Why I do what I do.

Hey,
So I know a lot of you know me but some of you are new to the Rex Felixx experience.

Here are a few things about me.

1.I have two eyes,

2.Anose

3. Love to sing, dance , and play guitar….

Ok for real though.

4. I do love eating spaghettios and edamame.

OK seriously, though….

I grew up in Buffalo, NY and have always been a goofy oddball person who loved to make people laugh. I come from a long history of artists who inspired me daily, to use that imagination.
Now, all grown up (37) and having too many gray hairs to count, I decided to continue this journey of assisting the world in understanding they can use imagination every single day and not be a potato too mature for play.
We don’t have to work a job we hate and never think about anything else. Can you imagine if you were 25 years of age, and found the (perfect) job and never thought about anything else except that?

Sad. ( Like ice cream melted in the sun before eating it sad.)

Rex Felixx has always been apart of me, and I am apart of it. The whole purpose of it is to show the world through my writings, drawings, and personality, that we can be true to our own self. Who cares what other people may chatter when we are doing something we love. King Happy (Rex Felixx) is all about inspiring people who feel down on their luck, who are stuck, or just bored with life. Everyday I wake up hoping to bring a smile to someone’s day, or a creative spark in a poem I write.

One little spark…

to get that imagination growing again!

You want to bake? Cool go bake it.
You love to sing? Great go and do open mic
You like doing marathons? Amazing go and run (I’m tired thinking about 26 miles)

Please if you can’t remember anything I write in this post, remember this

YOU ARE AWESOME!!!
STOP BEING SHY ABOUT HOW AWESOME YOU ARE!!

Get out there and start living, stop ignoring that little voice inside your heart telling you to dream.

Cheers,

Rex Felixx

P.S. I want spaghettios

Cheesy Cheesy CHEEEESEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Give me cheese
Hold the milk,
only cheese and ice creamy
frozen make it scream for joy.
I want the string cheese fiasco
and loads of tabasco.
SO much fun to eat the yellow
but afterwards I need a nap,
and then sleep and be so mellow.
On second thought,

maybe I shouldn’t…
eat all this dairy,
Cuz now my tum tum is
feeling rather scary.
Not to mention

very, very hairy.

RF

Okay so as you can tell I love cheese. I made a poem about cheese.
I grew up on cheese.

There were many holidays growing up, where I would have to grate lbs and lbs of cheddar, monterey jack, colby, swiss etc etc for the family to devour before we would then go and sit down and eat twelve lbs of prime rib. Our holiday family dinners were and still are the best memories for me. Most of the time it revolved around some sort of dairy. (Pizza, ice cream, cheese trays.)

Side note: dairy does bind us together if we eat too much of it (LOL).

In all seriousness though, it doesn’t matter what food you eat with your family. It’s the memories, the smells, the laughter that are meaningful and that we will remember even when we are old and gray.

I think there are many people out there who have had similar stories about cheese. If you enjoy cheese families as much as me, let me know, maybe we can collaborate on a cheese tray for that next party that we attend with each other’s families.

Cheers… I mean cheese,

Rex Felixx

Another year.... Time to reflect.

Hey guys!!!

WHAT A YEAR!

Another year to be alive.

Another year to dream!
Life really is amazing.

Cheers to this year,

And
Cheers to the next year.

Although every year is awesome, I always want more. I always want to keep on growing.

In this last week of 2023, I think it is a good idea to sit and reflect on this past year.

Take a look at all the goals you have accomplished, (congratulate yourself, reward yourself)

Also review the goals you failed to achieve.( why did you fail? What support do I have?)

In 2024 may you continue to go after your dreams and goals and don’t dwell on your failures and shortcomings.
Take a long look in the mirror and ask yourself.

“How am I going to live this life to the fullest?”

“What do I want to achieve in 2024?”

“How can i achieve these goals?”

Goout there and be awesome!!!
Change the world!

Don’t give up on your dreams in this life,

otherwise you may be sitting there breathing but you aren't truly living.

Cheers,

Rex Felix

P.S Bring me some figgy pudding

Stuck...

It’s crazy to think that some of us decide that we can live on autopilot and be in a rut our entire life. I wouldn’t even say a rut… we just don’t want to try at all. We stop living at age 25 and die at 75. It’s very sad. It makes me depressed knowing that so many of us won’t even try to fulfill their dreams or even use their talents on a daily basis.

” I don’t have time”
” I am le tired.”

“ I have kids now.”

Blah Blah Blah…

Get up and go live the best life you can.
Stop this woe is me mentality.

