1. Do you like humans?
sometimes some of them.
1b. Who are your peers?
people who have been struck by lightning. anyone with sincere religosity--born-again whatevers. DIY-ers, all the misdiagnosed schizos, autistics, manic-depressives and OCD's that really are just suppressed creatively.
1c. What would you like to share with your peers?
freedom, namely from (op/sup)pression
1x. What do you get out of it?
i've been there. i am there. it helps me and it helps them. Fuggin Jerry Maguire. ultimately, we share, hence we grow. that's the goal.
2. What are your strengths? Weaknesses?
i'm a strong leader but i'm weak in my expression of that strength, or else it's in my confidence that i'm a strong leader--i have trouble believing it.
2a. In what capacities are you most effective?
editing and criticism. give me your book, your song, your poem, anything--whatever. i'll put my whole into it with the reading and the thinking, especially when you're my peer, and i'll give it to you straight. as long as you're serious about it and want to collaborate.
3. How do you wish the world could be?
full of serious people with straightforward ideas. but then again, if it was like that, what would be the point to my existence and my beliefs?
4. What is your Dad's favorite saying? Mom's? Siblings? Yours? Fav influences'?
My mom: "Suck it up or die."
5. Look up your "country of origin" or consider your home country. (Search for example, "Swedish Mentality" or "Finnish Silence" for an idea). Find out the typical "mentality" or "talent" of this country. Do you relate to it? How so?
American. Yeah, I relate to it all the way, out of the park, home run. I look at Walt Whitman, Billy 5 Burroughs and the expatriots like Henry Miller (they couldn't be expatriots unless they're American). The American mentality is everything I am and strive to be. I'm America in myself. Talk to me and you'll experience America.
6. Pick a word that exemplifies your "Heart's Home" like 'silence' or 'exuberance' or 'couchsurfing' and write what that word that you've chosen IS or IS NOT (or whatever). For example "Silence isn't golden," or "Silence conveys multiple messages."
Equanimity is James Dean on LSD but no one's tripping.
7. Insult something you love!
Fuck waterproof boots!
8. Compliment something you hate!
Those orange-brown beetles that are attracted to cigarette smoke that always fly around and disturb me while i'm outside and trying to focus on something creative really bring out the Man in me.
9. When was the first time you used the internet? A computer?
Elementary school.
9a. What did you do with these? Who did you talk with?
I played Math Blaster and learned how to type. Didn't really talk to anyone, I was just so damn good at Math Blaster.
9b. What was shocking about any experience with these? What was beautiful? What did you learn (about people, culture, bananas, etc)?
I was hella good at math.
9x. What influenced you most about the Internet or Computers?
Space Cadet pinball, porn, music, MathBlaster and communication.
10. Chaotic Good/Lawful Evil/Chaotic Neutal ….?
It's whatever man. Thelema.
Through painting, I've developed a theme of order imposed on chaos. I'll throw down something chaotic and impulsive. Whatever I have at hand I apply to the canvas by whatever means first come to mind. After that's finished, I sit down and look for patterns. I fill in the blanks and connect the dots. I make the chaos appear orderly (what order means to me) with carefully applied dots and brush strokes. That's a lot of what humanity and living is: Imposing "order" onto the chaotic universe.
11. When were you last able to hang out with someone all day? Fart around and do nothing?
Went to the beach. Jammed, swam, tried building a sandcastle as tall as we were. Got practical and finished at about navel level. Left the beach, ordered some sushi to-go at Siam Orchard.. It took a while. Took a walk cause it was taking so long, talking all the while. By the time it was ready and we got to the riverside to eat it, the sun had set. There were these two teenagers, probably in the latter years of high school, boy and girl, trying to fly a kite. After we ate we watched them and joked about how there was no wind and on top of that they were trying to fly a kite at night. Then we went bowling.