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| no pic's from a youngster in my comp so.. The God Barber |
I grew up in the sunshine state, Fort Lauderdale, FL to be exact. Just about 23 miles north of Miami, with my parents till one night when I was seven my house engulfed in flames from the neighbors falling asleep while smoking, in the room we rented out. At the time I thought it was the worst possible thing that could happen to me , I didn't know then but 17 years later I now realize that was the best night of my life. That fire brought me to living with my grandparents in good ole Melrose, Massachusetts , The name "Melrose" comes from the burgh of Melrose, Scotland. It was a reference to the hills of Melrose, Scotland which the new town resembled. In this town I grew up with my two grandparents and most of family close in East Boston...as an Italian family is very important to me so this was as ideal as it could get. Worked since 11 as a jack of all trades from building clubs like hurricane Orileys and kashmere in Boston to building houses from the ground up.. but as an adolescent I did however make many mistakes , and thinking back I couldn't regret one. As my late grandfather would say "The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall".
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| Barber School memories |
I currently still do live in that same home that I started in with my beautiful pit-bull Riley . After what I can only describe as my "foggy days"(the year I turned 21) I realized what was truly important inmy life and decide to start with barber school after all I had been cutting my own hair for years,couldn't be too hard right?..Wrong but with hard work and dedication I am proud to say I have reached my goal as a skilled barber in an establish shop, other than that I do have a start up in the works with a couple friends but that's for future blogs. Now that I've done that I decided why not go back to school in hopes to A. peruse my dream of working on wall street or B. challenging my self with a chemistry or equal science degree ...we shall see. As for my free time I do everything I can from crazy times at day glow, practically living in the gym, to producing and creating music with local artist...mostly rap but r&b as well. Been making words rhyme since a toddler and when in 6th grade I had gotten published for a poem I had done, I realized my full potential and its been a passion ever since. One of the big reasons I'm even taking this is to expand my way of thought and get out of my usual route.
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| Came home to grandma bumping the beats |
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| In the middle
Barber not only a title but lifestyle
Always changing lives one cut at a time is
Realized when they open there eyelids
Being true to you to me is what
Everything is
Really about take dreams the reality route
I love and approve of myself
No doubt in my mind just taking my time to
Greatly overcome the fall and then rise
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Good first post.
ReplyDeleteI like the effort that you put into your first journal. I appreciate all of the details that you describe - from your beginning in FLA to your busy, work-centered childhood. It sounds like you've had lots of professional experience, and I think that the barber gig is quite unique. My mother runs her own beauty shop in New Bedford.
I look forward to ready more of your work. Please take a second look at your journal, though, there are several grammatical mistakes and typos. Try to slow down and ensure that your have the correct punctation, no run-on sentences, and that you capitalize all proper nouns (names), such as Kashmir and Hurricane O'Riley's.
In that way, your writing will always maintain a certain level of professionalism.
Another suggestion is to keep playing with the image placement, so you can create a congruent design. For instance, maybe you could have all of your pictures centered in your design. In this post, when you tried to put to pics side by side, it published them diagonal, which seems to take value away from images and design. Keep tinkering with Blogger to space things out.
I like the images that you did select. The God Barber shot is very cool, and it draws the reader in. It's a great way to start your post.
Your poem is written correctly, but you were supposed to select an affirmation from the list that I proved in the Reading List at the bottom of our lesson. Are you accessing those items? If you don't see them, click the title of the lesson, and the page will refresh with them showing. There are files, links, and the discussion board - every week.
This is a good first start. Let's keep tinkering with the design, and if you can shore up those grammar mistakes, you're going to be posting some very impressive material. Let's tackle those initial issues.
Keep up the solid effort and dedication, and you're going to do great things in this class. I can see it already.
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