As this year draws to and end...

 As this year draws to and end, I've realized that although I have uploaded more videos this year than before, particularly in the first half of the year. The idea is to at some point make that gap from videos from past years to current ones be less far apart. At my current pace, it may be several years before that happens. Additionally, I didn't upload as many videos to the 📟 Analog to Digital: A Time Warp Journey playlist as I'd hoped. I've decided to look at this as an exciting opportunity for the new year. Here's hoping the new year will be filled with many more videos.

Lamb, Chinese, Wine, Tacos, & Tortas!

 

Lamb, Chinese, Wine, Tacos, & Tortas!
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From September 29 - October 8, 2010
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This is a series of photos from various dates that include lamb made by #Armandzraven, the entrance of Crown China Buffet, wine, tacos from Taco Feliz, and tortas from Los Reyes de la Tortas.

00:00 September 29, 2010 Lamb
00:07 October 01, 2010 Eating out at Crown China Buffet
00:15 October 02, 2010 Sparkling Wine, Wine, & Taco Feliz
00:45 October 03, 2010 Wine
00:50 October 08, 2010 Eating out at Los Reyes de la Torta

Audio: "Bright Eyed Blues" by Unicorn Heads from the YouTube audio library. 

#NoTanDiarioChronicles #tacos #wine #tortas 

Hispanic Heritage Month 2010!

Hispanic Heritage Month 2010! 

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From September 29, 2010

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These are photos that I took when during the 2010 celebration at work for Hispanic Heritage Month. This was also the first year we had a salsa contest. 

Previous Hispanic Heritage Month Celebrations!

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month 2008! → https://youtu.be/s0_ypKVJT_Y

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! - September 2009 → https://youtu.be/XKueTw8TXYY

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month 2010! → https://youtu.be/1VzfI3sPKFo

Audio: "Avocado Street" by Wes Hutchinson from the YouTube audio library. 

#NoTanDiarioChronicles #HispanicHeritageMonth 

 

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month 2010!

 

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month 2010!
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From September 29, 2010
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These are some of the informational pieces and photos of the 2010 Hispanic Heritage Month celebration that also included a salsa contest which took place at the Target Tempe, my then place of work. This was an event that I helped put together as part of the Target Tempe Diversity & Inclusion Council.

The informational pieces were used for a tri-fold that included history of Hispanic Heritage Month, history of salsa, and a list of local Hispanic Heritage Month events. We also coordinated with the inhouse cafe to create a specials menu for the day. There was also a video displayed via a projector with images/photos and brief info about each country that is included during Hispanic Heritage Month.

 The photos you see here are a combination of ones I took myself and ones shared by others. The informational pieces are the ones I gathered because I was in charge of putting together the tri-fold. The exception was the header. which had I done, would have been spelled correctly.

Check out all my photos from Hispanic Heritage Month! I've uploaded them all to a separate video here: → https://youtu.be/6E3DgqqBSR8

Previous year Hispanic Heritage Month Celebrations videos!

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month 2008! → https://youtu.be/s0_ypKVJT_Y
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! - September 2009 → https://youtu.be/XKueTw8TXYY

Audio: "Avocado Street" by Wes Hutchinson from the YouTube audio library. 

#NoTanDiarioChronicles #HispanicHeritageMonth 

AI Generated Song - Ojitos Mexicanos by Elkirbster via Suno

Decided to try Suno to create a song a few days ago. Haven't decided if it'll be shared via other socials through Amalgam Creative Arts or No Tan Diario Chronicles because the preference is to make audio, music, sound effects, etc. to use on videos with minimal to no AI assistance. Using pre-made sound loops still requires more creativity to produce audio than prompting, therefore for now making this post on both sharing the link. 

If you do listen to it, tell me what you thought about it?
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Ojitos Mexicanos by Elkirbster via Suno
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From November 25, 2025
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Song: Ojitos Mexicanos

Genre: Salsa Merengue Pop

Description: A passionate love song. The idea for this song was inspired by Thalia's recent song with the same title. Was looking for a similar theme with different rhythms, a bit more upbeat, with a mix of pop, salsa, and merengue. The initial song was instrumental that was then remixed to add the lyrics. 

Generated Date: November 25, 2025

Just a quick note about video posts...

You may already know that I create both horizontal and vertical videos for my Amalgam Creative Arts videos, mostly because of posting on different social apps/platforms.

I decided to try the same for one of the recent Step Out - Walk to Fight Diabetes video for my No Tan Diario Chronicles. Though it won't be something that I'll do because I prefer traditional horizontal ones, I find it interesting that vertical videos, specially when they are shorter, seem to get more views that horizontal. 

I've also noticed that overall shorter videos, whether horizontal or vertical, seem to get more views. Now I don't create videos for the views, but because I want to share moments throughout my life via No Tan Diario Chronicles and encourage craftivism via Amalgam Creative Arts, however it'd be neat to get monetized at some point, at least on my creative channel. 

Do you prefer horizontal or vertical videos? 

Here's the two for the Step Out - Walk to Fight Diabetes!

Step Out - Walk to Fight Diabetes! ~ 25 September 2010 ~ Vertical

Step Out - Walk to Fight Diabetes! ~ Vertical
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From September 25, 2010
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These are images/photos of the Step Out - Walk to Fight Diabetes event that took place at the Rawhide Western Town and Steakhouse grounds in 2010. I was part of the Target Volunteers whose participation was in the Food & Beverage Tent. 

The first image is the road map of where Rawhide is located and how to get to it. The second image is the info provided to us on what our group would be part of, the food & beverage tent. The third image is the map with tent lawn diagram. 

The rest are the photos that I took of the event that include some of the buildings at Rawhide, the food & Beverage Tent, and the t-shirt we volunteers received to use during the event. 

Audio: "Dulcinea" by Steve Adams from the YouTube audio library.

#NoTanDiarioChronicles #StepOut #AmericanDiabetesAssociation #TargetVolunteers