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The details of MY life are quite inconsequential. My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink, he would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Some times he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. My childhood was typical, summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really. At the age of 12 I received my first scribe. At the age of fourteen, a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles.
Bahaha, just kidding...
Virgo (I was supposed to be a Leo but I was having too much fun in there). Goat (or "Ram" if you're nasty). Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (outside of Toronto). One brother: Ben '84 (he's pretty quiet, but whatever he does say is right on - studies graphic design management at Ryerson). One sister: Alex '77 (we're very close and very alike - she knows her music). Two parents: Boris (symphony orchestra conductor, dimplomat and backseat driver) and Ardyth (entertainment lawyer, author and general nagger).
I like playing music - guitar, singing, banging drums, piano - I gotta play everyday.
I like gadgets and new technology. Ever upgrading...
I'm tight with my family and friends and generally believe that most people are pretty decent if you give them a chance. I believe the same thing about art, music and movies, too.
That said, I have pretty strong opinions and can get pretty argumentative if theres a point worth proving. Just ask Ardyth...
I like to take pictures. I'd embed them, but my photobucket account is sucking in a huge way and I can't seem to get it to comply. And I'm way too busy to start up a new account somewhere else.
You can check my photos out here if you want. I'm also for hire to do portraits, headshots, events, weddings, barmitzvas, visits to the dentist, etc...
Likes: Music, art, my family, MOST of my friends, my job, shiny new brilliant ideas, British people, Swiss Chalet, Lola, suspense, puppets, Macs, almonds, Canada, motorcycles, looong hair (on women), money, poker, smoke, Haida art, my 'berry, Cheerios, my Taylor, sculpture, high boots (on women), high socks (on women), smart folk, knives, guns, my Tivo, wefunkradio, writing, Vice Magazine, Amoeba Records, spoken Italian, the Tibetan flag, Jerry Seinfeld, the "Brottage", palm trees, architecture, an hourglass figure, snow, the Disney Concert Hall, when people who can't sing try to, Sandy the Sebring, drum rolls, the sea, when pandas attack, a nice hooka, France, sashimi, my camera, stand-up comedy, sunshine, really high speed film shown in slow motion, relativity, the word "crafty", harmony, space, sunshine, crime drama, beer, Ashton Cabinet cigars, planetariums, the majestic lion, Moxi, Birds, oldies radio stations, staying in a hotel, candle light, mosaics, cofeemate, VEGAS, office supplies, love, golf, MY BIKE, real talent, finding things out I wasn't supposed to learn, palm trees, truly great speakers, a good couch, random people who turn out fun,
Dislikes: When Americans call Canada "Canadia" (some Americans think this is very clever for some reason), old food, insurance, money, horses, landings on airplanes, waiting in line, tequila, being ill, the dirty 6, scary movies that aren't scary (or try to teach a life lesson - blech), poverty, Fitness Made Simple, Baseball, a blown speaker, Fresca, scotch tape: no dispenser, small-minded folk, traffic, surfing (but only cause I can't really do it), track lighting, a piano that's out of tune (no, it doesn't have "character"), when you try to drink from your straw but you have to search for it with your lips and tongue like a fucking giraffe, tangled cords, OCD, when dudes wear pink, dracula, goats, Facebook (though i do use it - I just think it's inferior), when food looks good but doesn't deliver, fires in LA, arguments over a preference, when my dad calls me "sweetheart" (and he does...), pain, when people say "you know what I'm sayin'" every second sentence, car alarms, cheesy tattoos, quiet people, intolerance, inaction, dog pee (any pee, really), being forced to sit through bad commercials, when something that really should be cool and intellectual is dumbed down for the general public so it will make more money, really shitty customer service, my phonebill,