THE RESTLESS WRITER
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January 22
2016
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A LIST OF FUTURE BLOG POSTS FOR THE UPCOMING YEARS
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TALES OF AN ALL NIGHTER
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MY PEN NAME IS DAVID CRICHTON. DAVID IS MY
BIOLOGICAL FATHER’S NAME. MICHAEL CRICHTON IS THE NAME OF MY FAVORITE AUTHOR.
R.I.P M. CRICHTON. I JUST TURNED 26YRS OLD LESS THAN A MONTH AGO ON DECEMBER 29TH.
I AM A DORKY NERD WHO TUCKS MY PANTS INTO MY SOCKS. I DO IT BECAUSE I AM THE
ONLY ONE I’VE SEEN DOING IT REGULARLY. IT KEEPS MY ANKLES WARM IN THE WINTER
AND I DON’T LIKE STEPPING ON MY PANT’S LEGS.
I
WAS RAISED WITH AN APPRECIATION FOR READING AND WRITING. MY PARENTS WERE BOTH
TEACHERS. MY MOTHER MADE SURE I COULD READ AT THE TOP OF MY CLASS AND I NEVER
LOST THAT ABILITY. SHE ENCOURAGED THE USE OF MY GOD GIVEN GIFT OF SMART WRITING
SKILL AND POETRY. I NEVER SAW POETRY AS A WAY I WOULD ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE A
LIVING FOR MYSELF IN ADULTHOOD BUT MY MOTHER CONTINUALLY KEPT ME WRITING FOR
SPECIAL OCCASIONS. BEFORE EVERY BIRTHDAY PARTY OR SPECIAL FAMILY FUNCTIONS LIKE
A BABY SHOWER, SHE WOULD PUT ME ON THE SPOT IN THE CAR.
“DAVID,
TODAY IS MONA’S BABY SHOWER, I WANT YOU TO WRITE A POEM REAL QUICK, HERE’S THE
CARD. I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT.” I DID IT EVERYTIME WITH NO SCRATCH PAPER. I HAVE
BEEN WRITING POEMS SINCE AGE 7. THIS IS MY LAST YEAR BEFORE I CAN SAY I HAVE
BEEN WRITING POETRY FOR 20YEARS. AT 15 I FINISHED MY FIRST POETRY JOURNAL. AT
35 I CAN SAY I’VE BEEN WRITING POETRY JOURNALS FOR 20YEARS. I’VE BEEN AT IT FOR
10YEARS PLUS. BY THE TIME OF MY 20TH ANNIVERSARY AS AN INDEPENDENT
POETRY WRITER I CAN SAY I HAVE ALMOST 5-10 POETIC NOVELS SELF PUBLISHED.
I AM NOT LOOKING TO
BE PUBLISHED MAJORLY, I AM LOOKING TO BE DISTRIBUTED WORLDWIDE. I AM SEEKING A
WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION DEAL MORE SO THAN A PUBLISHING DEAL. I CAN SELF PUBLISH
AND HAPPILY COLLECT THE FULL ROYALTIES MINUS FEES PAID FOR SERVICES RENDERED. I
AM LOOKING FOR A CO-MANAGER OR AGENT TO HELP ME WITH GETTING GIGS AND BRANDING
MY OWN PUBLISHING COMPANY, CRICHTON PUBLISHED INC. I AM LOOKING FOR A TEAM OF
MARKETERS TO HELP ME IF YOU WANT TO TAKE ME ON FOR FREE UNTIL WE ARE GENERATING
INCOME AS A TEAM I’LL GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR LIFE AND A PERCENTAGE OF MY EARNINGS
OR ROYALTIES. I’LL MAKE IT WORTH YOUR WHILE OF COURSE.THIS IS THE INTRODUCTION
POST TO MY FUTURE BLOGS PROMOTING MY VIEWS ON THE WORLD. .
POST NUMBER
ONE:SOCIETY
I BELIEVE SOCIETY IS
ALWAYS DUE FOR A CHANGE
I BELIEVE SOCIETY IS
INCREDULOUSLY DERANGED
I BELIEVE SOCIETY IS
ENGAGED
IN KEEPING US
ENSLAVED
I BELIEVE SOCIETY
PROPAGATES THE STATUS QUO
THIS MESS WE ARE IN,
THE ONLY WAY TO ACTIVELY KEEP US ENSLAVED
I BELIEVE TELEVISION
IS 75% OWNED BY THE DEVIL
I BELIEVE IT IS ONLY
USED TO KEEP OUR MIND ON A DESIRED LEVEL
I BELIEVE IT’S DAILY
PROGRAMMING
IS AIMED AT PRO
JAMMING
OUR OWN SENSES
IN WHICH WE ARE RENDERED
SENSELESS
I BELIEVE SOCIETY
PROMOTES HATE
A PROBLEM THEY WANT
TO KEEP ENDLESS
I BELIEVE SOCIETY IS
RUN
BY THE DEVILISH
IMPULSES OF THE SOUL EATING SOULS FOR FUN
I BELIEVE WE ARE ALL
ONE
AND IF SOCIETY EVER
PROMOTES SUCH A VIEW, A CROOKED EMPIRE IS DONE
I BELIEVE IN WOMEN
WHO USE THEIR REAL EYE LASHES
I BELIEVE IN PURSUING
MY PASSION UNTIL IT’S DUST TO ASHES
FOR ME – I BELIVE IN
SOLE PROPRIETY AND DOING THINGS FOR GLEE
I BELIEVE OUR SOCIETY
IS CORRUPT. I USED TO BELIEVE I WAS AMONG A RARE FEW WHO SHARED SUCH A THOUGHT.
I DON’T BELIEVE THIS ANYMORE. I BELIEVE WORD HAS SPREAD THRU OUT THE COUNTRY WE
ARE LIVING IN WICKED TIMES. WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE THE GOVERNMENT DOESN’T
TRUST US WITH OUR SECRETS. WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE THE GOVERNMENT DOESN’T
TRUST THEIR SECRETS WITH US. WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE FALSE FLAG SOCIETAL
ATTACKS GIVE THE ONES WHO STAGED IT IN THE NAMES OF OUR THEIR ENEMIES REASON TO
INVADE OUR PRIVACY.
WE LIVE IN A WORLD
WHERE THE CIA HAS LONG AGO INFILTRATED THE MEDIA AND NEWS INDUSTRY. WE LIVE IN
A WORLD WHERE THE NEWS CASTERS ARE A BUNCH OF FAMOUS LIARS WHO LIE WHEN THEY
SAY THEY TELL US ONLY THE TRUTH. WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE YOU CAN’T TRUST THE
NEWS, THE TELEVISION, THE RADIO OR EVEN THE PRESIDENT. IF YOU CAN’T TRUST YOUR
OWN PRESIDENT AND HE’S CONVINCED HE CAN’T TRUST YOU EITHER, WHO CAN YOU TRUST?
WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE
THE FINANCIAL OLIGARCHS GET FIRST PRIORITY OVER BENEFITTING FROM ALL THE LAWS.
WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE MONEY IS CREATED FROM DEBT. WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE
THE ORGANIZATION CALLED:”THE NATIONAL TREASURY” IS NOT IN CONTROL OF CREATING
THE NATION’S TREASURE. FATHOM THAT, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD WE LIVE IN. WE LIVE
IN A WORLD WHERE THE NATIONAL TREASURY TRADES DEBT IN THE FORM OF TREASURY
NOTES SERVING AS IOU’S TO THE FEDERAL RESERVE IN EXCHANGE FOR FEDERAL RESERVE
NOTES.
THESE NOTES
SIMULTANEOUSLY ADD NOT ONLY TO THE US. MONEY SUPPLY BUT ALSO TO THE NATIONAL
DEBT. THE CHARTS OF BOTH THE US. MONEY SUPPLY AND U.S. NATIONAL DEBT IS
IDENTICAL. THE FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE REPLACED THE GOLD AND SILVER STANDARD.
BEFORE 1913, OUR MONEY WAS BACKED BY THE NATION’S GOLD AND SILVER RESERVE. DURING
THE CHRISTMAS VACATION, THE FEDERAL RESERVE ACT OF 1913 WAS OUR CHRISTMAS
PRESENT FROM THE FEDERAL RESEVE AND THE POLITICIANS WHO WEREN’T AT HOME WITH
THEIR FAMILIES. EVERY YEAR AFTER 1913, THE VALUE OF THE DOLLAR DROPPED ABOUT 1%
100YEARS LATER WAS
THREE YEARS AGO AND EVERYONE KNOWS THE VALUE OF THE DOLLAR IS BELOW MOST OTHER
CURRENCIES. IS THAT A LIE?
POST NUMBER 3:
WHAT MONEY SHOULD BE
WHAT MONEY COULD BE
IS FREE
WHAT MONEY WOULD BE
IF NOT USED
CONCURRENTLY
HURRIEDLY
AS A COMMODITY
IN AND OF ITSELF
FOR WHAT ABOUT CURRENCY?
THE FACT TWO PEOPLE
DETERMINE WHAT DETERMINES WEALTH
FOR WHAT DETERMINES
SELF
VALUES?
WE LIVE IN A WORLD
PURELY INCAPABLE OF SURELY VALUING PURE VALUES
IF PEOPLE REALLY
CARED
WE WOULD ALL REALLY
HAVE SHARED
EVERYTHING GAINED
INSTEAD OF MAKING
EVERYDAY PAINS
2BILLION ANKLES
SPRAINED
IN THE RAT RACE
WHO TURNED IT INTO A
CAT’S CHASE?
I SAW A DOCUMENTARY
AT AGE 19 ABOUT THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF CURRENCY USED THRUOUT HISTORY AND IT
CHANGED MY VIEWS FOREVER. IT STUCK WITH ME LIKE A PORPUPINE’S FRENCH KISS. CURRENCY
IS SIMILAR TO BARTERING, THE WAY I SEE IT. IF 100MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS AMERICA
AGREE TO TRADE RED PAINT FOR GOODS AND SERVICES AS CURRENCY THEN WHOMEVER
CONTROLS THE RED PAINT DISTRIBUTION CONTROLS THE MONEY SUPPLY. THIS WORLD IS SO
MESSED UP PEOPLE WOULD IMMEDIATELY ATTEMPT TO MONOPOLIZE THE ISSUANCE AND
CREATION OF RED PAINT. SOME PEOPLE MAY EVEN ATTEMPT TO COUNTERFEIT RED PAINT.TRADITIONAL
ETHICS OF ECONOMICS PLUS HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
CURRENCY, IN MY OWN
WORDS, IS WHATEVER ITEM IS WIDELY ACCEPTED AS CURRENCY. WE TEND TO FORGET ABOUT
THAT IN RELATION TO MONEY. MONEY, MONEY, MONEY. WE AS A PEOPLE ARE SO NOT SMART
WE HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT IF WE BAND TOGETHER AND DECIDE AMONGST OURSELVES WHAT WE
WILL ACCEPT AS HOLDING ENOUGH VALUE TO TRADE GOODS AND SERVICES, THE TIDES
WOULD HAVE SHIFTED. INSTEAD WE WOULD RATHER JUST ACCEPT WHAT THE PEOPLE WE GAVE
POWER TO IN THE FIRST PLACE BY ACCEPTING THEIR WORTHLESS PIECES OF GREEN PAPER
SAY THE VALUE IS. WE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE PROBLEMS OF THE MONEY AND IT’S VALUE
WHILE ENTHUSIASTICALLY FORGETTING WE PERPETUATE THE CYCLE ABSENTMINDEDLY.
WE AS A PEOPLE ARE SO
DIVIDED WE REFUSE TO UNITE. WE AS A PEOPLE ARE SO DISSATISFIED TO SEE EACH
OTHER’S BORN DIFFERENCES WE REFUSE TO ACCEPT WE HAVE MORE IN COMMON WITH ONE
ANOTHER.. WE REFUSE TO SHIFT THE POWER INTO OUR OWN HANDS. WE AS A PEOPLE ARE
FOOLS. WE WATCH TOO MUCH T.V TO OBJECTIVELY COME TO OUR OWN CONCLUSIONS. WHAT
IS STOPPING US FROM COMING TOGETHER? OUR SOLE ATTENTION TO OUR DIFFERENCES.
WHAT IS STOPPING US FROM SEEING THERE IS NO REASON WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO USE
THE NATION’S CURRENT CURRENCY? TELEVISION AND THE MASS MEDIA.
WE AS A PEOPLE
DESERVE TO DECIDE WHAT WE GIVE POWER TO. GIVING ALL OF OUR POWER TO A PRE DESIGNATED
SOURCE NOT BENEFITTING US AT ALL IS WHAT MAKES US INDEED POWERLESS. SO TELL ME
AMERICA…WHAT’S OUR NEW CURRENCY GOING TO BE?
POST NUMBER 4:
ECONOMIC SLAVERY
DECLARED WARFARE ON
US IT’S HECK OR NAM BEHAVIOR WE
ARE SUBJECT TO
ALL SUBJECTS LOSE
THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE
WHAT WE USE
ARE CURRENCY
CURRENTLY
ITS STILL BEING HELD
OVER OUR HEADS
UNTIL WE ARE DEAD
IT ENCAPUSLATES US
BERATES US
WHAT’S THE FUSS
ABOUT?
