Those Blue Coats

I love the winter. I love those blonde hairs… Lazily fall on top of those black or indigo blue coats I love to guess how long Those red noses take To be warmed up by a kiss…. (To be continued) ACD 12-23-92

2007 Answers

2007 Answers….. What do you enjoy in life? Anything that would give me wisdom, or make me laugh. Describe a fantasy where you would find yourself? I walked into a room, a room full of mirrors. There were big mirrors of different shapes all arranged in a circular manner. All these mirrors offered a different view of me. I looked at myself, or at one of the images of myself, and as I looked, I noticed that every other one was looking at me, something like when you hit someone and as if by a miracle, it hurts you. What Turns you on? Laughter...Humor...Peace........Life What do you think you would want to reincarnate as…? I am done reincarnating.....Next time I am staying there at Nirvana!! Travel or Time Travel? Travel...and if Time were no object....Then Time Travel... Apple or PC?? PC.....But who cares, what's all the fuss about??!! Bands you like these days? Radiohead...Chili Peppers....Soundgarden...Pumpkins Spices you like?? Thyme Rosemary Sage and Parsley...in that order.... Biggest Fear?? Be trapped in an elevator with an insurance salesman Last Song in your head?? Cherub Rock ....The Smashing Pumpkins Favorite Villains?? Seinfeld's Newman .......George Wickham and Catherine De Bourgh Deadly Tur-ons?? Certainty..and a killer smile...ah!..a british accent and 5 inch heels, Girl in a man’s shirt and socks only! What do you look in a Candidate?? The opposite of what McCain would do....!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Name of your Imaginary Friend?? Never had one...I was too busy with my multiple personalities What do you hate the most?? Nuclear and conventional bombs and missiles.... and the use of "LOL" and the use of emojis What turns you off in yourself?? Weaknessessss Best Guy you ever met?? My Dad Best Pet Name?? Honey Pet What makes you smile?? Thinking about a beautiful girl Spas or Saunas?? None...hate to hang out with other naked men...What's with that??! Favorite clothes?? None, I’d drape myself in fig leaves....if it was socially accepted!! Favorite modern artists?? Gerhard Richter.... Gian Vanni Favorite Summer Olympic event? Nose hair removing What scares you? to dream that I am awake, and as I am dreaming, I awake Sport I gave up on is? Underwater Wrestling Words you use to sound smart? Hey.... yo!!!! If you could choose immortality, would you do it? I am.....We are.... What's in your pocket? Good follow up question to the immortality!!!!!!!!!!!!! My five-word epitaph? Thaaaaaat Son of a bitch!!!! What natural gift would you most like to possess? More gifts???!!! Impossible..!!!!! Risotto or Rice-A-Roni? George: You seem like you really enjoyed your Risotto. You have a very contented air over there. You look very contented, very satisfied. Are you satisfied? Karen: I'm very satisfied. George: I'm sure if you weren't satisfied you would probably say something wouldn't you? Karen: I probably would. But then again, I'm an enigma. George: Hey, listen, instead of the movie... Maybe we'll go back and, [chuckles], you know...Karen: Maybe. George: So, you feel okay about that whole thing, what we do in there? Generally okay with everything in there? Karen: Generally. George: Do you feel the way you feel after the Risotto? Karen: No, I feel full after the Risotto. George: Yeah, full. I wish I had never……….. Too late for regrets Worst song ever? All the Billy Joel Crap...etc, etc....AHH and MIchael Bolton too...!! What is your nickname? Carlos Solomon. What's your favorite guilty pleasure band? Why do people need guilt?? The importance of being ______________ Well Cabernet or Merlot? Cabernet General Hospital or Young and the Restless? Ha Ha Ha... St. Bernard or Shih-Tzu? My yellow Lab Favorite news anchor of all time? You are running out of ideas!!! Your best physical attribute? For others to say Best place to get lost? MOMA Michael Stipe or Ted Nugent? The former with a Ted Nugent Shirt Can you keep a secret? Oh not another secret to keep...!!!!!!!!!! What is your favorite TV show? Actually none..!! Bury me with my ______ Morbid...!!!!!!!!!! Thong or Bikini? Bikini Who would you want to be trapped in the elevator with? Alicia Silverstone...No, no no..The elevator repairman...!!!! Language you'd like to learn? French (well) Marriage isn't a word, it's a ___________ wonderful thing that may happen to some very, very lucky people Between two evils, I always try _____________ The female one. What would you do if no one were looking? Pick my nose!! didn't I already answer this?? The difference between success and failure is ______Failure teaches you something. Though success is pretty damn good!! What was your worst job? Escort service for the rich and famous ladies in Montecarlo....Haha What buzz word drives you crazy? All of them...Hate them all Best insider tip for where you live? walk on....... breathe in the life of NYC What was your childhood obsession? why it seemed to smell like fart around my grade school teacher??! How do you like your chocolate? I like it very well indeeeeeeeeed...!!!! Oscar de la Renta or Oscar de la Hoya? Oscar Madison or Oscar my Doorman The difference between love and lust is: the time of the relationship...or the people involved.... My favorite cocktail is: Vodka Martini at Pravda (Christiana Vodka) Favorite Broadway musical? Hate Musicals in general, maybe Spamalot, 42nd St, or classic Gershwin What book would you re-read? Catcher in the Rye.....On the road.......The Way by Michael Berg What should world leaders do in 2008 to make the world a better place? Cut the crap....Focus on reality.....CARE...... I’ll stand in line for ___________ Everything I really need Favorite movie hero? Guido Anselmi....