kiduse2dream
I have always been a dreamer. I dreamed I would get to star in a sitcom. I dreamed I'd be in a movie. I dreamed I could play stadiums to a sell out crowd. I tried to take opportunities but they were always just out of reach. What I have left is to write about what never was.
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Super Focused in The Kid Used To Dream
I drove to Texas last week and I’m still here. I’ve spent the last week in strategy meetings and catching up with old friends. Someone asked - how do you run on 3 hours of sleep and act like it ...
The Long Drive in The Kid Used To Dream
On a work trip and decided to drive across the country and have found myself, “deep in the heart of Texas!” Had a few meetings this morning then an advocacy meeting to help a young woman with ...
Makes you wonder in The Kid Used To Dream
Today, I was having a meal and overheard what sounded like a pretty heated discussion from a couple at the other table. They looked to be in their late 40s or early 50s. He was sitting there qui...
Reality bites!! in The Kid Used To Dream
I’ve spent several years working in music as my profession. If you measure success, the people who win all the awards and play the big arenas then by no means am I successful. If you measure suc...
The Pattern in The Kid Used To Dream
There has been a pattern of criticism that has ultimately made everyone an expert in everything. I think it started with American Idol and Simon. Simon’s blatant honesty made some people angry...
Ahem.... in The Kid Used To Dream
I don’t have an entry. I don’t have much to say at all - I’m enjoying the silence. I just wanted to post this to let you know that I think about all of you that follow me and whom I follow. ...
Living the Dream! in The Kid Used To Dream
Not complaining - except for the person in charge of pushing me.. I will complain about them. Not in an angry way - in a sarcastic playful way. Tonight I had a local show with 3 other bands. I...
Eyes Wide Awake in The Kid Used To Dream
Something has caused me the worst insomnia I’ve had in quite a while. At the moment, I’m going on 28 hours. I’m not tired and I’m not sure why. I sat and worked at my computer off and on for 18 ...
Hide and Go Seek in The Kid Used To Dream
One of my favorite games as a kid because I was so good at it - hide and go seek. I’ve hidden so well before the other kids forgot I was playing and left. It’s true! I was so good at becoming p...
Blood Moon and AI in The Kid Used To Dream
I guess I got in bed last night around midnight. I was trying to get to bed earlier than I normally do so I could wake up at 5 am and see the Blood Moon - Lunar Eclipse. I failed to factor in on...
I knew it then, I believe it now in The Kid Used To Dream
Pretty much my entire life I knew, as a kid, that I grew up in the wrong time. I should have either been a teenager in the 50s (wouldn’t that have been the coolest?) Or I should be a teena...
Ever have those nights? in The Kid Used To Dream
I remembered I had purchased a frozen cauliflower pizza crust so I took it out and let it thaw. I had this bright idea to make my own pizza. I was pretty sure that if I went overboard on trying ...
Crossroads pt 3 in The Kid Used To Dream
I explained to the attorney who called, I just don’t think I can give 3 years of my life and 250k dollars in student loan debt to go back to law school and become an attorney. Like I told a ju...
Crossroads p2 in The Kid Used To Dream
A gentleman from Texas reached out to me. He’s been following my advocacy for the disabled. A few years ago, I worked at an office while I was putting myself through college. I took advantage ...
A Crossroads in The Kid Used To Dream
I was contacted by a gentleman that has taken an interest in my advocacy work for the disabled. I learned a long time ago that the only way to pursue my dreams was to help someone else. All I’ve...
Let's be honest in The Kid Used To Dream
How much did Valentine’s cost you? I’m embarrassed about it - but a memory was made and the smile has been non stop. Win-win
How I would do it in The Kid Used To Dream
If I ever found myself having won the lottery - like the big one… The Billion Dollar One… Here’s one of the things I would love to do. You ever see the show Undercover Boss? I would want to do...
Ever hit an Emotional Wall? in The Kid Used To Dream
That’s what happened. Someone I am very close to pushed me to my emotional limit. It was so bad that we almost ended a long relationship over it. I reached my limit for being the one that carr...
No part 2 in The Kid Used To Dream
I give up
The Cruise in The Kid Used To Dream
I managed to leave for Florida a whole day prior to the beginning of the ice age. I drove to Gainesville FL and stayed for 2 days. I think I would assimilate well into a college town. There’s a ...
My social skills need work in The Kid Used To Dream
I settled into a hotel here in Tampa. My boat leaves tomorrow. I had to go to the lobby and print some bag tags. I began taking to the girl that helped me. She was asking about my flight and I e...
What to do ... in The Kid Used To Dream
I am supposed to be on a Cruise Ship Monday. I had …HAD an airline ticket to arrive on the coast Sunday. I would have been leaving from a South Eastern US airport on Sunday as well. The airline ...
This is How I Feel About It in The Kid Used To Dream
I was reading an entry about a person they met who was forward about their Christianity. The formed a relationship and then one day the person yanked an emotional rug from underneath them. I tr...
Did Something in The Kid Used To Dream
Step dad called and asked if I would climb up on his house and remove the leaves and limbs. I told him to call the oldest grandson - he’s around 25 or so… All I get back is - well, I don’t want ...
It's most definitely me in The Kid Used To Dream
It’s probably exhausting for someone who is extremely serious about everything to be around me. I don’t subscribe that everything that happens is a 5 alarm fire. I know some folks like that. If ...