"Do you believe the voice?"
"I want to believe."
-- Fox Mulder



Won't you let me walk you home from school
Won't you let me meet you at the pool
Maybe Friday I can
Get tickets for the dance
And I'll take you
Won't you tell your dad get off my back
Tell him what we said by Paint It Black
Rock and roll is here to stay
Come inside now, it's okay
And I'll shake you
Won't you tell me what you're thinking of?
And would you be an outlaw for my love?
If it's so then let me know
If it's no, well, I can go
I won't make you
-- Garbage, "Thirteen"


What is this ****ing "MTV?" Thought for sure it was some new drug, but Rick says no it's not. Then he thinks for a second and says, "You know Lester, maybe it is at that." Said if it had been around in '69, Stones'd have to make a "video" of Gimme Shelter. I say, huh?
-- Lester Bangs


When you're young you really think you are angry for reasons and causes. As you get older, you realize you might just be angry.
-- Marc Maron, "The Jerusalem Syndrome: My Life As A Reluctant Messiah"


"...to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure."
-- Albus Dumbledore


"I'm just a sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania."
-- Dr. Frank N. Furter


"Tell me, captain: it's been days. When will we find what we've been looking for?"

"You are, of course, referring to the magical, gigantical SEPTOPUS?"

"Yes. I'm here to capture it. That is why I'm down here."

"The mighty Septopus! A horrible beast with seven testicles--"

"Tentacles, captain."

"Tentacles, right."

--Home Movies


I know you've seen my headlights
And the honkin' of my horn
I'm calling out my bloodhounds
To chase the devil out the corn
Last night I chugged the Mississippi
Now it's dry as a bone
I was born in a taxicab
I ain't never going home

Whistlin' past the graveyard
Steppin' on a crack
I'm a mean motherhubbard
Papa one-eyed jack

My eyes have seen the glory
Of the draining of the ditch
I'm coming to Baton Rouge
To find myself a witch
Gonna switch me up a couple of 'em
Every time it rains
You gotta see a locomotive
Probably think it's a train

Whistlin' past the graveyard
Steppin' on a crack
I'm a mean motherhubbard
Papa one-eyed jack

What you think is sunshine
Is just a twinkle in my eye
Got a ring around my finger
Called the 4th of July
When I get lonesome
A tear falls from my cheek
There's gonna be an ocean
In the middle of the week

Whistlin' past the graveyard
Steppin' on a crack
I'm a mean motherhubbard
Papa one-eyed jack

I come in on the night train
With an arm full of box cars
On the wings of a magpie
Cross a hooligan night
Gonna tear off a rainbow
And wear it for a tie
I never told the truth
So how in the hell could I tell a lie?

Whistlin' past the graveyard
Steppin' on a crack
I'm a mean motherhubbard
Papa one-eyed jack
-- Screamin' Jay Hawkins, "Whistlin' Past the Graveyard"



But this song will play until the light
It's the sound of her trying to find something to like
The sound of her walking day and night
And this song may lead her far away
But tonight it seems to light the way
And she can almost see the future shine
And everything's in tune, and everything's in time
It will play until the day
Big Julie rules the world
--Jarvis Cocker, "Big Julie"



I love the night
The day is okay
And the sun can be fun
But I live to see those rays slip away
-- Blue Oyster Cult, "I Love the Night"



Here is me:






Me with my glasses on:



Full-length me (yes, I'm aware that my apartment is a huge horrible mess):



Here is my tabby cat, Hudson, with his tongue sticking out:




With his catnip banana:



Reclining on the sofa:




And here is his petite companion, Jane:




In my hat:



High on catnip:







Asleep together:



No cat can resist a clean blanket still warm from the dryer. Especially a WikiAnswers blanket, for some reason:





Here is my turtle, Pearl, balancing on the side of her tank, for reasons known only to her:





This is Pearl when she was 4 months old. Now she is 4 years old:









Not exactly sure how old she is in this one, but it's probably around 1 to 1.5 years:








Here is the street I live on:









And here are some of my favorite spots in Central Park:













The same archway in the summer:




Turtle Pond:


The waterfall behind the archway:




Central Park West at dawn:




Someone wanted to know what a New York State ID looks like (of course, all my personal info is covered over). The first picture is the old NYS ID, and the second is the new one. Please ignore the horrible, horrible picture of me. The day that photo was taken, I was 19, hung over, and 10 pounds fatter than I am today: