I just hung up from the most insane phone conversation I have ever had in my life.
First of all. I hate the phone. So fuck that shit. I remember talking on the phone with a girl for the first time when I was in middle school. It was the most boring shit ever. I watched a movie the whole time and just said “yes, aha, yes” every other minute or quiet second and she kept talking.
It was like that.
But it wasn’t with a teenage girl. It was with an old man. Not sure how old. Near his deathbed probably. For over 24-minutes he spoke to me about his cancer, his messed-up scrotum, his inability to move, homeless issues, that a cop harasses him, and that he only drinks Fiji water… All I replied was “yes, aha, yes” as I tried to hang up the phone.
I was supposed to meet with this dude yesterday to take his picture about NOTHING related to all that he spoke. Holy fuck. We agreed to meet at 3 pm. He never replied or answered the phone. Then he calls me this morning to explain his whole life… and barely mentions that he didn’t show up. He said he was in the emergency room, but I couldn’t tell if this his story was from another day. It was the rambles of a dying madman…
That shit was scary.
And I’m depressed…
I’m depressed for the same reason as always. Financial stress and the longing to escape my own existence. But after that conversation… holy fuck…
This was not at all the way I thought about starting today’s blog…
I have sold two copies of my new book through KDP this month. YAY! I made $10!
See why I’m financially stressed.
I feel like when Jeb Bush said “please clap.” I tell you now, “please buy my book.” Like a sad whimper of “I know I did great. Now appreciate it. And give me money.”
Please buy my book.
Buy both of them!
If you enjoy my stupid blog, it’s a way to support me, and also… they are hilarious.
I worked yesterday on what will be the next covers. Last week’s cover was mine. And this week’s cover is mine.
This is this week:
It’s a good story and it reminds you how stupid social media and society are becoming. A clearly Mexican man was labeled a white supremacist by some idiot who thought he was doing a white power symbol when the dude was simply cracking his knuckle outside his work truck window.
Emmanuel was clearly distressed about it. His lawyer seemed to know what he is doing. The story is still ongoing. Read more. HERE!
After taking pictures of Emmanuel and his lawyer is when I went to Julian for some aerial photos. These photos:
After work yesterday, I picked up my new drone from my San Diego address. It’s charging now. I will play with it later. The DJI Mavic Mini 2 seems identical to its predecessor (it’s what I’ve been using) except with a better camera and AI.
Work yesterday was chill. I even drank a beer with an old man inside his RV while we chatted about how crazy technology has gotten. The border was horrendous like always.
Fuck the border.
I don’t want to cross it ever again but it’s my life. Or I could switch lives like I’ve been meaning to. I mentioned Alaska before. That fantasy is gone. There’s no way I will become an Alaskan fisherman.
Now my back-up fantasy is moving to Texas with my aunt and do a menial job. I could restart life from there. And decide where to go. Probably to the Pacific Northwest. I don’t really want to live in Texas, but I wouldn’t mind a year of doing nothing just to financially de-stress.
Or… I could get more gigs like I should to make more money. I am tired of freelancing. It’s stressful as fuck. Especially during corona times. I think I’m teaming up with a friend to help with the Tijuana Adventure brand and turning it into a marketing brand for restaurants and events in Tijuana (and tours). I have too many ideas and then I do nothing. Sort of like my oldest brother. It runs in our blood.
The story I submitted and sold over a month ago is not going to run this year. I am not sure when it will run. It is one of my favorite stories ever written. I can’t wait for it to come out. If nothing changes, the next cover is not mine, then the next two are, and the year ends with not me. 2021 starts with not me either.
21 covers out of 52. Less than half. Less than my yearly average. I hope to continue to work taking cover pictures. It’s still the only gig that I like though sometimes it sucks, many times it’s great and easy.
Let’s see what 2021 holds. It’s like we’ve all been waiting for 2020 to end just to find out that 2021 will be shittier… I have a feeling it might be. How can it be? Not sure… but it might be…
And now… to please my friends and because it was an exciting NFL week…
NFL de Fantasía Semana #11
Woweee woweee! A la Borat. Que semana para los Pimps y la tabla baja queda con fé. Ya me hicieron la tablita de excel, pero no le creo nada.
