I was never arrested as a kid in New Mexico. Cops came and told us not to blow up army figures in the canyon with firecrackers once. That said: - A kid I hung out with when I was a supersenior got arrested for beating the shit out of his mom. For some reason they decided I was the responsible adult in the situation. 18 years old, and a 17-year-old friend was officially, temporarily a ward of me. - My sister was taken into custody regularly. My parents were usually drunk asleep. The police would call the house, ask to speak to "mr. bl00" and talk to me, none the wiser. They'd then let her wait out in the parking lot and I'd pick her up. - Edward Abbey's The Monkey Wrench Gang, which may or may not have inspired the creation of Earth First!, was inspired by a string of mysterious billboard vandalisms in and around Albuquerque, New Mexico in the late '60s/early '70s: ...yeah, that was my mom. So as it turns out, I'm actually the MOST law-abiding mutherfucker in my entire family. How you like them apples? _________________________________________ Last thing I made: TV. It's actually pretty good. It'll be on Wednesday night, I believe, won't tell you where, won't tell you when, but I'm oddly proud of it, which is unusual for this particular show.“For diversion she joined the good doctor on his nighttime highway beautification projects, assisting him in the beginning as driver and lookout. When they tired of fire she learned to hold her on at one end of a crosscut saw. She learned how to swing an ax and how to notch the upright posts of a billboard so as to fell it in any desired direction.”