Alberto Herrera

Nothing gold can stay (at City of Hope)

Celebrating #IndigenousPeopleDay I looked back at how much I've learned about Native Americans this year in my #AdventuresInSpaceTime In DC, I learned about the Cherokee that lived in a vast region throughout the southeast woodlands, listened to talks on traditional Cherokee medicine and folklore, tried bison soup, and saw traditional dances. I also learned about the trail of tears and how the Cherokee were forced to relocate to Oklahoma. In New York, I learned about the Lenape who gave the land the name Manhattan which either came from a word in a Lenape dialect meaning "Island of many hills" or from the word in the Munsee dialect meaning "place of general inebriation." I learned about how in 1626 Peter Minuit “bought the island Manhattis from the wild men for the value of 60 gilders,” $24 for all 14,000 acres. Followed by the “Year of the Blood” when the Dutch attacked the natives unprovoked. Despite the Algonquin tribes unifying, the Dutch kicked out or slaughtered the natives who had lived on the island since the end of ice age. In Iowa, I learned about the Sauk and Meskwaki who inhibited the Great Lakes region but were driven out by colonists. I learned about how the Sauk allied with the British during the war of 1812 ultimately leading to forced resettlement into western Iowa. Cheif Black Hawk resisted and the Black Hawk War followed bringing the Sauk population down to 200 and forcing the Sauk and Meskwaki to relinquish most of their land. I also learned that in the 1850s, the Meskwaki collected $735 to repurchase their own land from the governor. Iowa’s last native residents. In San Francisco, I learned about the countless tribes along the coast who were assimilated and many times abused by Spanish Missionaries. In Nevada, I learned about the Southern Paiute tribes and visited their most sacred land in Mt Charleston, where the waters receded and gave life to all seven tribes. I learned so many heartbreaking stories but also learned about the importance of community, traditions, and preserving your stories. This poor kid was blessed with the opportunity to visit the places he's always dreamed of this year, cant wait to see what stories I learn next (at Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian)

Diversity day!!! In front of Beckmann go get some food (Pepe's not included) #SerenityNow (at City of Hope Helford Hospital)

Clowns are terrorizing the streets. A deranged millionaire is running for president. I know when I am needed. I know my life makes no sense. I’ve kept in this secret for so long that it has been eating at me from the inside. I can no longer live in the shadows…. The truth is… I am Batman But I’m not a millionaire you say? The truth is… Justin Bieber funds all my activities cus i let him drive my batmobile once. Hahaha the truth is just as crazy… from the time we hung out with Justin Bieber at West Coast Customs (12/07/16)… link to our interview with the biebs: https://youtu.be/7o1d0vBd7MY (at West Coast Customs)

Clowns are terrorizing the streets. A deranged millionaire is running for president. I know when I am needed. I know my life makes no sense. I’ve kept in this secret for so long that it has been eating at me from the inside. I can no longer live in the shadows…. The truth is… I am Batman 12/07/14 (from the time we hung out with Justin Bieber at West Coast Customs… link to our interview with the biebs: https://youtu.be/7o1d0vBd7MY ) (at West Coast Customs)

Alberto Poem #7: Rust Today I am thinking about what happens after you "used to be." #AlbertoPoems #JustBecauseICantPoemDoesntMeanIWont
 -9/24/16
Jewelry District, Former Site of the Warner Theater, Los Angeles, CA (at Jewelry District Downtown LA)

Alberto Poem #7 Rust. Walked through an unassuming door into a hallway. Stumbled in searching for a restaurant. A hot afternoon houses a jewelry swap meet. Around it, perfectly preserved, the ostentatious remains of the once mighty Warner Theater. Silent for almost a century. Almost forgotten. I stood for a minute and stared. You could almost here the music. It was haunting. #AlbertoPoems #JustBecauseICantPoemDoesntMeanIWont
 -9/24/16
Jewelry District, Former Site of the Warner Theater, Los Angeles, CA (at Jewelry District Downtown LA)

Only I show up to class with wine stains on their papers

Front row center at CHVRCHES. Mission Accomplished

Best coast, wine, and Transcription Factors paper #GradSchool #CityOfHope (at Hollywood Forever)

The history nerd in me is having a field day, saw Mel Blancs grave, the Ramones are scattered around here. Best coast up first then CHVRCHES (at Hollywood Forever Cemetery Screening.)

On a date tonight with the most beautiful person I know... ME! Taking myself on a date to finally watch CHVRCHES, my favorite non emo band, with some wine and Transcription factor papers. Also it's at the Hollywood Forever Cementary so Ima be alongside Alfred Hitchcock, Cecil B Demille, the Ramones, and all my favorite silent film actors. Oh did you watch American Horror Story: Hotel? Rudolph Valentino is buried here! He's doesn't run a murder hotel though, but there's no guarantee he didn't fake his own death and become a vampire #Romantic #TreatYoSelf (at Hollywood Forever)

Last night I realized why I love @sincerelykathryn new haircut (stars added for maximum effect). #CHVRCHES #LaurenMayberry #ShesGonnaKillMe #IRegretNothing

Great some drunk ass smashed up the car I was driving while my car was in the shop... ah my luck with cars. What a week (at Duarte, California)

Round 3: studying drosophila in the 1920s! Roaring 20s party at the historic Workman & Temple Homestead Museum. The site features an 1840s era adobe, an 1870 country home, a 1920s Spanish Colonial Revival mansion. Gonna swing dance the night away. Am I underdressed? Nah I got my TARDIS shirt everyone knows I'm a time traveler #Roaring20s (at Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum)