Juliano

(I LAST UPDATED THIS ON APRIL 29TH 2008)...
I'M A 28 Y/O PANAMEÑO LIVIN IN THE BRONX, BUT A MANHATTAN KID ALL AROUND. I'M THE PROOF THAT NOT ERRY-BUDDI ON THE UPPER EAST SIDE IS STUCK UP. NOW THAT I GOT MY OWN LIFE I AVOID THE PLACE AT ALL COSTS. LOL
FINISHED MY ALMOST 13 YEAR STRAIGHT CAREER IN H.R. LAST WEEK TO TAKE A JOB AS AN H.R. CONSULTANT AND ALREADY ENJOYING IT VERY MUCH. NEVER REALIZED HOW HARD IT IS TO TRY TO DO THINGS DAY 2 DAY ON A LAPTOP - DESPITE HOW BIG THE DAMN THING IS. NOW I'M ON A 20 INCH IMAC RIGGED UP. THOSE OF U WHO ARE INTO TECHNOLOGY WOULD BE PROUD LOL BUT I'M GLAD TO BE BACK AT HOME. THAS HOW I DO THINGS BEST - ON MY OWN. THAS HOW I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL - HOME STUDIES LOL CAN'T STAND GETTIN UP AND RIDING ALL OVER THE DAMN PLACE ERRYDAY.
SPEAKIN OF HOME STUDIES - THAS HOW I DECIDED TO ROLL THRU COLLEGE...AT HOME. UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX KICKS SOME MAJOR MAN-ASS. THAT WAS THE EASIEST COLLEGE TIME I EVER HEARD OF LOL...
ON SUNDAY APRIL 20TH 2008 I DID SOMETHING MY MOTHER WOULD KILL ME FOR AND CONVERTED TO BUDDHISM . I BEEN LETTIN PEOPLE IN ON IT HERE AND THERE EVERY NOW AND THEN. MY OLD FRIEND ROBERTO ALWAYS TOLD ME - NOT IN SO MANY WORDS - THAT I NEEDED TO FIND COMPLETENESS TO MY LIFE IN A REAL WAY OTHER THAN TO FIND IT BY WAY OF A RELATIONSHIP OR BEING MR. POPULAR AMONG FRIENDS. HE DIDN'T HAVE BUDDHISM IN MIND WHEN HE SAID IT, BUT THIS GAVE ME JUST THAT AND THEN SOME MORE.
TO TOP IT, IF YOU READ MY "HEROES" SECTION YOU'LL SEE SOMETHIN ABOUT A LADY NAMED PATRICIA... SHE DIDN'T KNOW I'D GO BUDDHIST EITHER BUT, THE THINGS THAT SHE PUT IN ME THAT LITERALLY RESCUED ME OUT OF THINGS LIKE DEPRESSION AND CONTEMPLATED SUICIDE WERE THINGS THAT WERE IN FACT BITS AND PIECES OF BUDDHISM. THE WAY I SEE IT - IF I HAD IN FACT BECOME A BUDDHIST BACK WHEN SHE WAS INTRODUCING THESE BIT-AND-PIECE THINGS TO ME, NO TELLING HOW MUCH HIGHER I'D BE IN LIFE BY NOW.
BUT YAH - THAT BIG SCROLL YOU SEE UP ABOVE THIS TEXT IS CALLED A GOHONZON AND IT IS USED IN BUDDHIST PRACTICE WHEN CHANTING NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO AND RECITING THE SUTRA.
PRETTY MUCH MY LIFE IS CRAZY-RELAXED. I'M ONE OF THE FEW PEEPS THAT HAS ZERO DRAMA ZERO PROBLEMS ZERO ISSUES ZERO STRESS ZERO BUG-OUTS AND ZERO PEOPLE IN MY LIFE TRYIN TO RE-IGNITE THAT KINDA MADNESS. I'VE MET A LOT OF PEOPLE AND FORGOTTEN ABOUT THEM JUST AS EASY BECUZ OF HOW PROTECTIVE I AM OF MY LIFE. MAYBE THAT AIN'T A GOOD THING TO HAVE TO ADMIT. BUT REGARDLESS OF WHO COMES OR GOES, I LIVE MY LIFE STRESS-FREE DRAMA-FREE AND ALLTHATBULLSHIT-FREE. I REALLY WAS THAT WAY ALREADY EVEN BEFORE I BECAME A BUDDHIST LOL
WHEN I AINT WORKIN I'M HERE CHILLEN WATCHIN TV SURFIN THE NET OR GETTIN THE HANG OF MY NEW UPCOMING PLAYSTATION 3 LOL WHICH IS THE FIRST CONSOLE I'VE GOTTEN MY HANDS ON SINCE SUPER NINTENDO BACK IN LIKE 95-96 LOL SO I'M JUST NOW CATCHIN UP. SO THOSE OF YOU GAME EXPERTS - EASE OFFA ME FOR A FEW MONTHS. LOL
MY LIFE'S PRETTY DAMN QUIET AND THATS THE WAY I LIKE IT. I ADMIT I GAVE UP ON THE WEEKEND CLUB LIFE WHEN I WAS 24 AND NOW I JUST SAVE THAT RUKKUS FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS. I KEEP MY FRIENDS TRUE, FEW AND FAR BETWEEN - BECAUSE AS WE LATINOS SAY - QUE ES MEJOR ANDAR SÓLO QUE MÁL ACOMPAÑADO (BETTER TO BE ALONE THAN TO BE IN BAD COMPANY). SOME FRIENDS MIGHT BE GOOD FOR THAT MOMENT BUT PROLLY WON'T GET WIT U WHEN YOU'RE TRYIN TO MOVE AHEAD IN LIFE.
IF AND WHEN I HAVE ANY NEW FRIENDS THAT COME ALONG I HOPE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO LIKE ME FOR ME. I SPENT YEARS SETTING MY LIFE THE WAY IT NEEDED TO BE TO BE POPULAR AND HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF FRIENDS TO GO HANG OUT WITH EVERY DAY. THE FEW PEOPLE IN MY LIFE THAT WERE AROUND BACK THEN AND ARE STILL AROUND NOW WOULD TELL YOU THAT IT DIDN'T DO ME ANY JUSTICE. I'M JUST GLAD I TOOK THE TIME TO GET PAINFULLY REAL WITH MYSELF WHILE I WAS STILL YOUNG AND STILL HAD THE TIME TO CHANGE.
AND NOW THAT I LOOK AROUND AND SEE THAT EVERYTHING THAT I SET INTO MOTION ENDS UP WORKING OUT SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT ANY DRAWBACKS SETBACKS ROADBLOCKS OR BUMPS IN THE ROAD, I CAN PRETTY MUCH SAY THAT THE LIFE I LEAD IS WORTH IT.
HOPE U LIKE. THIS IS ME.
-JULIANO