When I first moved to NYC I would see this skinny indie rock kid backstage at fashion shows taking paparazzi photos. I was young and a bit threatened that someone I might know in the real world had also figured out a way to con people into thinking he belonged there. Its kind of funny that before I had even met this guy I already hated him and that feeling would have a reoccurring role in our almost 10 year friendship. Ladies and Gentleman may I introduce you all to the almost famous James “Mr Nervous” Ransone.

This post is a very brief photo essay of the old PJ juxtaposed with the new “marine” PJ. This post is not the definitive retrospective that some might think he deserves. It is a way for me to try and figure out how I could go from hating to loving to hating again and now liking this wife beating, drug addicted, NY POST rape hero, ACTOR.

Over the years PJ has been no stranger to “issues”. Weather it be girls, drugs or just taking himself way too seriously, drama just seemed to show up at the same time he did. In this picture we can see in picture perfect detail what pills and a PJ relationship look like when put together at the same time.

Sometimes PJ is able to temporarily forget about how “fucked up” everything is long enough to throw on a Speedo and wrestle with friends.

PJ has always been comfortable with his body.

Until recently, PJ had survived on a diet of Coke and Pizza for overt 14 years.

PJ wont admit it but he has dreams of making it on Broadway.

This is a still from a cartoon we made about his giant black penis talking to him. The penis was voiced by Dennis Hopper in the film Blue Velvet. I will not be posting it on here but if you look around the internet you still might be able to find it. It was kind of a cult hit in Japan…

One of the few times his drug use was not annoying was when he thought this was a good idea…

From fashion week as teenagers to growing up in Africa we have been through a lot together. I’m not quite ready to announce that he is no longer broken but I will say he can bench press his own body weight which is a massive step in the program I think…