About me: I'm eccentric and odd and right when you think you've figured me out, I'll do something to throw you for a loop. I'm very sincere, but I don't always give people all the facts to make accurate assessments. I'm an open book but at the same time you might have to dig a little bit to see how truly open I am. I hate to be overly smothered but I have a need for closeness. I'm heady but I'm also very emotional. If I'm mad, I'm really mad. If I'm happy, I'm intensely happy. Once I was told I was bipolar by medical doctors, who later went on to say that I suffered from anxiety disorder. I've lived homeless in the streets and now I work in corporate America making decent money helping others stay off the streets. My spirituality is important to me and is no less stagnant than my personality. Some people I can open up to immediately, others make me clam up inside. I've been told I'm harmless and a sweetie, an asshole, brutally truthful, a liar, compassionate, distant, grave, funny, sinful and saintly. I've been a total pacifist and I've beating people bad enough to put them in the hospital. When it comes down to it, I'm human and probably human to the point of it being a flaw. I don't suppress my emotions, my thoughts, my beliefs or my sense of self-expression. Conformity is not a value I'm particularly fond of so I can be a bit rebellious. Maybe sometimes my rebellion can even cross over to a bit extreme but again, that's just me. I tend to walk in the thick of quite a few extremes. Maybe it comes from growing up punk rock in small city Alabama in the 80s. It taught me the lesson of just being what you are, no matter what other people think. Trust me, it was much different in those days. Being punk actually was making a very extreme statement, one that could easily get you beat up very quickly.
Over the years I toned so much of these things things down in many respects. I promote love as a universal value. I believe laughter can cure not only our minds but our health and emotional issues as well. Most importantly, I value the life that's been given to me. Then again, while I may be harmless on a physical level, I tend to challenge people on other levels, intellectually in particular. For some, just my sheer presence causes them a moral dilemma. My sexuality, my race, my tattoos, my piercings my intelligence and even my attire at times can cause some people to have to think twice. They have to reassess many of their preconceived notions and reach whatever conclusion they feel is right. If I can encourage them in a positive way, then I've done a great thing for the world. If not, I can only go on being the best person I can be....
Thanks a lot brother...you are a true friend and I know that your words are true. God bless you for being a good friend. Anyone is blessed to have you as a freind.
So today at work, this woman walks in with her fried blonde hair and fake Channel bag and I swear to god, she's Edith Massey's twin! I wanted to call you after she left because it was so great!
Zach, I can't wait to come to colorado and be with you and April...we will celebrate all the wonderful memories we all had with Mark. We can all be happy to know he knew we loved him so much
Zach, I can never tell you how much it has meant to me for Mark to have you in his life! You have been an amazing love for him! I LOVE YOU for that!!! Thanks for making him so happy... I wish I was there!!!!!!!!!! I'm sorry babe!!!!
What the hell is the deal with the Blue, Green, Yellow, and Red states. whatever happened to just blue and red, did i miss the introduction to these new colors? whats worse is i'm colorblind. What does it all mean???
