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No Subject by Michael Tartàglia, © 2000 |
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the real me is sitting here fond fan of formula one and radiohead trying to begin racing current driver for (the not famous) proxis team good at video games spends too much time trying to be cool [picture me in shades] rather be told by a friend the truth *then not aracnophobic sad and happy presently inert, you, the viewer, are too comfortable with change i've got a good brain in my possession, and i put it to good use. i think. approximately six feet, but two are used incredibly happy with being self libra often shy or nervy known to feel spontaneously stupid or embarassed unpremeditated and involuntary sometimes talks too much (says stupid things) favors a bright lime over navy feels no need to wear name brand (owns $20 shoes) content with (baggy) stylish clothes i own (jeans and shirt) has british patriotism too lived in same household since birth regular excercise with walk for 1 hour per day autumn afternoon overcast and heavy rain is a plus no lightning and thundering please selects winter over summer (better to feel cold than blazing) passes time by relaxing in reclining chair viewing tapes of france and brazil gp 99 viewing expensive imported racing zines viewing replays of hawk's 900 in 99 i am also a skateboarder who does zero tricks, just go for speed with rollerblade wheels on outdated board emulating radiohead as you read fears copyright infringements enjoys all music played well fails to generally understand rap guitarist good with chords knows close to infinite number of cover songs by oasis and others performed alone once with outstanding impressions made in public, in coffeehouse, with acoustic guitar talented and achieving (striving) much no known addictions never drank any alcohol only inhales second hand smoke [shot of ash tray and lighter] fitter, happier than a decade ago loves cold pizza as a breakfast savours lemon vegetables are too bland [view of innocent spotless supermarket isle] wishing you were here flying pig can not wait until sunday races fingers crossed for nice, clean, no-one going to hospital ones wants to meet the radiohead lads frequent vocabulary tautology cuss and vulgar language use at liesure, and considerate at times when bad verbal use is inappropriate restricted longs for openness (lives in small room) longs for metropolitan lifestyle (in boring town) longs for suburbia (having too much city life) longs for proper spelling check tool honest tries too hard to make others content easily depressed when friends feel down self reliant truthful 82% of the time caring to all other animalia searching for bar that accepts fake i.d. and has plenty of good brew odd dislike of all coffee weird appreciation of ice tea with hot water looking for music band with same qualities listed aortic stenosis glass cieling holding me in place wishing to break barrier (bewteen silk and blue collars) hospitalised (twice?) temporarily euphoric about self (pleased with my personality) obvious superfluous redundancy antiprejudice kind-hearted to all other fellow people from all walks of life, many races, religions, as well as both sexes pigmentally un-challenged bright skin showing brown hair and eyes red and white blood cells not overweight but still losing ffffaaaatttt winning in life full of (too much) ambition impatient and edgy broke (willing to accept donations) full of inspiration only human (frequently make mistakes) student most of my life sees psychology and electronics interesting experienced as recreational therapist volunteer [diagram of enneagram classification system] part time teacher to pupils of the real world good with listening to other (earthly?) citizens good with math good with most (legal) computer skills (typing) ...burned out with college compatible (like computers i use) willing to work in enclosed offices helping mind and ideals over appearance and matter dedicated - but to what? poetic dissatisfaction for the greco-roman classics [image of museum exhibit] this one flew over the cuckoo's nest shifts phases (like moons) at times hates any short time fad watches pokémon semi-emotional oddly semi-contradictory has twelve different email addresses checks them every chance simple future outline of order and progress, ordem e progresso, maybe to have a decent paycheck, a job i can do with joy maybe to have a loving family, a nice house in (foreign) country (three cars in garage) [photograph of dogs with kids] yearly vacation is a must. maybe to work in formula one hold respectable position until (early/late) retirement knows teamwork is an essential asset to a business of any size smiles only with reason however (!) will settle for two album recording deal vocals optional although backup is preferred not to go solo in song or career in and for the team until the end gold and platinum plaque wall space composed thirty-something songs plays well with others snaps few strings preferred friends over fame international flair (from travel) half german in heritage [flag waving] brazilian, french, and japanese pride speaks italian with good accent but bad vocabulary believes nothing is owed to self in life (you must make thinks work for yourself) young body feeling old age means little innumerable teenage and desperate nothings out there they are so childish luckily i know where i fit in currently speechless... |
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