Clint Catalyst wants to know...Do you think that fashion trends are in any way related to what’s going on in the world (or at least a specific designer’s “little corner of it”) at that moment?

I'm the author of the speed-addled collection of stories and spoken word text stitched together and entitled COTTONMOUTH KISSES , which is basically a how-to guide for aspiring degenerates of all sexual orientations and flamboyant fashion persuasions. I also co-edited an anthology of exclusive stories entitled PILLS, THRILLS, CHILLS and HEARTACHE with the fabulously talented Michelle Tea (not only one of my favorite writers, but also one of my closest friends). The book title pretty much sums up what the stories entail...I mean, what else is there in life, anyway?

But WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY LIFE TODAY?

Well, I have two separate book projects on the back burners, as it's difficult to dedicate time to them now since my foray into television. I've worked in both genres: scripted and "reality." Note the quotation marks, since I'm more than aware of how actual events can be edited for the sake of story.

Currently I'm trying to get stuff going in BOTH arenas... so keep your appendages crossed for me, please! ;) I moved to Hollywood with a ridiculously limited amount of funds and no one to "hook me up" with anything. Matter of fact, I rode the bus for four months and packed food in carry-out boxes at a Mandarin/Chinese restaurant until I was able to work my way up to the measly position as a waiter.

What I'm attempting to communicate here is: I have no patience for people who tell me "it can't be done" unless you're born into the business. It's taken me one little step after another for 8 years now to get where I am, and I still have a LONG way to go.

To sum me up: I'm not afraid to take risks or make a fucking commitment to go for what I want, despite the crooks and crannies along the path that don't always entail fun-filled perks of "the good life."

Because I'm going for "the good life," I know there are some shitty roadblocks along the way...

To the hindrances--and those who cause them out of boredom or just plain cruel intentions--hear me out: SURVIVAL IS THE BEST REVENGE.

I've made it this far, when there were bets that I'd never see my 21st birthday.

Set a goal and go for it with every ounce of marrow in your being— and hopefully I'll meet you somewhere along the way...

' it's all a mystery to me...O.K., (And rambling away on a random tangent? I guess I've just displayed one of my interests in the process!), As the adage goes, Bang on tin cans if you don't have a drum set, Because of the mood I'm in, But from 'here on out, COTTONMOUTH KISSES-- as listed in the, Clint CatalystCreate Your Badge, Doodle on a piece of paper, Explore the way Play-Doh feels when you squeeze it between your fingers, Find yourself a hobby, Go crazy with watercolors, Hell, I don't care WHAT you do, I have no idea why I still can't get the, Just don't sit in my living room whining or sighing about being bored IRL, PROLOGUE: I have no idea why some of the phrases listed below show up underlined and in green, Pick up a book: it's sad how illiterate Americans are these days, Re-stitch an item in your wardrobe that gives you yawn, Testing, That's right: actually MAKE SOMETHING with your hands, Then again, Total turn off #1? Anyone who utters the phrase, What's the happs with DEvolving, and DEFINITELY don't leave me that as a comment—unless it's some passive-agressive move to ensure I'll delete your boring ass, and I don't have a place in my life for people who expect me to provide them entertainment, and revive it as a new creation, either, for all I care.., people who bore easily are BORING, people?, testing:, why don't I start with my DISINTERESTS

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True Blood, and-- immortalized in memory (not to mention DVD box set): Strangers With Candy!, Twin Peaks, Nurse Jackie, The Big C

A Crystal Diary--Frankie Hucklenbroich, Ariel--Sylvia Plath, Black Nights--Ron Nyswaner, Blue Days, Brite, Chelsea Girls--Eileen Myles, Cruddy and The Good Times Are Killing Me--Lynda Barry, Dogs in Lingerie--Danielle Willis, Escape from Houdini Mountain--Pleasant Gehman, Exquisite Corpse and Swamp Foetus--Poppy Z, Frantic Transmissions to and from Los Angeles and The Incantation of Frida K--Kate Braverman, Frisk and Guide--Dennis Cooper, Geek Love--Katherine Dunn, Glamorama--Bret Easton Ellis, Hollywood--Charles Bukowski, I Was A Teenage Dominatrix--Shawna Kenney, Invisible Monsters and Choke--Chuck Palahniuk, Jesus Saves--Darcey Steinke, Jr., Lithium for Medea, Mueller--Cookie Mueller, Our Lady of the Flowers--Jean Genet, Perfume--Patrick Suskind, Permanent Midnight--Jerry Stahl, Rent Girl and The Chelsea Whistle--Michelle Tea, Requiem for a Dream--Hubert Selby, Rose of No Man's Land, Running with Scissors and Dry--Augusten Burroughs, Salinger, Shampoo Planet--Douglas Coupland, Shock Value: A Tasteful Book About Bad Taste and Crackpot--John Waters, Story of My Life--Jay McInerney, The Bitch Posse--Martha O'Connor, The Catcher in the Rye--J.D, The Fuck-Up--Arthur Nersesian, The Haunted Hillbilly--Derek McCormack, The Letters of Mina Harker and Real--Dodie Bellamy, The Story of Junk--Linda Yablonsky, They Call Me Mad Dog!--Erika Lopez, Trash, Two or Three Things I Know For Sure and Bastard out of Carolina--Dorothy Allison, User--Bruce Benderson, Valencia, Wonders of the West, Ask. Dr. Mueller