(8 1/2) You're a cereal – which one? one not for consumption If it were possible to clone a human, would you clone yourself? NO!! not a religious thing, We just should accept who and how we are What happens in Vegas, ___________ Never been in Vegas. Don't care much either What is your favorite virtue? My unique and incredible sense of modesty!!!!!!!!!!!! People confuse me with __________ My Alter Ego What's your theme song? I cannot be reduced to a single song Best place to meet new friends? In your heart History is written by a very boring guy The good, the bad and the ________________ t he mediocre My biggest regret.... Let me think!! What sound or noise do you hate? Loud people on cell phone, on elevators, on movies, on the subway Golf Cart or Walking? Walking All time favorite TV show? So far Seinfeld Favorite type of storm? Brainstorm What is your present state of mind? Curious about this thing Underrated public figure? The guy that holds the Pope's cape and hat Favorite poet? Neruda, Benedetti, Dylan, D Thomas, Lennon, If not yourself, who would you be? I guess a truly wise person...like Jesus, Solomon, One of those guys, But Jesus was crucified, so maybe Solomon had a better life! What's your recurring dream? I am the moon and I appear every 28 days What’s your favorite underappreciated word? Who has one of those?? What do you value most in a friend? Love, understanding, Truth in that order Electric or unplugged? Strawberry or chocolate?? What's your dream car? Volvo P1800 My first word was probably... Ouch!! I'm allergic to… Shell fish, Aspirines, dust mites, pollen, Republicans In a movie about your life, who would play you? A good unemployed actor..... Last time you had a good cry? When my mom died! Pabst Blue Ribbon or Milwaukee’s Best?....????? What??? I hate IPAs. Best solo vacation spot? As of now, I don't thing I would go solo on a vacation What quality do you most admire in a woman? Intelligence, Warmth, Kindness, Soft skin, beautiful smile, deep eyes, Dynasty or Dallas? Oh Please! What was the last book you read? A new earth Youtube or boob tube? The former Tin can telephone or Treo? What? Which animal symbolizes you? Don't know. I don't want to offend any one of them Fashion trends you wish you'd skipped? The whole 1980's Cats or dogs? Dogs at home...Big cats in the wild...!!!!!!!!!!! Would you rather be lucky or smart? luckily, I am smart ___________ makes the world go round……… Gravity I can resist everything except_____________ a pretty woman's true smile When no one’s looking I... Pick my nose A job you'd never want to try Dentist for lions All time favorite album? Led Zeppelin II If you could time travel, where would you go? Good question! What sport do you still play?, swimming (if you consider this a sport.) Favorite takeout food Chipotle What's the last thing you lost? Gray matter Which trait do you hope you don’t pass to your kids? Allergies Can men and women really just be friends? I doubted it for a long time, but I think so. Define Friend?? Free (all expense paid) trip to anywhere...where do you go? with the price of the Euro, all of Europe My 15 minutes of fame were... Waiting for it What do you do to make the world a better place? Give from yourself till it is uncomfortable, then give a little more Take the money and ______________ Have a good time Childhood hero? John Lennon Which Animal House character are you? None Celebrity crush? Alicia Silverstone What quality do you most admire in a man? True Humility and true faith I brake for _______ to avoid accidents A penny saved is __________ Nothing nowadays My second favorite household chore is____________ Ha HA Ha What is your principal defect? Ego hurts when criticized in public. Working on it Tony Soprano or Michael Corleone? Michael Corleone....Leaves more to the imagination Least favorite saying? Don't like saying it Which super power do you wish you had? None. Like to face challenges like me and you. Bill or Hillary? Bill and Hillary Us Weekly or People Magazine? The New Yorker When you go to a party and someone says, "What do you do?", what do you say? I say the truth What's your favorite color? Always been blue, although I cannot imagine a world without red. Leno or Letterman? Letterman, although he is getting too old Favorite restaurant (add city)? Balthasar NYC Pardon my: Pardon me while I burst into flames My first kiss was with ________ Silvia What is your