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Downtown Asbury Park's Tony Bones, 24, is a barely functioning lunatic and self-proclaimed renaissance-man with dreams of world domination. He enjoys nothing and hates everyone. He lives at the Wunderloft with his cat and delusional fantasies. He is commonly seen being almost run over by cars on Cookman Ave riding a tiny skateboard with a book in one hand and a cigarette in the other. He plays drums for the neo-Lovecraftian hardcore band Ides and bizarre noise experience Electric Rocket. He loves puppies, candy, and tattooed women

Location:
United States, Asbury Park, NJ
Gender:
Male
I am:
Artist, Change Agent, Explorer, Idea generator, Inventor, Job-seeker, Journalist, Musician, Performer, Writer/Editor
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Art in all its forms. Spreading understanding. Inciting change. Provoking thought. Encouraging experimentation. Breaking free of norms, habits, rituals. Exploring new ideas. Embracing new experiences.

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    A reply on Conversation: If you have a talent or ability, is it wrong to not use it?

    Mar 20 2013: Wish there were more people like you around.

  • A reply on Conversation: If you have a talent or ability, is it wrong to not use it?

    Mar 19 2013: I'm not a big fan of attention. I'm pretty anti-social and my messages are constantly misinterpreted. It is definitely a very personal crisis of "to do or not to do." I would like to make people happy, but only if they leave me alone afterward. I know I have a poor attitude, and I'm a cynic, and fairly misanthropic at times, but people have never been good to me. I don't want them around any more than necessary.
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    A reply on Conversation: If you have a talent or ability, is it wrong to not use it?

    Mar 19 2013: That's sort of where I'm at now. I use my talents to entertain my friends and help out people I like. Not too long ago I played 3 hours of jazz for a live model sketching event my friend threw. It was film noir style. The audience was ecstatic and I kept getting compliments for weeks. People came up to me saying they wanted to hire me to play their dinner parties and other events. It was fun, but I was glad when the compliments tapered off and I could enjoy my peaceful anonymity.

  • A reply on Conversation: If you have a talent or ability, is it wrong to not use it?

    Mar 19 2013: Hahaha I thought about that, too. I was hoping someone would touch upon that subject. Not all talents are necessarily positive things. I could be an expert bomb maker, but that might not be such a good talent to use, unless I go into the fireworks business.

  • A reply on Conversation: If you have a talent or ability, is it wrong to not use it?

    Mar 19 2013: I play music at home and sometimes people like to watch. I love to make music with others any chance I get. Also when they ask what I've been up to lately I might tell them the movies I watched, the books I've read or what I've written lately. When they hear I've created something they ask to see and I show them. They like it a lot and tell me I should submit it somewhere. I say I'm content with creating and don't want all the attention notoriety might bring. My catalog of work is fairly large at this point. My friends keep pushing me to share with the world, but I'm not sure I want to. I know they're just trying to help. Maybe I'm just stubborn.

  • A reply on Conversation: If you have a talent or ability, is it wrong to not use it?

    Mar 6 2013: Einstein said if he could do it again, he would have been a plumber. It's an interesting thought.

  • A reply on Conversation: If you have a talent or ability, is it wrong to not use it?

    Mar 5 2013: Thank you for your encouragement. The thing is that I was only using myself as an example. I'm in no danger of letting anyone decide how I live my life. Even if others weren't goading me to get noticed, there would still remain an inner moral dilemma I believe most people who are skilled at something face. That was the intended subject of this debate. Maybe I wasn't that clear. I apologize for the confusion. Thank you again for the sound advice. I do appreciate it even if I din't need it :)
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    A reply on Conversation: If you have a talent or ability, is it wrong to not use it?

    Mar 5 2013: I think about that daily, a perfect world where everything is free and accessible to everyone. It would render greed obsolete and give everyone total freedom to pursue their passions to their heart's content. Now that would be a beautiful world.
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    A comment on Conversation: How do you build offline meaningful social connections?

    Mar 4 2013: Get a giant hat in the shape of a pirate ship. If by the time you leave wherever it was you went to meet people and they're are not cheering for the awesome person with the crazy pirate ship hat, something is terribly wrong. At which point
    I'd advise you to not throw chairs at people, punch them, or talk about your bowel movements. Refrain from those types of actions and wear the pirate ship hat (or something equally ridiculous) and there's no reason why you shouldn't have made at least 10 friends.

  • A reply on Conversation: Do right and wrong exist?

    Mar 2 2013: I have yet to form a complete personal opinion on these things yet, but I figured these were apt and interesting. For now, it's all conjecture. I would love a day when we have answers to these questions backed by incontestable proof. Science still has a ways to go. Thank you for the great questions by the way.
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