IN PUBLIC WE TELL
IT’S FALLACIES
IN PRIVATE WE YELL
ALLAH SEEDS
SEEDS OF FAITH
OUR SOCIETY IS A BAD
FACE
CRIMINALITY WEILDING
OUR INADEQUACIES AS
DIVIDED CITIZENS
OH LOOK CORRUPTION
HAS IT HIT AGAIN?
DEAR LORD WE NEED
SHIELDING
I BELIEVE WE LIVE IN
A SYSTEM USING ECONOMIC SLAVERY AS A TOOL AGAINST US. I BELIEVE ECONOMIC
SLAVERY, OR E.S. IS SOCIETY’S MAIN TOOL TO KEEP US ENSLAVED. AS HUMAN BEINGS I
BELIEVE WE WERE BORN WITH PURPOSE. IF WE ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITIES TO PURSUE
AND ACCOMPLISH OUR PURPOSE WITHOUT BEING BOMBARDED BY BILLS AND DEBT WE COULD
DO SO MORE EASILY.
PHYSICAL SLAVERY
MEANS PEOPLE ARE FORCED BEYOND THEIR WILL TO PERFORM LABOR ON OTHER’S PROPERTY.
ECONOMIC SLAVERY MEANS PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR OWN PROPERTY. I
HAVE NOTHING AGAINST PAYING FOR WHERE YOU LIVE, SAYING OTHERWISE WOULD BE LAZY.
I DO BELIEVE PROVIDING FOR YOUR LIFESTYLE SHOULD BE EASIER.
WE LIVE IN A WORLD
WHERE EVERY SINGLE THING MUST BE PAID FOR. MONEY IS CREATED FROM DEBT. THE DEBT
CREATED FROM THE CREATION OF FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES INSERTED INTO THE MONEY
SUPPLY COMES WITH INTEREST NEVER CAPABLE OF BEING PAID OFF. THE DEBT ARISES
FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE. THAT’S THE INTEREST TAX. THEY TAX US WITH THE
INTEREST CREATED FROM THE DEBT NOTES.
WE GO OUT A GET A
MINIMUM WAGE JOB AND THEY TAX US FOR RECEIVING THE INCOME WE NEED TO SURVIVE.
INCOME IS DEFINED AS THE MONEY A CORPORATION RECIEVES FROM BUSINESS. WE ARE
PEOPLE, NOT A CORPORATION. THE IRS WON’T DEFINE INCOME IN THEIR MANUALS BECAUSE
THEY KNOW IT DOES NOT APPLY TO US AS INDIVIDUALS. WE ARE NOT CORPORATIONS. OH
HOLD UP, AT BIRTH, THEY TURNED US INTO ARTIFICIAL CORPORATIONS AND HAVE TAKEN
AWAY OUR RIGHT TO TRAVEL IN AUTOMOBILES BY FORCING US TO GET UNCONSTITUTIONAL
DRIVER’S LICENSES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES WHICH ARE DEFINED AS VEHICLES USED FOR
COMMERCIAL PURPOSES ON THE HIGHWAYS. DO YOU DRIVE AN ICE CREAM TRUCK OR A TAXI
CAB? THAT IS THE TRUE MOTOR VEHICLE.
POST NUMBER 5:
THE WORK FORCE
IS A STRANGE THING
AS A SOCIETY THE WORK HORSE
IS THE MAIN FLING
IT MAKES OUR BRAIN SING
DERANGED THINGS
STRAINED STRINGS
ABUSED VOCAL CHORDS
BUYING BIFOCALS AND MORE
WITH NO INSURANCE STORED
LEAVING ALL YOUR CASH IN THE STORES
DENTISTRY IS A JUGG
THE DENTIST JUST SHRUGGS
IT COST 1000$ TO REPLACE WHAT THEY TUGGED
OUT
WHILE YOU SCREAM AND SHOUT
YOUR MINIMUM WAGE JOB BENEFITS DON’T COUNT
OR AMOUNT
TO NOTHING
IN THIS SOCIETY DEBT IS KING, NO BLUFFING
ITS SUPPOSED TO BE AMERICA YET LIFE’S STILL THE
ROUGHEST
WHEN I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL IN 2008 FROM SALEM IN
CONYERS, GEORGIA, I DIDN’T WANT TO ATTEND COLLEGE DIRECTLY. IT WASN’T EVEN A
SERIOUS THOUGHT TO ME. IN RETROSPECT, I JUST WASN’T ACADEMICALLY MOTIVATED EVEN
THOUGH I WAS ACADEMICALLY INCLINED. I WASN’T TAUGHT THRU VIGOROUS REINFORCEMENT
TO ACT ON SUCH INCLINATIONS. DOESN’T MEAN MY MOTHER OR FATHER DIDN’T WANT ME TO
ATTEND IT IMMEDIATELY, JUST MEANT I HELD MY OWN VALUES. VALUES STEMMING FROM MY
MOTHER AS WELL AS LIFE’S TEACHING SYSTEM; EXPERIENCE.
I
WAS TAUGHT BY MY MOTHER TO BE BUSINESS ORIENTED AND ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDED.NOT
SAYING THESE INCLINATIONS COULD NOT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED AND DEVELOPED IN
COLLEGE, JUST SAYING I HAD MORE AWARENESS OF THE FACT THE GREATEST MINDS
TRANSCENDED THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM THRUST INTO OUR FACES BY THE SOCIETAL
STRUCTURED ESTABLISHMENT. I SOUND SO REVOLUTIONARY IN TRAINING.
I
GREW UP WATCHING MY MOTHER CREATING HER OWN TEACHING RESOURCES AND BOOKS FOR
TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. I GREW UP WATCHING HER GIVING HOME AFRICA SHOWS, WHERE
SHE ADVOCATED HER LOVE FOR THE AFRICAN CULTURE, PRODUCTS AND CLOTHING. I GREW
UP WATCHING HER MAKE AFRICAN DOLLS MADE OF FLUFFY CUSHION. FROM THE YOUNGEST
AGES I CAN REMEMBER SEEING THE JOY SHE GAVE HERSELF USING HER GOD GIVEN
STRENGTHS ON THE SIDE WHILE SHE PROVIDED FOR HER FAMILY INSIDE THE WORKFORCE.
IT
WAS MY OWN ADULT DECISION TO NOT ATTEND COLLEGE OUTRIGHT FOLLOWING HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATION. I WAS HER ONLY CHILD WHO GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL ON TIME AND WALKED
THE STAGE WITH MY PEERS. I AM THE ONLY REASON SHE EVER SAW ONE OF HER CHILDREN
ATTEND HIS GRADUATION CEREMONY. I DID THAT MUCH FOR HER; IT WAS TIME TO MAKE
THE NEXT STEP ON MY OWN. I TOOK A SIMILAR STEP ONE WITH THE ENTREPRENEURIAL
MINDSET SHE SHOWED ME. IN A WAY, HER EMPHASIS ON PRODUCT CREATION AND AN
INDIVIDUAL HUSTLE OUTWEIGHED ANY EMPHASIS SHE PLACED ON FOLLOWING HIGH SCHOOL
WITH A COLLEGE EDUCATION.
POST NUMBER 7:
COLLEGE IS A STICKY SUBJECT TO ME
IN A CLASSROOM NOW I WOULD BE A STICKY SUBJECT TO
SEE
SITTING DOWN
VIGOROUSLY WRITING
MY NOTES
WHILE READING THE BOARD
IN HOPE
OF TAKING DOWN A GOOD QUOTE
TO HELP ME THRU THE STRUGGLE
OF ACHIEVING MY DREAMS
OF ACHIEVING THE ASSEMBLY
OF SUCH TEAMS
TAKING US TO THE FINISH LINE
IS PASSING AN EXAM EXCITING?
OR IS THE DEADLINE
JUST THE FINISH LINE IN WHICH I NEED TO REBUILD A
DIMINISHED DRIVE?
I FINISHED MINE
THE LESSONS I LEARNED
ETCHED AND SKETCHED INTO MY BRAIN
VIA LIFE, LESSONS WELL EARNED
COLLEGE WAS A TOUCHY SUBJECT FOR ME. IT WASN’T
SOMETHING I FELT COMPELLED TO DO. IT WASN’T A PLACE I WAS COMPELLED TO GO.
MAYBE MY PERSPECTIVE WAS BIASED AND UNTRIED, YET I DARED TO TRY IT. I DARED TO
EXPLORE LIFE. LIFE CAN BE EXPLORED FROM WHEREVER YOU ARE EXCEPT PRISON, OR
MAYBE THAT’S JUST PERSPECTIVE AS WELL. WORDS LIKE CONSCIOUSNESS, INTUITION,
BILLIONAIRE ENTREPRENEUR, CHARM, SOCIETY, ECONOMIC SLAVERY, PERSPECTIVE AND
SELF PERCEPTION MEANT MORE TO ME THAN WORDS LIKE CONFORMITY, TRADITION,
EXPECTANCY, ESTABLISHMENT AND COLLEGE.
I WAS VERY IDEALISTIC
COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. I FELT AS IF I HAD JUST SWAM TO SHORE AFTER BEING
STRANDED IN A SOCIAL OCEAN SINCE 1ST GRADE AND THE LAST THING I
WANTED TO DO WAS SHIFT OCEANS. I DARED INSTEAD TO SHIFT MY PERSPECTIVE. I
WANTED TO KNOW FOR MYSELF WHAT MY LIFE MEANT TO ME. I WANTED MY FREEDOM. THE
FREEDOM OF NOT HAVING TO STUDY WHAT I DID NOT VALUE STUDYING. I WANTED THE FREEDOM
TO CHOOSE WHAT I WANTED TO DO WITH MY DAY. I WANTED THE FREEDOM TO PURSUE MY
OWN DREAM IN MY OWN WAY WITH MY OWN VISION AND MY OWN DIRECTION.
IF I SEE 100 PEOPLE
GOING LEFT DOWN THE STREET, I AM CONVINCED THEY ARE WALKING TO THEIR OWN DEMISE
AND I’M RUNNING RIGHT. IF I RUN INTO A SERIAL KILLER AROUND THE CORNER I AM
CONVINCED HE WILL SPARE ME FOR HAVING THE BRAZEN TO EXPLORE MY OWN PATH.
BESIDES, THERE ARE 100 SUCKERS WAITING BLINDLY DOWN THE STREET WITH THEIR BACKS
TURNED TO HIM AND I SAW HIM ALL ALONG.
I’M JUST NOT THE TYPE
OF PERSON TO DO WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE BY MY AGE GROUP AT THE TIME. THEY
SAY COLLEGE IS A YOUNG PERSON’S RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS LIFE AND OR SOCIETY. I
SEE MY RESPONSIBILITY AS NOT COMMITTING SENSELESS ACTS OF VIOLENCE. I AM
RESPONSIBLE FOR PURSUING MY OWN PATH IN LIFE AND NOT CREATING BROKEN HOMES
ALONG THE WAY.
POST NUMBER 8:
I WISHED I HAD WENT TO COLLEGE AFTER HIGHSCHOOL
IF I KNEW WHAT I KNEW NOW
I JUST COULDN’T TRAVEL EITHER WAY IN A TIME
MACHINE I NEVER FOUND WHEN I SAID GOODBYE SCHOOL
I JUST DIDN’T KNOW HOW
EXPERIENCE TAUGHT ME
WHAT CONJECTURE COULDN’T
SOCIETY TOLD ME WHAT TO DO
JUST THE THING I WOULDN’T
I WASN’T MADE THAT WAY
I WASN’T RAISED TO BE STUPID
WHEN MY PEERS WERE LOOKING TO GET LAID AFTER PROM
I WAS DROPPING A BONG ON THE FLOOR AS I LEARNED
ABOUT BEING LUCID
I LEARNED ABOUT LUCID DREAMING
WHILE EVERY ONE ELSE WAS SCHEMING
WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS
I WAS COUNTERING THE DARTS
SENT TO ME
BY SOCIETY
TO KEEP ME FROM SELF INDUCING
MY OWN LUCID DREAM
I HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE AT HOMECOMING SENIOR YEAR.
IT LEFT A BAD TASTE IN MY MOUTH. I THEN DECIDED PROM WASN’T FOR ME EITHER, I
DIDN’T WANT ANYONE TO THINK I’D MAKE IT THAT EASY TO ONCE AGAIN IGNORE ME. A
PERSON CAN NOT IGNORE YOU IF YOU IGNORE THEM FIRST. I IGNORED THEM FIRST, THEY
CAN NEVER IGNORE SOMEONE THEY CAN NEVER FIND. I STOPPED EATING LUNCH IN THE
LUNCHROOM. I TOOK MY LUNCH OUTSIDE TO THE CLASS I WOULD ENTER AFTER LUNCH. I
WOULD EAT MY LUNCH AND DANCE TO MY IPOD.
ONE
DAY I GOT BESIDE MYSELF AND WAS DANCING WITH A CLOSED PAIR OF EYES TO ALICIA
KEYS “NO ONE” AND AWOKE TO SEE A HUGE CROWD STARING AT ME IN DISBELIEF. THIS
TAUGHT ME I COULD ENTERTAIN, ESPECIALLY WHEN MS. WALTERS PLAYED THE SAME SONG
DURING CLASS RIGHT AFTER THAT. I THEN FOUND OUT I MAY BE AN ENTERTAINER BUT I
AM NOT A DANCING MONKEY; UNLESS YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TREAT.