Get out there and change your life,

which will then change the lives of others around you,

which will then change the whole world.

Most importantly,

When you actually do something with your talent and do something for yourself

you actually feel alive!

You show the world who you are!

Cheers,

Rex Felixx


P.S. I wish I was talented at cooking burgers. I really can go for one now.

Dreaming

When did we become so old that we forgot how to dream?

When did we become so cynical that we are so mean?

I’m not that old (36, don’t let the grays fool you) But I notice that every year we get older it seems that we become mad at the life we created. A lot of us stop focusing on the positives in life and continuing to pursue our dreams. We then decide its feels great to become cynical and dull. If anyone tries to achieve a dream , we look at them and say…“Meh.” It’s a cancer that is ruining our lives. It is so easy to mock and laugh at people grinding for their dream. It is also much easier to look at others than to look in the mirror and say “Wow, I want to become something better. I want to be trying to live my life to the fullest.”

We can all achieve an awesome life.

We can all try to be a better person.

We can all decide today that we want to pursue an outlandish idea!

Don’t restrict yourself to never trying!

Go out and be awesome!!!!!!!

Peace out,

Rex Felixx

Food Season

November marks the beginning of the best food season of the year. We have turkey on Thanksgiving, rib roast for Christmas, and all the sugary goodies to go along with it. I think the most lonely food of the season are the candied yams.

A long, long time ago, when I was working at Disney World we had a friendsgiving party. All our coworkers wanted to put together a fun shin dig and everyone brought a side dish. Some people grabbed paper plates and napkins (boring), others brought stuffing. I decided I would bring a magnificent dish called candied yams. When I announced it to the group they all looked at me oddly and said “umm cool, that sounds okay.”

I worked in the kitchen all day cutting and chopping the yams. I even talked to the yams to make sure they felt welcome. After about 8 hours they were ready to be consumed. I swiftly wrapped them up to preserve the heat and scurried over to the party. I was expected to be welcomed with open arms and heralded as the king of the party. Alas, I show up and no one was there to grab the glorious dish from my hands.

I asked Craw (my future wife) “I made the yams, where can I place them?”

She then stated “ Ummm.. just put them on the stove over there.”

“Alrighty put them over there, away from all the other cool side dishes. I just hope people will eat them.”

“Oh yeah, we are excited to eat the yams.” Craw said with a smirk on her face.

Well let’s just say no one ate the yams. After about three hours of hanging out, no one ate the yams.

All of my hard work didn’t pay off. They lonely yams sat there staring at all the side dishes. The stuffing and cranberries weren’t neglected.The turkey was a hit dish (I haven’t the slightest reason why). However, my exquisite dish was banished away from the party and eventually travelled into the trash can.

Yams are the most lonely food of the season. No one will eat them ever. Moral of the story, don’t make any extravagant side dishes for parties. They won’t ever get eaten. Be the person who brings paper plates. I’m kidding, just don’t create candied yams for people who can’t appreciate the wonders of that side dish.

Cheers,

Rex Felixx

P.S. I yam what I yam.

Spooky Season

It’s October again, and that means spooky season is upon us. I love this season of fun and pumpkins and candy and scares and corn mazes and… I can go on and on and on.

I feel like bats are given a bad wrap though. They have always been weird looking but that doesn’t mean they are creepy people. I mean Fruit bats are a cool band and actual fruit bats like to eat fruit and are cute. They have cute big ears and weird shaped noses… On the other hand Dracula loved bats, vampire bats drink blood and I would get scared of them if they were in my bedroom. There was that one office episode where the bat got into the office and every panicked. Meredith had to get a rabies shot. So ya, I guess that makes sense to be afraid of them. Okay come to think of it, maybe bats don’t get a bad wrap, I think bats are very scary. Be careful of all the bats this October, you don’t want them to come after you and suck your blood. If you see a bat in the sky run away! ! Be careful out there this upcoming Halloween day.

Cheers,

Rex Felixx

End of a Season

Another Summer season gone, and another Fall season begins. I don’t know about you but this year has flown by so quickly. I remember June starting and I’m thinking to myself, “ Man I can’t wait to do all the cool Summer stuff.” It was a very eventful season but I still wanted to do more. There was so much to do yet I ran out of time. The more I look back on the past few months, the more I realize I waste a lot of time thinking of what to do, instead of just doing it. “It be fun to do whitewater rafting, or a trip to Vermont would be cool.”

