So, Pete* and I have a conversation about the kind of reality show star I would be. You know, the awesome kind. And Pete says something along the lines of “yeah, and you could totally capitalize on your fifteen minutes of fame. Turn it into an hour or something.” And then I say, “yeah, I’ll [...]

The staples that held together my abdomen were removed this morning. The lady who pulled them out (with pliers!) told me that I looked pretty freaking awesome for someone who had a massive tumor removed a week ago. My wound is relatively small and healing well, my demeanor is saucy, and my sense of humor [...]

A man at a bar called me a “dirty spic” this weekend. Earlier this week, I was hanging out with some brown folk and a friend dropped in on us. “Who invited the white girl?” someone asked when my friend C went to go get herself a drink. Everyone at the table laughed. This weekend, [...]

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 [...]

Adri: I heard that nalgene was hazardous to your health. Is that true? – Curio I’m not sure, I poked around and found this. My friend Joe swears that nalgene is terrible. But here’s what my friendly scientist friend has to say: Sometimes, these “dangerous” chemicals really aren’t and people still get their panties in [...]

06/27/2006 Why is the sky blue? –I’ve been wondering… There’s a great scientific answer available if you do the google thing. Otherwise, I’ll venture that the sky is blue because the cockroaches that secretly rule the earth told it to be blue. And it was good. 06/26/2006 I gave my number to a girl I [...]