IF
I COULD GO BACK IN TIME WITH MY HINDSIGHT I WOULD HAVE TAKEN HIGH SCHOOL MORE
SERIOUSLY EVERY YEAR SO I COULD GET A SCHOLARSHIP AND MAJOR IN MY CHOSEN FIELD.
AT THE TIME HOWEVER, I HAD NO GUARANTEES I WOULD HAVE CHOSEN MY ULTIMATELY
DESIRED FIELD. I HAD THIS MUCH FORESIGHT, TO KNOW I RISKED MAKING A MISTAKE BY
PURSUING AN EDUCATION IN AN UNDESIRED FIELD. COLLEGE WAS MURKY WATER TO ME AND
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS WELL EQUIPPED TO MAKE THE BEST OF IT. I DIDN’T WANT
TO JOIN THE SWIM JUST FOR THE HELL OF IT, JUST BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE PERSON
MINUS A FEW EXPERIENCED ONES IN LIFE PUSHED ME TO.
I
DIDN’T WANT TO JUST FLOAT; I WANTED TO DIVE IN WITH FULL SCUBA GEAR TO THE
DEPTHS OF MY CONSCIOUSNESS. I WANTED TO TOUCH MY MENTAL OCEAN’S BOTTOM. I
WANTED TO REACH THE VERY BOTTOM WHERE I BELIEVED MY JETPACK WAS AWAITING ME.
THE SCUBA GEAR CAME ONLY WITH EXPERIENCE. FOR ONLY AN EXPERIENCED SWIMMER NEED
DIVE INTO MURKY WATERS WITH SCUBA GEAR. THE EXPERIENCE I GAINED FROM MAKING MY
OWN DECISION SOLIDIFIED THE CONVICTION WITH WHICH I PURSUE MY CHOSEN PATH. HAD
I FOLLOWED EVERY ONE, I WOULD STILL BE JUST STAYING AFLOAT ATTEMPTING
FRANTICALLY TO NOT SWALLOW ENOUGH WATER TO SINK TO THE BOTTOM. INSTEAD I HAVE
THE CLEAREST PERCEPTION OF MYSELF I EVER WANTED TO HAVE. I DO WANT IT TO CLEAR
UP MORE. THUS THE NEED FOR MORE VIGOROUS EXPERIENCE.
POST NUMBER 9: MY FIRST JOB
I GOT MY FIRST JOB
THE SUMMER BEFORE GRADUATION
SENIOR YEAR
AS A SENIOR CLEAR
MINDED I WAS CLIMBING THE FIRST NOTCH
TURNING THE FIRST KNOB
ON SOCIETY’S DOOR
I LEARNED SOCIETY IS MORE THAN WORK
I WAS THE SUPERMARKET’S EVIDENT CLERK
NOT THE SUPERMARKET’S RESIDENT JERK
I LEARNED THE WORKFORCE
REQUIRES WORK ETHIC
I DIDN’T SAY F IT
I PERSERVERED INSTEAD OF IT
I LEARNED STRONG CHARACTER IS THE PREREQUISITE
RIGHT BEFORE SENIOR YEAR I MET NAIJAH GROVER SR.
NAIJAH WAS IN MY LIFE AS BEST FRIEND. RIGHT AS THE SUMMER BEGAN I EARNED THE
JOB. I WORKED THE JOB RIGHT UP TO GRADUATION WHERE I WORKED THERE AGAIN AFTER
THE SUMMER WAS ALMOST OVER. THIS WAS THE TIME PERIOD IN WHICH I BEGAN READING
HEAVILY ON SELF HELP BOOKS AND LISTENING TO SELF HELP AUDIOBBOKS. I ALSO
STARTING WATCHING SOCIAL DOCUMENTARIES SHORTLY AFTER THE WAVE BEGAN.
I
FORMED A PERSONAL BOOK CLUB WITH NATE. USING ITUNES AUDIBLE WE ADDED 2BOOKS A
WEEK TO THE LIST. WE GOT PAID EVERY WEEK. 8SELF-HELP BOOKS A MONTH WERE
PERMEATING THRU MY MENTAL FACULTIES. DURING THESE PIVITOL MONTHS WORKING AND
RESEARCHING MY INTERESTS, SOCIAL BEHAVIOR, I LEARNED THINGS I STILL APPLY
TODAY.
I
LEARNED I HAD A WAY WITH PEOPLE. I LEARNED I KNEW HOW TO GET PEOPLE TO WARM UP
TO ME EASIER THAN OTHERS.. I LEARNED MY CONVERSATIONAL ABILITY HAD REAL
SUBSTANCE. I LEARNED HOW TO INITIATE PROBLEM SOLVING. I LEARNED HOW TO MAKE
PEOPLE FEEL GOOD IN THE MOMENT. I LEARNED HOW TO DEAL WITH HATERS. I LEARNED
HOW TO PROPERLY DEAL WITH CUSTOMERS AND BUSINESS PATRONS.
I
LEARNED HOW TO BE HONEST WITH PEOPLE. I LEARNED HOW TO TALK TO PRETTY GIRLS
BETTER. I LEARNED HOW TO TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE’S GRANDPARENTS. I LEARNED HOW TO
TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE’S PARENTS. I LEARNED HOW TO DEAL WITH MANAGERS AND
SUPERVISORS. I LEARNED HOW TO GIVE OTHER PEOPLE CREDIT WHEN DUE AND TO SPLIT
REWARDS. I LEARNED HOW TO BETTER LISTEN AND RETAIN ORDERS.
I
LEARNED HOW TO MAKE THE SITUATION BETTER AND TO BETTER IMPLEMENT TACTICAL STRATEGY.
I LEARNED TO JUST NOT CARE SOMETIMES. I LEARNED HOW TO REALLY CARE SOMETIMES. I
LEARNED TO PICK THE RIGHT TIME TO JUST NOT CARE OR TO REALLY CARE. I LEARNED TO
EXPRESS MYSELF CREATIVELY AND SHARE MY CREATIONS WITH STRANGERS. I STARTED A
NEWSLETTER THE SECOND TIME AROUND AND WAS PASSING OUT HUNDREDS A WEEK.I LEARNED
OTHER PEOPLE WOULD READ MY WRITINGS AND I SHOULD SHARE THEM MORE OFTEN. I
LEARNED TO SHARE MY HEART AS WELL.
POST NUMBER 10: UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT
CAUSED LITTLE ENJOYMENT
ONLY ENJAMBMENT
OF THE THOUGHTS
ALL THIS NEWFOUND TIME ALLOTTED
I BROUGHT IT
ON MYSELF
BY GETTING FIRED
NOT GOOD FOR MY HEALTH
6MONTHS LATER I DECIDE TO WRITE
FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE
I WAS AFTER A CREATIVE CAREER
BEEN RUNNING AROUND WITH THIS CREATIVE AFFAIR
THE DEVELOPMENT CONCEALED
APPROACHING MAINSTREAM DISTRIBUTION I’M ON
THRILLED
THE SPOTLIGHT’S MINE TO STEAL
PLAN ON USING THE LIMELIGHT TO HEAL
TO SHINE BRIGHT
UNTIL IT PEELS
LOOKING FOR PROMOTERS STILL
ALL I HAVE IS MY PORTFOLIO
AND THE WILL
ART CAUGHT THE HOLY GHOST
SO WHAT’S REAL?
AFTER GETTING FIRED FROM INGLES IN JANUARY 2010 I
WAS UNEMPLOYED FOR 2.5YEARS. MAYBE I WASN’T LOOKING HARD ENOUGH FOR A JOB BUT
MY CONFIDENCE WAS LOW. I HAD NEVER BEEN FIRED BEFORE.IT WAS A VERY AWKWARD TIME
PERIOD FOR ME. THE 1ST 6MONTHS WERE HARD. THE 2ND 6MONTHS
WERE EASIER. IT TOOK ME 6MONTHS TO SETTLE FOR MY DREAM.
MY
DREAM WAS TO BE A FILMMAKER. I DESIRED TO BE THE WRITER-DIRECTOR. I DIDN’T HAVE
A CAMERA AT THIS POINT SO I STARTED OFF WRITING. I HAD TO DEVELOP MY CONCEPTS AND
CREATE MY TITLES. I HAD TO PICK OUT WHICH GENRE I WOULD PURSUE. ALL OF THESE
THOUGHTS WERE CIRCULATING THRU MY MIND AROUND THIS TIME. I CHOSE SCI FI FANTASY
AND SATIRICAL COMEDY.
I
SPENT THE NEXT 6MONTHS WRITING MY FIRST ATTEMPTS AT FILM SCRIPTS. I LEARNED THE
SCREENPLAY FORMAT BY GOOGLING READABLE SCREENPLAYS. I REMEMBER THE SCRIPT FOR
“I, ROBOT” STANDING OUT THE MOST OF ALL SCRIPTS I HAVE READ.THE “PINEAPPLE
EXPRESS” SCRIPT STUCK OUT ALONG WITH “PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN”.
THE SCREENWRITER FOR “I,
ROBOT” WAS FEMALE I BELIEVE AND HER EXPOSITORY STOOD OUT. THE WAY IN WHICH HER
WORDS APPROACHED THE DIALOGUE AND EXPLAINED THE SCENE STOOD OUT. IT FELT AS IF
I WERE ACTUALLY READING A BOOK AND NOT A SCREENPLAY. HER WORDS WERE THAT
EXCITING. SHE USED PERIODS FOR EMPHASIS INBETWEEN WORDS. I HAVE YET TO READ
ANOTHER SCRIPT AS EXCITING AS “I, ROBOT”. I PLAN ON USING THE FORMAT WHEN I
FORMAT MY POETIC ANTHOLOGIES TO SCREENPLAY FOR THE FILM VERSION.
FROM THE SUMMER OF
2010 UNTIL THE SUMMER OF 2012 I SPENT MY TIME ADVANCING MY SELF EDUCATION THRU
RESEARCH ON MY CHOSEN FIELD. I SPENT MY 21ST BIRTHDAY IN MIAMI,
FLORIDA WHERE I PLANNED ON STAYING. I WASN’T ALLOWED TO STAY THERE SO IN
DISGUST I RETURNED TO GEORGIA. I RETURNED TO A CAMERA AND I BECAME AN ASPIRING
FILMMAKER.
POST NUMBER 11: ENDING UNEMPLOYMENT
MY JOB SEARCH ENDED ON JULY 11TH
GOD ANSWERED MY PRAYERS FOR PROGRESSION
IN SUCCESSION
ALL DURING THE 7TH
MONTH
I NO LONGER FELT LIKE A DUNCE
I LEFT THE SITE PUMPED UP
MY THOUGHTS NO LONGER LUMPED UP
ALL ON TOP OF EACH OTHER
I WAS GRANTED YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO REACH
ANOTHER
TO REACH OTHERS
TO EXPAND MY ABILITY TO TEACH OTHERS
HOW TO LOVE
AND HOW TO SHRUG
WHEN IT COMES TO CUSTOMER SERVICE
MY PURPOSE
I WAS A SERVER
IT WAS ALWAYS WORTH IT
EXCEPT I WAS WORKING AT MCDONALDS
TO THE HEALTHY BODY THE FOOD WAS WORTHLESS
I GOT HIRED AT A MCDONALDS IN COVINGTON, GEORGIA
ON HIGHWAY 278 DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER, 2012. MOST PEOPLE TAKE RESUMES
TO THEIR PROSPECTIVE JOB LOCATIONS. I DID THIS AS WELL; I JUST TOOK IT UP ONE
GREAT NOTCH. MY MOTHER ALWAYS PRINTED MY RESUME OUT ON A PROFESSIONAL YELLOWISH
PAPER WITH NICE TEXTURE. I USED THIS PAPER TO PRINT OUT A CHARACTER STATEMENT
AS WELL. A STATEMENT OF MY DEVELOPED CHARACTER, THE TYPE OF PERSON I SEE MYSELF
AS AND HOW I APPROACH MY JOBS.
I
WALKED INTO MCDONALDS AND ASKED FOR THE MANAGER. I ALWAYS CHECK MYSELF OUT IN
THE BATHROOM BEFORE HEADING TO THE MANAGER. I MET A CUSTOMER IN THERE WHOM I
STARTED CONVERSATION WITH. WE EXCHANGED EMAILS. HE WALKED TO MY MOM AFTERWARDS
AND STARTED TALKING TO HER. HE MAY HAVE EVEN WALKED TO THE MANAGER TO REFERENCE
ME AS WELL. THE ONE WHO SAW ME TOLD ME TO COME BACK A FEW DAYS LATER ONCE THE
APPLICATION PROCESSED.
I ENDED UP STRIKING
UP CONVERSATION WITH THE NEXT HIRING MANAGER. I GAVE HER MY EXTRA NOTE AND SHE
READ IT. SHE WENT CRAZY AND TOLD EVERYONE AROUND HER I WAS THE ONE SHE WAS
GOING TO HIRE A FEW DAYS LATER WHEN SHE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE INTERVIEWS. IT WAS
A FRIDAY AND SHE ASKED ME TO RETURN ON MONDAY. I RETURNED ON MONDAY, GOT INTERVIEWED
AND THEN RECEIVED THE JOB.
I LEARNED AFTER
GETTING HIRED I HAD GOT HIRED BY THE MANAGER WHO DIDN’T LIKE ANYONE. I MAY HAVE
ALSO BEEN THE FIRST PERSON SHE HAS EVER HIRED. THIS TAUGHT ME MY ECCENTRIC
PHILOSOPHY ON SELLING MYSELF DOES YEILD EFFECTIVE IF STRANGE RESULTS. I WAS SO
GRATEFUL TO HAVE A JOB AND MY OWN AMBITION TO END MY LONG UNEMPLOYMENT PERIOD.
