Surviving, heroin, crystal meth, cocaine, alcohol, jail, rehab, 12 step groups, carpentry, fine arts and fine artists (I can be a little rough). I love deciduous forests, mountains and feet wet with the creek I just crosses. But I live on the edge of the ghetto in a very violent city. Roethke moves me the same as Suess, and Silverstein. I still get geeky over Tolkein, but nothing really works me up like some good absurdist stuff taken to a hyper-active level.