Lost WeekendRight now I’m avoiding doing some work that I should do. (Revising a book proposal.)We ran around like maniacs this weekend but did nothing we were supposed to do. I was supposed to:1. Inaugurate the weed-eater.2. Seal the grout.3. Get my car inspected.4. Revise a book proposal.Instead, we:1. […] Continue Reading…
Sad MonkeysI’m going to tell you what Rose and I talked about more than a week ago. Look:Monkeys want cell phones but get rebuffed.This is a sad story. Monkeys live at the zoo. They see humans using cell phones. The monkeys, then, want cell phones of their own.Give the […] Continue Reading…
Boredom, Luddites, Photographic GoalsI’m going to try to remember to take my camera with me all weekend, and to remember that I have it, and to use it. Then, I will upload to Flickr. Why? Because I love it when my friends have new Flickr pics for me to […] Continue Reading…
RecentlyI had a small get-together at my house so my family and drinking buddies could finally see it. It was gratifying to have people compliment my decorating style. (As opposed to being married to someone who constantly ranked on it and called it tacky. As if we didn’t live […] Continue Reading…
More Fantasies1. I fantasize that, after getting rich, I hold an awards ceremony for my favorite food service people in Houston. Larry from Jack in the Box, Ana from the cafeteria at my work, and the entire morning shift of my fave Einstein Brothers Bagels, among many others, would […] Continue Reading…
Hair Tips and TricksPeople keep asking me if I changed my hair color. “What’d you do,” they say. “It looks nice!”The answer is that I’ve been letting my roots grow out for the past month. It’s time to get my roots done. After that, maybe I’ll paint them with […] Continue Reading…
For Rose AloneLast night I dreamed I sat in a biology classroom filled with other adults. The teacher informed us that a computer program had deduced the identity of Superman down to three possible names. He handed out a hand-out. The three names were:Gwen ZepedaGwendolyn ZepedaGwendolyn DoughWas the third […] Continue Reading…
Welcome, Bitter Asian MenA while back, my boyfriend and I met an Asian author and bought the book he was selling, which dealt with his issues with ethnicity. Afterwards, the author and I emailed a few times, and he asked me questions about how I came to be dating […] Continue Reading…
WistfulI’ll tell you what I just told Rose, which is that I wish I could be a housewife, now that I have a house. I’m home sick today (recuperating from yesterday’s periodic 8-hour drive to babydaddy’s house) and I’m actually cooking, for once, which is something I never have […] Continue Reading…
This post is for Dot.Hello, Dot! I hope you’re enjoying the Internets today!All About the TileTomorrow is Tile Setting Day. Sunday is Grout Day. Woo! Today is Mario Rocks at Glass-Cutting-Tool Bargain Shopping Day, because he just saved me $70.So I was hanging with my young boyfriend’s young friends, […] Continue Reading…
