Mycelium $teaks

Opportunity & $trategy pt 1

Ted Turner

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Hey, what’s up y’all, I just wanted to drop in and say Happy Labor Day. I sincerely hope that everyone is doing well, finding a way to beat the heat, and staying cool. It’s our turn for the heat dome, and temperatures are sizzling out west. So I’ve been steadily working but still taking it easy, minimizing stress. The hottest part of summer seems to be the COVID season for me. That's when I tend to catch it, perhaps because my system is worn down due to the intense heat. It just takes so much out of me. When I’m in the direct sunlight for too long, I can literally feel the energy being drained from my body. I was down with COVID for a couple of days. What can you do? I made a giant pot of soup, blasted the AC, and hibernated for a day or so. I knew that September was going to be bad as far as intense heat goes in California, because we’ve had such a mild summer so far. I’ve lived in California long enough to know we weren’t going to get off that easy. September has been getting hotter and hotter every year for the past decade or so. That’s why I scheduled my vacation for September this year. That’s another thing, I still have to go to work and be out in these extreme elements. While I’m not complaining, I’m grateful to have a job that helps lift me to the next level. I do not have another summer of this in me; there’s no way. The Universe still talks to me. The Friday before last, the Universe spoke to me and gave me the signs that, no matter what adversity, opposition or obstacles I may face in the short term. In the near future, everything will work out splendidly. That would signal to me that my efforts have been blessed and I should continue on the path forward and my climb upward. The Universe is probably speaking to you as well, but are you too distracted to pay attention to what it has to say? While I don’t anticipate having to work much longer. You never know what may occur. I don’t want to count on things before they are officially confirmed. You never know what twists and turns the economy may take. We are way overdue for a downturn, which is not necessarily a bad thing.  My plans remain the same, even though I may need to adjust the timetable along the way, which is normal when starting a new venture. With my skill set, I’m confident that self-publishing is the way to go, leveraging digital media content creation for marketing. As I continue along the path of transitioning out of the captain's seat and exiting the transportation industry to become self-employed. I’ve been considering becoming a mobile notary to keep funds rolling in while I build my self-publishing/digital media empire. One would think that there should be a lot of money to be made as a mobile notary in the Sacramento and the SF Bay Area. I should be able to secure that business relatively swiftly and start generating revenue right away. Before I go I wanted to say that the mainstream media has been covering Gaza a lot more lately. They’ve been giving criticism where it is due and reporting the facts of the war crimes and atrocities. Not enough for the scale of this man-made catastrophe and far too late, but it's something from those who have a much larger platform than I do. As I see it, I feel as though I can step away from the issue a little and let actual journalists do actual journalism. I know there’s so much distraction from the three-ring circus and all their ridiculous stunts to control the media cycle and drive the narrative. No one controls my narrative but me. On this site we never abandon the Palestinian people who are in fact the biological relatives of Jesus Christ. Also, it is not anti-Semitic to be pro-Palestine because Palestinians are, in fact, themselves Semites. As we would never abandon any marginalized group of human beings or other living creatures to their doom. This has been the deadliest conflict for journalists ever, with them being intentionally targeted and killed in an attempt by the occupation to conceal their heinous actions and lies. Let us not forget all the journalists who lost their lives bravely doing their job, documenting the crime of the century. The next step is to force Israel to let the media into Gaza. In this incredibly critical moment in time the world should see what is taking place. It’s disheartening that our so called leaders do not have the courage to “Make History” and do what is obvious to the entire world, what the moral and righteous thing to do is. On the flipside, to some people who genuinely do have a heart, soul, and conscience. It is encouraging to see millions of people within Israel stand up against their tyrannical, sociopathic, extremist government. In an attempt to end the massacre, the famine, the suffering, and the outright insanity.

I wanted to briefly give my thoughts on a different topic. A couple of weeks ago, everyone on TV was talking about slavery and how wonderful it was or whatever tf. My perspective is that slavery in the USA never really ended. It was modified by corporate overlords and expanded to everyone. If you are reading this you probably are a slave. Of course, you can buy your way out, but that has always been the case. Think I’m wrong, think about it. You can maintain that system forever if the slaves believe they are free. You are a slave, even if you are just a slave to cash, in my opinion.

I'm going to stop right there for today. I will work on this blog and update it in a week or two, possibly sooner. Keep looking out for me. Much appreciation, for your consideration, and attention, let me not forget to mention, maybe on the next esipode, I’ll go into flow and we will explore the fourth dimension, we’ll get into where I’m at in the creative process also fitness and nutrition, philosophy and religion, as I get closer to manifesting my visions, I have some big decisions, I wish you all the best, success, low stress, peace Love and thank you for listening. It’s September 1^st, 2025. I’m still alive. This has been your Apocalypse Report

To be continued……………..

  I usually don’t post mid-week due to my work schedule. When I get my day off during the week, I do my workout then try to get some music done. So, I just wanted to briefly express a few thoughts I’ve been having. I hate wartime; some shows you watch turn into propaganda hour. I understand it is an inevitability, still sux though. My point of writing today is that I need to retract a statement that went a little too far in the last blog. I said something to the effect of comparing Washington politicians to Hollywood actors. After thinking about it,  I realized how that statement could be a little offensive, to actors. I may owe professional actors an apology. It’s not like what I’m seeing from these politicians is actually entertaining, interesting or even believable. It’s not like I'm watching Denzel or De Niro, Halle Berry or Amy Adams. It’s more like my 10th grade drama class. Washington is like the world's most corrupt reality show. These people seem greedy, shallow, one-dimensional, self-absorbed projectionists. It’s very much so unintriguing. It’s the worst when they just robotically regurgitate talking points given to them by their overlords. I’m so tired of hearing “Israel has the right to defend itself”. Yes, I heard you the first 875,000 times you said that. Of course, that is true, as every nation in the world has the right to defend itself.  I don’t need you to keep saying that every 5 seconds because it’s just GD common sense. I’m going to add more to this blog later, but that’s it for now. I just wanted to apologize to professional actors.  In comparison, while actors and actresses have brought countless hours of joy, entertainment and pleasure into my life. Most politicians have only brought me agony, anguish, frustration and freaking headaches. 

