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Hollywood Is In The Toilet

KID PORCELAIN

Toilet Whisperer

Where does your optimism come from?

Every time I discover a toilet in the wild, it tells me something about the world around us. It’s not always pretty – but by filtering the abandoned and broken through a fluffy cloud and puppy dog lens, it helps the positive nuggets of any situation naturally shine through. And from that positivity comes hope. And it’s hope that creates the optimism.

Can you describe three important qualities, skills or areas of knowledge in your work.

Discovering toilets in the wild requires the confidence to walk into scary allies, an ability to stop quick, turn around, pull over and jump out of a car with the unbridled fortitude to snap away while others look at you like a freak. In Hollywood, this translates into a sniffing out fresh opportunities and coming up with unique ways to put yourself out there to go for it.

Will enough ever be enough?

I was discouraged when Guinness World Records thought the world’s largest photographic collection of abandoned photographs in the wild (over 1200 at last count) was too weird. But I found new light when the United Nations lauded my “Perfect Life” video for its promotion of clean sanitation around the world. Now, as I continue to log miles all around LA , I still find the thrill of the hunt and desire to capture things in a unique way just as odd and joyful as when I found that first toilet on the side of Hollywood Boulevard.

What’s next for Kid Porcelain and the Toilets in the Wild Brand?

Excited about the publication of “The Adventures of Kid Porcelain” – it’s a Hollywood story of evolution and metamorphosis. Moving forward, manifesting a promotional tour of toilet-obsessed Japan, a local gallery show, a duet with Skibidi Toilet and an American Standard, Toto or Squatty Potty sponsorship.

More shootin’ the sh*t with Kid Porcelain
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Make It Personal

Posted in ME, INC., STORIES ABOUT TOWN, TASTY.

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Meet ME

Communication skills

We live in an age where our ability to communicate effectively can be like a superpower. Can you share how you developed your ability to communicate well?

When it comes to communicating, I always attempt to work backwards from the person I’m interacting with by attempting to understand where they might be coming from on the particular subject and where my communication ‘fits’ into the course of that person’s busy day. At that point, I look inside my corporation within and assign the conversation to the most appropriate ME team member. Then, WE just march forward as our best, most natural self.

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Tell our readers about yourself.

Inside each of us is a business. And that business contains all the same elements, important decisions and daily dramas that exist at larger corporations.

The corporation within
Meet the team:
ME – Chief Executive
Me – Management
Me – Staff
me – Intern

ME is YOU. Pass it on.

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There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?

• Internal strength is key
• You be YOU
• There is an “i” in team

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What would you advise – going all in on your strengths or investing on areas where you aren’t as strong to be more well-rounded?

We are who we are. And since it’s just US, we need to do our best to try and steer into our strengths, while also being prepared to ‘dance’ in the event the ball hits a leg or bounces another way.

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Inside Outside

Posted in BANJO, STORIES ABOUT TOWN, TASTY.

Where do you go to keep going?

Banjo, we’re thrilled to have you share your thoughts and lessons with the Bold Journey community. So, for folks who are at a stage in their life or career where they are trying to be more resilient, can you share where you get your resilience from?

When it comes to resilience, I tend to look for lessons from the streets of Los Angeles. I love a good walkabout. And my best thinking and most meaningful interactions come from hoofing through one-off neighborhoods and stumbled-upon alleys and speaking with those I might not normally interact with.

Danny James Moore has been homeless in Hollywood since 1986. Along the way, we would see each other in the oddest places and began to say hello. His lifestyle fascinated me from the start and our chit-chat expanded naturally into more of a rat-a-tat-tat.

One day, we decided to sit for a series of ‘talk and tips’ intended to help people new to living on the streets survive more peacefully and successfully. The hope was also to create an outlet for someone who might normally not be heard by providing a platform that would elevate them to expert status.

Danny and I discussed a wide range of survive on-the-street topics like tents, storage, acceptance, food, family, protecting yourself, getting a good night’s sleep, finding help, showering, drugs, discrimination, friends, possessions, the bathroom, staying informed, relationships, exercise, sex, trust and more.

As I continue my own journey out there in Hollywood, thinking about Danny’s resilience – day after day – week after week – season after season and year after year has become a go-to source of ‘inspiration’ whenever it’s time for myself to dig deep.

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Bear It All

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Behind The Nuggs

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Kick Some Butt

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Bolt For The Hills

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In Hollywood – look for the signs

A very long time ago, someone welded a smile to a piece of pipe on the bridge above Lake Hollywood.

One day while on a walkabout, noticed that a hex bolt had gone missing from this little-known Hollywood gem. It was a small thing, but it made a big difference.

In Hollywood – try to fill gaps

He worried that if no one knew it was even there, how would it ever get fixed? So Banjo rummaged through the nuts and bolts section of Tashman’s Home Center until he found a similar hex bolt.

In Hollywood – be a little nuts

From there, he hit up Hosep’s Body Shop, where a friendly and talented welder shaved down the top surface.

In Hollywood – be smooth > but not too smooth

Then, Banjo found a third generation Hand Engraver at Gerard Leon Fine Jewelry who was amused by his plan and confident she could finely etch his Tasty Nuggets signature on the surface of the clean hex bolt.

In Hollywood – have your groove on

After a little touch up work for added dimension, Banjo headed back to the reservoir for a discrete installation of his tastiest nugget of all – a smiling Tasty Nuggets badged face overlooking Hollywood with the Hollywood Sign majestically perched in the background. Bam – give the drummer some! It remains there to this day.