What have I been doing for the past 6 months with the money from the governments of Germany and the United States? Well, learning German, traveling, and partying mostly.

However, the pressure in the air has changed, and I am returning my services back to society through three different unpaid internships.

1. Palladium Photodesign: a married photo ( Read more... )

This is a story that I have told many times, but I never lose interest in it ( Read more... )

Although my current Kunsthochschule has some the most advanced lab facilities that I've ever used, I stilll miss having a proper studio space where I can think and work on things in private without interruption. My bedroom is sortof a makeshift studio, and I've built a work table for doing paintings and such. The other night, however, I met a ( Read more... )

There are special men in my life all around the world. I like to refer to them as creeps. During evenings out in cities from the States or throughout Europe, they never fail to whip me with awful come-ons, soon followed by a face/ass/crotch grab in order to mark their courtship ( Read more... )

The need to climax at this time of year can be such a desperate thing, but I think I succeeded in rounding out an incredible 2005 with interesting company in beautiful surroundings. I have fond memories of the notorious millenium celebrations, as my friends and I huddled together on an open dance floor, awaiting explosions and the end of the world ( Read more... )

this is where i will be for the next few weeks ( Read more... )

Lines of memory find their way through certain anchors that we place around us. We stumble upon photographs that make the walls recede into past visions, a record spinning on the turntable resurrects familiar dance moves and sweaty faces. The past few months, I've been forcibly keeping these stimulators at bay, paranoid about avoiding artifacts of ( Read more... )

"The episode illustrates that when the normal day-to-day activity of society disintegrates, the collapse of civilisation is only a few paces behind. We all walk on the edge of the abyss ( Read more... )

I am sitting at my desk gazing out onto a beautiful garden and sumptuous rain clouds unhindered by soaring towers. This is my 7th day in Köln, Germany where I have tried to become acclimated to everything from how laundry is done, Kölsch beer, social faux pas, and the infamous "shelf" toilets that allow users to examine their own excrement (Google ( Read more... )

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