Darius Cherry
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All my Stories are connected
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Track and Car enthusiast
Stories (28/0)
Vocal Did It Not Me
Vocal pushed me towards my dreams, they are the reason I am able to express my thoughts and problems. Vocal is the reason I have something to write about which is crazy, because I felt trapped in my mind. They gave me the opportunity to give me a professional title while people couldn't take my dreams seriously. They are the reason people are switching up on me and agreeing with my intelligence and dreams.
By Darius Cherry3 years ago in Confessions
More Than Just Luck
So in the "Racing Mentor" I mentioned entering car giveaways as a way of producing a race car. I had a chance to chat with 80EIGHTY about how it all got started and what made them have the idea offer chances to giveaway beautiful vehicles like that Ferrari 488GTB in the picture. When you enter any giveaway it comes with a post card with the vehicle that is being given away on the front.
By Darius Cherry3 years ago in Wheel
The Racing Mentor
I referenced Jess in the story " Why being a track/enthusiast makes me happy" and I will touch on a few points why she is part of the process.Her book she wrote "Get Paid To Race" describes and list the proper steps it takes to get a sponsorship. If you are asking if I emailed Vocal to apologize about the slander in the story "Passion vs. Dedication"... I did and they responded with "there was no slander". The reason being they understand I am passionate about writing and race cars. I don't have to explain to them something they hear everyday when someone is expressing themselves through their work.
By Darius Cherry3 years ago in Wheel
Building a Healthy Relationship with Failure
It is one thing to make this journey solo, but even failure can push you towards people who can be a positive impact in your life. This story is still connected to this whole adventure so don't think we are off track. We are about to enter a turn with someone else who I see as not just a coach, but someone who knows how to keep pushing when times get tough. Meet the man, the myth, the Memo Calderon. Born in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and now resides in Washington, so yes I met him in Washington State. He is a certified Racecar Technician, he met me while I had the lack of track knowledge and had a smart mouth even though I still do. He called me out so many times and I was like one of these days I will show him on the track. One month later my Acura was totaled, I was looking like a straight fool! He wasn't disappointed in the accident he was more disappointed in the way it happened and how I handled the situation. This is where a guy who has the most bad ass life shows me it is okay to fail.
By Darius Cherry3 years ago in Wheel
Goddess of the Universe
She was in a black dress with art all over her, had the mind of a professor but the creativity of picasso. I was struck by her demeanor no small minded tactics as she looked around my bland one bedroom apartment. She started painting a king with her words as we exchanged ideas and knowledge, but as the exchange of conversation happened the moon and sky shower curtain started reflecting off of her. Her observations were deep,but her intentions were pure creation with lust for a man who has creativity of a god.
By Darius Cherry3 years ago in Filthy
The Pandemic
This story took a turn for the best starting off, because before we get into what happened during my time in the pandemic my life was hectic and a mess going into it. I had so much to write about and it was going to come off as vengeful and full of hatred. I was that upset how I was when I kept running the scenario back in my head of my life starting to fall apart. As an over thinker I tend to process situations that don't seem to add up very slowly. The thing is I am a different over thinker, I will fix the problem in the long run and go back and fix what happened in time. Someone today taught me that it isn't worth it and I truly appreciate that woman. I appreciate the man upstairs for giving me a woman who is beyond beautiful, creative, and knows how to care for me emotionally.
By Darius Cherry3 years ago in Journal
Ghost or Ghoul?
I know you heard of the term zombie and ghost used to describe people as non-existent, I am neither one. I am a ghoul! I know that sounds different, but ghouls usually are coherent and are aware of everything around them. The thing that usually makes them stick out is there skin, usually they don't age or show change. I am one of those people especially not aging, I am twenty-seven looking like I just turned twenty-one.
By Darius Cherry3 years ago in Confessions
PASSION vs. DEDICATION
PASSION vs. DEDICATION I want to say starting off, this story goes out in loving memory to Samuel Casas. The brother of the man named Manny Alvarez and I will explain why they mean family to me. In my story “Coast to Coast” I described the car scene as overwhelming in Phoenix, Arizona. There are way too many social groups with car enthusiasts that like different categories. You have to keep in mind also I have no vehicle so not a lot of car enthusiasts will talk to you unless you had the knowledge, camera, or the biggest one a car. I understand though I had to lay low, because I was still in the process of settling in Arizona so I wasn’t keen on looking for attention anyway. I did want that car enthusiast to just chat with, I have a few still I stay in touch with via social media, text, and calls. I have my friend from day one Austin he pushes me, but he is on the other side of the country. I believe the universe brings you the right energy in due time, it is hard to find people who even have the passion to be a car enthusiast. I don’t even want to bring up dedication because on social media we have no idea who is really into or just looking for somewhere to fit in. Manny and Sam have passion and dedication, it isn’t one or the other that describes them either. Each of them project both passion and dedication and it wasn’t till I met them the wheels started turning no pun intended. It is so hard to find genuine people that have attributes like that, at the time in Washington State the car scene found me. I was going home and my first set of crazy roommates left me for a show not letting me know, but okay. I met this guy though and it wasn’t him asking me about my hobbies or I saw his car. In fact he just liked the backpack I had on at the time, for some reason since then everyone was always complimenting the backpack I had on. I ended up finally getting a plain one only, because I want to just get on with my life and stop meeting other people. Anyway we just clicked like that and he took me to my first show. Then after that things started rolling, that is how I describe Manny and Sam. They got the ball rolling off of humble beginnings for me, I almost stopped writing when I felt as if it wasn’t going anywhere then Manny and the other car enthusiast that supported me told me to keep going. In all honesty this writing thing is supposed to help work towards a car, but I think we should ask for more? If Vocal is supposed to support those with a passion for a craft or hobby, where is my race car or sponsorship to my race team to build a race car? The reason being, Vocal can’t even support themselves. I am not the one to wait for opportunity, I am just learning what patience is. My circle knows that I hate asking, but I have to be humble when I say never wait for someone to help you. Go out and get it yourself, I still have a day job. I rarely get to sleep, so when I say I am always dedicated to my passion I mean it. I can’t compare passion vs. dedication like you guys with no real goals in life, my circle won’t allow it. So as I finish up here remember why you wake up and go to your job you say you work so hard at. My circle doesn’t question themselves, they go in and do it. In the time for you it takes to come up with a plan to go and do something you could have done it. Don't say you were too busy reading this, I just want to be able to give you a little direction here so you won't feel too offended. That isn't my plan I just want you to realize that sometimes it won't happen overnight, if you keep stepping in the wrong mud and sitting there figuring on how to get out. I will end this here, because I still step in mud I just get out faster then I did and we don't need the blind leading the blind. I have glasses, but I am just trying to motivate you not tell you how to live your life.
