Guy Norbury

Born & raised in NYC, I've always had an interest in arts and other cultures. Having traveled allot as a child and an adult (which is much better), I've gathered much perspective which I always try to use. I think what causes most of the worlds problems (besides similar morons who take their religion too damn seriously; mind you this is a priest telling you this) are people who are unable to see things from another's perspective. I think all perspectives and religions have their strengths & weaknesses and you just need to be accepting of the ones that'll help you and be tolerant of the ones that wont. I was an only child until 20 when my mom and her new husband had a kid of their own and another a few years later. So now I have two adorable little bros. In college I actually learned interesting things, met the love of my life, started studying martial arts (and incidentally found fighting methods dirtier than my own) & holistic medicine, and began to work in documentaries. I even worked (Assistant Director) on an award winning documentary about Beat poet Allan Ginsberg called "Van Gough's Ear". A piece that I wrote about it was published in NASA Abstracts Beat Culture: The 1950s and Beyond after I read it at a conference at VU University in Holland. You can find it in your college library if you're really interested. After realizing that it's a struggle to pay the bills as a scholar or a documentary filmmaker I tried cable tv, than cable TV documentaries. In every case I was making more money bartending at a comedy club (yea not even a trendy bar) and doing pyrotechnics at parties on the weekends. So now I work in advertising and everything is allot funnier now. It's a regular full time job but I don't worry about $ any more and the folks here aren't nearly as uptight as the other places I've worked. I was able to make enough money to throw a huge wedding for the love of my life and I this past summer. Of course the honeymoon was my favorite part; she picked out this beautiful seaside resort/bungalow in Crete. I'll try and get pictures up. I've even started writing again (thus this exercise) but now I want to work on more fiction.