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First song is in the can, as far as an arrangement. 8 more to work out for my new upcoming album, “Alpha.” I hope you enjoy this one I wrote it in about 4 days and used a sharpie to get lyrics on my apartment’s living room, kitchen, and bathroom walls. Lol. Truth 💯
Damien
Hear/see a liddel taste of what I’ve been working on. Have a good day. 👀
Wanna help me cross the finish line?!?!
$300 more to meet my fundraising goal.
Donate here babe: https://gofund.me/1e8e24cc
Woman search status: ongoing.
The Buddha said I cannot show you my secrets or the answers paraphrasing but I know the way and I can show you the way and guys I want to tell you something it’s not the narrow way it’s your way and you have God inside you already and you’re not a sinner. Wake up beaches and horrors?!?!?
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Sincerely,
I AM
😊 I can hear the Christian bs now.
I hope that cleared up all of anyone’s confusion about what I am.
Thx.
I thought to myself recently, earlier tonight specifically,
“I don’t have enough pictures in my albums nor on my walls. I need memories. I have memories, but I need pictures to remind me of my memories and the ones I love up in photos in my sweet home, which I am so thankful for, period.
So I thought, “DAme how shall I transfer my desire from my heart to my computer, which is digital, to Walgreens, one hour photo, and in turn tony frames and albums on my kitchen table period.
I scolded myself briefly, remembering I’m on GoFundMe for God sakes. I remembered I’m near broke. I do have a little nest egg I can feel thankful for.
I’m starting back riding the bus four times a day on Monday, and waves of fear hit like Donehey beach so I should save the nest egg that I have and not be wasting it on photos, period.
That was not my guardian angel protector speaking just now.
But then I thought, what did I write my book on, period? I wrote my book on the law of Attraction and purposefully feeling good which attracts an awareness to the Surplus ALREADY HERE, period.
My guardian angel who IS me said,
“Maybe you can’t put money out at Walgreens yet DAme period.
But we can get access to that good feeling of a surplus of money, which we always have soon, and transform want making it feel a little bit better by putting photos in a folder and spending some time with a cup of coffee, pre-planning my trip to Walgreens, period. I can stop what’s being spent today and make myself feel good for free.
And that’s what I thought tonight. I wanted to share it here on my blog with you, period.
I do that, you know.
My new book Surplus is available to you immediately for eBook download. It’s $9.99.
If you can’t afford that, or you just plain don’t have an interest, that’s perfectly fine.
It’s just that wrote it for people, and I’d like people to read it, period.
Here’s a link if you’d like to buy the book.
https://www.lulu.com/shop/damien-riley/surplus/ebook/product-2m5wrn9.html
Bye.
Here’s another way to support my writing/music/blog/art stuff I’ll always do and my remaining Summer need. No pressure ever.
Surplus! I got off track for just a second. Surplus! My God, so much Surplus is already here. I feel thankful.
Presenting in this blog post, dear reader, my amazing, notwithstanding vicarious, teaching mentor Curt Visca, a treasured educator and beloved children’s cartoon show host I was heavily inspired by and remain indebted to in my K12 and now community college teaching career. Thank you.
Here’s a guy who mysteriously and unknowingly became vicariously a mentor to me in my 20’s 30’s and 40’s, through his “It’s Curtoon Time” kid TV show.
His local access cable TV broadcasting in South Orange County had such an allure for me prior to my drop/transplant into the High Desert in 2002 where I raised a family and thrived as a teacher.
Amazing Visionary!
He lives in San Clemente and is an accomplished teacher and administrator for the Capistrano Valley Unified School District. I looked up to him immensely. Even today at 55 I try to live and teach by his motto”Learning should be Simple & Silly.”
I wanted to make a show called “The Standard Train” in 2002 and for the longest time to inspire wonder in my Adelanto kids.
Curt was an early video creator and respected Public School Principal in Capistrano Valley Unified. He was an inspiration for me to press on with my outlier visions, never going halfway in my teaching and musical career.
Thank you Curt.
I get it now. I always had it but I can write about now at 55:
Teaching should be simple and silly
I love the idea of my 4th book Im currently writing being themed around the “Dynamite Lesson Plan” and Curt Vusca’s cartoony and brilliant philosophy of Keeping learning “simple and silly.”
From me to you commoners as well as teachers out there needing inspiration,
Yours,
DAme
PS Due to a catastrophic car accident, I lost my car and part time job car at Uber. I’ seeking donations to transition into the fall semester at GoFundMe.ic you can give any amount helps me in my endeavors like this blog and my music now in the queue for posting to Spotify and Apple Music.