What's going on people! Here's hoping you find peace on this day, as for me life is moving at a 1000 MPH, which leaves me with about 1 sec to spend on GS, so I'll make the best of it, lets get this entry started!
Greatest Joy
Well as must of you know, I became a father again on June 18th 2005, I was blessed with Dominick Anton Zayas, a stud weighing in at 8.85 lbs, 21 Inches. Above all he is a very healthy boy, and for that I am most grateful.
For some strange reason society sort of frowns upon parenthood these days. Stigmas about enjoying your youth and horror stories about parenthood leave young americans with misrepresentation of what parenthood really is. In my opinion you should be a parent ideally when you have a stable relationship and career, but if there is something living in the real world has taught me, is that ideally rarely comes along, and most often than not you are presented with very tough choices in life.
Being young and being a parent in my situation is not a curse, our first child wasn't exactly planned, and my wife and I weren't exactly done with school, but we made the best of that situation with what we had, and today I couldn't be happier. I have a great career, an awesome marriage, and at 24 I am done having children, that means that when I am 42 the kids will be out of the house, and I will have the time and money to do pretty much whatever I please, mainly travel the world along with my wife ;)
Granted that scenario is not guaranteed, and I am giving up a portion of my youth, but the way I see it is that being a young parent has made me a better, more responsible, driven adult, and it also doesn't mean i automatcally become a dull parent, I still see myself as a young person, I go to concerts regularly and I party when I'm able to, but Im responsible about it, and frankly I don't miss waking up drunk in a strange girl's house:P
A Great Sadness
Honestly I must warn the faint of heart to look away, for what I'm about to show you is a horrible sight. The birth of our new son has driven my daughter Alexis to do whatever she can to get attention, she is also a 2 year old, so she hardly has a grip on her emotions. 2 nights ago I was playing Hot Shots Golf Open Tee on my PSP after a long day at work. My daughter was acting up, throwing giant legos at my direction. I was on the floor playing, and when one landed on my head I put my PSP down to playfully chase her, what happened next is painful to describe.
As I stood up to chase her I put my weight on my knee to stand up, sadly my PSP was directly under it, and a horrible crunch traveled up my spine, immediately I knew it was bad. The screen is permanently like that. I checked out my warranty and I have coverage for one year, sadly it doesn't cover accidents, which this clearly was, so for now I'm thinking of a story to tell Sony that would explain a shattered screen, and it somehow was a manufacturing flaw. The best that I have come up with is that I had the PSP inside its case in the pocket of my pants, I bend down to tie my shoes and I heard a pop, I don't know if they will buy that, but I've got to give it a shot, if any of you guys have a better plan, please post!
A Great Artist
Meet Raul Midon, a rare triple threat ( writes, plays, and sings his own music) that has taken my music world by storm. Raul's debut album State Of Mind is a breath of fresh air in an otherwise cookie cutter industry, his sound is blend between Soul, R&B, and latin Jazz, and he plays the spanish guitar like noone I have ever heard.
Raul is also blind, in an interview he said he knew he had to play the guitar well because music is all he had, he couldn't be a waiter to pay the bills, so he practiced and practiced. He moved to NYC where he quickly developed a following, and on his debut album he has collaborations with Jason Mraz and Stevie Wonder, not bad for a widely unknown artist, if you get a chance check him out, you wont regret it.
Finally today I ordered an 1 GIG iPOD shuffle to help me get through the loss of my PSP, Im looking for accesories for jogging, but if any of you have it and tried jogging with the lanyard, let me know if a band strap is necesary, that's it people, have a great day!