Select Page

I Was an LAPD Reject (part three)

by | Oct 30, 2013 | Journal, Uncategorized

I would say that this next step in the process terrified me the most, but it didn’t. After my background investigation meeting, and chatting with the friendly man in the cardigan, I was feeling pretty optimistic about things. I was more curious about the lie detector...

I Was an LAPD Reject (part two)

by | Oct 24, 2013 | Journal, Uncategorized

We ran laps around the track and on the streets around the academy. If you were in the beginner group, you ran approximately two miles on the local streets, plus the endless laps the supervisor would inflict upon us whenever our rows weren’t straight enough or...

An Ode to Love

by | Oct 23, 2013 | Journal

A really talented artist died today. I didn’t know Carlos Batts well, but he and his wife, April Flores, were so in love and just exuded so much sweetness, that I’ve been sad all day thinking about him and about her. I’ve been single for a long time,...

On Miley, Disney, Elton and the Lost Art of Creativity

by | Oct 22, 2013 | Journal

Will Rogers once said, “”Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don’t have for something they don’t need.” Advertising is the art of persuading you to buy — and then buy some more.But if it was that simple,...

I Was An LAPD Reject (part one)

by | Oct 22, 2013 | Journal, Uncategorized

I wanted to be a spy when I grew up, until my mother told me that girls don’t play with guns.  Then I decided I would be Lady Diana, instead.But the fascination with cops and criminality didn’t stop.  It just grew latent, relegated to fiction and...