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Date of Birth
As the story goes, I was born at 12:25 AM at the Daniel Freeman Hospital in Inglewood. My birth was a necessary C-Section after the original plans of natural birth were a near failure. My birth was overdue by three days so it was a somewhat expected procedure. I successfully woke up the whole nursery at my arrival. -
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Infancy (continued)
- Who watched over me when I was considered an infant? My mom responded by telling me that she stayed at home during my first year after she graduated UCLA. Once she got a job in teaching, my Grandma was the one who watched me.
- Did I dress up for my first Halloween? According to my dad, I was supposed to be a skunk. According to my mom, I was a cat. There is no picture in existence to settle the dispute.
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Infancy
G&A
1. Was I a loud baby?
According to my mom, I did not cry much and I'm probably one of the few babies who slept through the night.
2. What were my first words?
My dad tells me that I was about 6 months old when I said my "first words". My dad was at the store and he showed me a Big Bird stuffed animal. I attempted to pronounce Big Bird, but instead came out like "Boi-Boi".
3.Interesting Stories?
My dad says I used to climb out of my crib and take his keys to try opening doors out of my reach. -
Second Birthday
Is it strange that I still have memory of it? I remember "Weenie The Pooh" showed up to my birthday party and being so happy. It was actually my uncle in that suit, anyways I remember the itchy jersey shirt I wore and crying when they started hitting the Pooh piñata. This affects me because I feel nostalgic when I reflect on my childhood and it is one of those clingy memories I hold on to. -
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Early Childhood
Around 1998, my parents separated. I was very confused at the time because I did not know what was going on. Eventually, my dad moved into a small, yellow, one bedroom apartment. My dad met my step mom in 1999. Once she moved in with my dad, her personality changed and she was very negative towards me. Despite how nice she acts towards me in present day, I still despise her at a extent. I was also against mainstream music like N-Sync, Brittany Spears and The Backstreet Boys. -
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New Family
It was somewhere inbetween these dates where I recieved a 2 year old Step-Brother because my dad met my step mom. This has an obvious impact on my life because you are forced to share a room with another human being, especially when you were not very fond of his mom's existence. My real mom had got a boyfriend around this time, very nice guy. They separated about 8 years later; he is now living in Costa Rica and travels the world as a semi-pro motorcycle racer. -
First Day of Kindergarten
I remember this because it was a very strange experience for me. I knew it was strange because I realized something was different when I realized that my mom was taking me to school from my dad's apartment we passed the preschool I went to. Not to mention, this was on my birthday. Kindergarten is really the first day of "real" school, so everything felt new. -
9/11 World Trade Center
This is a very significant occurance in our lifetime because this has led to several other events such as the war in Iraq and a strict airport security. This event is significant in US History because it also showed how vulnerable the US was with their Airport security. -
George Harrison Passes Away
George Harrison, lead guitarist of The Beatles, passes away due to a battle with Lung Cancer at the age of 58. This destroyed my chances of ever meeting this Rock and Roll legend in my lifetime. He eventually impacts me later on in influencing how I play guitar and learning how to stay in peace with myself. -
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Middle/Late Childhood
I started to discover my own interest in things as opposed to whatever was highly advertised in the media. In a way, I was very much the Black Sheep of elementary school and middle school and I was considered one of those "odd" personalities. I revolved my life around learning music and I was also considered antisocial, yet very logical for my age. -
Arctic Monkeys First Album (WPSIATWIN)
I first heard of this band in 2007 when my uncle pulled me aside and had me listen to this album during my Grandpa's birthday party. Majority of the bands that he tries introducing me to sound awful majority of the time, so I sat there on a bean bag pretending not to be impressed. When I went home, this led to a severe obsession with that band which I've seen 3 times and flew out to Houston to see them in 2011. It wasn't until 2011 that they gained popularity in the US. -
First Concert
I had played music in front of a few crowds of people when I played guitar in a after school band, but I had never been to a concert. I was seeing The Dead Kennedys at The HOB in Hollywood. Their singer let me sing in the mic for the song Kill The Poor, their amazing guitarist shook my hand before the encore, and the bassist stuck is bass at me during the first song to let me touch it. I realized that I wanted to be like them some day. -
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Adolescence
To be considered a "young adult", everything feels scary. These are the final years that I get to live with my parents and before I'm sent off into the real world. I have learned to be more social, though I am very quiet when I am outside of school. I've become more passionate about music and things seem more logical. -
The Death of Michael Jackson
In all honesty, I did not really care about his death. I remember I was sick in bed and I predicted it the moment my mom told me he was in the hospital. This was the day before I flew off to Houston, Texas. I saw how hypocritical everyone was and how stupid everyone looked by worshipping a man who they were calling a psychopathic pedophile months before hand. -
Putting my Dog Down on the Holidays
At the time, this was one of the hardest things that I had to go through. I had the decision to let my dog go through surgery with a very minimal chance of survival (and being in pain for the rest of his life) or putting him down. At the time I really did not have too many friends (I was going through a phase of paranoia) so it was very painful considering that he was really the only friend I did not have to question myself over. I despise Christmas, that was such a lousy gift to ever receive. -
R.I.P. Hostess
I remember this event as if it were a few months ago. My friend had a meltdown during band practice and everyone left while I hung out in his room. By the time he came back, all was forgiven and we decided to go to a Liquor store to buy our last Twinkies. That 10 minute trip eventually turned into a journey of 16 stores in the span of 3 hours (walking). That day was hell on all of us, I might have found the last pack in the South Bay, which is being saved for a very special occasion. -
The Phone Call
On this day, I recieved a phone call from the original drummer from Black Flag. He recently started a band with members from well known punk bands from the 80's such as The Dead Kennedys/Dr. Know, Nip Drivers, The Suicidal Tendencies, and of course, Black Flag. He asked me if I were interested in trying out as a second guitarist for that band and we chatted about the details for a good half hour or so on the phone. Events like this come once in a life time, this is a golden opportunity for me. -
My Grandma
402 days after being diagnosed with throat cancer, my grandma had eventually passed away. The irony in all of this is that she was declared free from Cancer since June by her doctors. It was all very unexpected as to what happened. I used to visit her every Tuesday after school. She was recovering from a recent surgery for a damaged nerve a couple weeks before and it was all so sudden and a complete shock to the family. This shaped my current views on death even further. -
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Reflection on Death
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