that guy (aka N!) - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I'm an annoying, sarcastic, cynical cuss with scars, holes, and ink....
I'm usually lurking at gallery openings shooting video, stealing souls on digital tape. I'm currently working on a ..ary of the local "Lobrow/New Pop Surrealism/Weirdo" art scene and have the audacity and balls to bring it to fruition.
Somewhere along the line I got serious enough to quit marking up public property and pour (or should I say "spew"?) my talents onto something other than private/public property. So yeah, pickle-chugger, I paint... well, if you want to get really technical about the thing I blow acrylic latex pigment through strategically cut holes in heavy paper and/or metal via a propellant filled container. Oh and now the stupid homeowners association is attempting to make me stop... well fuck 'em! Sometimes you might find me dancing somewhere caught up in a trance induced by my own angels and demons. Music is my lifeblood and I have a voracious appetite that transcends genres, classifications, stereotypes, and time.
I spend my days doing lots of odd stuff (besides painting in a sombrerro)... I (still) teach.... I occasionally fly in a helicopter and shoot traffic accidents... You've seen my graphic skillz at the Miami Heat games... Hell, I'm even a voice of the Ft. Lauderdale Historical Society! (seriously) Not to mention a featured voice in an upcoming video game. (thanx Chris!)
And, there is so much more to come, I'm driven.... I'm brutally honest.... I'm that big shaved-ape knuckle-dragging friend that instigates trouble without ever really appearing to do so. Whether I'm passing you a bowl or pouring you a shot, my horns and tail remain invisible yet entirely intact. You may know me by sight but never know my name. Or know my name and never know the real me. Secretive and seductive, yet never one to back away from a dare... I've been in trouble since trouble found my zipcode and helped me to light my entire street on fire!
I somehow managed to completely screw up my profile with This Fandangled Contraption
Quit complainin' bruther and relax in what I call my little "Myspace Bali Hi".

My Interests

If we make peaceful revolution impossible.... we make violent revolution innevitible! -JFK

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell NO! And it aint over now 'cause when the going get's tough... the tough get going... Who's with me? Let's go! -John "Bluto" Blutarsky

We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole multi colored collection of uppers, downers, laughers, screamers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge, and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon. - HST

I'd like to meet:

Someone, anyone, everyone that is really real.

Mutherscratchers that are honest and true to their own crusades. Artists, musicians, and other weirdos that are as driven as I am to make our slice of this god forsaken world a better place! (even if it's only for us freaks)

Oh.. and I'm 100% sure I have finally found the "pink haired girl with freckles" that I started looking for all those years ago (think friendster baby!?!)... so if you were assisting me me in my quest, thanks for your effort! It's appreciated.

Music:

If I decided to start the list I'd surely never stop typing. Unfortunately for you, just as soon as you'd think you had me all figured out because of some silly ass list I'd pull out some wild card CD you'd never even heard of, spook your shit all the way out, and your pidgeonholing house of cards would tumble.
I don't play that game! wanna know? you gotta ask nice like

Television:

Twin Peaks*
Fishing With John*
Carnivale
Life
Dexter
Weeds
First Person*
The Henry Rollins Show
Penn & Teller's Bullshit
Deadwood*(Ya Fuckin' Cunt)
Millenium*
Daily Show
Real Time with Bill Maher
South Park
Independant Lens
City Confidential
*no longer on the air

Heroes:

E. Colleen Kelley
Darren Arnofsky
Jonathan More
Matt Black
Henry Rollins
Trent Harris
D.A. Pennebaker
Errol Morris
John Cameron Mitchell
Glen E Friedman
George Romero
Morgan Spurlock
Craig Stecyk
Albert & David Maysles
Douglas Pray
Futura 2000
James Lavelle
Paul Klipsch
Crispin Glover
Jim Henson
Chuck D
Depak Chopra
Hunter S. Thompson
Banksy
Frank Zappa
Kern Mattei
...more to come

My Blog

To everyone who asks, "Where do you disappear to?"... Here's your answer.

Yeah, so... after a pretty long Saturday of doin' the "art thang" at Rock vs Art VII (home at 4:30) somebody wakes up early (at 11:30) to jump into another project. Yup, I'm nutty like that... I can c...
Posted by that guy (aka N!) on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:31:00 PST

I'm NOT flying to Orlando (More TSA ranting)

Now, if you happened to read Why The TSA Hates Me then you'd understand why I have issues with the entire "Illusion of Safety" our crack team of professionals at the TSA attempts to hock this nation o...
Posted by that guy (aka N!) on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:59:00 PST

Why the TSA hates me. (part 1)

Okay, not for nuthin', but this one comes at the request of a few friends who always attempt to cajole me to tell the story to some unsuspecting squarehead or, even better, some female in a bar ...
Posted by that guy (aka N!) on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 09:00:00 PST

WEDNESDAY SUCKS ASS!

miserible: adj. 1. in a condition of misery: wretched, unhappy, suffering, etc. ...where do I begin? Well, the friggin' bracket that holds the fan motor onto the cover came loose Sunday. This never w...
Posted by that guy (aka N!) on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Modern Mythology

So... I'm starting to think (which is a bad idea in general) about what is it that's really forced my dwindling romantic life into the corner that it currently dwells. Now, I'm not complaining... I me...
Posted by that guy (aka N!) on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

My Casio (never told me there'd be days like these)

Finally I get to relax... Heat kicked the shit out of the Wizards... now, I don't mean to be partial, crass, or bias (especially not to the fuckers that are signin' the checks, yo) but despite some ba...
Posted by that guy (aka N!) on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

So damn cool!

I just gotta say I truly love my job with the Miami Heat! Now... if it wasn't apparent I'm hardly a sports fan. Shit, when asked what sports I like my usual response is, "Contact". Yeah, two dudes bea...
Posted by that guy (aka N!) on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Am I an Addict? a Junkie? or Both?

Ok.... so I'm going through files of reciepts in order for my accountant to re-address my taxes for the past few years. (in hopes of getting me some dough back from the I-R-ASS) Well... while doing t...
Posted by that guy (aka N!) on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST