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Juliet’s Flash Dance

The first time I met Juliet she was wearing a tutu and a gorilla mask that covered her face entirely. She had wandered over to my campsite, drawn there by the heady smell of hash and the steamy jungle beats I had been throwing into the night air. She accepted the pipe without saying a word, […]

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Magic 8 Ball

I lost my virginity late one night while Moonbeam was gone away at the bar. She bought us a six pack of Corona from the 7-11 and we’d finished most of it. We were cuddling and touching under a blanket on the hide-a-bed. My brothers were in their bedroom, asleep. David was telling me, as […]

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Inside the Red Doors

The 5th Annual Oak Street Art Show offers celebration and a much-needed dose of inspiration for one young man. It was sometime in the winter of 2013 that I found myself caught in a position of personal confusion. A stressful year of academics and tumultuousness had left me tired and ready for a break from being a theater […]

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THE MAN I NEVER MET // Part 3

The Final Installment of “The Man I Never Met” Chapter 2 – Cont. I never did like big crowds, I said to Walter, but I still couldn’t shake him. Bruce Walter was the kind of guy who could not take a hint. So your friend—is he in the movie business? He is indeed, said Walter, […]

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Las Vegas Stripped

A Travelogue of Photos and Text On our way from Tucson to Sacramento on a road trip last month, Sean Ongley and I found ourselves with two nights in Las Vegas, at Paris Hotel, at the center of the famous Strip — a four-mile portion of Las Vegas Boulevard that lies outside the city limits of Las Vegas. Located […]