Youth is wasted on the young.
The phrase is cliché but carries truth in these photographs.
These kids grew up in Tucson. They were locals, still in their teens. They didn’t go to school and could barely keep a job. The ones who didn’t work got money from their parents or sold drugs and stole to get by. They were free from parental supervision and expectations. Speeding through life, they only cared about what they were doing, never concerning themselves with where their lives were going.
But what was the result of the freedom and good times they experienced? Today, some are addicts, some are in rehab, others skipped town to avoid the police or local grudges. These photographs show my friends when they were still young, running amok, and loving every minute of it.
年輕大聲沒有用
青春就是該浪費在年少輕狂之時。
以上都是陳腔濫調了，但這些相片正說著事實。
這些孩子在塔岡城長大。他們都是當地人，都還年輕。他們沒有去學校，也很難保有一份工作。那些不工作的人跟他們父母拿錢，或者藉著販毒和偷竊牟利。他們不用背負父母的管教和期許。時光匆匆，他們只在意自己的事情，從不關心自己生活的周遭發生了什麼。
但，在體驗這樣的自由和快樂的後果是什麼？現在，有的人得到藥癮，有的人在勒戒所，其他有的則是逃到鎮外躲避警察的追捕或當地黑道。這些照片顯現出我朋友還年輕時的模樣，他們恣意失控地過活，享受當下的每一秒。
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把自己加鹽吃掉
相當午夜12點，天黑的像打翻的墨魚汁，用來煮通心麵正好，她並不了解城堡的名字，有一陣子受傷嚴重的部位也痊癒了；並沒有曬到過度的陽光，她竟然開始脫皮，用極激烈的方式換掉自己的模樣，朋友們無從理解，她也不好說些什麼，只能看著自己從大拇指那個部位開始變得奇怪，為了不讓自己失去太多，她把脫下來的皮加鹽吃掉；時間一久覺得口味太平淡，她就買了些食譜想辦法變些花樣，又後來因為脫皮的過於嚴重，做出來的食物自己無法負荷，只好打了電話找了些朋友來一同分享，大家專注於她華麗的菜色，並沒有發現女人的樣貌已經有百分之八十都不同了，就這樣吸引了越來越多的親朋好友及不相識的人們，每天大排長龍就為了她煮的食物。
有一天她照了鏡子發現自己竟完全變成了他，也不再脫皮了，他才想起來那個他曾經愛過的男人，已經消失了好久；但是過一會兒他就徹底遺忘這件事，眼前最重要的是，以後，究竟該拿什麼東西來做菜呢？
Eat Me Up With Salt
It’s about twelve at midnight, it’s so dark like squid’s ink was all over the sky, and it is a perfect time to cook pasta. She didn’t know the name of this castle, her wound has healed from a serious accident a while ago. Although she didn’t get sunburn, she started to peel. The way she peeled changed the way she looked, her friends had no idea what’s going on, she couldn’t explain it either. She just looked herself altered from the beginning of left hand’s thumb. For not to waste what she’s lost, she cook the peeling skin with salt as her meal. As time went by, she thought it’s too bored with only salt, so she went shopping to buy some recipes to make deferent dishes. She peeled badly; she couldn’t finish the meals by herself, therefore she made some calls to her friends to share. The guests came for the delicate cuisine; the food was so delicious that they hadn’t noticed their hostess had been changed into almost a stranger. Day after day, people drove from faraway and got a long waiting line in front her door, just for a taste of her cuisine.
And then one day, she looked into the mirror, she found out that “she” already became “he” exactly. He no more peeled, then he recalled the one he loved before had disappeared long time ago. He didn’t let this thing bother him too long, the most important thing is, what should he take to cook after he had no longer peeling.
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