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I'm Adam in Anaktuvuk Pass. An English translation of this Nunamiut Inupiat village name might read like, "the place of caribou droppings." I'm 28 years old, and it is a twisted trail that has lead me knee deep in the sh*t.

All facts here are the truth - to the best of my memory. Fred Madison, a character in David Lynch's movie, Lost Highway,had an interesting perspective about memory; saying, "I like to remember things my way, not necessarily the way they happened." It is a strange idea, but it's ideas like this that help keep me centered and positive.

Born in Anchorage, I grew up in the lower 48: Land of fast times, big cities, hot rods, and Rock shows. I've watched Juliette Lewis on stage with the Liques in NOLA. I was bitten in the back of my head at Bane in Pensecola. Thirty miles north of Columbus, Ohio, I almost died in an 85 m.p.h. car crash with a drunk driver. I served three years in the Air Force. I got to go all the way to Biloxi, Mississippi!! Biloxi is a giant hundred degree swamp with a beach. The beach was nice, the water was polluted. Hurricane Katrina came while I was stationed there. It's hard for me to talk about Katrina, the hurricane's impact was worse and more widespread than what you saw on television.

Tragedy and travesty aside, I also have interests in books, movies, and music. My favorite band is Nine Inch Nails, and I've seen them play twice. I own all four movies in George A. Romero's ...Dead series. I've read Don Quixote, The Divine Comedy, Canterbury Tales, and The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, but I prefer Ayn Rand or Stephen King. I'm wired, and on the net; I have kept a Livejournal blog for six years and a Myspace account for five. These things don't make me special though, my lazy left eye makes me special (j/k).