Yo Soy Loi Loi

Learning Portuguese became my social life and my second career identity - which is based on investing in myself and my talents, joys.

My looks have changed for the better. But, the best parts of life happened when I was not distracted by people I would eventually outgrow.

While someone may present as the Lizard King of Obscurity, surrounded by a harem of followers, true outsiders strive to interact with life.

As a linguist (MA, University of Florida, 2006), I live for accents and dialects. I have witnessed my own accents - in English, Chinese,...

The fact is that we all need to experience what we need to experience, with whom we need these experiences, when we need to experience them.

Being Mr. Potato Head'ed is akin to feeling like you opened your dynamic, flashy, fun closet to nothing but burlap-generated clothes.

I'm not fighting to win a prize; I'm fighting to be acknowledged, respected, and to be left the f&!k alone.

Everyone's truth comes out eventually, it just differs in how many others it will take down with it. Be your 100% your authentic self.

You are loved. Don't chase phantoms of greatness at the cost of staying human.

Deep down, I have always been a party of one, or as my friend Brian used to call me, "the lone wolf".

Forgiveness is organic; it is not power, it is not a prize to be earned. Life does go on without it.

Ticket to ride is truly an outdated modality. It has been replaced by DIY Entrepreneurship.

I feel it is necessary to reach out to all the cool people who helped me with a word, a gig, or a cool attitude, and say- can I help?

Gravity is not kind, but age can be surprisingly so.