I NEVER COLLECTED UNEMPLOYMENT, IT FELT LIKE HALFASS, ENTITLED BEGGING.
THIS WAS A NEW START
FOR ME AS A PERSON. I HAD BEEN FILMING LOCALLY FOR 1.5YEARS AT THIS POINT.
POST NUMBER 12: WHAT I LEARNED FROM MY SECOND JOB
WORKING AT MCDONALDS WAS TOO GREAT
EVERY DAY AT LUNCH I HAD GOT TO EAT
DID I GET ON BREAK IN TIME FOR A BAGEL ON TOP OF
STEAK?
THEY THREW A PARTY FOR ME WHEN I MOVED WHERE IT
WAS A PIZZA CAKE
THE MANAGERS LIKED ME
THEY DIDN’T TRY TO FIGHT ME
THE GIRLS DAM NEAR WANTED TO BITE ME
CRICHTON CONVERSATION SO EXCITING
MOST LIKELY
I TOOK MY PIPE DREAMS
AND STARTING SHOOTING
I MET TREY BELCHER WITH WHOM I WAS IN CAHOOTS WITH
WITH WORK ETHIC I DO THIS
THEY PUT US ON TRUCK TOGETHER
PULL THOSE TALL CARTS IN REGARDLESS OF THE WEATHER
THE COLDER THE BETTER
SO THE PRODUCT DOESN’T FREEZE
DON’T LET THE PRODUCT SLIDE DOWN THE HILL
WHY’D YOU LET THE CART SNEEZE?
THE ENERGY I BROUGHT WITH ME TO WORK AT MCDONALDS
AFTER AN EXTREMELY LONG UNEMPLOYMENT STINT WAS AMAZING. THOSE 2.5YEARS
INTENSELY HUMBLED MY BEHOVIORAL MINDSET. I HAD GROWN MUCH MORE TENDER IN
EMOTIONAL CAPACITY AND CARING. I LOVED MYSELF AND OTHERS MORE. I WAS MORE
CONFIDENT IN MY DEALINGS WITH PEOPLE. I KNEW HOW TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL GOOD OR
BAD AND I KNEW WHICH ONE WAS MORE WORTH IT.
I
WORKED AT THIS JOB FOR 9MONTHS UNTIL I HAD TO MOVE TO MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA DURING
MY 23RD BIRTHDAY WEEKEND. I WAS HIRED AS THE WEEKEND MAINTENANCE GUY
AND HALF THE TRUCK TEAM. I REMEMBER HAVING 5BACK TO BACK GREASE SPILLS
ATTEMPTING TO FILTER THE OIL. I ALMOST GOT FIRED SCREWING UP. I LEARNED HOW TO
CLEAN THE GREASE WITHOUT LETTING IT HIT THE FLOOR.
I
ENJOY THE PROMISE OF MEETING NEW PEOPLE IN THE WORKING ENVIROMENT. AS LONG AS
YOU HAVE THE JOB YOU ARE GUARANTEED TO MEET NEW PEOPLE EVERYDAY AND ADVANCE NEW
CONNECTIONS. THAT IS ALWAYS THE BEST PART OF THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR ME. I
ABSOLUTELY LOVE INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE IN GENERAL AND IN THE JOB PLACE
ESPECIALLY. YOU MEET PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF THIS LIFE FROM ALL NATIONALITIES.
CHARACTER
BUILDING AND CREATIVE ARTISTRY ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN MY LIFE. AS
LONG AS I STRIVE TO BECOME A STRONGER WILLED PERSON TOWARDS WILLING TO BE A
POSITIVE INFLUENCE FOR THE UNIVERSE. I ENJOYED TAKING INITIATIVE TO SOLVE
COMMON PROBLEMS IN THE WORK ENVIRONMENT. I ENJOYED FLIRTING WITH THE GIRLS
WITHOUT BEING A SLEAZE BALL. I ENJOYED BUILDING GOOD RELATIONS WITH THE
COWORKERS AND MANAGEMENT.
WORKING
IS THE MAIN WAY WE ARE TAUGHT TO EARN MONEY. PHYSICAL, MANUAL LABOR FOR PAY IS
SLAVERY. THE ENTIRE WORLD IS ENSLAVED AND SO THIS IS THE MAIN ROUTE WE ARE
PUSHED TOWARDS, JUST LIKE ENDANGERED CATTLE. I DEAL WITH THIS ASPECT OF LIFE
UNTIL THE DAY COMES I HAVE EARNED MY LIVING FROM MY CREATIVE ARTISTRY, WHICH
FUELS ME TO ENDURE THIS ECONOMICAL SLAVERY. I YEARN TO ESCAPE ECONOMIC SLAVERY
ONLY TO APPLY MY RESOURCES TO PAYING FOR MY LIVING EXPENSES WHILE I CONTINUE TO
MAKE CLASSIC ARTISTIC CREATIONS.
POST NUMBER 13: TRANSFERRING TO MY FIRST FULL TIME
JOB
I HAD TO LEAVE THE FIRST JOB I HAD AFTER
UNEMPLOYMENT
I MOVED FROM MY HOME ON MY BIRTHDAY WEEKEND, NO
JOYOUS
OCCASION IT WAS BECAUSE IT WASN’T
IT DOESN’T AFFECT MY JOB STATUS BECAUSE IT JUST
DOESN’T
I HAD MY JOB BUZZING
ABOUT ME LEAVING
THEY WERE SAD BUT I WASN’T DEAD SO THEY WEREN’T
GRIEVING
THEY THREW ME A GOING AWAY PARTY WITH PIZZA ON MY
LAST DAY, MY GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT
I HAD GOTTEN THRU ANY BEREAVEMENT
I WENT THRU
I WENT TO
ANOTHER LOCATION THE FRANCHISE OWNED
I WAS SENT TOO
CLOSE
TO THE EDGE
MY NEW MANAGER MS. QUITA
HER EYES CUT ME LIKE A HEDGE
WORKING AT MCDONALDS ON EXIT 218 IN MCDONOUGH, GA
WAS MY FIRST FULL TIME JOB. I HAD GOTTEN HIRED IN COVINGTON PART TIME. 9MONTHS
AFTER GETTING HIRED I HAD TO MOVE AND DECIDED TO GO CORPORATE. ONCE MY
SUPERVISOR HEARD I WAS GOING CORPORATE HE FREAKED OUT AND OFFERED ME A FULL
TIME MAINTENANCE 40HRS A WEEK POSITION. I THOUGHT IT OVER FOR 2DAYS AND TOOK
THE NEW POSITION.
IT
WAS VERY AWKWARD BECAUSE THE PRESENT MAINTENANCE MAN WAS NOT AWARE I WAS TAKING
HIS POSITION. I REMEMBER MY FIRST DAY, INTRODUCING MYSELF AS THE NEW
MAINTENANCE MAN TO THE PRESENT MAINTENANCE MAN. THAT DAY I BEGAN TO PRAY I
NEVER FELT THAT STING. IT WAS WRONG OF THE SUPERVISOR NATHAN TO DO JASON LIKE
THAT. IS THAT KARMA I HAVE TO RECEIVE ONE DAY?
IT
DID MAKE ME FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT MYSELF TO KNOW IN 9MONTHS OF WORK I WAS
UNIVERSALLY MISSED BY MY OLD LOCATION. IT FELT REALLY GOOD TO KNOW I WAS WORTHY
OF A PIZZA PARTY ON MY LAST DAY AND TO KNOW THEY DIDN’T WANT ME TO PART FROM
THE COMPANY EVEN IF I HAD TO MOVE. TO KNOW THEY WOULD RATHER GIVE ME A FULL
TIME POSITION IN MY NEW RESIDENT AREA INSTEAD OF JUST ALLOWING ME TO FIND
EMPLOYMENT ELSEWHERE.
THIS
IS WHERE MY ADDICTION TO CHARACTER BUILDING SEEMED TO PLAY IT’S PART BY PAYING
OFF FOR ME. ALL OF MY DUE DILIGENCE PAYED ME HUGE DIVIDENDS. I REALLY ENJOYED
MY NEW LOCATION. IN RETROSPECT IT DIDN’T COMPARE TO THE UNITY I FELT AT 278 BUT
218 GREW ON ME. WORKING FULL TIME MEANT MY WORK WAS UNDER MORE CONSTANT
CRITICISM, SEEING AS I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR 40HRS OF QUALITY WORK.
IT
WAS TOUGH DEALING WITH BEING THREATENED TO LOSE MY JOB OR POSITION ON A REGULAR
BASIS EVEN THOUGH IT IS A KEY ELEMENT TO HAVING A JOB; HAVING IT THREATENED. HAVING
YOUR JOB THREATENED DAILY IS VERY ANNOYING. YOU’RE NEVER DOING ENOUGH, YOU’RE
NEVER SWEATING ENOUGH,, YOU NEVER TRY HARD ENOUGH. BUT WHEN YOU DO, MAYBE
THEY’LL LICK YOUR TIP.
POST NUMBER 14: THE FIRST TIME I QUIT 218
MS. QUITA WAS ALWAYS MEAN TO ME
MS. QUITA ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE
MORE INTERESTED IN CUTTING ME OFF
THAN IN HEARING ME SPEAK
MS.QUITA KNEW I WAS A GEEKED GEEK
SHE TOLD ME
WHATEVER I WAS SMOKING I NEED TO STOP
I BROUGHT MY LAPTOP TO WORK TO USE WHILE AWAITING
MY RIDE HOME THINKING I NEED TO POP
OFF WITH MY TALENT
IT WASN’T AT ITS BEST USE THERE
DEALING WITH PEOPLE
WHO REFUSED TO TREAT ME FAIR
I’M WORKING ON MY FILMS NOW
THE PREQUELS THE EQUALS AND THE SEQUELS
IT’S MY TURN TO GET THE LAUGHS NOW
IS IT STILL FAIR?
TOO BAD THEY DIDN’T CARE
I HAD A PURE HEART IN WHICH I SURELY SHARED
IT WAS ALL I COULD SPARE UNTIL AT MY SHRINKING
SHADOW THEY HAD TO STARE
I QUIT THE JOB FOR IMMATURE REASONS. EVERYTIME YOU
QUIT A JOB OUT OF PERSONAL CONVIENCE IT IS SEEN AS IMMATURE. I WAS LIVING WITH
MY COUSINS IN MCDONOUGH AND TO MY LUCK,
THE DAY I QUIT WAS THE DAY THEY GAVE ME MY OWN ROOM TO ACCOMPANY MY FULL TIME
STATUS. I HAD HORRIBLE TIMING. SO I WENT BACK TO WORK AS IF I HAD NEVER NOT
SHOWED UP BEFORE. THEY LET IT GO.
I
MAY HAVE LASTED 3 TO 5MONTHS AFTER THIS BEFORE I OFFICIALLY QUIT. I QUIT ONCE
MY MOTHER HAD GOTTEN A NEW PLACE. I WAS UNEMPLOYED FOR ABOUT 3MONTHS BEFORE I
HAD GOTTEN HIRED BACK. MS. QUITA FELT BAD AT HOW SHE HAD TREATED ME, I WASN’T
BEING TREATED AS FAIR AS I TREATED THEM. I BUST MY ASS AT WORK DAILY. I ALMOST
HAD A HEATSTROKE AT THE 278 LOCATION, THEY CALLED ME RUNNER MAN. NEEDLESS TO
SAY THEY STOPPED ME FROM RUNNING AFTER MY WORK ETHIC BECAME A LIABILITY.
SO
MS. QUITA HIRED ME BACK AT THE START OF 214. SHE HAD HINTED THAT SHE MAY NOT BE
THERE TOO MUCH LONGER. THE UNIVERSE HAS A STRANGE RELATIONSHIP WITH ME. IT
OFTEN SAVES ME IN THE NICK OF TIME BY INTRODUCING ME TO PEOPLE WHO REALLY CARE
ABOUT ME AND SHOW IT OR BY HAVING PEOPLE WHOM I THOUGHT NEVER TRULY CARED ABOUT
ME DO SOMETHING ODDLY NICE RIGHT BEFORE THEY LEAVE MY LIFE FOREVER. IT’S REALLY
TRIPPY BEING ME.
ONCE
MS. QUITA GOT FIRED RIGHT AS WE WERE ACTUALLY GETTING ALONG AND SHE WAS
TREATING ME WITH RESPECT, I WAS INTRODUCED TO ANOTHER MANAGER WHO GAVE ME HELL.
ISN’T THE UNIVERSE JUST FUNNY? RIGHT WHEN ONE FORMER ADVERSARY CONVERTS, THEY
ARE SHIFTED IN THE UNIVERSAL STRUCTURE VIA A NEW LOCATION AND YOU ARE FACE TO
FACE WITH YET ANOTHER MANAGERIAL ADVERSARY. IS THAT NOT A FEMALE DOG?
MR.
BRYANT WAS A BEAUREUCRAT. HE WAS A STRICT RULE FOLLOWER WHEN HE WASN’T BREAKING
THE RULES. HE LIKED TO THREATEN MY JOB DAILY TOO. MAYBE MY PERFORMANCE JUST
SUCKS, BUT MY WORK ETHIC DOESN’T. I HAVE THE PERSONALITY OF THE WINNER. I AM A
CHAMPION. MR. BRYANT THREATENED MY EMPLOYMENT STATUS SO MUCH I WENT TO FIND ANOTHER
JOB ON MY CURRENT LUNCHBREAK. THEN THINGS GOT REALLY INTERESTING.
