The Cathartic Nature of the “Night Drive”

This pandemic lockdown sucks. Really. It’s the worst. The lockdown, at first, was a relief. Mandatory work from home? Wow, as an introvert, this sounds perfect! No more shoulder taps from coworkers asking for help or complaining. To be honest, it was nice at first, until I realized my wife was stuck working at home also, meaning I actually will never experience solitude. Then the governor began relieving the city little by little… Read More

My Take on Gabriel Garzón-Montano’s Album Agüita

I’ve been wanting to talk about Gabriel for a while now. The primary purpose of this post is to review his newest album Agüita, released quite recently on October 2 of this year, but I wanted to give some background to this review as well. I’ve been following him since I discovered him, like many, from Drake’s gratuitous sample in his track “Jungle” back in 2015. The track sampled, called “6 8” (likely.. Read More

It’s Good to have Goals – The Mazda RX-7

Much, much of my life is surrounded by automobiles, which is ironic considering my wrenching abilities are… weak to say the least. That has not stopped me from learning a little bit about the combustion engine and what it is capable of. All of this information culminated into a realization… I really missed out on the RX-7. I was born an 80s baby, an elder millenial, if you will. My teen years were.. Read More

Back to Blogging in October 2020

It’s been a long, long time since I have blogged. The last time I truly recall is around 2006 using livejournal.com, which I am impressed is still floating around these days. I actually tried to revive my old LJ but it was unsurprisingly purged.. I believe I pulled off all of my blog posts using an app called ljarchive as my words were more important than anything else. Perhaps some time I will.. Read More