Writes..."Everybody's Got One"

“i can be an asshole of the grandest kind…” – alanis morissette

me: "...i'm good with looking like me. ;-)"
female friend: "yeah, and i guess a little confidence goes a long way, no woman wants a man w/low self esteem. do u, that's the only way."
me: "that's what i keep saying. i'd rather have a woman think i'm an asshole for being arrogant than dislike me for being insecure hence the signature." (at the time my texting signature was "@rrog@nt@sf**k")

“you can say that these are arrogant statements to make but saying they’re arrogant statements made by an arrogant man won’t make them any less true. first, i ain’t shit (and don't claim to be). second, i don’t claim to be shit ('cause i ain't shit). third, i don’t got shit (no smartass comment there, that's totally accurate). but wait, those aren’t really arrogant statements; and even profanity and bad grammar couldn't make them arrogant. they’re simply true statements, but they're not arrogant. (i'm using the word "arrogant" too much.)

and yet i’m still a commodity. i’m ice water to a man in hell; no, to a woman in hell. did i just say that? "the devil made me do it!!!" thanks uncle flip (we’re not really related). i’m gold at 400 dollars an ounce; i’m oil at 1,000 dollars a barrel. now that’s more like it, that’s the kind of cockiness i expect from myself…about myself. i'm a commodity because i'm me and nobody else is. i once posted one of my own quotes on "fb": "i'm not even the best me i can be yet and i'm still a better me than anyone else will ever be" and people "liked" it but i don't think they realized what i was really saying or just how arrogant i meant those words to be. so let me clarify...i'm me, flawed and imperfect; lacking; and i'm still better than anyone else striving to be more than what i am. a brash commentary? maybe a little. can't help it though. it's what i am (said humbly).

a self portrait...( ! )...figure that out (hint...i'm the point of the exclamation mark)."