POST NUMBER 15: HAVING TWO JOBS ON THE SAME STRIP
I HAD A FULL TIME JOB
BUT THE GENERAL MANAGER WAS A FULL TIME SLOB
HE LOVED TO MAKE MY HEART SKIP A BEAT
BECAUSE I WAS A HEART THROB
AND HIS BALD HEAD WAS FULL OF MEAT.
SO ONE DAY I PRAYED BY THE DUMPSTER
AND MY HEART RECEIVED A THUMP SIR
I PRAYED TO GET THIS NEW JOB DOWN THE STREET
I WENT ON MY LUNCHBREAK TO GREET
THE MANAGER DAVID
AND WENT BACK THAT FRIDAY TO MY AMAZEMENT
HE AGREED TO HIRE ME
MY CURRENT FULL TIME JOB PROVED I WAS WORTH HIRING
TWO JOBS WAS THE MOST FUN I HAD EVER HAD
AND I PUT DOWN THE RUMORS OF LOSING MY DAY JOB
OH WHAT A CLEVER LAD
MR. BRYANT DIDN’T THREATEN TO FIRE ME EVER AGAIN
I WASN’T COOL WITH BEING THREATENED OVER MY JOB ON
A DAILY BASIS. IT REACHED A LOW POINT FOR ME WHERE I FELT LIKE I COULD LOSE MY
JOB ANY DAY NOW. I TOOK MATTERS INTO MY OWN HANDS BEFORE I FOUND MYSELF
UNEMPLOYED. UNEMPLOYMENT BRINGS LOW CONFIDENCE MOST TIMES AND SINCE I HAVE FELT
SO LOW BEFORE I REFUSED TO WILLINGLY FEEL SO LOW AGAIN.
I
GOT HIRED AT CRACKER BARREL 515 OFF EXIT 218 IN MCDONOUGH, GA. THE INTERVIEW
WAS EASY. IT’S ALMOST LIKE BRAGGING. I WALKED INTO THE INTERVIEW BASICALLY JUST
GIVING MY WORK STATS. “HI, MY NAME IS DAVID CRICHTON AND I WORK DOWN THE STREET
AT MCDONALDS AS THE FULL TIME MAINTENANCE MAN. I WORK 40HRS A WEEK AND WANT A 2ND
SHIFT POSITION. I WANT TO BE HIRED AS THE NIGHT MAINTENANCE MAN.”
MR.
DAVID, THE MANAGER, GAVE ME THE SHOT AT EMPLOYMENT BASED ON MERIT ALONE. WHAT
REASON IS THERE NOT TO HIRE SOMEONE PARTIME WHO ALREADY HAS A FULL TIME 1ST
SHIFT JOB. I WAS RELEASED BY JOB 1 AT 2 OR 3 AND I CLOCKED IN AT JOB TWO BY 3 TO 5. I STARTED OFF WORKING IN THE DISH
ROOM UNTIL I PROVED MYSELF WORTHY OF WORKING IN THE STORE ALL NIGHT ALONE AS
NIGHT MAINTENANCE.
IT
TOOK ME 30DAYS AFTER EMPLOYMENT AT JOB 2 TO LEARN I EARNED THE DESIRED
POSITION. 30DAYS AFTER THIS I WAS TRAINING FOR THE POSITION. IT TOOK ME 2MONTHS
TO EARN THE TITLE I YEARNED FOR IN APPLICATION. THIS ALSO SHOWED ME USEFUL
INFORMATION ABOUT MY PERSONAL CHARACTER. I WAS AFTER A POSITION NO ONE ELSE IN
THE STORE WANTED. THE WEEKEND NIGHT MAINTENANCE DIDN’T EVEN WANT THE POSITION ANYMORE.
AFTER
A FEW MONTHS MY ONLY JOB WAS JOB 2. WORKING THE 2JOBS WAS INCREDIBLE FUN. I
LOVED IT; I HAD NEVER RECEIVED SO MUCH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ADORATION AND RESPECT
THAN WHEN I HAD 2JOBS. I WAS WORKING AT LEAST 60HRS A WEEK, 80HRS AT MOST. I
WAS WORKING THE MINIMUM AMOUNT MANAGERS AT MCDONALDS WORK, 60HRS A WEEK. MY
STATUS AT MCDONALDS IMPROVED. IT’S HARD TO THREATEN TO FIRE SOMEONE WHO HAS
ANOTHER JOB WAITING TO GIVE HIM FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT.
POST NUMBER 16: WHAT I LEARNED FROM JOB TWO
JOB NUMBER TWO TAUGHT ME TOO MUCH
IT TAUGHT ME I WAS ABLE TO TOUCH
OTHER’S SOULS
BY BEING REPRESENTATIVE OF ANOTHER SOUL
TAPPING INTO IT’S INTERNAL RESORVOIR
OF HOPE
HOPING TO COPE
WITH THE DAY TO DAY REALITY
OF FIGHTING THRU THE BANALITY
OF A MUNDANE FEELING
EXISTENCE
HOPING ONE DAY THE HEALING
WOULD TAKE PLACE
RAKING INTO MENTAL SPACE
REELNG
I LEARNED TO PUSH MYSELF HARDER THAN ANYONE ELSE
WAS PUSHING ME
I LEARNED TO KEEP MY ENERGY
WHOOSHING SEE
HOW FAR I CAME ONCE I DECIDED TO KEEP GOING STRONG
ALL ALONG
2014 WAS THE YEAR OF MY FIRST 60-80HR WEEK. IT WAS
THE MOST STRENOUS ACTIVITY I HAD PUT MYSELF THRU BESIDES WRESTLING FOR 5YEARS
AS A SCHOOL STUDENT. I HAD TO WAKE UP AT 5AM AND BE AT WORK BY 6AM. I DIDN’T
SEE MY BED AGAIN THOSE DAYS UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. ON A REGULAR BASIS I GOT 4HRS
OF GOOD SLEEP. THE FIRST THOUGHT CREEPING OUT OF MY MIND WAS “HOW LONG UNTIL I
GET TO LAY DOWN HERE IN PEACE AGAIN?” THE ANSWER WAS 90% OF THE TIME
“MIDNIGHT”. THEN I WOULD HAVE TO SIGH AND PUT ON MY GAME FACE.
I
WAS BORN WITH HYPERACTIVE SWEAT GLANDS SO NEEDLESS TO SAY I AM A SHOWER FREAK.
I’D TAKE 3 30MINUTE SHOWERS A DAY IF I COULD GET AWAY WITH IT. I TAKE A SHOWER
AS SOON AS I WAKE UP, AFTER MY SHIFT AND IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SLEEPING. THE FIRST
SHIFT WAS EASY TO GET THRU BECAUSE I KNEW IT HAD A DEFINITE END BUT IT WASN’T
MY DAY’S DEFINITE END. ONCE THE FIRST SHIFT WAS OVER I WAS IMMEDIATELY ALLOTTED
WITH THE ENERGY TO GET THRU SHIFT TWO.
JUST
KNOWING I WAS HEADING FROM ONE WORKING ENVIRONMENT TO ANOTHER MORE COMFORTABLE
ONE WAS INVIGORATING. EVERYONE AT JOB ONE HAD KNOWN ME FOR 2YEARS AND THOSE AT
JOB TWO WERE ONLY GETTING TO KNOW ME. I FELT LIKE A NEW PERSON AT JOB TWO. THE
ONLY VERSION OF ME THEY EVER KNEW WAS THE YOUNG MAN WORKING 80HRS A WEEK. THEY
ONLY KNEW MY ADVANCED PERSONAL CHARM. THEY LEARNED I WAS WILLING TO WORK THE
ENTIRE ROOM UNTIL I WAS GRANTED MORE SALUTATIONS THAN ANYONE ELSE.
I
LEARNED I WAS A SUPER HARD WORKER. THEY WERE ALWAYS ASKING ME IF I HAD ANY
CHILDREN TO MOTIVATE SUCH A VIGOROUS GRINDING WORK ETHIC. IT PLEASED ME TO
REPLY “NO” AND WATCH THEIR LIVE AMAZEMENT. TO WORK TWO JOBS DAILY WITHOUT
COMPLAINING AND NO FAMILY TO PROVIDE FOR MUST HAVE BEEN INSPIRING TO THOSE
WORKING ONE JOB TO PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. I WAS WORKING
THESE TWO JOBS MAINLY FOR CHARACTER BUILDING. I ENDED UP GIVING UP ENTIRE
CHECKS FROM JOB ONE TO MY OLDER BROTHER WHO RAISED ME AS A FATHER FIGURE TO
MAKE HIS LIFE EASIER. I CAN VIVIDLY REMEMBER LEANING AGAINST MY ROOM’S WALL
ASKING MYSELF PRECARIOUSLY “WHAT THE HELL AM I WORKING SO HARD FOR?” THEN I
RESUMED THE HELLISH SCHEDULE INDUCED UPON MYSELF.
POST NUMBER 17: RETURNING TO ONE FULL TIME JOB
I GOT FIRED FROM JOB ONE
FOR HAVING TOO MUCH FUN
WORKING AT JOB TWO
AND I DID WHAT I HAD TO
WHEN THE GM ASKED ME TO COVER ANOTHER SHIFT
MY 3RD IN 2DAYS
DURING MY 2DAYS
OFF AT JOB ONE
I NEEDED TO GET MY 2ND JOB TASK DONE
SO I PICKED UP AN OVERLAPPING SHIFT
IT ONLY OVERLAPPED FOR ONE HOUR
YET IT CAUSED A RIFF
WHEN I TEXTED MS. TINA
AT JOB ONE
SHE WAS SO MEAN AH!
SHE TOLD ME SHE NO LONGER NEEDED ME
A DECISION SHE LIVED TO REGRET
SHE HIRED ME BACK 4MONTHS LATER
SHE SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN A HATER
I WAS THE HARDEST WORKER AT ALL OF MY PREVIOUS
JOBS
THEY’LL ALWAYS NEED ME
ONE DAY AT JOB TWO THE GENERAL MANAGER, DAVID,
ASKED ME TO PULL A DOUBLE THAT NIGHT. I HAD JUST WORKED THE NIGHT BEFORE AS
MAINTENANCE AND HE ASKED ME TO WORK THAT AFTERNOON AS WELL. THE OTHER MANAGER
JESSICA SAW MY PLIGHT AND WONDERED WHY DAVID HAD SUMMONED ME ONCE MORE AND SHE
SENT ME HOME. MR. DAVID WAS THERE WITH THE DISTRICT MANAGER AND THE VICE
PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY AND I WENT OVER TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO THEM AND BID
MR. DAVID FAREWELL.
I
HAD SPENT THE PREVIOUS NIGHT EXCRUICIATINGLY DETAILING THE STORE FOR THE
INSPECTION REVIEW. I TOLD THIS TO THE VP AND HE LAUGHED AND SAID THANK YOU. FOR
ME TO WORK THAT NIGHT I WOULD HAVE HAD TO CALL OUT FOR ONE HOUR THE NEXT
MORNING AT JOB ONE. MS. TINA, THE NEW MANAGER SUCCEEDING MR. BRYANT DECIDED TO
FIRE ME FOR CALLING OUT FOR ONE HOUR 24HRS IN ADVANCE. I RECEIVED THE TEXT AS I
WAS AT MY ROOMMATES HOUSE ON THE FLOOR ATTEMPTING TO SLEEP.
SO
I WOKE UP KNOWING I HAD ONLY HAD ONE JOB. I TOLD MR. DAVID THIS AND TOLD HIM I
WOULDN’T BE SEEKING OUT ANOTHER JOB. THEN I WAS MORE SOLID IN HIS EYES. UP TO
THIS POINT I HAD BEEN WORKING AT JOB TWO ON 50% DAILY ENERGY. AT THE TIME I WAS
FIRED, I WAS JUST PASSING 30DAYS WORKING NON STOP; A FULL OFF DAY IS RARE WHEN
YOU’RE OBLIGATED TO TWO JOBS. I HAD ABOUT TWO OR THREE DAYS OFF AT CRACKER
BARREL AND THE WEEKENDS OFF AT MCDONALDS.
I
WORKED THURSDAY THRU SATURDAY NIGHT AS NIGHT MAINTENANCE AT CRACKER BARREL SO
ONLY THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE WEEK WERE ONE JOBBING. TO GIVE ME MORE HOURS I
HAD A FEW DISH ROOM SHIFTS SPRINKLED IN BETWEEN. I BELIEVE ON SUNDAY WAS THE
DAY I SERVED AS BUS BOY, CLEANING THE TABLES INBETWEEN MEALS. THEY ALWAYS PICK
THE NEATEST MOST PROFESSIONAL DISHWASHER TO GO OUT INTO THE DINING ROOMS I
FOUND OUT. ANOTHER TRAIT I LEARNED ABOUT MYSELF. I AM A PROFESSIONALLY NEAT
YOUNG MAN.