The years seem to move very quickly and soon enough I’ll be looking in the mirror being more gray than I am now. (if that is even possible.) Instead of wondering what to do, I am going to start pursuing it and not waiting to do it. One season is over but we still have 2 more left this year to enjoy, and fulfill those goals.

I’ll leave you with a quote from one of my favorite films “ Do you want to become an old man, filled with regret, waiting to die alone?” - Inception

Go out and enjoy all that you can while we still can.


Cheers,
Rex Felixx

Sourssssssss

There was a time when I was a younger person (aka as a child), and i went to the candy store down the street from our house. Inside this candy store they had penny candy. Now for all you young people, penny candy was a real thing. You could go into a store and buy one piece of candy for the cost of a penny, not a dollar, but a penny. Those were the best days. Anyways, this candy store had everything from Swedish fish, to jawbreakers. On the right hand corner of the shelf was a new type of candy called Warheads. They were a tiny candy in the shape of a circle individually wrapped for your enjoyment. (my mouth is watering thinking about it.) I had no idea at the time that these candies were the most deadliest, sour thing I have ever eaten in my life. I decided to buy 10 of them.

If you have ever had a warhead, you know that they are very sour and can cause pain to your taste buds. Sadly, I was nine years old and not smart.

Now I had about 10 of these warheads in my hands and I thought “Hmm geez whiz, this sounds fun to eat all of these warheads at once and enjoy them all together not individually.” (Again, I am nine, and not very bright.) In the mouth they went. Blue, red, yellow, green, all the colors of the rainbow into that hole in my face. Now, I have been hit by a car and broke my leg, I kind of knew what pain was. It was about 3 seconds later that I realized what “real” pain was. My mouth twisted and shriveled in many many different directions due to the intense flavors of this sugary candy. In an instant my eyes were watered, and my gums of my teeth were on fire from the Warheads. Luckily I was alone by myself at the park so no one could see me crying. I mean if you cried at nine years old, you were considered a baby.

But I learned two valuable lessons that day. Never ever eat ten warheads at a time and also never open a candy store selling penny candies. You will never make a profit and survive. The store shut down a few years after the warhead incident, most likely due to kids complaining that their taste buds exploded, not because the store made no profits. My taste buds got burned off that day and I don’t think I have ever recovered. Actually, now that I think of it, I haven’t been able to taste certain foods. I wonder if being nine years old ruined my whole adult tasting career. I will never be a professional food taster anymore. My dreams are shattered… Oh well on that note, time to go get some fun dip and pixie sticks to finish of this work week.

Cheers,

Rex Felixx

P.S. my mouth is still watering from the sours

Silence...

Life has been so chaotic lately. Summertime is always overly busy, and then, in a flash, it’s almost September. Another season begins. I woke up yesterday and forgot my headphones for the gym. I normally love grooving to the tunes while pumping iron but I enjoyed every minute of having no headphones. I was able to walk outside and hear nothing but the breeze rustling the trees and birds waking up the neighborhood. No static just some nice silence from the noise.

Silence is so hard to find these days. People are grinding 24 hrs a day and never stop to sit in silence. I’ve been guilty of it so much lately, just clocking in and clocking out, or non stop social media consumption. Just like chugging 20 red bulls a day isn’t healthy for the heart, neither is non stop working and consumption of social media.

Next time you are heading on a walk or going to the gym take out the headphones and fight the urge of endlessly scrolling your social media pages. A better idea! Find a park bench and just sit and chill for 15 minutes. See how you feel afterward.


Cheers,

Rex Felixx

P.S. Silence is golden.

Milkkkkkkkkkkkkkk...

Got milk?

Those commercials from the 90’s were awesome. I remember the one where the guy was in a hospital bed with a full body cast and he saw a pile of cookies placed on table next to him. He ended up eating the whole plate of cookies but had no milk. I think he ended up choking on the cookies and then went to heaven. Seriously, youtube it. It’s a crazy commercial probably banned in 15 countries. I mean even as a kid watching it, i’m thinking to myself, “Can they show this on tv?” The nineties were a whole different world.

Now where was I? Oh yes, milk is the best! It is so much better than drinking water or drinking butter. I literally could drink it all day if I couId. I have never tried the drinking a gallon of milk challenge, but I think I could do it. If I had a whole box of Oreos to go alongside it. Nothing is better than oreos and milk. I mean nothing at all.

NOTHING!

Well on that note, I think I made myself thirsty. I guess it’s time I go down and grab a tall glass of whole milk.

Now. don’t look at me weird because I drink whole milk. It’s the perfection in a glass.

