Asides

Movie Reviews are tough to write when you’re enjoying a Summer off from teaching. They take a bit of effort and extra thought so I don’t review every movie I’ve seen. Still, if I think it makes a nice entry I might refer to in the future or if I want to send my thoughts about a movie to several people, a blog post works nicely and I will take the time to do it. In the spirit of #TopTenTuesday here are the last ten movies I reviewed over this Summer Season.

• Trainwreck 07/17/15
• Minions 07/15/15
• Mad Max: Fury Road 07/03/15
• Monkey Kingdom 07/01/15
• Tomorrowland 06/30/15
• Inside Out 06/29/15
• Jurassic World 06/28/15
• Ex Machina 05/01/15
• The Babadook 04/24/15
• Wild 04/17/15

I like asides. They are akin to Facebook notes. I like the idea that their title is left out in the display however I like every post having a title for back cataloguing and referencing. If you don’t encode a title, nothing shows up about the post in the archives. Finding strings can be tricky.

1. WordPress. I’ve been an ardent student since 2005.

2. Teaching. I attended Cal State Fullerton from 1993-2000 and earned a BA, MA, and California teaching credential. I’ve been teaching for 16 years.

3. Guitar. I’ve been a student since I was about 7 years old.

4. Cleaning and maintaining a pool. Been doing it for about 15 years total.

5. I know artists can save the world and are important to the world’s health.

5 Things I don’t know anything about:
1. Hose assembly and manufacture.
2. What it’s like to work at a bowling alley.
3. Weight lifting and body sculpting.
4. Living in our prejudicial world world as a young black man.
5. Getting what I deserve.

5 Things I believe:
1. Good people planned and created the roads we drive.
2. Success is sweeter when it’s self-defined.
3. Knowing your favorite thing to do is more valuable than gold.
4. Escaping into your passions is health food for the soul.
5. Fill yourself up before you try to help others.

In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Other.” Write a six-word story about what you think the future holds for you, and then expand on it in a post.

My 6 word story: “Colorful orange auburn yellow sunrises & sunsets.”

Every day is a new day and those day hold the fruit of our labors, the reaping of what we sow. I’d like to go back and make that singular because each person is responsible for her/his own destiny. The color in my 6 word story represents emotions, good and bad, all are life. The canvas of my life contains dark hues with bright whites and yellows on top. I accept everything because I am having the human experience.

My life likely holds another year ahead of the same things I’ve been perfecting for over a decade: teaching in the high desert, being the best most valuable husband I can be, learning daily to be a better father to my children, writing, reviewing movies, reaching out to help and being open enough to receive help for myself. These are good seeds and I continue to sow them along my life’s path.

I followed the weekly prompt and it showed me I have really become more comfortable as a blogger.

This post is in response to Mama Kat’s Weekly Writing Challenge option #4.) What were you writing about last year at this time? What has changed since then?

The photo I’ve included here is a screenshot of what I was blogging about last year. It’s amazing to me how much I’ve learned about blogging and grown as a blogger just since then. Last year at this time, the only blog posts I was really excited about were my movie reviews. I have them all archived and available through a sidebar link if anyone wants to read them. Now I am putting the same enthusiasm into my daily challenges on the Daily Post.

I’ve learned how fun it is to use built in features of WordPress like “Featured Post.” I’ve also learned to utilize other platforms to drive my images. Blogging has become less of an outpouring and more of a measured, reserved crafting of posts every day. I am comfortable with my hobby of blogging and I am slowly making new contacts. After all, people blog in fits and starts. Some people may read you every day and then go awol. It’s tough keeping up with blogging. It all stays fun though when you see it as a craft or art.

In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Right to Brag.” Tell us about something you (or a person close to you) have done recently (or not so recently) that has made you really, unabashedly proud.

Write up
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Front of write up
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The trophy
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Me with the other WHO recipents
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Me with my awards
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Me with my wife at the WHO Awards Luncheon
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