The item I loved when I was a child was the Atari setup I had. Atari was the first gaming system I could plug into my TV and play games. I had many games, such as PAC-MAN, Space Invaders, chess, tanks, etc. It was not very good graphics, but I still had fun playing it. I would play most of the games with a joystick, so they only took one hand to play them.  The thumb could press the button on the top of the joystick 🕹️ (to shoot things or to accelerate) and your arm and hand could move the character on the TV. So it was good for me because I only had one hand due to the injury I sustained. I had acquired the Atari before the injury, but it was good it could be played with one hand. Everyday, after I finish my homework from school. I would play the Atari.

Now one day, my family and I moved and my mom had sold my Atari for the move. I was livid, but I soon moved on, but even to this day. I remember how much fun I had with that Atari, blowing things up, such as the opponents tank, or racing cars. It was a lot of fun. Thank you for reading.

From the time I was young, I always had a fascination with music. When I was in junior high I was in band playing snare drum and bass drum. It was a lot of fun. Then, the injury happened (shot in the head) and I could no longer be in band. Until, my junior year of highschool I played in the pit with the marching band. I couldn’t play the xylophones, but I could play the chimes and the bass drum. Our band got chosen to go to Disneyland which was a fun trip. We played out music in front of judges and we did pretty well.

So music has always been in my life for a long time. Fast forward , many years and I still write lyrics everyday and play drums and sing every day, so I guess that is my mission to be a musician. I have written many lyrics about the injury such as burning fire.

The memory of that night

I got shot in the head

Burns in sight

Should’ve been dead

But I live to fight

another day

As the anger ignites in my mind

Burning Fire burning Fire it’ll, never die, til I’m dead

Sparks fly

Anger ignites

Burned by that night

Flaming torches soar high

Scorching smoke rise

Up to the sky

Burning Fire burning Fire it’ll never die til I’m dead, til I’m gone away

Devastation of life

Falling over in the fire

For nothing

But the aching hate

In his mind

Burning Fire it’ll never die til I’m dead til I’m gone away burning Fire

Thank you for reading.

See I am a night owl. I stay up very late in the morning. I work at night with Doordash, so there are not as many cars on the road. So I can alleviate the chances of being in an accident.

Well, what I could do differently is I could get up early and start my day like everyone else, but I’m roped into staying up late and sleeping in until the afternoon. I wish I could get up early like everyone else but while people are getting out of bed. I have been reading the internet because my sleep schedule is so different from everyone else’s. I drink coffee to stay up late, that is my weapon of choice.

In conclusion-I wish I could get up early like everyone else and go to bed by 9 pm, but I go to bed very late and sleep until the afternoon, which works all right since I do Doordash. If, I was to get another job, I would have to rearrange my schedule and be a day person, which in the future I will probably do this because Doordash is a side hustle. It can only pay so much. I probably will have to join the many other people and become a day person. Thank you for reading.

It would say “Roll with the punches,”and be flexible and trust in God the father Almighty.

Thank you for reading.

Even though, my gun shot wound to the head is depressing, I don’t want it to happen again. So I think about it and try to alleviate situations that put me in that situation again. I never get into fights with anyone because that is a good way to wind up shot.

There have been countless people shot in America because they got into an argument with someone, so I am very nice to people because you never know who has a gun and I don’t want to put myself at risk.

I don’t think about the future that much because then I get anxious and my blood pressure goes up. I sometimes think of future bills and this just makes me work harder to cover them.

If you think of the present and don’t lose track of it, you should be fine. Think about it, the past can be painful, and depressing so you shouldn’t go there. The future hasn’t happened yet, so it is best to stick to the present and focus on right now and prepare for the future to happen, that is the best thing. Thank you for reading.

I went to Pima Community college and received an Associate Degree in Social services. After spending seven years trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my college education.

Then, I went to Arizona State University the school of Social Work  in Tucson and received my Bachelor’s degree in Social work. I also have another degree in Social Work, but it doesn’t matter. I also attended University of Arizona and just took classes there to get the degree in Social work. It was a great experience, meeting people and learning the field of social work. All these colleges and universities were in Tucson AZ. Thank you for reading.