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I’m Feeling You: The Pictures

Posted on October 23, 2006 | Leave a comment

NOTE: These photos are the companion to a love note I wrote to New York City a couple months before moving here. Click here to read.

My next girlfriend, Layla The Bellydancer.

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Oh, Brooklyn . . . I feel you. Continue reading →

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Black Girl Gone Wild (Photo Blog)

Posted on October 8, 2006 | Leave a comment

I went camping (for only the second time in my life) this weekend with my best friend April and my former roommate “Double-0″ and I can tell you three things:

1. Camping is for White people.
2. Camping is for White people.
3. When camping with White people, drinking makes the experience infinitely more fun.

This is what I packed into Double-0′s car. April went up early to set things up for us since we had to work.

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Snapshots: Heat and Porcelain

Posted on June 19, 2006 | 2 Comments

“If one woman were to tell the truth about her life the world would split open.” – Muriel Rukeyser

The Virgin

The Virgin

BLOOD AND COTTON

There it was then. If I hadn’t been robbed of my virginity the first time, then this second time definitely did it. There was blood in my underwear. Blood in the toilet water. I didn’t tell many people about this second time because of the first. What virgin gets raped by two different men in the space of 60 days? Continue reading →

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Trading Space for Time

Posted on May 2, 2006 | Leave a comment

“Time is the only commodity. There is no other.” – a tomato grower I interviewed in New Hampshire

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NOTE: This blog was originally posted on MySpace, and was about the first time I met author/screenwriter/producer Tucker Max. Tucker has been an inspiration, first as writer and second as a businessman, since I first discovered his website in 2004. This was written in May 2006, but I’m sure by the time most people find or read this post on this site in 2009, he is on his way to becoming a household name with a blockbuster movie. To see the reason for the trip, read this post.

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The trip to Philly started off normal enough. By normal, I mean driving up to Portsmouth and commiting to a six-hour car ride with a guy who I’ve only spoken on the phone with. Continue reading →

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