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el gringo

...this is the way we disappear...it's easy just to burn out like a star...

About Me

let me tell you what melba toast is packing right here...i've got four-eleven positrack out back... seven-fifty double pumper...edelbrock intake...bored over thirty...eleven to one pop up pistons...turbo jet...three ninety horse power...we're talking some fucking muscle...tattoos. friends. loyalty. hudson. nyc. tcqp. and broken hearts.

My Interests

tattoos. music. friends. movies. and grape drink.

I'd like to meet:

matt skiba. dan andriano. billie joe armstrong. alex from the o.c my grandfather.

Music:

alklaine trio. green day. across five aprils. underoath. from autumn to ashes. atreyu. norma jean. holden. saves the day. taking back sunday. everytime i die. as i lay dying. rancid. the distillers. thrice. thursday. brand new. the streets. scary kids scaring kids. evergreen terrace. poison the well. social distortion. h2o. elvis costello. elvis pressley. alkaline trio. matchbook romance. alexisonfire. scatter the ashes. the bled.

Movies:

donnie darko. elephant. boondock saints. american history x. slackers. suburbia. green street holigans. the swiss family robinson.

Television:

kicked it in. dave harris has a small pecker.

Books:

catcher in the rye. and vernon god little. the outsiders. rumble fish. nothing feels good. the death and life of bobby z.

Heroes:

my friends. and my mom. mike ness. BJ. buddy nielsen.

My Blog

...switch blades make better impressions...

standing tall and silent with words taking shape...as daggers bleeding from these bloodshot eyes...i bite my tongue as you all get ready to see me fall my mouth fills with blood as i hold back from te...
Posted by reid on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:04:00 PST

...second star to the right...

truly isolated in the depths of dreams.  i look around...and all i can see are robots.  yes men.  and women practically doing anything they can to impress that...oh so...well dressed pr...
Posted by reid on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:38:00 PST

...erase what is done and write the ending for a new beginning...

falling apart at the seams. even the strongest stitches couldn't hold me together now. i stopped feeling long before this was all played out. and this song has been playing in my head for days. but no...
Posted by reid on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:45:00 PST

...all the songs the night sings...

i will admit i am scared. scared to ask the questions i am entitled to ask. i know i shouldn't question what happened but given my track record...i think i owe it to myself before i get in too deep....
Posted by reid on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 05:18:00 PST

...tomorrow's history...

the mask you wear is a joke. you can pretend to be happy all you want. but we all know that your petty...deprecating sense of humor...is a weak attempt to hide your...oh so blatant...insecurities. ...
Posted by reid on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:01:00 PST

your hands are cold...

barely breathing. the crowd slowly surrounds this dying boy. give him room to breathe. let him choke back his last few breaths. blood seeping from his mouth down his cheek. was it meant to happen...
Posted by reid on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:24:00 PST

silence is golden...but i should have told you...

don't ask just trust. i remember those words escaping your lips. i know i used the word escape...i chose it carefully...because i know you'd never want to mutter those words to me again...you had me...
Posted by reid on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 06:06:00 PST

the lost diaries...

i can't even put it into words. the loss. the defeat. and the sense of hopelessness. its something i've been thrying to shake since you told me you were leaving. i was left to discover that you we...
Posted by reid on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 05:09:00 PST

an obsession with hurting myself

this all seems forced. like an awkward jumpstarted conversation between two people who hate eachother. you feel the need to say something. anything. but everything that comes out is completely and...
Posted by reid on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:41:00 PST

the oc's wounded soldier

if only for a moment i closed my eyes...and couldn't for the life of me imagine the pain and void that you must feel inside...its a fire that burns violently out of control...one that has engulfed you...
Posted by reid on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 07:13:00 PST