Honestly I'm over this article. I'm tired of hearing about it. I made the mistake of talking to a reporter and this is what happened. If people want to make a big deal about it they can go right ahead, I really don't give a sh**.
I ran into a good friend of mine in Baltimore recently and he got kicked out of Chattanooga because of this article, he wanted to beat my ass at first, but he realized it just wasn't worth it, he knows me too well, and It's a Fu***ng article. Some of the information is either false or misinterpreted, some of it is true. the audio recordings of interviews obviously can't be falsified, however if the reporter didn't notice me wobbling around or falling over because I was drunk for a number of these interviews she obviously wasn't paying much attention. As for the paper notes anyone who has any knowledge about hopping trains can tell you that "Dirty face: Riding on the outside of a boxcar." isn't exactly accurate..that's just one example that stuck out.
Anyway, I made my apology when this article came out, I'm not doing it again. If someone out there wants to make something of it come find me in the Twin Cities and we can deal with it in person.
This is Nails. First of all I'd like to apologize to any members of the community in chattanooga that this article may effect. I did not look at or read this before it was published, and had no clue as to just how scewed it would turn out. My traveling partner and I were very specific in our requests of anonimity regarding certain individuals and locations in this article. Real names were not to be used, locations not to be mentioned at all, etc. Much of this article is just plain false, including the majority of the supposed "quotes". While I admit that I strugle with alcoholism and have a history of drug use, this article makes it seem like I'm a hard drinking junkie that doesn't care about anything. This is false, anyone who knows me would tell you that. So much of the dialouge in this article is taken out of context is ridiculous...I can assure people that I don't seriously brag about having "hos in different area codes" I have friends all over the country, all of them I respect and love dearly. I don't take advantage of them to recieve money, sex, drugs or any such things. This article is extrmely damaging to me, my traveling partner, the community in Chattanooga, as well as the traveling community as a whole. I had no intention of it turning out like this, and if I had a chance to read it before it was printed would completely deny them the ability to write this article about me period. I apologize to everyone this effects, and take full responsibility for any consecuenses that follow the publication of this article. I was under the impression that my part in this was only to be a small part in a series of imformative stories about traveling in general. I'm not some super traveler that knows everything, I don't view myself as any better than any other traveler. I'm still learning like everyone else. My facial tattoos mean nothing, they're a mistake that will continue to be an obsticle for me getting a job and settling down. I'm just so dissapointed right now, particularly in myself for thingking this could turn out any other way. I should have known better, and I know that. This was a huge mistake and I know it's going to screw me and everyone else involved in more ways than one.
I apologize profusely, and will do my best to apologize to certain individuals specifically as soon as possible. I don't expect any forgiveness. This is ultimately my fault and I recognize that.
Hard like Nails?
Honestly I'm over this article. I'm tired of hearing about it. I made the mistake of talking to a reporter and this is what happened. If people want to make a big deal about it they can go right ahead, I really don't give a sh**.
I ran into a good friend of mine in Baltimore recently and he got kicked out of Chattanooga because of this article, he wanted to beat my ass at first, but he realized it just wasn't worth it, he knows me too well, and It's a Fu***ng article. Some of the information is either false or misinterpreted, some of it is true. the audio recordings of interviews obviously can't be falsified, however if the reporter didn't notice me wobbling around or falling over because I was drunk for a number of these interviews she obviously wasn't paying much attention. As for the paper notes anyone who has any knowledge about hopping trains can tell you that "Dirty face: Riding on the outside of a boxcar." isn't exactly accurate..that's just one example that stuck out.
Anyway, I made my apology when this article came out, I'm not doing it again. If someone out there wants to make something of it come find me in the Twin Cities and we can deal with it in person.
Hard like Nails?
This is Nails. First of all I'd like to apologize to any members of the community in chattanooga that this article may effect. I did not look at or read this before it was published, and had no clue as to just how scewed it would turn out. My traveling partner and I were very specific in our requests of anonimity regarding certain individuals and locations in this article. Real names were not to be used, locations not to be mentioned at all, etc. Much of this article is just plain false, including the majority of the supposed "quotes". While I admit that I strugle with alcoholism and have a history of drug use, this article makes it seem like I'm a hard drinking junkie that doesn't care about anything. This is false, anyone who knows me would tell you that. So much of the dialouge in this article is taken out of context is ridiculous...I can assure people that I don't seriously brag about having "hos in different area codes" I have friends all over the country, all of them I respect and love dearly. I don't take advantage of them to recieve money, sex, drugs or any such things. This article is extrmely damaging to me, my traveling partner, the community in Chattanooga, as well as the traveling community as a whole. I had no intention of it turning out like this, and if I had a chance to read it before it was printed would completely deny them the ability to write this article about me period. I apologize to everyone this effects, and take full responsibility for any consecuenses that follow the publication of this article. I was under the impression that my part in this was only to be a small part in a series of imformative stories about traveling in general. I'm not some super traveler that knows everything, I don't view myself as any better than any other traveler. I'm still learning like everyone else. My facial tattoos mean nothing, they're a mistake that will continue to be an obsticle for me getting a job and settling down. I'm just so dissapointed right now, particularly in myself for thingking this could turn out any other way. I should have known better, and I know that. This was a huge mistake and I know it's going to screw me and everyone else involved in more ways than one.
I apologize profusely, and will do my best to apologize to certain individuals specifically as soon as possible. I don't expect any forgiveness. This is ultimately my fault and I recognize that.
-Nails.