The Making of a Hero

I've been getting wicked press as of late. This is the story on me the local paper of the hicktown I grew up in ran last Sunday. Modesto is mostly known for the Scott and Lacey Peterson case and the Gary Conditt story. Modesto has gotten a bad rap thus far, but i was enlightened by my Norwegian friend that the band Grandaddy is also from Modesto.

Everyone with fashion sense has given me a bad time about the first photo the article ran (seen below), but I have to say I'm still satisfied with it. Satisfied in the same way a dog returns home from a stroll in the park toting its new rolled in perfume. One friend said I looked constipated, the other said I was trying way too hard to look cool, which I agree with. The worst part of it is I actually photoshopped the portrait in.



Since the Times review, the New Haven Register wrote a story, then the Modesto Bee kicked in, and I just had an interview with Play magazine this morning. I could get used to this. Play magazine is doing a story on the show that's up now at University of Bridgeport. Now if I could actually sell a freakin painting.