I Got My Fixie and a Job!

My dreams are starting to take shape wonderfully the longer I live. I recently got hired at Starbucks, a franchise that highly respects its employees and gives them many perks, and I just bought my brakeless (yikes!) fixed gear bike (aka fixie).
I'm looking forward to my first job experience and the money I will make that I will be sure to save for my future manual Honda Civic and another fixie.
I'm also looking forward to modding my fixie and making it my own by changing the rims, handlebars, crankset, and adding lights to it. I also want to learn how to do tricks on my fixie. I guess I'll learn by practicing downstairs in my garage where it's so smooth that my tire doesn't burn off when I skid!
I can't wait to get really good at it!

Oh! I also got my driver's license in the mail two days ago! Woohoo! Surprisingly, I still haven't gone on the freeway yet because there always seems to be a reason why I can't go on it. Oh well! It'll happen in time and I know I'll be fine because Jesus drives for me and through me :)

Interviews and Jobs

Well, as you may know, I got my license this week but unfortunately I am still in need of a job, just like many of you that are reading this post. But I realized something important in my ongoing endeavor to find a job; you need a lot of persistence and determination. You may even have to wake up at 4 in the morning to go to Starbucks to talk to the manager for 30 seconds and then leave (which is what I did today). But I know that if I keep working at it I will get the job and God will be glorified. Now that I've been enlightened about some biblical doctrine, I can really see that my life in Jesus is far from futile and is exactly what He wants it to be. He will work all these things for my good and, ultimately, for His glory.

God bless you,
Erick Lima

p.s. Live Radically

Tragedies and Fixies

Ever since I threw the Black Stallion (my old bike) away, my only mode of transportation has been the bus. And now that I've earned some money from this blog, I want to buy a fixie. I obviously don't have the money for it right now but I'm saving up and I'm looking for a job. It's tough not having a means by which to go places. Everything starts to seem further and further away. I feel that I will be limited to this state of quasi immobility for an undetermined period that will definitely be longer than I would wish. I am very hopeful for the near future.

God bless you,

Erick Lima

p.s. Live Radically 

Persistence and Poems

So I went to the mall again today and, apparently, the woman that I wanted to see wasn't going to come in all day. This was my second time traveling over six miles just to hear a "Sorry, she's not in at the moment." Now I'm finding myself in an expostulation against myself but I know what must be done. I must persist and return every day, if necessary. Man, all this for a job. That's risible.
In lighter news, I decided to start recording my poems and posting the videos on this blog. I will sometimes just post the words and if I get requests, I will record it. I hope that these poems will actually mean something to the people that listen to them and that they will move you.

God bless you,
Erick Lima

p.s. Live Radically 

6 bucks and nothing

At first I expostulated with myself. I weighed the pros and cons of going all the way to the Northridge mall to give a possible future employer a gift as a means of sucking up to her. It's funny the way the world works. I would need a present and 6 bucks for the bus ride; good thing my parents paid for that.
So I went to the store and asked for the woman that interviewed me last time and apparently she was doing inventory all day and she wouldn't be available until tomorrow. So I am now sitting in the mall's food court with a present and a bag of nothing-to-do-ness.
I guess I'll kick it for as long as I can since there's nothing to do at home.

God bless you,
Erick Lima

p.s. Live Radically