If you haven’t noticed, my undergraduate year was full of conversations with industry folks. Advice was given left and right, and I was listening to stories about how others made it in the film industry. It was happening everywhere, from the coffee bean I studied at to the university I attended to the job that…
#260 in my thanksgiving feelings
Happy Thanksgiving Week Today I am writing with a heavy heart. The news about the white ranger aka Tommy aka Jason David Frank passing has made me so incredibly emotional. I grew up with four older brothers and a ton of boy cousins. We would watch Power Rangers all the time. I remember that Tommy…
Bla Bla Land: Chapter 33
So, I meet Mr. Depp. Someone I admired. He was kind and encouraging. My soul was filled, and I felt like I was on the right path in my career. A little while later, I transferred to another toy store location. I become the manager at the flagship location. It was a slow January day.…
#259 resurrecting lost dreams
Let’s start creativity with one photo at a time. It’s Wednesday, so you know what that means, another Wednesday blog. I really love to write and I love to write about things that mean something to me. I have made a new friend. Her name is Cazandra. She is also a substitute teacher and we’ve…
Bla Bla Land: Chapter 31
Eric In December 2012, I would have lost my brother, Yama. 2013 preceded to be one of the worst years of my life. It was full of letdowns, depression, and learning some hard truths about life. In January of 2013, I declared Communication as my college major. After two years of talking to advisors, family,…
#257 letting myself down
Halloween awesomeness It is November. We have two months left in 2022. Another year has flown by. This is the second week of my new position. So far, it has been mellow. There is not much to do yet. I have no students. Hopefully, next week. It is a new program for the school district…
#256 moths
It is the last whole week of the spooky season. I want to give you, my readers, another spooky story. This week was my first week in my new position as an ESL teacher. I never wanted to become an ESL teacher. Actually, I kept saying no for years. My brother is in the ESL/…
#255 spooky showers
I have spent a lot of nights at the gym this past year. At least four times a week, I head to the gym after a whole of work. I push myself even if my legs feel like jello from a whole night of serving plates of food to some hungry, needy, and occasionally sweet…
#254 koodles
The weather is changing and I feel my life changing along with it. I feel myself changing in the most positive way. I am welcoming new adventures and the new power that I have been searching for inside of me is finally revealing itself. Last weekend was full of adventures. I did something that I…
Bla Bla Land : Chapter 29
So inner city filmmaker was over. On the night of graduation, I felt strong and inspired. Nothing was going to stop me but what was next? I went back to the toy store and back to school. I was starting my second year of college and my major was all over the place. I needed…
The Frshta Show 