POST NUMBER 18: HOW I APPROACHED JOB TWO AS MY
ONLY JOB
JOB ONLY AT THIS TIME
WAS CRACKER
BARREL
WORKING THERE OCCUPIED MY MIND
BEFORE I STARTED WORKING ON ALL THESE RHYMES
I HAD MORE TIME TO FIND
MY NEW AMBITIONS
I ALWAYS WAS AND STILL AM WISHING
I WAS EXCITED TO SEE
THEM SO EXCITED TO SEE ME
ON THE DAILY
EVERY WEEK THEY PAID ME
THEY GAVE ME MORE HOURS
BECAUSE MY DEDICATION TO THEM TURNED MY OTHER JOB
RELATIONSHIP SOUR
I APPRECIATED THAT
THEY APPRECIATED ME
I ENJOYED THE SUMMER OF ONE JOB
I BOUGHT MY FIRST DSLR CAMERA, I ENJOYED PLAYING
THE KNOB
WORKING ONE JOB AFTER PERFORMING DAILY AT TWO
LOCATIONS WAS THE EASIEST TRANSITION EVER. IT WAS TOUGH ONLY BECAUSE I WAS USED
TO WORKING MYSELF TO THE GRISTLE. THE ONLY HARD THING ABOUT LOSING ONE OF TWO
JOBS WAS THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY I WAS USED TO EXPLORING. I DID ENJOY THE SPARE
TIME I HAD. I ENJOYED THE REST ONE JOB ALLOWS. I DID NOT ENJOY THE SINGLE
PAYCHECK. IT WAS THE SMALLER PAYCHECK BUT THE MORE FREQUENT CHECK. MCDONALDS
PAYS $500 BIWEEKLY AND I WAS MAKING $800 A MONTH AT CRACKER BARREL.
AT
MY PEAK I WAS BANKING ALMOST $2000 A MONTH BUT I WAS GIVING OUT $1000 TO MY
OLDER BROTHER. WAS HE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ME? HELL YEAH, HE OBVIOUSLY HAD NO
ONE ELSE WHO WOULD BE THAT KIND TO HIM. I NEVER GOT THE MONEY BACK TO THIS DAY,
I’LL NEVER GET IT BACK, FAMILY ALWAYS SEEM TO HAVE A REASON NOT TO TREAT YOU
100%FAIR 100% OF THE TIME. I STOPPED GIVING OUT THE MONEY ONCE I ONLY HAD ONE
SOURCE OF INCOME.
BY
THIS TIME I WAS INGRAINIATED INTO THE WORK ATMOSPHERE AT CRACKER BARREL.
EVERYONE WAS USED TO ME AND ONLY A FEW PEOPLE WERE NOT WARMED UP TO ME. I FIND
IT OBVIOUS IT’S THE ASSHOLES WHO DON’T WARM UP TO ME QUICKLY. IT ALWAYS TAKES
THE ASSHOLES TIME TO ADJUST TO A NON ASSHOLE. EVENTUALLY MOST OF THE ASSHOLES
DID IN TIME WARM UP TO ME. BY THIS TIME, I WAS DUE FOR AN EARLY EXIT.
I
LIKE TO LEAVE A JOB ON TOP, LIKE AN ARTIST SHOULD LEAVE THEIR CAREER. CRACKER
BARREL WAS TO DATE MY FAVORITE JOB EVER SINCE MY FIRST JOB EVER AT INGLES. THEY
USED TO CALL ME “MR. INGLES”. I HAVE YET TO EARN SUCH TREATMENT. I HAD GOTTEN
HIRED BACK AT MCDONALDS 218 IN NOVEMBER. BY DECEMBER THE TOLL OF TWO JOBS WAS
SOMETHING I JUST COULDN’T PAY. I WISH I HAD TAKEN MORE OUT OF ME TO PERFORM
THAT STRENOUSLY ONCE MORE BUT IT JUST WASN’T THERE. I AM A CAPRICORN AND MY
RETROGRADE IS SATURN RETROGRADE. SATURN RETROGRADE LASTS FOR HALF THE YEAR.
FROM SPRING TIME TILL FALL I ENJOY MORE UNIVERSAL ENERGY AND ABILITY THAN I DO
DURING THE FIRST AND LAST 3MONTHS OF THE YEAR. MY 2JOBS STARTED AND ENDED
DURING MY 2014 RETROGRADE.
IT WASN’T MY RETROGRADE ANYMORE AND SO I HAD
TO SUFFER. I QUIT BOTH JOBS ON THE SAME DAY BECAUSE I PREFERRED JOB TWO BUT I
COULDN’T GET TO JOB TWO WITHOUT JOB ONE. MY ONLY TRANSPORTATION WAS IN THE
MORNING AND MY TRANSPORTATION WAS LOST IN A CAR ACCIDENT. I NEEDED TO FIND
ANOTHER JOB CLOSER TO MY LIVING QUARTERS. IT TOOK ME 3WEEKS TO DO SO. I HAD A
CRAPPY BIRTHDAY. I QUIT 3WEEKS BEFORE MY 25TH BIRTHDAY.
POST NUMBER 19: 3WEEKS OF UNEMPLOYMENT
THOSE 3WEEKS WERE ROUGH
I SPENT ALL DAY IN BED
RESTING MY KNEES
OH SO TOUGH
I HAD BEEN ON MY KNEES
IT TOOK TIME 3WEEKS
TO PLEASE MY KNEES
WITH THE SERENITY
AH THE ENERGY
GIVING TO ME
THE PAIN FELT ENDLESSLY
WORN LIKE ATTIRE
YET IT MELTED SENSELESSLY
I WISH I COULD HAVE RETIRED
THOSE THREE WEEKS OF UNEMPLOYMENT WERE BASICALLY A
WELL NEEDED UNPAID VACATION. A NECESSARY CATHARSIS FOR MY MIND, BODY AND SOUL.
I FELT BAD AT NOT HAVING A JOB ONCE AGAIN BUT MY CONFIDENCE WAS UP. AT THIS
POINT, I UNABASHEDLY KNEW HOW TO SELL MYSELF LIKE A PROFESSIONAL HOOKER TO
PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS. I LEARNED THIS SOLIID SKILL AFTER BEING HIRED AT CRACKER
BARREL. THE CONFIDENCE I GAINED FROM THE INTERVIEW LASTS FOREVER.
I
LEARNED HOW TO TALK TO A FUTURE MANAGER, HOW TO DISPLAY THE GRACE AND ETIQUETTE
NEEDED TO ASCERTAIN THE JOB IN THE FIRST PLACE. I LEARNED HOW TO TRUST GOD AND
PURSUE SOMETHING NEWLY DESIRED. I LEARNED HOW TO MAKE PEOPLE WARM UP TO ME BY
WARMING UP TO THEM AND BEING NICER TO THEM THAN THEY ARE TO YOU. IF A PERSON
HAS ANY UNCOMMON SENSE THEY WILL RECIPROCATE YOUR HEARTFELT ACCOMDATIONS.
DURING
THESE 3WEEKS I MAINLY RESTED IN BED DUE TO SHEER EXHAUSTION. I HAD NO WHERE TO
GO, NOT EVEN ON MY BIRTHDAY. MY 25TH BIRTHDAY WAS PENDING AND I HAD
NOTHING TO DO AND NOT ENOUGH TO SMOKE. I DID SMOKE AS I TURNED 25 AND RIGHT
AFTER MY BIRTHDAY HAD PASSED. I REMEMBER WATCHING A PREMIUM CHANNEL ON TV AND
MY FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MOVIE “BULLETPROOF” STARRING ADAM SANDLER AND DAMON
WAYANS WAS ON. I ENJOYED THE KINDNESS THE UNIVERSE HAD BESTOWED UPON MY
UNEMPLOYED ASS ON MY BIRTHDAY.
IT
MADE UP FOR A SUCKY BIRTHDAY, BUT IN RETROSPECT, AT LEAST I WAS ALIVE TO SEE IT
COME AND GO. TO DATE I HAVE SEEN ONE MORE COME AND GO. WILL I SEE ANOTHER ONE
COME AND GO? I CAN’T CALL IT, I WOULDN’T MIND THOUGH. IF I AM NOT ALIVE ON MY
27TH BIRTHDAY THEN MY ONLY REGRET IS THAT I DIDN’T DIE AT 28. AT 27
I CAN SAY I HAVE BEEN WRITING POETRY FOR 20YRS AND I AM EAGER TO SEE HOW MY 20TH
YEAR AS A WRITER PAYS OFF. MY ONLY GOAL AT THIS POINT IS TO TRANSITION INTO
WRITER’S YEAR 20 AS A SELF PUBLISHED AUTHOR WILL ALL 9 OF HIS CURRENT WORKS
AVAILABLE FOR SELL ON LULU.COM AND ALL HIS AUDIO BOOKS AND THE COMPLETE
SIGNATURE ME COMEDY SERIES AVAILABLE FOR FREE. IF I NEVER LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO
SEE MY WORK PROSPER, I WANT IT TO AT LEAST BE AVAILABLE TO PROSPER ON ITS OWN.
I DON’T WANT MY CREATIVE WORKS TO LIVE AS OBSCURE OF A LIFE AS MY LIFE HAS YET
TO SHAKE.
POST NUMBER 20: THE LAST JOB I HAVE HAD SO FAR
AFTER MY 3WEEK STINT AT UNEMPLOYED INCORPORATED
I INCORPORATED
WHAT I HAD LEARNED
FROM ALL PREVIOUS WORK
HOW TO TWERK
THE INFORMATION BURNED
INTO MY MAIN FRAME
I WENT BACK TO MCDONALDS
I DID THE SAME THING
EXCEPT IT WAS A NEW FRANCHISE OWNER
WHO GAVE ME A SHOT
I FELT HOT
I GOT HIRED ON NEW YEARS EVE
A FEW DAYS AFTER A CRAPPY BIRTHDAY
NEW YEARS WASN’T THE WORST DAY
THE LAST JOB I ACQUIRED WAS WEEKEND MAINTENANCE AT
A NEW MCDONALDS. IT WAS ACTUALLY A NEWLY BUILT STORE TAKING BUSINESS AWAY FROM
MY PREVIOUS MCDONALDS ON 218. THIS MCDONALDS WAS ON JONESBORO RD. I WAS HIRED
BY MR. BRANDON. HE WAS THE ASSISTANT MANAGER. A FEW WEEKS LATER HE WAS
TRANSFERRED UP THE ROAD FOR A GM POSITION. IT’S REALLY WEIRD HOW THE UNIVERSE
SHIFTS PEOPLE AROUND IN MY LIFE FOR MY ACCOMODATIONS.
I
REALLY ENJOYED THIS JOB ALL YEAR ROUND. I HELD ON TO IT UNTIL NOVEMBER. THIS
WAS MY FIRST NEW JOB AFTER WORKING TWO JOBS ALL THRU OUT 2014 ON EXIT 218. I ENJOYED
GETTING OFF THAT STRIP FINALLY. BY THE TIME I SPENT MY FIRST PAYCHECK I WAS
ENJOYING MY NEW POSITION. I WAS THE NEW GUY WHO KNEW HOW EVERYTHING WORKED
MOSTLY. THE GM WAS MR. BEN AND I FAVORED HIM MUCH.
THE
NEW ASSISTANT MANAGER SUCCEEDING MR. BRANDON WAS MS. TEMETRIA. SHE AND I HAD A
CLOSE RELATIONSHIP. DURING MARCH IS WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED IN MY
CONSCIOUSNESS. I ENCOUNTERED MY MOST RECENT NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE. I HAD ALMOST
GOTTEN SMASHED BY A WHITE DODGE TRUCK IN FRONT OF A RED LIGHT. THEY WERE TRYING
TO TURN WHERE I WAS WALKING STRAIGHT. I HAD WORKED FROM THE PREVIOUS NIGHT UP
UNTIL NOON TO 3PM.
I
WAS TOO TIRED TO NOTICE MY IMPENDING DEATH AND AT THE LAST MINUTE THE DODGE
SWERVED TWICE IN FRONT OF ME. ONCE I HAD REALIZED WHAT HAD ALMOST HAPPENED TO
MY BODY, MIND AND LIFE I DECIDED TO WALK THE OTHER WAY FROM WHICH I HAD JUST
CAME. THAT WAS MY WAY OF SAYING “MY BAD” FOR ALMOST COSTING MYSELF MY LIFE. THE
WALK HOME WAS THE STRANGEST. IT TOOK ME 2DAYS TO ADMIT THE HAPPENING ON FB WHEN
NORMALLY I POST EVERYTHING IMMEDIATELY,
I WAS EMBARRASSED. ALL
THE WAY HOME I FELT LIKE THERE WAS ANOTHER UNIVERSE WHERE THAT VERSION OF ME
DIED ON THE SCENE AND THE FAMILY WAS PREPARING FOR THE FUNERAL. I WONDERED IF I
HAD DIED, WHAT WOULD I HAVE LEFT BEHIND AS MY CREATIVELY ARTISTIC LEGACY? AT
THAT MOMENT THE ANSWER WAS NOTHING. FROM THIS POINT, I WAS GRANTED ACCESS TO AN
ARTISTIC DEATH CONSCIOUSNESS…THE POINT WHERE EVERYTHING CHANGED FOR ME AS A
PERSON AND AS AN ARTIST.
