Three years later… July 20th 2010-present

Three years ago, I sat down at a now defunct Red Brick Pizza discussing the idea of a blog with a good friend of mine. In those three years, so much has happened and I have learned so much about myself and those around me. The idea behind the blog initially was to get my feelings out there about life, the world, and all the good and bad that was happening. I remember staring at my friend with a dumbfounded look with no clue as to how to start the blog. The blog seemed like a preposterous idea that really had no legs to it. Little by little, I realized that maybe if I started writing that maybe I could get pen to paper. In my case, hands to keyboard. My friend told me that the first post should be about my day (July 20th 2013). I heard some disturbing news that day about a certain friend and ever since then I have moved on. The blog has been split up into eras ranging from the venting era, the learning era, the acceptance era, the living high and mighty era, and the pinnacle era. I didn’t know if the blog would last for more than a year because once I’ve said one thing, I’ve pretty much said it all. However, so much has happened in my life, the world, and everything else. I remember after the first few blogs, I got praise from a few people calling my writing amazing and some even saying it was me just letting my feelings out there. I saw the blog as an alternative to FaceBook and Twitter, which are fine avenues in social media in amongst themselves. I slowly started seeing after about a year that writing about mostly a friend that had deceived me, that I had to go on a much more positive spin on the blog. There were so many possibilities from writing about one of my favorite TV shows, blogging about my dog, my bike rides, some walks that I had taken, experiences that had happened in my life, and also a few fun events. One of the coolest blogs that I remember writing was where I documented the post season of 2011 in baseball. That fall, I decided to take one semester away from school and take a break. This allowed a bit of time for me to relax and catch on some things I had been missing out on. One of them was the feeling of watching baseball one more time but without too many distractions. I had been busy with school and work which give or take can take up about 70 percent of your life. The post season in the fall of 2011 was simply amazing due to the idea of wild card Wednesday and all the crazy scenarios that happened on that fateful day. The fact that some teams were better than others simply had me glued to my TV and I also saw how much it can raise your awareness as to how the game is played the right way. One of the biggest contributors to this blog has been Project 365. If I haven’t really explained project 365 it really is just taking a picture for that day. Some of the places that have been apart of this are Mexico, Reno, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, San Jose, and a host of restaurants and locations. One of the many places I can remember taking pictures is when I decided to take a trip down to Los Gatos Creek Trail which has always been one of the few places where I can think and reflect on how great life is. The idea that it will not be the last time that I will go there always sticks out in my mind because most times when I do go I try to take a picture from a different vantage point. For most of the pictures in 365 this has been my goal. The project 365 was almost done as a way to store those memories that will forever be buried. We can’t go back to the past but we can look back on it and repeat it. Hell, you might even look at your past and make it even better the second time around. This is what my intention has been with the blog as I haven’t even scratched the surface with what has been presented on the blog. Sure, I have written about my journey in Community College but the time is nearing where I am very close to signing up for classes at San Jose State. That will surely be the experience of a life time as I plan to finish up in two years and then from there who knows where I’ll be. I also have a few places where I’d like to go within the next few years whether it’s domestic or foreign. I would like to go back to Mexico and maybe even take a trip down to Texas to visit family. I’ll be sure to write about these experiences and trips in the future. Recently, I started a top ten series which will be expanded upon in future posts. One of the many ideas I have for this is to post some my top ten movies. Another possibility is blogging about the top ten lessons learned from forming friendships in a retail environment. There are also a few other possibilities with this including top ten books ever read up to this point, top ten funniest things that ever happened to me, top ten lessons learned from the death of a loved one, and so many other possibilities. This blog has surely come a long way and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank my buddies, my family, my co-workers, and lastly myself for all the inspiration that has driven this blog. I can’t even begin to express my gratitude because when I first started this it meant very little but I kept it going. There have been stories and journeys and they will keep going on Just Another Day! (“From parts unknown” author’s note: 100th written blog post so celebrate!)