I wanted to talk briefly about “Acquire What You Desire,” a series of blogs I wrote a while ago. The series was meant to inspire anyone looking for inspiration, including myself. It was about the journey of becoming the best version of yourself. I wrote about people, events, and experiences that have inspired and motivated me, and I wanted to share my perspective and thoughts on such things.  Although I am already a self motivated person. At the time I could’ve really used some encouragement. Things were not going well. Life and the world had beaten me up pretty badly over the last few years. It left my ego and bank account bruised and battered. You wouldn’t know it from my writing and disposition. I will always put on a brave face, look on the bright side and remain positive. I took it upon myself to find and consume these enlightening types of media.  A lot of the media that helped me were the stories of people who had encountered massive levels of adversity and still went on to find success. One such of these stories that stood out to me was that of Dave Thomas. Now I’m not going to get into his whole story, you can look it up if you want to.  After overcoming a tumultuous, abusive upbringing in a foster home. He went on to be the creative and driving force behind the success of KFC and Wendy’s. He helped turn them into the largest restaurant franchises in the world. Now, there are two types of business people in the world. There’s the innovator that Dave was, he was a food and restaurant genius, truly brilliant. Then there is the cutthroat businessperson. Some people are a little bit of both but most people are one or the other. I'm not here to debate which one is better or call anyone bad; I’m just laying out the facts of this part of the story. One of the other owners of KFC, John Brown was responsible for recognizing Dave’s talent and promoting him to an executive position. John Brown was definitely a cutthroat businessman. The dynamic of having both different types of business styles there is probably a big part of what catapulted them to monumental success. The weakness in a cutthroat businessman is greed. John Brown instead of realizing that he had the goose that lays the golden eggs in his employee Dave Thomas. The thing about the alpha personality type is that they are always trying to compete even when it is completely illogical and unnecessary to do so. Any other manifestations of strength are seen as a threat; it makes them insecure. They do not strategize well, usually. Crush, smash, destroy are their primary tactics. Even though Dave is on his team printing him barrels of cash and making him filthy stanking rich. His need to feel like he needs to keep Dave under his thumb causes him to scam Dave out of one of his investments worth two million dollars. This was in the sixties, which would be about twenty dollars in today's money. This is why Dave Thomas quit KFC and founded Wendy’s. This is not at all meant to bash John Brown, although debatably unethical, he didn’t do anything illegal. What I’m here to highlight is the strength and fortitude it took to overcome an enormous financial blow like that. Yes. Dave still had a lot of money but he also had a wife and five kids to support. This kind of loss would be devastating for anyone. All because he put his trust in the wrong person. This is not like when the market goes down and you lose a portion of your net worth, but then it rebounds a few weeks later. Nope, that money is permanently gone. People have jumped off the roofs of buildings for less. Just the fact that he was able to recover and continue to innovate. That was very inspiring to me at a time when I really needed it. One of the self-publishing creators I follow has a video where he is not just giving information about the business, but rather, he is telling his story. He talks about his own personal struggles along the way. I don’t recall all the details you can find the video on youtube. He mentioned that on his journey he got scammed for a hundred thousand dollars and was devastated. He does go on to recover and becomes a multi-millionaire in his twenties. I mentioned it because he said in a different video that the video where he was telling his story was his lowest performing video as far as the metrics. That was stunning to me because I regard that to be his best video. He said nobody cared, well, you know what people do care.  It definitely inspired me the most and pretty much sold me on his program. Don’t take this the wrong way people, there’s no sales pitch coming. I’m never going to try to sell you anything. The only product I have like I said, will be given away for free. I don’t have money worries any longer. Even if I did, I wouldn’t try to get any money from you here.  I’m very resourceful I enterprise in other ways. This is just to give you an example of the types of experiences that encouraged and helped me make it through dark and low periods of time. These are the kinds of stories that I was going to highlight in the “AWYD” series.

Concerning the evolution of this blog and my thought process, the long and short of it is Gaza. That situation has really changed me in a lot of ways.  Out of all the bad things happening around the world, I still didn’t think human beings were capable of this level of evil on a scale this large. To have these vile actions live streamed to my phone every day has been very traumatic. It has really changed my outlook on many of the people in this world.  When I think about the level of suffering being experienced by the Palestinians. My desires they don’t really matter.  Me thinking inwardly about my own desires seems superficial.  In contrast, my Jedi religion teaches me to only think outwardly of others. While the blog was meant to encourage and inspire. When people who are sleeping in tent encampments are getting 2000lb bunker buster bombs dropped on them, and starving people standing in line for desperately needed aid are getting blasted with machine guns and tank shells. Mostly women and children. These first world problems seem not so relevant. I wanted to address the politicians and pundits acting like they’re doing something righteous and virtuous by supporting this massacre. We are not dumb we know you are not doing this out of principle. We know who you are, we know how much money you’ve taken from special interests, and we know from whom. I could speak to all the current chaos and political theater. I understand that chaos is their only plan. So, I will leave it up to the pundits to debate the nuances between morally bankrupt and corrupt administrations. To me, it's all more of the same.  I feel like many of these news stories are contrived to serve as a distraction from Gaza. Even if a ceasefire is reached it would be safe to assume that the killing would still continue. Despite that I feel like we are approaching the end of this chapter of this all around tragedy. Due to the fact that the occupation is characterized by their complete lack of any intelligent restraint. They have managed to lose all their sympathy and have turned the entire civilized world against them. You’ve lost the plot; your turn to the dark side is complete. The only ones still standing with them are their paid schills. To them, I would like to remind them of how that chapter in Revelations ends, when she is no longer useful to the wild beast, the beast dumps the harlot off its bac and eats her. Now you can target people like myself and call us crazy or whatever. Really you should be thanking us because we are only saying what everybody else is thinking. That’s what artists do. Do you think that if you are someone who advocates for the starvation children, that your opinion means anything to me? So go ahead, call me anything but broke. To remind some of you that not too long ago, what’s happening to the people in the West Bank was happening to Africans in America. Remember Tulsa 1921, remember Blac Wall Street. It’s not only about Gaza; every time I watch the news, I say to myself, it’s a wonderful world. No, I say this could actually be the apocalypse. Is that a fact? It's possible, but I don't have that information. I’m only a human being.  Whether it be floods, fires or wars it all seems quite apocalyptic to me. All the characters are in place the only one left who needs to show up is the Arch-Angel Michael. If it isn’t or if it is, this shouldn’t frighten you. It should inspire you that we are on the prefaces of something different, something better, something new. 

I’ll probably elaborate more on that later.  I would also like to discuss some other stuff. My life is truly a rollercoaster. Not to make it about me, but just to keep inquiring minds updated on where I’m at. My new computer is being built, and it should be ready this week. It's an ideal time to be a creative, with numerous new and excellent tools available.  I’m still in that transitional stage of becoming a full-time artist. I’m not quite there yet, but give me about another 6 months, and I should be very close to freedom.  It’s that time of year. Remember to stay chill and hydrated by drinking plenty of water. I’m eating ice cream and taking two showers a day.  Honestly, I don’t press myself that hard creatively when it is this hot. In my experience, it's just not productive. Even if you are in an air conditioned studio, the magic doesn’t seem to spark like it otherwise would. Also, I have a lot of solid trax already completed, from here it’s just a matter of the visual presentation. Still, ideas and concepts are coming together, and I anticipate publishing new material soon after my new machine is complete. Alright, weoplez stay cool, stay safe. Spread Love and the Truth will set you free. Store your treasures in heaven the blessing we are receiving now will be like nothing compared to the rewards we will receive in the Kingdom of Jah. Life is too precious not to be joyful, happy, healthy, and grateful for every day, don’t take it for granted. The only positive I take away from Gaza is that it is causing an awakening in some of those who were once spiritually stagnant.  Ok, that’s it. Love ya, stay tuned, surprises coming soon!

