Blazing trails: Fire and Soul

I didn't start it but I sure saw it. It first came into view all the way from El Monte as I drove to a friend's pad in Temple City. This pic was taken from the 210.




It didn't stop us from queing it up though. There were more pressing issues at hand. I was visiting a friend whose father recently died of cancer. He'd been battling it for a few months now. Death--and ironically the transition of a person's life--has a weird way of bringing people close. We learn from those who die and sometimes their death and life teaches us more about life, love, and humanity then when their physically being is with us. The beauty is that somehow, in an unexplainable way, they still keep giving us life-altering (life-sustaining) gifts even if it's just their memory that blazes along side of us, which has the potential to clear paths and make room for the new.

An 'Ocean' View at Dusk

Chilled with my homie overlooking PCH and Santa Monica Pier. Here's what else was in the air.

Southwest College: UCLA Worker Survey

Haven't been able to focus on writing. Started two jobs in late March--one with UCLA and the other with a non-profit--and I haven't had the energy to post. Meanwhile life with friends and family and the craziness of everyday events and drama has me tied. Here's a pic of my work site--Los Angeles Southwest Community College!

The Sun still shines

So UCLA lost the other day. I still qued it up with the bros at the twin's place. Good times. Nothing like a hot grill, some bomb-ass cheeseburgers and good people. Even if we did lose, the sun still shines!