Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

I do what it takes to get by, and on really good days I do a little bit more. Becoming a better sculpture of clay has not improved my ability whatsoever to sculpt my life; taming reptiles has given me no skills to tame my life, but it makes me happy, I think.

the resonating vibrations of my bass through my chest, momentary warmth under my baby beardie's belly on my hand before it jumps away. Charcoal. Communication, confrontation, criticism.

Obnoxious people. People who are talented or knowledgeable in one subject often present themselves as experts to a totally unrelated matter; it gives the impression they are assholes. Assholes. People who are able to listen but don't. People who are able to see but choose to look the other way.

A few of my favorites are Explosions in the Sky, The Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, Eluvium, Kickball, AFX (Aphex Twin), Band of Horses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Primus and all Les' bands to follow, 65daysofstatic, The Album Leaf, TV on the Radio, MGMT, !!!, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Of Montreal, Sigur Rós, Amiina, Fleet Foxes, Múm, Gorillaz and all his other music, Nine Inch Nails, David Bowie, Boards of Canada, Radiohead Thom Yorke, Bon Iver, Rasputina, Mew, Psapp, Mogwai, Tapes 'n Tapes, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Animal Collective Panda Bear, Pixies, Manson, Mushroomhead and all side projects, The Dresden Dolls, Modest Mouse and Ugly Cassanova, The Flaming Lips, Opeth, this list could go on all day

Neil Gaiman, Hunter S Thompson, Mary Shelley, Alan Moore Jacqueline Carey ... my mind is blank, I haven't read much lately.

Try.

Painting and Drawing. Taking other people's garbage and making it into a piece of art. Appreciating and creating music. Dungeons and Dragons! Reptiles & Mammals.

the groove of obsession	Reptile lovers and Herpetology