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Bonno

Batting a million!

About Me

A complex man, A large building that people rent out space in. I'm a cancer which means I'm sensitive and good in bed, if you don't mind all the crying,
Sometimes while you're talking, I'm seeing your very soul and thinking, "Man, what a hot soul!"
I'm always thinking at a clip and running at full speed,.. and that's while I'm in my car.
I'm a "creative". Creativity is what I'm about. I love to laugh and make you laugh. If you can't make me laugh I'll still like you, but I'll probably make you do things like clean my house for me.
I'm into showbiz, art and fun. There's an edge to me. Some people think I'm crazy. They're just projecting.
I like to think of me as someone who says things that people are thinking but not saying and hopefully in a way that makes them laugh. But I'd rather you think of me. Thinking of myself too much makes me nauseous. I'd rather think about you. In fact, we're fine if neither of us are thinking about you or me.
Let's just hang out and have fun.
I dig your creativity and encourage it and I don't like okra.
Be smart, challenging, funny and self confident and we'll most surely get along.
I'm also an excellent singer.
Oh, and I dance...

My Interests

Movies, Comedy cds,( old ones, Don Rickles, Norm Crosby), Philosophy (like UFO's and Bigfoot. That's philosophy isn't it?) Comedy films and tv shows. Seeing character actors at the Radio Shack, Art (Coop, classic artists, poster artists, recent naive art), Dave Cooper paintings, some lowbrow art, weird cartoons. Odd societal tweaks like cults, paranoid conspiracy theorists etc. Are you in a cult? How do you know? I have a big Phillip K. Dick, beat up paperback collection. Well, I think it's big. Rock music (I'm a neophyte but dig Black Label Society). Did I mention comedy? I collect everything from toys to comedy memorabilia and lenticulars. I'm an artist, do portraits of famous people that no one would ever paint. Currently working on a George Kennedy painting in my mind.

I'd like to meet:

BJORK and Paul McCartney

Music:

Black Label Society, Tool, Elliott Smith, William Shatner and Ben Folds, Sean Lennon, Linkin Park, Eminem, Evanescence, The Finn Brothers, XTC.

Movies:

Anchorman, Ray, Team America, Groundhog Day, Stripes, Waking Life, Wings of Desire, Life of Brian, Sherman's March, Gap-Toothed Women, Animal House, Lost in Translation, You Can Count On Me, The Royal Tennenbaums, Rushmore, Say Anything, Brazil, Blade Runner, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation, The Fifth Element (for the effects and Mila Jovovich), Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Altered States, Superman 1, Spiderman 1 and 2, Time Bandits, Play It Again Sam, Sleeper, Annie Hall, Stardust Memories, Carnal Knowledge, American Werewolf in London, My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, John Carpenter's

Television:

Every night I pray for Tivo to enter my life and record these shows. Ali G, The Daily Show (John Stewart rules!), The Chappelle Show, Monty Python, I'm Alan Partridge, Strangers With Candy, The Office, The Fast Show (now called

Books:

Radio Free Albemuth by Phillip K. Dick, Love is a Dog From Hell by Charles Bukowski, The Seven Mysteries of Life by Guy Murchie (still reading that one), The Secret Life of Plants (Plants do feel and if you yell at them enough they will scream back at you.)The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle (keep putting off reading it until later), Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards (changed my paintings dramatically. Made them more precise.), Everything in The World and Boys and Girls by Lynda Barry, all Kliban cartoon books, and a couple of collections of Buddy Hickerson's The Quigmans cartoons. I have coffee table sized art books a plenty. Graphic Novels- Supreme and Miracleman by Alan Moore, Sin City and Y, the Last Man On Earth.

Heroes:

Professional heroes: Woody Allen, Steve Martin, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Will Ferrell, Jonathan Winters, Bill Cosby, Michael Palin, Steve Coogan, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Richard Pryor, Mel Brooks, Chris Rock, John Stewart, Conan O'Brien, Picasso, Robert Smigel, Martin Scorcese, Jules Feiffer, Robert DeNiro, Orson Welles, Mike Nichols, Jack Kirby, Leonardo Da Vinci, John Belushi, Paddy Chayefsky, Mike Judge, Matt Groenig, Buddy Hickerson, Lynda Barry, Amy Sedaris, Catherine O'Hara, Anthony Robbins, Andy Merrill, The guys in They Might Be Giants, Jack Nicholson, William Shatner, Zakk Wylde, John Lennon, The Beatles, Joel Hodgson, Martin Short.

My Blog

Happiness

Dad passed away and I’ve been scouring youtube again finding things I like that make me smile. This clip from a Steve Martin Special really put me over the edge with joy. When you watch it, g...
Posted by Bonno on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:26:00 PST

My father

He passed away today at around 1:30 p.m. central time. It was unexpected, but as these things go, there were signs coming up.Loved this man. He was always my champion and best friend.Tired and going...
Posted by Bonno on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:36:00 PST

Update and ramblings

Hi Strangers,Been on the road featuring as the middle act for Hal Sparks "Word of Mouth" tour...Got back Monday from playing Cobb’s Comedy Club in San Francisco over the weekend. Wrote a lot of...
Posted by Bonno on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:18:00 PST

Hey everybody. Some stuff.

Just got back from reading my ex comedy partner and good friend Angela Davis' blog here http://marjoree.tumblr.com/She's an awesome eclectic writer and free-associator (if that is a word). Check out ...
Posted by Bonno on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:10:00 PST

Back up on stage. This time in Vegas!

Doing the comedy thing next week in Vegas with Hal Sparks headlining. That guy gets me in some great rooms!! This time at the Improv in Harrah's.Been busy living life and enjoying it. Painting agai...
Posted by Bonno on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:03:00 PST

Nov 12th Benefit-all star comics! Check out the list!!! Man!

A reposting of Erica Doerring's blog- go support friend and comic Tom Sharpe!!!! The man has no medical insurance AND Lyme Disease. Exceelnt guy, funny comic. Always been generous and cool to me i...
Posted by Bonno on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:17:00 PST

Blade Runner, Daniel Johnston, Laundry and Yelp.com

Did laundry today. I'm so proud. It was nearly my WHOLE wardrobe, at least all the things I LIKE to wear. Was thinking of splurging and doing "fluff and fold" so I could get back to being busy a a ...
Posted by Bonno on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 10:11:00 PST

9/11 twist: a celebration

Of course, I remember when my girlfriend at the time, a New Yorker, called me the morning of September 11th and told me turn on the tv. She was totally freaked out as was I. We had just returned fr...
Posted by Bonno on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:37:00 PST

Inspirational words that get me through the day

Mmmmm girls.New dvd releases.Air conditioning.Mmmmm food.Now time for one of my favorite Maryanne Williamson quotes. (I don't know it by heart so I'm going to paraphrase.)"Our fear is not that we are...
Posted by Bonno on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:18:00 PST

Thank You- Beyond Self Promo

The cartoon short I co-produced and played Tom SIzemore in - Beverly Hills Anger Management was featured on myspacers' home pages as a "Cool New Video" to take a look at over the weekend. Our hits ...
Posted by Bonno on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:56:00 PST