like the ladies from Fleetwood MacWe went to the Fleetwood Mac concert here in Houston last night. It was good — they’re very good musicians. We were sad that Christine McVie didn’t tour with them. But it was still good.While sitting there watching Lindsey Buckingham tear it the hell […] Continue Reading…
real quick – Adriana HAdriana H: I do remember you, because I always remember that day we were on the parking-garage shuttle bus together. You pointed out the window at a woman walking down the sidewalk and said something like “I like that woman’s bag.” She immediately stumbled over […] Continue Reading…
I want to be Amish.You know? I want to live in a house that I built and cook food that I gathered or raised myself. I want to sew my own clothes and knit my own blankets. I want to take care of myself and my family, and only […] Continue Reading…
Stuck Inside a Starbucks with the Colored Pencil BluesIf a copyeditor was copyediting this blog entry, she’d probably read that title and then attach a little Post-It that said, “Did you mean ‘blue colored pencil’? Please clarify.” You know why? Because I’m old, and therefore all my references are […] Continue Reading…
Houston is the fattest city in the United States because Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth if you’re not paying for the oats it eats.Since my fiance and I started carpooling to work, I pushed my 8-hour work day back an hour, so that it now coincides […] Continue Reading…
Guess what? 25 Random Facts About Me!because I have been inspired.Now, all I have to do is think of 25 new things to tell y’all, apart from the stuff divulged in the 100 things meme I did back in 2005, and apart from all the other stuff I’ve told […] Continue Reading…
getting marriedPart of the reason I’m marrying my boyfriend Dat is that we share many of the same values and beliefs. Like “Art is a priority” and “You should never do something just because everyone else does it.” We’re no Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre, but I do enjoy […] Continue Reading…
the students of Rockdale, Texas Last weekend I visited Rockdale Elementary School and, as I’ve told y’all before, visiting students is one of the highlights of my writing career. Not to mimic the d-bags of the ‘50s and ‘60s by comparing myself to Holden Caulfield, but I have to […] Continue Reading…
Watchmen was Twilight for men.Warning: this contains spoilers about the movie Watchmen. Don’t read it if you want to be surprised by all the comic book cliches. Twilight is for 13-year-old straight girls and emotionally-13-year-old women because it’s about a nonremarkable girl having a romance with a hot, all-powerful […] Continue Reading…
