Hello Darlings. It's Marcos again. And now I have some announcements to make while also giving a couple of updates. My family and I moved some large pieces of furniture that were in my aunts old house as needed but it looks like one piece might be donated/sold/thrown away (we haven't decided the method yet) but now we have started to make our house look more like a home. And my room especially is getting in better shape but the boxes are starting to look endless due to the fact I still need places to store everything (I just got some plastic dressers for this reason but one is too small. So now I need to find a new one.) in shape.
Today and tommorow will be dedicated to love even more items and it looks like we'll be fully moved in by this week at the latest and hopefully I can announce a housewarming party to celebrate the momentous move. Not to mention that kind of thing is expected from the family. The best part of this is that both of our beds will be moved into the new place (Opa and Oma'a today and mine tomorrow) and that is so very needed right now.
And once again, I'm still writing but I am still thinking about the plots of one of my stories and how to expand it because what I originally though would be a short story is now the possible length of a novella. But it will still be enjoyable I hope. Thank you bery much for tuning in to this small update in our lives.
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Friday, September 22, 2017
As Prof. Farnsworth would say...
GOOD NEWS EVERYONE! ... but at least here it is good news. We have our new home! We just have and once we are settled in, for those who follow me on Instagram and FB will be given the full house tour. Thanks again to all who follow. This move will take a while but I'm glad that we will be moving.
Sunday, September 17, 2017
I just want you to know, it's ok to do other work while you pursue art.
As being an artist and writer, people would still think that it would be impossible anymore to rely on art to make a profit. Even so I remember a quote yesterday that I read from one of my acquaintances, T. K. Coleman. It was one from a man called Frank Chimero on his blog where he has an article called Back to the Cabe which is a very good look into artistic inspiration and actively pursuing it. But the most powerful message was what he wrote with employment being bringing independence.
About how many great artists had to do other careers as a choice for what is to come. T. S. Eliot worked in many universities while publishing his many poems and writing his plays. J.K. Rowling had worked many jobs while finding time to write Harry Potter and the Philosophers' Stone. Dame Agatha Christie worked as a nurse during WWI while her sister made a bet to write a story which became The Mysterious Affair at Styles which I read after I read my first Poirot mystery, Murder on the Orient Express. But also, these careers found them with the inspiration to write their stories as well with Christie having a knowledge of poisons and medicine and many of her victimless are often poisoned. J. K. Rowling had went through a similar underdog story with finding oneself and becoming stronger. T. S. Eliot had dealt with many anxieties in the First World War and later converted to Catholicism to find peace and used many poems and plays as both symbols and allegories for Christian apolagetics.
But the overall message I found was in part that those who know what they want should work on it and also take a look, for the better, at what your doing. It actually will help with your direction of the art you want to make. I have a few friends and family members who want to make their own projects and even my Boo (boyfriend) wants to make films. But we can't expect them to be fully made successes overnight but we all have a chance to organize and create for ourselves and others too. Even though I'm still and Uber driver, just seeing parts of LA and California itself, inspires me to come up with a canvas of both small and large ideas and stories to create.
Later Darlings!
About how many great artists had to do other careers as a choice for what is to come. T. S. Eliot worked in many universities while publishing his many poems and writing his plays. J.K. Rowling had worked many jobs while finding time to write Harry Potter and the Philosophers' Stone. Dame Agatha Christie worked as a nurse during WWI while her sister made a bet to write a story which became The Mysterious Affair at Styles which I read after I read my first Poirot mystery, Murder on the Orient Express. But also, these careers found them with the inspiration to write their stories as well with Christie having a knowledge of poisons and medicine and many of her victimless are often poisoned. J. K. Rowling had went through a similar underdog story with finding oneself and becoming stronger. T. S. Eliot had dealt with many anxieties in the First World War and later converted to Catholicism to find peace and used many poems and plays as both symbols and allegories for Christian apolagetics.
But the overall message I found was in part that those who know what they want should work on it and also take a look, for the better, at what your doing. It actually will help with your direction of the art you want to make. I have a few friends and family members who want to make their own projects and even my Boo (boyfriend) wants to make films. But we can't expect them to be fully made successes overnight but we all have a chance to organize and create for ourselves and others too. Even though I'm still and Uber driver, just seeing parts of LA and California itself, inspires me to come up with a canvas of both small and large ideas and stories to create.
Later Darlings!
Friday, September 15, 2017
Where the Hell have I been?
Ok. So the title is totally click bait. I promise not (not) to make any more click bait titles. After all, they're just cheap gimmicks to give random attention to poor saps such as myself to get that extra like, subscribe, and click we are all dying for. That focus of attention. But ok, I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's get back to the details of where I am.
Well as most of you who have ready the blog know, I work for Uber and it's a lot of driving and it doesn't give me way too many chances to sit down and type. (In all honesty, I prefer writing things down then typing in case I got a better idea or something.) But also there is another major change happening in my life and I wanted to talk about it since only a few people know and I didn't want to say anything until I have brought it upon myself, my grandparents (this is Opa Papa and Oma Beta in case your confused), and my Auntie Debi. Well here it is. Drum roll please!
I'M MOVING TO PASADENA SOON!
But why, well some are more obvious than others. Mainly it has to do with finding a new home and economic reasons. Living in Victorville doesn't give the same economic opportunities living in the city does even though there's a larger working pool to swim through. But there are more places to find in there compared to this and so my main hope is to get a couple of different jobs and transition from Uber to there. But also I have a lot of other ideas and plans in mind due to circumstances rising. As if needed I have thought about what to pursue as an occupation. From what I assessed, it looked like my opportunities came mainly from family businesses. But this has many pluses because I come from a very entrepreneurial minded family. My step-father (Dad Steven) and mother (Sallmikah)run a truck and trailer repairing company. My grandfather (Opa Papa) is a private tax accountant and my grandmother Daisy (from my Dad Stevens side) has an insurance firm. This is also not including future members who are interested in starting their own business or even the other relatives I forgot to mention. So I decided to go into my grandfather's firm of Tax Accounting with Notary signing on the side.
