I'm Elio Ayla.
I'm genderqueer, two spirit, a shaman, a spirit worker, and I'm trans. I'm non-binary, but if I could wave a magic wand and suddenly have male anatomy, I wouldn't think twice. I think like a guy, if I knew how a guy thinks, I think I think more like a guy thinks than a girl thinks? I think.
Right now I am on a David Bowie kick and I think everyone should listen to his work...pure art.
I start T halfway through this month, as long as the endocrinologist ends up coming to my clinic as planned. I'm a spaz, a writer, a loser, a train kid, a nomad, a traveler, a burn out, a space case, a freak, an alien, a queer, an introvert, an observer, a joker, and all around, I love me more than I ever thought I could. I used to hate myself, especially my body, but these days, I'm starting to love this weird little body I'm in, and I'm gonna make it mine, gonna make it shine.
1. If you could throw any kind of party, what would it be like and what would it be for?
The party would be full of all kinds of psychotropic plants, hallucinogenic substances, delicious raw organic food, spicy hot peppers, and food dishes from every country and culture. People of all races, genders, and sexualities would be there. There would even be some non-human bipedal alien lifeforms in attendance (mostly cuz they love the funky tunes we'd be laying down).
The party would be a celebration of all life.
2.If you could choose to stay a certain age forever, what age would it be?
19. That's the typical punk rock age, according to an issue of NME I read when I was 11.
3.If you knew the world was ending in 2012, what would you do differently?
I would ride so many freight trains.
4.If you could choose anyone, who would you pick as your mentor?
My Higher Self
or
My Dog
5.If you could witness any event past, present or future, what would it be?
The mutation of a cell.
6.If you could learn to do anything, what would it be?
Use 30% of my brain.
7.If you had to work on only one project for the next year, what would it be?
Writing stories
8.If you were immortal for a day, what would you do?
drugs
9.If you had to change your first name, what would you change it to?
I wouldn't. my mom had the foresight to give me a completely androgynous name.
10.Which celebrity do you get mistaken for?
Macaulay Culkin
11.What do you want to be when you grow up?
I don't plan on growing up.
12.What is your favorite body part?
My brain, also my mouth is pretty nice. I enjoy all of my internal organs a lot too. My liver is a ->-bleeped-<-ing champion.
13.What is your favorite form of exercise?
I like running with my dog, hiking with my dog, exploring the woods with my dog, yoga, playing fetch with my dog, hitting the gym, playing tug o war with my dog, wrestling with my dog, dueling with my dog (hands VS maw no hard slaps no hard bites).
14.What chore do you absolutely hate doing?
Cleaning anything, or organizing anything.
15.What was your favorite food when you were a child?
Applesauce
