The Color of Truth

Beautiful Smog

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:29:39 +0000

LA smog...it's kind of beautiful in a weird, toxic kind of way.

No More Comments

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:19:00 +0000

I'm getting spammed like crazy in comments. If you have something to say to me, shoot me an email.

Hollywood Hike

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:36:36 +0000

Sunset from the Hollywood Sign

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:13:43 +0000

The view was so nice up there.

Chinatown is LA

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:32:12 +0000

The Chinatown we know now, is not the original Chinatown in Los Angeles. There were several others AND there was a Chinatown Land ("theme park" for white people with orientalized motifs).

Traffic

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:25:41 +0000

405 N, 11pm.

Fenced In

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:24:47 +0000

Little Tokyo, gentrified.

Cupcakes

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:20:10 +0000

Cute no? COOOKKIIEEEEEE

Common Ground, Sept. 2

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:17:48 +0000

Went down to the OC to catch Common Ground. It's a neat space for community members to express themselves through all different mediums, including spoken word, song, story, and art. This was only their second session ever, and they were already pulling in over 100 people.

I think what I appreciate the most is how genuine the community members were. You didn't have folks going up who were super polished. That's not what this is about. This is about sharing your voice, not a performance. I feel, especially with spoken word, there's now more of a standard on how well you perform. While I believe there should be room for that, my love will still be for folks who speak, unchoreographed, from the heart.

I GOT MY MASTERS

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:32:04 +0000

I received a phone call today, after nearly a month of waiting for results and heard the good news. All that reading, studying, and cramming paid off...I now have a Masters in Public Administration!

What does this mean for me? Hmm, well..I've already been applying what I've learned in class towards what I do at work... So I guess when it comes down to it, all it has done is buy me more "legitimacy" among some crowds, and I can put MPA after my name on my business cards (which I'm kind of debating on).