February 2012
3 posts
Things I would do if I were somehow filthy rich
Open a dog ranch. It will be filled with rescue dogs in danger of euthanasia. A huge park in the town or city… basically an extension of the pound. Revenue comes from a huge Aunt Jemima billboard.
Buy all my close friends cars, pay off their student debts, pay for their weddings, help them reach their goals, etc. I would buy backstage passes to their heroes like Lady Gaga for my friend...
It is ironic that people accept me because I am amiable, and generally speaking, I am amiable because I feel like people would already accept me.
January 2012
8 posts
Some writers and directors dream of winning a...
nerdypartyman:
I just wanna be on the IMDb top 250…
Oh yeah well, I just wanna be interviewed by Terry Gross on Fresh Air.
What if the outfit you'll be wearing on the day...
Honestly, I wake up every day and at some point it crosses my mind that it could be my last day or someone I love’s last day on earth.
And yet I do not change my behavior. Something must change. Actually it’s me. I need to change. And stop being a bitch.
But not being a bitch when you’re inherently a bitch is pretty difficult.
Pessimists and hating. I hate pessimists.
To a small degree, it pushes my buttons when people say that they’re not pessimistic. “I’m just realistic., that’s all. The world is a bad terrible place.”
Ok, ok, yeah I know. The world really is a hole of scum, a really terrible place. I’m a realist too! But I think that you’re forgetting how much good is in the world as well. How can you not look at...
December 2011
7 posts
Know-It-All
I want to bypass this twenty-something phase where I feel like I know how the world works and replace it with actually knowing how the world works. I have striven to be smarter every day while at the same time keeping my arrogance in check. I am not so naive to think that I am not trapped in a narrow-minded spectrum of intellect, however open and liberated my mind may feel.
Strive.
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“I do love to learn. It’s all I feel like I’m ever doing. It’s really the best...”
– Louis C.K. via Reddit (via bennesvig)
“Everything is art, and everything is learning.” - Me in my sis’ HS yearbook tribute.
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“Never ever listen to statistics. They don’t apply to you, because you will...”
– Terry Linehan, my screenwriting professor on the last day of class
Becoming the luckiest guy in the world
has actually very little to do with luck.
November 2011
4 posts
My 1st (stay hungry)
Gripping the mic like I’m gripping my life
hold on tight future Jose, I’m not ready to die.
Am I scared to die? What the hell, are you high?
You think actin gangster really gonna keep you alive?
Lifes a gift from God but my box is still wrapped.
The Devil fed me bad apples, how ironic is that?
How demonic is that? Is that chronic or hash?
They are rapping bout weed? How...
Prioritize
My struggle right now, and probably for the rest of forever, is getting all the ideas in my head down on paper or on blogs, before they fade into existence when the fibers, chemicals and tissues of my brain seep into the ground.
When I die, a brain that is invaluable to me will be gone and no one could ever talk to it again. And I would never be able to talk to anyone again. I don’t want...
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The past two weeks were some of the best moments...
The many mixers and functions with my fraternity, and the times I share with the guys I will never forget and cry about when I’m older. Joining ATO is one of the best things that ever happened in my life, and I don’t even fully realize the impact of it yet.
The Louis C.K. show in Durham left something deep down in me that I will carry for the rest of my life and can only gauge...
October 2011
8 posts
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The Equilateral
When the person who I am, the person who I want to be, and the person I see when I look in the mirror or on videotape are the same person, only then will there be true harmony.
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The 4 P's of Commercial Art
Pick
Produce
Package
Present
Peter
I went on this beach trip one time with people from my college and I am generally a shy person around a new group of people so I didn’t talk much. One night we were chilling playing cards and everyone left the room except for me and this one dude Peter. He was talking to me trying to figure out what I’m about, I guess. I don’t remember the conversation except for one...
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September 2011
2 posts
The Mother
When the lanky child did not know what to think
you planted correct beliefs. All correct.
When he was much older he tried be in the world,
but he was too empty, they heard the sloshes as soon as they shook him.
You said with your very own head “go ahead and be like them.”
But it wasn’t happening. The etches in the cement had dried.
And still, for the rest of time he...
August 2011
1 post
Jourdain: Like Louis C.K. is a literal genius. Dave Chappelle is a genius too, Richard Pryor... all them ...no one can think in that same process...
Jose: Damn dude. I wish I could be a genius. Am I a genius?
Jourdain: No... But it's ok.
July 2011
3 posts
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June 2011
5 posts
Grogginess
These tired nights after a full day of friends and maybe a couple of beers and quiet thinking I keep only to myself, I reflect on my life plans and wonder if I would trade all of my dreams for the promise of family… then I realize I would.
Is the promise I made to myself and my friend more important than others in my life?
Bully
The one person who beats me up and bullies me the most is my own self. Accepting yourself is incredibly difficult if it even happens at all, and so others not accepting you is a guarantee. But life is bigger than that… the people counting on you to make a life for yourself transcends what you’re feeling, because what you’re feeling doesn’t matter to anyone.
In this life,...
May 2011
4 posts
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Louis C.K.
Me when I watch smart stand-up comedy.
Louis C.K. is a genius. I am truly fascinated by him.
“For me, it comes down to deciding whether it is a film that I feel I have to...”
– Christopher Nolan (via thefilmdirectory)
“A world with a hundred kinds of home will accommodate a thousand kinds of...”
– Pico Iyer
April 2011
9 posts
“[127 Hours] is a film about how precious life is (laughs). You know? We’ll...”
– Danny Boyle in an NPR interview
At my cousin’s wake back in 2007, my mom muttered to us in a what-a-shame-it-was-to-lose-him-so-young tone,
“Poor, poor Kenny.”
After a moment, my dad said, “No, poor us.”
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