Professional homebody

Keen on bringing home products to life for the rest of my life.

Devices, apps, furniture. In no particular order.

In case you forgot

You have everything you need.

Tap in.

Exhale

What if everything works out?

Thoughts before a HIIT class/after a difficult strategy session.

North star

2022: Thorough.

2021: Prototype.

2020: Ask.

On futurism

More intrigued with what the future “holds” vs what it “looks” like.

Holds: design thinking in elementary pedagogy.

Monday memo

Your job should be the least interesting thing about you.

What are you currently listening to?

Interim

Peak anxiety: cataloging my books, furniture, and objects while waiting for an apartment renovation.

Notion filters: ceramics, prints, Filipino philosophy.

Senior superlatives

Damn, not me getting “most fashionable” at a Catholic high school with uniforms.

Been working on my personality since.

Evolution of doubt

Don’t hate (or sleep) on what’s next.

NFTs: just take a screenshot?!?

Cars: just get a faster horse?!?

Email: just fax it?!?

Finding awe

Put yourself in the way of beauty. It can improve your life and change your biology.

It’s as if Christie’s knew.

Introductions

A dear friend really just introduced me as someone with great references.

Adding to the eulogy.

Gut check

Cultivating lifelong practices, forget climbing corporate ladders.

Research, design, and strategy. In all their forms.

Mind the gap

Knowing the difference between urgent and important makes all the difference.

*checks savings*

Clear instructions

At a McDonald’s drive-thru. Ordered. Employee didn’t say to go to the first window. Confused. Stayed put. They finally asked if I can drive forward.

I love order.

And their oatmeal.

Things to try once

Shred Costco rotisserie chicken while listening to The Blackbyrds.

Start with Dreaming of You.

Spicy honey

Who wants to create variations of spicy honey inspired by all the Spice Girls?

Ginger Spice, it’s time to shine.

Mereba reminds me of

Hanging out of a car in the Sahara Desert during golden hour. Driving from Cochabamba to La Paz in the middle of the night. Passing by an old friend’s apartment and seeing the light on.

Grooved on stage with her one time. Might’ve shed a tear.

Top shelf

Coconut milk baths and shelf documents every Sunday to keep this lifelong research and design practice humming.

Thankful to be around community archivists.

Lovers rock

And Silly Games make for a Small Axe to the heart.

This scene lives in my mind rent free.

Hash browns

Overheard someone say hash browns are made from french fry leftovers, and that eating them was like wearing a wig made out of the hair that falls on the salon floor.

Floor wigs. You deserve better.

Cliffsnotes

You ever look at old notes on your phone like, I really need an explanation for this.

11/2/18: left escalator barbershop/hallway mailroom

11/5/18: dec 10 elon musk tunnel tour wow

1/18/19: radical candor, care personally, challenge directly

2/5/19: strip mall, incubator of mom and pop capitalism

2/20/19: extended mind thesis

3/3/19: undercover narcissists never break character

Emotional audit

If bank statements are journals, I’ve been ranting about coffee and chicken + waffles for months.

Let’s chat, Robert A. Belle.

Nurture

I just want to thank Tumblr, Low End Theory, Da Poetry Lounge, and the 30/330 bus for raising me.

Acquired tastes that never soured.

Syllabus

Dreaming of teaching a class around “Why Beauty is Key to Everything”, “A Burglar’s Guide to the City,” and “Designs for Different Futures.”

Wednesday morning classes @ Laveta.

Love to see it

Kim Jong Un Looking at Things. Canterbury Park Corgi Races. Tweetable Charts. Gimme Food. The Tonight Show's Password Game.

It’s the little things.

Overthinking olympics

Mediums that scare my restless mind: musicals, improv, podcasts, murals, drumming, home manicures.

Real-time pressure with outcomes and evidence.

Biography

The Noticing Noticer That Noticed: A Memoir of Memories Remembered.

Looking for ghost writers.

Reading design

I don’t know who these people are, but they’re my kind of people.

For: anyone wondering what the hell “design research” is.

How I hear myself think

Slash. Mind sweep trigger list. Are.na. Owl Bureau. Arcana. Notion. Iceberger. Punkt. Map Your Neighborhood. Refinishing wood. Monocle. Sunbathing at the fleas.

Somewhere in here are pieces of peace of mind.

Black futures matter

Black writers matter. Black worldmaking matters.

The grand dame of science fiction herself, Octavia Butler,

on making your own worlds and writing yourself in it.

Cornervore

A person who eats food that’s most accessible or affordable to them. A corner store champion. A bodega buff. A tiendita thrifter. A superette superstar. A konbini kid. A sari-sari sweetheart. A mini-mart maestro. Or as my dad would say, a “budgetarian.”

An excerpt from a forthcoming cookbook titled,

“Cornervore,” which explores LA corner stores and the role

they play in how my neighbors eat. Yes, I quoted myself. Let

me be great.

McMansion

Preparing for trips to the Midwest by brushing up on McMansion literature.

No one:

Me: Action Bronson is a national treasure

Doubles

I had doubles from Brooklyn’s A&A for the first time.

That’s it. That’s the post.

I’m more balisong than Swiss Army knife, but I’m liable to see things through just the same.

Homemade

Let’s build something that’ll help people create more homemade meals.

Like, what can we make with all the things that are about to

expire in my fridge and pantry.

Internet for the Internet

I want to be MSCHF when I grow up.

Until then, I’ll be on Netflix Hangouts.

Jocelyn

From the moment I was born, I became an extension of my mother.

Or so it goes. Joined a writer’s club. Dedicated to moms.

Note to self

If I ever got into VC, my approach would be to just invest in random apps of kindness.

An angel for angels.

Chindogu

The art of un-useless inventions, like butter sticks, umbrella shoes, and whatever pops up here.