favorite vacation getaway? The Caribbean In high school I was ________ Young What TV show would you want to guest-star on? None, I want my own syndicated show!! You've met someone online, where do you go for the first date? Never Happened to me Trophy wife/husband or Bowling Trophy? None What is your favorite family tradition? All of them Power corrupts, absolute power ________________ There is no god and evil Harry, Only Power and those afraid to seek it DVD or TIVO? DVD Who is the sexiest baby boomer today? Who cares? Just say __________ What?? Favorite room in your house? my LR Global warming is ________. Here....Deal with it. If you're single, what is the best place to meet new people? Bar/Restaurant. Seems that people need to be static to be approached 4 members of your Dream Band? Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Jaco Pastorius, Bill Brufford I believe in... God and in me. Coffee, tea or…… (Real English) English Breakfast Tea, Real Italian Expresso Favorite recently read book? Bulgakov Master and Margarita, A New Earth, The Power of Kabbalah What's a children's book you can't throw out? The Harry Potter Series Give a man a free hand and he'll________________ will have 3 hands Favorite private eye or detective? Simon Templar, 007, Inspector Morse, Sam Spade, Jane Tennison, Tom Barnaby- Inspector Lewis Which character are you on Gilligan's Island? None What's your best excuse to get out of something? Depends on the circumstance of each excuse. Favorite movie ending? One of them ...Usual Suspects.... My least favorite household chore is___________ Ironing....Laundry Whole Wheat or White? White French Baguete Your life story in 6 words Light, Ego, learn, Love, Transform, will pass on What word can you not pronounce? Not only I cannot pronounce it but I cannot Think of it either Best road trip ever? Amalfi coast.... Cote D'azure The first word you think of when we say...Richard Nixon Crook, Spying, Cheat Your life is a movie, which one? Mostly .....8 ½ Contacts or glasses? None I hope. Who do you want to drunk dial? If I were drunk, It would have to be a preset number in smart phone. If you could live one decade over, which would it be? College years. The dictator you most love to hate? George W Bush.... What's your favorite flower? I like them as a group. I am afraid they'd be offended If I chose only one What’s the biggest fear you’ve confronted? Death of a loved one. Favorite game show? None Oprah or Martha……… OH Please....!!!!! In 10 years, I’ll be:………… early 50’s How would you like to die? Being unconscious of it.......I am not afreaid to die, I just don’t want to be present when it happens….. I collect _______ Nothing really except some dust on Furniture for a while. What’s rocking your world these days? Old Smashing Pumpkins songs and The Raconteurs If you can't sleep what do you do? This. 3 things in your house you need to get rid of: My college books, my tv and my old floppy discs. What's your worst eco-sin? Long Showers Celebrity death that hit you the hardest? John Lennon by far. The older I get, the more I _____________ know.....that I am getting older....and the more I ...... If you were a candy bar, you’d be _________ an enjoyable one RV or Porsche? Volvo P1800 Favorite tree? That one. Bush I or Bush II? Bush NONE....Ferme la Bush!!! I always wanted to live _______ in peace with my conscience. What can you do that nobody else can do? Be as adorable Your favorite dating sites? None Flat Screen TV or World Peace? Stupid question Fox News or Lehrer Newshour? The Daily show with John Steward. Last time you had a great laugh? sometime this past week Boxers or briefs? My boys need support Jerry....!!!!!!! The first word you think of when we say...Bill Clinton Great President...I voted you twice.. Favorite stupid movie? Blades of Glory...There are many. What do you wish your neighbors didn’t do? Live next door If you were a pair of shoes, what kind would you be? An unused one. Winnebago or Airstream? No Way!!! A walk in SOHO...or East Village, Williamsburg What New Year’s resolution have you blown? The same on every year. If you are a brand – what's your tagline? Dry clean only!! What would your clown name be? It is Tony……...!!! What should you do on a second date? Show up! If you were an animal, which would you be? Oh come on..!!!! A lion of course...!! Three words that sum you up? Soul, Certainty, Peace....Sure right!!!... Well I am trying!!!!! Worst vice or habit? Only one??!! Favorite place to be barefoot? my apartment Sailboat or motorboat? The one thing better than a boat is a friend who owns a boat! Songs you sing in the shower or car? I change my repertoire very often....Not that predictable!!! What's your car's na me? Peter What advice would you give a younger version of you? It could be worse....It could be raining...!!!!!!!!!!! Hey Listen, I went back and re-read what I wrote to you and although as I was writing it I feel it was smart ass funny, I immediately realize that it was really dumb. I’m Sorry. Trying to correct my wrongs….and dismantling this profile ASAP since it does not do anything for people….!!! Good luck in life….

