Current Favorite Artist:

So, right now I've been really digging Richard Prince, specifically his Nurses series. These are the kinds of paintings that inspire me to create. "Tender Nurse," especially, not simply because it sold for a higher price than any of his others ($2,256,000 at a Phillips de Pury auction last November), but because it is such a gorgeous painting and I have had the distinct privilege of seeing it close-up. In fact, I removed it from its stretcher, folded it, wrapped it and delivered it to its new owner, then re-stretched it and hung it for him.



Hard to say that it required any particular technical drawing skill, but it is so simple and evocative, so precisely what the best Prince paintings are, that it really does it for me.


I'm really hoping that this move to Baltimore, among other things, helps re-ignite my desire to paint and draw. I know I'll miss the interaction with top artists that I had in NYC, but I really feel that the accessibility of the art scene here, combined with its gritty vibrance, is what I need to kick myself in the pants and start producing again.


So, who's your current favorite artist?

In Baltimore, safe and sound. Body hurts like hell. Still got moving to do. We get internet hooked up Tuesday.

I had hoped that after falling off a ladder at Jimmy Buffett's place today, I could come home and somebody - anybody - would be nice to mel. But, no, everyone just wants something from me.

I took a piss in Jimmy Buffett's house this morning. Swear to God.

Well, things are on track for the move to Charm City. It's still going to be a pain in the ass trying to find a job and a place to live from 250 miles away, but I think I will be better for it. I need to breathe a little.

I haven't slept, and have to be at work in 2 hours. Thinking about calling in, but I've already done that once this week. Today will just suck hard.

I miss Mercie more than I thought I could. And I just left her on Monday, and will likely see her Friday night. Pathetic. Oh well. We'll be seeing each other every day soon enough, right?


I still worry if I'm doing the right thing. It feels so rushed, but everyone (everyone I've told, at least) thinks it's a good idea. I'm going to miss so many people up here, most of whom are going to be shocked, to say the least, when they find out. I really just want it to be done already. I want to wake up tomorrow in my new apartment in Charles Village or Mount Vernon or wherever with Mercie next to me and our respective felines eyeing each other suspiciously. I do not want to pack up all my shit again, talk to prospective landlords again, apply for jobs again, etc. In short, I want someone to do all the work for me. Who's up for it?

I think I'm leaving New York. After eleven years, it just takes so much out of me barely keeping my head above water up here. In other cities I can make the same money I'm making now while cutting my living expenses in half. And I don't take advantage of the opportunities available to me here. I just feel like I'm going nowhere here, and working my ass off to do so.

On vacation for the week in Charm City with Mercie. Will get full update later, but it's been HOT! Just got back from being fully comped at the Hustler Club, hung out all night with the hottest dancer there, then Mercie got the last dance.


I are a pimp.

Space travel's in my blood
There ain't nothing I can do about it.
Long journeys wear me out but
I know I couldn't live without it.

i saw two shooting stars last night,
i wished on them but they were only satellites,
is it wrong to wish on space hardware?
i wish, i wish, i wish you cared