BUT (and I have to make it big), I only said occupation. This isn't my full plan but just a means to an end. But just because I lead myself here doesn't mean I might get something else or find something better. Eventually that does happen but only if we pursue it. No one does say, I have a position and I want you in it. It's predominantly our responsibility to find it. But primarily I am going into this but with the hope of continuing something very dear to me and I might've mentioned it but am unsure. But my main career choice once it happens is to be a writer.
As of right now, I've been working on all sorts of concepts for stories but not only novels and short stories. I have plans for podcasts, plays, poems, and screenplays for television and movies. Of course I'd say the difficultly lies in which projects to publish and finish drafting first so then I can get out there. But given the circumstances, it's still a long way to go through I do have quite a listful of concepts to metal down and form. But I'd rather you read it for yourself rather than hear me talk about it due to it not being as engaging unless I did publish.
Other than that, I have one major final announcement. I'm working out again. After months of escaping working out after a couple of bumps in the road for myself, I decided (in too long a time now that I think about it. I really need to work on being less procrastinative.) to work out again, eat a healthy diet and hopefully work on burning my body fat for a slightly more toned body look. Good health should always be a part of our lives though the work is very difficult and it is for me. But if I could get down to 121 from 189-191 pounds then I can do it again from only 150-160 pounds (I haven't used a scale in a whole. You'll learn the results tomorrow.)
Ok. Now that's out of the way, I also want to say I have a lot more to offer with the results of reviews, opinion articles, blogging and maybe even vlogging about my life, (I'm still debating being on YouTube even though I have my Praxis video on there and to be honest, I hate the sound of my voice.), getting to finish Interview with the Vampire (I'm sorry Johnny. I promise I'll finish it by the end of October. I swear. Its on here so I'm bound by it.) and possibly (for those who follow me on Instagram) post more pictures of what's going on and my future cosplay hobby. Well I know it's a lot but this is what has been going on and I'll update more with the move to Pasadena.
Later Darlings!
Well as most of you who have ready the blog know, I work for Uber and it's a lot of driving and it doesn't give me way too many chances to sit down and type. (In all honesty, I prefer writing things down then typing in case I got a better idea or something.) But also there is another major change happening in my life and I wanted to talk about it since only a few people know and I didn't want to say anything until I have brought it upon myself, my grandparents (this is Opa Papa and Oma Beta in case your confused), and my Auntie Debi. Well here it is. Drum roll please!
I'M MOVING TO PASADENA SOON!
But why, well some are more obvious than others. Mainly it has to do with finding a new home and economic reasons. Living in Victorville doesn't give the same economic opportunities living in the city does even though there's a larger working pool to swim through. But there are more places to find in there compared to this and so my main hope is to get a couple of different jobs and transition from Uber to there. But also I have a lot of other ideas and plans in mind due to circumstances rising. As if needed I have thought about what to pursue as an occupation. From what I assessed, it looked like my opportunities came mainly from family businesses. But this has many pluses because I come from a very entrepreneurial minded family. My step-father (Dad Steven) and mother (Sallmikah)run a truck and trailer repairing company. My grandfather (Opa Papa) is a private tax accountant and my grandmother Daisy (from my Dad Stevens side) has an insurance firm. This is also not including future members who are interested in starting their own business or even the other relatives I forgot to mention. So I decided to go into my grandfather's firm of Tax Accounting with Notary signing on the side.
BUT (and I have to make it big), I only said occupation. This isn't my full plan but just a means to an end. But just because I lead myself here doesn't mean I might get something else or find something better. Eventually that does happen but only if we pursue it. No one does say, I have a position and I want you in it. It's predominantly our responsibility to find it. But primarily I am going into this but with the hope of continuing something very dear to me and I might've mentioned it but am unsure. But my main career choice once it happens is to be a writer.
As of right now, I've been working on all sorts of concepts for stories but not only novels and short stories. I have plans for podcasts, plays, poems, and screenplays for television and movies. Of course I'd say the difficultly lies in which projects to publish and finish drafting first so then I can get out there. But given the circumstances, it's still a long way to go through I do have quite a listful of concepts to metal down and form. But I'd rather you read it for yourself rather than hear me talk about it due to it not being as engaging unless I did publish.
Other than that, I have one major final announcement. I'm working out again. After months of escaping working out after a couple of bumps in the road for myself, I decided (in too long a time now that I think about it. I really need to work on being less procrastinative.) to work out again, eat a healthy diet and hopefully work on burning my body fat for a slightly more toned body look. Good health should always be a part of our lives though the work is very difficult and it is for me. But if I could get down to 121 from 189-191 pounds then I can do it again from only 150-160 pounds (I haven't used a scale in a whole. You'll learn the results tomorrow.)
Ok. Now that's out of the way, I also want to say I have a lot more to offer with the results of reviews, opinion articles, blogging and maybe even vlogging about my life, (I'm still debating being on YouTube even though I have my Praxis video on there and to be honest, I hate the sound of my voice.), getting to finish Interview with the Vampire (I'm sorry Johnny. I promise I'll finish it by the end of October. I swear. Its on here so I'm bound by it.) and possibly (for those who follow me on Instagram) post more pictures of what's going on and my future cosplay hobby. Well I know it's a lot but this is what has been going on and I'll update more with the move to Pasadena.
Later Darlings!
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