Before I go, I’ll leave you with some words of wisdom from the coolest milk drinker ever.

“ I see you're drinking 1%. Is that 'cause you think you're fat? 'Cause you're not. You could be drinking whole if you wanted to.” - Napoleon Dynamite

Cheers,

Rex Felixx

Surfing Sunshine...

This weather has been awesome! It makes me wanna jump into a 1987 Jeep Wagoneer and strap my surfboard on top. Then drive to Laguna beach, catch some waves and rays.

Sadly, I do not have a surfboard or a Jeep Wagoneer. I do however enjoy the surf scene of the 1950’s and 1960’s. It seemed like a simpler time of hanging out with your buddies and chilling on the beach. There are so many vintage movies from that time period ,that get you into the spirit of the surfer nostalgia of Hawaii and California. Nothing beats having a fire on the beach and watching the sunset, while listening to music. Man, where is that time machine when you need it.

I have checked out Cali and loved it, but never been to Hawaii. It seems like it’s a very laid back style as well. Not going to lie, that may be my next vacation spot to check out. Hit up the beaches, check out the food, Mai Tais and just chill all day. Maybe I’ll love it so much I’ll never leave. I can surf all day and eat all night. (Spam is good in Hawaii, or so I heard.)

I may not get to Hawaii for awhile, but in the meantime , I can bring that style of summer living here. The summer in Buffalo comes and goes so quickly, maybe we should all just chill, enjoy the sunshine and not be in a rush to get to the wintertime.

Aloha brotatos,

Rex Felixx

P.S anyone have any hawaiian shirts they wanna donate to me?????

Time...

Today is my daughter’s first birthday and all I can say is,

“Man where does the time go?

I don’t think I am the first person to think this, nor will I be the last.

It’s funny to think that we complain how long it is takes to get home from work, yet a child’s whole year of living seems to move too fast.

Time hasn’t changed, its all in our perspective.

There is always 24 hours in a day, 365 days in a year , and 10 years in a decade. Time is constant. It doesn’t change.

The memories will come and go and seem to be moving so fast, and there isn’t anyway to slow it down.

Keep living and creating memories with your family and friends.

My only words of advice to you is this:

Fill up as much time as possible with awesome memories.

Take that trip.

Do that thing you love to do.

Jump in the puddles.

Time is stubborn. It isn’t going to change, but how we fill up that time matters. Fill it up wisely.

Cheers,

Rex Felixx

P.S. If you see Addie wish her a happy birthday!!!!

Lettuce be...

Lettuce, lettuce

isn’t good.

Salad is awful

I hope that’s understood.

Give me bacon,

give me jam,

or even a holiday pickled ham.

As long as it’s not

green,

leafy ,

nasty,

you know what I mean.

I will never be happy.

I will never be free.

Whenever I am eating that

green green machine.

Okay so, lettuce isn’t that good.

Don’t even say chopped salad is where it’s at, because it isn’t.

Thanks for listening to this rant.

Cheers,

Rex Felixx.

P.S. Sorry we can’t be friends, Mr. Lettuce.

P.P.S I do enjoy lettuce on the following: hamburgers, tacos, taco pizza, wraps, subs, souvlaki, gyros, open gyros, nachos, among probably other things.

It's okay bro.

I love onions but they don’t love me.

Whenever I am shopping at the store, I go to the onions and say “hello there Mr. Onion, would you want to come with me to your forever home?”

The onions never respond , but I end up taking them and bringing them home anyways.

Onions are the silent type, they won’t talk to me or even joke around.

They are ungrateful, I give them shelter, a place to live and to grow in my cupboards. I clean them and let them watch “Real Housewives of Omaha” every Tuesday night. (even though they are much too young) I don’t think they appreciate the love and care I give to them.

One day I was getting ready to make some homemade Blooming Onions and needed to use one of my precious onion friends. So I asked if it would be okay to use their help for a little bit.

No response. ( I figured they were being moody)

I asked again.

Sadly, no response again.

I figured it was okay, being that we were besties. I started to give the onions little trim and then that onion lost it. He went crazy!!!!

He started bullying me so much, that I started to cry.

Not just cry, but I balled my eyes out over his words.

I just ignored it and kept creating my favorite appetizer dish.

Tears kept running down my face from the hurtful words he spoke to me.

20 mins later the tears stopped and I had a glorious blooming onion dish

to show all the other onions.

Sad to say they weren’t impressed, they didn’t even give me a high five or a handshake for my accomplishment.

I think next time, I am going to think twice before I let these ungrateful onions come back into my home.

