Born a Crime

endlessly fascinated by them.
Knives were just cool. I collected
them from pawnshops and garage
sales: flick knives, butterfly knives,
the Rambo knife, the Crocodile
Dundee knife. Fire was the
ultimate, though. I loved fire and I
especially loved fireworks. We
celebrated Guy Fawkes Day in
November, and every year my mom
would buy us a ton of fireworks,
like a mini-arsenal. I realized that I
could take the gunpowder out of all
the fireworks and create one
massive firework of my own. One
afternoon I was doing precisely
that, goofing around with my