Pooping lizard

Years ago pokemon go came out and it caused my fiance and I to explore a little more than we already did.

A few weeks after the hype settled down we were sitting on the couch relaxing the day away. All of this sudden I hear "oh my god! Pooping lizard!" "excuse me, what?" "there's a pokestop called pooping lizard!" I'm hooked, sign me up immediately, I must see this.

About a block away from our home on the corner of a side street and a major road lies a small mural about 4 feet high and 3 feet wide. It's a lizard sitting on a rock with small droplets of poop under him. Utterly hysterical to see for the first time. I thought to myself "this feels very Tucson, I really like this". I also thought "huh, maybe there's more for me to see in Tucson" assuming I already knew the city top to bottom.

This moment is memorable because it's one of many turning points that helped me learn my city wasn't so bad. I felt proud, once again, to say "that is SO Tucson!". I felt the rush of exploring once again, that feeling of being between the known and the unknown, and I was really comfortable.

About me

Born and raised in Tucson by Tucson natives.

I have dreaded living here my whole life and I always thought anywhere else would be better. Tucson was always a hell hole that nobody truly escapes, or so I thought.

Then I met my wife. I learned to slow down, to see the previously boring things as something exciting, to see past the surface level and dig deeper into the details of everyday life. I learned to love art, I learned to love food, I learned to love good beer, I learned to love another person, and I learned to love everyone else.

Though the more I learn the less I truly know. I feel the my experiences only broaden my range and the percentage of knowledge keeps going down.

The last 3 years I have grown so much. I used to be an anxious, unemployed, boring, ambitionless 22 year old. But I've grown into someone that has a solid foundation, a vision, a goal. Now I have a steady path where I confidently stride with my head up facing the future.

I am making this blog to delve into the smaller experiences often overlooked with everyday life. I want to use this blog (and my dinosaur blog, I swear Tucson is obsessed) to document my perspective on how a city I previously thought to be ugly can be beautiful in so many ways.