It is July 13^th, 2025, I'm still alive, this has been your Apocalypse Report,

What’s going on everybody out there in cyberspace? I hope all is well with you of course. I will just jump into it because there’s a lot that I would like to touch on. I began writing these blogs as a convenient way to communicate, express myself, and stay in touch. I knew I would be in a transitional period in my life. I had to fade away so that I could reevaluate how I was doing things, so that I could reinvent myself and find a way to turn my creativity into a career. I didn’t know exactly how I was going to do that.  But I knew I would figure it out along the way, and the process is ongoing. I say all that just to let you know that this will be one of my last written blogs before I debut my music vlog.  Maybe not the very last one, but I am getting closer to my main goal of being able to put out music on a regular basis.  While making it a worthwhile, profitable endeavor for myself.  Even when I get to that point, I will still write blogs.  But I’m going to lead with the music because I feel like that’s how I express myself best. I know that the only way to get people to care about your music is to have an appealing visual aspect to draw listeners in.  I had to think about what I can realistically do consistently and have a trajectory of profitability in the near term. I had an idea of what I wanted to do, also I would draw inspiration from some of the short-form video clips that I find pleasing to look at, but are also getting a decent amount of traffic online. That helped me to come up with my formula. It’s not just one thing, it’s several different elements that I want to bring together to tell a story. One of the main aspects that I wanted to incorporate, which I didn’t have much experience with, is 3D and 4D motion graphics. When you are first learning a new application, it’s similar to learning a different language. You’re a bit lost until you at least have a loose grasp of the basic fundamentals and terminology. Also, what I had to figure out is, out of all the different software applications out there, which do what it is that I want them to do. How much money do I need to spend, right now? There are a numerous amount of creator tools and resources, but most of them come with their own subscription cost. There are only so many subscriptions you can carry until at least the business itself starts generating revenue. These are industry level professional tools, so they can get pricey. For the motion graphics I own a basic version of the software already because it comes free with my adobe subscription. I had to figure out is if that’s going to be enough or if I need to ante up for the full version. Even if I have to buy it, which I am the only question is when, it’s a tax deduction. When I bring everything together, then add the music, I think it’ll make for some cool media that people will get into. They are instrumentals the goal is to get them licensed for TV, movies and video games. In the meantime, if I can monetize that content on social media, it will create an additional revenue stream that could generate faster than waiting for TV royalties to start coming in. From what I understand it can take a while possibly years for a sync license producer to build up to a full-time income. Now you probably noticed that I myself am not on any social media platforms. Don’t worry about that because I will be, and there are people who specialize in building and managing social media platforms for you. They know all the latest trends and algorithms because that’s all they do. So, it is not as important for someone like myself to learn that part of the business as it is for me to come up with the money to pay an expert to do it for me. I love to outsource things that I hate to do. You can pay with time or with money. For me, it is more advantageous to pay with cash and spend my time doing what I should be doing. Being that weird guy who stays in the studio for 10 and 12 hour sessions at a time doing that super tedious work that nobody else wants to do, but I enjoy it. For now that is the plan but you never know plans do change you have to be flexible, innovative and creative. The main point to take from this is that new music will be coming your way soon. It’s going to be a slow burn. I will start with some simple projects, then keep building to more complex work.

So I’m watching this super interesting program right now called Animal Pharm. It’s a play on words after that Russian animated film, Animal Farm, that they had us watch in the 9^th grade. Where the animals who lived on this farm were abused by their human owners. Eventually, the animals rose up and overthrew humans. What happened eventually is that the pigs who were like the politicians of the farm became corrupt and started acting just like the humans before them, abusing their power and the other animals. It’s political satire, I believe it’s a parody of the Russian revolution. What’s funny is that this show, Animal Pharm, is actually about harvesting organs from animals, specifically pigs. So, in the film the pigs become like the people, but on this show people are becoming part pig—either way, a super interesting topic. It's great to see this industry advancing. This is some uplifting, positive, hopeful news to report on. Lord knows we need that in current times.  It would actually put me out of a job. You know I’m a truck driver but what I do specifically is deliver dialysis fluid. It’s so amazing to see what it takes to replace one small organ in our body. It’s a whole entire multi billion dollar industry. People can wait on those kidney transplant list for years, unless they have a relative who is willing to donate in a trade or exchange. Even sometimes, when they get a transplant, their body might reject it. Even if the surgery is a complete success it only lasts 10 years. It’s great to see modern medicine advancing to the point where it ends this type of suffering. I believe that’s one of many reasons we’re not supposed to eat pork. That’s just my own personal belief, not telling you what to do, you can eat what you want, besides the fact that pigs are surprisingly intelligent. I’ve always heard that their physiology is remarkably similar to our own. This is my own personal philosophy that leads me to reason that whenever there's something that millions of people do out of tradition or religion. There’s probably an actual scientific reason, but that information was lost to us. So I often try to research potential reasons why. If a farmworker falls into a pig trough, they can be eaten alive when we do keep pigs as livestock in large quantities. They are often intelligent enough to escape captivity, where even a domesticated pig will revert to being a wild boar they breed and multiply like crazy. They usually will wreak complete havoc on their surrounding environment. There’s an entire industry behind hunting down and killing these rogue hogs. That’s what the show American Hoggers was about. That’s what leads me to believe that pigs were meant to be kept in small quantities so that we could pharm their organs not eat their flesh. There’s some evidence that the Ancient Egyptians did this.

On a different topic, Friday was Endangered Species Day. We shouldn’t have just one Endangered Species Day; we should highlight a different endangered species every day.

