Aspiring dreamer...

• 13Aug 08

  The Magic of Michael Phelps

  Everyone lately with the Olympiads we have seen some of the best and worse of sport, but one of those interesting moments were to see Michael Phelps breaking records, but what is appealing of Michael Phelps? Well, so many answers came to my head, he is one of the top sportsmen, many people love him and he has money, but still what is Michael appeal?, well, probably the most easy answer I could find was that Michael has the typical boy next door and many people can feel relate to him because he will evoke the image of everyone next door neighbor.

  Also I was thinking beside Michael looks, his many achievements and hard looks are a living proof that the American Dream can be achievement if you believe it, probably Michael is the living proof that if you believe it you can achieve it and that iconography appeal to many people and make Michael's public image commercially to a general audience, but even is public image is impeccable and people fantasies with his image, most of the time they forget he is not a god but a regular and average kid from Maryland, who suffers ADHD, who was arrested by DUI and he was later regretting because he let down his family, he is just a man who carries not only his triumphs and defeats but the weight of been an Olympian, and he is only 23 years, at his 23 years of living he carries more pressure than any other twenty something, but still he embodies what many people want to achieve.

  At the end, he is just a 23 years old guy who has achieve more than many people in a lifetime, but still he is just a kid who likes to have fun and even if the Baltimore Sun describes him as "A Solitary Man", he is just a guy who wants his privacy to be respected and enjoy his anonymity as a regular person.

  • Posted Aug 13, 2008 7:06 pm GMT
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• 12Aug 08

  8 Months Later... (Photos Included)

  8 MONTHS LATER...

  Well people, I've been living in the States for the past 8 months and soon is going to be the year of living here; I think I have grown as a person living by myself but beyond that I am happy that I gained a self confidance that I didn't had back then on Colombia. So many things happened in the past 8 months, and so many things I left behind but between you and me my readers I am happy that I left home to become an individual. When I arrived I worked on Busch Gardens Tampa, but after 3 months and a half by private cirumpstances I didn't continue working over there, it wasn't a good job, it wasn't well paid either but I guess you cant't expect too much when you are a seasonal employee, my advice is go to the parks to have fun but if think it twice if you want to work on one of those places; later after my job at Busch Gardens ended by the recomendation of some friends they say that I need it to try to be an assistant in a restaurant called Cali Viejo but I didn't feel prepared for that job so after two days I quited because I was afraid of commeting a mistake with the archives, then I became a blogger and now I am pursuing my dream of becoming a journalist or reporter I've been sending job samples and resumes almost everywhere so I guess is to keep my finger crossed and pray for an oportunity. Well, I think I found love, a really nice person I meet over the net but for some reason I don't have too much trust on my so called love interest, but we will speak about this issue later. Other thing is that I cleaned up my television show guides and now I have less than before, there are over there but I wish I could remember the names, you know it were those guides I wansn't working that much lately also I cleaned my contact list because one simple reason I saw that many of my contacts weren't that active as I thought. And well, I guess that's all that I can tell right now, and here are some photos.

  

  The Insignia Ship from Colombia: El Gloria (Photo Taken in 2007)

  

  Me and my mom in my graduation

  

  I a really old photo, but I even if it's a serious issue I find the cat funny

  

  This photo looks way more better on B&W but I haven't found the B&W pic

  

  An all American Restaurant and my one of my favorites!

  

  Well, it's me inside the Cracker Barrel (Taken Circa 2005)

  

  Before a Storm

  

  One of the Saint Pete's Marinas

  

  I loved that ride!!! But I am fan of The Simpsons

  I will post more pictures later, when they finish uploading in Photobucket, also I would like to know what you think about these articles I wrote, click here and well, beside that I don't have too much to tell I will upload some new pics later on the week, see ya later people.

  • Posted Aug 12, 2008 4:05 pm GMT
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• 9Aug 08

  Who wants to see pics?

  I am going to upload in an hour some photos of my college
  • Posted Aug 9, 2008 6:00 pm GMT
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