Ok, ok. So a pirate walks into a bar, and, this really happened by the way, he is wearing a huge antique ship's steering wheel as a belt buckle. The bartender asks- hey! did you know you've got a steering wheel on your pants? The pirate says- Yarrrr!! I know. It be driving me nuts! Yeah, well I'm sorry. The Smurf jokes were getting me nowhere. Hi! I'm Rich. I would define myself as an artist who is lucky to be happy and working in a related field, a dreamer, perhaps as a hopeless romantic. I've been in Maryland most of my life, near Annapolis or Baltimore. I lived in South Florida for 9 years. It's amazing and beautiful there but I find myself drawn to this area. My apartment is dominated by art surfaces and tools. I do a good amount of sculpture still, lately being made with metal and water based synthetic clay with latex painted skin. I made a point recently to move super close to the B 'n A trail, and spend a lot of time biking or jogging it. I join my bff to run Patapsco State Park and Cromwell Valley as much as possible. I love how you can drive a few minutes and feel like you are out in the mountains. I have two Vespa P200’s. –a 1980 and a ’78, (and a real car) am into the people of the scene almost as much as I am into riding and maintaining them. I would go bat crazy if I weren't surrounded by other intelligent freaky artist types who like to get their hands dirty. I listen to the cure, smiths, joy division, skinny puppy, tkk, jamiroquai, thievery corp, david byrne, dead, radiohead, interpol, charles mingus, zappa, hendrix, doors, morcheeba, pixies, tom waits, portishead, etc. I also like any movie by Tim Burton, David Lynch, or John Waters. Oh, and freaking zombies. Anything with a zombie in it.