Today I met a man who had stars on his (facial) cheeks
the size of quarters....perfectly placed
and
his entire neck was covered with tattoos
and
his arms too.

He was selling jewelry.
I was fascinated by him.

I live in a very non-stimulating (culturally that is) area!
We are deprived as far as artst fartsy stuff goes!....hahaha

He and his jewelry fascinated me.
I liked how he talked...fast, a real New Yorker.
Kinda' like my dear friend, Eddie Garcia.

He said he was born in Florida...Ha!
I don't believe that.
He said he had a house on Minuteman causeway in Cocoa Beach!
Ha!
I don't believe that.
He told me he was spoken for.
I said:
"Me too"!
Ha!
He is real skinny and real artsy....you know the type!
I would love to have him as my best friend!

He said I looked like an artist.
and
I said I was an artist of sorts.
He said he wouldn't ask further...what type of artist.
He said maybe he shouldn't ask what type.

I volunteered:
"Martial Art"
I have a school here locally, I blabbered.

I don't know why I told him about "my" karate.
It's so much more fun to keep my business, to myself
...but I blabbered it to him!

He said:
"Oh"
Probably a tad disappointed.

I thought. He doesn't get it.
Nobody knows my art.
If you are not a Shorin-Ryu practitioner,
you just don't get what I do.
I should have said I was a seamstress or something un-related
like....ha....a WRITER?
hahahahahahaha!

It was time to go.
He gave me his card and pointed to his email address and his phone #.

I told him, I'd sit on the idea of buying one of his idem's....a
crystal ball.
He made a silly joke.

About fifteen minutes later, I "kidnapped" my friend who lives
close by
and
I brought my friend back to this interesting looking man.
He said to her:
"Did she tell you, how weird I looked"?

My friend ignored that and said wow....look at all the beautiful stuff
you have and we chatted with him for awhile.

I bought a little necklace.
I spent what I think is a small fortune on a little moon rock....that I adore!
(later I looked up the web-site on line and saw that I really got a good deal!)

He gave my friend his card and another card to her for anyone with drug problems,
he is a drug minister....he said! Not that she has drug problems, it's just his other thing that he does, counsels those who do.

As we were leaving he mentioned that he buys silver and vintage jewelry
and
that if I brought anyone else back to him, he'd give me a free piece of jewelry!

I'm tempted to contact him and sell him some of my personal jewelry.

The entire exchange
and
being in this man's lovely energy was soooo much fun!

I won't call him though.
Enough artistic stimulation.
Today's encounter will last me for awhile....hahaha

Anyway, I doubt he will be in that same place tomorrow.
I just got the feeling he is....on the run!
Ha!

Gezzzzzzzzzzzzz............I am suffering cultural depravation!
: )