casekonly Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 ok, so i decided to start an imagination type thread...i pose this question to all: what if you had never started writing, where would you be and how would things be different? my answer: i first started writing at 13/14, saw it on some local building in the college town i lived in and it went from there. if i hadn't been caught up in writing, i would have continued skating for another two years, probably not have partied like it was the end of the world every night, never touched a blunt, probably would have never had the opportunity to snort blow off of a naked chicks ass (rockstar oner) and i probably would have had a considerably "normal" life. before graffiti, i wouldn't have walked in "the hood" alone, taken inner-city adventures, met a ton of great artists, made a ton of good friends...there's so much that i can't imagine...for all the close calls with cops, falling, arrests, etc... i don't think i'd give it away for anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casekonly Posted May 20, 2004 Author Share Posted May 20, 2004 forgot something: i would have probably kept about 5 jobs that i quit when i was younger...i quit them for graff....just to go bombing or whatever....a couple paid very well... i guess i'd be the same nerd i am now, but without all the cool experiences and good friends....oh, and baldness. i wonder if that had something to do w/ xylene? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAustin Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 if things were different...I probably wouldn't have clicked on this thread and lost those preciouse few minutes of my life. :lol: just givin ya shit casek I don't play the what if game. that shit'll fuck with your head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyeforAnEYE Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 I think the graffiti threads are exhausted now. But if I never wrote maybe I'd have a real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilush Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 how about "if things were different had i made this decision...." instead of making a thread about writing, a thread about major life decisions? i dunno. i'm tired. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WebsterUno Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 *believe* i think about this all the time. i usually come to the conclusion that it was inevitable that i got into graff. i was born and raised in the hood, just like graff. ive been drawing since i was 5. when i was in middle school, i use to draw the art that was on the backs of skateboards. i used to say i was going to draw for skate companies...lol. my favorite drawing was the santa cruz screaming hand. i think i would be doing the same thing im doing now without the graff artist background. idunno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanity Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 boogie hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effyoo Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 i find the decisions i come to regret are the times that i didn't tell someone how i felt or didn't say what was on my mind. Which, in turn, makes me look unattached or like i don't care. just thought i'd throw that out there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slave_one Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 if things were different... i probably would've done more drugs, been more easily persuaded by my so-called friends to do what they wanted me to do for their selfish purposes... i would've had 2 kids by now from a man that i loved and hated to death...which probably meant that i would've dropped out of high school in my senior year... all in all, i probably would've been more of a miserable wreck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casekonly Posted May 20, 2004 Author Share Posted May 20, 2004 Originally posted by effyoo i find the decisions i come to regret are the times that i didn't tell someone how i felt or didn't say what was on my mind. Which, in turn, makes me look unattached or like i don't care. just thought i'd throw that out there.... i hear ya. i don't regret ever starting to write. most of my regrets are in the love department. not saying...blah blah blah. steve: yes, that was the main goal of my thread. psychological games are the new underoo's. dlush: aren't you supposed to be helping out little starving omar by showing your breasts? seriously. no, i mean it. j/k i agree...but, since the new discovery of all the writers/former writers/etc. on channel 0, i thought i'd pose an interesting question. webster: so did i...pushead was my all time favorite. is he still around? vanity: your mom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casekonly Posted May 20, 2004 Author Share Posted May 20, 2004 Originally posted by slave_one if things were different... i probably would've done more drugs, been more easily persuaded by my so-called friends to do what they wanted me to do for their selfish purposes... i would've had 2 kids by now from a man that i loved and hated to death...which probably meant that i would've dropped out of high school in my senior year... all in all, i probably would've been more of a miserable wreck. whoa! last night graffiti saved my life. you're so happy now...i mean, from the conversations i've had with you via irc or email. how cool that a sub culture kinda saved you from some stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilush Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 Originally posted by casekonly dlush: aren't you supposed to be helping out little starving omar by showing your breasts? seriously. no, i mean it. j/k i agree...but, since the new discovery of all the writers/former writers/etc. on channel 0, i thought i'd pose an interesting question. ::sticking tongue out:: ::punching you in the arm, hard:: the decision to take more interest in graffiti has been the best decision of my life. if i hadnt, i wouldnt have many friends (esp those who live in different countries), i wouldnt have many connections, i would have just gotten interest in something else and not be fully satisfied, and i wouldnt be even more creative if i hadnt taken interest in graffiti. edit. i also wouldnt have taken so many chances in life. and i wouldnt be so motivated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyeforAnEYE Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 I do believe pushead is still around doing stuff. One of my all time favortie artists as well. All the misfits stuff he did was superb, he also did the cover of the In My Eyes album. Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneeightyone Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 Yea the what if's in life. If i hadnt gotten into graffiti i would be gangbangin' no joke, i have 3 gang tattoos on me, one on my finger i see everyday. It's interesting how it saved me, ive painted in other country's in other states, im nowhere near being up, i enjoy the thrill of it, the fact that i can do this, the fact that i indeed do do this, it's strange, fuck the fame live the glory. But my what if's have to do like someone said in the love department, but i see it as life. Another one is what if so and so didnt live so far away, id be all up on that in a heartbeat and such. oh the life and times of mr. 181. God save us all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casekonly Posted May 20, 2004 Author Share Posted May 20, 2004 Originally posted by Devilush ::sticking tongue out:: ::punching you in the arm, hard:: the decision to take more interest in graffiti has been the best decision of my life. if i hadnt, i wouldnt have many friends (esp those who live in different countries), i wouldnt have many connections, i would have just gotten interest in something else and not be fully satisfied, and i wouldnt be even more creative if i hadnt taken interest in graffiti. edit. i also wouldnt have taken so many chances in life. and i wouldnt be so motivated. gotcha. will cease to tease you about omar. poor, starving, omar. oh, wow! the creativity...the friends...it's all like our own little hollywood, but the "famous" are a little more accessible, right? there's nothing quite like a community of writers. i've noticed something, though. writers gossip like old black women. does anyone else notice that? i mean, no offense to the old black ladies that are 12oz members, but it's true. so, to end this on a better note: is it yellow that symbolizes friendship??? eh, no matter...here are your e-flowers d-lush....they're from omar and i. http://www.blumen.com/orange%20bouquet%202%20new.jpg'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuck Ya'll Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 I highly doubt I'd be some goody goody. I never was. I'd have different friends, different lifestyle. I was also introduced to a lot of music I now listen to and love by other writers. I was always artistic. I'd probably be painting people or objects (I won drawing contests as a kid) instead of letters... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casekonly Posted May 20, 2004 Author Share Posted May 20, 2004 i keep wanting to think i would have ended up in a jug band, doing straight shots of tequila, and spitting alot...eh, things can't always work out like you want them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effyoo Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 pushead was sick: http://www.4horsemen.4t.com/pushead/pushead_damageinc2.jpg'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 I can’t start on this thread. Graffiti has played a big role in fucking up my life big time. But still, I can’t even imagine myself not having picked it up. What’s with all the graffiti talk in Channel Zero lately? And my “graffiti that isn’t ‘graffiti’” thread only made it to page 2 or something. Also, what the fuck would I be doodling in my notes at school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casekonly Posted May 20, 2004 Author Share Posted May 20, 2004 www.pusfan.com www.besound.com/pushead/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 Oh, definitely writers like to gossip. A lot of the ones I used to chill with, anyway. If I wanted to be involved in gossip or politics, I’d have written for the gossip column for the free community newspaper, or joined the Liberal party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WebsterUno Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 *believe* yes!! ^^^ gnarly!!! im gonna draw something similar to the stuff i drew back then. i want to see what i ca come up with. sooki got something that shows what kind of stuff i used to draw. dlush should have gotten one too. its sucks your pack didnt make it. that thing was loaded with goodies. i would send another one, but what if it doesnt get to you? :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 blaazed Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 ya no in order for me to never of started doin graff i would have not been born...not only livin in the graff capital of the world...all my older siblings wrote uncles cousins friends...i was basically surrounded by the culture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casekonly Posted May 20, 2004 Author Share Posted May 20, 2004 dope...pushead is sorta inspirational...gah! i haven't seen some of this stuff in years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilush Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 Re: *believe* Originally posted by WebsterUno dlush should have gotten one too. its sucks your pack didnt make it. that thing was loaded with goodies. i would send another one, but what if it doesnt get to you? :( i am still extremely pissed about that one. if you send me another pack, i will give you my work address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilush Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 Originally posted by casekonly is it yellow that symbolizes friendship??? eh, no matter...here are your e-flowers d-lush....they're from omar and i. http://www.blumen.com/orange%20bouquet%202%20new.jpg'> aww how sweet. frienship boquet taken. ::hug:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casekonly Posted May 21, 2004 Author Share Posted May 21, 2004 awwwww Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClueTwo Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 Let's not even go there...I'm just happy to be alive and sitting here able to type this comment.. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adderall Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 what if i hadnt *just* made it around that car on the highway.. cant think about that type of shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abracadabra Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 if i hadn't started writing? one of 2 things would have happened: 1. i would have kept skating hard and would now be a pro skater with a few mill in the bank travelling the world 2. i would have kept going hard at the drugs and i'd be dead now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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