Alrighty then people, let’s get right into this discussion. When we last left off, we talked a little about the bioengineering of human organs to address the critical shortage. The advances in this field show a lot of promise inspiring hope for all those affected by some degree of organ failure. Since this blog is about critical thinking and to take it a bit further, just as much about fourth dimensional thinking outside of the box.  With that being said let’s get into the philosophical portion of the thesis.  Philosophy continues to be one of my most significant interests as I view it as the bridge between spiritual and logical science. With myself attempting to serve as a voice of reason between these different planes of thought. People often think of science and faith as being vastly different and contrary to each other.  Which they are but since two things can be true at once.  There are also a lot of commonalities and evidence linking the two. These are the areas I like to focus on for my thought exploration exercises. This topic of bioengineering organs brings to mind the scripture in Genesis where God created Eve for Adam. It says God created Eve by taking a rib from Adam’s side. Doesn’t this sound similar to the areas of science like bioengineering body parts? Of course, Genesis was written by someone in the first century who didn’t have the proper terminology to describe something like this that he had been inspired to write. Even when the Bible talks about how God first created Adam, it says he was created from dust. If I were a writer long before the first century, I wouldn’t know what atoms and molecules were because they hadn’t been discovered yet. I would probably describe them as dust particles. The point that I am trying to make by drawing all these comparisons is the nature of how we think about what God is, because of the false reasoning of many religious organizations. The image we tend to think of is some magical guy with a long white beard floating on a marshmallow cloud in the sky. When in actually shouldn’t we be looking at God as being the master scientist, the original scientist that has been around longer than we could possibly comprehend. I do not find it difficult to believe that there were civilizations that existed in this universe before us. Mathematically, this is the most likely scenario. Perhaps one of these civilizations had a lot to do with our creation. The ancient astronaut theory is based on the scenario that if we encountered a society that was technologically a hundred thousand years ahead of us, we would consider them angels or gods.  Imagine a million years or even a billion. There is literally mountains of evidence that suggest this. Ancient Aliens is in like what? 15 seasons.  The guy who was my best friend growing up. Long before he fried his brain with meth. As kids we would have sleepovers, and we would stay up all night and have these deep philosophical conversations about religion, spirituality and God. Ok, well, honestly, mostly we would stay up all night and just talk about girls. Occasionally, other subjects would slip in there. One of the significant conclusions we came to was that instead of thinking of God as some far off entity.  Think of him as a real person. Not a person in the sense that we are a person made of flesh and bones, but a real individual with their own thoughts and emotions. The scriptures say that we were created in God’s image, perhaps billions of years ago, God was something similar to what we call a human. If there is an architect of this universe, as I believe there is. Don’t you want to be on his good side? I personally will try not to do anything to damage that relationship. The question that I get a lot is: if there is a God, why is life so horrible and unfair? That’s a whole other lengthy discussion on it’s own. The short answer is this because perhaps the reward for passing the test of life on this living hell prison planet is really just that incredible. Imagine a reward beyond anything you could possibly comprehend, like your own planet to populate as you see fit, build it into what you would imagine a paradise to be. It’s theoretically possible there are an unlimited number of planets to be discovered and cultivated. I think that God is just trying to make sure he is not populating the Universe with assholes. Relating back to the film Animal Farm. It greatly reminds me of the story in the book of Numbers where this guy Balaam was riding his donkey on the road and God put an angel in his path. The angel has a sword and was there to kill this guy. The donkey can see the angel but Balaam cannot, so when the donkey veers from the road Balaam starts to beat the donkey. This happens three times before the donkey gives up and just lies down.  So Balaam gets pissed and really starts beating the snot out the animal. What happens next, is as the parable goes is that God causes the donkey to be able to speak. Now this is how I imagine that hilarious interaction would have went. First off, I imagine that the donkey sounds like Eddie Murphy in Shrek. He’s like “OOOOOWWWWW WHY YOU KEEP HITTING ME FOOL?”. Then Balaam says the most Homer Simpson thing ever in the Bible when he says: “Because you're trying to make a fool out of me. If I had a sword I’d kill you.” It would be funny if the donkey replied to him like: “Yeah well you don’t but you want to know who does? That guy”. Just then God opens his eyes and allows Balaam to see the angel. The angel is like: “I was going to kill you bro and let the donkey go. He saved your life.” You can go read the whole thing if you want Numbers 22. The funniest part of this story is that the guy didn’t react with utter amazement when the donkey started speaking. It’s like in the Garden of Eden when the snake started speaking to Eve. In both of these situations my reaction would have been: “So you can talk? Well, this is certainly new”. It reminds me of that commercial where the guy is in the middle of that desolate paradise lagoon. Then a dolphin swims up to him, looking annoyed and asks: “So how did you find this place?” Looking a little bewildered, the man answers: “Yahoo.” The Dolphin says: "Oh" just turns and starts to swim away. The man shouts: “Wait …….. How’d you learn to talk?” The Dolphin casually replies, “Yahoo”. Then, he just swims away. I thought that one was clever and funny. Anyhow, I’ve become a bit more spiritual as of late, seeing what drastic, tragic, psychotic direction the world has shifted toward.  It helps me find hope beyond what we can see and touch in our own physical realm. I believe it could help others. Otherwise, I would not write about it. I have to say these things now, because if not, I might not ever get to say them. While I could be wrong, it does seem like the clock is starting to count down to Judgment Day. I am not ever trying to tell you what to think. This blog is based on my own personal experiences. My thoughts on the Holy Scriptures are this: I believe the Bible is divine,  but not infallible. Due to the fact that it was written and interpreted by men. There are many different versions and interpretations.  Although they all carry the same common theme. The phrase that comes to mind is. “Yes, God gave us a book, but he also gave us a brain. Let’s try to use them both in conjunction with each other.” Before I move on to the next topic. I wanted to say the Bible is man’s word. Jesus was God’s word. I had to get that out. Now moving on to something different.

I wanted to discuss motion graphics and business a little further. In my limited free time, I've been studying and learning the process for a few months now. Keep in mind that people go to school for years to learn this specialized skillset. While I don’t plan on diving that deep into that world. I mainly just want to generate some cool, unique visual effects to accompany my trax. In the past when I wanted to edit a new kind of visual into a video. I was able to find some excellent step by step tutorials to follow along with. For what I want to do particularly, there’s not much information to learn from. So it’s been a little more time consuming to get up to speed with what it is that I want to do. On the flip side of that when I do get up to speed. There won’t be many people if anyone is doing what I’m doing, at least at first. If I can prove it to be a successful formula for digital media. Not only does it become an unlimited supply of exciting content, but it also becomes a service to offer, as well as a digital product in the form of templates for other artists to showcase their own music, which can potentially be another lucrative revenue stream in its own right. I mentioned sync license production earlier which I think is a good opportunity. To be quite honest with you I believe the real potential lies elsewhere. In licensing, people pay you to use your music to sell their products. That equation can be modified. You can use your music to sell your own products. In 2025 I began my self-publishing journey. Publishing books online is a natural fit for me. Since I am a writer I mine as well become an author. Soon, I will jump into the deep end of this business with both feet.In some ways, it’s very similar to what I was doing before with my online store. Except with 75 percent less headache and hassle. Because everything is digital, no physical inventory is required. I want to give you some background on my physical product. It wasn’t a failure it got good ratings people like it and I sold thousands of units. At the same time it was not a success either, I never made it to a large enough margin of profitability to sustain the business. Because of rising manufacturing costs after the pandemic, I would have had to sell it at a price I didn’t think was a good deal for the consumer.  Long story short, dealing with physical products and international shipping can quickly become a money pit and a nightmare.Because of that and several other factors I folded the company. This happens with online sales you can consider it part of the learning process, and I did learn a whole lot. The product I was selling is pretty cool. I believed in it and I still do, it’s just not a company and never will be. That said, I still have a few hundred units leftover in my warehouse aka my storage unit.  The plan is to give them away when I start my Patreon. The difference between what I’m doing now compared to what I was doing then is not only not having to deal with physical products. This makes it much more beginner friendly and much less capital intensive. One of the cons of running a cash intensive business is that when opportunities come along if most of your money is tied up in inventory you can't take advantage, you can miss out on good investments. Then all I did was buy a course that did not include any additional support along the way. To help you with critical decisions like choosing your first product. This is not to blame anyone, even though my product checked all the boxes provided to me in the course. Even the software I was using told me it was a decent idea. Still due to inexperience I managed to choose the most difficult category I could have possibly chosen to start in. Still, it was a unique, good product, so I saw a measure of success.  The platform kept changing the rules and moving the goal post until finally they just nuked the entire category. Which is fine I pulled my inventory and moved on with my life. Some of my competitors were hurt way worse than I was because they were more deeply invested. I see them online still trying to liquidate their inventory. They’re selling off their products so cheap that even I had to buy some. Even if I had succeeded with what's going on now with trade will put 90% of online 3^rd party sellers out of business. With digital products, I don’t have to worry about any of that. All the products are manufactured in my skull. Also the program I am now in includes a coaching component which pairs you with an experienced, successful self-publisher to consult with. In order to get you the strongest start possible and prevent you from wasting resources or making critical errors that could tank your entire business before you even get started. It includes a money back guarantee and a timeline of about 12 months to get you to five figures a month. It could take a little longer but it could happen even sooner. They are people making a lot more money than that, some self-publishers are doing six and even seven figure months particularly during quarter four. It depends on you.  At this point I have a considerable amount of resources to put into this venture and I feel very motivated to level up to the next stage of my life. In Self publishing you are not tied down to a product to have to receive and ship. You're not tied down to job so you can travel. You can manage your business from anywhere in the world with a laptop and wifi. The best part is the majority of the work can be outsourced. So in a year from now I can be semi-retired, God willing. Actually, the best part is that you will have built something that you own. Your own corporation you have freedom, and passive royalties. You can do what you please with the business even sell it. Now while the publishing business is going to be completely separate from my music brand at least at first. When the publishing starts going strong, it will catapult what I’m able to do musically. Particularly when I’m able to quit my job. At that point I’m really going to be able to spread my wings and soar. In the future once I learn and become proficient in both businesses. The videos could catalyze a high level of publishing success. The publishers who are really killing it are not buying ads. Instead they have learned to leverage social media traffic into wildly successful ventures. The trend that’s starting to emerge as a winning business model is marketing your digital products through the various short form video platforms.  If you can successfully direct that traffic towards your online storefronts. There are examples of people leveraging one viral video into six and seven-figure companies. Of course you're not going just to post one video and get rich. You'll have to show up daily and upload hundreds of videos to find your audience. So that’s one of the reasons I’m studying and practicing with the 4D motion graphics. This business is a good fit for me it’s based on creativity and imagination. Anything that you can dream up is potentially a new product with little overhead to create and send to market. With this new strategy keep in mind that I don’t necessarily need to be the face of it. The media itself can be the star. The products themselves can have the spotlight.I can just be the driving force behind the company.  That’s one of the reasons I’m choosing to just produce instrumentals for now. I believe that will help me appeal to the broadest audience possible. We will see, I’m still learning and building but that is the direction I can see things going towards. When you re-imagine and restructure your business model things don’t always manifest overnight. One reason for the blog is to keep people in the loop in the meantime.  Once I start rolling it’s just a matter of repetition and consistency. Things are definitely starting to turn the corner for me and pretty soon I will be publishing media fast and furiously. Before that starts to happen, the main big thing I need to do is buy a new computer. My old one works fine I’m working on it now as I write this. It’s just time for a much more powerful machine. That can handle the massive amount of workload I’m about to put it through. Also it’s good to have two computers if one goes down you can still be online and work while the other is being repaired. I mentioned I would do this a few years ago, but it wasn’t a good time financially nor a necessity. Within the next few days I’ll head on down to the local computer shop and put in my order for my new build. Now I have the resources to build a real beast. From there when I get it home I just need to install all my software and we will be up and rolling. Money is so funny when you’re hurting; nobody wants to give you any. Once you get some everybody wants to give you all this free money. You go from a position where you're like Dam, I can’t buy anything extra, to If I don’t start buying stuff, I’m losing money. It’s all about getting on the left side of that interest equation. Collecting it instead of paying it.