Tijuana Pimps 131.76 vs 130.30 Zavasaurus
Empezó mal el jueves… mi mejor jugador y WR de la liga hizo nada más 10 puntos y Zavasaurus empezó con 13. El domingo temprano todo mejoró con mis jugadores haciendo lo necesario y un papá Watson que hizo mega rushing TD con fuerza. Un Julio Jones semi-lesionado me dio mas fe. Pero la tarde de el domingo todo cambio. No tengo RBs y le aposte a dos mediocres. Bell hizo lo suyo, Booker no. Kelce como siempre, hizo un chingomadral de puntos. Para el final de el domingo nos separaban menos de 4 puntos y Zavasaurus todavía tenía a RoJo de RB de lunes. RoJo promedia arriba de 10 puntos en la temporada y su peor juego fue de 4.80. Solo tenía que hacer lo de su peor juego. No lo logró. Zavasaurus me regala la victoria y restaura la fe. Ya estoy justo a media tabla y para los playoffs.
Miami Dolphlundgrens 147.08 vs 127.80 The Mongooses
Big Ben contra Simbos y Big Ben se lleva la victoria. Cambios en la banca de la suricatas pudieron darle el gane, pero se quedarón escondidas en su madriguera Dobbins y Fuller (y Tannehill). Todos los jugadores ofensivos de el pelón le hicieron mas puntos de lo esperado incluyendo al coreano Koo que pateaba con todo. Goedert se despertó de su siesta eterna y sin Ertz en el esquema también se alimento de puntos. Otros dos equipos con mi mismo record y calificando a los playoffs… por ahora.
CDMX Ocelopilli 88.96 vs 132.74 The Lion King
El lider de la tabla empieza verse como la papa para los playoffs. Empezó el torneo con todo ganando 8 seguidos pero pierde los últimos 3 de 4. Cambios en la banca también pudieron afectar el partido, pero un Lion King que parecía que estaba dormido, despertó y por fin rompió la mala racha de los puntos bajos. Tiene a 3 novatos que apenas pueden entrar a un bar en su line-up y le funcionaron. Lion King rascando los playoffs mientras Mariobot ya calificado descuida su liderazgo.
Queretaro Thunders 157.96 vs 119.18 Jaiba Brava
Los Thunders relampaguean machín. Hace los mas puntos de la semana. Tiene los mas puntos a favor. Parece que quiere llegar a los playoffs asegurando el primer lugar y semifinal. Aunque parece que Aaron Jones ya no le rinde como antes, hace los cambios adecuados y bien planeados para exprimir hasta la última gota de puntos que pueda encontrar. La Jaiba, aunque hizo puntos, no pudo hacer nada contra tanto poderío abrumador, pero si es otro que rasca la tabla de los playoffs. A Thunders hay que temerle.
Don Bacardi 100.34 vs 78.14 SanchezStyle
El estilo Sánchez es el de autosabotaje. Si Kamara no le rinde, no tiene mucho que ofrecer y cae bajo… muy abajo en la tabla. Un lugar donde no esta acostumbrado verse, pero con los puntos que no hace, es de esperarse. Mientras que Don Bacacho con lo más minimo gana… Se parece a sus vaqueritas. No hacen mucho pero aún así se pueden colar a los playoffs. Lamar Jackson no ha sido lo que se esperaba este año, tampoco las vaqueritas, tampoco la esperanza de sobrío Bacardi que hizo el draft correctamente. Pero ahí esta en lugar #7 apunto y se lo pelea contra sus vecinos cercanos para cerrar con suspenso.
Guarren Luna 129.52 vs 110.62 Queretaro Roosters
Guarren quiere el milagro y es otro que rasca los playoffs pero mucho mas lejos que los demas. Toda la temporada hasta abajo de la tabla hasta que le da la vuelta con este partido y deja a Kirby donde esta acostumbrado, al último (si no fuera por Sánchez). El partido no estuvo tan cerrado, para el domingo ya se había casi asegurado el gane Guarren, solo necesitaba un par de recepciones de Cooper Kupp para ganarlo. Recepciones que hizo inmediatamente cuando empezó el partido. Roosters también todavía puede el milagro, pero tiene que ser una combinación muy unica de resultados para poder lograrlo. Los partidos de la tabla de en medio son los buenos. Suerte a quién se tenga que enfrentar a los Thunders.
2 semanas más… y playoffs!!!
Two more weeks left in fantasy. Five more weeks to end the year. I’ve been having breakfast way too late… It’s almost time for the sun to go down and I’m barely going to make some scrambled eggs and bacon and shower. No wonder I’m fucking broke.
Need to work way more.
Matingas 