Pencil me in?

......You look lovely...!!!! would you pencil me in for the next 45 years??!! Daniel Optimista, soñador, De buen corazon, en busca de sonrisas, de amor, de pasion, de despertarse en el medio de la noche y hacer el amor ...(de nuevo!!)...y de compartir el aire que respiramos, el amor que damos, las lagrimas que derramamos.....Ese es un poquito de mi...Y tu...??!!!!!????

The sloucher

Little kiddy Oath to my slouching…!!!! The sloucher In the middle, between where I am and where I want to be, Neither sitting, nor lying down, there is ME, The Sloucher. My vision field is lower than my eyes, My shoulders want to deform My arse yearns to slide forwards. And my spine does not want to perform Love to melt in my surroundings Be one with the relaxed drive-less me I love hiding in the midway of life Where no one can uncover my identity I slouch for as a hobby I slouch for a while I slouch for my own comfort I slouch, it’s my right Don’t care about posture, which is bent as a road Don’t care about standing up Erect for where I need to go I dissolve in my chair I am one with the anxious me I get to hide in the cozy lair Where no one can expose me My Osteopath??!! …I listen NOT Since in my slouching there is some quest Though in my back the pain is caught My slouching is a way to protest I slouch for as a hobby I slouch for a while I slouch for my own comfort I slouch, it’s my right ACD 09.16.08

THE POET”S DEN (Idea in progress)

The Day Clauducci...