POST NUMBER 21: THE ARTISTIC DEATH CONSCIOUSNESS
ANYDAY COULD BE MY LAST
I MAY NOT GET A CHANCE TO CASH
IN ON MY ARTISTRY
YET AND STILL MY ARTISTRY
IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME
THE SERENITY
IT BRINGS TO ME
BRINGS ALONG WITH IT
A NEW GIMMICK
TO STICK IT
TO THE LEGENDARY HALL OF FAME
AS AN ARTIST WHO CHANGED THE GAME
BY CHANGING HIS STAGE NAME
NO MORE BRAIN IN THE CAGE
SOCIETY KEEPS THE MIND ENSLAVED
ENRAGED
I UNCAGED
MY FUN RAGE
I STAYED ARTISTICALLY ENGAGED
BECAUSE BESIDES THAT I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO
NOTHING BUT
THE GRAVE
YEAH AND YOU HAVEN’T SAID NOTHING WHAT?
THE ARTISTIC DEATH CONSCIOUSNESS GOES AND FLOWS
LIKE THIS. YOU ONLY HAVE ONE LIFE AS YOU IN YOUR CURRENT BODY. YOUR SPIRIT MAY
RETURN 20YRS LATER AFTER A REJUVENATION PERIOD IN ANOTHER BODY AND YET AGAIN IT
MAY NOT. AS AN ARTIST, YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ENDLESSLY AND PURELY
EXPRESS YOURSELF. YOUR ONLY PREREQUISITE FOR BEING A SUCCESSFUL ARTIST IS TO BE
AN EXPRESSIVE ARTIST.
AS
LONG AS YOU ENDLESSLY EXPRESS YOURSELF CREATIVELY, DAY IN AND DAY OUT, YOU HAVE
NOTHING TO FEAR. AN ARTIST’S BIGGEST FEAR IS FEAR OF FAILURE. AN ARTIST FEARS
NO ONE CLINGING TO THEIR ART AND SUPPORTING THE MESSAGE THEY SPEW FROM THEIR
HEART. AN ARTIST FEARS NEVER BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY AS AN ARTIST. AN ARTIST
FEARS NEVER HAVING THE CHANCE TO RELEASE A PROJECT, GO ON TOUR AND PERFORM IN
FRONT OF JAM PACKED STUDIO ARENAS. AN ARTIST FEARS NEVER REALIZING THEIR
PERSONAL GOALS THRU EXPRESSIVE CREATIVITY OR CREATIVE EXPRESSION.
THIS
IS WHEN I CREATED THE SOLUTION TO ALL ASPIRING ARTISTS WHOSE MAIN CONCERN IS
NOT BEING ALIVE TO SEE THEIR DREAMS COME TO FRUITION. THE DEATH VAULT IS THE
ANSWER TO OUR ARTISTIC FEARS. THE DEATH VAULT WILL BE DETAILED IN THE NEXT
POST. THE DEATH VAULT WILL SEAL YOUR SPOT ON THE WALL OF FAME. THE DEATH VAULT
WILL ACCOMPLISH YOUR ARTISTIC GOALS WHETHER YOU ARE ALIVE OR NOT. THE DEATH
VAULT WILL RELEASE A TON OF STRESS ON YOU AFTER YOU COMPLETE THE STRESSFUL
TASK.
THE
DEATH VAULT WILL ALLOW YOUR WORK TO LIVE ON PAST YOUR DEATH DATE. THE DEATH
VAULT WILL BE YOUR CALLING CARD. YOUR DEATH VAULT IS AN ENHANCED AND TIME
TRAVELLING PORTFOLIO. YOUR DEATH VAULT IS YOUR INSURANCE POLICY AS AN ARTIST.
IF YOU DIE PREMATURELY, YOUR ART WILL STILL BE VISIBLE AND WORTH MORE SINCE YOU
ARE NO LONGER PRESENTLY WALKING THE EARTH.
POST NUMBER 21: THE DEATH VAULT
IMAGINE YOU DIED
AND EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER LOVED YOU CRIED
WISHING TO SEE ONE MORE CONSCIOUS SPARKLE IN YOUR
EYE
LEFT OR RIGHT
IT DOESN’T MATTER
THEY CHATTER
ABOUT WHAT YOU MEANT TO THEM
HOPEFULLY THEY THANK GOD HE HAD YOU SENT TO THEM
THEY WISH THEY COULD HEAR YOU SPEAK
ONCE MORE
JUST ONCE MORE
WOULDN’T YOU LIKE TO BE VOCALLY ADORED?
WHAT IF YOU HAD ONE LAST JOKE FROM YOUR LIFE’S
TOUR?
WHAT IF YOU HAD SOMETHING ARTISTICALLY GENIUS IN
STORE?
CREATIVELY STORED
AFTER YOU EMPTIED YOUR MENTAL INVENTORY
ALL INTO YOUR DEATH VAULT
SO JUST IN CASE YOU FELL TO YOUR DOOM YOUR CAREER
HITS A CATAPULT
THE DEATH VAULT IS THE ULTIMATE INSURANCE POLICY
FOR A CREATIVE ARTIST. MICHAEL JACKSON’S LIVING NETWORTH WAS ALMOST
$500MILLION. ONCE HE DIED, HIS ESTATE WAS VALUED AT $2BILLION. HIS WORTH
INCREASED TIMES FOUR WITHIN 2YEARS OF HIS UNTIMELY DEATH. THIS IS CLASSIFIED AS
THE DEAD PEASANT POLICY. STATISTICALLY SPEAKING, YOU ARE WORTH MORE AS AN
ARTIST WHEN YOU CAN’T PROFIT FROM YOUR ART ANYMORE.
IF
YOU CAN NOT PROFIT FROM YOUR ART THEN THAT MEANS YOU ARE NO LONGER LIVING. IF
YOU CAN NOT CREATE ART ANYMORE THEN ANYTHING YOU HAVE ALREADY CREATED OR
RELEASED OR NOT RELEASED IS MORE VALUABLE NOW. WHEN PEOPLE MISS AN ARTIST, THEY
GO BACK TO THEIR CATALOGUE AND REMINENSCE. AS AN ARTIST YOUR WORK BECOMES
PRICELESS ONCE YOU DIE AND LOSE THE ABILITY TO CREATE ANY NEW ART. YOUR ACTIVE
CAREER IS OVER BUT YOUR WORKS LIVE ON.
THE DEATH VAULT IS AN
ARTISTIC CHALLENGE. MOST ARTISTS HAVE MANY IDEAS ROAMING AND GROWING IN THEIR
MINDS. THE DEATH VAULT IS AN EXPEDITED PROCESS OF ONLY FOCUSING ON THE CREATIVE
PROCESS TO KNOCK OUT ALL MENTAL PROJECTS. ANY IDEAS YOU WANT TO ONE DAY MAKE
AND RELEASE, YOU HAVE TO TAKE ALL THOSE IDEAS AND FINISH THEM. YOU WANT TO
FINISH THEM BEFORE YOUR CAREER EVEN STARTS. IF YOU ARE BLESSED ENOUGH TO BE A
WORKING ARTIST BEFORE YOUR DEATH VAULT IS COMPLETE THEN MAY GOD CONTIUE TO
BLESS YOU.
THE DEATH VAULT IS
SUPPOSED TO BE YOUR ENTIRE CAREER’S WORTH OF ART CREATED IN ONE CONTINUOUS TIME
PERIOD. WHEN AN ARTISIT FOCUSES ON THE RESULTS OF THEIR NEW PROJECT, THEY
UNWITTINGLY STIMULATE STAGNATION. BY CONSIDERING THE IMPROBABILITIES OF A
SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE TASK TO ACCOMPLISH YOUR ARTISTIC GOALS, YOU ARE REDUCING
YOUR ENERGY TO PRODUCING A FEAR INDUCED MINDSET.
IF YOU ARE FOCUSED ON
THE SALES OF AN UNFINISHED BOOK, THE BOOK MAY FOREVER REMAIN UNFINISHED. YOU
MUST CONVINCE YOURSELF YOU WON’T BE ALIVE TO SEE THE RELEASE OF THE PROJECT AND
SO ALL YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER IS THE ACTUAL PROJECT FINALIZATION.
POST NUMBER 22: THE DEATH VAULT PART 2
EVERY IDEA
YOU HAD
WRITE IT DOWN
EXPAND ON IT RELENTLESSLY UNTIL IT IS FINISHED
RECITE IT NOW
AREN’T YOU EXCITED NOW?
IT DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU SEE YOUR SUCCESS
YOUR SUCCESS WILL SEE YOU THRU
IT WILL SEE YOU TO
THE PERSONAL GOALS YOU HAVE SET FOR YOU
AND YOURSELF
FOR YOUR HEALTH’S
BENEFIT
YOU WENT AGAINST
ALL THOUGHTS OF FEAR
SUCH THOUGHTS STAY NEAR
THE ONLY WAY TO STAY CLEAR
OF SUCH EMOTIONAL ROAD BLOCKS
ARE TO THROW STOPS
AND PAUSE
BUT NEVER PAUSE ON CREATING YOUR ART NON STOP
BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU GET POPPED BY A ROGUE COP
YOUR CAREER WILL FOREVER CHART POP
THE DEATH VAULT IS HOW A CREATIVE ARTIST EMPLOYS
THE DEATH CONSCIOUSNESS. THE DEATH CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE WAY A PERSON LIVES
THEIR LIFE AS IF IT COULD END THAT DAY. ANYDAY COULD BE YOUR LAST AND AS AN
ARTIST, ANY PROJECT COULD BE YOUR LAST. WHAT ARTIST PURPOSELY WANTS TO LEAVE
BEHIND AN UNFINISHED PROJECT? HOW CAN AN UNFINISHED PROJECT BE ACCURATELY
JUDGED WHEN IT NEVER MATURED TO COMPLETION?
THE
ARTISTIC COMPLETION OF A CREATIVE PROJECT ALL COMES DOWN TO TIME AND CHANCE.
HOW MUCH TIME DID THE ARTIST HAVE TO WORK ON IT AND HOW MANY CHANCES DID HE
HAVE TO WORK ON IT? AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THE TIME TO WORK ON A PROJECT AND
ANOTHER CHANCE TO DO SO, THEN IT’S COMPLETION ALL BOILS DOWN TO YOUR WORK ETHIC
AND DEDICATION/DETERMINATION. SELF IMPOSED WILL IS ALL YOU NEED.
IT’S
HARD TO COMPLETE AN ENTIRE CAREER’S WORTH OF ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT UNLESS YOU
ARE CONVINCED YOU WIILL NOT SEE TOMORROW, LET ALONE THE UPSTART OF YOUR CAREER.
I WILL ADMIT IT IS STRESSFUL AT FIRST BUT YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE EXCEPT THE
APPRECIATION FOR WASTING YOUR OWN TIME. ONLY A TRUE ARTIST CAN START THIS TASK
AND ONLY A TRUER ARTIST CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS TASK. YOU WILL NOTICE YOUR CREATIVE
AMBITIONS BEING REALIZED EVEN IF YOU DON’T BLOW UP WHILE BREATHING. YOUR
ARTISTIC DESIRE WILL PUMP BLOOD THRU OUT TIME FOR YOU.
THE
DEATH VAULT IS YOUR WAY OF PRESERVING YOUR IDEAS ON RECORD IN CASE YOU DON’T
LIVE TO SEE THEM FULLY CREATED. ONCE YOU HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE PROJECTS YOU
INTEND TO USE YOUR CAREER PRODUCING, YOU CAN START ACTIVELY PRODUCING EACH IDEA
ONE AFTER THE OTHER. THE DEATH VAULT IS YOUR CHANCE TO PRESERVE THE EMOTION YOU
FELT AS A STARVING ARTIST IN CASE YOU LIVE TO SEE A 50YEAR CAREER.
POST NUMBER 23: THE DEATH VAULT PART 3
PICK YOUR FAVORITE
ARTIST
AND LISTEN TO THEIR FIRST 3ALBUMS
WHICH ONE WAS YOUR FAVORITE?
AND WHY?
DID THEIR ARTISTIC DECLINE
MAKE YOU CRY?
WHY ARE YOU CLAMING IT
DOESN’T MATTER HOW RICH
AN ARTIST GETS
IT ISN’T ALWAYS A SINCH
TO BRING NEW TRICKS
TO NEW PROJECTS
WHEN YOU NO LONGER LIVE IN THE PROJECTS
AND HAVE BECOME A MULTI MILLIONAIRE FROM YOUR
CREATIVE PROJECTS
A SINGER’S 1ST ALBUM IS MOST TIMES
THEIR PUREST
FOR CREATIVELY THEY WERE AT THEIR SUREST
BEFORE THEIR EXTREME WEALTH INTRODUCED MORE BOASTING
RHYMES
THE DEATH VAULT ALSO GETS RID OF SUCCESS
SATURATION. IN “THE DARK KNIGHT RISES”, DURING THE BANE FIGHT, BANE TELLS
BATMAN VICTORY HAS DEFEATED HIM. WHEN YOU PICK A MUSICIAN AND YOU LISTEN TO
THEIR COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY, YOU MAY REALIZE THEIR TOP 3 ALBUMS OF CREATIVE
EXPRESSION ARE THEIR FIRST 3 ALBUMS. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NAS ALBUM? IS IT
“ILLMATIC” OR “STILLMATIC”? IS IT NEITHER? WHY?
