"When you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." -Mark Twain

School, work, frequenting as many art exhibits, independent films, and live music events as possible.

Being punctual.

Cooking delicious vegan and vegetarian cuisine.

Cutting my own hair.

Avoiding getting kicked in the face at hardcore shows.

Discreetly telling you when you have lipstick on your teeth and everyone else is too much of a wuss to say anything.

Cropped haircut, big smile, and holding a camera or two.

A Single Man, A Prophet, The Intouchables, Gone Baby Gone, The Town, Green Street Hooligans, Rust and Bone, Zero Dark Thirty, Argo, This is England, Art & Copy, Objectified, Helvetica, Raid: The Redemption, Michael Collins, Eames: The Architect and the Painter, Walk on Water, Munich, American History X, Anarchist Cookbook, Defiance.

Punk, hardcore, oi!, rocksteady, ska, reggae, Amy Winehouse.

Mad Men, Sons of Anarchy, Gangland.

A way to capture an image, live music, a strong work ethic, clean living, freedom of expression, and random acts of kindness.

I can live without my iPhone.

How Ice Cube started with N.W.A. and Boyz n the Hood and ended up at Are We There Yet?

Dinner with friends, catching a movie, hardcore show, reggae/soul night, or something art-related.

I've never been drunk or high. That is never changing.

During the summer I keep a case of water in my car to give bottles to the homeless people on the side of the freeway on hot days. You should too.

If art museums and movies with subtitles don't bore you.

You want to break the first two rules of Fight Club.