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Q: Whats with you always having one or two fingernails painted black?
A: Check out the Decabarretta page.

Q: What happened to your tooth?
A: In the late winter/early spring of 2002, I thought it would be a good idea to go snowboarding in the wet snow/slush, I was trying to do a trick (And I'm anything but a person that should be doing tricks on a snowboard, I suck) but I didn't get as much air as I though I did. The front of my board got stuck in the ground which slingshotted my body straight to the ground, and my face, straight to a rock. The rock hit me diagonally across 3 of my teeth, my left canine (the fang tooth) which chipped off the bottom of it, thats why its so much flatter and less fang-like than the right one, then up to then left outer incisor (the one completely gone) which snapped right in half, then to the left incisor (the front teeth) which got chipped a little at the top. You can see where the dentist filled the chipped incisor, its a little discolored because my teeth got whiter than they were and the filling didn't. You can also see where the gums got cut up from the rock on my left incisor. So I went to the dentist, and there was nothing he could do to save the tooth (not like I could find it anyway), it's not like he could stitch it back together. So he pulled it, which sucked so hard.

Q: So why not get a replacement tooth?
A: I did, not an 'implant' tooth (they cost around $1,500-$3,000 a piece) but a denture like replacement, and the reason I don't wear that anymore is for one, I can't talk right with it in. It sounds like the roof of my mouth is covered in peanut butter. And more importantly, it made me feel terrible about myself, not because I needed it, but because I was using it. I learned at a young age that you have to be happy with who you are, and what you are or you are never going to be happy. You can get plastic surgery, botox, and fake bake every day but once you start looking in the mirror and don't look anything like you did a few years ago then you aren't making yourself happy, you are making what you've become happy. I've noticed people looking at my tooth, or lack there of, when I talk, it doesn't bother me. I still flash my broken smile when I want to. Its fun to see how uneasy people get when they see someone missing a tooth. I'm from a redneck area, but a redneck I'm not, and if thats what people see, thats fine with me, they can make me whatever they want in their lives because I'm already what I wanted to be in mine. And, perhaps because of my missing tooth, I've never been more comfortable in my own skin than I am now.

Q: What about chicks? Doesn't your missing tooth make it hard to get chicks?
A: That depends on what 'getting chicks' means to you. If you're talking about sleeping with girls, I'm not like that. I'd rather sleep with one or two women in my life after being in a meaningful relationship with each, as opposed to 10 or more in one night stands. But as far as a girlfriend, I may have lost a chance with one or two because of my broken smile, but if thats the only reason I lost my chance with them, then I'm glad about that, who would want to be with someone who wanted you to be someone you're not. I think I already covered that.

Q: So, you don't like getting laid?
A: Hold on, I didn't say that. Its more of an emotional thing with me than a physical thing. I know that sounds kind of...

Q: Dude! Why are you being such a chick?
A: You didn't let me finish. I know that sounds kind of girly or whatever. But if its a completely 100% physical thing, it seems more like mutual masturbation than sex. I have been with someone that it was 100% physical with but afterwards it felt so empty, like, you wouldn't see me complaining during the exhibition, but after the fact it felt like it wasn't worth it whatsoever. For me there needs to be that emotional link, something to look forward to the next morning. That emotional bond that brings two people closer together for a lifetime instead of bringing myself to orgasm for 30 seconds.

Q: You ever write romance novels?
A: That has nothing to do with romance whatsoever, I didn't mean it to be romantic at all. Its just the way I look at things.

Q: Okay, on to a different topic. Why are you afraid of eating in the dark?
A: When I first moved to the house in West Branch, we had tons of ladybugs infesting our house. I was eating Ramen soup one night in the dark and a few lady bugs found their way into my tasty treat. And if you've ever tasted chewed up lady bugs, you'd wanna watch what you eat too.

Q: Can you cook?
A: Yeah, I don't wanna toot my own horn, but, toot-toot ya know? I can make a mean stir fry, a nice Galeton Dog meal with all the fixins, I think I sorta rock at Italian food, and I've even made up a few of my own tasty recipies such as Italian fries.

Q: Do you look like anyone famous?
A: David Williams the late vocalist of Drowning Pool, and ex-Evanescencer Ben Moody. And like an ugly combination of Johnny Depp & Bam Margera.

Q: Why don't you walk in between the lines at crosswalks?
A: Anti-Conformity dammit