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ahh - defo the gift giving, she likes to get shit but seeing people’s reactions to presents! 

9: A song that makes you happy?

Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger. I heard it when I was a kid and I dunno, it just puts me in a kinda bouncy mood.

11: A song that you never get tired of

Y Control by Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The bass like rhythm, the way Karen O sings here, and the way it just drives forward and some of the lyrics are some of the reasons I can’t get tired of this song.

28: A song by an artist with a voice that you love

Oh My God by Ida Maria. I don’t know enough about musical theory (i.e. nothing at all), but her voice is very powerful and soulful to me.

29: A song that you remember from your childhood

Tom’s Diner (DNA Remix) by Suzanne Vega. I don’t remember my early life very vividly. It’s a blur and what I do remember are moments, flashes of emotions and the like. I don’t know how I heard this, but I did and it stuck with me ever since. I actually couldn’t find it for years after that! I only remembered the famous “da da da da” bit and the music video. I didn’t find it again till high school.

30: A song that reminds you of yourself

That’s tough! I’ve made a playlist of sorts that I connect with, and each one has something in which I see a bit of myself in, so you’ve forced me to walk into a bit of a mental minefield. Which one these could be the most me? Damn, that’s a toughie. 

Morpheus: Do you daydream often? Of what?

I daydream often actually. I usually drift off when I’m flustered or doing something at work where I don’t have to communicate to others. I daydream of scenes actually. Action scenes, scenes from dramas, I don’t daydream of more realistic things like what I’d do with X amount of money, It’s rarely having anything to do with me in them. I dream of scenes and their  emotional impacts. I think that’s how a lot of good stories start, as a funny little thing you’ve thought up for a moment that you managed to put down.

Aphrodite: What do you think of yourself?

26 years and I haven’t figured this out yet. I like to think I’m a good rational person. I can’t say for sure though. I’m just a guy trying to do his best with the life laid out before me.

Apollo & Dianna: Do you prefer to be up during the day or at night?

The day. But there’s beauty in the night that I can’t ignore. But the day is when I’m at my best. 

Bragi: What kind of music do you listen to?

I grew up as a metal head, I didn’t get into punk music till my early 20′s. The result of a stubborn and tribal mentality that’s left a bitter taste towards the metal scene of L.A. and by proxy the music. But there are select bands that I still keep sacred in my heart. Punk as a style ad genre also calls to me, which leads into the some of the Indie scene and the like. I also like some rap, kinda picky on the artists though. Depends on their flow and rhythm. I also like lo-fi hip-hop cause it took what I loved about those Adult Swim bumpers I watched as a wee lad. I can talk about a lot of music, my friend. I dabble in a little bit of everything. Except country, that genre can go fuck itself. 

Horus: What is one thing you’ve had to fight for in your life?

A lot of what I can remember being a theme in my life is fighting to exist within a group or community. I think for a long time I was the only straight edge metal head in my city. But my friends all liked to drink and get fucked up, and I had no problem with that to a point, but the people at these kickbacks or gigs would constantly challenge my right to be there. I just wanted to hang out and have a laugh and not have to avoid fights cause I think beer taste like piss water. 

I was bullied relentlessly when I was younger cause I just didn’t fit in. I didn’t look Mexican, I didn’t talk like a Mexican, but I am and they couldn’t accept that. 

 The second any white person found out I was a Mexican-Iranian, their view of me would shift. A white girl in English class was having a great laugh with me until I told her my ethnicity, her jaw dropped and she asked if I was Muslim, I could see the fear in her eyes. I think if I ever got in touch with my father’s side of the family, there would be an obvious divide due to what I am.  

I have no control over what people think, but I am what I am and that reality can change unless I want it to.

Arawn: What is the most terrifying thing you’ve ever done?

I hope you meant this one. Tell someone I love them. I don’t do it often, and there are reasons for that. Love is a cherished thing to me, and it’s so many things and love has so many different meanings and levels. I don’t say it often, so when I do I’m usually very terrified that those feelings won’t be reciprocated. Not just romantically either. Admitting platonic love can be just as difficult. So that would be one of them.

reverie: think of somewhere otherworldly u wish to be within, what is it like there?

Choose Three: 6. Things you can’t live withouthmmm I’m not really sure! right now, maybe my ps4 and my super cozy sweater12. Of your favourite songsHitch a Ride by Boston also Mr Roboto and Come Sail Away by Styx

This or That18. Texting or talkingI’d say talking, although I don’t necessary talk on the phone with my friends a lot, but if I can talk to them in person, I’d choose that!

What’s your favourite24. Country I’d say canada tbh, it’s not perfect, but it’s definitely home30. Singerhmmmm maybe Frank Sinatra?

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