By Darius Cherry3 years ago in Wheel
A King's Disturbance
As humans we tend to have a thought process of everything is going to be alright which it will be, but not how we want it to be. We get ahead of ourselves when we see something that others owned that we wanted. Well I am one of those people and I am also and over thinker. It isn't good to let people know your weakness, but recently I decided to just get up. Not out of emotion, but out of disturbance. My peace was finally broken after releasing coast to coast and things started clicking. So the saying stay down till you come up only applies to the normal people reading this, for reasons being since I have been five years old my plan has been working. I just had to really grow into Darius, let me explain that better. The name Darius has been around before you guys even thought about becoming successful or the idea of changing the world, basically any idea before the world actually started to expanded on goods,services and social media. I am moving in the right direction and explaining living a few years away from my thirty's is where I want to be. There a lot of hidden talents but hard work always beats talent and that is why I still work so much. I work so much I push people out of my life because I never sleep and that's because a King sits on his throne and waits to make his moves. As a King I have been waiting to make my move since Kindergarten, because the King discovered his purpose at that age, but since I was a prince and my Dad was sailing around the world, he was learning his story. So yes the name and the story is real, this isn't dramatized either you guys just talk too much you can't see that I've been getting mine. Like I said I have hidden talents, I quit the chess club at the age of six. I know how to play its just better when the world is your chess board. I can't remember exactly what age but I know I got invited to this studio to audition for Disney Channel and my mom all of sudden forgot all the delinquent activities I did. I ended up getting in but we turned it down because its still a business and everyone is required at least a year of acting school. I had no agent either so I just took the skill and started using it to lay low til my thrown is ready.
By Darius Cherry3 years ago in Confessions
COAST TO COAST
Coast To Coast By, Darius Cherry 1. Denver,CO This will be a first for me to turn away from something not all car related. I will start off by saying this story was inspired by a great person I know. They will teach you a thing about life but they taught me how to move on appropriately. Something people need to learn nowadays. I understand you should focus on you and the right energy will come but, that's why we live on this big round thing called earth and you can travel it. There is still some car related material in here, but this article is mostly about traveling from the east coast to the west coast of the USA. We will start with Denver, Colorado, the first state I moved to emotionally. I say emotionally because this was a move not by choice, I am from the Northern Part of Virginia or as people in my generation from that area call it NOVA. In my years from 20-23 I had my first car and had a very rebellious attitude, I was misunderstood but it led to poor choices. Which led to lawyers clearing my record so I can have another life and that life was started with someone who I thought was my soulmate with a lifestyle in a state with the prettiest weather you have ever seen. I was driven out of the state of Virginia due to the disagreements I kept having with my family and other trouble. I do want to chase my dreams but people were trying to parent me when they weren’t happy with their own life. That wasn’t family either, it was ex-friends to just people who claim to know it all. If it hasn’t occurred to you I do not like authority or you thinking you have a PHD and everything. It led me to reconnecting with this girl who now is no longer even talking with me but it's okay she's alive. We decided to drive to Colorado where she was already residing but we ended up getting an apartment together. I learned though just because you know someone since kindergarten doesn’t mean they care about you.... Denver taught me a lot though when I was out there, I lost my first car out there. I learned that being at a high altitude in the morning is a funny feeling. One thing I love to do when I travel or go anywhere new is to eat and try different foods. Denver has beautiful foods. Overall if I did not rush my emotions I would have stayed in Colorado it's okay everything happens for a reason, I know there are no cars in this part that is what Washington State is for.
By Darius Cherry3 years ago in Earth
TRIAL, ERROR, AND DEDICATION
I am going to start off saying I know it is time to start writing a book. I have a few reasons and the most poor excuses why I haven’t started writing a book. We can chat about reason one because it will be the longest reason and the worst excuse, I have written 2 books but one I never submitted and one didn’t get published. The first book that I had written , I was 18 and had no real friends, just a party head, and I was with the wrong crowd. The 2nd book was denied by a publisher, I can say right now my publisher doesn’t even share my stories on social media or promote them. I was also asked in my 2nd book, “what makes beating cancer so exciting?” That is where the story “Beating Cancer Gives You Superpowers” came from. I can’t take criticism I know that but seriously how are you a publisher and you ask a stupid ass question like that? I know I sound angry but this is why there hasn’t been writing. Trust me I enjoy writing. The part I hate is people taking the enjoyment out of things because you feel as if someone's expression of life isn’t pleasing to people. We now live in a world where expressing yourself is getting naked on camera with your significant other and selling yourselves is the stuff worth publishing and promoting. Other people have their niches but beating cancer and writing about it is mine but I guess I had to grow into it.
By Darius Cherry3 years ago in Humans