No more tears, just cheers,

Rex Felixx

P.S. blooming onions are better than onion petals.

the little things

The little things in life we often miss.

A spider spinning a web, or a flower starting to bloom.

The leaves turning a bright orange in Autumn.

It’s easy to be distracted by all the hustle bustle of the world we live in. The chaos that each day brings us. If we took a moment to sit and stare at the beauty around us I think it would do wonders in helping us navigate through the chaos and static.

Cheers,

Rex Felixx

P.S. On your next walk in the park, check out all the things you have never stopped to look at.

spring is here

Found two eggs

sitting by themselves

resting upon the branches

waiting for their day to arrive.

Quietly waiting,

for their moment…

It’s the end of March and Spring is finally here. Well, in the northeast, it’s still deciding if it’s Winter or Spring. This season creeps up on me when I least expect it. The weather is still chilly and cold, but the days are gradually getting longer and the flowers are starting to come up through the ground. I get so bogged down by the cold and grayscale of winter that it take me a bit to get into the swing of Spring.

It is amazing how every year the same thing happens in Spring. Animals come out of their slumber and plants come back to life. Our bodies start to get into better moods after the last freeze, and we can start enjoying the outdoor sunshine a little bit more (albeit our skin gets sunburned in the process).

Don’t let Spring pass you by this year. Look around and appreciate this season of awesome rebirth and renewal. It will make you appreciate what we went through the last few months and what we have to look forward to.

Smell the flowers

Go fly a kite

Go on a hike

Sit in silence for awhile and reflect on the year so far

Cheers,

Rex Felixx

P.S. April is the best month because it’s my birthday month !!!!!

Heading West...

I’m prickly.

Heading out west is the best. If you ever want to get lost in a foreign place, go to the desert in California. Or even in the coastal towns on the Pacific. As a kid, I always wanted to go out west, so my Dad took myself and my older brother out to California. Such an awesome road trip where I got crushed beneath the giant crashing waves.

A few years later, we all road-tripped as a family and hit up California again. We got to see the stars on the walk of fame in Hollywood and put our hands in the imprints of the famous people who came before us. It was all so fun and memorable.

Last year, when my wife was 6 months pregnant, we went to San Diego and then checked out the classic Hollywood feel of Palm Springs. We did a few day hikes in Joshua Tree Park, and it felt great to wander around and get lost.

Time and time again, something keeps bringing me back to the West Coast. There is so much to do out there and explore. I don’t think I will ever move out there, but to be able to get lost in such a different world is amazing. I have a fond appreciation to the chill vibes out there and the numerous National parks to keep me occupied. If you haven’t gone out west yet, definitely give it a try. If you want a travel partner, let me know. I want to go back again soon.

Cheers,

Rex Felixx

P.S. Wander and get lost anywhere you go. It is fun to just be someplace without an agenda.

Let's go fly a kite

So I know we are in the middle of winter, but with today being in the 50’s in Buffalo, it got me thinking of Spring. Flying kites is a great hobby for anyone. I haven’t flown a kite in a while, but this year I look forward to finding a kite and actually going to fly it high in the sky. It’s like kite flying is a lost art. I rarely see families take their children out on a windy Saturday and go hang out in the park. If anyone wants to join when this weather is back to being a breezy warm temperature, let me know. Who knows maybe we can even make it the monthly Kite Club, and make t-shirts. hahahaha

Fly so high ,

up in the sky.

In the white clouds,

no gravity,

no negativity,

won’t ever bring me down.

Fly away Kite

to far away lands

enjoy yourself

while you still can.

Cheers,

Rex Felixx

P.S. Anyone remember that Doug episode where he had to build a kite?… ah the nostalgia.

Dance! Dance!

Ok so these winter blues have gotten me a little… well blue. The monotony of each day can really feel like a grind.

Punching in,

Punching out,

Below freezing temperatures for a month straight.

The sun sets at like noon. ok 4:30 EST.

Well I have a great idea!

After your work day is over

go to your laptop, tv, radio, bluetooth speaker etc. and put on you favorite dance song

and “ Get Jiggy Wit It!'“ Seriously belt out your favorite song and go crazy dancing. Dance like no one is watching. I mean literally no one should be watching you in your home. (unless you live in a glass house , or George Mcfly is creeping in your window.)

Anyways, we still have weeks of winter, instead of being bored and tired and groggy and angry that the weather isn’t changing, go have some fun!

I need some songs to dance to, so send me songs that are your favorite.

Cheers,

Rex Felixx