King of the Jungle

I’m a vampire. I don’t sleep at night sometimes. I’ve been suffering from a small case of insomnia. Maybe it started in the year 2000 when the Lakers won their first championship and every championship year after that, I didn’t go to sleep due to the excitement and watching the post-game interviews and highlights over and over. Nevertheless, this repetitive cycle became a habit. I know that I can stay up when I need to. However, the reason for me staying up is not to party and celebrate as if it was a summer night, the real reason it’s because there is lots of work to do. Graduate work, professional work, body work, yes I said body work. “Girl look at that body, I work out.” I have weight lifting sessions at midnight. I know that’s unusual and a bit insane, but what other time can this be done, I’m busy all day. That’s what it takes to be the best. You have to find time for everything. Rome was not built in a day.

I’m a wolf. I’m fierce, I consider myself in pretty good shape. My weight has not changed in years. I am lifting more than I ever thought possible. I’m breaking records fitness wise and that’s making my head bigger. It’s not good to have a huge ego, but honestly it’s not my fault. I’m a blessed man. I thank the Lord for the abundance of blessings even though sometimes I feel like I don’t deserve it. Furthermore, I’m not your ordinary wolf, nor am I trying to compete with Jacob from Twilight, I’m not the Big Bad Wolf, but actually I will be for a Children’s Literature play in Spanish at UTPB on April 25, 2012. “¡Abran la puerta, cochinitos bastardos!”

I’m actually a lion. That means I’m the king of the jungle. I seriously think that in my previous life I was a king. The red carpet was laid out everywhere I went, that’s why sometimes I expect the best treatment. Truth is, in this life chances are not given you have to earn them, you pay the consequences of you actions, and you have to suffer unjustly sometimes. I’m living in a cruel world full of hate, evil, and man eating carnivores. I’m the lion that stands tall and rules my jungle, even though people try to impede and invade my territory. Maybe it’s because I’m a small lion. I didn’t develop to be a big thick boned animal, don’t know why that is, but I’m still a lion you hear. I'm not going to be eaten alive. I will strike first if I have to, watch out, consider this a warning. I'm deadly. Maybe if I say it enough times I might actually believe it myself.

I’m may be a different animal, but always the same beast. It doesn’t matter what I am. I can be an animal or a made believed character, whatever the case may be. Main thing is that I’m some type of specie that can hold its own ground. I’m the last of my kind. There’s not another living creature in today’s world doing what I do, and that’s the point I’m trying to make. I don’t want to be like the rest of the world. I want to be something unheard of. Who am I kidding? I'm not a Beast. The world wants to label me, they want to assign me to a group, they want to give me a name. I don't want to be like every else, I don't want to be labeled. I wanna to be different. I just want to be myself!

Here are my upcoming goals in the exact order from now until July:
1. Got to ACTS Retreat for a 4 day weekend in Staton, TX.
2. Get international passport.
3. Get my CDL license to drive a school bus.
4. Start P90X2.
5. Attend mass every day during lent season.
6. Pass my linguistic comprehension exam.
7. Type 3 research papers.
8. Perform in the Three Little Pigs play as the big bad wolf.
9. Read 10 books.
10. Remodel every room in my house and yards.
11. Work at Midland College in May-June.
12. Watch the NBA Finals in Los Angeles?
13. Finish 12 hours of graduate level classes.
14. Finish P90X2.
15. Run the mile in 5:00 - 5:30.
16. Pay off car debt.
17. Save an extra $2,500 for Spain.
18. Travel to Spain for 20 days.
19. Watch USA Basketball in London?
20. Travel to Florida/California.