New reader? Haven't been here in a while, or maybe you just want to get to know me better? Whatever the case, here are some of my favorite posts to get you started. I hope you browse around and stay a while!
The Italian adventure of a lifetime! Creative non-fiction for your pleasure
Getting robbed on the streets of Philadelphia. We call it "Killy" for a reason
Sleep paralysis and why I used to think I could see dead people
Meeting Jason Schwartzman and starring in a Phantom Planet music video

From The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion, by Henry Darger.
I have his artwork tattooed in a quarter-sleeve on my left arm.
BORN TO BE DISCUSSED
Anger management, my hot Irish temper, and the curse of the redhead
You just can't argue with some folks-- distorted patterns of thinking
The 10 best hip-hop groups of all time, according to yours truly
On racism and bad memories, and a similar post on racism and morons exhibiting their hatred on Youtube
Democrats taking back patriotism
The Divine Lorraine Hotel, a history of beauty and decay
Some poems and an explanation for why I started this blog in 2006
Getting over myself, telling the truth, and trying to be a better writer
My insatiable appetite for British Romanticism
NOTEWORTHY ART AND STYLE POSTS
Philly street art and Thanksgiving fun
Pop art at the SF MoMA, and popping eyeball street art
Alleyways of art: Valencia street and Clarion Alley
Sidewalk skeletons and Santa Cruz street art
Zombie Amy Winehouse, Halloween style update
Five of my favorite fashion faux pas
Do-It-Yourself cut-up t-shirt tutorial
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FAVORITE POSTS
Garment manufacturing in San Francisco, how clothes are made
The ghost of Wyatt Earp?
Sidewalk politics: pedestrian rules of the road
Unibrows, natural beauty, and bullying
I guess this is growing up? Notes on becoming an adult
The difference between good graffiti and bad graffiti, and a similar post on Wannabe gangstas tagging peoples houses
CRAZY, TRUE LIFE STORIES
Garment manufacturing in San Francisco, how clothes are made
The ghost of Wyatt Earp?
Sidewalk politics: pedestrian rules of the road
Unibrows, natural beauty, and bullying
I guess this is growing up? Notes on becoming an adult
The difference between good graffiti and bad graffiti, and a similar post on Wannabe gangstas tagging peoples houses
CRAZY, TRUE LIFE STORIES
The Italian adventure of a lifetime! Creative non-fiction for your pleasure
Getting robbed on the streets of Philadelphia. We call it "Killy" for a reason
Sleep paralysis and why I used to think I could see dead people
Meeting Jason Schwartzman and starring in a Phantom Planet music video

From The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion, by Henry Darger.
BORN TO BE DISCUSSED
Anger management, my hot Irish temper, and the curse of the redhead
You just can't argue with some folks-- distorted patterns of thinking
The 10 best hip-hop groups of all time, according to yours truly
On racism and bad memories, and a similar post on racism and morons exhibiting their hatred on Youtube
Democrats taking back patriotism
WRITING, FLAUNTING MY LITERARY CHOPS
The Divine Lorraine Hotel, a history of beauty and decay
Some poems and an explanation for why I started this blog in 2006
Getting over myself, telling the truth, and trying to be a better writer
My insatiable appetite for British Romanticism
NOTEWORTHY ART AND STYLE POSTS
Philly street art and Thanksgiving fun
Pop art at the SF MoMA, and popping eyeball street art
Alleyways of art: Valencia street and Clarion Alley
Sidewalk skeletons and Santa Cruz street art
Zombie Amy Winehouse, Halloween style update
Five of my favorite fashion faux pas
Do-It-Yourself cut-up t-shirt tutorial
^_^