MY LIFE INVENTORY
31 YEARS OLD AND I: somehow managed to maintain a 4.0 GPA throughout most of my academic years...lost my 4.0 GPA my junior year during my parents' separation...survived my experimentation with drugs...vomited only 5 times out of the thousand times I've been drunk...moved cross country from San Francisco to Miami and spent my senior year at a new school in attempt to get my life back in order...managed to get my grades back up high enough to graduate...attended art school...found a stable job in corporate America...left my job in corporate America when I realized it started monotonously eating away at my life...started and maintained a successful graphic design company...had my heart broken 3 times...found poetry...found God...became an active leader in "CFC YOUTH FOR CHRIST"...found love again but weary in trusting it...witnessed a close friend pass away from cancer...prayed by her side as she passed...began my battle against cigarette addiction...abandoned my design business when I began compromising my creativity to please the client...pursued poetry because it was what I was compelled to do...filmed for a TV show "SPOKEN" on the BLACK FAMILY CHANNEL...diagnosed with testicular cancer...still battling cigarette addiction...became blessed with being able to do poetry for a living...traveled to 30 out of 50 states...performed in front of crowds ranging from 3 to 3000...managed to take 5th place at the 2006 NATIONAL POETRY SLAM with my Miami team...individually ranked 12th out of 800 or so poets at the 2006 NATIONAL POETRY SLAM...witnessed a dream come true of filming for RUSSEL SIMMONS' HBO DEF POETRY...achieved a 5k run in benefit of breast cancer research...married the love of my life...still battling cigarette addiction...am blessed with close friends...am loved by my family...am still loved by my wife Jessica...have learned to trust her with my dilapidated heart...bought a house...bought a dog...still remain standing...still remain fighting...still remain faithful in God...now more than ever.
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