NEVER FORGET... OR FORGET IT
I got cheated on again, but not by a person.
Actually, persons are related. Several persons. Most of them I donāt even personally know.
And I do learn about these persons, its either through a headline or a trending topic. Based on whatever the said or did that affected their lives and others lives. Some of those persons that we all know but not personally didnāt even live too long and had their lives ended abruptly. We hear about these everyday though the past year, that it seems as if weāre already adjusted and not surprised to tragedy.
Thatās one of the reasons why I got cheated on last year.
I really did have a great fantastic 2016. As a matter a fact, the photography I worked on in 2016 was way beyond the best and better than the previous years I did photography. The photographs, the prints, the photosessions, using a full frame camera and photographing in RAW format for the first time, Instagram meetups, and getting recognized by the big three television stations in Los Angeles for my images through their social media pages. If youāve been follow up on my Instagram profile, keep in mind that most of these photos were not very easy to take. Some of them werenāt even planned. But looking back at my photographs I took feels very rewarding.
But despite my fantastic work, it was all taken in 2016. Many people want to forget everything that happened that year and they donāt want to be reminded of it. I donāt blame them though. Itās like they want to see my work from 2015 more than 2016. I had all these great photographs that I put a lot of work in and it was taken in a year that had cause a lot of disruption and attention in various negative aspects. I really thought that 2008, which was also a Summer Olympic and Election year, was worse. With instant gratification on social media and communication devices nowadays, 2016 made you want to escape everything that is being thrown at, like a hail storm.
I know that 2016 is already over, but let me remind yāall of everything that we survive through this past year:
Election 2016, Brad and Angelinaās divorce, the Quesalupa, Adidas being more relevant and popular, livestreaming on Facebook and Instagram, Samsungās mobile devices exploding, Wells Fargo bankers opening millions of fake accounts to meet their sales target, the OJ Simpson trial being revived in two different in-depth programs, Poke bowls, Pokemon Go, the mannequin challenge, The Life of Pablo, everything that Donald Trump said but not did, everything that Hilary Clinton did but not said, Kenneth Boneās 15 minutes of fame, professional sports in Cleveland, the retirements of Vin Scully, Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, David Ortiz and Peyton Manning, more sequels and remakes, Britain leaving the UN, Snapchat Spectacles, Colin Kapernick, Los Angeles Rams, Playboy Magazine eliminating photography of nude models, everything that happened at the Dakota Access Pipeline, iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, Kevin Durant going from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Golden State Warriors, Disneyās Moana, the Chainsmokers, Stranger Things, that weird anti-superhero movie with Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn and the fake news.
Ā As for myself, aside from photography, I went through a lot this year, even though it didnāt seem much. I started the year still working at Six Flags, then I left in the middle of February to find a more stable job because Six Flags was open on weekends at the beginning of the year. So I became a car washer again at Galpin Ford, which I also did there for a month in the summer of 2012. Then after two weeks, I transferred to Galpin Honda to also do washing and thatās where I started getting infatuated with auto detailing a lot more. I wasnāt a Galpin employee because the car washing and detailing was operated by another outside company. However, during my time there, I got along with the sales people and the service techs there. I tried to do the same with my detailing co-workers, which did work, but not with the managers. We tried getting in sync and I didnāt work out from their end, so I left in July and got I back into doing Uber again since then. Driving with Uber took care of me for the rest of 2016 and I had the fortunate privilege to meet various kinds of different, interesting people (some Iāve picked up can be very uninteresting, but thatās in every job) and drive all around Southern California. Hell, I even went inside many high class gated communities, including the one that Kobe Bryant lives in at Newport Coast, something that not everyone gets to do.
But that was in 2016. That year is gone and done. Forget everything about that year (except my photography tho) and start thinking ahead of new goals and new people to meet and establish relationships with. The best people ever are the ones who read this whole entire piece up to this point. That is what I want to see more. Less likes (even liking a comment on Instagram is kinda fucked up) more comments. For reals.
Again, many thanks for reading this. Make 2017 a very great year. Donāt be a fucking chauvinistic asshole. Be very kind to others and respect their personal space. Do what you absolutely love and continue to preserve and grow on your passion, whether itās a person you love or a something you enjoyed doing as a child. Stay blessed and take care.
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