Lesson I learned

What’s a lesson you’ve learned recently that shifted your perspective?

I learned that I need to respect the uniform of the police. Never lay my hands on a policeman or woman. There have been many instances where people hurt policemen and women and that is not right. They go to prison for a long time. They risk their lives everyday, so that we can be safe most of the time. You get a bad policeman, but most are very helpful and knowledgeable about the streets and won’t hurt you, until you do something wrong. George Floyd was an exception. Most policemen and women deserve your respect because they uphold the law. So, I learned just to do the right thing and policemen or women will leave me alone.

Sleep is good

What do you do to improve your sleep?

Sleep is very important because when I don’t get enough sleep. I get cranky and moody. So I try to prioritize sleep as much as possible. Before bed, I will eat a banana because of the triptiphin. Triptiphin helps with sleep. Turkey has triptiphin. That is why you want to sleep after eating turkey.
I also take 250 milligrams of magnesium. It calms my nervous system. It really makes me feel like sleeping. Also, I try rhyming a word, such as night in bed. When, I get restless. This technique usually puts me fast asleep. Thank you for reading. Have a great night.

What an accomplishment!

Hit 5,000 steps today and drop your achievement here — we’re cheering you on!

I am really pleased I hit 5000 steps. I feel so good about it. I am relieved that it only took one day to do. I went to the mall and picked up this and ate it there to celebrate the victory. It was bitter sweet, but I did it with time left over. I was walking and walking and tracking my steps with my smartphone. I looked down and it said 5000 which was great. So, i had to treat myself.

This treat was so good. Well, worth the effort I put in to completing the task at hand. Well, we will see if I can do another 5000 steps. I may do it again and treat myself to something else. You never can tell. Thank you for reading. Have a great night.

The best way

What’s the best way to deal with negative thoughts?

The first movie I picked was eight heads in a duffel bag because it is funny. It may be a little bit unique, but it is a fun movie to get your mind out of negativity. It is about a college kid getting the duffle bag of the gangster Joe Pesci with 8 human heads and Joe Pechi getting the college kid’s bag. It may sound weird, but it is funny. I would highly recommend this movie. If you never watched it. You will laugh and get the negative thoughts right out of your mind.

The next movie is Shaft. It may not be funny because Samuel Jackson is a cop and arrests a rich white boy (Christian Bale) for killing a black kid (Mekhi Phifer). He finds someone who witnessed the murder. They have to get justice for Mekhi’s family. This movie will have you forgetting about those negative thoughts. It is very gripping.

The other way I know how to get rid of negative thoughts is by putting on music because music soothes the soul, such as jazz or Rock n Roll, or whatever music you are into. Or, by playing music on my drum set and singing songs. This gets me out of any negative thoughts I may have. Thank you for reading. Have a great night.

This used to disgust me

What do you love now, that you hated when you were younger?

Yes I know I am Italian and Italians love tomatoes, but when I was younger. I used to hate tomatoes. I just didn’t like the way, biting into them and the juice would squirt in my mouth. I thought it was gross. I guess I got a bad batch of tomatoes.
Now, I can’t live without tomatoes. I love tomatoes. Yes, I am Italian and now I love tomatoes more than anything. Not just because they are healthy, but because of the lycopene. It lowers the risk of cancer, which is good. Thank you for reading. Have a good night.

My gut was right!

What’s a time you followed your gut and it turned out to be exactly right?

This is who I would nominate

Emperor Palpatine has announced open elections for a new Emperor — and he’s nominated Darth Vader. You get to nominate one challenger.

Not Luke Skywalker, but close enough. I would nominate Luke Skywalker because in Return of the Jedi. He beats Darth Vader at a light saber fight. So, young Luke Skywalker has learned well from Master Yoda. So, I am sure victory will be his again and he shall relish in his victory. Thank you for reading. Have a great night.

This is ridiculous

What’s something you used to believe as a kid that seems ridiculous now?

When, I was younger. I thought if someone got shot in the head. They would be dead. I guess I was wrong. I didn’t realize I could live with a bullet in my head because half of the bullet fragment is still in my head. Now, if they take it out. It will do a lot of damage because it is covered with brain tissues.
People don’t get how the bullet causes so much damage, but the 22 bullet entered the left side of my head. It went through frontal lobe (controls organization and higher brain functions), the temperal lobe (controls memory, long and short-term), and the occipital lobe (controls vision). The bullet is small so it bounced around my cranium causing damage. It was too small to go through my head or he was too far for that to happen. Well, that is what I believed. Thank you for reading. Have a nice night.

This movie changed me

What’s a piece of media (book, movie, song) that changed how you see the world?

This movie changed the way I see the world because it was about Al Pacino, who plays Tony Montana. He comes over from Cuba to Miami, Florida. A person recruits him to start selling cocaine. Then, he moves up in the ranks and becomes the main contact for the cocaine coming into the United States. Then, Sosa his boss wants him to do a hit on a guy. They put a bomb under the car. The guy had his whole family with him, wife, and child. Tony could not kill all of them. So Tony was driving with a guy who would activate the bomb, but Tony shoots him. Then, Sosa, Tony’s boss gets mad and kills Tony and that is the way it ends, with Tony dead in a pool.

This really changed me because I was very impressionable at 10 years old when I saw it. I thought that if someone did drugs and dealt drugs. They would end up dead. So, thanks to this movie, I never dealt with drugs in my life, especially cocaine. Thank you for reading. Have a good night.