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.