In addition to my full-time job writing about enterprise tech, I maintain Athena in Progress and Writeropolis Media and publish new episodes of the Raconteuse Radio podcast.

Currently working on:

• Continuing to grieve my father’s death in 2022, my dog in 2023, and my best friend in 2024.
• Meditating on the regular… again.
• Taking control of my constantly evolving chronic health issues.

Short-Term Plans:

• Becoming a Nevada notary.
• Creating weekly atmospheric videos for the Pomodoro writing sprint.
• Opening a boutique web hosting service.
• Reviving Raconteuse Radio.

Long-Term Goals

• Attend a CCW class with my mother.
• Clear out my storage drive and notebooks of assorted creative ideas.
• Create an LLC.
• Explore Writeropolis Media as a paying publication.
• Finally learn Tagalog!
• Go to therapy.
• Grow my hair long again.
• Learn the ukelele.
• Pay off my credit cards.
• Ride the Northern Nevada Railway.
• Save $10,000.
• Self-publish my three poetry collections: Regina Verba, Ars Amatoria, and Roadside Afflictions.
• Visit the California missions. These are what’s left: San Antonio de Padua, San Miguel Arcángel, San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, La Purísima Concepción, Santa Inés, Santa Barbara, San Gabriel Arcángel, San Juan Capistrano.
• Visit every ballpark in the United States.
• Visit every Disney park in the world.

Fini

• Support the Vegas Golden Knights in person: completed December 2024.
• Preparing for surgery: completed November 2024.
• Attend my first Oogie Boogie Bash at Disney California Adventure: completed October 2023.
• Catalogue my dad’s vinyl records: completed September 2023.
• Visit Hearst Castle: completed August 2023.
• Reconfiguring the content calendar for my sites: completed June 2023.
• Finishing my Media Writing Essentials certificate at the New School x Rolling Stone: completed April 2023.
• Visit San Buenaventura: completed November 2022
• Visit San Fernando Rey de España: Completed October 2022
• Dive into my Anaphora Arts residency: completed August 2022
• Purchasing a pro account at SoundCloud: completed August 2020
• What to focus on for a Writeropolis YouTube and/or podcast: completed July 2020
• Building a Silent Book Club for Las Vegas: completed July 2020
• Writing a tutorial on utilizing WordPress multisite for a fanlisting collective as I’ve done with Sunday Blues: completed May 2020
• Finish reposting content from the previous incarnation of Raconteuse: completed February 2020
• Creating reusable and “on brand” social media images for all projects: completed February 2020
• Moving over to https for my domains: completed January 2020
• I’m about 3 months away from paying off my Volkswagen Tiguan: completed December 2019
• Obtaining my First Aid/CPR/AED certification through the American Red Cross: completed September 2019