James Oseland: "Aw -- me in 1964, in the front yard of our suburban San Francisco tract home, being mom's little helper"
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James Oseland: "1969. I never had those do-I-play-with-boy-doll-or-guy-doll issues -- I played with both!"
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James Oseland: "Me, at around four. I look so happy -- I must've just eaten at McDonald's!"
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James Oseland: "New Year's Eve, 1974. Me, at right, as a tall and gangly New Year's baby; my mom, at left, having a good time."
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James Oseland: "The punk rock me, at 15 years old, in 1978. My name was Jimmy Neurosis. I smoked. I drank. I was naughty, tres naughty."
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James Oseland: "I'm 20 here, a young San Franciscan showing off his leather jacket."
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James Oseland: "Me at 21, as a young film student"
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James Oseland: "Me at 21 again, finding my muse in an editing bay at my college, the San Francisco Art Institute"
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James Oseland: "1985. I'd just moved to Los Angeles from San Francisco and was working as a script reader for a movie agency."
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James Oseland: "That's me on the far left, circa 1988, playing a stoner character named Randy in a play in Los Angeles. I liked that part!"
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James Oseland: "On the set of a B-movie I co-starred in called 'Liquid Dreams.' I played a weird and creepy character called Maurice. And that's Merrie, she was the film's costume designer."
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James Oseland: "1993, at a going away party (I was moving from Los Angeles to New York); also pictured are my friends, from left, Suzanne, Mink Stole (the wonderful actress), and Marilyn."
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James Oseland: "Camping in Death Valley, staying cool -- it was 118 degrees!"
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James Oseland: "On a month-long trip to Haiti in the early 1990s. I loved that place...."
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James Oseland: "Me, running for Senate. Just kidding: It's me, in 1991, trying out a 'look' for a bit part I had in a film I ghostwrote called Guncrazy. Preeeeety!"
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James Oseland: "I lived in a village in South India for over a year in the late 1990s; the guy in the middle, Vijayan, is my best bud there."
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James Oseland: "Me, in Indonesia, in 2002, with a friend's son. Indonesia is my second home; I've been there almost 30 times since the early 1980s."
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James Oseland: "2003, Singapore, eating my favorite street food: noodles!"
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James Oseland: "On a 2004 trip in El Salvador; the beautiful lady is my dear friend Milton's mom. We were visting the village where she was born, on the border with Honduras."
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James Oseland: "This picture is so hilarious to me. It's in Yangon, Burma, and I'm being fed exotic local delicacies by a bevy of beautiful women. It was 2002; I was on assignment for SAVEUR."