 Alright, everybody. I will try to wrap this blog post up today. It’s funny when you put time in between your writings, even if it's only a week or two, and the whole world has changed. Is it fair to say that World War 3 has officially begun? The“Apocalypse Report,” does anybody have that as a name for their podcast? Or can I use it? Just for documentation purposes, I want to state that this week in June, as we are already engaged in full scale warfare with Russia. We have without provocation for no reason we have illegally attacked Persia. In the attack which is considered an act of terrorism due to the fact that mostly civilians were massacred when their apartment building was bombed in the middle of the night. In order to assassinate civilian nuclear scientist. Because they’re so scared that these Persians might one day be capable of defending themselves from the unholy terror (the wild beast being ridden by the drunk harlot- reference: Revelations 17-22) unleashed upon them. This is from a country that spends more money on war than every other country worldwide combined. Even though they couldn’t balance their budget even if they wanted to, literally, the interest is too high. Any gesture to do so is pure political theatre. Put on by the actors in Washington. By far the largest slice of that budget is the Pentagon, at a trillion dollars to a department that failed its last 16 audits and cannot account for 60% of its own budget. Then there's this elaborate surade of pretending like they're trying to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse. When in actually they are just taking their turn to raid the piggy bank.  It’s the oldest scam in the book we’ve all seen Casino. A big briefcase in the money room skim off the top. Distract everyone with meaningless culture war issues. The most surprising thing is that the public is so sedated that they're allowed to get away with it.  American politics have become so corrupt that they are not even interesting enough to watch anymore. Special interest corporate money sets all policy on the federal level. The richest and most powerful among them being the weapons manufacturers and war profiteers. 

Listen, I started writing the portion of this blog where I discussed South Africa and my thoughts on synthetic meat. I just feel like right now, it’s a little inappropriate due to the whole WW3 situation going down. Let’s watch and see where this escalation climaxes. I will put those thoughts into a separate blog in the near future. While we are talking about movies, what about that guy who was the only survivor of that Indian plane crash. He walked away from it with barely a scratch like a superhero. I’m not trying to downplay the severity of this horrible tragedy, but talk about life imitating art; that’s the opening scene of Unbreakable. Well, it’s finally time for me to put an end to this month long written rant. You can be sure I will soon return with more. If you do not hear from me for a short while, it’s only because I’m busy setting up my new computer and installing all my software. Look out for more fitness and health-related content. Right now we have to really take our health and well being into our own hands. The forces that have gained power in this country are actively trying to get people hurt and make them ill, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually, I like to add. Which has always been the case in this country but as of late, it has been exacerbated to the max. They are succeeding massively in their efforts. That also explains the assaults on educational institutions. A population that is ill, stupid, misinformed, weak, in debt and uneducated is going to be a lot easier to control than one that is the contrary of that. I want to do my part to counteract the lies and deception. All new music and videos are coming your way soon. I just have to make sure the timing and presentation are on point, so that my time, hard work, and artistry are properly appreciated and as a result monetized accordingly.  As always Muuuuccccccchhhhhhh Love to all my whipalizations! I wish you the best as well as success with no stress. Stay tuned I will return soon. Until then this has been your Apocalypse Report.

