as a warrior for total freedom:
"There are many responsibilities in life.
And I do what I have to. But I also have to do what I like."
I wanted a creative adventure more than an ordinary education, so I bought a Honda 450 and rode cross-country from New York to Los Angeles when I was 19 years old. I worked, wrote, studied what I wanted to study, and lived the life I wanted to live.
Later, when I was ready for formal education again, I got a degree in Philosophy, and then went to Loyola Law school. But while I was still in law school, I moved into the University of Oriental Studies, in the first Vietnamese Buddhist Temple in the United States, and studied East-West Philosophy and Comparative Religion. And when my law school friends went to work in Los Angeles, I used every penny I had (not many), and all my credit, to pay my way to Tokyo so I could start my own business and learn to speak, read, and write Japanese.
Ten years later, I retired from Wall Street, bought a sailboat, dingy, kayak, and a condo across the street from the marina in Waikiki. I spent 5 fine years, sailing, studying, writing, exercising, and working for myself. Then in 1997, I sold Mystic Too, my beloved sailboat, and the rest of my fleet, left Hawaii, bought a new VW camper in Portland, Oregon, and rode up, down, and all across the country, all over again, for 6 months. I was using a cutting-edge black-and-white notebook computer, and a rather heavy old cell phone, to become one of the first full-time roaming cyber residents.
Eventually, I came back to the City of Angels, where I continue to do what I must, as well as do and say whatever I like.