i laugh. a lot.
i've started putting some pictures up of my time in korea. go here...
http://picasaweb.google.com/joanna.zgurzynski
i tend to write other people's "about me's". i wrote one for my friend mike todd. and he just wrote one for me. here it goes...
I am not backing Jimi Hendrix at all. Never have, never will... he
wouldn’t even make my top 100 favourite musicians list. Not that I
have one. I do understand why some of you people are fans though. Have
you ever seen his drawings??? Andrew Reynolds just bought some from
his family, stuff not many have ever seen. It will be available on his
new clothing company's tee shirts. That company is called Altamont. It
looks like some really fine clothing. I am excited to see it in
person. I saw the catalog at Sunday skateboard shop in Buffalo. There
is a shirt with a photo of a cat on it taken by Patrick O'Dell. Which
reminds me of two things:
1. My cat Jimi who was named after Jimi Hendix by my good friend Joe.
Lord knows I wouldn't name my cat after an artist who wouldn't even
make my top 100.
2. I am supposed to be writing this thing here for Asia.
Well, Jimi Hendrix has a song called "If 6 was 9". It’s a cooker (Asia
would say its a “kookerâ€) of a song, I will admit. Mainly for the lyrics,
in my mind. That's the thing, I like rhythm type guitar, not this one-big-solo type shit. So yeah, where was I??? In that tune, Jimi says
something along the lines of "let me tell you a little bit about
yourself". I think. Is it that song??? Either way, I love that to no
end. He might even make my top 100 list for that line alone now that I
think about it. And when he says "go on Mr. Business man you can't
dress like me" or "I am the one that has to die when it's time for me
to die, so let me live my life the way I want to". Epic lyrics.
Well, getting to know, and being friends with Asia, I have learned that
she will tell you a little…wait…a lot, about yourself. She will
really put you to the test for the type of person you are. It is
because she wants to get to know you so well. So she asks these
questions of you that she feels she must know the answers to. Her questions are deep
like the Atlantic, and so to answer them you have to dig down deep
into those things we have called feelings. That is what is so
fantastic about her. Asia really wants to know everything that makes
one tick, she does not just want to shoot the shit and talk about the
weather. It’s great, she asks the things you are afraid to ask
yourself and then turns around and asks you the things you wished
everyone else would ask. She takes notice of all the little things
that a person does, and will sing your praises about them. It’s rare as
hell you meet someone that wants you to feel good about yourself... it
is a very cynical world out there, because of people. Asia
wants the best for all of her friends. Like Jimi Hendrix, in a way she
wants you to be yourself and not be a generic business man. She wants
you to live your life as your cause. She also knows, like Jimi, that you
are the one that has to die, and more importantly, live, with yourself.
Self hate is huge these days and so we point out others flaws that in
reality are our own. Asia is the exact opposite. She likes who she is,
who her friends are, and she adores her family. She is very refreshing in a
stale-ass world. Asia is the perfect example of how we should all
treat each other. She is beyond kind with her words and her actions.
And unlike Jimi Hendrix and his crazy solo guitar that I can't keep up
with, Asia has a rhythm to the way she carries herself and to the way
she drills you with all her questions. In fact, when I am around Asia, I
feel oddly at ease, and that is because of her and that rhythm. It
flows like a good tune. I asked a mutual friend of ours what I could
write... and she said this "i think she has this really calm aura,
even though she's a wildcat" Which is kinda what I just said... all
these crazy fuck off questions and yet you are at ease. Our friend
Lucky also said this "I think she notices things when you have no idea
she's noticing them, digests them, then reinterprets them in a really
interesting, introspective way" And I agree.
Asia gives excellent hugs. I would imagine that's how the ingredients
of a ‘burrito boyz’ burrito must feel when they get wrapped up by that
imported shell. I fucking love burritos!!!
So, Asia is in some far off land teaching English to some little
shits for the next year or so, and like i miss my cat Jimi who died not long
ago, I miss her like the dessert misses the rain.--
Mike Cyril Todd
www.alonelikeastone.com
