What’s up?
What’s up with the documentary?
People want to know when the documentary is going to be released. It’s so great that everyone is asking. I just screened the almost completed version and it’s BRILLIANT — Great job David!
The film is about 95% done now, and we’re anticipating premiering it at a festival in March/April of this year. We’re also going to be showing it at exclusive engagements like a screening in San Francisco in March…put together by UCLA Anderson Alum, for UCLA Alum, and some other very exclusive guests, including my Toigo family and more.
What’s up with the Motel Drive (Addams Community) project?
I’m raising funds to put together a neighborhood plan for the Motel Drive area. I’ve been working with elected officials, investors, and community members to simply establish what’s going on now and what the next steps will be. Also, very good news: a member of the Addams Community has been accepted to a master’s degree program in Los Angeles. It’s one weekend a month, so we won’t lose her in Fresno. She’ll be able to focus her project on the community that she knows and loves. I’m so excited about this and you’ll be hearing more.
What’s up with you?
I’ll be pursuing my own dreams of a balanced life this year. I have the goal of raising funds for the community development project above, I also want to take the bar exam (haven’t sat for that yet), and get out on the speaking circuit. Balancing those work and professional goals is much easier from my home base. I’m reconnecting with friends, family, and myself. I’ll have to do the “What’s up with you?” question almost daily for awhile as I discover my own inner truth about who I am, and what I want out of life.
I’d rather wear no shoes at all, than have shoes that determine my path.
The pair of shoes on the left are for kids in jail.
The pair on the right are part of my professional gear.
I’ve worn both.
Neither pair gets you very far…it’s the steps that I have taken, not the shoes that I’m wearing when I take the steps, that matter the most.