As of today, I've been an adult for 2 decades!
[note: Hawaii officially recognize a person as an adult at age 18! You're eligible to vote, join the military or get sent to adult prison. But have to wait until 21 to be eligible to get a handgun or drink alcoholic beverages.]
Besides the legal stuff, there's the physical changes.
I already developed a bald spot (got to be the European side of the family, my Native Mexican dad start losing later in life as compared to the men on my mom's side of the family), so I constantly shave my head so that my lack of head hair is evenly distributed!
Some of my facial hairs turned white, though it doesn't seem visible on this photo. But when I look at a mirror, I see a few!
Metabolism must've slowed down too! I exercise as much as possible, though self-discipline when it comes to eating has been a struggle. Plus, getting the flu earlier this year and not being able to exercise heavily during that time sure didn't help with my weight either!
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Am I where I'm expected to be right now? Have I accomplished all that I expected by this age? No!
Yes, I've been able to last 13 years as a substitute teacher (note to self: that's as long as I've been a student through the K-12 system) so there's some pride in that!
But I still haven't landed a full-time library job that I was hoping to land by now, but I'm pretty much established as a reliable volunteer with the Friends of the Library of Hawaii! I'm basically present at many of their events, especially the First Friday at Books@Mark's, as well as the annual booksales that take place at McKinley High School and Washington Middle School.
I'm also working as a digital musician under my alias Pablo the Mad Tiger Warrior! In case you didn't know, I specialize in making instrumental tracks of various genres. As noted in my previous blog post, earlier this month, I have released a heavy metal instrumental album Urban Honolulu Metal Industries!
Also this month, I'll be releasing a single that isn't associated with the album! This single will be a dark ambient instrumental with a Halloween vibe!
cover art by me
Slow Walking Through a Haunted Castle
check the video for "Slow Walking Through a Haunted Castle"
You can help me with my music career by going to iTunes, Google Play or CD Baby, look under Pablo the Mad Tiger Warrior find some tracks you like and download them! Or you can buy the physical CD at CD Baby!
(note to Honolulu residents: I have a very limited supply CD copies of Urban Honolulu Metal Industries, contact me, we can meet in public and I'll sell it to you! )
And for DJs out there, I encourage you to play my tracks at your events. I also encourage film-makers to use my instrumental tracks as part of your film score. Don't forget to pay my music publisher (that would be CD Baby Publishing and ASCAP)
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As for plans? Continue to work on my music, continue to search for library-related opportunities in Honolulu, be more disciplined with eating & exercise, and continue my path to greater maturity!
And of course, continue to share ideas on my blog!