Aloha and salutations to everyone on Earth to the Universe and all of civilization throughout all creation, A special shout out to my whipulizations, and as always, much Love to the silkalizations. This is going to be my Memorial Day weekend declaration.  I wanted to drop an update on my situation as the world experiences severe turbulence and tribulations. The level of crisis has deepened way beyond all expectations so many require humanitarian assistance and medication. Cities left in a pile of rubble in total devastation. EF5 tornadoes cut a swath through the middle of the nation. Bans and limitations are being placed on social platforms and news organizations, equipment confiscation without an explanation.  Except to hide the harsh reality from the broader population.  Isn’t it our obligation to ensure children can eat and get an education? What is behind this AI acceleration? But that’s a different conversation regarding market speculation and Industry destabilization. I draw my inspiration from a worldwide congregation. I can see your protests and demonstrations, I feel your pain and frustration, trying to get your legitimate concerns taken into consideration. They can see the level of destruction from natural disasters start to strengthen so they are seeking some type of policy implementation in combination with strategic preparation, and conglomerate separation. It’s going to take more than brute force to change the world’s course. It’s going to take diplomacy and sacrifice, so analyze and strategize. The rewards are salvation and paradise, visualize a better life our goals are in sight, for those we fight. A data stream is beamed directly into my brain when I go to sleep at night. So, I wake up motivated and energized, the more artists that compromise the more the market is monopolized, Atrocities become normalized, and Communities become Traumatized. What should we do? Where should we go? We look to our elders but they don’t know. So many levels of complexity, I’m at home working on the recipe, or I’m online, on the grind, hustling aggressively. How do we leverage technology, to grow a quality, economy? Digital products and crypto cash, solve a problem find your niche and get rich fast. Buy the floor then sell it for more, record highs in 2024, Buy the dips sell the peaks, you can extend a winning streak weeks, you do the math we’re on the right path. Even though times are tough we are having a blast, how long will it last? To build a better future we must learn from the past. Like a cargo ship on course to crash, and make bridges collapse. If there’s one thing that I know, you have to adapt to grow. So Meditate, Concentrate, Collaborate, Innovate, Anticipate, Demonstrate, Educate, Stimulate, Penetrate then Levitate. We can course correct before it becomes too Late. So, as I end today’s discussion, Yes I know times are troubling but change is bubbling. We will find solutions, that improve our institutions. We need precise precision along with wise decisions, the new media I’m working on is like a new invention, please trust that the bass is thumping and the drums are kicking. Now I need to work on the visual, I made the most from the minimal, and Now I compose music like a general, original smoove criminal, Do you think it's that simple, to maintain cohesion and the right tempo, on an instrumental? I Got the planet perplexed about what this guy might just say next. Allow me to put this in a clear context, I will fulfill this quest, we are nothing less than blessed and destined for success.  So, stay beautiful and have a wonderful holiday weekend. Here’s something you can believe in, as temperatures are increasing for more than one reason, stay tuned, coming soon, more media updates and new music just in time for the summer season. 

Its 2 Dam hot to type, My effing keyboard just might ignite, 

but I’m busy composing and designing instrumentals that's ultra-sounding tight, 

they inspire me to write, I want to be Like Michael Knight,

All the Ladies that sent me a message Yes I received your kite, 

So I wanted to respond and say hello and goodnite,

And a business plan is coming together if you’re going to do it, do it right,

No Lie, we fLy high, Light up the sky like the 4^th of juLy,

Making beats that’s so High Voltage I need to plug in my surge protector and power supply,

I Hate America? NO, I AM AMERICA I BEG YOUR PARDON,

I was raised in Kalani Village, New Havesha and the Hawaiian Gardens,

all Section 8 apartments,

and if you know what I mean, we can go deep like a submarine,

This titanium wont implode, but there’s so much energy, 

channeled in to me, if you tap into me, the grid might overload,

Don’t get it distorted, I’m creating content unlike anything b4 it,

Executives cant ignore it, I record it, they report it,

Now look up in the sky there’s an armada in orbit,

And you can hover with them but only if you can afford it,

Any pain they can inflict you best believe I can absorb it,

Do you think that you’re more important, just because you went to Harvard? 

If you think that these man-made intuitions have any real solutions,

Your jumping to conclusions, seeking acceptance and inclusion, but its all just an illusion,

Education is essential but its your brain Not a piece of paper that defines you,

What you are truly searching for in your hart of hearts will find you,

Do you feel as if you’ve lost your way well here let me remind you,

That you have Angels behind you,

I can sense their vibe and their mood, they tell me when to make my movez,

I may need to do a round of funding, and what I mean by that is me getting on my grizzly and hustling,  

But that aint nothing new, it’s a psychotic, schizophrenic, manic, unstable world it’s true,

But we stick together like a crew, bound by glue,

Like Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach and Toadstool, we will make it through,

And for doing all the things that you do, I'm so grateful for you, and Congratulations too,

What’s happening everybody out there especially all the sweet silkys from the milky. I sincerely hope life is treating you well this year, and if it is not hang in there and persevere, at the end of the tunnel there is always a bright Light, and there is always a sunrise after every dark night.

So, this is just going to be a brief update I can’t write a manuscript today. I just wanted to take some time out to catch up with everyone. Drop good words on your brain and update you on where I’m at as far as my various projects go. If you don’t hear a lot from me, nowadays consider that a good thing. I will explain as we get further into this. I will say this thou that it is not for having materiel to discuss. There is so much going on in the world right now. There is an overwhelming number of topics we could delve into. I’ve been interested in the ongoing protests happening in France. So I’ve been following that story as it develops. It seems to me that the issue is not so much the reform itself, but rather how it was passed and force upon the people there. It brings up some serious questions. Why couldn’t more negotiation take place to get the reform passed? Could there have been something offered in exchange to offset what people are being forced to give up? What does this say about democracy itself? What other legislation that literally nobody  wants can just be forced upon the population. Like I said I’m not going to get into today but, we’ll keep watch of the situation as it develops and see what happens. That bring us to the labor revolution happening closer to home. With the writers’ strike going on in Hollyhood right now. Of course, I stand with the writers, I am a writer. Possibly I could be a member of the WGA in the future. The writers have a valid point that you can’t make the argument that you can’t afford to pay them. When we everybody can see huge profits being generated from their work. Then we can see this obscene, absurd amount of money you’re paying the CEOs. I don’t know how much longer they think they can get away with it, but it’s not an extreme statement to say there is some King Louis the XVI ish going down right now with top level executive pay. Things have become so ridiculously unbalanced. When someone is getting paid enough to pay every writer in the industry salary and still have still have a mountain of cash left over. I mean if your salary is like 400 million dollars. Okay fine I can accept that. Now you have to justify it and you should be able to write all the shows yourself for that much money, and produced them yourself too. That why you make the big buxx. If you can’t do that and you can’t, because nobody can then things need to be a little bit more balanced to be sustainable. I did want say that to the point about Artificial Intelligence and script writing. You cannot stop the implementation of modern technology. If the studios want to use AI to start performing some of their writing tasks, they’re well within their rights to do so. That’s one the of reasons we saw these massive layoffs across the technology sector recently. Due the fact they are now able to replace programmers and code writers with AI. An AI can write thousands of pages of code flawlessly in an instant. I think that screen writing is bit different thou. While an AI may be able to write the structure and bones of a script. I don’t believe that they will be able to communicate with nuance. You’re still going to need people to fill in dialogue humor and depth.  I want to say hang in there to the writers and we will be rooting for you and watching in anticipation to see how the situation plays out. Besides that, we’re going to get back to the “Acquire what you Desire” series we’re not done yet. “The Food that built America” is already into season four I’m not even done writing about season three but I still plan on doing so. One of the highlights of season four so far is the story of the guy who started Popeye’s chicken. What I found interesting about that situation is that there were two different companies that this guy had. One was Popeye’s chicken then there was a whole different company that owned and distributed the recipe to franchises. The guy actually ended losing control of Popeye’s to the bank, but since his other company still owned the recipe. They had to pay him 3.1 million dollars a year until he then died. Then they bought the recipe out from his estate for like 40 million dollars. I thought it was interesting that they didn’t just reverse engineer his recipe. Perhaps legally they couldn’t. We’ll dive deeper in to that later. The more I watch that show the more confident and inspired I feel about my own food product. Otherwise in the world of TV Battle Bots is in the midst of a pretty epic season. I know that this sport is going to explode onto the mainstream within the next few years. I want say congratulations to all the 2023 inductees to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, it was well deserved. A special shot out to the artists I’m most familiar with. Missy Elliot the first female rapper ever inducted also Rage Against the Machine. No need to name their accolades they are well known. They both have served as inspirations to me personally. A lot of these topics we will get further into later down the road when I get caught on my blogs. There’s a lot to get catch up with too. I still want to talk about the Johnny Depp vs Amber Herd case. I think I have an interesting perspective on this in regards my research on personality types and how you can easily predict the outcome of these sorts of situations coming. A short version of what I wanted to say about that is this. Human beings myself included never act outside their own personality type. Most people are one of two of the most common types. I personally am neither one of those two. People with any knowledge on the subject have probably figure what type I am already. It’s not that hard to do. So if you know that, then you know how I am going to react to any situation every time. The outcome will never change. Now in regards to Johnny Depp and Amber Herd, to simplify the situation I’ll use an illustration. If you put two Alpha personality types (which they both obviously are) in a room for a long enough time. Only one of neither of those people are going to walk out of that room alive. To sum this up learning about personality types is instrumental is finding happiness as well as your niche in life and this world and choosing your life and business partners wisely. For now, let’s switch gears and move on.    