WHAT’S
YOUR FAVORITE JAY-Z ALBUM? IS IT “REASONABLE DOUBT” OR “THE BLUEPRINT”? IS IT
THE “BLUEPRINT” ONE OR THREE? WHY? SOME FANS MAY LIKE HEARING THE ALBUMS THAT
BOAST OF THE SUCCESSFUL CAREERS THE ARTIST HAS HAD. SOME FANS MAY LIKE THE PURE
DESPERATION FOR SUCCESS CONSUMING THE FIRST ALBUM. MANY SINGERS OR RAPPERS FIND
IT HARD TO MAKE THEIR 2 FOLLOW UP ALBUMS AS CREATIVELY SUPERIOR AS THEIR DEBUT.
HOW
CAN YOU CREATE ART AS PURE AS A STARVING ARTIST WHEN YOU ARE NO LONGER A
STARVING ARTIST? THE DEATH VAULT IS THE ANSWER, OR AT LEAST THE MOST DRAMATIC
ONE TO EMPLOY IN YOUR JOURNEY. THE DEATH VAULT ALLOWS YOU TO CREATE ONE AFTER
THE OTHER ALL OF YOUR MOST POTENT IDEAS AS A STARVING ARTIST. IF YOU HAVE 20
PROJECTS WORTH OF FILMS, NOVELS OR ALBUMS IN YOUR MIND, THEN GET THEM OUT.
GET
THESE IDEAS OUT AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE. FORM ONE IDEA FULLY, THEN WORK ON
FORMING THE NEXT IDEA AS YOU WORK ON YOUR MOST FULLY FORMED IDEA. ONCE IDEA NUMBER
ONE IS COMPLETE, YOUR FOLLOW UP IS QUED AND READY TO BE WORKED OUT. WHILE
WORKING PROJECT TWO OUT, YOU FORM UP PROJECT THREE SOME MORE. YOU KEEP THIS UP
FOR 365DAYS NON STOP AND YOU WILL WITNESS THE EXPLORATION OF YOUR DEEPEST PITS
OF CONSCIOUSNESS. YOU WILL ALSO WITNESS YOUR CREATIVE STATURE IMPROVE SO MUCH
YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF INTERTWINING WITH THE ARTIST YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO
BE…PERIOD.
THE
DEATH VAULT HAS AN UPSIDE AS WELL. THE FIRST 2YEARS OF TRANSFERRING YOUR LIVING
PORTFOLIO INTO YOUR DEATH VAULT MAY BE THE HARDEST. LORD KNOWS THE FIRST YEAR
IS STILL GOING ON FOR ME AND I AM MORE AT PEACE WITH IT. THERE IS A HUGE UPSIDE
IF YOU SURVIVE THE 1ST WAVE OF YOUR CREATIVE ARTISTIC DEATH VAULT.
POST NUMBER 24: THE DEATH VAULT PART 4
LET’S SAY YOU TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE
AND YOU DO SURVIVE
THE FIRST WAVE
THE DETERMINATION YOU HAVE DISPLAYED
IN THE WAY YOU HAVE BEHAVED
WILL ALLOW YOU NOT TO HAVE TO SCAVENGE
FOR FRUITFUL PROJECTS
ONCE YOUR CAREER TREE BEGINS TO SPROUT
LIKE BRUSSELL
NO YOU STOP IT!
CREATING
YOU NEVER STOPPED IT
AS A STARVING ARTIST
YET YOU WILL SEE YOU WERE THE SMARTEST
IF YOU HAVE 5 PROJECTS COMPLETED WITH AN EMPTY
BELLY
ONCE YOUR TOUR STARTS AND YOUR SECOND PROJECT IS
NEEDED
MY CURRENT ADVICE YOU ALREADY HEEDED IT
AND YOUR 2ND PROJECT IS AS PURE AS YOUR
1ST
NOW DO YOU SMELL ME?
LET’S SAY YOU EMPLOY THE DEATH VAULT STRATEGY IN
YOUR ARTISTIC JOURNEY. LET’S SAY YOU WRITE A LIST OF ALL OF YOUR MOST POTENT
AND LONG WITHSTANDING IDEAS. LET’S SAY YOU WORKED ON THIS LIST NON STOP, EVERY
DAY, BACK TO BACK, ONE AFTER THE OTHER. LET’S SAY YOU ACTUALLY COMPLETE YOUR
FIRST 20COMPLETED PROJECTS WITHING AN 800DAY PERIOD. LET’S SAY YOU TAKE ON THE
DEATH VAULT CHALLENGE, 2YEARS LATER YOU WILL BE THE ARTIST YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO
BE.
YOU
WILL BE AN ARTIST WHO NEVER CATCHES WRITER’S BLOCK. YOU WILL BE AN ARTIST WHO
IS ALWAYS INSPIRED TO CONTINUE THE CREATION PROCESS. YOU WILL BE AN ARTIST WHO
HAS NEVER FORGOTTEN HOW IT FELT TO STARVE. YOU WILL BE AN ARTIST WHOSE 2ND
ALBUM, NOVEL OR FILM MATCHES THE POTENCY OF THE 1ST ALBUM, NOVEL OR
FILM.
THE
SUCCESS OF YOUR 1ST COMMERCIALLY RELEASED PROJECT WILL NOT SATURATE
THE 2ND PROJECT YOU RELEASE BECAUSE IT WAS CREATED DIRECTLY AFTER
THE 1ST PROJECT BUT BEFORE THE 1ST WAS EVEN RELEASED. AT
THIS POINT, EVERY PIECE OF ART YOU PROJECT TO THE WORLD WILL NOT BE FURTHER
SATURATED BY YOUR PREVIOUS SUCCESS BECAUSE YOU TIRELESSLY CRAFTED OUT EACH
PROJECT WHILE STILL UNSUCCESSFUL AT GARNERING A BUZZ FOR YOUR CAREER.
THE
WHOLE POINT OF THE DEATH VAULT IS TO CONVINCE YOURSELF YOU WILL NEVER SEE YOUR
1ST PROJECT’S SUCCESS. THIS WILL STRESS YOU OUT BUT AFTER YOU GET
OVER THIS HUMP YOU WILL BE CONVINCED ONLY YOUR ART WILL SURVIVE THIS PROCESS.
IN NO TIME YOU WILL BE WORKING ON YOUR 2ND SET OF 5PROJECTS. ONCE
YOU HIT PROJECT 10’S COMPLETION AND YOU STILL HAVEN’T PROFESSIONALLY DEBUTED AS
AN ARTIST, ALL THE BETTER. THE CLOCK IS TICKING IN YOUR FAVOR.
THE
MORE PROJECTS YOU CAN CREATE WITHIN THIS TIMEFRAME YOU SPEND AS A STARVING
ARTIST, THE MORE POTENT EACH RELEASE WILL BE ONCE YOUR FANBASE PAYS YOUR BILLS.
LET’S SAY YOUR 1ST PROJECT OF TEN EARNS YOU $100MILLION, PROJECT TWO
WILL NOT REFLECT YOUR SUCCESS AT ALL, THUS ENSURING YOUR POTENCY REIGNS
SUPREME. YOU WILL BE THE RARE ARTIST WHO HAS TRANSCENDED THE CONCURRENT ISSUE
OF HAVING GROWN TOO SUCCESSFUL TOO QUICKLY.
POST NUMBER 25: THE DEATH VAULT REVISITED
AS AN ARTIST
YOU HOPE YOU MAKE IT
AND AS AN ARTIST
I HOPE YOU MAKE IT TOO
I HOPE YOU SEE IT THRU
COMPLETION
ONLY EDIT
NEVER DELETION
THE ONLY CREDIT
DUE
IS TO GOD
AND TO YOU
FOR HE GAVE YOU THE TALENT
AND YOU WERE SMART ENOUGH TO USE IT
ENDLESSLY
DAY IN AND
DAY OUT
SENSELESSLY
TYPE THE PLAY IN
AND WATCH IT ALL PAY IN
AND PAY OUT
JUST REMEMBER TO PAY DOUBT
NOTHING
HE’LL ONLY BUY BOOZE WITH IT
LISTEN TO HIM AND YOU LOSE
PICK THE DEATH VAULT STRATEGY AND WHEN YOU’RE
WORTH $100MILLION AND YOU NEED A NEW PROJECT WITH SUBSTANCE
OPEN UP THE VAULT AND YOU CHOOSE
THE DEATH VAULT WAS A DESPERATE STATEMENT OF MY
CONDITION AS AN ARTIST TO SURVIVE THRU MY ART. ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE ARE NEVER
UNDER OUR CONTROL AND JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A TALENT, DOESN’T MEAN YOU WILL
LIVE TO DEVELOP IT INTO SKILL UNLESS YOU WORK ON YOUR CRAFT EVERY DAY UNTIL YOU
GROW SKILLED. ONCE YOUR TALENT IS DEVELOPED INTO SKILL, ALL YOU CAN DO IS
CREATE PROJECT AFTER PROJECT UNTIL YOU HAVE A VERY SKILLED PORTFOLIO.
AS
AN ARTIST, YOUR PORTFOLIO IS YOUR MOST IMPORTANT ASSET. WHAT CAN YOU OFFER TO
THE AUDIENCE AS AN ARTIST? YOUR PROJECTS ARE YOUR GOLD. THEY ARE PRICELESS TO
YOU BEFORE YOU PLACE A PRICE TO IT AND THEN THEY BECOME PRICELESS TREASURES
ONCE YOU DIE. EVERYBODY DOESN’T WANT TO DIE BUT THEY HAVE TO ANYWAY. SOME
PEOPLE LEAVE CHILDREN BEHIND AS THEIR LEGACY.
STARVING ARTISTS MAY
NOT WANT TO BREED WITHOUT HAVING A SUCCESSFUL CAREER. AS A MAN I DO NOT WANT A
FAMILY BEFORE I CAN SUPPORT IT WITH A SUCCESSFUL CAREER. THE SUCCESSFUL CAREER
I AM PURSUING IS OF A MEDIA MOGUL STARTING OUT AS A PUBLISHING CAREER. AN
ARTIST ONLY WANTS TO MAKE A CAREER OUT OF THEIR GOD GIVEN TALENT.
THE LEGACY I WANT TO
LEAVE BEHIND AS DAVID CRICHTON PUBLISHING INC. IS OF A CREATIVE GENIUS. I WANT
MY FANBASE TO KNOW I APPRECIATE THEM BEFORE I MEET THEM. IN CASE I NEVER
EXPERIENCE MY FANBASE, I WANT MY FANBASE TO EXPERIENCE MY ART FORM. I WANT TO
LEAVE BEHIND ALL THE COMPLETED WORKS I CAN MUSTER UP THE STRENGTH TO FINISH
AFTER STARTING PROMPTLY.
I WANT TO BE
REMEMBERED AS THE CREATIVE LEGEND OF MY TIME. I WANT TO SPREAD THE TACTICS I
HAVE LEARNED THRU OUT MY JOURNEY TO HELP INFLUENCE THE FUTURE CREATIVE LEGENDS
OF THEIR TIME. I WANT TO EARN MY TIME TO SHINE. IF I NEVER GET THE CHANCE TO
LIVE TO SEE IT, I STILL WANT MY FUTURE FANBASE TO GET A CHANCE TO APPRECIATE
THE ART COMING FROM MY GOD GIVEN TALENT.
THE CREATIVE DEATH
VAULT IS THE MOST SELFLESS THING I HAVE EVER DONE AS AN ARTIST. IT’S SELFLESS
TO SAY I AM GOING TO CRAFT OUT ALL MY PROJECTS IN ONE TIME FRAME IN CASE I
NEVER MAKE IT TO THE CAREER ELEVATION TIME FRAME. IT IS SELFLESS OF ME TO PLACE
LINKS TO ALL THE AUDIO VERSIONS OF MY BOOKS ONLINE FOR MY FUTURE FANBASE TO
DEVOUR FOR FREE.
THE DEATH VAULT IS MY
WAY OF SHOWING GOD AND THE UNIVERSE I AM IN FACT SERIOUS ABOUT MY FUTURE CAREER
AS A MAINSTREAM ARTIST. IF GOD DOES BLESS ME WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN
FINANCE FOR MY PROJECTS OR TO GET INTO SCHOOL OR TO GAIN INVESTMENTS ALLOWING
ME TO FUND MY OWN MEDIA COMPANIES AND DISTRIBUTE MY OWN MATERIAL, I WILL BE
PREPARED.
I DON’T DOUBT I WILL
BE SUCCESSFUL, I JUST DON’T KNOW IF I’LL LIVE TO SEE IT. I’M 26 AND I HAVE TWO
FRIENDS WHO NEVER SAW 19, THERE’S NO WAY I CAN BE BRASH ENOUGH TO CLAIM HOW
LONG I WILL LIVE. I’VE SEEN MORE THAN 5YEARS OF LIFE THAN THEY EVER DID AND I
APPRECIATE THE BLESSING. I COULD DIE TOMORROW. ADVANCING THRU SOCIETY THE WAY
THEY SAY I SHOULD MAY END IN ME DYING BEFORE I ACHIEVE THE STATUS QUO. THE
DEATH VAULT ALLOWS ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A CAREER’S WORTH OF PROJECTS
BEFORE MY 1ST COMMERCIAL PROJECT GOES PLATINUM. IF IT DOES GO
PLATINUM, THEN I WILL NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MY 2ND PROJECT BEING
SATURATED BY MY SUCCESS. I WON’T HAVE TO RELEASE A PROJECT SATURATED BY MY OWN
SUCCESS UNTIL PROJECT NUMBER 20-30. AND THAT IS THE ULTIMATE BENEFIT OF THE
DEATH VAULT; BEING THE ULTIMATE ARTIST.
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