Gary Bane:  

Moments upon moments upon moments. By the time of my thirtieth birthday I had had sexual encounters with over one-thousand different partners. After that I stopped counting. I guess I am not what one would call the marrying kind. I have owned houses, apartment buildings, sport cars, bicycles, designer clothes, custom furniture. I have also experienced the sensation that comes from losing everything. When you have nothing, you don't need anything. I have lived in houses, lofts, rooms, apartments, more rooms, living room floors. There have been nights, lost in the mountains, counting the stars, wondering if I will ever see civilization again. I have partied on penthouse terraces in New York City, drank vodka in underground cafes in Moscow, Russia. I have been privileged to explore the diamond collection on site in the Kremlin. I have seen Faberge eggs, both in the Kremlin as well as the Forbes Collection. I have visited the Louvre. I was at the Diana Ross concert in Central Park the night she was rained out. I have walked naked along Fifth Avenue. I was in New York City on 9/11. I have spent years dividing my time between New York and Sao Paulo, Brasil , 3 months at a time. I have celebrated the Fourth of July accompanied by the American ambassador to Brasil . I have made fun, made trouble, made do. I have made neon signs that light up Times Square, avenues in Moscow, hometown streets as well as strip malls across America. I have experienced the loss of family and friends. I have known deep loneliness as well as profound connection. I have seen the moonlight over the ocean while living on an island miles off the coast of Rio De Janeiro. I have started from scratch more than once in my life. It is easier to tell the story then to live it. The education I received ...Expand for more