The Element

Sir Ken Robinson continues to amaze me. His book, "The Element" is currently making me a better person. I love it, and I'm only on the first chapter.

Here's a quick exercpt: "The fact is that given the challenges we face, education doesn't need to be reformed -- it needs to be transformed. The key to this transformation is not to standardize education, but to personalize it, to build achievement on discovering the individual talents of each child, to put students in an environment where they want to learn and where they can naturally discover their true passions."

Real men wear bow ties: The return

I'm not a Swizz beats fan, but I am a fan of these looks.

California Love

A legend once said, Inglewood was always up to no good.

Today, I'll find out as I make the trek to go speak to the kids over there.

I have a feeling his words will be proven wrong today.

Real men wear bow ties

Every man should rock a bow tie at least once in his life.

Why? Wear one and you'll find out.

Take a fashion risk, wear a bow tie this week.

Cocina Criolla

One of the many reasons why it's hard to live away from home.

There's nothing like a home cooked meal by the master, my momma.

I miss her.

Creative Genius

It seems like I'm a little late to the party, but I just watched two TED talks by Sir Ken Robinson and his thoughts on creativity and education are utterly mind blowing.

Here's a quick quote from his talk: Do Schools Kill Creativity? "If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original."

I just ordered two of his books. It will be Christmas morning when they arrive in the mail.

Meisner

Mr. Sanford Meisner is the genius behind the acting technique I'm studying.

The more I study this technique, the more I realize how much it will help me become a more honest human being.

"Life beats down and crushes our souls and theatre reminds us that we have one. At least the type of theatre that I'm interested in; that is, theatre that moves an audience. You have the opportunity to literally impact the lives of people if they work on material that has integrity. But today, most actors simply want to be famous. Well, being an actor was never supposed to be about fame and money. Being an actor is a religious calling because you've been given the ability, the gift to inspire humanity. Think about that on the way to your soap opera audition."-Sandy Meisner

Past my curfew

I love to text. I'm not sure how I survived without it. I might be addicted to texting. I'd rather text than talk on the phone. It's not right.

Sometimes, I ignore a call and then send that person a text a few minutes later saying, "you rang?" or "what's up?".

Yup, I'm that guy.

Personally, I'm not sure what has happened to cause this social regression. I blame it on Mark Zuckerberg and the Napster guy.

Which is why last night was so amazing, I had a 3 hour real life conversation about faith, life, love and everything that really matters.

No lol's, omg's, or ttyl's. Just raw and unfiltered words, thoughts, and perspectives about the lives that we live and the ideas that shape us. Even in the areas where we didn't agree, we gave each other space to share our thoughts. No judgment, no trying to correct, just open space to say what you believed. I wish we made more space for that type of thing.

Our conversation took us into the wee hours of the night. Past 3am, way beyond this old mans bed time. Something happens to time when rich meaningful conversation happens. It's almost as if time has to speed up to keep up with you.

I wish these types of conversations weren't so rare.

Hold on, someone sent me a text...

Home again

It's good to be back home. My 4 months of madness has come to an abrupt stop. I can breathe easy and get back to the swing of things in LA.

Tomorrow is my first acting class, I can't wait. I'll officially begin to train as an actor. I don't know what to expect, but I'm really excited.

Shoot it

I live in a house. This house is occupied by a gang of misfits. There are 7 of us. We represent the male species. We call our abode, the MAN-sion. We're planning a photoshoot.

One of our looks will be inspired by this shoot. If you think we should try a certain look, send your thoughts my way.