professional amateur.
the true new yorker secretly believes
that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding.
--john updike..
"i shut my eyes in order to see."
-- paul gauguin
i was a terror since the public school era.
words are weapons
sharper than knives
i used to collect typewriters and lunchboxes. then, briefly: rotary telephones.
i'm not a luddite but i have a soft spot for the once-coveted-now-discarded.
i heart my lowrider bike with its custom-made camouflage seat and star-spangled grips.
i lay down law from state to state and slay all suckers who perpetrate.
i like hip hop, flip flops, helmut lang and helmut newton, dr. dre and dr. seuss, peanut butter and jelly, gin and tonic, steak with frites. shakespeare and sesame street make me smile. i wish i could write like gabriel garcia marquez, mug like robert de niro and sing like sade.
my favorite motto is the one from the lotto: you gotta be in it to win it. rainy days and r. kelly always get me down.
{risk taker/
list maker/
heart breaker}
