I Am A Blank Slate - Therefore

It's Never Really Been That Hard For Me. I've Never Had Any Desire To Eat Meat. In Fact, When I Was A Kid I Would Have A Really Difficult Time Eating Meat At All.

I Just Try To Try To Keep An Attitude That I Don't Know What I'm Doing. Not To The Point Where I'm Beating Myself Up, But I Just Go In Thinking That I Have A Lot To Learn. And I Hope I Still Have That Attitude 30 Years From Now.

I Felt Like I Was An Outsider. I Think What Happened To Me Made Me Develop This Street Sense Of Watching People And Working Out What Made Them Tick, Wondering Whether I Could Trust Them Or Not. I Went To A Lot Of Schools Along The Coast In California, Made Few Friends And Stayed With Aunts, Uncles And Grandparents While My Folks Tried To Make Ends Meet. It Was Tough. We Had No Money.

The Most Attention I Get Is In A Book Store Or Video Shop When I Go To The Foreign Film Section. Sometimes That Can Be Fun, But Usually Those Women Want To Talk About Philosophy Or Something Very Dense. It's Not Like They're Tearing Off My Shirt, You Know.

I'm Close To Being A Vegan, But I'm Not One, Technically. I Don't Eat Eggs, Or Nearly Any Dairy - No Cheese Or Milk. I Do Eat Honey, And A Piece Of Milk Chocolate Here And There. It's Never Really Been That Hard For Me. I've Never Had Any Desire To Eat Meat. In Fact, When I Was A Kid I Would Have A Really Difficult Time Eating Meat At All. It Had To Be The Perfect Bite, With No Fat Or Gristle Or Bone Or Anything Like That. I Don't Judge People Who Eat Meat - That's Not For Me To Say - But The Whole Thing Just Sort Of Bums Me Out.