Friday night at #s
Sometimes I go to #s (Numbers) with my boyfriend Tad and his friends. It’s this club that’s been in Houston since I was born and has always been a lynchpin in the “alternative” scene. We don’t dress alternatively, but I like to look at everyone who […] Continue Reading…
autumn blue sky and cool breeze
It’s almost fall and that’s the best season there is in Texas, as far as I’m concerned. It was so nice this weekend (only in the 80s) that we actually hung out outside.
The kids have decided that they like techno. Particularly the Chemical Brothers.
Later, […] Continue Reading…
new music
Are you one of those people who’s always buying new music? Always into the local music scene? Always mentioning the names of bands no one’s heard of but you and your friends? Or are you like me?
If you’re like me — one of those people who’s always buying […] Continue Reading…
Ow!
Today, for the first time in a long time, I danced.
My oldest kid, Josh, went with my dad for a belated birthday-gift-buying expedition and quality grandfather/grandson time. Me, Dallas, and the Baby stayed home. While I burned a mix CD full of old R&B and disco tracks, the kids […] Continue Reading…
A new game!
I got this interviewy game from Pink Plaid Face. Here are the instructions, which I’ve modified a bit because I don’t have a comment function on this site:
1. If you want to participate, send me an email saying “interview me.”
2. I will respond by asking you five […] Continue Reading…
something new
Michelle has decided to start doing soft news on her blog, and what could be softer than an interview with me? Michelle read My Pattern Book, the chapbook I’ve been pimping around town while waiting for my real book to come out, and had some questions. She had […] Continue Reading…
PhoneWorks
Look what I get to do in October. Cool, huh?
My kids starts middle school on Monday.
God. I’m so freaked out, I’m numb.
Middle school on Monday, and a fire dance through the night.
I stayed the whole day, at a long, boring-ass orientation program…
go see Steven
at Our Tiny World. So he […] Continue Reading…
quick book news
So a woman from The Houston Chronicle calls to see if she can do a “profile” on me, because her editor read somewhere that I’m a local-girl-makes-good with a book deal and all. So, of course, I say yes. And she asks if she can put an […] Continue Reading…
Say, Mister, can you spare a nickel so’s I can get me a 40-oz of time?
I keep wanting to tell y’all about the drunken white guy who took off his sandals and tried to sing “Boogie On Reggae Woman” at Spotlight Karaoke the night before Chloe went back home, […] Continue Reading…
why I deserve to be bad sometimes
I worked 8.5 hours of freelance contract work today. On Sunday. Starting at around nine a.m. With one of my son’s friends over and all the little boys in the house at full energy levels. Popeye’s Fried Chicken 16-Piece Family Meal. Chinese restaurant […] Continue Reading…
