Calling all Creative Dreamers
Hello everyone, I'm a long time reader of the forums. But I've never posted anything. I'm very familiar to a lot of the regulars on this forum and I grown fond of all of you as a whole. I'm 25 and I started reading almost 2 years ago. But just like most of you, I've been reading the forum and trying to stay posted on any good news but haven't seen much of anything. And frankly I've grown tired of the situation.
There was a time when I was younger where I felt that in order for me to be happy, I had to have things I wanted. And although I've been able to acquire a lot of things, there was still things I wanted to have and couldn't. "Only if I had legal status", I thought. All my dreams would come true. I would finally have that dream job, that dream house, etc. Through experience I've realized that now, that belief is false.
I have a lot of friends who were born here. They're my age, they hate their jobs, they're miserable. Some are divorced, others are bankrupt. I also have a friend, one that's a little older than myself, who I grew up with. He also was brought here at a relatively young age, (4 or 5 I believe) who was in the same situation that we're all in. He is now married and acquired his legal residency through his marriage. He's married now and with a "green card" but also doesn't seem to have it all together. He doesn't look happy; and although I don't spend as much time hanging out with him anymore like I used to, I know from what he's told me that he works most of the day, and doesn't spend as much time going out with his wife and just having fun with friends. He does have a very nice car that he can drive, but he spends most of his paycheck paying for it and the insurance and rent and all that comes with it that he hasn't even been able to travel.
So dreamers, some of us are optimistic of what's gonna happen with this new dream act. Others are negative about it and pessimistic about how much they might "water it down". Well I'm not here to judge any of you. I've felt both ways all my life about it. But now I've come to the belief, what will happen, will happen. And unless we have some sort of pull in the house or congress, money or something miraculous, we have little or no control over it.
Now don't misinterpret what I'm trying to say. The last time that this whole debate happened and we were OH SO CLOSE to getting the Dream Act passed, I was calling those senators that were on the fence about the bill. And I encourage everyone on here to do it this time also. But I also remember that we were so caught up with calling the senators who were on the fence, that it didn't even come to us that some of the democratic senators who said they would vote for the bill, didn't end up doing it. They changed their mind or they just lied to our face. And what can we do about that? They have the power to do that.
What I'm trying to get across to everyone on this forum who feels down and out about their situation is, you're not alone; but start looking at it through a different perspective. I am now neither optimistic nor pessimistic about this bill. But I'm happy to say I'm positive about my life right now and the things I want to accomplish; regardless of my status. I'm so fully assured that everyone on here can be the same way if they start changing the way they see this whole crisis that we're facing. I know for some its impossible to get a job. That for some it's dangerous to drive a car w/o a license. And it's really hard to do much without those things. I, have a really shitty job. And I'm also risking it every time I get on the wheel, but they're things I'm looking past now. It's hard but I'm trying.
What's the point if by the end of this whole thing, everyone devoted all their energy, time and effort into it without any use? I feel terrible for all the young people out there who devoted their lives to going to great schools and getting a good education and can't capitalize off it. They are the ones I wish the dream act could pass the most. Time goes by so fast so we have to make the most of it.
“A creative is ultimately a person of action. They have dreams, but they toil. A dreamer is someone who never achieves a dream. Dreamers are bullshit." Lapo Elkann(FIAT executive)
We're different in a sense. Let's work to get this done this year. As much as we possibly can. If something happens, then that's great. If it doesn't, let's just try to live our lives. Because there's more to life than these bullshit politics in Washington.
I'm calling all creatives. There's a project that I'm working on getting done. But I need help from creative people in the LA/OC area that want to participate. If you know about photography, graphic/web design and have some free time, or just want to get together and hang out, PM me and we can make things happen. I'm gonna start posting every now and then. I know some people might not like me. But I have to tell you, we're all looking to get this done, and that kind of holds us together.
Stay up everyone.
There was a time when I was younger where I felt that in order for me to be happy, I had to have things I wanted. And although I've been able to acquire a lot of things, there was still things I wanted to have and couldn't. "Only if I had legal status", I thought. All my dreams would come true. I would finally have that dream job, that dream house, etc. Through experience I've realized that now, that belief is false.
I have a lot of friends who were born here. They're my age, they hate their jobs, they're miserable. Some are divorced, others are bankrupt. I also have a friend, one that's a little older than myself, who I grew up with. He also was brought here at a relatively young age, (4 or 5 I believe) who was in the same situation that we're all in. He is now married and acquired his legal residency through his marriage. He's married now and with a "green card" but also doesn't seem to have it all together. He doesn't look happy; and although I don't spend as much time hanging out with him anymore like I used to, I know from what he's told me that he works most of the day, and doesn't spend as much time going out with his wife and just having fun with friends. He does have a very nice car that he can drive, but he spends most of his paycheck paying for it and the insurance and rent and all that comes with it that he hasn't even been able to travel.
So dreamers, some of us are optimistic of what's gonna happen with this new dream act. Others are negative about it and pessimistic about how much they might "water it down". Well I'm not here to judge any of you. I've felt both ways all my life about it. But now I've come to the belief, what will happen, will happen. And unless we have some sort of pull in the house or congress, money or something miraculous, we have little or no control over it.
Now don't misinterpret what I'm trying to say. The last time that this whole debate happened and we were OH SO CLOSE to getting the Dream Act passed, I was calling those senators that were on the fence about the bill. And I encourage everyone on here to do it this time also. But I also remember that we were so caught up with calling the senators who were on the fence, that it didn't even come to us that some of the democratic senators who said they would vote for the bill, didn't end up doing it. They changed their mind or they just lied to our face. And what can we do about that? They have the power to do that.
What I'm trying to get across to everyone on this forum who feels down and out about their situation is, you're not alone; but start looking at it through a different perspective. I am now neither optimistic nor pessimistic about this bill. But I'm happy to say I'm positive about my life right now and the things I want to accomplish; regardless of my status. I'm so fully assured that everyone on here can be the same way if they start changing the way they see this whole crisis that we're facing. I know for some its impossible to get a job. That for some it's dangerous to drive a car w/o a license. And it's really hard to do much without those things. I, have a really shitty job. And I'm also risking it every time I get on the wheel, but they're things I'm looking past now. It's hard but I'm trying.
What's the point if by the end of this whole thing, everyone devoted all their energy, time and effort into it without any use? I feel terrible for all the young people out there who devoted their lives to going to great schools and getting a good education and can't capitalize off it. They are the ones I wish the dream act could pass the most. Time goes by so fast so we have to make the most of it.
“A creative is ultimately a person of action. They have dreams, but they toil. A dreamer is someone who never achieves a dream. Dreamers are bullshit." Lapo Elkann(FIAT executive)
We're different in a sense. Let's work to get this done this year. As much as we possibly can. If something happens, then that's great. If it doesn't, let's just try to live our lives. Because there's more to life than these bullshit politics in Washington.
I'm calling all creatives. There's a project that I'm working on getting done. But I need help from creative people in the LA/OC area that want to participate. If you know about photography, graphic/web design and have some free time, or just want to get together and hang out, PM me and we can make things happen. I'm gonna start posting every now and then. I know some people might not like me. But I have to tell you, we're all looking to get this done, and that kind of holds us together.
Stay up everyone.
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I would love to hang out with other dreamers, but the sad thing is.. I live all the way up here in San Francisco, and i have yet to know anyone on this site that lives around the area. 
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