Inglewood, CA/How do you feel about life in general? Do you feel like you're content or do you feel like you're missing something?

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Answer: No, I do not. I feel very content. I feel I'm exactly where God wants me to be.

I just turned 31 and I just feel so blessed. I feel like most people my age don't love their job. I feel blessed to really love what I do. I have a great family. I have my health. Yes, I'm very content.

It's such a great place to be. I just think so many people at this age, well so many people in general. are always waiting to see what the next thing is thinking, well, this will make me happy. Well, that will make me happy, but I am content with where I am.

Question: Who in your life do you think you take most for granted?

Rockford, IL/How come some people can take care of dogs and cats for a long time, but others for only a very short time? With babies too. Some people can care for them for a long time, some people play for a few minutes and then get bored. Why is that difference?

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Answer: Well, you can say the same for people and children. For people who are entertaining a child for the short term, they want to play with the child, interact with the child so the child will not fear them, so that it will be comfortable with them but then they want to move on and interact with the adults in the room if there are adults in the room.

As far as taking care of a child on the long haul, usually that's either your own child or you've taken an interest in a friend's child or an aunt's child or you're doing it for money so it can either be a financial need or an emotional need, end of story.

Patience comes because people have a deep love for children, or they have a deep love for a pet and a pet fills empty holes in their life. It fills loneliness and some people, they bond with animals better than they bond with people so they have a wonderful lifetime relationship with an animal.

I understand people who love children and I understand pet lovers and the desire for pets. It's kind of, you know, when you've lived this many years, you kind of know a little bit about human nature and human needs. You can read body language and the way people laugh, the way they react to you...you can tell if they're genuine or not, the same thing with pets they either love you or they don't.

So now, shall we move on?

Question: How do you feel about life in general? Do you feel like you're content or do you feel like you're missing something?


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Skokie, IL/Why don't people pay more attention to spaying and neutering their cats and dogs? Why don't people take more responsibility for their pets?

Welcome to the Pita Inn, one of the most amazing places to eat in all of the Chicagoland. Three dollars for a dozen fresh baked pita bread, the best falafel sandwiches, hummus, tabouleh... Needless to say, many of my Northwestern days were spent here so it was only fitting when I visited this summer that it would be a part of my project.


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 Answer: I don't know because I don't raise cats or dogs. The people don't have responsibility. They think it's easy but it's not. It's a soul. It's like a human being. It needs food. It needs care. You have to take care of it like a baby.

I ask why he does not own any pets.

I've been here just for a short time and in my country, Iraq, they don't care to take care of pets like here.

Question: How come some people can take care of dogs and cats for a long time, but others for only a very short time? With babies too. Some people can care for them for a long time, some people play for a few minutes and then get bored. Why is that difference?

Venice, CA/Do you think that the country is headed toward a more socialistic system than we had before? Why do you think so?

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Answer:  Right now, there's a democratic president and the healthcare issue. That passed so that is more socialistic. But I think the real sign is that everyone is intermixing. Before it was like our culture versus your culture. It seems like people are interrelating more. It's more of a celebration of culture rather than paranoia, which I guess is more social.

Question: Why don't people pay more attention to spaying and neutering their cats and dogs? Why don't people take more responsibility for their pets?

Manhattan, New York (Central Park)/Do you think that American society is becoming more nihilistic?

It's been a terribly long time since I've posted here but I've been feeling like I reaallly want to get back to working on this project. It's something that's given me so much life and so many good stories since I began the project two summers ago...through moving to LA, looking for a job etc. This blog sadly hasn't been getting very much love from me over the past few months but luckily, this past weekend, I received an awesome email out of the blue from this awesome lady which totally gave me a kick in the butt to get back into this project. I have a few older photos that I haven't gotten around to posting but once those are up...walking talk, meet 2011. I'm back!


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Answer: No, I don’t think so, but I think people are more afraid of getting involved. If someone doesn’t help someone that’s sick, it’s because they don’t want to get sued, but I don’t think it’s an individual fault.

Everyone is kind of wrapped up in their own little thing they’re doing. They are scared to come out of their bubble.

Question: Do you think that the country is headed toward a more socialistic system than we had before? Why do you think so?

DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY/ Do you believe in God? And if not, why?

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Answer: Yes, I totally believe in God because I feel like our human brain cannot comprehend the infinite. I don’t think it’s arrogant if you’re agnostic, I just don’t think the world would be the way it is now without God. The serendipity, the random violence. We try to anthropomorphize God but it’s beyond our thinking. I think it’s something that gives us hope because I don’t think being human is the most fun thing in the world.

Question: Do you think that American society is becoming more nihilistic--that we are not caring about things that we used to see as sacrosanct? What values do we still care about or is it all out the door? Is everything up to question? Do we care anymore?

Beverly Hills, CA/ Will the universe continue to expand?

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Answer: (left) Yes, absolutely. It always has and it always will. There’s no end to the possibilities of the universe. The universe is endless in my mind. I have a conviction.

(right) Of course. Nobody knows how far it goes. You don’t know. You can’t know.

Question: (left) Do you believe in God? And if not, why?

(right) Do you think that everytime NASA sends a satellite into space, they create pollution? Why are we making consumers so guilty when they drive a car when we have the government sending spaceships into space and probably creating much more pollution? How come nobody talks about that?