July 28, 2019
Damn, Oregon is beautiful. I'm talking, take your breath away, sit stupid, and stare, BEAUTIFUL. Much like me staring at this screen, I was often left dumbfounded by its raw nature and vast space. I walked around barefoot on the grass in my buddy's y...
August 28, 2018
Tank is the older sister I never had. Given Johnny's predicament she's very much the woman who filled the void. Troubled by her own woes of missing family members or oppressive cultural expectations, she's clawed her way through life with utmost char...
July 28, 2016
If you're looking for the English version, click here. If you want the original, keep reading.
Esse versão aqui fui o original. Eu coloquei meu coração nesse carta para ela. Queria que ela soubesse meus sentimentos e queria dar um parabéns sincero.
*...
July 20, 2016
It hurts to write this. Gina and I broke up. Everything was fine this time. We were on the same page. She loved me back this time. Logistics got in the way though. Logistics and communication. Communication about logistics. This break up had nothing...
June 6, 2016
It was Johnny's birthday the other day. This birthday is also the 10th one he's "celebrated" since his incarceration. I normally send him a package of pictures, but we've been a little distant and he's been on lock down (no visits, no legal phone cal...
May 9, 2016
For the past 10 months, I've been slaving away at a small, private, for-profit, "university" in Orange County. For professional reasons I will not discuss my working conditions there. I will say though, I was unhappy there. The reason I stood so lon...
September 14, 2015
At the beginning of January in 2015 I left my job in downtown Los Angeles to work for a small, up-and-coming advertising agency in Laguna Beach, California.
There were 6 employees at the time and I was number 6.
LW is the CEO of that advertising agency...
August 28, 2015
Out of respect for Johnny's parents I've removed certain identifying factors that might cause unnecessary mental harm or embarrassment.
The rest, has been written.
***
What's up Johnny!?
[Removed] ... According to Web MD, "hispanics" in the US have a...
August 15, 2015
On August 15, 2014 I came home for the first time in 25 months. A year in Japan, a year in Brazil, and a month backpacking South America from Brazil to Panama.
One of the reasons I did this was because when I was a teenager, my father told me,
"If I w...
August 9, 2015
Gina,
Remember we were driving down Baker St that afternoon? I 'm not sure if you remember what the street names were around here, on account of you not living in the country right now but Baker St is one of the biggest streets in Costa Mesa. Costa M...
