{"id":13049,"date":"2009-11-18T14:28:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T22:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=13049"},"modified":"2009-11-18T14:36:44","modified_gmt":"2009-11-18T22:36:44","slug":"bad-dog-big-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=13049","title":{"rendered":"Bad Dog, Big Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

Assignment: Write about what people always say about you. Give it an Indian name.<\/em><\/p>\n

Bad Dog<\/p>\n

People always say I’m sarcastic. An Orthodox Jew. Are you Jewish? I get that question all the time. Were you born Jewish? You have a good vibe. Very sexual. Erudite. Funny. Insecure. Didn’t your parents give you enough attention growing up?<\/p>\n

Where are you from? What do you do? Are you gay?<\/p>\n

On the make. Climber.<\/p>\n

People try to ascertain if I am reliable and trustworthy. Am I who I say I am? What’s my agenda? Am I safe? Am I a threat, and if so, in which ways?<\/p>\n

I come into insular communities all sweetness and light and years later they discover they have a "pen-wielding Rosemary’s baby" in their midst.<\/p>\n

Are you going to write about this? Will you put this on your blog?<\/p>\n

What’s your story?<\/p>\n

People tend to hate me or love me. Many people are so deeply suspicious of me that there’s no point to trying to win them over. The harder I try, the least effective I am.<\/p>\n

What is extraordinary about you? Give it an Indian name.<\/em><\/p>\n

Big Sky<\/p>\n

My thirst for glory and recognition. My ability to judge dispassionately. "Luke is a nice guy but an absolute snake." Haha! I love that. I slither through the grass and then I rise up and my fangs fan wide and my forked tongue spits out and I am ready to bite.<\/p>\n

I can blend into the diverse communities. I can go from homeless to the rich, from pornographers to Orthodox Jews.<\/p>\n

I was raised with the belief that I was special. My mother said when she was carrying me in her womb, "This one will do something special for God." I was told that story many time by my parents. They came to regret that, fearing they’d raised a narcissist.<\/p>\n

When I was written up in newspapers and magazines, the attention did not surprise me. I always thought that my extraordinary work would receive the recognition it deserved.<\/p>\n

It’s been more than two years since I’ve been profiled by anybody, but I believe my glory days lie ahead. I’m struggling through right now but I am headed in the right direction. I won’t long have to do drudgery for a living. Once again thousands of people will pay attention to every twitch of my keyboard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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