Memoir
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College
I look back at the beginning of my continuing educational journey, my first semester at California State University, Long Beach, on August 22, 2022. I’m often asked, “Why are you going to college at your age?” Why not? Better than… Continue reading
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I Got This
You ever have a day, a week, a couple of weeks, a month, a year when sh!t seems to be coming at you fast and… I want to know, should I be screaming with screaming angry voices and making steaming… Continue reading
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Maybe I (Don’t) Want to Be a Scholar When I Grow Up
I love writing essays for school and my website, www.antoniopedroruiz.com. The complication is when I have to edit them and I spend entirely spend too much time on one word or sentence and sometimes wish I could leave the original… Continue reading
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Inside My Brain, Through My Heart
The following writing samples are the last products of free writing exercises I like to call “Exercising those Writing Bones.” These were part of my Theater 389 Playwriting class this Fall 2023 semester. We were given various prompts and then… Continue reading
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Being 75: The Bucket List
December 8, 1948-2023 The day of 75 has arrived, and damn it, nothing happened. I didn’t emerge from a time machine so I could change all the dumb sh*t I’ve done in my life. Nope, I guess I will have… Continue reading
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Becoming 75 (Part Two)
On December 8, 2023, I will become 75 years (despite every effort in my life not to make that happen). From 1974-1998, I lived my second twenty-five years attempting to break the time barrier by fitting as much living as… Continue reading
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Becoming 75 (Part One)
The first twenty five years: 1948-1973 On December 8, 2023, I will celebrate, okay, the better description should be, greet hesitantly, seventy-five revolutions around the sun. This will be a big deal for me, but I’m unsure why. I know… Continue reading