It's October 1st, you know what that means? My annual blog where I look back at the past year before turning a new age number the next day! The last time I wrote a blog was days before the lowest point of my life was about to begin. Rather than earning a true living in …
Continue reading "Finding Joy, Not Bitterness: Looking Back at Being 26"
It's been over four months since I've last written a blog on this website. As I'm writing this, I've recently renewed it for a third year. Hopefully, I can add more of my media works here which I'm here to discuss about. So Luis, how's life after traveling to seven states in a span of …
Some things remain the same and other things change. Best way to describe my 18 days in Florida with 13 of those were racing related. It's Florida, man! A phrase that's etched to me head, but it's true. More so, the constant weather variations define the phrase. This isn't a blog about how Florida weather …
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EVERETT, Wash. (January 7, 2021) – Entering my fourth season as an auto racing media writer and photographer, providing content for both Motorsports Tribune and The Podium Finish, I’m self-aware that at least the first half of 2021 will have greater challenges as a media journeyman due to the ongoing pandemic. I’ve thought real hard …
Throughout the pandemic, music has been my escape from the hell I've dealt physically, mentally, emotionally, professionally and personally. As if my musical tastes weren't bizarre enough, it was validated this year in 2020. Some are greater than others, but one thing remained the same. Each song left a tremendous impact on me and I …
"It's still 2020!" - Kyle Busch (August 29, 2020) That peculiar phrase will go down as my personal takeaway on this putrid year. I've been over 2020 since May and tried my hardest to carry own. I wish I could tell you I've done several portrait photoshoots in the state of Washington and California, but …
With the final month of 2020 mercifully here, I wanted to write a different blog that has little to do with racing as the core subject. In fact, music which my other passion. No, I'm far from a musician or an instrument player since I stopped taking band courses in 2007, but I love listening, …
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When I called my last 2019 trip "My Road Ends Here," little did I knew that title would ring different meanings because Phoenix has changed me in more ways than one. On a week everyone are either still waiting for one certain outcome to be determined or ready for 2020 to be over with, I …
People have said a phrase that goes like this: "Nobody likes you when you're 23!" I challenge you with 25 as the year no one seriously likes you.WRITER'S NOTE: I was going to go with "Nobody Really Likes You When You're 25," but I went with a more subtle title because it's a better representation …
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Unless some Christmas miracle happens, I'm slowly starting to accept this Friday at Evergreen may be my last on-assignment for 2020, maybe ever. I'm not really thinking about Indy, Vegas, Texas or even Phoenix right now. I want to cover those, but I'm just focusing on Friday. This was the mindset I had this Wednesday …
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