Jay Moody was born to a large, Creek Indian and Scots-Irish family from Pensacola, Florida. A versatile artist, Jay is a singer/songwriter who peforms under the moniker of Lojah as well as an academic. Growing up in a military family, Jay was brought up on all three U.S. coasts in diverse areas such as New Orleans, Maryland and California's Bay Area while always calling Florida his home.

Jay Studied the Russian language in the United States Navy, he has worked in archaeology and is currently a University student of linguistics and cultural anthropology and a practitioner of the Muskogee Creek Stomp Dance tradition.

His literary content revolves around down-to-earth socio-political commentary, and spiritualism woven together with all things pertinent to the human condition. He encourages a life in balance with the natural environment while celebrating the finer points of creation.

My passion is ...

Life's abundance

I know too much about ...

Human beings

My parents always told me ...

Don't follow the crowd.

My childhood ambition ...

To be Indiana Jones

My favorite memory ...

Would violate ToS.

Why I write ...

Because it has to come out.

My first job ...

Unloading Watermelon trucks

My best moment ...

Has yet to come.

My inspiration ...

Love

Politics, News & Issues > US Economy How rising gas prices have affected your daily life

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In 1990 I started driving. I was never a rich kid and I couldn't always afford to go out and do any number of the things my friends could afford to do. I didn't always have the newest shoes or the most fashionable school clothes. But when I started driving gas cost only a little over a dollar a gallon and just a few dollars could get me around on a Friday night with my buddies or my girlfriend.

Throughout my twenties I was a college student, living on my own and often broke, without much money. When the weekend rolled around I might not have much money to go to a movie or a nice resta...

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