Identity Is Malleable. Become That Version You Love: What You Create

About Me

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.

My Interests

PROLOGUE: I have no idea why some of the phrases listed below show up underlined and in green. Then again, I have no idea why I still can't get the "Edit Friends" option to work for me, either. COTTONMOUTH KISSES-- as listed in the "About Me" section-- is green and giving you the signal "Go!" so you'll click and have linkage. But from 'here on out, ' it's all a mystery to me...

O.K.,

Because of the mood I'm in, why don't I start with my DISINTERESTS. Total turn off #1? Anyone who utters the phrase "I'm bored." I don't remember the last time that I was bored, and I don't have a place in my life for people who expect me to provide them entertainment., Pick up a book: it's sad how illiterate Americans are these days. What's the happs with DEvolving, people?, Find yourself a hobby. That's right: actually MAKE SOMETHING with your hands. Explore the way Play-Doh feels when you squeeze it between your fingers. Doodle on a piece of paper. Go crazy with watercolors. Re-stitch an item in your wardrobe that gives you yawn, and revive it as a new creation., Hell, I don't care WHAT you do. Bang on tin cans if you don't have a drum set, for all I care... Just don't sit in my living room whining or sighing about being bored IRL, 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., As the adage goes, people who bore easily are BORING., (And rambling away on a random tangent? I guess I've just displayed one of my interests in the process!)

Music

Maritime, White Rose Movement, Blonde Redhead, As Tall As Lions, Anti-Social Music + The Gena Rowlands Band, Junior Boys, The Horrors, Blacklist, Hole, Blonde Redhead, Final Fantasy, Placebo, New Young Pony Club, The Soft Pink Truth, Au Revoir Simone, This Is Goodbye, Destroyer, Robots in Disguise, PlanningToRock, Scream Club, Q Boy, Metric, My Robot Friend, The Presets, Neko Case, The Knife, Zero 7, Fort Minor, Men Women and Children, The Violets, Imogen Heap, Sebastien Tellier, The Montgolfier Brothers, cLOUDDEAD, Irfan, Ulrich Schnauss, Bishop Allen, lcd soundsystem, On!Air!Library!, John Vanderslice, She Wants Revenge, TCH, Dr. Shock and the Deathray Ballet, The Dresden Dolls, Daylight's For The Birds, Keane, The Long Winters, Ponce De Leon, Blanche, The Veils, Mighty Six Ninety, Robbie D, Jer Ber Jones, Audio Bullys, My Violent Ego, Astrud Gilberto, Annie, Pulseprogramming, Mira Calix, Bloc Party, Susumu Yokota, Boards of Canada, Kronos Quartet, John Foxx, CocoRosie, The Arcade Fire, Melotron, Interpol, Testface, Hot Hot Heat, Cleen, The Rorschach Garden, Ninja High School, Whitey, Nancy Fortune, Client, The Start, Sow, EXP, Screaming For Emily, Vitalic, Bannlust, Ellen Allien, Modest Mouse, The Dandy Warhols, Jill Tracy, Death in June, Candi Staton, Skinny Puppy, The Stills, Frou Frou, Zeromancer, Phoenix, The Smiths, Morrissey, Mum, Stoa, Richard X, Soma, Future Sound of London, Ivy, Clare Fader & The Vaudevillains, Shinjuku Thief, Nature & Organisation, Diamanda Galas, Katastrophe, Dead Can Dance, Gene, Bertrand Burgalat, Dirty Sanchez, The All Seeing I, Scissor Sisters, Until December, Tiger Lillies, Visage, Tracey Thorn, Deadlee, Siouxsie, The Creatures, Secret Frequency Crew, Hey Willpower, Antony & The Johnsons, Everything But The Girl, VNV Nation, Coil, Rose McDowall, Current 93, Hot N Heavy, Strawberry Switchblade, Tre Lux, Christian Death, Le Tigre, X, Gitane Demone, Adult., Lisa Gerrard, Apoptygma Berzerk, Cocteau Twins, Johnny Dangerous, The The, Lydia Lunch, Missy Elliot, The Joggers, Portion Control, Meat Beat Manifesto, Chicks on Speed, Sigur Ros, Virgin Prunes, Peter Murphy, Princess Tinymeat, Gangway, Royksopp, The Lotus Eaters, Severed Heads, Switchblade Symphony, Beastie Boys, Clan of Xymox, Minty, Postal Service, Billie Holiday, Lamb, The Centimeters, Jeffree Star, Lil' Kim, Dead or Alive, Maria Callas, Haujobb, In The Nursery, Miss Kittin, Johnny Cash, My Bloody Valentine, Add N to X, Coldplay, Slowdive, Snake River Conspiracy, Apoptygma Bezerk, Wolfsheim, Miss Derringer, The Magnetic Fields, Erik Friedlander, Scarling., Q Lazzarus, The Clash, My Favorite, Pulseprogramming, And Also the Trees, Muse, John Zorn, Franz Ferdinand, Artist Unknown, Annie Lennox, Swayzak, Pylon, OutKast, Trisomie 21, Wire, Virgin Prunes, Peaches, Tear Garden, Glass Candy, The Twin, Fact 22, Ladyfuzz, Neuroticfish, Ladytron, The Go! Team, tunes spun by DJ DRC, DJ Gilles, AnaRexia, Liz O, Job Leatherette and Larry Tee...

Movies

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, Jawbreaker, Put The Camera On Me, Color Me Olsen, Daughters of Darkness, Clueless, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, The Reflecting Skin, The Devil's Playground, Paris Is Burning, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, The Hunger, Donnie Darko

Television

LOST, Ugly Betty, Nip/Tuck, Dirt, Heroes, and-- immortalized in memory (not to mention DVD box set): Strangers With Candy!

Books

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