Today I really wanted to do a brief personal update. I know I started the year off writing something every week. I don’t want anyone to think that I’ve been fatiguing on that. Rather that is just how my creativity comes out sometimes. It can happen in spurts depending on what I’m exposed to and what’s going on in my life at the time. Also we have to ration our energy and time there’s only so many hours in the day. To give you and example of what I mean by that is when I was running for an hour everyday my writing output slowed down drastically. I still run every day but just not for as long a period of time. Right now, I run for forty minutes a day every day. At the time when I was running for an hour a day it’s what I needed to for my personal health. Now while it did take away time and energy that I could have been put towards other stuff, if you look the other side of the same coin. In a year from now I will most likely only be running for about twenty minutes a day. On this same topic in about mid-August, it will be one full year that would have run on the treadmill every day.  At that I will write a blog detailing the entire experience. I will report on how it affected my life my health and the physical changes. Today we are about half way thru the year. At the start of the year, I started talking about how great this year was going to be and all the moves I would be making. So how did things turn out for me so far? I would honestly have to that 2023 has been wonderful, things have turned out much better than I even anticipated. I had some assets that actually appreciated. I hope you didn’t all the fear mongering didn't cause you to sell your digital assets. I won’t get into it today but anyone who knows a little something about the subject know why you should never sell yourself short, and be smart enough to see through all the smoke and fud. Besides that I have had a new business opportunity come my way. It’s a gig job the thing about it is that it is catered toward my specific skill set. My entire adult life transportation has always been my bread and butter. While this is a transportation gig it is on professional level requiring a commercial license and commercial insurance and it is the most premium level of  the service. Like Mr. Wonderful says ideally if you have a business, you want cater to the affluent. For me this business checks all the right boxes. The start up costs are minimal compared other businesses I’ve looked at. I remember discussing getting into the car hauling business a while ago. For the business I’m looking into now the equipment I need is way less expensive then buying a car hauler and a trailer and maintaining all that heavy equipment. The customer acquisition cost are zero. You have two of the biggest corporations in the world supplying you with unlimited customers. There’s no inventory to buy, maintain or budget for. There is very little risk in getting started. Even the equipment I have to purchase to get started (a  new blac-on-blac Luxury Vehicle) is an asset that I can sell, trade or keep. The competition should be minimal most people would have a difficult time meeting the requirements to join the program. For me it fits perfectly its right in my lane. This is what the sharks have taught me about how you attain success you find your niche then run with it as far as you can. I’m not a complicated person it doesn’t take a lot to make me happy. This is simple straight forward business with low overhead and low stress. So, I’m pretty excited about this new venture because of the level of freedom it would allow me to have for the first time in a long time. What I mean by that is it would allow me to expand my horizon an get out of my region more often. For example, if I want to drive out to Malibu or Laguna beach get a hotel, Y’all know I have like 1.5 million Wyndham hotel points. I could go out their work hang out go to the 24-hour fitness or whatever. Since I’m not tethered to job, I could just go anywhere and work like Las Vegas for the holidays. The bigger the city the more I could potentially earn. I can target conventions sports events stuff like that it’s all up to my own discretion. Imagine the adventures I can have but, I’m in no rush to quit my job as a truck driver. I have good job with a good work home life balance. While I want to start transitioning over to self-employment. I have to weight what I will be giving up in way of benefits like pto and health insurance. So, I will do both for a while until I can make a smooth transition over. I believe it’s going to be lucrative and good stepping stone to elevate to the next level, and help me secure the capitol or my other ventures.

Finally what I’ve been focusing on most recently is what is my actual core competency. I’m actively working on music production in some capacity almost every day. Everything else I do is an effort to draw attentions to my beats. In the near future we will explore an entire series on the creative process and how it works for me. For now, I wanted to let know that things are going quite well. I never pressure myself in creating. So I didn’t know how long it would take to get warmed up and get in my groove. Let me tell you the magic has just been flowing out of me. It feels amazing there’s nothing like creating something from nothing. It makes you feel productive, confident, inspired and motivated. I believe I’ve said this before but playing music is one of only activities I can think of where you are using your Left and right brain simultaneously at a high level. Not to start celebrating and patting myself on the back but when everything is coming out sounding tight you know you’re on a good trajectory.  So I might be focusing on the production side of thing for a while, because when you got the hot hand you have to stick with it. I haven’t really even caught fire yet I’m still just warming up but everything is sounding like a hit. So, I believe I will be able to create some pretty incredible stuff in the very near future. You never know when your going to make the song that changes your life. So forgive if I unable write in my blog as often just know its because I’m making new songs for you.  Thank you for your patience it’ll be worth the wait, and once I start back up I won’t stop again. Soon the music blog I’ve been speaking of for so long will be active and in full swing. As far as how I’m going monetize it, I’m contemplating a new business strategy. In music the business model changes every five years anyway. While my idea is not fully flushed out yet it’s going to involve collaborating with some creators (Apples & Oranges) whose content would be enhanced by some original, tight, fresh new beats. Together we could come up with some premium media content and shake up this small blue world. If you want to be one of the first to give this go please reach out to me don’t act shy. This means something because I have strong sense of loyalty to those who have helped me out. If not I seek out those who fit the bill, and yes you will get paid upfront and share in the residuals. As far as how I’m going to promote it beyond this website. I have an idea but I’m not completely sure. What I am sure of is as long as I continue to accumulate this cosmic energy the path forward will be made clear to me at the appropriate time. So like I mentioned if you don’t hear from me as frequently. Consider that good thing it means I’m on a roll creeping closer to my goal. I’m going to continue post these written blogs, like I said they really get those neurotransmitters firing and help out with my song writing. But right now I’m  not even thinking of Lyrics I’m in straight Beat-mode, So if I seem a bit aloof it’s because sometimes I get stuck in flow, and my essence is fazing between this dimension and the other where the wild things grow. I wish you all well, Let’s get prepared for an amazing summer full of wonder. And if you want to text me I believe you have my number ;-] 

The Path of the Hurricane Leaves so Much Pain, but isn't it Beautiful?