It did not appear to be a sure thing, because of the wavering intensity of the contractions, he was not sure whether or not it would happen right then. He was told to go and take a shower if he needed to because it was most certainly not happening. His enthusiasm fell noticeably, and after stepping in the shower, he got himself ready and left for work. As usual, he got his dark coffee-one sugar from Dean and Deluca and got to the 5th floor of Puck Building in SOHO and started his work day. The call came 15 minutes later to get back home, because the contractions had restarted, and as he waited for the Metroline he had called, he informed his superiors that he was going to be out. Excitedly, he rushed home with the car service and picked up, his wife, who had already prepared her neatly packed belongings for a few days-stay out and they departed from Brooklyn onto the Upper East Side for what was going to be one of the greatest moments of his life, the birth of his second child, something long-awaited, which as he knew very well, was going to be one of the happiest moments of his life. As they were making their way uptown, the car negotiated the dwindling traffic of a beautiful spring mid-Wednesday morning and it finally made it to the front of the Guggenheim pavilion of the Mount Sinai Hospital and walk internally to the Kingenstein pavilion towards one of the newer a birthing rooms. This was a completely new experience, from the one he had had 4 years earlier, and he was expecting to go to the O.R., and get into the fatigues, but no, this time, he was going to go through this on his own work clothes, with a black pair of slacks and a white shirt. He looked into his wife’s eyes, and they smiled at each other. Everything had such a new feeling. A new life was going to be born at any moment now. They were both also a bit concerned, as any parent to be would always be in moments such as this, hoping that everything would go well, as it almost always does. Nature has perfected the process, like in a symphony, a flawless chain of events that follow one another till the perfect final moment when the final note is played and then, silence!!!………………………………………The cry of the born baby is heard for the first time announcing her place and claiming her space in this life. Then, the mom and dad hug each other. He is called to detach the baby from her cocoon by cutting the chord that symbolizes her material existence as an individual and then goes back to the mom while the newborn is being washed, weighted and wrapped into a worm bundle of joy. The baby is then given to the mom who had carried her for 9 months, and they both rekindle the warmth and connection that had been shared from the BEGINNINGS OF TIME to the END OF TIMES….. The father experiences the greatest emotion that can be felt as he sees his wife and child in an embrace having a communication that will last through time. The father is then given the baby to hold. He is afraid of exerting too much pressure on her, of hurting her, but no, he doesn’t. It seems as he was designed to hold her. He kisses her. He walks her to the window and looks across Fifth Avenue and she tells her about Central Park, and points out to her the many children that are playing in the green grounds, the trees, the blue sky…. If they ever asked her, she would know that this was the first time she saw Central Park, although she what she really wanted to know at this moment was when she was going to get her next meal, even if she still did yet not know what that even meant. She was just happy breathing, feeling and being. She was happy, He was ecstatic, and the mom was jubilant. She had a glow so bright that she did not seem at all to have gone through 9 months of pregnancy, nor a few hours of child delivery. He looked at his white shirt, and saw a few red stains and said “Oh Blood….!!!!!” He laugh and said “……New Blood….. My own Blood……!!!!” All of the sudden he knew that everything was in order, everything under control, everything would be fine, everything was clear, now there was a new part of him, a million possibilities, a million miles of new road to walk, an million new reasons to walk them…!!!!! The Day Clauducci was born…..It was a sunny day, as it always is and always will be…!!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear lovely Claudia, Once again I had the same memories, the same thoughts, the same feelings I get every year when your birthday comes, except today I wrote them down. There is nothing new in essence, but everything is new at every moment. Every time is the first time, because we are constantly re-firing anew, every one of our cells does. It is their purpose, to make it all new, again and again, and they will always do as long as we want them to. As I was saying, there is nothing new in my love for you, except that is a new love every day, every moment, except intensified exponentially, a love that is unconditional. I first knew this when I saw those small red stains in my white shirt. The years pass, faster than I would like them to, but nonetheless, some things are for sure, for instance, every day is a new day, a new opportunity for life to be, sky is the limit, or on the opposite side your thoughts can be. Many things could go wrong for no simple reason just that it is a mathematical possibility, nothing else. But math is one of our inventions. It is imperfect, it is arbitrary, it says that something is positive or negative because it says so. It needs the use of concepts like infinite, and zero, something of which we know nothing about and we cannot even fully fathom, because even zero implies lack of all things, including the consciousness that contains the math itself. Yes, anything could go pear shape at every moment, but they don’t usually, do they?? They don’t, because they are not meant for us. They don’t because it is not our destiny, our tikkun, because nothing that is not yours will stay with you…..Things go pretty much our way at least 99.99% of the time because we desire it to be so deep, deep down that is what we desire and what we attract accordingly. Another sure thing is that life throws our way that which we need to deal with and the little tests that come hidden at every curve, but remember it is only a curve. You may not see exactly what is on the end of it because it may be perpendicular to you at this precise moment on the curve, but remember that at the end of the curve there is always more road, and when your own Clauducci comes to you, you will be given a chance to discover your own million reasons why you would want to walk them all……. That sunny 31st of May of 1995 was a very, very special day for your mom and me, and for our family then as it still is now. We love to have you be a part of our lives, a part of us. Today is your 23rd birthday and as in that first day, I am as excited as I am sure of how wonderful your life will be. You are just starting out baby and you have a lifetime to reach all your potential, as I am sure you will. Just keep trusting your inner strength (soul) and you will see how in the same way ease with which nature delivers a new baby, you will uncover and reveal your own greatness, your own wonderful life….!!! I just want to apologize for when I fall short in my helping you. It is not for lack of wanting. I hope you do know that I will always be there for you, but I know that you will realize everything you set up to do. Wishing you the best life can offer is an understatement. Wishing you a happy birthday and a wonderful year is an honor and a privilege. Love Dad….. 5.31.2018 As usual I will like to add some photos that I am able to find for color and illustrational purposes, plus a feelings/memories that can be triggered from the images, The Sweetest Child

