[ramonesfreak]

My first Easter there I am walking down Broadway on Easter morning in soho and a lady on her way somewhere all dressed up dropped dead. Just, thunk. I almost stepped on her. People were walking over her. Strange sight. Saw a guy in the east village crossing the street drop dead half way across...lights turn green and the cars just drive around him. One new years eve, im standing on the sidewalk next to this drunk guy on Perry Street in the west village. He steps off the sidewalk and his head goes through the windshield of a cab. I saw a real life siamese twin on houston street....guy had a little deformed head sticking out the back of his neck WHOA. I would routinely sit next to Debbie Harry in the bistro across from my apartment. Beck would be at the end of the bar. Gary Oldman would be behind me. Nobody cared or even realized it. Lou Reed would ride past me on his bicycle. James Gandolfini complemented my motorcycle....liked that I had it all blacked out. There was 9/11 and that lingering smell for months. The time I was almost stabbed on the subway. I once went to a party and puked all over someone's Warhol prints........No idea who it was or how I got there... I could ramble on a long time......the cool thing about NYC is you can see more and do more in 1 week than some will do in 10 years or even a lifetime.

The question is, do you want to see or do those things? I loved it. Many are repulsed by much of it. I was young and very open minded and hungry for adventure. I got exactly that.