“Wzup? Greetings to everybody, No matter where you might be, Land, Space, or Sea, I hope all my Friendz are doing just as well as Me”. Today let’s jump right into the mix another installment of the A.W.Y.D series. Remember this is an exercise in philosophy, critical thinking and reasoning, not ideology.  I usually try to think of a compelling inspirational intro to these entries. I try to find the words that make you realize that the images that you visualize you have the ability to make them materialize. You can influence the molecules, atmosphere and energy around you and shape your reality into whatever you would like it to be. In a world that can bombard us with so much disturbing imagery. To help balance out your media intake I aspire to be an oasis of positive affirmation in a desert of doubt, a beacon of light in a sea of darkness.  It is my belief that the human mind is an extraordinary anomaly with a vast array of untapped potential, capable of miraculous activities. I believe that the more of us that this bright vision of the future for all the world, the more likely and the sooner that reality will come to pass. If I am to be truthful this is just as much a pep talk to myself as it is to anybody else. At times it can seem as if we exist in a system that instead nurturing our potential, they mostly seek to suppress it. What would be the motivations behind them doing something as sinister as that? For my estimation I will quote sister Janet and say it’s all about “Control”. Now this is not going to turn into some political critique. Due to my thoughts that it just seems to be a character flaw in about 90% of human beings. They just don’t seem to be able to handle huge amounts of authority well. More often than not they seem to abuse it. Identifying the problem is the first step towards correcting it. This is just another obstacle in the path that we will overcome through cooperation in our operations. Much like ants human communities were designed to work in unity. We can help each other remain positive, because confidence is key, insecurities are the enemy. An extraordinarily wise young man once said: “If you only have faith the size of a mustard seed you can move mountains. Nothing for you will be impossible”.     

I just went outside for a few minutes to take a break, It’s freaking sizzling hot out there. I adjust my daily routine based on the weather including extreme heat. In my quest to maximize my productive output I’ve recognized that a lot of good things don’t get accomplished when the temperatures go up past triple digits. It really seems to drain your energy faster too. That’s something I noticed from when I lived in Phoenix. So I never do things like video or photoshoots when its this hot, also I turn down the intensity of my workouts. You don’t want to put excessive stress on your system because stress is what ages your body not time. Some stress is unavoidable. When it comes to your body I believe the individual should have the choice to decide the amount of stress that they can leverage upon their own body at a given time. Keeping in mind that a lot of people living our system don’t have access to healthcare, resulting in various otherwise preventable health conditions being widespread and there is a growing large number of people who can’t even afford a place to live. If you actually want to cure the symptoms you have to first address the root causation. Point being if you really care about saving life your primary focus should be on shaping a better world. You have look at the big picture and consider all relevant circumstances involved. I digress and go back to my point about stress. Numerous things in our life can cause stress resulting in high levels of cortisol and free radicals which can be toxic and damage our internals leading to a variety of health complications. 

So I started wring this on Saturday when the temp got up to around 105. I’m finishing this up on Sunday it’s 15 degrees cooler. It makes such a huge difference in how you feel. I feel so much more energetic today. I’ve been trying to find ways to increase my written output. I started experimenting with wearing sunglasses while writing so I can look at a screen for longer periods of time without having to take a break because it makes your head hurt. Nothing will stop you from going into flow more than if you keep having to stop doing what you’re doing. Anyhow it seems that glasses with dark blue colored lens work well for this. One of reasons I know I will be more productive than I ever have been in the past is my current work schedule. He four day a week is great. I remember in the past everybody including me would be so excited about a three day weekend, now it’s a weekly thing. That extra day of rest is a game changer. It’s like when the week starts to seem bit unbearable you a get a day off to help you get through it. When the weekend does arrive I’m not completely drained. Then you have an extra day to get other stuff done like exercise, shopping, cooking, cleaning and all that necessary stuff. I know this will lead to me being able to get more projects accomplished and having a higher media output than I ever have had before. 

                      the Food that Built America   

So we are still discussing food and the business of it. And why not? It’s good business everybody has to eat. It’s a hard business the competition is steep.  I like watching some food shows from time to time. Chopped is good one Top Chef was one of my favorite shows for many years. Most recently I’ve really gotten into “the Food that Built America”. First off (the History Channel) is such an amazing resource in general, but this particular show stands out as fantastic. It’s fascinating learning about how these iconic brands got their start and the entrepreneurs that drove their success. I think everything produced under this series has been incredible. I’ll try to keep this discussion centered around season 3, the newest season. For now I think I just want to touch on season highlights and I’ll break down the episodes further on future blogs, after I watch them a few more times. I like every single episode I think they’re all really good. Even though there’s a strong educational component the shows are enjoyable and entertaining at the same time. If you want to watch something just to put you in a good mood, I recommend watching the donut or the soft serve episodes. The Donut one is about Krispy Crème and Dunkin Donuts. How is that not going to be fun to watch? The founders of both of these companies began with only one location they both had to be innovative. Donuts were not a common food at the turn of the 19th century. Krispy Kreme started out as a donut factory and distributor that only sold their donuts to local grocery stores in the Winston Salem area. They found their business model when people kept banging on their factory door because they could smell the fresh baked donuts and they wanted to buy some. They recognized an opportunity adjusted the business and they put in a service window. To standardize their product across all their locations to make sure they had uniform consistency. They actually had to invent their own automated donut making machine that would create precisely the perfect donut every time. Tom Carvel also had to create his own device to make his soft serve ice cream. A lot of these guys had to do something similar to that. Keep that thought in mind for future reference. Bill Rosenburg the founder of Dunkin had to be creative he invented 52 different kinds of donuts. The donut industry greatly profited from the workers movement of that age.  Before the movement people didn’t really get breaks at work. So these companies were able to benefit from the newly gained coffee break. I’m going to stop right there for today. I just wanted to take the time to drop some proper words on you this week. I’m going to kept going further in depth regarding this show because there’s a ton more to break down and learn from. Keep in mind everything I’m writing will have future context and will make more sense in time. I’ll be drawing comparisons to the modern world our lives and even my own current aspirations. I’ve mentioned before I’m developing a food product. It’s not a gimmick it has nothing to do with my music brand. Even though what I can do in the studio will always help me along my path. It’s my own recipe that I will patent and trademark. I feel it’s product that could help a lot of people and I have a good idea of how to market it. I never would have guessed this but the first book I author might be a cookbook. Where my product is the main component in a cooking system designed for people who want to eat healthily but have little time to cook. Will this be my contribution to society? I don’t know time will tell. It’s definitely in the realm of possibility but its not like this is the last good idea I’ll ever have in my life.  In the episode about Taco bell and Arby’s one of the hosts says to be successful he tells his students innovate something new that the public doesn’t know it needs yet. It won’t be easy but I believe it could be a player in the meal prep kit space. It’ll take some time and resources but the objective is to get the ball rolling and make at least a little progress each day.  I appreciate you joining me once again and I would be delighted if you choose to return and continue to join me along this our journey. I wish you a pleasant evening and peaceful night of rest where you dream about ice cream and donuts and wake up ready for an excellent week. Stay tuned I will return soon with part 3.