angrylambie

A friend on another social site (coff facebook coff) tagged me for one of *these*, but it came out sort of fun, so figured to share it here...

1.) I'm no good at these things because I am so self-centered (the world does revolve around me) that I could write 100 random things and only be started - these lists bring out the drama queen in me - not a difficult thing to do! :-)
2.) I have very little contact with my family, my older brother lives in town but we are not in touch
3.) I got a degree in Studio art from UC Davis, minored in Anthro
4.) I love photography and photoshop and am pretty darn good at both
5.) I love music - almost any kind - opera, punk, Hank Williams - as long as it is 'good' -
6.) I recorded my own songs in the late 80s-early 90s on a 4-trac with drum machine and me singing, playing guitar, bass & keyboard - but I don't think of myself as a musician any more than I would think of myself as a 'cook' because I can steam a hot dog
7.) I'm ~40 pounds overweight - unhappy about that, but diets don't work
8.) I do not have a 401K, do not own a house, and do not have credit cards
9.) I live in a tiny cottage with a skylight, a nice little yard, two great people and two great cats in the front house, and cheap rent
10.) I got a grant from UC Davis to set up a studio in the Design Department to shoot portraits of non-white UC Davis students, and used the studio to approach local rock bands and offer to shoot publicity shots - in exchange for beer and fun - that's how all that started -
11.) I rarely drink or smoke -
12.) I took ~5 years off between high school and college, so I was ~5 years older than a lot of college friends and acquaintances
13.) My pet rabbit, Josqin Lapin, owned half of my bed for over two years - he died last summer
14.) I enjoy driving and regularly spend weekends driving to Mendocino, Russian River or - lately - Napa/Solano
15.) My parents and all five brothers and sisters are alive and well
16.) I was raised in a deeply devout Catholic household where non-believers were viewed as sad, pathetic and "not as good as us" - I've been an atheist since age 14
17.) Recently, after 10 years, I have reconnected with my ex-mother and father-in law, and that is beautiful beyond words -
18.) I always get confessional on these lists - Catholic! - then have to go back and edit to be a bit less melodramatic - can I please just stop here?!
19.) The davis80smusic project started after Lisa Camhi and I exchanged a few emailed one-word memories - Olive Pit, PopeAlopes, Barney's Records - that resonated deeply - a single page of links grew into a web site, youtube page, several myspace pages, yahoo group, etc; and it's sweet for me that it's brought a lot of people enjoyment and insights
20.) After work, weather allowing, I walk around San Francisco - mostly North Beach - for fun and exercise
21.) I did a lot of artsy nude photography in the 80s and early 90s, but none since - at times it seemed I was shooting nudes of practically every woman I met - it was fun, but I was constantly checking in on my seriousness and integrity -
22.) Being on tour with Game Theory (as roadie and husband of keyboard player) and getting to hear them play nightly for weeks was a peak experience - Scott's songs are in my cell structure -
23) After my divorce, my first serious girlfriend was a belly-dancing computer programmer 20 years younger than I - we were together ~2 years, including one apart while she worked in Amsterdam
24.) People make me anxious, but I want to be social - I take a beta blocker every day and that has helped enormously!
25.) I blog almost every day and find that total honesty, within certain bounds of discretion, is liberating
Bonus thing:
26.) Last year I was contacted by a large number of people - high school friends, ex-lovers - I never thought I'd hear from again - it's been distracting and exhausting, but also healing/therapeutic and just very unbelievable cool - I love that aspect of the internet