I do NOT put my cocaine in there.....

Interesting story......

So after a glorious day at the Magic kingdom (If you haven't been in a while, you really should go; it truly is the happiest place on earth, but that's neither here nor there)I was driving home exhausted. I was at a stop light and I got a text. What? I should feel guilty, because I was checking a text in my car....what if it was an emergency?(said in my best old Jewish lady accent). So out of my peripheral vision I saw a green light and I proceed with caution, to my dismay it was the left hand turn signal that was green and not my go ahead so I stopped. When I checked my rear view mirror to see if it was safe for me to roll back a little and I saw a cop car *Rats*. I wasn't wearing my seat belt either (I know, I know) and I was petrified, so when the light finally turned green I took off slowly; I wanted to make it easy for the cop if he was going to pull me over and he DID. When I pulled into the nearest parking lot, it was dark so I thought I would motion like I was taking off my seat belt just in case he didn't see that part hahahaha, no really I did =)

Officer: Good evening, how are you doing? Can I see your license?

Me: I'm doing great officer, thank you for asking and how about yourself? (I always hope that I can score a few exta points if I am really polite.)

Officer: I'm good thanks, so you rolled into that intersection even though I was right next to you huh?

Me: Uhm yes sir, I jumped the gun when I saw the left hand turn light go green, it was a mistake.

Officer: How much have you had to drink tonight?

Me: None at all, I'm just exhausted, I spent all day at Disneyland sir.
Officer: That might explain your confusion when you saw the red light and decided to go, right? (Points to the metal capsule around my neck) Is that where you keep your cocaine?

Me: WHAT?!?! No way, I keep a prayer scroll close to my heart all the time (Unscrews it and handed it to him) see? I promise, I'm a good guy officer.

Officer: Have a good night and drive safely Mr. Carrillo.

You know when I saw this piece of jewelry I just had to have it; I just fell in love with the designer's story and the thought behind it and not just because it was at Kitson and the Kardashians shop there LOL! I like it, because it's a conversation piece and the conversations always seem to start the same "hey, do you put your weed in there?", I usually say no, it's my grandma's ashes and then when they feel bad I let em' off the hook and tell them what it really is. I love sharing that I always carry a little piece of God close to me; plus it got me out of a ticket, how cool is that? LOL.......jussssssssst keeeeeeeding =)

In a blink...

I saw God last night and it was amazing.

Smile.....

Some stranger smiled at me the other day. I was driving into the Target parking lot and she was driving out; our eyes met, and she took the time to smile. As super cheesy as this sounds, it warmed my heart and made me feel good for a long while that day. Sometimes with our busy little lives, we go through our day with our tasks and only find time to smile when we have checked off our long to-do lists; at the end of the day who is there to share that with you? Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ear, hahahaha make time to smile; you truly never know who's day you are making by doing so.

My crazy girlfriend (not that type, you know like heyyy girrrrrl-friend) used to amaze me at her ability to start a conversation with strangers and I used to think that I could never do that myself, she's nuts! Now, I am not saying go start convo with randoms; I would feel horrible if something happened to ya, but I have learned to not be so shy when I want to pay a stranger a compliment. This could be the easiest way to make someones frown turn upside down. But JR, someone elses happiness is not my responsibility??? So what suckas, pay it forward; you know how awesome you feel when someone points out something good about you, right? Do it!

......don't forget to watch ABC's The Bachelor at 8am PST tonight. Smiles

Not as easy as I thought.....

Ok so blogging sounded like a great idea and I haven't changed my mind in one day, I'm just saying it's not as easy as it sounded. I always have a million things to say until now when I sit in front of the blog site; I mean I watched Mr. Belvedere do it for years and journaling for him seemed like a breeze ha ha. It's a little more intimidating knowing that others reading your every word. I'm sure I'll get the swing of things shortly. I really wanted to start, because I have things I want to accomplish and they always say that you should put it in writing, because the success rate is far better you write and track your goals.

So here I am..... I want to look better in my jeans =) Why is it that you can get out of the shower, stand in front of the mirror naked, turn to the right, turn to the left and think sweet, I don't look that bad, but go to that birthday party and when someone tags you in a photo the next week on facebook it never looks like that person in the mirror hahaha??? I am slowly working on loving both the me in the mirror and the me in the picture, but I commit to taking better care of what I have been given in the mean time.

I want to do something more creative and fulfilling. I have a great job, God knows I facebook about all the perks here, not to mention the cool gang of folks I get to see everyday, but I feel like there is something more out there for me. Whether it be working to start my own business, writing or getting back into performance art. OK OK I would settle for reality TV =)

I just hope that I am doing things right, no, no, not the blog, but life ya know? I can remember being 6 years bawling to my mom how I didn't want my parents to die and I have always struggled with the concept of time. I have never felt like there is enough time and I want to make sure that I am maximizing my time while I've got it right? Thanks for listenin pals...

Come in.....

For those of you who don't know me, I am J.R. and the pleasure is all mine. Please know that if you made it here safely and are taking the time to read this that I truly appreciate you already. About me...I am ultra fascinated by people and why we do what we do and I can watch them interact for hours, but not in a stalker kinda' way. I don't want to miss out on anything life has to offer or take advantage of what has been afforded to me, so keep me honest.

So I am pretty new to all of this blogging business, but I feel like I am destined for bigger and better things and I figure maybe having an open ended coversation with who knows might help me out, right? At one point in my life I used to keep a journal and I would listen to Jewel, Joane Osborne, Tori Amos and write in it, because I was "DEEP" hahaha. Not so much anymore, I'm a big boy now and I have big boy dreams like being on reality TV and starting a small business. Lofty....I know =)

So let's do this....I'm not sure how often this will get updated, what it's contents will be when I do update it, but rest assured it will always be a little random (I think I have adult ADD, only I have never taken the test, because I don't want to confirm officially). Please feel free to comment, add your random thoughts, good, bad or ugly. Thanks for stopping by.......hit the lights when you are done.