Modesto Famous - motown mojo

A quick personal message

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:55:09 -0500

Friends,

I am sorry that I don’t keep in touch as much as I should. Life has been pretty tough for me lately but in the midst of it all I have learned some valuable lessons. I just hate the fact that it has taken me being on the edge of death to see how beautiful that the world can really be.

What a week!

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:46:16 -0400

What a crazy week! I went to a hospital to get some fluid removed from my abdomen and they kept me all week! It was a good thing though. I had developed some sort of bacterial infection and needed special IV antibiotics again.

The best news of my entire life!

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:10:43 -0400

After being given six months to live five years ago, I found out yesterday that I was officially put on the waiting list for a new liver! I am so excited! When the call came my parents and I hugged one another and we all just cried. It was a truly wonderful, purely beautiful moment that I will never forget.

Help someone out there please and vote for Off the Air!

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:00:34 -0400

Hello Modesto! I finally feel alive today for the first time in a very long time. It feels great to not be looking through foggy dry eyes! Anyway, I am hoping to get stronger every day so that I am able to make the MAMA awards on Thursday evening. It may be a stretch but I could use some musical therapy!

How do people survive without medical insurance? Feedback requested please

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:28:24 -0400

Just yesterday I received an itemized statement for my stay at UCSF Medical Center a couple of weeks ago. I also received a statement from the company that took me on a one hour and 10 minute helicopter ride to Roseville where I needed to receive care.

Helicopters and ambulances and all that hype!

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:22:36 -0400

Well, I thought that I was getting a bit healthier. I was wrong. Again. Anyway, I was visiting family last week and about 1:00 a.m. Monday morning something gave way in my esophagus. I'll spare you all the exciting gory details. I was rushed from their home to a local hospital by ambulance, spent about two hours at that hospital and then I was flown to Roseville for further care. I thought that the whole medical helicopter trip would be interesting. I was wrong. Again.

Thanks! Now go eat and enjoy some great music!

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:00:56 -0400

I just wanted to thank everyone who has sent voice messages and e-mails my way. I am still in San Francisco and getting tested for just about every illness under the sun! I hope that all of you are well.

Here we go again...

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:38:45 -0400

It is close to five in the morning here and I can't seem to sleep. It is Monday Morning and a Holiday, but my family and I will not be enjoying any camping or boating today. Actually, maybe some of you would consider what my parents and I are doing right now to be camping, but I don't. I would much rather have awakened in the woods somewhere in the midst of the scent of pine or redwood.

Photographers Gallery Workshops, Digital College in July to September

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:22:09 -0400

Likely these are workshops I need to take, camera inept as I am. jim

For Motown Mojo and his Modestofamous.com photographer group, and others who need to learn more about photography, from one of my favorite stops on the Third Thursday Art Walk, or anytime they're open during the month.

Let's do this!

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:11:50 -0400

It is Sunday evening at about 11:00 and I have been thinking about what to write in this post all weekend. The first thing that I need to say is thank you to all the people who left emails, voice mails and happy thoughts for me. You never know how many people truly care until you are face down on the canvas and the referee is trying to count you out. I guess I'm just not ready to be counted out just yet, but my back is certainly up against the ropes. I'm a fighter though and I will win my battle. Maybe I need one of those insane Mike Tyson face tattoos!

Got the Mojo at Valenti, Speak Easy been to Clayton's Monday Blue Flu walk

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:52:43 -0500

well, its oddly enough, art night.... Monday, specifically the second monday of the month, not to be confused with prospect theatre and slam on rye, though I like that hooker looker poetic ode to farmer's market, as saw Paul Tremayne with organic foods tee while not at Concetta's, and might as well admit, I read it on Sam's myspace blog, but that's all second wednesday, and this is Tuesday, apparently the Benny Green after party is at Clayton's, I'll be drawing at Chartreuse Muse, which is not where we were this evening, http://www.johnhewittart.com might explain it, I was late to a Central California Art Association 2nd Monday, members workshop speaker art demo meeting, where John did see my only painting up in current members show, and commented in mid demo on watercolors, compliment.....

Getting to know local artist Jon Valenti

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:27:23 -0500

It has been a while since I have done a feature piece on a local artist and it's about time for me to do just that. Local artist, Jon Valenti has spent the last year refining his skills and is about to release his freshman CD, "Grin and Bury It." It is my hope that people who know Valenti will get to know him a bit better through this interview and that our readers that have yet to hear of him get to know a rising star from right here in the valley.

Aloha from Kona, Hawaii!

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:16:44 -0400

Aloha Modesto! I am checking in from Kona, Hawaii. After spending a great deal of September in the hospital I decided to take a break and travel with my Father to Kona, Hawaii to visit an aunt. The air here is clean and the people have been very nice. People are very relaxed. It is a whole new way of life and I love it!

Finally out of the hospital!

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:54:07 -0400

After a week of staring at the same walls and laying in the same bed, I am back. I missed the site very much and intend to get busy and breathe some life back into it. Thank you to everyone who called to check on me and to those that sent email. That sure meant the world to me!

A letter from Mojo

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:54:29 -0400

Family, Friends, Readers, Acquaintances,

Well, I am finally out of the hospital after four days in intensive care and a day in recovery. Most of you probably know about my health conditions. It all came to a head before I went into the hospital and as gross as it may sound, I threw up about half of the blood in my body. I had a couple of blood and platelet transfusions and a ton of medicine and now I feel a whole lot better.