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ABOUT BEN: I

Am an individual.

I love being

Me. I am

Outspoken, silly, emotional,

Sensitive, obsessive, extravagant,

Vulgar, loud and

Kind. I am

More than just

A pretty face!

NICKNAMES: Freeloader, Buzz,

Professor, Queen of

Cute, Green Eyes,

Beddu. DREAMS IN

LIFE: To speak

Italian, to sing

In tune, to

Move to Rome

With Carla and

Become a famous

Expatriate. To make

The world a

Better place. I

Other any more.

GRADE IN SCHOOL:

I am back

To being on

The bottom rung

Again. I have

Just started my

First teaching job.

WHAT I LOVE:

Rental cars, snow

Days, snuggling in

Bed, gel pens,

Flannel sheets, popcorn,

Soccer, the Internet,

’70s stuff (punk

Rock, disco, language

Poetry, the whole

Deal), my wife

Carla, my cat

Domenico, Teletubbies, slippers,

The I Ching,

Talking on the

Phone, sitting by

The sea with

A fat book,

Sunshine, butterflies, glitter,

“Star Trek Voyager,”

Deconstruction, cool hats,

My school, soul

Music…and loads

More! WHAT A

SURPRISE, MORE ABOUT

ME! Fave celebs:

Robert Creeley, Val

Kilmer, Alanis Morissette,

The Olson twins,

Placido Domingo, Mary

J. Blige, Hannah

Ashrawi and Leonard

Peltier. Fave foods:

Pasta, sardines, Ben

& Jerry's "Chunkie

Monkey" ice cream,

Compari, pears, polenta,

Eggplant, and asparagus.

STUFF I HATE

WITH A PASSION!

Snobby people, annoying

Jingles, bugs (except

Ladybugs and butterflies),

Lacan, nasty people

Who can't mind

Their own damn

Business! spam mail,

Gooey price tags

On books, the

Sight of blood,

Religious freaks, being

Short on cash,

Rejection letters, bottled

Salad dressing, slow

Computers, crowded malls.

STUFF THAT WILL

ALWAYS BE COOL!

Italian food, summers

By the sea,

My wife, smileys,

For Better or

For Worse, secular

Humanism, sex, color

Plates in art

Books, E. E.

Cummings, road trips,

Shopping, licorice, candles,

Champagne, Italy, individuality,

Web pages like

This one…and

Me!

(written in 2000)

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