Christopher Kendalls About Me Page at Helium

How To Guides |
Community

About me - Christopher Kendalls

About me

Another introvert in this world who says entirely too much once you get him started. You would think that I don't care about much of anything, until you read my work ...

Briefly me

My passion is ...

Writing

I know too much about ...

Computers, because I don't get paid enough to know what little I do know about them

My parents always told me ...

I should pursue my ambitions of owning my own business

My childhood ambition ...

Was to have my own business

My favorite memory ...

Seeing my wife's reaction when we visited New York for the first time, priceless ...

Why I write ...

I have entirely too much to say and it's the only way I can get anyone to listen to any of it

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Amy Winehouse, Alicia Keys, and anyone else who uses acoustic music to convey a meaningful message

My first job ...

Working for my mother's friend, who paid me like $30 for the entire summer. Really taught me the meaning of hard work ...

My best moment ...

First time I actually was paid to write, looked at how much it was, for how little work it was, over what period of time and I was instantly sold onto it

My inspiration ...

Someone else's struggle; I hear about other artists making it, getting it, it has to motivate you to do something of your own, particularly when they shouldn't be making it by society's standards.

Featured article by Christopher Kendalls

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Race: 22 of 39

Is my worth a function of my skin tone Was there something to be said for being the same race Why aren't we same even though we're of the same race Why aren't we friends of each other Why can't we help each other through We reach out to those we're most comfortable with Always alienating someone we're not That everyone else thinks we get along with Perhaps no one will know any different Perhaps we'll keep everything at home Yet that never happens So when someone else speaks of self hatred I wonder if that hatred comes from a familiar face What happens with those in the same place Or those ...
More..