California Dreaming

For a while now, I have been California Dreaming as if I was a backup singer in Mamas And The Papas famous song "California Dreaming." The funny part was that I had never visited California, but felt in my heart I knew how it would be. Last week, I had the opportunity to visit an old college roomie in LA with two other college buddies.

This experience was amazing. Our trip was very eventful from spending time on the beach taking selfies, getting stuck in rush hour, going to the California African-American Museum, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Staples Center, Hollywood, Hollywood Walk of Fame, The Grove, Sprinkles Cupcakes, Warner Brothers Studios, and then back to Jersey.

Check out what we did below:

Selfie Time

Beach Life

Stuck in traffic

Brother Malcolm 

George Clinton

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 

The Staples Center

Hollywood

Hollywood

Hollywood sign from afar

Old college buddies

Love me some Matt Damon

Michael changed the game for real.

Love me some Denzel too!

Water flow at The Grove

Sprinkles Cupcakes anyone?

Warner Brothers Studios- #WBTourHollywood

Donald Duck- #WBTourHollywood

Bugs Bunny- #WBTourHollywood

Almost time- #WBTourHollywood

Gotham City- #WBTourHollywood

Gotham City- #WBTourHollywood

DC Universe: The Exhibit 

Ellen, where you at girl? -#WBTourHollywood

Catwoman suit worn by Michelle Pfeiffer- #WBTourHollywood

Batman car when Michael Keaton was the caped crusader - #WBTourHollywood

Storyboard for Matrix- #WBTourHollywood

Looney Tunes- #WBTourHollywood

Animaniacs and Pinky and The Brain- #WBTourHollywood

Beautiful Memories- #WBTourHollywood

Back to Jersey 

Just incase you would like to California Dream too! Here's a song for you by Mamas and The Paps "California Dreaming."

I Can Breathe Now!

Hello everyone. My two month hiatus from blogging is over. The hiatus was due to me participating in various activities, which included completing my thesis project, taking a computer design class at Columbus State, preparing and implementing the It's a Book Celebration, working full-time, and trying to have a life outside all of those activities. Whew, I said quite a mouthful huh? I feel similar to my poem I Can Breathe. "I can breathe now. Finally, I am free and I will show you how..."

Pep has been put back in my step and I'm almost ready to take on my next challenge. Let's see, what will this challenge be? I should probably do something that would get my mind flowing and allow me experience life outside of Ohio because truth be known, I did enjoy my time in Texas. It's always nice to travel outside the city, visit other places, and then head back home. Some of my friends told me that I should visit California or Georgia and take a few of my books with me. Either place would be equally as nice, seeing that I have never visited those states. I'll just plan to visit one of those states in the next year and tell you all about it.

It's really nice to be back on here. I look forward in letting you be apart of my world. Until I type again.

Amazon Here I Come!

So pretty soon, my books will be sold on Amazon.com. Hampton Publishing House, LLC has been working very diligently in getting my books sold on the website. I am hoping that everything will be up and running by late May or early June. Just in time for the Celebration of Achievements Event for publishing two books and graduating from graduate school in late August. There are so many events that are closely approaching that I am starting to get excited. These are all the things you have to look forward from me in the following months: release of Poetic Outlets (May), National Black Book Festival (June), and Celebration of Achievements Event(August).

Also, it's time for me to start thinking about a new state to visit, like Florida, Georgia, or California. I would love to visit one of the places I mentioned above. Let's just see where the wind blows and what state I end up visiting.