Sometimes I like to blame my family issues on being first generation US American. Except I don’t think I am first generation, as I wasn’t born in the US, although I am a naturalized citizen. Wikipedia says I’m first-gen, although my parents might be the ones who are first-gen by their definition, which essentially means [...]

So in Greek Mythology, when a baby of some consequence is born, the oracle is consulted. The oracle then says something along the lines of “Baby Oedipus will kill his father and marry his mother.” Then the parents freak out, send the baby away, and later, when the baby is an adult, the baby freaks [...]

My parents gave me a car.* I parked the car in my boyfriend’s apartment complex. Then terrorizers broke in and stole my snazzy sound system. And they left the car door open. Good thing I had nothing in the car.   The door was smashed with fists, I think. I can tell from the fist-sized [...]

 I went to Austin last weekend for the TDP Convention. The other blog I write for did not get to publish my post in time, so I’d figure I’d post it here. “This was the biggest convention the Democratic Party in Texas has had, possibly ever,” said Victor Castillo, delegate to Senate District 13 in [...]

What is there to do in houston for entertainment outside the bar scene? — Tourista Well, that depends on what you like to do. My friend Rachel goes running with the Kenyan Way for fun and fitness. Pete plays indoor soccer at Kicks. I like the Miller Outdoor Theater. I know that there are Scrabble [...]

My friend Phil just forwarded me this interesting article in the Houston Press. Apparently, Rice Students are not having sex. The few that do have sex are not having any good sex. Because I’m really good at finding things that offend me [full disclosure: I attended Rice University, class of 2005], I’ll point to the [...]

I believe in productination. It’s when you procrastinate while being productive. Cleaning, for example, when you should be doing other things (like reading or writing or assembling my new desk or doing website work for a client). Today I cleaned the bathroom and the fridge. I just moved into an apartment in Houston that I [...]

Missed dates and missed steaks. I can’t stay on topic these days with my writing. Been starting essays on writing and ended up writing about soccer (again). Wrote about dead cows and ate a steak. Went to Houston. Drove to South Texas. Saw my mother. The dog is cuter than I am. The dog behaves [...]

Yesterday, after I spent a good twenty minutes looking up the stats of all the games between the US and Mexico (only to discover it’s all on Wikipedia fifteen minutes later –That’s what I get for using “primary sources” as opposed to “unreliable” Wikipedia), I thought I’d put the matter to rest. Then I stumbled [...]

The New York Times talks Tex-Mex. I’ve been to El Jardin in Houston. Absolutely fantastic Tex-Mex. Of course, there are other restaurants. I like Chapultepec in Houston, Taqueria El Zarape in McAllen. My father is partial to Don Juan’s in McAllen. Although, I must say there is a clear winner in my affection: El Chile [...]

06/08/2006 “Quetzalcoatl”… The Book of Mormon “The Book of Mormon”…Red Lobster Why Doesn’t Ask Adri enable commenting on questions and answers? –Bursting with Comments Well, the main reason Ask Adri doesn’t do that is because Adri doesn’t know how to do that. She’s in the process of moving to Word Press or livejournal so this [...]

Is the new james bond going to be blonde? A large bet rests on this. –Someone you know Well, I’m afraid it’s true. In fact, so much fuss was made about his [Daniel Craig, the new James Bond] having blond hair that some people called him “James Blond.” Although I would say his hair is [...]