Dead Bird O RamaLately there are more and more dead birds on the plaza around our office building. Last time I walked through the glass-encased walkway, there were three. A couple of weeks ago there was one wedged into one of the benches where the smokers hang out. They […] Continue Reading…
Ghost IssuesI.Every year of my life, I try to work on my issues and improve myself as much as possible. This year, I’m working on two main things: Eradicating all passive-aggresiveness from my life (not practicing it, not tolerating it from others), and the ghost-issue of control.I say ghost […] Continue Reading…
Freedom vs PressureThis morning I made an announcement to a couple of friends. “I have given myself permission to stop writing.” My boyfriend told me he would support me, if that’s what I really wanted. My friend Julio told me I was full of shit.But that’s not what I […] Continue Reading…
I’ve been sparing you.Haven’t posted in a while because I’m in a state of drudgery, and boring, cyclical drudgery, at that. All stuff you’ve heard before, even down to the fact that I didn’t get the last child-support check owed me, and therefore am broke. Same old shit. Same […] Continue Reading…
PastoralSunday I drove to a point north of Austin, like I do every other week. I turned on the radio when I reached the city limit, because Austin’s radio stations are more exciting than Houston’s.In the town of Paige, Led Zeppelin’s “Been a Long Time” went very well with […] Continue Reading…
LinkelodeonTwo creative writing students record their observations of Alec Baldwin’s Yale visit. “She grabs my neck and pulls me towards her. ‘He’s looking at me like this and them he says, what are you doing after this?'”You’ll either laugh at LOLcats, or else you won’t and then I’ll wonder […] Continue Reading…
Questions on my Mind Lately1. Why would a teacher tolerate bullying in his classroom? 2. If a divorced mother is “bat-shit insane,” how does that justify a divorced father verbally abusing his own child?3. Is it just my imagination, or do some men see children only as extensions of […] Continue Reading…
dream post for RoseI had nightmares all last night. First, a crazy person I know had swelled to eight feet in height and was trying to get at me through the chain-bolted door. The instruction manual said that, to make her go away, I had to throw my cat […] Continue Reading…
Racist Houston, Racist AmericaFor a good long while now, it’s been freaking me out that Houston’s Craigslist Rants & Raves seem way, WAY more racist than those of other American cities. Also, our Houston Chronicle is littered with more racist/conservative/hateful commentary than other online papers I’ve read.And I wonder […] Continue Reading…
Don’t hate me because I’m busy.I’m writing a lot of stuff for upcoming readings, and for money. Tomorrow night I’ll be on KPFT, on the Nuestra Palabra radio show, so check that out if you miss me.Then next week is the big MFA show. A lot of people I […] Continue Reading…
