š§© Personal Writing Prompt
What is something your younger self wanted badly that you no longer wantāand what changed in you?
August 7, 2026 ā 6:53 p.m.
Standing outside in the dark with no light outside of the starsā¦can be calming.
Occasionally, some kids that like to drive fast on different blocks nearbyā¦I can hear them.
I keep my eyes closed and I can hear some dogs howling off into the distance.
The distance can feel near when your eyes are closed.
It can be as if we are connected like dots, looking to create something larger than Iā¦
meā¦
youā¦
us.
Yes, I am odd.
I think odd.
I am odd.
I do not fit often.
Some can look at me and see a normal Mexican-looking guy who might not speak Englishā¦even though I was born in Los Angeles.
Itās annoyed me in the past.
Oh, itās even pissed me off.
Oh, emotionsā¦
I tried to make friends a couple of years back.
They were classmates.
Nothing more.
Outside of thatā¦
no friends.
I get along with many but retain none.
Oh, it bugged me.
It confused me.
Nowā¦
When I was a boy, friends were easy to have.
I had friends for blocks, so I thought it was easy.
Younger me wanted to have funā¦
to play Nintendo with his buds after riding our bikes around the block.
Connecting the dots of younger me with present meā¦
What did I want so badly?
I wanted to fit in.
I am odd.
That is just the way it is.
So nowā¦
Iām okay with it.
Because odd doesnāt have to be bad.
It is justā¦
curious, man.
Thatās all I got.
Enough with my gibberishā¦
Gonna brew some vanilla bean coffee.
Love the scent in the morning.
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š Reader Question
What part of yourself did you spend years trying to change just so you could fit in?
š Stay in the Garage
When I write something newāor finish a drawing, a Street Cinema piece, or a Hood ChronicleāIāll send it your way.
Thereās no schedule.
Youāll just hear from me whenever something is ready to leave the garage.
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