another 25 facts

1. I was born in Chicago, moved to Boulder at 2, then Sacramento at 12, then College in Minneapolis, then moved back to Sacramento for 6months, then down to L.A.

2. I have lived in seven different places in LA

3. I wanted to be an architect. sometimes I still do.

4. I often forget how big I am. 6'4" 240

5. My handwriting is atrocious. In fifth grade I had to go back and " relearn" the proper way to write. My cursive still looks like a 10 year olds.

6. Thusly i was asked to start typing papers in 7th grade.

7. I played in the drumline in highschool.

8. My dreams are technicolor movies. I am often in a house.

9. I learned how to ride a bike in the fifth grade.

10. My blood temperature is 97.8 (about a degree colder than normal)

11. My hair is rapidly turning gray. which is fine. JUST STAY IN

12. I went to art school in Minneapolis with out visiting first.

13. I moved to LA without a job or a place to live

14. I got married in Vegas without inviting my parents

15. raw onions are the bane of my stomach's existence.

16. I used to go dancing three times a week.

17. I love the smell of newly printed books.

18. I learned more from Ken Waterstreet and Jack Peletier than any other teachers.

19. shawrushentenir. if that makes sense to you, you rock.

20. in 4th grade I bit through my bottom lip falling off the balance beam. ( my chin landed square on the beam. not fun I tell you)

21. At the sixth grade grad party at some pool in boulder i sunburt my self so badly i had blisters bigger than quarters. My back peeled off in big sheets. it was gross. skin cancer for me when I'm old.

22. At the same party I first saw a dive called the drunken sailor. patrick was a crazy mutha.

23. I used to wear shorts year round in highschool. now i don't like wearing them much at all.

24. I teach a comic book class to 11-17 year olds at barnsdall.

25. the cool genes I passed to my son are: being able to turn my tongue sideways and double-jointed thumbs. Brenden can practically fold his over to his wrist. It's gross.