Michael Malice

And I was so pissed because that told me that they didn't believe that I'd be able to feed myself or make it on my own.

And I understand their mindset, but it's like,

I'm not, I wasn't, you know, I never was never hungry.

Like maybe I couldn't, I remember I'd have to wait on the subway cause I couldn't afford a cab.

But that was a sacrifice I had to make.

I had to wait that half hour.

So it was a huge source and remains a source of enormous tension and contention.

And I think also, I'm sure speaking to your upbringing, in their minds, unless you're going into an office, you can't pay the rent.

It doesn't make sense.

Yeah, I remember I didn't speak to my dad for a few years.

Then I'm like, let me give this guy another chance.

And in that time period, Harvey Pekar, the author of Subject of American Splendor, the movie and author of the series of comic books, he and I became friends and he was writing a graphic novel about me.

And when I met with my dad, I'm like, oh,

someone's writing a book about me.

And he goes, I know, so?

And it was one of those moments where I'm like, wow, you're an asshole and not the kind of asshole I am.

You're just like not a good person.

And I don't know, or really at this point care what the motivation or if there was no motivation with the visceral emotional reasoning for that.

But that kind of thing is something I...

you know, much later now in life, have absolutely no tolerance for.