Author: Jesse Pallante

When I was an adult

What’s a moment when you realized you were officially an adult?

After highschool, I was 19 years old, I was working at the Blake foundation daycare, as a janitor. I was washing dishes, cleaning mats, cleaning windows, etc. I was still living with my parents at that time. Then, when I was 22 years old, I moved into my own apartment. At that time, I was paying my own bills, as I still do today. I was going to college. So, that is when I realized I was an adult. Thank you for reading. Have a great night.

One of the many good restaurants in Southern Arizona

Which is the best restaurant in your city?

Sushi ten is a very good restaurant. Their sushi is very delicious. Especially, the caterpillar roll with avocado, eel, and cucumber and also rice. Then, the California roll was very delicious also, with imitation crab, cucumber, avocado, and carrots and also rice. Thank you for reading. Have a good night.

This message I wish!

If you had a time machine and could send just one message to your past self, what would it say?

This would be a life altering event. This would be very nice. If, I had a time machine and could send a message to my past self. I would tell myself, when I was 13 years old in 1987, up in Ariavipa Arizona with the cousin. On that cold New Year’s eve day, not to go down to the river because he will shoot you in the head. Hind sight is 20/20 though. I didn’t know he was going to shoot me in the head and ruin my life, or at least make it more difficult to get things done. Boy, I wish this was possible. Thank you for reading. Have a nice night.

This author, she is great!

Which author would you love to have dinner with?

JK. Rowlings and I would have dinner at Red Lobster. I would pick her brain on how she came up with a story like Harry Potter. I would discuss with her different tactics and strategies to make a hero like Harry Potter come to life with my own work. I would love to write a story a quarter as successful as Harry Potter. That would be neat. I have an idea I would like to get her opinion and see if it would be successful. If not, we can tweek it so it could be somewhat successful. Thank you for reading. Have a great night.

This is kindness

What’s a moment when a stranger completely restored your faith in people?

I was part of Americorps, where I would volunteer at an organization (Tucson Shalom House) and get paid through Americorps. It was  president Bill Clinton’s initiative to get the country doing community service projects. It was a pretty good program. I had to do around 1500 hours in the program, to receive a 5 thousand dollar ed award. So, it was totally worth the time and trouble. Anyways, when, I was at a meeting, the summer heat was getting to me and I was very thirsty. So, this complete stranger gave me a bottle of water, so at this time. It restored my faith in people. Thank you for reading. Have a good night.

This place

What’s the best local dish you’ve ever eaten while traveling?

My sister and I went to Sea world a while back. We ate at Sea world. We ate chicken nuggets, fries, and salad. It was pretty good being my local favorite foods. Thank you for reading. Have a great night.

This is what schools should teach.

What’s a thing you wish schools actually taught?

Schools need to get students ready for the big world. So, they need to teach their students how to pay bills and make a budget and how to stick with their budget. So they dont overdraft their account. So, there needs to be a bills 101 course. It would possibly help with the homeless problem in America because kids leave school not having a clue on what to do. They just think it is all about getting a job, but in reality they need to learn to pay bills.

There also has to be a class on different drugs so kids know if they get into this drug. They know what they are bargaining for. For instance, fentanyl, not many kids know it can kill them and make them addicted to it. So, if they know this. They are more likely not to use it. At least I think. Some drugs are bad, so if we tell them young the affects of such drugs. They will possibly be more likely not to use them.

Also, teach them the different between a healthy relationship and a bad relationship. So, schools can curb domestic violence. It would be amazing if a school taught something about healthy relationships. So, teens and young adults can spot an unhealthy relationship and get out of the relationship, before abuse happens. Thank you for reading. Have a great night.

This is the pet.

Share a photo of your pet and tell us one thing that makes them uniquely them.

This is my drum set Darcy.  It is filled with fun. I can take my anger out on it by hitting Darcy the drum set. It is quite fun. I make it musical. I play a lot of 4:4 beats. I may speed it up or slow it down. It all depends on what I am feeling at that moment. Darcy the drum set has relieved all my anger from my injury of being shot in the head and getting no justice. At least, I have Darcy to play and relieve my bitterness and anger I have towards my cousin that shot me in the head. When, I play Darcy my anger goes away because I tired myself out, so then I am not so angry anymore and I can be a little happier. Add coffee and I am good to go and a bliss takes over my body. Thank you for reading. Have a nice night.

During monsoons in Southern Arizona

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?

We were on Doordash. My sister and I were driving up a hill on a street and it was raining pretty hard. The road ahead of us was flooded. So, my sister saw that a van had gotten stuck in the rain water. So, then my sister said, “Turn around,”and so we drove the  same way we came from. This is the best advice I have ever received because possibly. I would not be typing this because I would have died. If I drove through those flooded waters. Thank you for reading. Have a great night.