my lj looks.

If all Barbie dolls manufactured since 1959 were laid head to high-heeled foot, they would circle the Earth 6 times ( Read more... )

"And as a passing comment, there are few things I find more irritating about my own country than this so-called 'search for an identity', an identity which I've never doubted having existed in the first place ( Read more... )

I had a warm and fuzzy birthday. Thanks all, I didn't know how fun birthdays could be.

Who wants to build a snowman?

So this is the time of year for new beginnings I guess. Things around me change and it's refreshing, but I feel the same...and I am satisfied.

Happy New Year folks.
Welcome to more of the same.

"Gulsambar is one of my favorite Kalasha children, as difficult as she is delightful, and I learned a lot by watching her grow up. When I first came to the valleys, she was about four years old and prone to the most outrageous temper tantrums. She would cajole and whine, "may de, may de" (give it to me, give it to me), and then start crying and ( Read more... )