Jesus of Varick Street

Jesus of Varick Street -"Hello", said Jesus as I was walking down that rather narrow sidewalk. I turned around and I stared at him. He looked much, but much differently than the skinny medieval image I had impregnated in my mind from my early years. He also looked very differently than the Michelangelesque muscular, all powerful Jesus, pushing undesirable people to the side, and selecting with his strong grip the arms of the deserving ones. No, this Jesus looked different. His long hair was black and thick, but too thick, like if he hadn't washed it since the day of the crucifixion. Jesus looked into my eyes. And smile. I knew it was him. We talked about the weather. He predicted it would rain. I made a mental note to buy a cheap umbrella at the Chinese street vendors at the Spring Street subway station. He asked me if I had a couple of bucks. He said he was a little hungry. I gave him 10 bucks. What the hell!! He was Jesus after all. We walked a little more on the crowded sidewalk, under one of those perpetual scaffolds on the Varick Street buildings, where there was one of those born again street preachers, who looked almost deranged. The preacher seemed angry. He seemed tired of not being listened to. This respectable looking man had the appearance of a clean cut dictator. Screaming and holding next to his white shirt an old black cover bible in his hand held in place by a red rubber band he saw us coming and he directed his attention particularly to Jesus. He seemed to be even angrier by the site of him. The preacher’s face changed color as he gesticulated even more aggressively than before. Most pedestrians walked around repelled by him trying to avoid him and his uncomfortable demeanor. Jesus looked at him and smiled and said: “What do you say man…. I love you teacher??” He must have known him well. The preacher looked at him and as he was quoting something from “JOHN” He pointed at him and he said: ” and you …. you Loafer….. You Sponge of society…You bring perdition to yourself….You useless frolic …How can you know what love is? See here this man. He is the product of our greed. This is what happens to us individuals when we lead a life without God, without the Lord. …You need to be born again!!!!…. You need to be a righteous man!!!!….There is no heaven without Jesus…!!! You have to be born again as the Bible says..!!!! You need Jesus….!!! I felt sad for Jesus. I think He felt sad himself. I asked him “ Why are you sad?… Don’t you feel hurt??” He said ”Yes, I am sad, but I am sad for him” We parted ways, and I went to work. He walked away along the sidewalk. I turned around and looked at his walk. His pants were 2 sizes too big for him and they were really dirty. He turned the corner and disappeared. I saw him many other times as well sitting on the sidewalk in front of a magazine shop on Varick Street, sometimes talking to some invisible angel, and laughing or shaking his head. He does not remember me. Why should he? He has so many others to care or worry for! I used to feel sad for him, but I am not sad any more. Well, at least NOT for him anyways…I am sad for the rest of us…. ACD 8-27/08